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ARTIST MARGUERITE PERRET, of Lawrence, created The Waiting Room Project, a creative collaboration examining women’s health and health care.

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Mixed-media installation in Topeka reflects women’s health issues

By Karrey Britt kbritt@ljworld.com

It’s a typical doctor’s waiting area. There are chairs, books and magazines along with background noises of cough-

Welcome to the “The Waiting Room: Lost and Found,” a mixed-media ing, heavy breathing and installation at the Alice C. the ding of an elevator Sabatini Gallery at the Tonow and then. peka and Shawnee County Once inside, it’s much, Public Library. The exmuch more. hibition takes a thought-

provoking, in-depth look at six health issues as they relate to women: depression, anorexia, bulimia, dementia, domestic violence and breast cancer.

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Meth takes heavy toll on users

Bowling in the

outdoor lanes

By Shaun Hittle

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KILT-CLAD BILLY WILLIAMS winds up as he throws a bowl during an Irish road bowling tournament on Sunday at Clinton Lake State Park. The goal of Irish road bowling is to roll a 28-ounce iron cannonball around the course. The winner is determined by whoever makes it around the course in the least amount of throws.

Bowlers hit the road for St. Pat’s Day fundraiser

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Kilts. Cannonballs. Plenty of beer.

All of this made for a Sunday afternoon of Irish road bowling at Clinton Lake State Park. The eclectic event was a fundraiser for PATRICK BROXTER, LAWRENCE, lets loose his bowl during local charities hosted by the St. an Irish road bowling tournament. The course followed Patrick’s Day Parade Committee about a mile of roads at Clinton Lake State Park. AT TOP, of Lawrence. Charlie Upton, one A BAG FULL OF BOWLS is ready for use during an Irish road of the event’s organizers, claimed bowling tournament on Sunday. The event was a benefit it was the first such event west of for the Lawrence St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee. the Mississippi.

For a $30 donation, participants received entry to the event, and beer, food and shuttle service to the lake provided by 23rd Street Brewery, a sponsor of the event.

By now, some may be asking, “What exactly is Irish road bowling?”

It’s a sport that, not surprisingly, originated in Ireland in the 1600s. Using an underhand motion, players roll a 1 3/4-pound metal ball — called a “bowl” (they are cannonballs) — down a road that has preferably been closed to

By the time a methamphetamine addict gets to Stacey Hauck, there isn’t much left.

“We call it hitting bottom,” said Hauck, clinical director of addiction services for the Community Mental Health Center of Crawford County.

“There’s nothing left, and no one left.”

Reaching that low is usually the only way back.

“People have to lose everything,” said Hauck, who helps oversee a 24-bed inpatient treatment center in Gi- Hauck rard — the only one in southeast Kansas — as well as outpatient treatment in the county. The Girard facility is “always full,” and the waiting list for those seeking help is about four weeks.

As much as anyone, Hauck has witnessed the progression of meth use, and growth, in the region over the past couple of decades.

She was around when meth was made in large labs and imported from Texas.

Today, she sees the ease with which the drug can be made using the “one-pot” method that law enforcement reports seeing the last

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Pen pals bridge some 900 miles, 90 years

By Beccy Tanner The Wichita Eagle

WICHITA — At age 98, the only thing Wichitan Robert Ford told his family he wanted was some cards for Christmas.

His daughter-in-law, Lynn Ford, thought about it. She had a cousin who was a firstgrade teacher in Summerville, Ga. “Lynn sent me an email in

December. I felt like I could help her out with that,” said the cousin, Laura Gamble.

“The first-graders made him some Christmas cards, approximately 110 cards. After that, he wanted to do something for the children. I told Lynn that was a lot of children to do something for.”

And so, a correspondence began between the old man and the children. He tells what it was like growing up

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A learning experience Other Summerville classes have joined in. Now, four first-grade classes eagerly wait for his stories.

The walls of his College Hill house are lined with cards.

A hand-drawn bee is scribFernando Salazar/The Wichita Eagle Photo bled on front of a folded red construction-paper note. In- ROBERT FORD STANDS IN HIS LIVING ROOM side, the letter filled with a that has one complete wall decorated with smiley face and red hearts Valentine cards from his pen pals. At age 98, Ford corresponds with a group of first-graders Please see PEN PALS, page 2A in Atlanta.

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when he was their age: how he went on a snipe hunt, what harvest time was like, what it was like to use a phone with a party line; how his family operated the Marple Theatre in Wichita; and what it was like when the ice man came. The short stories are in three-ring binders so the teachers can read to the students.

They send him letters filled with “X’s” and “O’s.”

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DEATHS BARBARA LOU HUYSER Funeral services for Barbara Lou Huyser, 81, Lawrence, are pending and will be announced

by Warren-McElwain

Mortuary.

She died Sunday, March 4, 2012, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

CORWIN E. SPERRY Arrangements for Corwin E. Sperry are pending and will be announced by the Rumsey-Yost Funeral

Home.

Mr. Sperry died Saturday, March 3, 2012, in Atlanta, GA.

CHESTER C. GIBBENS Chester C. Gibbens, 94, of Glendale, Arizona, passed away peacefully on February 29, 2012.

Chester was a native of Lecompton, but during his career he lived in many locations before settling in Arizona in 1970.

He was a proud patriot, having served in The Army Air Corps during World War Two. After the war he entered a long career as a federal safety inspector for the U.S. Air Force.

In 1943 Chester married the great love of his life, Ruth Grantley, and they had four daughters (Dinah, Janet, Judith and Karen) as well as six grandchildren and one

great-grandchild.

He graduated from Kansas University in 1941, where he played football and he remained a life-long Jayhawks fan.

Chester was a devoted Mason and was especially proud of having recently received his 60-year pin from the Masonic Order.

Graveside services will be held at 1:00 PM on Sunday, March 11, at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Lecompton. A reception will follow at the Lecompton Methodist Church, 402 Elmore Street.

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

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worked in the construction industry, building houses.

He misses his wife, Genevieve, who died in 2004 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s. They lived in the same house for more than half a century.

From 1957 until recently, he worked at Kings-X Restaurants, three hours a day, four days a week, fixing equipment — mixers, toasters and waffle irons.

He never called in sick.

Writing his childhood stories has given him a new lease on life, Lynn Ford said.

A sample of one of Ford’s stories is simply called “Farm - Sheep.”

“For us kids the day was not complete until we climbed the big wooden fence that surrounded the corral where the sheep were brought in for the night. It was a ritual to bring them in for the night to feed them and protect them. If left out in the pasture, coyotes might get some of the lambs. We could watch for hours.”

That’s fascinating reading for 6-year-olds nearly 900 miles from Wichita.

“Mr. Ford,” wrote one student, “I am glad you are alive. XOXO.”

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reads: “I hop you have a grt day. Hugs and loves.

Happy Valentine’s Day. I love your Storey.”

Another child drew a picture of a pickup truck.

It’s been a learning experience for the first-graders, Gamble said. From the perspective of someone more than nine decades older, the children are learning how technology has changed their childhoods. For instance, when Ford wrote about how the ice man would visit his house two to three times a week to put a block of ice in the icebox, one girl grew concerned.

She raised her hand and told Gamble: “It’s OK, he doesn’t have an ice maker; we have to flip the ice out of our trays, too.”

A new lease on life Ford was born in 1913.

His parents, Arthur and Blanche Ford, owned and operated the Marple Theatre. Ford worked 25 years at Cessna as an engineer and 10 years at the Coleman Co. Before that, he

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traffic. The object of the game, like golf, is to complete the course with the least amount of rolls.

Kevin Kelly, another organizer, was first introduced to road bowling while watching an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s television show “No Reservations.” Kelly said he thought the sport would be a sure way to raise money for the parade’s local charities, which this year are Just Food, Homegrown Lawrence, Tiny-k Early Intervention, and Headquarters Counseling Center.

The bowling began at noon, with groups of four tackling the onemile course that circled a grassy camping area.

The course’s initial curves challenged the bowlers, before settling into straighter sections of road. Equipped with painted steel balls, growlers of beer and the proper attire — think beads and scally caps — participants enjoyed Sunday’s warm yet windy weather while they tried to keep the ball on the road.

Colleen Callahan, a participant, said she was excited to try the sport she saw people play in the Irish countryside during a recent trip.

By 1:30, about 92 people had registered for the event and polished off six pony kegs of beer. Near the finish line, a crowd gathered in a grassy area with a clear southern view of Clinton Lake. Some had just finished bowling, while others were there simply to watch.

Billy Williams and Bobo March, both of Lawrence, said they enjoyed the camaraderie of rolling cannon balls down the street over a couple cold ones. They were dressed for the event, with Williams in a kilt and March in a blue suit with a light green bandana in the front pocket.

“You gotta have costumes; it changes everything,” Williams said.

Kristin Rennells, a committee member for the parade, said she wasn’t sure what to expect.

“It was so much fun,” she said. “My brother is trying to do it in Kansas City.”

By mid-afternoon, the score to beat was 19 rolls.

The winner received a $25 gift certificate to On The Rocks Liquor, 1818 Mass., a spot in this year’s parade and free entry in next year’s tournament.

Other sponsors included 105.9 Kiss FM, 92.9 The Bull and KLWN 1320 AM. — Reporter Chris Hong can be reached at 832-6354.

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few years.

“It’s so accessible,” she said.

And she knows firsthand the desperate state of those addicted to the drug.

On June 4, Hauck will celebrate 24 years of sobriety from the drug that stripped her down to nothing.

“I know what they’re talking about,” she said.

When Hauck discusses treatment of meth addicts in southeast Kansas, the success stories such as hers are sprinkled among the challenges the treatment community faces battling the addictive drug.

In addition to the waiting list for the inpatient center, patients are guaranteed only 14 days of treatment and get 28 at max. That’s a change from a decade ago, she said.

“Times are shorter and shorter and shorter,” Hauck said. And the need is increasing.

Along with a recent increase in meth lab incidents in Kansas, treatment providers are beginning to see a rise in meth treatment admissions. Numbers for the state, which just include state-run facilities, peaked in 2005 and 2006 with 1,997 admissions each year. Those numbers dropped to 1,706 in 2010 but jumped again in 2011, with 1,971 reported to the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.

When someone has bottomed out and realized the need for such treatment, their life is a wreck; family ties have been cut and resources have been spent, Hauck said.

“Many times people end up homeless” even after treatment, Hauck said, detailing the struggles for recovering addicts in getting jobs, securing housing and staying out of the environment they came from.

“Everything you’ve got to change, is everything,” she said.

‘Cook meth, go to prison’ In a nondescript office building in Pittsburg, the largest city in Crawford County, which led the state in 2011 with 40 meth lab incidents, Steve Wilhoft, assistant attorney general for the Southeast Drug Enforcement Task Force, spends his days sending meth manufacturers to prison.

Middle-aged with thickframed glasses and suspenders, he wouldn’t pass as a hardliner to seasoned criminals. But ask around about Wilhoft, who prosecutes large drug cases in a six-county region in southeast Kansas, and people will tell you he’s all business.

In the building’s lobby, a law enforcement officer tells a story about Wilhoft.

The officer was working a case and made an arrest.

He approached Wilhoft for the first time and asked what he thought the plea bargain would be. Wilhoft was surprised. There wouldn’t be a plea bargain in this case, or any others, the officer was told.

“If you cook meth, you go to prison,” Wilhoft said. “There’s no way around it.”

Meth manufacturing is a level-one drug severity crime in Kansas, and without any prior convictions, Wilhoft says a conviction will net about seven years.

In Wilhoft’s eyes, that’s seven years that a meth producer, who is also often a user, will be free of the drug and unable to feed anyone else’s addiction. It’s the one thing he’s able to do to limit the production of the drug in the region.

“For every meth cook we take off the streets, we’re saving lives,” said Wilhoft, who spent seven years as the county attorney in neighboring Labette County, where he saw the larger labs and now, one-pot labs.

“We’re plugging the hole in the dam to keep that tide from getting loose and hurting others.”

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STEVE WILHOFT, assistant attorney general for the Southeast Drug Enforcement Task Force, talks about the damage caused to communities in southeast Kansas as a result of the spread of methamphetamine use and production. Wilhoft says he is currently working 43 drug cases, 37 of which involve methamphetamine.

THE METH ‘HIGH’ It’s called “chasing the dragon,” as methamphetamine users take more of the drug to reach the first euphoric high achieved from swallowing, smoking, snorting or injecting the drug.

“It does something for people with this disease that it doesn’t do for other people,” said Stacey Hauck, a Crawford County addiction treatment provider and former meth addict. “An addict feels euphoria.”

The drug increases dopamine release in the brain, which is the chemical “involved in reward, motivation, the experience of pleasure and motor function,” according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

“The first time someone uses meth, this is it. This is what they’ve been looking for,” said Hauck, helping to explain the addictive tures from the cases he’s worked, which display the equipment drug makers use: iodine-stained tubing, two-liter jugs, empty pseudoephedrine packages, glass pipes in various shapes and sizes.

Another binder shows the devastating fires that result from one-pot meth labs gone wrong and homes in disarray.

In the last page of the binder, Wilhoft shows a photo from a meth lab seizure where authorities had to remove several children from the home.

The photo is a close-up of a loaded handgun, sitting on a table, surrounding by toys.

“This is the most powerful picture I’ve ever seen,” he said.

Answers Ask law enforcement in southeast Kansas what can be done to curb meth manufacturing and use, and the discussion starts with an insistence that pseudoephedrine become a prescription-only drug.

“What are we losing?” asked Parsons Deputy Police Chief Scott Gofourth, who helped enact a prescription-only policy in the city of Parsons in 2011.

While sales of pseudoephedrine, found in products such as Claritin, Mucinex and Sudafed, account for more than $600 million nationally, they account for less than $300,000 per year in sales in Kansas, according to a 2012 legislative report from the Kansas State Board of Pharmacy.

A law requiring a prescription for products containing pseudoephedrine was proposed during the 2011 Kansas legislative session but didn’t make it out of committee. The bill was carried over to the most recent legislative session, but the bill didn’t receive a hearing.

Drug companies oppose such laws, citing a loss in revenue, and some health care groups say the move will drive up the cost of health care, as patients will be required to fund the bill for another office visit.

Pharmacist reaction is mixed, said Mike Larkin, executive director of the Kansas Pharmacists Association. Resistance stems from concerns about limiting access for legitimate patient needs, such as allergy sufferers, as well as an increase in record-keeping.

But it’s not about the money.

“It doesn’t have anything to do with the lucra-

nature of the drug, which is made using the overthe-counter cold medication pseudoephedrine.

Those initial feelings, however, give way to the desperate search for more of the drug, Hauck said.

“Finding ways and means to get more, that’s how the addict lives,” Hauck said.

When an addict cannot get more, withdrawal symptoms set in, including paranoia and intense anxiety, which are coupled with the typical meth effects of malnourishment and a corrosion of the mouth and teeth, known as “meth mouth.”

In some cases, someone withdrawing from meth usage must undergo what is known as “medical detoxification,” which includes supervising the person closely and administering medication that eases the symptoms. tive nature if it,” said Larkin, as actual pharmacies see little in terms of profits from pseudoephedrinebased products.

But any resistance to such a law baffles those on the ground, steeped in the battle against meth in southeast Kansas.

“They need to wake up,” said Manish Dixit, a pediatrician in Parsons who sees meth-addicted parents and children with severe birth defects as a result of meth use. He advocates a nationwide prescription-only law for pseudoephedrine.

For him, it’s as simple as cutting off the source.

Loretta Severin, drug strategy coordinator for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, estimates such a law is at least couple of years away in Kansas. But the state can look to Oregon, which along with Mississippi, is one of only two states in the country to pass such a law.

Oregon, which passed its law in 2006, reported 192 methamphetamine lab incidents in 2005. In 2011, Oregon reported nine.

Kansas and many other states do restrict access to pseudoephedrine, requiring medicines that contain it, such as Sudafed, to be kept behind pharmacy counters. Purchasers must show identification, and there is a limit to how much they can purchase at a time.

Meanwhile, police, treatment providers and others engaged in the battle against meth in southeast Kansas say the problem will get worse and spread across the state.

“I can’t imagine that it won’t,” said Hauck, addiction treatment provider.

Hauck is concerned this little slice of Kansas is being forgotten.

What will it take to stem the tide of declining resources and ramp up policies designed to cut meth use?

“Come down here and take a look at it,” Hauck said.

— Reporter Shaun Hittle can be reached at 832-7173.

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Compromise seen on hunting, fishing fees TOPEKA — A compromise may be in the works on a plan to start making older Kansans pay for hunting and fishing licenses.

The annual licenses cost $20.50 each. Kansas adopted a license exemption for people 70 and older in 1937, then dropped the age to 65 in 1971.

Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Secretary Robin Jennison says the exemption will cost his department more than $1 million in the coming years as the population ages. He has proposed ending the exemption — an idea that lawmakers say is highly unpopular.

But at a Senate committee hearing last week, Jennison said he’s open to alternatives, such as raising the age for free passes to 75 or creating a halfprice license for senior citizens.

Repealing the exemptions requires legislative action.

Doctor to be sentenced for bogus research WICHITA — A Topeka doctor who conspired to falsify data in a 2010 clinical trial of an allergy pill on human subjects has asked a judge to spare him from prison.

Wayne Spencer, 73, faces sentencing today in federal court in Topeka after pleading guilty last year to conspiracy to defraud and failing to maintain records in a clinical trial as required by the Food and Drug Administration.

Sentencing for Olathe nurse Lisa Sharp is March 23.

Both defendants worked for Lee Research Institute, which was paid by Schering-Plough to conduct the clinical trial on the allergy medication. Spencer was the principal investigator, and Sharp was the lead research coordinator.

A presentence report recommends Spencer receive 18 to 24 months in prison, but his attorney last week filed an unopposed request for probation. The government in its plea deal has agreed to recommend probation.

Cranberry recipe yields sweet victory

Concerns raised over business tax cut plan Democrats are saying they are hearing from nationally recognized tax experts, including Kansas University law professor Martin Dickinson, that Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax cut for businesses raises serious questions.

Brownback’s plan eliminates taxes on nonwage income from a sole proprietor, partner or Subchapter-S corporation, regardless of the size.

“This part of the tax plan is the proverbial loophole that you can drive a Mack truck through,” said Senate Democratic Leader Anthony Hensley, of Topeka. “We have absolutely no idea of the fiscal impact of this provision.”

Brownback has said his plan will increase business activity in the state.

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The Lawrence Public Library had an unusual offering to visitors Sunday afternoon: dessert.

Cranberry desserts, to be exact. The recipes offered were the five finalists in the library’s Cranberry Creations contest.

The library hosted the event to draw excitement for “An Evening with Susan Stamberg,” which will feature the National Public Radio personality. Stamberg is known Stamberg for her family’s cranberry relish recipe, which she shares with listeners every holiday season.

The event was judged by Charles Ferruza, a food critic for the Kansas City Pitch, Megan Stuke, “Flying Fork” blogger for Lawrence. com, and Ken Warren, chef at HyVee in Topeka. There was also a “people’s choice” category.

Dozens of people sampled the sweet cranberry treats, washing them down with ice-cold water.

The bakers stood close by and talked about their creations.

Karen Whipple, Baldwin City, made cranberry and orange

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LAWRENCE RESIDENT MARY GETTER POURS HOT BUTTER SAUCE on top of her cranberry cake samples during a tasting for the Cranberry Creations contest Sunday at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Getter’s dessert won first place at the event. cream scones. Although the scones are a favorite among of her family, she was still surprised to learn she was a contest finalist.

“The recipe is 20 years in the making,” Whipple said.

To her left, Emily Mueller, Lawrence, was handing out her cranberry shortbread cakes. Her dessert consisted of a sweet, yet refreshing cranberry jam sandwiched between two soft pieces of cake, which resembled sugar cookies.

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“I make it for a friend’s birthday every year,” Mueller said. “I figured it would be perfect for this.”

Next on the menu was Lynn Chase’s honey cranberry bread, a wholesome and savory dish.

Judy Keller, Lawrence, used whole cranberries and an almond crust in her tart. She found her recipe in an old Martha Stewart cookbook and made a

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Group to study state’s school funding plans

By Christine Metz cmetz@ljworld.com

The Lawrence school district is hoping the lobbying power of parents will help convince the Kansas Legislature to better fund schools.

Parent representatives from each of the district’s 20 schools will serve on the Citizen Group for Legislative Education and Advocacy, a group that is tasked with keeping informed on educational issues at the state and federal level.

The group will meet for the first time today, and chief among their charges will be how the state finances the public schools.

“The budget has been gutted for the last three

years,” Superintendent Rick Doll said. “We are starting a decade behind where we were three years ago.”

After hearing about a parent advocacy group in the Andover school district, s c h o o l b o a r d member Sanburn Vanessa Sanburn brought the idea back to Lawrence.

“There’s a lot of misinformation about how schools are financed and who has control over it and who doesn’t,” Sanburn said.

While Sanburn admits the majority of state

legislators representing Lawrence already vote favorable toward education, she believes it would be more powerful if they could hear from the parents whose students are affected by changes in state laws and policies.

“It’s important that people are both aware and know who to call if they have a question or position on something that is happening,” Sanburn said.

Doll pointed to the power of testifying in front of the Legislature when last year the school district asked that the state not drop the amount of funding each pupil receives in the district’s virtual school.

That testimony helped convince the governor to not reduce the funding.

Doll and Sanburn see the group as being the base that would support a network of parents who could call, email or write to legislators about issues that affect schools.

“We want to be able to react quickly if issues come up and we need to give the Legislature immediate feedback,” Doll said.

And, he said those conversations between parents and politicians can be more valuable than what school administrators have to say.

“When they come from lay citizens instead of professional educators, we believe they carry a lot more weight,” he said.

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

HOW TO HELP

Shelter seeks coordinator for orientations Staff Reports

Agency: Lawrence Community Shelter Contact: Loring Henderson at 832-8864 or director@lawrenceshelter. org Lawrence Community Shelter is in need of a volunteer coordinator as soon as possible. This vital volunteer position requires coordinating and hosting weekly volunteer orientations, which have recently been held each Thursday night. The schedule can be flexible, and most other communication with potential LCS volunteers can be handled via email and would not require you to be present at the shelter much. The perfect volunteer for this position would be someone who is outgoing, has been a volunteer

and is enthusiastic about Lawrence Community Shelter, its mission and the important role volunteers play there. For more details about the position, contact Loring Henderson at 832-8864 or director@ lawrenceshelter.org.

Immediate needs !"The American Cancer Society is seeking volunteer drivers for its Road to Recovery program in Douglas County. Volunteer drivers provide safe and friendly transportation to and from appointments for local cancer patients. Road to Recovery volunteers are provided with training, maps and directions, and must possess the following: a good driving record, valid driving license and motor vehicle insurance, and a vehicle that is in good working

condition. To find out more about becoming a Road to Recovery volunteer, plan to attend an informational meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. To RSVP for the meeting, contact Deb Parsons at 800-359-1025, ext. 117, or deb.parsons@ cancer.org. !"Willow Domestic Violence Center is seeking community members to participate in the Lawrence St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, March 17. Volunteers will help to distribute information about Willow services and its upcoming Red Shoe Walk, and toss candy to parade attendees. Volunteers are needed

between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Contact Becca Burns at 3312034, ext. 104, or bburns@ willowdvcenter.org for more details and to sign up. !" The Douglas County Child Development Association needs volunteers to haul compost to children’s gardens for the Families, Farmers and Educators United for Healthy Child Development program. If you have a pickup truck and a couple of hours to spare, they need help at 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 20. Contact Emily Hampton or Ashley Graff at 842-9679 or emily@dccda.org if you can help.

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Indiana baby found in field after tornado dies

By Rebecca Yonker and Tom LoBianco Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, KY. — An Indiana toddler found in a field after violent tornadoes died Sunday after being taken off life support, ending a hopeful tale for survivors in the Midwest and South picking through the storms’ devastation.

Fifteen-month-old Angel Babcock of New Pekin, Ind., was found after her family’s mobile home was destroyed in Friday’s storms.

Her father, mother and two siblings were killed.

When Angel arrived at Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville Friday night, she was opening her eyes — a hopeful sign, chief nursing officer Cis Gruebbel said.

Things turned on Saturday, when the swelling in her brain didn’t decrease, he said. As the day went on, her eyes ceased to move and she continued to deteriorate. There was no sign of brain activity.

Medical staff told the family there wasn’t anything more they could do.

With extended family gathered to say goodbye, the family made the decision to end life support on Sunday.

“Angel has been reunit-

ed with her parents,” her grandfather, Jack Brough, said in a statement. “We want to thank God for all of you and for your thoughts and prayers. God will bring you and all of us out of this.”

The girl’s death brings the overall toll from Friday’s storms to 39 across five states. Rescuers were still going door to door in rural areas to rule out more victims. Another round of storms earlier last week killed 13 people in the Midwest and South, the latest in a string of severe-weather episodes ravaging the American heartland in the past year.

On Sunday, people gathered to worship, comb through piles of debris and learn what happened to loved ones and friends, often without modern technology to help.

Cellphone signals were hard to find, Internet was out and electricity indefinitely interrupted. In many cases, word-of-mouth conversations replaced text messages, Facebook status updates and phone calls.

“It’s horrible. It’s things you take for granted that aren’t there anymore,” said Jack Cleveland, 50, a Census Bureau worker from Henryville, Ind.

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few changes. The changes paid off because she was the runner-up of the contest.

And the winner was Mary Getter, Lawrence, with her cranberry cake with hot butter sauce. “If it says butter in the title, I’m gonna love it,” said Stuke, a judge in the contest. “It was sweet, rich and had a great texture.”

Getter said she found the recipe in an “old, tattered” cookbook from the 1960s. She dug up the recipe, which she had never made, at the behest of her daughter, who works for the library.

For her culinary prowess, Getter won two VIP tickets to Stamberg’s event and a gift bag worth

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MARY GETTER’S CRANBERRY CAKE WITH HOT BUTTER SAUCE won first place in the Cranberry Creations contest. $250. Oh, and her dessert will be served at the VIP afterparty, which Stamberg will attend. Getter said that part was “pretty cool.”

The event will be March 13 at the Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive, and costs $25 for adults and $10 for students. Entry to the event and the afterparty costs $50. All proceeds benefit the Lawrence Public Library.

— Reporter Chris Hong can be reached at 832-6354.

What’s next ! 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today — Medicaid and Managed Care summit at ToCONTINUED FROM PAGE 3A peka and Shawnee County — For more volunteer opporPublic Library, Marvin tunities, contact Shannon Reid at Kansas in GOP Auditorium, Room 101. the United Way’s Roger Hill Volspeakers include presidential contest Featured unteer Center, at 785-865-5030 Joan Alker, co-executive or volunteer@rhvc.org, or go to After “Super Tuesday,” director of the Center for volunteerdouglascounty.org. Kansas will be the focus of Children and Families at Republican presidential can- Georgetown University didates for the GOP caucus Health Policy Institute; Saturday.

Jodi Mitchell, executive director of Kentucky Voices So far, contenders Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul have for Health; Jean Hall, diannounced plans to stop in rector of the Institute for Health and Disability PolKansas. icy Studies at Kansas University; and Scott Brunner, Bill would allow senior analyst and strategy

By John Hanna billion gap between anticdrinks on trains team leader at the Kansas Associated Press ipated revenues and benHealth Institute.

State Rep. TerriLois efits promised to teachers !" Noon today and TOPEKA — Gov. Sam and government workers Gregory, R-Baldwin City, Wednesday — House Brownback’s support has through 2033. The shorthas introRedistricting Committee kept alive a proposal to fall led legislators last duced a bill considering congressiostart 401(k)-style pen- year to increase the state’s that she nal maps. sion plan for new Kansas annual contribution to says would !" 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. teachers and government KPERS and require conallow the Tuesday — Issue briefing workers even as other Re- cessions from workers. sale of for Mental Health Advopublicans in the Legislaalcoholic But Brownback and cacy Day at the Capitol, at ture lose interest. beverages many legislators don’t Topeka Performing Arts Public employee think those changes will Gregory on dinner Center Auditorium, 214 groups, their allies and in- be enough to safeguard trains.

SE Eighth St. creasingly skeptical GOP the pension system’s longA hearing on House Bill !" On Senate adjournlegislators have all but term health. They say the 2689 will be at 1:30 p.m. ment Wednesday — KU killed chances that Kan- state can’t sustain tradi- today before the House Chancellor sas will start a retirement tional KPERS plans guar- Federal and State Affairs Bernadette plan similar to ones now anteeing workers’ benefits Committee.

Gray-Little “With passage of the common for private com- based on their salaries and to testify bill, the Elkhorn Valley panies as a way of control- years of service. on budget Railcar Company would be ling the state’s long-term before SenStudying the options able to move into Baldwin pension costs. ate Ways Backers argue a new City and create economic The House Pensions and Means and Benefits Committee 401(k)-style plan advocated development for surroundsubcomGray-Little is working on an alter- by a study commission last ing tourist locations,” she mittee on native that’s a big step year will stabilize the pen- said. higher education, Room away from a 401(k), even sion system because the 548-South, Capitol. state will tie though ChairKansas exports !" 1:30 p.m. Wednesday benefits to man Mitch — Hearing on SB 450, inare excellent KPERS investHolmes and ANALYSIS creasing school funding ment earnVice ChairKansas exports in 2011 by $100 million over two ings. Brownman John reached the second highest years, before Senate EduGrange have supported back said in a statement level on record at $11.57 cation Committee, Room using that kind of plan in last week that if the state billion, according to the 152-South, Capitol. the past. The Senate’s pen- doesn’t take such a step, its !" 3:30 p.m. Thursday — Kansas Department of sions committee is having credit rating could suffer.

Hearing on House Bill 2766, Commerce.

Critics have said startsimilar discussions.

The best year was 2008, creating the Creative Indusing a new 401(k)-style plan tries Council, abolishing the with $12.4 billion. Exports Gov. not backing away won’t address the funding Art Commission and Film have increased 170 perBut their work will shortfall in existing, traCommission, before House cent since 1999. The top amount to little if they ditional plans and comes Education Budget, Room industrial export last year don’t get Brownback on with additional startup 159-South, Capitol. was aircraft sales at $2.12 board, and he’s not back- costs. An estimate said the billion. ing away from his support commission’s plan would Canada, Mexico, Japan for a 401(k)-style plan. A cost the state an additional and China were the state’s potential veto could be a $10.9 billion through 2060, top four export markets, in powerful incentive for the although some lawmakers that order. Nigeria rounded Republicans who control dispute that figure. out the top five, supplanting both chambers to return Also, public employee the United Kingdom in the to the 401(k) fold. groups contend 401(k)-style rankings.

That political reality plans shift the financial risk has made Holmes, a St. from a sour economy from John Republican, hesitant the state to workers, whose about declaring work had benefits are likely to be less ended on a 401(k)-style lucrative. plan even after he outTheir arguments have lined the details of an al- resonated, and support ternative that will be dis- for a 401(k)-style plan has cussed this week. eroded. It’s led both pen2329 Iowa Street | Lawrence “If the governor doesn’t sions committees to conlike this plan, we would sider similar alternatives 785-832-0501 probably go back,” he ac- giving new public employknowledged. ees some guarantees withThe Kansas Public out tying their benefits to Employees Retirement their salaries and years of System projects an $8.3 experience. www.bedmartinc.com

Support drops for Kan. 401(k)-style plan

TASOS PANTELIDIS SEARCHES through a home destroyed by a tornado in Marysville, Ind., on Sunday. Calm weather gave dazed residents of storm-racked towns a respite on Sunday as they dug out from a chain of tornadoes that cut a swath of destruction from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico, killing at least 39 people.

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FOUR-YEAR-OLD LILY TIAN, LAWRENCE, reaches for a bite of cranberry shortbread cake during a cranberry dessert tasting on Sunday at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.

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HOSPITAL Lawrence Memorial

Lots of businesses Hospital reported no births around town that on Sunday. have double-doors at their entrance have a habit of only unlocking one. As a customer, I find it very annoying to tug on a door only to find that it’s locked, and I have to use the one next to it. In addition to being annoying, is this also a fire PUMP PATROL code violation?

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Fire Marshal James King, a division chief with Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical, said it is not a fire code violation.

“If the extra width were required for exiting this business, the locked side would be required to have panic hardware on the exit sides of the door so that they could be fully opened in the event of an emergency,” King said.

“In the circumstances described, it is likely that the extra width is needed to move large or bulky items into or out of the business at times. If you feel that this is not the case, I will be happy to visit the site and take a look at the conditions to be sure that the exits are correct for the occupancy.”

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LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT A former Lawrence high school student was reported injured after a shooting late Friday night at what witnesses say was a party in Kansas City, Mo. The shooting occurred before midnight Friday evening on Warwick Boulevard near East 40th Street.

Witnesses said people were in the home’s basement when the shooting happened.

Police have not officially released the victim’s name.

No further details were available this weekend.

DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED Brian Keith Riley, 36, Prairie Village, and Darby Lynn Hockman, 30, Prairie Village.

Vearl Edward Crawford, 62, Tonganoxie, and Diane Lynnette Pefley, 61, Moses Lake, Wash.

Travis David Crabtree, 29, Baldwin City, and Amanda Marie Huffman, 30, Baldwin City.

Louis M. Tolbert Sr., 62, Lawrence, and Linda K. Folsom, 53, Lawrence.

Frank Joseph Guerra, 35, Lawrence, and April Dawn Davis, 28, Lawrence.

Robert Austin Fulton, 44, Baldwin City, and Jennifer Lynne Hayes, 43, Baldwin City.

Anthony Reed Shipman, 25, Lawrence, and Brenna Marie Burzinski, 21, Lawrence.

DIVORCE GRANTED Nancy Ann Garrett, 57, Lawrence, and Steven Carter Garrett, 55, Lawrence.

ANNULMENT GRANTED Amanda E. Henry, 36, Baldwin City, and Ryan R. Jensen, 35, Lawrence.

The Journal-World does not print accounts of all police reports filed. The newspaper generally reports: • Burglaries, only with a loss of $1,000 or more, unless there are unusual circumstances. To protect victims, we generally don’t identify them by name.

• The names and circumstances of people arrested, only after they are charged.

• Assaults and batteries, only if major injuries are reported.

• Holdups and robberies.

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CORRECTIONS The Journal-World’s policy is to correct all significant errors that are brought to the editors’ attention, usually in this space. If you believe we have made such an error, call 785-832-7154, or email news@ljworld. com.

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY’S FALL 2011 HONOR ROLL Kansas University has announced its fall 2011 Honor Roll, which includes undergraduates who meet requirements in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and in the schools of allied health; architecture, design and planning; business; education; engineering; journalism; music; nursing; pharmacy; and social welfare. Honor roll criteria vary among the university’s academic units. Some schools honor the top 10 percent of students enrolled. Some establish a minimum GPA, and others raise the minimum GPA for each year students are in school. Students must complete a minimum number of credit hours to be considered for the Honor Roll. Area honorees, as provided by the university, are as follows: Cassie Absher of Eudora, CLAS; Jeffrey Patrick Ahle of Lawrence, CLAS; Laura Morgan Ahlert of Lawrence, School of Education; Matthew Lee Aitchison of Lawrence, School of Education; Omar Al-Kaf of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Omar Alamillo of Lawrence, School of Business; Shannon Rose Allen of Lawrence, CLAS; Megan Elizabeth Andrews of Lawrence, CLAS; Melanie Brigitte Archange of Basehor, School of Business; Richard Walker Arnett of Lawrence, CLAS; Jennifer Lynne Aucott of Lawrence, CLAS; Danielle Rae Augustine of Lawrence, CLAS; Erick Wayne Axcell of Lawrence, School of Pharmacy.

Emily Ann Bachert of Lawrence, School of Music; Jamie C Baker of Eudora, School of Education; Nate Preston Baker of Lawrence, CLAS; Morgan Feltman Banning of Lawrence, CLAS; Julia Arielle Barnard of Lawrence, CLAS; Aileen Marie Barnes of Lawrence, CLAS; Anthony Mykel Barta of Eudora, School of Education; Amelia Marie Bartkoski of Basehor, School of Business; Kylea Deann Bates of Lawrence, CLAS; Jacob Paul Baughman of Tecumseh, CLAS; Abbey Marie Bays of Lawrence, CLAS; David Wayne Beck of Basehor, School of Pharmacy; Nathaniel William Beck of Basehor, School of Pharmacy; Karah Jo Beeves of Bonner Springs, School of Allied Health; Lauren May Beeves of Bonner Springs, CLAS; Ellen Marie Bentley of Lawrence, CLAS; John Phillip Bergman of Lawrence, School of Business; Ibrahim Mohamad Berro of Lawrence, CLAS; Cassandra Rose Bever of Bonner Springs, CLAS; Amar Shirish Kuma Bhakta of Lawrence, CLAS; Priya Shirish Kumar Bhakta of Lawrence, School of Allied Health; Laura Elise Bilhimer of Overbrook, CLAS; Reston Shadrack Bishop of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Allyson Marie Bittner of Ottawa, CLAS; Rebecca Marie Blaney of Easton, CLAS; Cora Bloom of Lawrence, CLAS; Joyce Ellen Bohling of Lawrence, CLAS; Brett Thomas Bohmann of Lawrence, School of Music; James Bost of Lawrence, School of Business; Daniel James Bourneuf of Lawrence, CLAS; Gustin David Bova of Lawrence, CLAS; Craig Douglas Bower of Lawrence, School of Pharmacy; Kelcy Lynn Bowers of Lawrence, CLAS; Tiffani Patrice Boyd of Lawrence, School of Architecture; Quinn Franklin Brabender of Lawrence, CLAS; Alexander Andrew Bracciano of Lawrence, CLAS; Kathryn Lyn Bracciano of Lawrence, CLAS; Megan Lynn Bracciano of Lawrence, School of Music; Zachary Adam Bradburn of Lawrence, CLAS; Doug Wesley Brady of Tecumseh, School of Nursing; Steven Timothy Brady of Eudora, School of Business; Paul Anthony Breer of Lawrence, CLAS; Sarah Jo Bregman of Lawrence, CLAS; Rachel Alexandra Bremby of Lawrence, CLAS; Robert A Brewer of Lawrence, School of Pharmacy; Seth Michael Brooks of Lawrence, CLAS; Dayna Michelle Brown of Lawrence, School of Social Welfare; Tara Clarice Bryant of Lawrence, School of Journalism; Hannah Jeane Buchner of Lawrence, CLAS; Charles Henry Buck of Lawrence, CLAS; Brenda Rose Bullock of Basehor, School of Allied Health; Meredith Grace Burke of Lawrence, CLAS. Ashley Nicole Caldwell of Lawrence, CLAS; Lauren Annette Callahan of Lawrence, CLAS; Bailey Kristine Carlson of Lawrence, School of Education; Jeffrey Pirtle Carmody of Lawrence, CLAS; Chloe Anne Carroll of Bonner Springs, CLAS; Ailee Michele Cassel of Lawrence, CLAS; Henry Davis Chapman of Lawrence, CLAS; Tiffany Lynn Chappell of Tonganoxie, School of Education; Rebecca Marie Chase of Lawrence, School of Nursing; Katharine Michelle Chauvin of Lawrence, School of Business;

Jennifer Marie Ciszewski of Tonganoxie, CLAS; Alexa Jaye Clements of Lawrence, School of Music; Elisa Maxine Coffey of Lawrence, CLAS; William Scott Coldsnow of Lawrence, School of Education; Taylor Diane Cole of Lawrence, CLAS; Noah Jay Compo of Lawrence, CLAS; Andrew Markley Connolly of Lawrence, CLAS; Kyle Barris Consolver of Lawrence, CLAS; Marjorie Rose Cooper of Lawrence, CLAS; Michael Bret Cooper of Bonner Springs, School of Music; Emily Cormack of Lawrence, CLAS; Jennifer Allison Cornett of Lawrence, School of Social Welfare; Richard Joseph Coughlan of Lawrence, CLAS; Kyle James Craig of Lawrence, CLAS; Michael Patrick Crandall of Lawrence, School of Education; Kellen Ammon Cross of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Katelyn Elizabeth Curnes of Lawrence, School of Education; Rebekah Noelle Curry of Lawrence, CLAS. Lucy Joan Tompson Daldorph of Lawrence, CLAS; Mandy Marie Dart of Bonner Springs, School of Allied Health; Eranne Gwen Daugharthy of Ottawa, School of Pharmacy; Trevor Aaron Davies of Lawrence, CLAS; Shawn Paul Davis of Lawrence, School of Business; Jamie Lee DeJong of Bonner Springs, School of Pharmacy; Laura DeLozier of Bonner Springs, School of Allied Health; Kali Jordan Detherage of Lawrence, CLAS; McKenzie Dever of Lawrence, CLAS; Katherine Joelle Dick of Lawrence, School of Music; Frank Lee Dillon of Lawrence, CLAS; JoAnn Christine Doll of Lawrence, CLAS and School of Music; Jeni Danielle Douglas of Lawrence, CLAS; Terri Lynn Downs of Tonganoxie, School of Education; Dakota Kathleen Driscoll of Lawrence, CLAS; Cindy Lee Dunham of Lawrence, CLAS; Will Matthew Dunn of Lawrence, CLAS; Joshua Dutcher of Lawrence, CLAS. Brenna Lee Eaton of Lawrence, CLAS; Sarah Ruby Eberhart of Baldwin City, School of Engineering; Erin Nicole Eifler of Lawrence, CLAS; Chris Wolfe Elniff of Baldwin City, CLAS; Ann Lorena Erickson of Tonganoxie, CLAS; Emily Marie Evans of Lawrence, CLAS; Lindsay Michelle Ewing of Lawrence, School of Allied Health.

Hilary Erin Ferguson of Lawrence, School of Journalism; Preston Taylor Fine of Eudora, CLAS; Julian Fisher of Lawrence, CLAS; Eric Matthew Fitzmorris of Lawrence, School of Social Welfare; Dar Dominic Fornelli of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Tor Donovan Fornelli of Lawrence, CLAS; Charles Alexander Forsyth of Lawrence, School of Education; Kayla Ashley Gallagher Fox of Lawrence, CLAS; Hayley Francis of Lawrence, CLAS; Lindsay Eileen Frank of Ottawa, CLAS; Clare Mae Frantz of Lawrence, CLAS; Kevin Thomas Frantz of Lawrence, CLAS; Joshua Evan Frederick of Lawrence, School of Architecture; Haley Renee Freeman of Kansas City, CLAS; Natalie Freeman of Basehor, CLAS; Lauren Elizabeth Freund of De Soto, School of Business; Gordon David Fry of Lawrence, School of Engineering.

Jonathan Paul Gabler of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Peter Andrew Gaskamp of Lawrence, CLAS and School of Engineering; Bethany Gatz of Easton, School of Business and CLAS; Lindsay Nicole Gauthier of Lawrence, CLAS; Helen Margaret Gent of Lawrence, School of Music; Jacob Kent Gentillon of Lawrence, CLAS; Zachary Guy George of Ottawa, CLAS; Kelly Ann Gerard of Lawrence, School of Allied Health; Kristy Gerard of Lawrence, CLAS; Adam Gerval of Lawrence, CLAS; Miranda Gilmore of De Soto, CLAS; Jonathan Gittins of Lawrence, CLAS; Anne Alexandra Glanville of Oskaloosa, CLAS; Sandy Gomez of Bonner Springs, CLAS; Nicole Lynn Gonzalez of Berryton, CLAS; Shannon Renee Good of Berryton, CLAS; Bryan Jeremy Gordon of Baldwin City, CLAS; Amy Ann Green of Eudora, CLAS; Erika Lynne Green of Lawrence, CLAS; Keenan Lee Gregory of Lawrence, CLAS; Alyssa Kathleen Guinn of Lawrence, CLAS; Tyler Booth Gurss of Tonganoxie, CLAS. Caitlin Lee Haig of Lawrence, CLAS; KyAnne Janae Hall of Lawrence, CLAS; Nadia Sana Hamid of Lawrence, CLAS; Nathan Paul Hammer of Lawrence, CLAS; Robert James Handke of Lawrence, School of Pharmacy; Joshua Dewees Hanson of Baldwin City, CLAS; Alex Arthur Hardman of Lawrence, School of Business; Brittany Lea Harman of Lawrence, School of Pharmacy; Julia Elle Harris of Lawrence, School of Education; Mitchell Aaron Haverty of Lawrence, CLAS; John Michael Haviland of Lawrence, CLAS; Brandon Tyler Hawks of Ozawkie, School of Education; Erin Victoria Heckard of McLouth, School of Education; Rachel Heeb

of Lawrence, CLAS; Jeremy Bret Hehl of Lawrence, CLAS; Kelly Elizabeth Heiman of Lawrence, CLAS; Mariah Danielle Henderson of Lawrence, CLAS; Ronald James Henderson of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Natalee Anne Hensley of Lawrence, CLAS; Sarah Tanya Her of Wellsville, CLAS; Ellen Marie Hernly of Lawrence, CLAS; Erica Ann Hernly of Lawrence, School of Architecture; Emily Elizabeth Herre of Bonner Springs, CLAS; Kristen Leigh Hertlein of Meriden, School of Allied Health; Megan Nichole Hicks of Baldwin City, School of Social Welfare; Sarah Marie Hicks of Lawrence, CLAS; Jennifer Nicole Hill of De Soto, School of Education; Caitlin Hilliard of Bonner Springs, CLAS; Daniel Joel Hilliard of Bonner Springs, CLAS; Austin Davis Hoag of Lawrence, CLAS; Katelyn Sue Hobbs of Lawrence, School of Allied Health; Brian Jerome Hogan of Wellsville, School of Education; Ericka Elisabeth Marlene Hogwood of Lawrence, CLAS; Ryan Nicholas Holcomb of Bonner Springs, CLAS; Zachary Scott Holder of Bonner Springs, School of Education; Derick Michael Holmes of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Dylan Dominic Holtkamp of Lawrence, School of Education; Frances Veronica Horvath of Lawrence, CLAS; Paul Thomas Howard of Lawrence, School of Education; Audrey Michelle Hughes of Lawrence, CLAS; Jennifer Kay Hughes of Lawrence, School of Business; Margaret Eve Hull of Lawrence, CLAS; Rose Renee Hull of Lawrence, CLAS; Danielle Joanne Husted of Lawrence, CLAS. Allison Martin Ice of Lawrence, CLAS; Erin Taylor Ice of Lawrence, CLAS; Nathan Ideus of Lawrence, CLAS; Nadia Oye Imafidon of Lawrence, School of Journalism; Bethany Louise Ingle of Eudora, School of Music.

Travis Carey Jacobsen of Lawrence, CLAS; Alex Joseph Jacobson of Lawrence, CLAS; Jessica Jagerson of Lawrence, CLAS; Jeffrey Marc Jasperson of Lawrence, School of Music; Chantelle Lacee Johnson of Lawrence, CLAS; Elizabeth Ann Johnson of Lawrence, CLAS; Samantha Alexis Johnson of Lawrence, CLAS; Taylor Ellen Johnson of Eudora, CLAS; Toni Johnson of Eudora, CLAS; Abby Marie Jones of Lawrence, School of Education; Danyell Ann Jones of Lawrence, CLAS. Rayyan Munajj Kamal of Lawrence, CLAS; Nolan Kappelman of Lawrence, CLAS; Payam Karami of Lawrence, CLAS; Alexandria Monet Karasek of Lawrence, School of Allied Health; Daniel Kennedy of Lawrence, CLAS and School of Engineering; Jacob Kennedy of Lawrence, CLAS; Joakim Lennart Kennedy of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Andrew Bradley Killen of Lawrence, CLAS; Chaston Kimmel of Lawrence, CLAS; Jonathan Christopher King of Lawrence, CLAS; Sara King of Lawrence, CLAS; Ida Eliza Kitchen-Greenwell of Lawrence, CLAS; Tricia Rae Klein of Lawrence, CLAS; Daniel James Knight of Lawrence, CLAS; Emily Catherine Joan Knight of Lawrence, CLAS; Robert Terence Knight of Lawrence, CLAS and School of Engineering; Brianne Koester of Lawrence, CLAS; Alex Kong of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Amanda Yee-Fung Kong of Lawrence, CLAS; Sean Joseph Kramer of Lawrence, CLAS; Sarah Elizabeth Kraus of Lawrence, CLAS; Carol Kruse of Lawrence, CLAS; Nicolas Cole Langford of Tecumseh, CLAS; Clay Jordan Larson of Lawrence, CLAS; Emily Marie Laskowski of Berryton, School of Education; Adam Oliver Lauridsen of Lawrence, CLAS; Dane Leecy of Wellsville, School of Education; Jose Omar Lemus Mendoza of Lawrence, CLAS; Natalie Ann Lesnikowski of Lawrence, CLAS; Marianne Blaufuss Libeer of Lawrence, CLAS; William Blaufuss Libeer of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Nicole Lyne Limones of Lawrence, School of Music; Mallory June Liss of Lawrence, CLAS; Myron Chen Liu of Lawrence, School of Business; Paul Bryon Livingston of Lawrence, School of Business; Joshua Herbert Lock of Lawrence, School of Pharmacy; Ashlee Lohman of Tonganoxie, School of Nursing; Rachel Louis of Lawrence, School of Pharmacy; Terra Katchina Lubin of Lawrence, CLAS; Michael Beall Ludwick of Lawrence, School of Business; Thomas Joseph Lupton of Lawrence, School of Pharmacy.

Taylor Madeira of Ozawkie, CLAS; Ruben Lorenzo Maldonado of Lawrence, CLAS; Spencer Michael Mann of Lawrence, CLAS; Khristopher Kyle Marang of Lawrence, CLAS; Charles William Marsh III of Lawrence, CLAS; Brendan Thomas Martin of Bonner Springs, CLAS; John Robert Martin of Lawrence, CLAS; Sarah Rachelle McCabe of Berryton, CLAS and School of Journalism; Amanda

Mae Martinez of Lawrence, School of Social Welfare; David Michael McCall of Lawrence, CLAS; Jennifer Marie McCandless of Lawrence, School of Education; Marilee Jo McCleerey of Lawrence, School of Nursing; Michelle Lynne McCullough of Oskaloosa, School of Pharmacy; Timothy Alan McCullough of Lawrence, CLAS; Elise Rae McDaneld-Campbell of Lawrence, CLAS; Lindsey LeeAnn McDaniel of Lawrence, CLAS; Emily Ann Mcdowell of Basehor, CLAS; Katelyn Suzanne McKeirnan of De Soto, School of Music; Kaitlin Millar McKinney of Lawrence, School of Business; Matthew Buler McManness of Lawrence, CLAS; Johanna Beth McSweeney of Lawrence, CLAS; Lauren May McWilliams of Lawrence, CLAS; Alison Kay Mesler of Lawrence, School of Education; Breaer Angelique Miller of Eudora, School of Pharmacy; Emily Faith Miller of Lawrence, CLAS; Emily Jo Miller of Bonner Springs, CLAS; Justin James Miller of Lawrence, CLAS; Megan Marie Miller of Bonner Springs, CLAS; Renae Joan Miskowic of Lawrence, CLAS; Christina Ann Mohr of Lawrence, CLAS; Pierre Christophe Mondon of Lawrence, CLAS; Jordan Tyler Moore of Berryton, CLAS; Joshua David Moreland of Baldwin City, CLAS; Trevor Andrew Mowry of Lawrence, CLAS; Irene Wanjiku Muchori of Lawrence, School of Pharmacy; Maureen Renee Mulvihill of Perry, School of Business; Benjamin Josiah Myers of Lawrence, School of Business.

Natasha Naramore of Lawrence, CLAS; Lauren Macey Nelson of Lawrence, CLAS; Sarah Lynn Newman of Ozawkie, CLAS; Sarah Ann Nichols of Eudora, CLAS; Daniel Adam Nicholson of Lawrence, CLAS; Hannah Renay Norman of Lawrence, CLAS; Steven Thomas Norris of Lawrence, CLAS; Yevgeniy Novoseltsev of Perry, CLAS;.

Mitchell James O’Trimble of Perry, School of Business; Chris Oblon of Lawrence, CLAS; Scott Charles Ogilvie of Basehor, CLAS; Youngha Oh of Lawrence, CLAS; Debbie Ohrt of Lawrence, School of Nursing; Alan Walter ONeal of Lawrence, CLAS; Courtney Levi Osborn of Lawrence, CLAS. Shawn Jeffrey Patterson of Lawrence, CLAS; Ry McCall Patton of De Soto, CLAS; Eboni Pearce of Lawrence, School of Nursing; Marissa Collette Pelot of Lawrence, CLAS; Vincent Anthony Perdue of Lawrence, CLAS; Laura Ann Elaine Pesina of Ottawa, CLAS; Daniel Petrosky of Lawrence, CLAS; Andrew Thomas Petz of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Calvert Klaus Pfannenstiel of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Sonephasith Tony Phansiri of Lawrence, School of Business; Andrea Brooke Phillips of Lecompton, CLAS; Lauren Ashley Pipkin of Lawrence, School of Pharmacy; Courtney Jena Poe of Bonner Springs, CLAS; Kristen Polizzi of Basehor, School of Journalism; Paul Matthew Pool of Lawrence, CLAS; Chloe Sierra Porter of Lawrence, CLAS; Jared John Powell of Lecompton, CLAS; Jarrod Daniel Purkeypile of Linwood, CLAS. Morteza Rabii of Lawrence, School of Nursing; Stefani Rahardja of De Soto, School of Nursing; Kayla Danielle Raider of Lawrence, CLAS; Elizabeth Ann Rankin of Lawrence, School of Education; Samuel Ivan Real of Meriden, CLAS; Juliet Inez Remmers of Lawrence, CLAS; Liesel Reussner of Lawrence, CLAS; Michael Thomas Rezayazdi of Lawrence, School of Allied Health; Jacob William Rhodes of McLouth, CLAS; Dustin Alan Riat of Lawrence,

CLAS; Joshua Daniel Richardson of Lawrence, CLAS; Kendall Drew Riley of Lawrence, CLAS; Mariah Gayle Riling of Lawrence, CLAS; Joseph Scott Robertson of Bonner Springs, CLAS; Crystalyn Dawn Robinson of Lawrence, School of Education; Erin Devery Robinson of Lawrence, School of Business; Jessica Ambra Robinson of Lawrence, CLAS; Anthony Joseph Rodriguez of Lawrence, CLAS; Eva Rosenblumova of Lawrence, CLAS; Teri Ross of Perry, CLAS; Andrew Thomas Rothrock of Lawrence, CLAS; Ursula Rachel Rothrock of Lawrence, CLAS and School of Journalism; Sarah Adele Rucker of Lawrence, CLAS; Ali Rueschhoff of Lawrence, CLAS. Marysa Erin Sacerdote of Lawrence, CLAS; Jerry Joseph Sakumura of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Troy Lynn Sallee of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Grahm Holt Saunders of Lawrence, CLAS; Brenner Thomas Schap of Lawrence, School of Business; Kimberly Ann Scherman of Eudora, CLAS and School of Journalism; Cora Nicole Schimke of De Soto, CLAS; Bethany Marie Schirmer of Berryton, School of Education; Emily Catherine Scholle of Lawrence, School of Music; Sebastian Schoneich of Lawrence, CLAS; Julie Schrader of Lawrence, CLAS; Trenton Howard Scott of Lawrence, School of Pharmacy; Lauren Self of Lawrence, School of Education; Evan Richard Setili of Lawrence, School of Education; Marci Seuferling of Lawrence, CLAS; Tyler Kent Sheldon of Ottawa, School of Engineering; Lucy Marie Shopen of Lawrence, CLAS; Apollonia Lanie Shreders of Lawrence, CLAS; Brian Shrum of Lawrence, School of Business; Katerina Dawn Lavides Sieg of Ottawa, CLAS; Ian Michael Simmons of Lawrence, CLAS; Rebecca Sims of Berryton, School of Nursing; Gina Elizabeth Skinner of Lawrence, CLAS; Austin Franklin Smith of Tonganoxie, School of Engineering; Brittny Rose Smith of De Soto, CLAS; Christopher Roy Smith of Lawrence, CLAS; Robin Bennetts Smith of Lawrence, CLAS; Rachael Corine Snider of Bonner Springs, CLAS; Perry Solomon of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Tyler Jacob Somerhalder of Lawrence, School of Business; Darrin Michael Sorem of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Katelyn Renee Soules of Lawrence, CLAS; Christopher John Spain of Tecumseh, CLAS; Katherine Elizabeth Stanley of Eudora, CLAS; Matthew Harrison Starks of Lawrence, CLAS; Sarah Mary Stern of Lawrence, CLAS and School of Journalism; Andrew James Stillie of Ottawa, School of Business; Katherine Ann Stites of Lawrence, CLAS; Joseph Martin Stogsdill of Lawrence, CLAS; Hannah Pauline Stout of Oskaloosa, School of Business; Kenneth Eugene Stowe of Meriden, CLAS; Amanda Elizabeth Stratman of Lawrence, School of Social Welfare; Thomas Dale Strauser of De Soto, School of Music; Elizabeth Paige Struble of Lawrence, CLAS; Sarah Jane Stuever of Lawrence, CLAS. Michael Tabone of De Soto, School of Engineering; Brienne Nicole Taylor of Lawrence, CLAS; Emily Teefey of Lawrence, CLAS; Kerry Jo Ternes of Lawrence, CLAS; Alan Keith Thomas of Lawrence, School of Architecture; Colin Ray Thomas of Baldwin City, School of Business; Lauren Michelle Thomas of Lawrence, School of Education; Paul Anthony Thomas of Ottawa, CLAS; Shawn Timm of Tonganoxie, CLAS; Tayler Jeannine Tolefree of Lawrence, CLAS; Rodolfo Matias Torres of Lawrence, CLAS; Quynh Anh Tran

of Lawrence, School of Pharmacy; Meaghan Lindsay Travis of Lawrence, School of Education; Thomas Jeffrey Triplett of Lawrence, CLAS; Megan Tugman of Lawrence, CLAS; Seth Thomas Tutera of Lawrence, School of Pharmacy; Miriam Ann Tye of Baldwin City, CLAS; Amanda Rae Vander Tuig of Baldwin City, School of Pharmacy.

Kelsey Annette Verhaeghe of Baldwin City, School of Education; Hannah Claire Vick of Lawrence, CLAS and School of Social Welfare; Kayci Lynne Vickers of Eudora, CLAS; Jason Daniel Vitale of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Benjamin Allen Vogel of Lawrence, CLAS; Fiston Vuvu of Lawrence, School of Pharmacy.

Joseph Michael Wachtel of Wellsville, School of Engineering; Justin James Wade of Overbrook, CLAS; Joanna Marie Wakeman of Lawrence, School of Pharmacy; Samuel Odd Walter of Lawrence, CLAS; Chao Wang of Lawrence, School of Business; Linda Wang of Lawrence, CLAS; Alec Lon Weaver of Berryton, CLAS; Shelby Marie Webb of Ottawa, CLAS; Eva Louise Wehrle of Lawrence, CLAS; Miste Dawn Weigel of Tecumseh, School of Pharmacy; Amelia Chandra Weil of Lawrence, CLAS; Leslie Weiser of Bonner Springs, School of Nursing; Nathan Allen Wendt of Lawrence, CLAS; Brian Jamison Wentz of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Clay Mountain Westerlund of Lawrence, CLAS; Anthony Lawrence White of Lawrence, CLAS; Mariah Weaver Whitmore of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Mitchell Laurence Whitson of Lawrence, CLAS; Michael Whitten of Eudora, School of Engineering; Elizabeth McKim Wiebe of Lawrence, CLAS; Christopher Joseph Wildgen of Lawrence, CLAS; Mallory Heath Wilkerson of Lawrence, CLAS; Logan James Wille of Lawrence, CLAS; Ashley Cheyenne Williams of De Soto, School of Nursing; Brittanie Michelle Williams of Lawrence, CLAS; Hannah Wilson of Lawrence, CLAS; Michelle Christine Wilson of Lawrence, School of Social Welfare; Hannah Lane Windholz of Lawrence, CLAS; Jorden Ryan Wise of Eudora, CLAS School of Arts; Megan Kathleen Withiam of Lawrence, CLAS; Christopher Brent Witthaus of Lawrence, School of Business; Pamela Renee Wyssenbach of Lawrence, CLAS. XiaoYuan Xi of Lawrence, CLAS. Yifei Yang of Lawrence, CLAS; HyoYoung Yoon of Lawrence, CLAS; Sun Young Yoon of Lawrence, CLAS; Sijun Yu of Lawrence, CLAS. Kenneth Matthew Zabel of Lawrence, School of Engineering; Mikhail Zakharov of Baldwin City, School of Engineering.

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“The Waiting Room: Lost and Found,” a mixed-media installation addressing women’s health, is on display through March 16 at the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 SW 10th Ave. in Topeka.

Hours are: ! Weekdays — 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. ! Saturdays — 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ! Sundays — noon to 9 p.m.

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Lawrence resident Marguerite Perret, a professor of art and design at Washburn University, is the lead artist on the exhibition, which includes paintings, sculptures, audio and visitor interaction.

“We wanted to put a light on some of these areas because there are misperceptions or biases, and some things have stigmas attached to them still today,” she said.

A small area is devoted to each health issue, and at the focal point is a specifically designed chair with detailed fabrics, designs and underlying messages.

If you look closely at the fabric on the chair in the breast cancer area, you will notice cancer cells and plant forms representing the Pacific yew tree, which is used to make the popular breast cancer treatment drug Taxol.

In the anorexia area, if you look through the wooden chair and into the glass it’s sitting on, you will see the word “HELP.” It’s carved into the chair representing the relationship between eating disorders and compulsive cutting.

Joanne Bergmann, of rural Lawrence, helped with the project by doing the upholstery for four of the chairs — one of them represented bulimia, something she said she didn’t know much about until seeing the exhibit.

“It’s very educational.

There’s a lot of research that goes into it,” she said.

“I think it’s amazing and really creative.”

Through experiences Perret and the other three artists, including her husband, Bruce Scherting, picked health issues that they’ve experienced themselves or through someone in their families.

Perret was diagnosed with breast cancer in her early 40s through a mam-

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THE WAITING ROOM PROJECT includes tableaux of mixed-media art, representing various issues of women’s health and health care. The exhibit is on display through March 16 at the Topeka and Shawnee County Library in Topeka. See a video about the exhibit at WellCommons.com. mogram. She had surgery and radiation and hopefully, she said, no longer has it.

“For me with my experience, the idea was whether you could still be attractive even though you’ve had surgery, which makes you not the norm, especially on a part of your body that is so important sexually,” she said.

The chair looks like one that would sit in front of a vanity, feeding into the feeling of attractiveness; yet, it is a bit elongated and odd-looking. There’s also metal shelving next to the chair, which brings the clinical feel into it.

“It’s that idea of the beauty plus the strangeness or the oddity,” she said.

Sitting on the chair, there’s a magnifying glass that looks like a mirror.

Perret believes there’s tremendous pressure on women to catch the disease through self exams, and if they don’t, then there’s a feeling of guilt.

“Instead of reflecting on yourself, you are inspecting yourself constantly,” she said.

Underneath the chair is cloudlike shape of pink satin fabric. Perret said it can

(2 to 8 minute) audio recordings of people talking about their personal experiences.

In one, a daughter talks frankly about the progression of her mother’s dementia and how she eventually lost the ability to communicate with her.

She said she would never forget the day that she moved her mother from an apartment to an assisted-living facility. She said her mother was angry with her, and they were both crying.

In the domestic violence exhibit, the stories are real, but the voices are of actors, for safety.

A man talks about his sixmonth relationship with a woman who seemed funloving in the beginning but then turned violent because of her use of alcohol and drugs. He said she attacked him and threatened to kill him, and yet, he still thinks of her as the victim — not him.

Visitors also can share their thoughts and stories.

Dozens of messages are clipped with clothespins Sharing stories to a set of mattress springs In each tableau, there is that is leaning against a a plain black chair where wall. Among them: “Don’t visitors can listen to short give up — get away,” mean a variety of things: release of exhaustion, swimming in medication or dreaming that the cancer is flowing out of you. For her, it depicts the feeling of being surrounded by too much “pink” marketing.

Her treatments were in October, which is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. She said stores were selling pink-frosted cupcakes and cookies, but she didn’t feel like celebrating.

“What was it all about?

Happy Breast Cancer?” she asked.

The more products she saw, the more furious she became, and so she began collecting them: dish sponges, aluminum foil, duct tape, yogurt lids, gloves, underwear, pepper spray, wine, bubble wrap.

They are now part of the exhibition.

“I just find all of that really odd and strange and needing some critique,” she said. “We don’t say it’s bad in the show. We just present it so people can think about it.”

There will be an informal discussion about the exhibit from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

March 16 in the library’s Marvin Auditorium, Room 101A. The principal artists and several partners and writers will attend. The event is free and open to the public.

“How far will he/she go?” and “You deserve better.”

In the bulimia area, individuals can write messages on cupcake wrappers and napkins and then shove them through the “Gut Reaction Chair.” They end up scattered on the floor below, representing the binge and purge cycle. One note reads: “I am 68 years old. I have suffered from anorexia since my teenage years.

Nothing can or could make me eat if I didn’t want to. I was never treated but grew up anyway.”

Perret said artists have also held community art workshops where people shared their health stories, and some of the works also are on display. She said one woman got tearyeyed as she talked about how lucky she was to have caught a blocked artery before having a full-blown heart attack. Another participant talked about his “new normal” after suffering a traumatic brain injury in a car accident.

“They are so personal and so amazing and so powerful from every aspect,” Perret said.

— Health reporter Karrey Britt can be reached at 832-7190. Read her health blog at WellCommons.com, and follow her at Twitter.com/WellCommons.

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BRIEFLY Putin claims Russian election victory MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin scored a decisive victory in Russia’s presidential election Sunday to return to the Kremlin and extend his hold on power for six more years. His eyes brimming with tears, he defiantly proclaimed to a sea of supporters that they had triumphed over opponents intent on “destroying Russia’s statehood and usurping power.”

Putin’s win was never in doubt as many across the vast country still see him as a guarantor of stability and the defender of a strong Russia against a hostile world, an image he has carefully cultivated during 12 years in power.

Accounts by independent observers of extensive voterigging, however, looked set to strengthen the resolve of opposition forces whose unprecedented protests in recent months have posed the first serious challenge to Putin’s heavy-handed rule.

Obama: U.S. force an option on Iran WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Sunday he would not hesitate to attack Iran to keep it from getting a nuclear bomb, hoping a forceful assurance will discourage Israel from launching a unilateral strike that could ignite the Middle East and drag the U.S. into war.

Pleading for time for diplomacy to work, Obama warned that “loose talk of war” was only undermining world security.

Addressing a powerful pro-Israel lobby, Obama delivered messages to multiple political audiences: Israel, Iran, Jewish voters, a restless Congress, a wary international community and three Republican presidential contenders who will speak to the same group Tuesday.

At the core was his bullish assertion that the United States will never settle for containing a nuclear-armed Iran or fail to defend Israel.

KANSAS UNIVERSITY’S FALL 2011 GRADUATES Kansas University has announced its fall 2011 candidates for degrees.

Students from this area are listed alphabetically below.

Mohammed Naif Al Shammari, Lawrence, B.S., mechanical engineering; Salem Ali Al-marri, Lawrence, B.S., business/management and leadership; Omar Mohammed Alenezy, Lawrence, B.A., arts/economics; Mohammed Jawad Alshayeb, Lawrence, M.S., science/engineering management; Nicholas Altieri, Lawrence, B.A., history; Ashley Anguiano, Berryton, Bachelor of Social Work; Christofer Ryan Armstrong, Ottawa, B.A., sociology; Kathryn Helen Ashley, Lawrence, B.A., French; William Sassar Averill, Lawrence, B.G.S., theater.

Andrew Bailey, of Lawrence, M.B.A, M.A., Latin American studies; Aileen Marie Barnes, Lawrence, B.A., education; Michelle Lynn Bart, Lawrence, M.S., education; Elizabeth Rachel Bartlow, Baldwin City, B.G.S., English and history minor; David Beals, Lawrence, M.A., museum studies; Britten Joseph Beasley, Lawrence, B.A., communication studies; Danyel Leniece Bell, Lawrence, B.S., business/accounting; Adrienne Jane Birt, Lawrence, B.A., anthropology; Henry Nikolai Birt, Lawrence, B.S., journalism; Travis Ryan Blankenship, Lawrence, History minor and B.G.S., communication studies; William Folse Bohne, Lawrence, B.A., political science and French minor; Elizabeth Anne Boldridge, Lawrence, Ph.D., education, Gary Brandt, Lawrence, Ph.D., medicinal chemistry; Ryan Michael Breitenbach, De Soto, English minor and B.G.S., film and media studies.; Ricky Vaughn Brown, Lawrence, B.G.S., political science; Erin Elizabeth Carter, Lawrence, B.A., psychology.

Ryan Eugene Cobbs, Ottawa, Doctor of Education; Ferdouz Cochran, Lawrence, M.A., geography; Ryan Coiner, Lawrence, M.S., bioengineering; Shellsea Tae Cole, Eudora, B.G.S, liberal arts and sciences; Karen Dulaney Cook, Lawrence, B.A., English; Katie Lee Cook, Lawrence, Master of Accounting; Michael Patrick Crandall, Lawrence, B.S., education and business minor; Alicia Cronen, Lawrence, B.G.S., economics.

Vanessa Nicole Dalberg, Bon-

ner Springs, B.A., history; Naomi Ohenewa Danso, Lawrence, M.S., education; Justin Lee Davidson, of Tonganoxie, Bachelor of Music Education; Laura Dean, Lawrence, M.A., political science; Chenglan Ding, Lawrence, Master of Accounting; Gregory Allen Dixon, Lawrence, Ph.D., education/curriculum and instruction.; Michael Adam Dunbar, Baldwin City, B.G.S., history; Elizabeth Diane Durkin, Eudora, Master of Public Health.

Megan Evyann Ester, De Soto, Bachelor of Business Administration.

Anthony Martin Falcon, Lecompton, M.A., economics; Matthew Charles Fanning, Basehor, B.S., education and business minor; Kelsey Ann Fath, Tecumseh, B.S., journalism; Adeshola Fatuyi, Lawrence, B.A., psychology; Andre Faucher, Lawrence, B.G.S., history, B.S.., education; Cynthia Lauren Ferrell, Lawrence, English minor and B.G.S., communication studies; Preston Taylor Fine, Eudora, B.S., environmental studies; Michael Fonkert, Lawrence, B.A., political science and public policy in the U.S. minor; Andrew James Foster, Lawrence, B.A., political science; Guy Marsden Foster, Lawrence, M.S., civil engineering; Robert Johnson Fulbright, Lawrence, Juris Doctor.

Amanda Anne Gammon, Lawrence, women’s studies minor and B.G.S., psychology; Janene Marie Gier, Tonganoxie, B.S., journalism; Katelyn Aileen Gower, Lawrence, B.G.S., applied behavioral sciences; Michael Graves, Lawrence, Ph.D., film and media studies; Amy Ann Green, Eudora, B.A., English.

Kandice Marie Hall, Lawrence, B.F.A, art; Amanda Rene Hart, Lawrence, M.A., English; Ryan William Hartford, Eudora, business minor and B.G.S., film and media studies; Michael Hastings, Bonner Springs, M.S., nursing; Erin Victoria Heckard, McLouth, B.S., education and business minor; Craig Andrew Hendricks, Basehor, B.G.S., political science; Anya Hess, Lawrence, M.S., geology; Heather Ann Hice, Lawrence, Doctor of Physical Therapy; Sara Elizabeth Hilliard, Lawrence, B.G.S., psychology and human sexuality minor; Cory Hills, Lawrence, Doctor of Musical Arts, Master of Music; Joshua Phillip Hinton, Lawrence, B.G.S., film and

media studies and communication studies minor; Brian Jerome Hogan, Wellsville, B.S., education; Candace Marie Hogue, Lawrence, M.S., education; Zachary Scott Holder, Bonner Springs, B.S., education and business minor; Dylan Dominic Holtkamp, Lawrence, B.S., education and business minor; Steven Lee Houser, Baldwin City, B.S., civil engineering; Derek Christopher Huddlestun, Ottawa, B.S., biology; Jillian Hurst, Lawrence, B.A., anthropology and speech-language-hearing minor.

Ruslan Dmitriyevich Ivanov, Lawrence, Juris Doctor.

Alex Micheal Johnson, Baldwin City, B.G.S., liberal arts and sciences; Abby Marie Jones, Lawrence, B.S., education.

Nolan Kappelman, Lawrence, B.G.S., environmental studies and history minor and business minor; Steven Patrick Keehner, Lawrence, B.G.S., anthropology and history minor and classics minor; Juliana Keller, Lawrence, M.A., child language; Tekakwitha Key, Lawrence, B.G.S., liberal arts and sciences; Crystal Ann Khalid, Lawrence, B.G.S., geography and business minor; Erryn Clark Kindle, Eudora, B.S., education and business minor; Katharine Elizabeth Kisner, Lawrence, public policy in the U.S. minor and B.A., communication studies; Eun Hye Koh, Lawrence, B.A., sociology; Morgan Marie Kopecky, De Soto, psychology minor and B.A., communication studies; Seth William Kozak, Lawrence, M.A., Russian and East European studies.

Nicole Marie Lane, Ottawa, business minor and B.S., journalism; James Kevin LaRocca, Lawrence, B.A., mathematics and B.S., biology; Amy Beth Leyerzapf, Lawrence, Ph.D., communication studies; Brecken Teague Liebl, Lawrence, business minor and B.S., journalism; Alyssa Lorenz, Tonganoxie, B.A., history of art and B.A., classical antiquity and business minor; Howard D. Lubliner, Lawrence, Ph.D., civil engineering; Michael Beall Ludwick, Lawrence, B.S., business/ information system and B.S., business/marketing; Chelsea Ann Luther, Overbrook, B.S., business/ marketing.

Hannah Louise Mackie, Baldwin City, B.G.S., speechlanguage-hearing; Molly White Mackinnon, Lawrence, M.S., education; Claire Anne Magee, Berryton, chemistry minor and

B.S., biology; Miriam Maples, Lawrence, B.A., anthropology; Damon Eugene Mar, Lawrence, M.S., mechanical engineering; Logan Taylor Marienau, Lawrence, B.S., business/accounting; Mallory McCartney, Lawrence, M.S., education; Bel Govinda McCoy, Lawrence, B.S., business/finance; Michelle Lynnae McCudden, Lawrence, Ph.D., communication studies; Ryan McDowell, Lawrence, M.S., clinical research; Kristen Rebecca McLaughlin-Stremel, Lawrence, B.A., history; Josephine Sarah Michener, Lawrence, B.S., biology; Gaywyn Elizabeth Moore, Lawrence, Ph.D., English; Kyle Dean Morgison, Eudora, B.G.S., film and media studies and psychology minor; Benjamin Josiah Myers, Lawrence, B.S., business/ accounting.

Sandra Lynn Newland, Ottawa, M.B.A; Jennifer Ryan Newton, Lawrence, Ph.D., education/special education; Dustin Nickel, Baldwin City, B.S., civil engineering.

Rachel Marie Parra, Lawrence, B.A., economics; Wesley Peck, Lawrence, Ph.D., computer science; Ashley Pennington, Oskaloosa, B.S., education; Vincent Anthony Perdue, Lawrence, B.G.S., liberal arts and sciences; Nia Lynn Phillips, Lawrence, Ph.D., psychology; Kendra Jo Pittman Irwin, Lawrence, Ph.D., ecology and evolutionary biology; Paul Matthew Pool, Lawrence, B.G.S., theater; Jared John Powell, Lecompton, B.G.S., anthropology and B.G.S., sociology; Joshua Caine Powers, Lawrence, Master of Public Administration; Corie Christen Pritchard, Eudora, M.S., dietetics and nutrition; Michael Puckett, Lawrence, M.S., mechanical engineering; Christina Marie Pyle, Eudora, B.G.S., economics.

Anna Renee Rees, Wellsville, B.A., history; Matthew Kyle Reineman, M.S., electrical engineering; Alix Renee Rieman, Berryton, B.A., history of art; Stuart Perry Roberts, Lawrence, classics minor and B.A., English; Matthew Allen Rombach, Lawrence, B.G.S, film and media studies.

Galo Arturo Salcedo, Lawrence, M.A., economics; Kelcey Schmitz, Lawrence, M.S., education; Evan Richard Setili, Lawrence, B.S., education; Cameron David Siler, Lawrence, Ph.D., ecology and evolutionary biology; Lindsay Kathryn Simms, Lawrence, B.G.S., applied behavioral sciences; Ashton Nichole Simon, Ottawa,

B.A., history of art and B.A., communication studies; Gina Elizabeth Skinner, Lawrence, B.A., anthropology; Andrew Brant Smith, Lawrence, B.G.S., history and geography minor; Justin Douglas Smith, Tonganoxie, German minor and B.S., chemistry; Matthew Harrison Starks, Lawrence, B.A., human biology; Mark Evan Stotler, Lawrence, Master of Music; Hannah Pauline Stout, Oskaloosa, B.S., business/accounting and B.S., business/finance; Nicole Diane Stout, Basehor, B.A., psychology; Kurt Eric Sundell, II, Lawrence, M.S., geology; Charles Allen Swanson Bankart, McLouth, Ph.D., education; Jessica Elaine Sylvester, Ottawa, Master of Public Health.

Gail Jo Thomas, Oskaloosa, Doctor of Physical Therapy; Michael David Tiffany, Lawrence, B.G.S., sociology; Tanika Nicole Townsend, Lawrence, B.G.S., liberal arts and sciences; Eric Traul, Lawrence, business minor and B.G.S., communication studies; Sylvia Ivonne Trevino-Maack, Lawrence, Ph.D., behavioral psychology; Joshua William Turnbaugh, Eudora, B.G.S., economics and business minor.

Denise Tanisha Vann, Lawrence, B.S., business/accounting; Rachel Ann Vaughn, Lawrence, Ph.D., American studies; Jason Daniel Vitale, Lawrence, B.S., civil

engineering.

Joseph Michael Wachtel, Wellsville, B.S., electrical engineering; Yue Wang, Lawrence, B.S., electrical engineering; Levi Weaverling, Lawrence, B.S., business/accounting; Aaron Lane Whitebread, Lawrence, B.G.S., English; Kristin Whitehair, Lawrence, Master of Public Administration; Benjamin James Wilkins, Lawrence, Juris Doctor; Andrew Travis Williams, Lawrence, B.F.A., design; Matthew Joseph Williams, Lawrence, philosophy minor and B.G.S, communication studies; Jamie Dean Wilson, Lawrence, Doctor of Physical Therapy; Kimberly Anne Wilson, Lawrence, B.F.A., design; Austin Dean Winn, Lawrence, anthropology minor and B.G.S., psychology; Lena Withers, Lawrence, M.A., history; Christopher Brent Witthaus, Lawrence, B.S., business/supply chain management and B.S., business/marketing; Angelia Denise Woods, Lawrence, B.G.S., English.

Shanxiang Xiao, Lawrence, Ph.D., education.

Venkata Raviteja Yarlagadda, Lawrence, M.S., chemical engineering; Kristin Leigh Young, Lawrence, M.S., clinical research; Sijun Yu, Lawrence, mathematics minor and B.S., economics.

Jiqiu Yuan, Lawrence, Ph.D., civil engineering.

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Potential loss A possible job opportunity for a KU faculty member is both good and bad news.

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tuart Bell, dean of the Kansas University School of Engineering, has been one of KU’s true all-stars.

News that he is a finalist for the job of executive vice chancellor and provost at Louisiana State University is both good and bad. It’s good, and understandable, that LSU officials recognize the excellence and leadership Bell would bring to that university, but it is bad that he may be leaving his position on Mount Oread.

KU cannot afford to lose leaders like Bell. Perhaps it is the possibility of a more significant administration position at LSU, greater compensation or perhaps a belief he has achieved everything that he can here at KU. Whatever the case, his departure would be a major loss for the university, and KU can ill afford to lose such a truly talented leader.

Chicken stew It’s OK to kill chickens for food but not for art.

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aybe it’s one of those “only in Lawrence” things.

When artist Amber Hansen set out to show us something about the food we eat, where it comes from and what it goes through to get to our tables, well – not so fast! Can’t keep chickens on display here. Can’t butcher them in the city limits. Freedom of expression goes only so far.

Would the city have chickened out?

We’ll never know.

Hansen is changing her plans and will work with an empty chicken coop instead of live (and intended-to-be-butchered) birds.

She explained on her blog: “Through this project, I made a commitment to unveil what I have found to be the abstracted and passive experience of our disengagement with the animals we consume. ‘The Story of Chickens’ intent is to provide an opportunity for this engagement.

“The average American’s interaction with food is at best a passive one. By this I mean that consuming is often reduced to a purely aesthetic experience abstracted from the reality of life and death. I believe our current reliance on factory-farmed animals to be a parasitic relationship. By urging a closer relationship between the consumer and the consumed, I hope to promote a more conscientious and tangible relationship.

“The slaughter of the five chickens meant to take place at the end of the ‘Story of Chickens’ proposed full disclosure of a controversial, yet all too common ethical paradox for the omnivore (for humans to consume meat, an animal must die). The very notion that we can choose to cause a condition, yet refuse to acknowledge or make public its affect and result, veils and censors our connection to that activity. The ‘Story of Chickens’ is in no way meant to dictate or promote ethical stances for or against meat consumption. Its thesis is to promote a closer and sustainable connection to our food, specifically chickens. With this closeness comes the responsibility of realizing and de-abstracting the conditions and origins of that which we choose to consume,” she wrote, adding “The question I had when beginning this project remains: Can a symbiotic relationship between animals and humans be created within the urban landscape?”

Apparently not in Lawrence, at least in 2012. In response to public criticism and city ordinances, she’s modified the project but hopes to get her point across despite the limits placed on her approach.

To her credit, she hasn’t cried “fowl.”

Here’s hoping the revised effort doesn’t lay an egg.

BOSTON — So it continues.

Mitt Romney’s daily-double followed Rick Santorum’s trifecta, and now the contest moves here to Massachusetts and to nine other states that together, in a Super Tuesday rush for delegates, probably won’t resolve the Republican presidential race any more than the last two rounds did.

But just because the race isn’t resolved doesn’t mean it isn’t clarified. In the muddle, some things are clearer than ever.

One is that there will be a lengthy Republican race. Another is that the Republicans

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… the party best positioned in a quartercentury to recapture the White House is itself so divided that a weak president grows in strength day by day.” have class divisions that mirror the ones the Democrats have been contending with for two generations. A third is that the party best positioned in a quarter-century to recapture the White House is itself so divided that a weak president grows in strength day by day.

This will be a Super Tuesday like few others. The term arose after Southern Democrats, impatient with the leftward drift of a party that seemed congenitally unable to win a national election, clustered the primaries of the Old Confederacy so as to create a regional battle that would work to the advantage of a moderate, business-oriented candidate.

But this is a contest of an entirely different character, mixing the old industrial heartland (and agricultural bounty) of Ohio with the high-tech suburbs of Massachusetts, the granola reaches of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, the energy environs of North Dakota and Oklahoma and the country-music ballad lands of Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia. Each of the contenders has a stronghold to defend and dangerous territory to explore.

As they do so — as they speed from Idaho to the South, and then gird for the ground war in Ohio — these questions grow in importance:

Undue attention To the editor: I think it’s disgusting that the Journal-World felt the need to plaster headlines on the front page about one of our police officers fixing tickets. In the first place, that could have and should have been handled within the police department, not made public.

The officer should have received a reprimand and definitely not lost his job after 21 years of service. This officer has done a lot of good for our community and, like all officers, he has put his life on the line every day.

He didn’t do anything worse than what the courts do. Aren’t they accepting a bribe when we

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!" Are the Republicans hurt by this ever-lengthening campaign?

The usual answer is that a long fight strengthens the eventual nominee, but this is not a usual campaign and there are signs this battle is not strengthening anybody but the president. The two principal candidates, plus Rep. Ron Paul and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, are drifting rightward as the calendar turns, even though the conventional formula calls for candidates to drift toward the center as the general election nears.

It is a long time till November, though, and in 1960, when Richard M. Nixon won the nomination, the Republicans hadn’t even voted in their first primary until later this week. But Republican leaders are worried. They’d rather have a short, crisp race than a lengthy, messy one.

They will have to settle for the latter, and for the consequences. The Republican nominee will have to play the role of the king’s horses in Humpty Dumpty, though in this race hardly anyone is sitting on a wall.

Some Republicans worry they are reliving the 1964 Republican race, when Barry Goldwater lost 44 states. They ought to worry instead about whether they are replaying the 1968 Democratic race, when their rivals tore themselves up in the primaries and in a bloody convention and then lost a narrow contest. !" Might it come down to the Pennsylvania primary, and if it does, is Santorum sunk?

It might, and he probably isn’t. All the political pros know Santorum was routed in his 2006 re-election battle,

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!" What value do Republicans place on party unity?

On the surface, that question focuses on the fissures that two months of hard campaigning have laid bare: between conservatives and moderates, between those who oppose big government and those who aim more at big business, between candidates who play down religion and those who emphasize it.

The Michigan exit polls by Edison Research make these divisions clear. Romney prevailed among those who said they considered themselves somewhat conservative or moderate to liberal; Santorum was the clear winner among those who said they were conservative. Romney showed strength among those with incomes over $100,000, Santorum with those far less welloff. Voters who considered abortion the top issue went with Santorum; those who emphasized the budget and the economy with Romney.

But in some ways that is the least interesting, and surely the least surprising, element of the party unity question.

Santorum found himself in the middle of an illuminating contretemps last month when he admitted he “took one for the team” in supporting the No Child Left Behind legislation. Romney’s forces pilloried him for compromising, the very venal act that Santorum has accused his rival of performing repeatedly.

All this raises questions, unanswered by both men, of whether a candidate seeking to lead the country should be open to the sort of compromise that created the Constitution they would vow to protect and defend. That’s a debate worth having.

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losing Pennsylvania by 18 points. But that is a rare example of a meaningless truth.

Many Pennsylvania voters do have strong, negative feelings about Santorum, sometimes expressing them with unusual hostility. Almost none of those people will vote in the Republican primary April 24.

Santorum likely will be the strong favorite in Pennsylvania, though the state’s primary sets up as Santorum’s version of the Romney defensive play in Michigan.

Just as Romney would have been seriously wounded had he lost Michigan, Santorum would be lunch meat if he loses Pennsylvania. !"Is Paul LePage right?

Paul LePage is the injuryprone governor of Maine, known for his attacks on a state labor mural and his willingness to tell the president of the United States to “go to hell.” But for all his stumbles, LePage may have stumbled on an inconvenient truth the other day when he suggested that the Republicans need a fresh face in the presidential race.

That is like saying that a hungry child needs a hearty meal. He may not get it — and the Republicans may not get that fresh face.

It is awfully late in the contest, even though it is only early March, and the Republicans are surfeited with reluctant warriors, the 21st-century versions of Thomas Paine’s summer soldiers and sunshine patriots. The remaining candidates have been saying of themselves: What you see is what you get. Increasingly it’s clear that they’re saying that of the Republican field as well.

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FRIDAY

THURSDAY

5 TODAY

Sunny, warm; breezy in the p.m.

Partly sunny, windy and warmer

A couple of showers possible

Mostly cloudy, windy and cooler

Mostly cloudy and windy

High 60° Low 44° POP: 0%

High 74° Low 53° POP: 5%

High 63° Low 33° POP: 30%

High 48° Low 33° POP: 25%

High 48° Low 28° POP: 15%

Wind SSE 10-20 mph

Wind S 20-30 mph

Wind S 12-25 mph

Wind NNE 15-25 mph

Wind NE 15-25 mph

POP: Probability of Precipitation

McCook 73/30

Kearney 67/35

Oberlin 71/32

Clarinda 56/40

Lincoln 61/38

Grand Island 64/35

Beatrice 61/42

Concordia 66/42

Centerville 50/38

St. Joseph 58/44 Chillicothe 52/39

Sabetha 57/43

Kansas City Marshall Manhattan 59/45 54/41 Goodland Salina 65/43 Oakley Kansas City Topeka 70/31 67/42 70/35 63/46 Lawrence 58/45 Sedalia 60/44 Emporia Great Bend 56/42 65/45 69/39 Nevada Dodge City Chanute 61/45 72/37 Hutchinson 66/47 Garden City 68/44 72/33 Springfield Wichita Pratt Liberal Coffeyville Joplin 59/40 67/45 69/44 72/35 67/48 68/48 Hays Russell 70/36 70/38

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

Temperature High/low Normal high/low today Record high today Record low today

66°/22° 51°/28° 85° in 1956 -2° in 1960

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

Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date

0.00 0.09 0.27 3.17 2.66

REGIONAL CITIES

Today Tue. Today Tue. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Atchison 59 44 s 71 52 pc Independence 66 48 s 73 54 pc 64 45 s 75 51 s Belton 57 44 s 69 50 pc Fort Riley 58 44 s 69 49 pc Burlington 63 46 s 72 52 pc Olathe Coffeyville 68 48 s 75 55 pc Osage Beach 57 40 s 70 51 pc Osage City 63 45 s 74 50 s Concordia 66 42 s 70 44 s Ottawa 60 44 s 69 51 pc Dodge City 72 37 s 76 41 s 67 45 s 72 47 s Holton 59 45 s 73 53 pc Wichita Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

Seattle 47/32

SUN & MOON Today 6:47 a.m.

6:18 p.m.

3:39 p.m.

4:46 a.m.

Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Full

Last

Tue. 6:46 a.m.

6:19 p.m.

4:48 p.m.

5:21 a.m.

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First

NATIONAL FORECAST Billings 62/35

San Francisco 60/45

Mar 14 Mar 22 Mar 30

LAKE LEVELS

As of 7 a.m. Sunday Lake

Clinton Perry Pomona

Level (ft)

874.25 891.14 973.99

Discharge (cfs)

7 500 15

INTERNATIONAL CITIES Cities Acapulco Amsterdam Athens Baghdad Bangkok Beijing Berlin Brussels Buenos Aires Cairo Calgary Dublin Geneva Hong Kong Jerusalem Kabul London Madrid Mexico City Montreal Moscow New Delhi Oslo Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Tokyo Toronto Vancouver Vienna Warsaw Winnipeg

Today Hi Lo W 89 69 s 45 37 r 57 48 sh 58 38 s 95 79 s 43 30 c 46 27 c 41 34 sn 81 72 t 70 53 s 51 15 c 46 36 s 45 32 sh 77 70 c 54 42 pc 50 25 s 46 36 pc 57 37 s 75 41 s 21 1 pc 23 15 c 91 61 pc 34 23 c 46 34 sh 86 70 s 59 46 sh 50 36 r 88 77 t 34 21 s 79 63 s 52 48 r 27 17 pc 45 30 r 46 34 pc 34 19 s 33 25 pc

Hi 88 47 61 61 96 52 41 45 78 75 31 48 43 77 58 52 46 57 76 28 18 86 33 44 85 52 43 88 34 75 63 45 42 46 32 38

Tue. Lo W 70 s 36 pc 47 c 45 s 79 t 28 s 25 s 34 c 71 t 54 s 21 c 43 c 29 c 70 r 41 s 25 s 39 pc 35 s 45 s 25 pc 7c 57 pc 25 c 30 sh 71 s 39 sh 28 r 75 t 19 s 61 sh 50 r 39 pc 39 sh 25 s 17 c 5c

Detroit 30/25 Washington 45/29

New York 40/23

Kansas City 58/45 Atlanta 55/34

El Paso 72/47

Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation.

Temperature bands are highs for today.

Houston 76/50

Fronts Cold

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Chicago 37/27

Denver 70/37

Los Angeles 80/55

Mar 8

Minneapolis 38/31

Miami 75/61

Precipitation

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Rain

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Snow

Ice

-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s National Summary: A strip of snow will push across central Virginia today with some showers just to the south. Intermittent rain will dampen the Pacific Northwest. The rest of the country will be generally sunny and dry.

Today Tue. Today Tue. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Memphis 58 39 s 66 51 s Albuquerque 65 41 s 69 40 s 75 61 s 77 68 sh Anchorage 26 20 sn 34 25 sn Miami Milwaukee 36 27 pc 52 40 pc Atlanta 55 34 s 58 38 s 38 31 s 52 36 c Austin 75 52 s 75 62 pc Minneapolis Nashville 49 29 s 66 43 s Baltimore 43 24 c 48 29 s New Orleans 70 50 s 70 59 pc Birmingham 60 33 s 65 43 s New York 40 23 s 40 34 s Boise 58 31 pc 40 24 c Omaha 55 39 s 67 43 pc Boston 35 19 s 34 29 s Orlando 74 49 s 73 56 pc Buffalo 25 16 c 44 33 c 40 26 pc 43 30 s Cheyenne 63 34 s 59 21 pc Philadelphia 82 54 s 82 54 s Chicago 37 27 s 55 41 pc Phoenix Pittsburgh 33 18 c 49 32 s Cincinnati 41 25 pc 57 39 s Portland, ME 31 10 pc 33 21 pc Cleveland 28 23 c 50 35 s Dallas 76 52 s 71 60 pc Portland, OR 52 34 r 48 34 sh Reno 66 36 pc 39 24 sn Denver 70 37 s 65 23 s 40 26 sn 52 30 s Des Moines 46 39 s 63 47 pc Richmond 71 43 pc 62 35 sh Detroit 30 25 pc 49 37 pc Sacramento St. Louis 50 35 s 72 47 pc El Paso 72 47 s 78 54 s Fairbanks 5 -4 c 19 2 sn Salt Lake City 59 38 s 46 26 sh 70 56 s 64 48 pc Honolulu 77 67 sh 79 67 sh San Diego Houston 76 50 s 73 60 pc San Francisco 60 45 pc 57 40 sh 47 32 r 45 31 sh Indianapolis 42 27 pc 58 40 pc Seattle 49 23 sh 39 19 pc Kansas City 58 45 s 70 52 pc Spokane 82 49 s 79 49 s Las Vegas 76 56 s 72 41 pc Tucson 70 50 s 76 57 pc Little Rock 61 40 s 72 51 pc Tulsa 45 29 c 48 34 s Los Angeles 80 55 s 65 45 pc Wash., DC National extremes yesterday for the 48 contiguous states High: Fullerton, CA 95° Low: Bemidji, MN -13°

WEATHER HISTORY At many inland locations, the three coldest months of the year normally extend from Dec. 5 to March 5.

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Q:

For most of the U.S., the coldest 1/4 of the year ends when?

Early March.

Through 8 p.m. Sunday.

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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.

Getting Started with Facebook, 2 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Dole Institute Study Group: “Presidential Play-By-Play” with Dole Fellow Tom King, 4 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Drive.

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. Friends of the Lawrence Public Library 40th Anniversary Celebration, 6:30-7 p.m., annual meeting to follow, Carnegie Building, 200 W. Ninth St. Lawrence City Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m., City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. School of Architecture film series, “Objectified,” 7 p.m., Woodruff Auditorum, Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

Free English as a Second Language class, 7-8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. Affordable community Spanish class, 7-8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. Setting Goals and Achieving Your Financial Dreams, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Tuesday Concert presents Walt Babbit, 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. Symphonic Band & University Band, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive.

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THIS WEEK’S BEST BETS Increase your understanding of a topical issue this week with a lecture on “Fracking: An Environmental Debate,” tonight at the Dole Institute of Politics.

Tuesday Concerts return to the Lawrence Arts Center, with Walt Babbit this week. Also Tuesday, National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson will discuss his work with the King James Bible that was in the December issue, at Baker University in Baldwin City. And at the end of the week, the Lawrence Arts Center will have a story slam on Friday, which is also opening night for the Youth Ballet Company’s “Peter Pan.” James Bible that was in the December issue, 7:30 p.m., McKibbin Recital Hall, Baker University, Baldwin City Free swing dancing lessons and dance, 8-11 p.m., Kansas Room in the Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

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, 9 p.m.-midnight, 746 Mass.

Tuesday Night Karaoke, 9 p.m., Wayne & Larry’s Sports Bar & Grill, 933 Iowa.

7 WEDNESDAY

University-Community Forum, “The 2011 Elections and Democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” noon, Ecumenical Campus Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County, noon, 536 Fireside Court, Suite B. Information meeting for prospective volunteers. For more information, call 843-7359.

Kaw Valley Older Women’s League, program will be “Life and Death Decisions — Who Decides?,” 2 p.m., United Way Building, 2518 Ridge Court.

Dole Institute Study Group: “Put Your Money Where Your Vote Is” with Dole Fellows Elizabeth Conatser and Lisa Spies, 4 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Drive.

Easy Grains, 5:30 p.m., Hy-Vee, 3504 Clinton Parkway.

Moveable Type Truck, a functioning mobile letterpress print shop, 5-8

p.m., Wonder Fair, 803 1/2 Mass.

Opening Doors: Preserving the American Dream, a series on home ownership, 6:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Country Jam hosted

by Good Ole Boys, 6-8:30 p.m., Cutter’s Smokehouse, 218 E. 20th St., Eudora.

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

Lawrence Apple Users Group, “Jailbreaking your iPhone: how and why,” 7 p.m., Lawrence Senior Center, 745 Vt. Conroy’s Trivia, 7:30 p.m., Conroy’s Pub, 3115 W. Sixth St. Free salsa lessons, 8:30-9:30 p.m., Taste Lounge, 804 W. 24th St. Pride Night, 9 p.m., Wilde’s Chateau, 2412 Iowa.

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

8 THURSDAY

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.

Getting Started with Facebook, 2 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Teen Tech Petting Zoo, 4 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Celebration of Books Published by Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts Faculty in 2011, 4-6 p.m., Hall Center for the Humanities, 900 Sunnyside Ave. Theology on Tap, discussion of a selected religion topic, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Henry’s, 11 E. Eighth St. Baker University Community Choir Rehearsal, 6-7:50 p.m., McKibben Recital Hall (Owens Musical Arts Building), 408 Eighth St., Baldwin City.

COPD – Understanding the Disease, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 325 Maine St. Lawrence Arts & Crafts group, 7-9 p.m., Java Break, 17 E. Seventh St. Free English as a Second Language class, 7-8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. Affordable community Spanish class, 7-8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. Junkyard Jazz Band, 7 p.m., American Legion, 3408 W. Sixth St. Poker Night, 8 p.m., Applebee’s, 2520 Iowa.

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

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“A Repertoire of Authenticity: Tourism, Gentrification and the Transformation of the French Quarter,” 7:30 p.m., Spooner Hall, The Commons, 1340 Jayhawk Blvd.

Lecompton City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Lecompton City Hall, 327 Elmore St. Baldwin City Council meeting, 7:30 p.m., City Hall, 803 S. Eighth St. “Fracking: An Environmental Debate,” 7:30 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Drive.

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

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Kansas’ season amazing Statisticians armed with state-of-the-art calculators still were busy finding a definitive answer to Saturday night’s burning question when Bill Self shut the door on an amazing regular season.

Before getting to Self’s words, the burning question: During his Kansas basketball career, has Jordan Juenemann logged more minutes on the court playing in games or speaking after Saturday’s Senior Night game?

The answer is a) playing. He has played 99 minutes, and the speech didn’t last quite that long. Honest.

Now, back to how Self closed the door on a regular season that ended with Kansas sporting a 26-5 overall record and 16-2 Big 12 mark.

“It’s been a great run, but we’ve had enough pats on the back about winning the league,” Self said. “That’s over.”

Considering Kansas lost just two games during the expanded Big 12 schedule despite having just one returning starter (Tyshawn Taylor), more back-patting was in order. Some of that arrived in the way of Big 12 honors revealed Sunday.

Thomas Robinson was voted Player of the Year by the league’s coaches, Tyshawn Taylor first-team and Self co-coach of the year with Iowa State’s Fred Hoiberg.

Regionally, the three men most responsible for KU’s astonishing season have earned just recognition.

Nationally, only Robinson has earned enough praise. Self, a prisoner of his own success, seldom is mentioned in conversations about national coach of the year, and Taylor, despite outplaying a handful of the nation’s top point guards, doesn’t inspire first-team All-American talk.

Baker University coach Brett Ballard, whose Wildcats play tonight against MidAmerica Nazarene in the Heart of America Athletic Conference tournament title game in the Cook Center in Olathe, doesn’t take either man’s contributions for granted.

Did he expect the Jayhawks to win the Big 12?

“I didn’t,” said Ballard, former KU point guard and assistant coach. “I didn’t. I watched them practice in October, and I know coach is a great coach, and I knew they’d get better, but I didn’t think there was any way they’d win the league. I didn’t see it.”

What made the Jayhawks overachieve?

“Jeff (Withey) has gotten better,” Ballard said. “Thomas (Robinson) has played great, but the guy who’s just blown me away and still isn’t getting enough credit is Tyshawn. I mean, it’s just unbelievable the level he’s playing at.”

Ballard said he thinks Self’s winning eight consecutive conference titles deserves more national attention.

“What an incredible feat that is,” Ballard said. “And I hope KU fans don’t take it for granted because I feel sorry for whoever the next coach at KU is going to be. I mean, there’s no way you can live up to those expectations. It’s incredible what he’s doing.

Incredible.”

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KANSAS’ ANGEL GOODRICH (3) CELEBRATES A PLAY against Oklahoma. KU beat the Sooners, 83-77, on Sunday in Norman, Okla., to snap a 15-game losing streak to OU.

NORMAN, OKLA. — Kansas University picked up a huge women’s basketball victory Sunday.

Behind Aishah Sutherland’s 23 points and nine rebounds, the Jayhawks beat Oklahoma, 83-77. It snapped a 15-game losing streak to the Sooners, gave KU coach Bonnie Henrickson her first victory over OU and, more importantly, gave the Jay- Sutherland hawks a No. 6 seed and resultant bye in the first round of the upcoming Big 12 tournament.

It was the Jayhawks’ fifth Big 12 road win of the season, the most by KU since 1997.

Kansas improved to 19-11 overall, 8-10 in the league and earned the No. 6 seed based on league tiebreaker rules. The Jayhawks — who claimed their highest Big 12 finish under Henrickson and whose eight league wins are their most since 2000 — will face third-seeded Texas A&M at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium.

OU (19-11, 11-7) is seeded second and will play at 5 p.m. Thursday against Oklahoma State or Missouri.

“I thought Kansas played incredibly inspired and we didn’t,” OU coach Sherri Coale said. “We were as flat as could be. We knew what was on the line, we knew what was at stake and I can’t explain it. I wish I could.”

Freshman guard Natalie Knight and junior guard Angel Goodrich also had double-digit scoring efforts for KU. Knight scored 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds, while Goodrich contributed 12 points, six rebounds and nine assists.

Kansas shot 43.5 percent from the floor, including 44.4 percent from behind the arc. KU hit eight of 18 threes and 21 of 25 free throws, including 17 of 20 in the final five minutes.

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KANSAS’ THOMAS ROBINSON, FRONT LEFT, AND TYSHAWN TAYLOR BECOME TEARY-EYED as they watch a highlight video prior to the senior speeches after KU’s regular-season finale Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse. Sunday, Robinson was named Big 12 Player of the Year and Taylor to the All-Big 12 first team.

Kansas University national-player-of-the-year candidate Thomas Robinson on Sunday was named the top player in the Big 12 in a vote of league coaches.

“I am very thankful for this award and proud to be selected by the coaches in a league that is as competitive as it is,” junior power forward Robinson said after becoming the second Jayhawk in two years to win Big 12 Player of the Year honors.

Marcus Morris won in 201011.

“We have a lot of great players on our team, and Tyshawn (Taylor) would also be deserving of this award. I am thankful for this award and hope it’s not the last,” Robinson added.

KU senior guard Taylor joined Robinson as a unanimous first-team All-Big 12 selection, with Iowa State’s Royce White, Missouri’s Marcus Denmon and Texas’ J’Covan Brown.

KU junior center Jeff Withey, who was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year, also was accorded third-team all-league mention.

KU coach Bill Self and Iowa State’s Fred Hoiberg shared Coach of the Year honors. ISU’s White was Newcomer of the Year and Missouri’s Michael Dixon Sixth Man of the Year, while Freshman of the Year was shared by Oklahoma State’s Le’Bryan Nash and Baylor’s Quincy Miller.

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McIlroy holds off Tiger, goes to No. 1 PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA. (AP) — Rory McIlroy won the Honda Classic with a performance worthy of the new No. 1 player in golf.

Right when it looked as though McIlroy had no serious challenge Sunday, Tiger Woods put some color into that red shirt with a birdie-eagle finish for a 62 — his lowest final round ever — to get within one shot of the lead.

McIlroy could hear the roar from the farthest corner of PGA National, and the 22-yearold from Northern Ireland responded with some clutch golf of his own. He made an 8-foot birdie putt, and then made three clutch par saves during a daunting stretch at PGA National.

He played it safe with a twoshot lead on the par-5 18th and

made par to close with a 1-under 69 and the victory he needed to replace Luke Donald atop the world ranking that will be published Monday. “It was tough today, especially seeing Tiger make a charge,�

McIlroy said. “I knew par golf would probably be good enough. To shoot 1 under in these conditions, when you go into the round with the lead, is very nice. And I was just able to get the job done.�

McIlroy is the 16th player to be No. 1 in the world, and the second-youngest behind Woods, who was 21 when he first went to No. 1 after the 1997 U.S. Open.

Donald responded quickly to the victory, tweeting “Congrats (at)McIlroyRory enjoy the view!�

Woods made two eagles in the final round and wound up two shots behind, along with Tom Gillis, who birdied the last hole for a 69.

McIlroy, who finished on 12-under 268, won for the fifth time in his career. Three of those are on the PGA Tour, including his record-setting victory in the U.S. Open last summer at Congressional.

He has finished out of the top five only once since the PGA Championship last August. “There’s very few players as good at him at his age out there winning tournaments,� threetime major champion Padraig Harrington said. “There are guys with potential, but he’s already delivered. And he has a good balance in his life.�

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RORY MCILROY REACTS AFTER WINNING the Honda Classic on Sunday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

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By Tim Dahlberg Associated Press Sports Columnist

For more months than we care to think about, the only real question in golf has been this: What’s wrong with Tiger?

Maybe now we should be asking what’s going so well with golf.

Plenty, if you judge from a Sunday afternoon in Florida, where a new star helped cement his claim to greatness even as he heard roars coming down the stretch that could only mean Tiger Woods was on the move.

No. 1 in the world was on the line for Rory McIlroy, but that wasn’t even the biggest subplot of the day. That was owned by a player in bright red whose game finally matched the brilliance of his shirt.

Woods’ 62 may not have put a scare into McIlroy, but it did put everyone on notice that he can still play golf. Doing it on Sunday after it’s been so long since he’s won a real tournament screamed out Woods was, indeed, back.

The only question is how much it still matters. To the crowd count, yes, and maybe even to the count always in Woods’ head — the 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus.

But there’s a new attraction in golf, a curly haired 22-yearold from Northern Ireland who is just as much fun to watch as Woods in his prime and a lot more fun to be around.

McIlroy’s boyish charm and obvious joy for the game are in stark contrast to Woods, and he seems so approachable that one fan on the 17th tee on Saturday asked him what kind of shampoo he uses.

But the way he stared down Woods in the final round may be what separates him from all the pretenders that came before.

McIlroy never backed off, even when Woods made eagle on the final hole to pull within one in the Honda Classic. He heard the roars from the 18th green, then stepped up and calmly knocked in a birdie putt on No. 13 on his way to a win that made him the youngest No. 1 player in the world since — you guessed it — Woods early in his career.

McIlroy may not be the next Woods, but that’s an unfair comparison. Woods in his prime was so dominant the odds are there will never be anyone like him again. And he showed Sunday that he’s not done yet, something that should sell tickets and spark TV ratings the rest of the year.

Still, there’s something about McIlroy that’s appealing to watch, something about him that oozes star power.

The Masters is just a month away, and already the buzz is building about a battle for the green jacket at Augusta National. “Exciting times,� McIlroy said.

Indeed they are.

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DENNY HAMLIN STANDS NEXT TO THE TROPHY after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday in Avondale, Ariz.

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AVONDALE, ARIZ. — Denny Hamlin spent nearly two months of the offseason in the Scottsdale area, hoping to get away from racing for a while, reinvigorate himself for the 2012 season.

It seemed to do wonders, leading to a win at a place where he had one of the biggest disappointments of his career.

Hamlin pulled away when NASCAR’s best closer ran out of gas and then had to sweat out his own fuel mileage before completing a confidence-boosting win at Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday. “It’s a little bit of satisfaction there, for sure,�

Hamlin said. “It’s a bittersweet track.�

It was, in fact, the site of one of his worst memories as a driver.

Hamlin seemed to have a comfortable lead over Jimmie Johnson in the penultimate race of the 2010 Chase when his title hopes were derailed by a fuel strategy that backfired. Forced to pit for fuel late in the race, he scrambled just to finish 19th while Johnson was fifth.

Hamlin left the desert dejected after his lead was trimmed to 15 points and ended up losing the title the next week to Johnson, who earned his record fifth straight Sprint Cup championship.

Hamlin then had bit of a hangover to start the 2011 season and never really clicked, ending up ninth in the Sprint Cup standings.

That’s where his return to the desert comes in.

Trying to get away from the constant race chatter around the Charlotte, N.C., area, Hamlin rented a house in Paradise Valley for seven weeks during the offseason. He came back strong to start this season, finishing fourth at the Daytona 500 with new crew chief Darian Grubb after qualifying 31st.

Hamlin started 13th at PIR and briefly led a couple of times before beating Kevin Harvick off the line after a caution with 59 laps left.

Harvick, NASCAR’s best finisher, put a scare into him toward the end, but ran out of gas on the final lap.

Hamlin was concerned about gas as well, but had just enough for a celebratory burnout after his 18th career win and his first lead in the points since dejectedly leaving Phoenix in 2010. “When I come back here (and win), it puts 2011 to rest,� Hamlin said. “It’s a year I’d soon like to forget and now we can focus on winning a championship.�

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League still eyeing bounties NEW YORK — The NFL’s investigation that found the New Orleans Saints paid bounties to players for knocking opponents out of games is far from over.

League spokesman Greg Aiello said in an email to The Associated Press on Sunday the NFL will be “addressing the issues raised as part of our responsibility to protect player safety and the integrity of the game.�

Those issues could include previous seasons, too.

Several players around the league have said the Saints and defensive coordinator Gregg

Williams weren’t the only ones with such a system. Former Redskins safety Matt Bowen said Williams had a similar bounty scheme when he was in Washington.

Aiello said the league would not comment on other reports. He added that the NFL will look at “any relevant info regarding rules being broken,� saying that is “standard procedure.�

Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh insisted Sunday his team had no bounty program. “I don’t take part in those things and nor do my teammates and nor my coaches. We don’t allow that,� said Suh, who was suspended for two games this season for stomping on an opponent and has been fined frequently by the NFL for rough play.�

The Saints maintained a bounty pool of up to $50,000 the last three seasons, the NFL said.

Payoffs came for inflicting game-ending injuries, among other events. The investigation by NFL security found that quarterbacks Brett Favre and Kurt Warner were among the players targeted. “Knockouts� were worth $1,500 and “cart-offs� $1,000, with payments doubled or tripled for the playoffs.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Rhode Island cans Baron KINGSTON, R.I. — University of Rhode Island men’s basketball coach Jim Baron was fired Sunday after 11 years and a 7-24 season.

Director of Athletics Thorr Bjorn said on the university’s website that a nationwide search for a successor would begin immediately. He did not say why Baron was released from his contract, which had two years remaining. “I would like to thank Jim Baron for his 11 years of committed service to the University of Rhode Island,� Bjorn said in a statement. “During his tenure at URI, Jim represented himself, his family and our men’s basketball program with the utmost class and professionalism.�

Baron finished his 11-year run with a 184-166 overall record and an 83-93 mark in Atlantic 10 conference games, including 4-12 this season.

The Rams won 20 or more games six times during Baron’s tenure and played in the National Invitation Tournament five times. “I am comfortable with everything I was able to give to the program and to coach some fine young men,� Baron said in the release announcing his dismissal.

DOG RACING

Iditarod gets under way WILLOW, ALASKA — Sixty-six mushers began their quest to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race with the competition’s official start Sunday in Willow.

The mushers and their dog teams will spend about the next eight days traveling across nearly a thousand miles of Alaska wilderness in a sled, all trying to be the first musher to reach the old gold rush town of Nome.

The grandsons of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race’s co-founder Joe Redington were the first and last mushers on the trail.

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“Kansas averages three threes a game, I believe,” Coale said. “The way we defended them was according to the way they’ve played. I think that strategy was correct.

“You have to make free throws. When you make free throws, you win the game. It’s that simple. Obviously, they made a lot of free throws down the stretch as we were trying to foul and get back in it.

But, up until that point we had plenty of opportunities.”

Kansas jumped to an 11-3 lead before OU rallied.

The Jayhawks led, 31-30, at halftime.

OU claimed the first four points after the break, grabbing its first lead. Goodrich responded with a layup, and sophomore CeCe Harper knocked down a three to give the Jayhawks back a 36-34 advantage with 18:47 left to play.

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receive awards at the end of the season, it has been because their teams have been good, and that certainly has been the case with us,” said ninth-year KU coach Self. “Thomas has been the best player on our team, without question, from the beginning of the year until now.

He is so deserving of conference player of the year.

That was a goal I had for him before the season even started.”

Robinson is the only player in the Big 12 to average a double-double (18.0 ppg, 11.9 rpg). His 22 double-doubles rank fourth on the conference single-season list and rank second nationally.

Against eight nationally ranked teams, Robinson averaged 19.8 points and 12.3 rebounds while shooting 55.6 percent. Other KU Big 12 players of the year: Raef LaFrentz (1997, 1998), Drew Gooden (2002), Nick Collison (2003), Wayne Simien (2005) and Morris (2011). It marks the 14th time in school history a Jayhawk has been named his conference’s player of the year.

First-team all-leaguer Taylor is second on the team in scoring behind Robinson at 17.2 ppg. He averaged a team-leading 18.6 ppg in league outings.

“Tyshawn, in my opinion, was the one of two guys who could have challenged Thomas for conference player of the year, along with (Marcus) Denmon,” Self said. “Tyshawn has been as good as any guard in the country over the last two months and certainly so deserving of being picked first-team. For those three to accomplish this in a year when no one predicted any of them could, is a true testament to how hard they have worked.”

Withey leads the Big 12 in blocked shots with

The two teams traded baskets for the next three minutes with the lead changing four times. Kansas then went on a 9-0 run, sparked by a jumper from Sutherland and supplemented by another three from Harper. Sutherland had six of the points during that stretch.

A jumper from Knight gave the Jayhawks a 10-point lead, their largest, with 9:11 to play. After swapping baskets over the next few minutes, Knight hit her career-best third three-pointer of the night to make it 58-47, KU. Goodrich and sophomore guard Tania Jackson soon followed with threes of their own to make it 64-50 with 4:24 to play.

“We didn’t play as fired up — bottom line,” Coale said. “We didn’t get 50-50 balls, we didn’t cover for each other on defense, and we didn’t crash the offensive boards. We got blocked out, and they were physical, and we were done with it. They wanted it worse than we did. Simple.”

BIG 12 MEN Big 12 Men

Conf. Overall W L W L Kansas 16 2 26 5 Missouri 14 4 27 4 Baylor 12 6 25 6 Iowa State 12 6 22 9 Kansas State 10 8 21 9 Texas 9 9 19 12 Oklahoma State 7 11 14 17 Oklahoma 5 13 15 15 Texas A&M 4 14 13 17 Texas Tech 1 17 8 22 Big 12 Tournament Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo. Wednesday, March 7 Oklahoma (8) vs. Texas A&M (9), 6 p.m.

Oklahoma State (7) vs. Texas Tech (10), 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 8 Baylor (4) vs. Kansas State (5), 11:30 a.m.

Kansas (1) vs. Oklahoma-Texas A&M winner, 2 p.m.

Missouri (2) vs. Oklahoma StateTexas Tech winner, 6 p.m.

Iowa State (3) vs. Texas (6), 8:30 p.m.

Friday, March 9 Semifinals, 6:30 p.m., 9 p.m.

Saturday, March 10 Championship, 5 p.m.

100. The 7-footer needs 26 blocks to pass Cole Aldrich (2009-10) as the school’s all-time singleseason rejection leader.

Withey is the fourth Jayhawk to win the top defensive honor since it began in 2005-06, including three times in the past four seasons. He joins Mario Chalmers (2007 and 2009) and Aldrich (2010).

“I’m really happy for Jeff because I don’t believe anybody in our league changes the game by blocking or altering (shots) better than Jeff,” Self said.

Self has won Big 12 Coach of the Year three times in the last four seasons and four times in his nine years at KU. He earned accolades in 2006, 2009 and 2011.

“Fred and Frank Haith (Missouri) are also deserving of this award,” Self said. “It’s a proud recognition but I also understand it’s not the coaching, it’s the players that give you the chance to win.

Basketball is about players, and certainly we have our share of good ones and I’m sure Fred would say the same thing.” !

Off to NBA: Self said KU junior Robinson was a bit somber along with seniors Taylor, Conner Teahan and Jordan Juenemann

BOX SCORE KANSAS (83)

MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Aishah Sutherland 27 11-19 1-1 4-9 5 23 Chelsea Gardner 27 2-4 2-2 1-7 5 6 Angel Goodrich 40 5-17 0-0 2-6 3 12 CeCe Harper 19 2-3 1-2 2-2 5 7 Natalie Knight 39 4-8 7-8 1-7 3 18 Asia Boyd 18 1-6 2-2 0-1 1 4 Tania Jackson 15 1-2 1-2 1-3 1 4 Bunny Williams 8 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 Monica Engelman 7 0-1 7-8 0-1 3 7 team 3-3 Totals 27-62 21-25 14-39 26 83 Three-point goals: 8-18 (Knight 3-6, Harper 2-3, Goodrich 2-4, Jackson 1-2, Williams 0-1, Boyd 0-2). Assists: 15 (Goodrich 9, Knight 3, Boyd 2, Sutherland). Turnovers: 12 (Sutherland 5, Goodrich 2, Gardner, Knight, Boyd, Williams, Jackson). Blocked shots: 3 (Gardner 3). Steals: 5 (Goodrich 2, Sutherland, Harper, Knight).

OKLAHOMA (77)

MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Kaylon Williams 10 0-0 1-2 1-1 3 1 Jelena Cerina 14 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 6 Aaryn Ellenberg 40 11-25 4-4 3-5 3 27 Morgan Hook 26 5-11 6-8 1-2 5 17 Whitney Hand 35 3-8 7-9 6-12 4 13 Sharane Campbell 21 1-3 1-3 0-3 0 3 Joanna McFarland 21 0-1 1-2 1-4 2 1 Nicole Griffin 19 1-3 0-0 1-6 3 2 DaShawn Harden 14 3-8 1-2 1-3 2 7 team 4-6 Totals 27-64 21-30 18-42 23 77 Three-point goals: 2-10 (Hook 1-2, Ellenberg 1-6, Hand 0-1, Harden 0-1).

Assists: 9 (Hand 4, Harden 3, Williams 2).

Turnovers: 13 (Hook 6, Cerina 2, Hand 2, Ellenberg, Harden, McFarland). Blocked shots: 3 (Griffin 3). Steals: 4 (Hook 2, Hand, McFarland).

Kansas 31 52 — 83 Oklahoma 30 47 —77 Officials: Clarke STevens, Roy Gulbeyan, Michol Murray. Attendance: 8,381.

before Saturday’s Texas game realizing Saturday would be the last time he’d play in a basketball game in Allen Fieldhouse.

Robinson, it’s no secret, will be headed to the NBA after this season.

“The reality also set in for Thomas,” Self said Sunday on his weekly TV show. “I haven’t said anything publicly. I guess I have said certain things, but, hey, nobody needs to hold their breath on his decision. Certainly I think he was a little bit emotional the night before thinking about it.

“I said, ‘Thomas, this is it (final game in Allen) for you, too, big boy.’ That’s just the reality of it. Last night, I think he pressed a little bit early. I think it’s why he missed a lot of easy shots (before steadying himself for 25 points, 14 rebounds).”

Self joked Saturday that Robinson could return to play a senior season if he wanted to give a Senior Night speech.

“I don’t look for that,” Self said on his TV show.

“It’s hard enough in life when things are going right and you have things in place. When you’ve been dealt a hand he’s been dealt (death of mom and two grandparents last year) and turn out like he has, that’s remarkable to me.” !

Another honor: KU’s Taylor on Sunday was named Big 12 co-Player of the Week with Kansas State senior Jamar Samuels. Taylor won the honor twice this season. He had 27 points in a win at Oklahoma State and 22 versus Texas. KU won Big 12 Player of the Week eight times in 2011-12 by four players – Taylor, Robinson, Withey and Travis Releford. The eight times is a season best for KU, surpassing its six selections during the 200102 season. !

Up next: KU will meet either Oklahoma or Texas A&M in a Big 12 quarterfinal at 2 p.m. Thursday at Sprint Center.

SAN ANTONIO — Kansas University managed just two runs off six hits in a 7-2 college baseball loss to undefeated Gonzaga on Sunday, the Jayhawks’ third straight loss.

KU (5-5) scratched out single runs in the first and second innings, but the Bulldogs banged 14 hits off three KU pitchers.

Senior Andy Hunter (2-0) allowed both runs off all six hits, with eight strikeouts and no walks over eight innings.

Thomas Taylor (1-1) took the loss after giving up five runs — all earned — off 10 hits over 5 2/3 innings. He came in having hot allowed a run this season, a streak of 14 1/3 scoreless innings.

Offensively, Kevin Kuntz was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI as the only Jayhawk with more than one hit.

KU will host North Dakota at 3 p.m. Tuesday in its home opener.

Kansas 110 000 000 — 2 6 0 Gonzaga 200 013 01x — 7 14 0 W — Andy Hunter, 2-0. L — Thomas Taylor, 1-1.

2B — Steven Halcomb, Royce Bolinger, Gonzaga. 3B — James Stanfield, KU. KU highlights — Kevin Kuntz 3-for-4, R, RBI, SB; Dakota Smith 1-for-4, R; Zac Elgie 1-for-3, RBI.

BRIEFLY KU swimmer earns trip to Trials JENKS, OKLA. — Kansas University’s Brooke Brull this weekend earned a trip to the Olympic Trials this summer.

Brull, a junior from Lake Quivira, won the 200-meter individual medley in 2:19.00 at Sectionals on Saturady night, then met another Trials cut in the 200 back Sunday, when she won in 2:15.75.

“Our entire program is just so happy for Brooke because this has been a focal point for her for about a year,” KU coach Clark Campbell said. “She has been focused and trained at a very high level.”

Kansas softball rained out

Monday, March 5, 2012

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TOP 25 MEN’S ROUNDUP

UK perfect through SEC The Associated Press

Halftime-Wisconsin 31-18. 3-Point Goals-Illinois 4-17 (Maniscalco 2-3, Paul 1-4, Richardson 1-5, Bertrand 0-1, Griffey 0-1, Henry 0-3), Wisconsin 7-19 (Taylor 2-3, Wilson 2-6, Gasser 1-2, Kaminsky 1-2, Brust 1-4, Evans 0-1, Bruesewitz 0-1). Rebounds-Illinois 32 (Leonard 12), Wisconsin 33 (Gasser 8).

Assists-Illinois 3 (Paul 2), Wisconsin 12 (Bruesewitz, Evans, Taylor 3). Total Fouls-Illinois 25, Wisconsin 14. A-17,230.

No. 1 Kentucky 74, No. 16 Florida 59 GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Freshman Anthony Davis had 22 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks, Terrence Jones added 19 points, and No. 18 Indiana 85, Kentucky capped a perPurdue 74 fect Southeastern ConferBLOOMINGTON, IND. — ence season with a victory Christian Watford scored over Florida on Sunday.

19 points.

KENTUCKY (30-1) Jones 9-13 0-1 19, Kidd-Gilchrist 3-7 1-2 7, Davis 9-13 3-4 22, Lamb 2-7 0-0 5, Teague 4-9 3-4 12, Miller 3-7 0-0 6, Wiltjer 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 31-59 7-11 74.

FLORIDA (22-9) Murphy 4-9 4-4 14, Young 10-15 1-1 21, Wilbekin 0-0 0-0 0, Walker 3-11 0-0 8, Beal 1-10 2-2 5, Boynton 2-8 2-2 7, Rosario 1-2 2-2 4, Prather 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 21-55 11-11 59.

Halftime-Kentucky 40-32. 3-Point Goals-Kentucky 5-12 (Jones 1-1, Wiltjer 1-1, Teague 1-2, Davis 1-2, Lamb 1-3, Kidd-Gilchrist 0-1, Miller 0-2), Florida 6-22 (Murphy 2-5, Walker 2-7, Beal 1-5, Boynton 1-5). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Kentucky 36 (Davis 12), Florida 30 (Young 9). Assists-Kentucky 11 (Kidd-Gilchrist, Teague 4), Florida 14 (Walker 5). Total Fouls-Kentucky 9, Florida 10. A-12,113.

PURDUE (20-11) Hummel 7-12 0-0 16, Carroll 1-3 0-1 2, T. Johnson 5-10 3-4 13, Jackson 6-12 5-6 17, Smith 4-9 0-0 12, A. Johnson 1-3 0-0 2, Byrd 4-14 2-2 12, Hart 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-64 10-13 74.

INDIANA (24-7) Watford 6-9 6-6 19, Sheehey 5-7 3-4 16, Zeller 4-6 5-8 13, Hulls 3-7 2-2 10, Oladipo 3-6 3-4 9, Jones III 3-5 0-0 7, Pritchard 1-4 0-1 2, Roth 3-3 0-0 9, Elston 0-6 0-0 0. Totals 28-53 19-25 85.

Halftime-Indiana 49-34. 3-Point Goals-Purdue 8-21 (Smith 4-7, Hummel 2-2, Byrd 2-10, T. Johnson 0-1, Hart 0-1), Indiana 10-18 (Roth 3-3, Sheehey 3-4, Hulls 2-4, Jones III 1-1, Watford 1-2, Pritchard 0-1, Oladipo 0-1, Elston 0-2). Fouled Out-Hummel. Total FoulsPurdue 22, Indiana 14. A-17,472.

No. 22 Florida St. 80, No. 10 Ohio St. 72, Clemson 72 No. 5 Michigan St. 70 TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — EAST LANSING, MICH. — Michael Snaer scored a William Buford made a career-high 23 points. high-arcing jumper from CLEMSON (16-14) the top of the key with Jennings 4-10 0-0 8, Narcisse 2-3 0-0 5, 3-5 0-0 8, Young 7-14 0-0 16, Booker 1 second left to lift Ohio Smith 4-12 2-2 10, Coleman 4-11 1-1 9, Hall 0-1 State.

0-0 0, Sapp 0-4 0-0 0, Baciu 0-2 0-0 0, OHIO ST. (25-6) Sullinger 5-17 4-4 14, Thomas 5-12 0-0 12, Craft 2-5 5-7 9, Smith, Jr. 2-4 1-2 5, Buford 8-14 7-12 25, Scott 0-1 0-0 0, Thompson 0-0 0-0 0, Ravenel 2-4 3-3 7.

Totals 24-57 20-28 72.

MICHIGAN ST. (24-7) Payne 2-4 4-4 8, Appling 4-11 2-5 11, Thornton 1-2 0-0 2, Dawson 2-2 0-0 4, Green 6-18 6-8 19, Gauna 0-0 0-0 0, Kearney 0-0 0-0 0, Trice 0-0 0-0 0, Nix 4-6 3-4 11, Wood 6-12 0-0 15. Totals 25-55 15-21 70.

Halftime-Michigan St. 38-29. 3-Point Goals-Ohio St. 4-14 (Thomas 2-4, Buford 2-6, Smith, Jr. 0-1, Sullinger 0-1, Craft 0-2), Michigan St. 5-14 (Wood 3-7, Appling 1-3, Green 1-3, Thornton 0-1).

Rebounds-Ohio St. 37 (Sullinger 10), Michigan St. 34 (Green 12). AssistsOhio St. 17 (Craft 6), Michigan St. 13 (Appling, Green, Thornton 3). Total Fouls-Ohio St. 19, Michigan St. 21.

Technical-Green. A-14,797.

No. 13 Michigan 71, Penn St. 65 STATE COLLEGE, PA. — Trey Burke scored 19 points.

MICHIGAN (23-8) Novak 4-6 2-4 11, Morgan 1-3 0-0 2, Douglass 4-5 0-0 9, Burke 6-10 5-5 19, Hardaway Jr. 4-9 2-4 13, Vogrich 0-2 0-0 0, Smotrycz 6-7 2-2 17, Christian 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-42 11-15 71.

PENN ST. (12-19) Graham 1-7 0-0 2, Travis 5-5 5-7 15, Glover 0-3 4-4 4, Marshall 10-18 3-3 27, Frazier 4-16 2-3 11, Lewis 2-5 1-1 6, Colella 0-0 0-0 0, Borovnjak 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 22-55 15-18 65.

Halftime-Michigan 39-28. 3-Point Goals-Michigan 10-18 (Smotrycz 3-4, Hardaway Jr. 3-6, Burke 2-4, Novak 1-1, Douglass 1-2, Vogrich 0-1), Penn St. 6-14 (Marshall 4-8, Frazier 1-2, Lewis 1-4). Fouled Out-Novak. ReboundsMichigan 23 (Morgan 5), Penn St. 31 (Glover, Marshall 8). Assists-Michigan 10 (Douglass 6), Penn St. 8 (Frazier 5).

Total Fouls-Michigan 19, Penn St. 15.

A-9,564.

McDaniels 6-11 3-5 16. Totals 30-73 6-8 72.

FLORIDA ST. (21-9) Gibson 5-7 2-2 13, Loucks 2-4 5-6 10, Dulkys 1-2 0-0 3, James 4-6 5-6 13, Peterson 1-3 0-1 2, White 1-4 1-2 3, Snaer 8-16 2-3 23, Miller 4-9 0-0 11, Kreft 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 26-52 17-22 80.

Halftime-Florida St. 49-33. 3-Point Goals-Clemson 6-24 (Smith 2-3, Young 2-6, Narcisse 1-1, McDaniels 1-3, Booker 0-2, Coleman 0-2, Sapp 0-3, Jennings 0-4), Florida St. 11-19 (Snaer 5-7, Miller 3-6, Dulkys 1-1, Gibson 1-1, Loucks 1-3, Peterson 0-1). Fouled Out-Jennings.

Rebounds-Clemson 37 (Booker 10), Florida St. 37 (James 11). AssistsClemson 10 (Coleman, Smith, Young 2), Florida St. 14 (Loucks 4). Total FoulsClemson 21, Florida St. 15. A-NA.

No. 24 Virginia 75, Maryland 72, Ot COLLEGE PARK, MD. — Mike Scott had a careerhigh 35 points.

VIRGINIA (22-8) Scott 11-20 13-18 35, Ak. Mitchell 2-2 3-6 7, Evans 3-8 0-2 6, Harris 2-7 2-2 7, Zeglinski 6-14 4-6 20, Jesperson 0-1 0-0 0, Atkins 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-53 22-34 75.

MARYLAND (16-14) Mosley 6-15 4-5 17, Padgett 3-5 3-10 9, Weijs 1-2 0-0 2, Faust 4-7 3-4 13, Stoglin 8-24 4-5 25, Parker 0-1 0-0 0, , Thomas 0-1 0-0 0, Len 3-5 0-0 6, Pankey 0-2 0-2 0.

Totals 25-62 14-26 72.

Halftime-Virginia 31-22. End Of Regulation-Tied 61. 3-Point GoalsVirginia 5-13 (Zeglinski 4-9, Harris 1-1, Jesperson 0-1, Scott 0-1, Evans 0-1), Maryland 8-17 (Stoglin 5-9, Faust 2-3, Mosley 1-4, Parker 0-1). Fouled OutAtkins, Harris, Ak. Mitchell. ReboundsVirginia 36 (Scott 11), Maryland 39 (Mosley 10). Assists-Virginia 13 (Evans 6), Maryland 10 (Mosley 4). TechnicalMaryland Bench. A-16,497.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Inclement weather forced the cancellation of Kansas University’s scheduled softNo. 25 Creighton 83, ball game Sunday against Illinois St. 79, OT Connecticut.

ST. LOUIS — Doug McKU (15-2) ran its winning Dermott had 33 points. streak to 15 with three weekend victories in the CharlesEVANSVILLE (16-15) No. 14 Wisconsin 70, ton Southern Tournament.

Sawvell 3-4 2-2 8, Taylor 4-5 0-0 8, Ryan 3-12 7-9 13, Harris 6-12 4-6 17, Holmes Illinois 56 Kansas will travel this 4-11 0-0 11, Nelson 0-2 0-0 0, Peeler 1-1 MADISON, WIS. — Senior 1-3 3, Jones 0-4 2-4 2, Moore 2-3 0-0 4, Cox weekend to Jacksonville, Fla., for the Osprey Classic. Jordan Taylor scored 16 2-5 1-1 5. Totals 25-59 17-25 71.

CREIGHTON (27-5) points.

Echenique 8-11 4-5 20, McDermott 3-4

Correction

Details of Kansas University fifth-year senior Liz Kocon’s school career RBI record were incorrect in Sunday’s Journal-World.

With four RBIs Saturday, Kocon increased her career total to a school-record 119 runs batted in.

ILLINOIS (17-14) Egwu 0-1 0-0 0, Leonard 3-8 2-3 8, Richardson 2-7 0-0 5, Paul 8-17 5-7 22, Abrams 1-3 0-0 2, Maniscalco 2-3 0-0 6, Bertrand 4-7 2-2 10, Shaw 0-0 0-0 0, Henry 0-4 1-2 1, Djimde 0-0 0-0 0, Selus 0-0 0-0 0, Griffey 1-3 0-0 2, Berardini 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-53 10-14 56.

WISCONSIN (23-8) Evans 5-10 0-0 10, Bruesewitz 1-3 0-0 2, Berggren 3-5 6-9 12, Taylor 3-7 8-10 16, Gasser 4-6 7-8 16, Brust 1-5 0-0 3, Jackson 0-0 0-0 0, Dukan 0-0 0-0 0, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Wilson 3-8 0-0 8, Kaminsky 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 21-47 21-27 70.

8-10 14, Gibbs 2-6 0-0 6, Manigat 1-2 1-2 4, Young 3-4 7-7 13, Chatman 1-3 0-0 2, Stormberg 0-2 0-0 0, Jones 4-5 0-0 12, Sebastian 0-0 1-2 1, Dorwart 1-1 0-0 3, Dingman 2-4 0-0 6, Artino 5-6 0-0 10, Wragge 2-5 2-2 8. Totals 32-53 23-28 99.

Halftime-Creighton 49-30. 3-Point Goals-Evansville 4-13 (Holmes 3-4, Harris 1-2, Jones 0-1, Ryan 0-2, Cox 0-2, Nelson 0-2), Creighton 12-23 (Jones 4-5, Gibbs 2-3, Dingman 2-4, Wragge 2-5, Dorwart 1-1, Manigat 1-2, Chatman 0-1, Stormberg 0-2). Fouled Out-Artino, Taylor. ReboundsEvansville 17 (Harris, Moore, Taylor 3), Creighton 43 (Echenique, McDermott 9).

Assists-Evansville 13 (Taylor 5), Creighton 22 (Chatman 7). A-16,271.

SPORTS

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NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Philadelphia Boston New York Toronto New Jersey

W 22 19 18 12 12

L 16 17 19 25 26

Pct .579 .528 .486 .324 .316

GB — 2 31⁄2 91⁄2 10

L10 3-7 5-5 6-4 4-6 4-6

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

Home Away 14-8 8-8 14-8 5-9 11-9 7-10 6-12 6-13 3-13 9-13

Conf 16-6 18-10 12-11 7-16 9-19

L 9 14 15 28 31

Pct .757 .632 .595 .222 .114

GB — 41⁄2 6 191⁄2 23

L10 8-2 7-3 4-6 3-7 1-9

Str L-2 W-1 W-2 W-1 L-5

Home Away 15-2 13-7 13-7 11-7 12-6 10-9 5-14 3-14 2-13 2-18

Conf 21-4 18-9 17-8 6-19 3-24

L 8 12 23 22 26

Pct .795 .657 .378 .371 .316

GB — 6 16 16 181⁄2

L10 8-2 6-4 2-8 3-7 4-6

Str W-6 W-6 L-3 L-5 L-1

Home Away 14-2 17-6 11-4 12-8 8-8 6-15 8-11 5-11 9-11 3-15

Conf 21-6 15-9 10-14 8-17 9-18

Pct .676 .595 .579 .553 .243

GB — 3 31⁄2 41⁄2 16

L10 7-3 8-2 5-5 5-5 5-5

Str L-1 W-4 W-1 L-3 L-1

Home Away 14-3 11-9 15-5 7-10 14-7 8-9 15-6 6-11 4-16 5-12

Conf 18-9 13-13 16-11 13-15 4-19

L 8 17 19 19 19

Pct .784 .553 .500 .486 .472

GB — 81⁄2 101⁄2 11 111⁄2

L10 8-2 5-5 6-4 3-7 3-7

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

Home Away 15-1 14-7 10-8 11-9 10-10 9-9 13-7 5-12 14-6 3-13

Conf 21-6 12-17 14-10 13-14 11-16

L 13 14 20 20 25

Pct .629 .622 .459 .412 .324

GB — — 6 71⁄2 11

L10 5-5 8-2 5-5 4-6 2-8

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

Home Away 12-5 10-8 17-2 6-12 10-9 7-11 9-9 5-11 8-6 4-19

Conf 13-11 16-7 10-14 8-12 8-16

Southeast Division W 28 24 22 8 4

Miami Orlando Atlanta Washington Charlotte

Central Division W 31 23 14 13 12

Chicago Indiana Milwaukee Cleveland Detroit

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio Memphis Dallas Houston New Orleans

W 25 22 22 21 9

L 12 15 16 17 28

Northwest Division Oklahoma City Denver Minnesota Portland Utah

W 29 21 19 18 17

Pacific Division L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Golden State Sacramento

W 22 23 17 14 12

Today’s Games

Utah at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Washington, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Denver, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at Portland, 9 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

Orlando at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Houston at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

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

New York at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

How former Jayhawks fared Mario Chalmers, Miami Pts: 15. FGs: 5-12. FTs: 1-1.

Paul Pierce, Boston Pts: 34. FGs: 13-23. FTs: 4-5.

Brandon Rush, Golden State Pts: 7. FGs: 3-7. FTs: 1-2.

Marcus Morris, Houston Did not play (coach’s decision) Markieff Morris, Phoenix Pts: 2. FGs: 0-7. FTs: 2-2.

NBA TEAM STATISTICS Team Offense G Denver 37 Miami 36 Oklahoma City 37 San Antonio 36 Portland 37 Chicago 38 Golden State 33 L.A. Clippers 34 Minnesota 38 Houston 37 Utah 36 New York 36 Indiana 35 Milwaukee 37 Sacramento 36 Phoenix 36 Philadelphia 37 Dallas 38 Orlando 38 L.A. Lakers 36 Memphis 37 Cleveland 35 Atlanta 37 Washington 36 New Jersey 37 Boston 35 Toronto 36 Detroit 38 New Orleans 37 Charlotte 34

Team Defense Pts 3841 3732 3778 3567 3645 3714 3222 3318 3702 3592 3472 3453 3356 3527 3418 3402 3487 3579 3576 3386 3475 3281 3452 3346 3425 3156 3224 3384 3269 2934

Avg 103.8 103.7 102.1 99.1 98.5 97.7 97.6 97.6 97.4 97.1 96.4 95.9 95.9 95.3 94.9 94.5 94.2 94.2 94.1 94.1 93.9 93.7 93.3 92.9 92.6 90.2 89.6 89.1 88.4 86.3

G Philadelphia 37 Chicago 38 Boston 35 Dallas 38 Atlanta 37 Orlando 38 L.A. Lakers 36 Indiana 35 Memphis 37 New Orleans 37 Toronto 36 New York 36 Miami 36 Portland 37 San Antonio 36 L.A. Clippers 34 Detroit 38 Oklahoma City 37 Houston 37 Minnesota 38 Phoenix 36 Utah 36 Milwaukee 37 Cleveland 35 New Jersey 37 Golden State 33 Charlotte 34 Denver 37 Washington 36 Sacramento 36

Pts 3219 3351 3106 3470 3385 3477 3299 3216 3401 3464 3386 3395 3401 3497 3418 3243 3646 3559 3567 3666 3474 3511 3627 3436 3673 3310 3437 3745 3646 3688

Avg 87.0 88.2 88.7 91.3 91.5 91.5 91.6 91.9 91.9 93.6 94.1 94.3 94.5 94.5 94.9 95.4 95.9 96.2 96.4 96.5 96.5 97.5 98.0 98.2 99.3 100.3 101.1 101.2 101.3 102.4

L AWRENCE J OURNAL -W ORLD

Roundup for the Rockets, who’ve lost three in a row after winning their previous four.

Neither team led by more than seven points, and there were 20 ties and 24 lead changes before Paul scored on a drive and sank a free throw in the final minute of overtime to secure the victory.

The Associated Press

Nets 104, Bobcats 101 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Deron Williams scored a franchise-record 57 points to lift New Jersey to a victory over Charlotte on Sunday night.

Williams, who came into the game averaging 21.7 points, shot 16-of-29 from the field and was a perfect 21-for-21 from the free-throw line.

Williams broke the franchise’s previous mark of 52 points, shared by Mike Newlin and Ray Williams.

It was the second-most points scored against the Bobcats, one shy of Kobe Bryant’s 58 in 2006.

Corey Maggette had 24 points and Gerald Henderson added 15 for the Bobcats, who’ve lost five straight and 21 of their last 22.

The Nets trailed by eight at halftime but took the lead thanks to Williams, who scored 22 points in the third quarter.

NEW JERSEY (104) Stevenson 0-1 0-3 0, Humphries 3-7 5-8 11, Lopez 2-5 2-4 6, D.Williams 16-29 21-21 57, Brooks 1-6 1-4 3, Morrow 4-6 0-0 8, She.Williams 4-4 2-2 10, Green 1-3 0-0 2, Farmar 2-6 2-2 7, Petro 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 33-68 33-44 104.

CHARLOTTE (101) Maggette 4-12 15-16 24, Diaw 1-4 0-0 2, Diop 2-4 0-0 4, Augustin 4-12 3-3 12, Henderson 6-14 3-4 15, Walker 3-8 8-8 14, Mullens 5-11 2-2 12, Thomas 1-4 1-1 3, Brown 2-3 3-3 7, Najera 1-3 2-2 4, Carroll 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 31-80 37-39 101.

New Jersey 22 23 28 31—104 Charlotte 25 28 19 29—101 3-Point Goals-New Jersey 5-17 (D.Williams 4-11, Farmar 1-2, Morrow 0-2, Green 0-2), Charlotte 2-14 (Augustin 1-3, Maggette 1-4, Diaw 0-1, Mullens 0-1, Henderson 0-2, Walker 0-3). Fouled Out-Henderson. Rebounds-New Jersey 48 (Humphries 13), Charlotte 49 (Maggette 7). Assists-New Jersey 20 (D.Williams 7), Charlotte 21 (Diaw 8).

Total Fouls-New Jersey 27, Charlotte 28. Technicals-Henderson, Walker, Charlotte defensive three second 2.

A-13,564 (19,077).

L.A. CLIPPERS (105) Butler 4-12 4-4 14, Griffin 5-14 4-7 14, Jordan 4-5 0-1 8, Paul 10-22 8-10 28, Foye 6-7 0-0 15, M.Williams 5-11 3-3 14, Ken. Martin 5-12 0-0 10, Simmons 0-1 0-0 0, Bledsoe 1-2 0-0 2, Evans 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-86 19-25 105.

HOUSTON (103) Parsons 5-6 0-1 11, Scola 6-11 4-5 16, Dalembert 8-14 1-2 17, Lowry 5-11 2-4 14, Kev.Martin 6-22 10-10 25, T.Williams 1-8 2-2 5, Dragic 0-4 0-0 0, Patterson 1-4 0-0 2, Lee 5-6 0-0 13, Smith 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 37-86 19-24 103.

L.A. Clippers 25 20 32 20 8—105 Houston 30 17 27 23 6—103 3-Point Goals-L.A. Clippers 6-14 (Foye 3-4, Butler 2-3, M.Williams 1-3, Ken. Martin 0-1, Paul 0-3), Houston 10-20 (Lee 3-3, Kev.Martin 3-9, Lowry 2-3, Parsons 1-1, T.Williams 1-3, Dragic 0-1). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-L.A. Clippers 57 (Griffin, Jordan 11), Houston 49 (Dalembert, Scola 12). Assists-L.A. Clippers 17 (Paul 10), Houston 19 (Kev. Martin 8). Total Fouls-L.A. Clippers 21, Houston 25. Technicals-Houston Coach McHale. A-16,646 (18,043).

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CHARLOTTE’S GERALD HENDERSON (15) DRIVES BETWEEN NEW JERSEY’S DERON WILLIAMS (8) and MarShon Brooks during the first half. The Nets won, 104-101, on Sunday in Charlotte, N.C. Rondo had 18 points, 20 assists and a career-high 17 rebounds, and Paul Pierce scored 34 — including a three-pointer with 4.9 seconds left in regulation.

Kevin Garnett finished with 18 points with 10 rebounds.

Lin picked up two fouls in the first three minutes and struggled to 14 points in 32 minutes. He had five assists and four rebounds while shooting 6-for-16 from the floor.

Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points for the Knicks, six of them in the final 100 seconds of regulation as they briefly took the lead. Amare Stoudemire had 16 points and 13 rebounds, but New York still fell a game below .500 and 11⁄2 games behind Boston in the Eastern Conference.

Lakers 93, Heat 83 LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant scored 33 points in his third straight stellar performance since Dwyane Wade broke his nose in the All-Star game, and Wade managed just 16 points before fouling out midway through the fourth quarter of the Lakers’ victory over Miami.

Metta World Peace scored 17 points while leading a solid defensive effort for the Lakers, who have won 17 of their last 18 home games. Andrew Bynum had 16 points and 13 rebounds as Los Angeles never trailed in the final 44 minutes against Miami, snapping a fourgame skid in Bryant’s headto-head matchups with Wade’s Heat.

NEW YORK (111) LeBron James had 25 Anthony 8-21 9-10 25, Stoudemire 2-4 16, Chandler 3-7 2-2 8, Lin 6-16 points, 13 rebounds and 7-16 1-2 14, Fields 1-4 0-0 3, Davis 3-5 0-0 seven assists for the Heat, 8, Smith 1-6 0-0 2, Novak 4-8 2-2 14, who lost on the final two Jeffries 2-2 3-4 7, Shumpert 6-9 2-2 14.

41-94 21-26 111. stops of their three-game Totals BOSTON (115) Pierce 13-23 4-5 34, Bass 6-11 6-6 18, trip after nine consecutive Garnett 8-22 2-2 18, Rondo 7-20 4-7 18, victories.

Allen 4-9 2-2 12, Wilcox 3-4 0-0 6, Pietrus Just one week after 2-9 0-0 5, Bradley 1-3 0-0 2, Dooling 1-2 2. Totals 45-103 18-22 115.

Wade gave Bryant a con- 0-0 New York 29 27 16 31 8—111 cussion with a hard foul Boston 27 24 29 23 12—115 3-Point Goals-New York 8-18 in the All-Star game, Bry- (Novak 4-7, Davis 2-3, Fields 1-1, Lin ant scored 18 points in 1-2, Chandler 0-1, Anthony 0-1, Smith a dynamic first quarter 0-3), Boston 7-18 (Pierce 4-7, Allen Pietrus 1-6). Fouled Out-None. while wearing a clear 2-5, Rebounds-New York 65 (Chandler 14), plastic mask over his still- Boston 55 (Rondo 17). Assists-New York 23 (Davis 7), Boston 29 (Rondo tender nose. He added 20).

Total Fouls-New York 23, Boston just enough big baskets 24. Technicals-Shumpert, Smith, Allen.

A-18,624 (18,624). in the second half to keep the Lakers ahead, finishing with his third straight Bulls 96, 76ers 91 PHILADELPHIA — Derrick 30-point game as the Rose tied a season high Masked Mamba. with 35 points, and Joakim MIAMI (83) James 12-26 1-3 25, Haslem 0-5 0-0 Noah had 11 points and 18 0, Anthony 2-6 3-4 7, Chalmers 5-12 1-1 rebounds to lead Chicago 15, Wade 7-17 1-2 16, Battier 3-11 0-0 7, Miller 3-5 0-0 6, Pittman 0-0 1-2 1, Cole to its sixth straight win.

1-1 0-0 3, Howard 0-5 3-3 3. Totals 33-88 In a battle of division 10-15 83. leaders, the Bulls made all L.A. LAKERS (93) World Peace 6-10 3-4 17, Gasol 4-10 the big shots over the final 3-4 11, Bynum 6-11 4-4 16, Fisher 1-4 2-2 4, Bryant 14-23 5-7 33, Blake 1-4 minutes to end a three0-0 3, Murphy 0-2 0-0 0, Barnes 1-1 0-2 game losing streak against 2, Goudelock 2-6 1-2 7. Totals 35-71 the Sixers.

18-25 93.

Leading 91-89, the Bulls Miami 20 18 24 21—83 L.A. Lakers 28 22 21 22—93 turned the ball over, but 3-Point Goals-Miami 7-24 (Chalmers Iguodala tossed 4-8, Cole 1-1, Wade 1-4, Battier 1-7, Andre James 0-4), L.A. Lakers 5-17 (Goudelock up an airball on a three2-4, World Peace 2-4, Blake 1-4, Murphy 0-1, Fisher 0-1, Gasol 0-1, Bryant 0-2). point attempt. Again the Fouled Out-Wade. Rebounds-Miami 44 Bulls turned the ball over, (James 13), L.A. Lakers 59 (Bynum 13). and this time it was ThadAssists-Miami 22 (James 7), L.A. Lakers 19 (Blake 6). Total Fouls-Miami 23, deus Young who missed a L.A. Lakers 17. Technicals-James, L.A. jumper for the Sixers. At Lakers Coach Brown, Gasol. A-18,997 least his shot hit the rim.

(18,997).

Rose made them pay Celtics 115, for the misses, going left Knicks 111, OT hand-to-right for a oneBOSTON — Celtics guard handed shot on the run for Rajon Rondo had his sec- a 93-89 lead with 20.2 second triple-double in three onds left. games, spoiling Harvard Iguodala’s tying three grad Jeremy Lin’s return clanged off the backboard to Boston. and finished off the Sixers.

CHICAGO (96) Deng 3-11 0-0 8, Boozer 6-12 1-1 13, Noah 4-10 3-4 11, Rose 12-23 7-9 35, Hamilton 4-6 0-0 8, Brewer 3-4 0-0 6, Gibson 1-6 0-2 2, Watson 4-6 0-0 9, Asik 2-2 0-0 4, Korver 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 39-82 11-16 96.

PHILADELPHIA (91) Iguodala 6-15 1-2 14, Brand 6-12 2-2 14, Allen 1-4 0-0 2, Holiday 8-18 0-0 16, Meeks 1-6 0-0 2, Vucevic 7-13 0-0 14, Turner 3-9 0-0 6, Williams 0-7 6-6 6, Young 6-13 5-7 17. Totals 38-97 14-17 91.

Chicago 26 14 24 32—96 Philadelphia 24 22 18 27—91 3-Point Goals-Chicago 7-16 (Rose 4-7, Deng 2-5, Watson 1-2, Korver 0-2), Philadelphia 1-11 (Iguodala 1-4, Holiday 0-1, Williams 0-2, Meeks 0-4). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Chicago 53 (Noah 18), Philadelphia 57 (Brand 13). AssistsChicago 21 (Rose 8), Philadelphia 26 (Williams 7). Total Fouls-Chicago 18, Philadelphia 15. A-19,683 (20,318).

Nuggets 99, Spurs 94 SAN ANTONIO — Ty Lawson had 22 points and 11 assists and sank the game-sealing jumper with 11.9 seconds left, and injury-laden Denver overshadowed the return of Manu Ginobili to beat San Antonio.

Still without leading scorer Danilo Gallinari and Nene, the Nuggets won their third in a row with a short-handed cast that became just the third team to beat San Antonio at home.

Tony Parker led the Spurs with 25 points. Ginobili scored eight in 24 minutes, playing his first game in two weeks after straining a stomach muscle. He missed a month earlier due to a broken hand.

Gary Neal had a chance to tie in the closing seconds, but his three-pointer rimmed out.

DENVER (99) Brewer 4-11 4-4 12, Faried 4-8 3-6 11, Mozgov 1-3 3-4 5, Lawson 7-16 6-6 22, Afflalo 6-12 1-1 14, Harrington 6-14 2-2 16, Andersen 2-2 1-3 5, Miller 5-18 1-2 11, Hamilton 1-2 0-0 3, Stone 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 36-86 21-28 99.

SAN ANTONIO (94) Jefferson 2-7 2-2 7, Duncan 7-13 0-2 14, Blair 0-1 0-0 0, Parker 10-16 4-7 25, Green 0-5 2-2 2, Bonner 4-8 0-0 11, Anderson 0-1 0-0 0, Splitter 2-3 2-3 6, Ginobili 2-5 2-2 8, Neal 2-7 0-0 6, Leonard 2-5 8-9 13, Ford 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 32-72 20-27 94.

Denver 25 24 26 24—99 San Antonio 17 28 26 23—94 3-Point Goals-Denver 6-17 (Lawson 2-4, Harrington 2-6, Afflalo 1-1, Hamilton 1-2, Miller 0-1, Brewer 0-3), San Antonio 10-27 (Bonner 3-6, Ginobili 2-3, Neal 2-6, Parker 1-1, Leonard 1-3, Jefferson 1-4, Anderson 0-1, Green 0-3).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Denver 58 (Lawson 9), San Antonio 46 (Duncan 9). Assists-Denver 19 (Lawson 11), San Antonio 22 (Parker 7). Total FoulsDenver 26, San Antonio 22. TechnicalsDenver defensive three second.

A-18,581 (18,797).

Raptors 83, Warriors 75 TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan scored 25 points, James Johnson had 12 points and 12 rebounds, and Toronto beat Golden State, snapping a fivegame losing streak against the Warriors.

Amir Johnson had 11 points and 13 rebounds, Leandro Barbosa scored 18 points and Ed Davis grabbed 12 rebounds for the Raptors, who had lost 11 of their last 14.

David Lee had 22 points and 12 rebounds, and Monta Ellis scored 20 points, but Golden State Suns 96, Kings 88 lost for the sixth time in PHOENIX — Steve Nash nine games. had 19 points, Marcin Gortat scored 14 and matched GOLDEN STATE (75) D.Wright 1-9 0-0 3, Lee 9-13 4-5 22, his season high with 17 Udoh 2-7 3-4 7, Ellis 8-22 2-2 20, McGuire 2-5 0-0 4, Rush 3-7 1-2 7, Robinson 2-12 rebounds, and the Suns 3-4 7, Thompson 2-5 0-0 5, Biedrins 0-0 earned their third consec0-2 0, C.Wright 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-80 utive victory.

13-19 75.

In all three wins, the TORONTO (83) J.Johnson 4-10 4-4 12, A.Johnson 4-8 Suns rallied from double3-4 11, Gray 1-3 2-2 4, Calderon 1-5 0-0 2, DeRozan 9-17 6-6 25, Bayless 0-6 5-6 digit deficits, something 5, Barbosa 7-16 1-2 18, Davis 1-4 0-0 2, the franchise hadn’t done Kleiza 2-9 0-0 4. Totals 29-78 21-24 83. since November 2002.

Golden State 20 27 11 17—75 Toronto 18 20 22 23—83 Jared Dudley scored 3-Point Goals-Golden State 4-19 (Ellis 2-6, Thompson 1-2, D.Wright 1-5, eight of his 14 in the fourth Rush 0-3, Robinson 0-3), Toronto 4-10 quarter, when Phoenix (Barbosa 3-5, DeRozan 1-1, Kleiza 0-1, pulled away.

Bayless 0-1, Calderon 0-2). Fouled OutShannon Brown added None. Rebounds-Golden State 50 (Lee 12), Toronto 59 (A.Johnson 13). Assists- 13, including consecutive Golden State 17 (Ellis 7), Toronto 19 (Bayless, DeRozan, J.Johnson 4). Total three-pointers in the deciFouls-Golden State 20, Toronto 18. sive run to open the final A-18,056 (19,800). period.

Clippers 105, Rockets 103, OT HOUSTON — Chris Paul had 28 points and 10 assists, Blake Griffin added 14 points and 11 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat Houston in overtime.

Randy Foye had 15 points and Caron Butler and Mo Williams had 14 apiece for the Clippers, who beat Houston for only the eighth time in the last 33 meetings.

Kevin Martin scored 25 points, and Samuel Dalembert and Luis Scola each grabbed 12 rebounds

SACRAMENTO (88) Evans 8-18 1-1 17, Greene 3-8 1-2 8, Cousins 7-20 2-2 16, Thomas 3-13 2-2 8, Thornton 9-23 2-3 21, Thompson 3-6 1-2 7, Hayes 2-3 0-0 4, Salmons 0-0 1-2 1, Garcia 1-3 0-0 2, Fredette 0-1 0-0 0, Outlaw 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 38-99 10-14 88.

PHOENIX (96) Hill 4-8 0-0 8, Frye 3-12 5-6 11, Gortat 7-11 0-2 14, Nash 8-13 1-1 19, Dudley 6-10 1-2 14, Morris 0-7 2-2 2, Brown 5-11 1-1 13, Telfair 4-8 0-0 8, Lopez 3-7 1-2 7, Redd 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 40-88 11-16 96.

Sacramento 32 20 19 17—88 Phoenix 29 18 23 26—96 3-Point Goals-Sacramento 2-13 (Greene 1-2, Thornton 1-4, Cousins 0-1, Outlaw 0-1, Garcia 0-1, Fredette 0-1, Evans 0-1, Thomas 0-2), Phoenix 5-12 (Nash 2-2, Brown 2-3, Dudley 1-2, Hill 0-1, Frye 0-1, Morris 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Sacramento 57 (Cousins 14), Phoenix 61 (Gortat 17). Assists-Sacramento 16 (Evans 6), Phoenix 17 (Nash 7). Total Fouls-Sacramento 16, Phoenix 16.

Technicals-Thornton, Phoenix Coach Gentry. Flagrant Fouls-Cousins.

A-15,026 (18,422).

SPORTS

L AWRENCE J OURNAL -W ORLD

Monday, March 5, 2012

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SCOREBOARD Big 12 Awards

Player of the Year: Thomas Robinson, 6-10, Jr., Kansas Defensive Player of Year: Jeff Withey, 7-0, Jr., Kansas Newcomer of the Year: Royce White, 6-8, Soph., Iowa State Co-Freshman of the Year: Quincy Miller, 6-9, Baylor; Le’Bryan Nash, 6-7, Fr., Oklahoma State Sixth Man Award: Michael Dixon, 6-1, Jr., Missouri.

Co-Coaches of the Year: Bill Self, Kansas; Fred Hoiberg, Iowa State ALL-BIG 12 FIRST TEAM Thomas Robinson, 6-10, Jr., Kansas; Tyshawn Taylor, 6-3, Sr., Kansas; Royce White, 6-8, Soph., Iowa State; Marcus Denmon, 6-3, Sr., Missouri; J’Covan Brown, 6-1, Jr., Texas.

SECOND TEAM Quincy Acy, 6-7, Sr., Baylor; Pierre Jackson, 5-10, Jr., Baylor; Rodney McGruder, 6-4, Jr., Kansas State; Ricardo Ratliffe, 6-8, Sr., Missouri; Keiton Page, 5-9, Sr., Oklahoma State.

THIRD TEAM Jeff Withey, 7-0, Jr., Kansas; Perry Jones III, 6-11, Soph., Baylor; Scott Christopherson, 6-3, Sr., Iowa State; Kim English, 6-6, Sr., Missouri; Phil Pressey, 5-10, Soph., Missouri HONORABLE MENTION Quincy Miller, Baylor; Chris Allen, Iowa State; Melvin Ejim, Iowa State; Jamar Samuels, Kansas State; Steven Pledger, Oklahoma; Romero Osby, Oklahoma; Le’Bryan Nash, Oklahoma State; Myck Kabongo, Texas; Elston Turner, Texas A&M; David Loubeau, Texas A&M. BIG 12 ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM Jeff Withey, Kansas; Quincy Acy, Baylor; Jordan Henriquez, Kansas State; Rodney McGruder, Kansas State; Michael Dixon, Missouri.

ALL-ROOKIE TEAM Pierre Jackson, Baylor; Quincy Miller, Baylor; Royce White, Iowa State; Le’Bryan Nash, Oklahoma State; Myck Kabongo, Texas

College Men

EAST CW Post 86, Bridgeport 67 Michigan 71, Penn St. 65 SOUTH Florida St. 80, Clemson 72 Kentucky 74, Florida 59 NC State 70, Virginia Tech 58 Virginia 75, Maryland 72, OT MIDWEST Indiana 85, Purdue 74 Ohio St. 72, Michigan St. 70 Wisconsin 70, Illinois 56 FAR WEST Arizona St. 87, Arizona 80 Stanford 75, California 70 TOURNAMENT America East Conference Semifinals Stony Brook 57, Albany (NY) 55 Vermont 77, Hartford 73, 2OT Colonial Athletic Association Semifinals Drexel 68, Old Dominion 51 VCU 74, George Mason 64 Conference Carolinas Championship Barton 67, Mount Olive 60 GLIAC Conference Tournament Championship Findlay 71, Hillsdale 52 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Semifinals Fairfield 85, Iona 75 Loyola (Md.) 70, Siena 60 Mid-South Conference Tournament Championship Cumberlands 60, Georgetown (Ky.) 54 Missouri Valley Conference Championship Creighton 83, Illinois St. 79, OT NSIC Tournament Championship SW Minnesota St. 76, Minn. St.Moorhead 72 Northeast Conference Semifinals LIU 78, Quinnipiac 75 Robert Morris 71, Wagner 64 Southern Conference Semifinals Davidson 83, Elon 67 W. Carolina 82, UNC Greensboro 77 Summit League First Round W. Illinois 58, N. Dakota St. 53 Southern Utah 84, Oakland 82 Sun Belt Conference Quarterfinals Arkansas St. 64, Middle Tennessee 61 Western Kentucky 68, UALR 63 North Texas 65, Louisiana-Lafayette 62 Denver 61, South Alabama 50

College Women

SOUTHWEST Kansas 83, Oklahoma 77 Texas 79, Texas A&M 64 FAR WEST Stanford 86, California 61 TOURNAMENT America East Conference Semifinals Albany (NY) 58, Binghamton 50 UMBC 77, Boston U. 61 Atlantic 10 Conference Semifinals Dayton 66, Temple 63 St. Bonaventure 78, Saint Joseph’s 52 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Maryland 68, Georgia Tech 65 Big East Conference Quarterfinals Notre Dame 69, DePaul 54 St. John’s 68, Louisville 61, OT UConn 49, Rutgers 34 West Virginia 39, Georgetown 32 Big Ten Conference Championship Purdue 74, Nebraska 70, 2OT Southeastern Conference Championship Tennessee 70, LSU 58 Southern Conference Semifinals Appalachian St. 77, Chattanooga 52 Samford 62, Davidson 51 Summit League First Round IUPUI 80, N. Dakota St. 64 UMKC 72, Oakland 59 Sun Belt Conference Quarterfinals FAU 56, North Texas 55 FIU 67, Denver 59 Middle Tennessee 65, W. Kentucky 57 UALR 60, South Alabama 54

Big 12 Women

Conf. Overall W L W L 18 0 31 0 11 7 20 9 11 7 19 11 9 9 18 11 9 9 18 12 8 10 19 11 8 10 18 12 8 10 16 11 6 12 18 12 2 16 12 17

Baylor Texas A&M Oklahoma Iowa State Kansas State Kansas Texas Oklahoma State Texas Tech Missouri Sunday’s Games Kansas 83, Oklahoma 77 Texas 79, Texas A&M 74 Big 12 Tournament At Muncipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo. Wednesday Texas (8) vs. Texas Tech (9), 5 p.m.

Oklahoma State (7) vs. Missouri (10), 7:30 p.m.

Thursday Iowa State (4) vs. Kansas State (5), 11 a.m.

Baylor (1) vs. Texas-Texas Tech winner, 1:30 p.m.

Oklahoma (2) vs. Oklahoma StateMissouri winner, 5 p.m.

Texas A&M (3) vs. Kansas (6), 7:30 p.m.

Friday Iowa State-Kansas State winner vs.

Baylor-Texas/Texas Tech winner, noon Oklahoma-Oklahoma State/Missouri winner vs. Texas A&M/Kansas winner, 2:30 p.m.

Saturday Championship, 11 a.m.

Honda Classic

Sunday At PGA National Resort and Spa (The Champion Course) Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Purse: $5.7 million Yardage: 7,100; Par: 70 Final Round Rory McIlroy (500), $1,026,000 66-67-66-69—268 Tom Gillis (245), $501,600 68-64-69-69—270 Tiger Woods (245), $501,600 71-68-69-62—270 Lee Westwood (135), $273,600 70-69-70-63—272 Justin Rose (105), $216,600 66-66-71-70—273 Charl Schwartzel (105), $216,600 71-66-67-69—273 Rickie Fowler (88), $183,825 69-72-67-66—274 Dicky Pride (88), $183,825 66-67-71-70—274 Graeme McDowell (75), $153,900 73-64-69-69—275 Kevin Stadler (75), $153,900 66-71-69-69—275 Chris Stroud (75), $153,900 70-69-67-69—275 Keegan Bradley (60), $115,425 67-68-68-73—276 Greg Chalmers (60), $115,425 68-69-68-71—276 Brian Harman (60), $115,425 73-61-69-73—276 D.A. Points (60), $115,425 71-70-68-67—276 Fredrik Jacobson (55), $94,050 70-71-67-69—277 Brandt Jobe (55), $94,050 70-69-69-69—277 Harris English (52), $79,800 66-69-66-77—278 Jeff Overton (52), $79,800 71-65-70-72—278 Vaughn Taylor (52), $79,800 68-66-74-70—278 Stuart Appleby (48), $59,280 69-71-71-68—279 Ernie Els (48), $59,280 70-68-70-71—279 Spencer Levin (48), $59,280 72-69-67-71—279 Davis Love III (48), $59,280 64-72-71-72—279 Henrik Stenson (48), $59,280 70-69-70-70—279 Erik Compton (44), $43,035 67-71-71-71—280 Charles Howell III (44), $43,035 68-67-72-73—280 Troy Matteson (44), $43,035 70-69-75-66—280 Ryan Palmer (44), $43,035 66-71-72-71—280 Gary Christian (39), $34,628 73-67-67-74—281 Ben Crane (39), $34,628 67-69-75-70—281 Robert Garrigus (39), $34,628 71-69-70-71—281 Ted Potter, Jr. (39), $34,628 72-64-72-73—281 Mark Wilson (39), $34,628 70-70-68-73—281 Y.E. Yang (39), $34,628 70-70-70-71—281 Robert Allenby (33), $26,268 72-68-73-69—282 Stewart Cink (33), $26,268 70-67-75-70—282 Martin Flores (33), $26,268 66-72-74-70—282 John Huh (33), $26,268 68-69-75-70—282 Rocco Mediate (33), $26,268 69-67-73-73—282 Carl Pettersson (33), $26,268 67-70-74-71—282 Anthony Kim (29), $21,660 70-69-75-69—283 Jason Kokrak (29), $21,660 71-68-71-73—283 Sean O’Hair (26), $18,810 70-69-72-73—284 Heath Slocum (26), $18,810 70-71-70-73—284 Charlie Wi (26), $18,810 71-68-75-70—284 John Mallinger (20), $14,313 74-67-69-75—285 Kenny Perry (20), $14,313 70-71-70-74—285 Cameron Tringale (20), $14,313 72-69-70-74—285 Sang-Moon Bae (20), $14,313 70-71-71-73—285 Michael Bradley (20), $14,313 70-70-73-72—285 Brian Davis (20), $14,313 68-70-74-73—285 Tim Herron (20), $14,313 71-69-71-74—285 Scott Langley, $14,313 70-69-73-73—285 Michael Thompson (20), $14,313 74-66-72-73—285 Kris Blanks (13), $12,711 69-72-72-73—286 Brendon de Jonge (13), $12,711 68-72-74-72—286 J.B. Holmes (13), $12,711 70-70-71-75—286 Robert Karlsson (13), $12,711 72-69-75-70—286 Chris Kirk (13), $12,711 71-70-72-73—286 Seung-Yul Noh (13), $12,711 66-74-75-71—286 Jason Bohn (7), $12,084 70-70-72-75—287 Ken Duke (7), $12,084 67-69-74-77—287 Bob Estes (7), $12,084 67-69-73-78—287 William McGirt (7), $12,084 69-71-72-75—287 Rory Sabbatini (7), $12,084 69-72-69-77—287 Colt Knost (3), $11,571 71-70-79-68—288 Nick O’Hern (3), $11,571 69-71-71-77—288 Jhonattan Vegas (3), $11,571 71-69-73-75—288 Jimmy Walker (3), $11,571 67-67-73-81—288 Padraig Harrington (1), $11,286 70-68-72-79—289 Rod Pampling (1), $11,172 69-71-71-79—290 Ricky Barnes (1), $11,058 72-69-75-75—291 Jose Maria Olazabal (1), $10,944 73-67-74-78—292 Brendan Steele (1), $10,830 68-73-75-77—293 Ryan Moore (1), $10,716 70-71-71-82—294

BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Released LHP Dennys Reyes for failure to report.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX-Agreed to terms with C Tyler Flowers, INF Gordon Beckham, INF Eduardo Escobar, INF Ozzie Martinez, INF Brent Morel, OF Alejandro De Aza, OF Brent Lillibridge, RHP Dylan Axelrod, RHP Anthony Carter, RHP Simon Castro, RHP Deunte Heath, LHP Pedro Hernandez, RHP Philip Humber, RHP Gregory Infante, RHP Nate Jones, LHP Charlie Leesman, RHP Jhan Marinez, RHP Nestor Molina, RHP Addison Reed, LHP Chris Sale, LHP Hector Santiago, RHP Zach Stewart, LHP Jose Quintana and LHP Donnie Veal on one-year contracts.

National League NEW YORK METS-Agreed to terms with RHP Pedro Beato, LHP Robert Carson, 1B Ike Davis, OF Lucas Duda, RHP Jeurys Familia, SS Wilmer Flores, RHP Dillon Gee, 2B Reese Havens, RHP Jeremy Hefner, LHP Daniel Herrera, OF Juan Lagares, 3B Zach Lutz, RHP Jenrry Mejia, 1B Daniel Murphy, C Mike Nickeas, LHP Jonathon Niese, OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis, RHP Robert Parnell, OF Cesar Puello, RHP Armando Rodriguez, 2B Josh Satin, RHP Chris Schwinden, RHP Josh Stinson, 2B Ruben Tejada, C Josh Thole, 2B Justin Turner and 2B Jordany Valdespin on one-year contracts.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER-Recalled F Lazar Hayward from Tulsa (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League SEATTLE SEAHAWKS-Signed RB Marshawn Lynch to a four-year contract.

COLLEGE CANISIUS-Fired men’s basketball coach Tom Parrotta.

RHODE ISLAND-Fired men’s basketball coach Jim Baron.

Butler sparks K.C. ————

Subway Fresh Fit 500

Sunday At Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Ariz.

Lap length: 1 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (13) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 312 laps, 130 rating, 47 points, $238,016.

2. (8) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 312, 134.7, 44, $222,836.

3. (7) Greg Biffle, Ford, 312, 96.4, 41, $139,400.

4. (4) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 312, 120.5, 41, $156,121.

5. (28) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 312, 109.4, 40, $141,495.

6. (12) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 312, 117.2, 39, $140,158.

7. (25) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 312, 92.3, 38, $122,539.

8. (30) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 312, 94.9, 37, $134,211.

9. (1) Mark Martin, Toyota, 312, 106.4, 36, $90,175.

10. (9) Joey Logano, Toyota, 312, 95.5, 34, $92,000.

11. (5) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 312, 87.2, 33, $111,066.

12. (18) Aric Almirola, Ford, 312, 74.9, 32, $116,211.

13. (26) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 312, 94.7, 32, $122,836.

14. (29) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 312, 73.1, 30, $84,625.

15. (19) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 312, 78.7, 30, $102,883.

16. (17) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 312, 70.3, 28, $98,983.

17. (24) Carl Edwards, Ford, 312, 78, 27, $116,716.

18. (15) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 311, 69, 26, $114,825.

19. (41) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 311, 57.4, 25, $95,908.

20. (3) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 311, 76.7, 24, $93,483.

21. (6) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 310, 67.1, 23, $115,108.

22. (2) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 310, 93.5, 23, $123,125.

23. (23) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 309, 55.4, 21, $69,450.

24. (42) Mike Bliss, Ford, 309, 50.7, 0, $80,800.

25. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 309, 44.6, 20, $82,647.

26. (35) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 309, 41.6, 18, $69,050.

27. (40) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 308, 47.4, 17, $80,225.

28. (36) David Gilliland, Ford, 308, 42.6, 16, $72,000.

29. (43) David Stremme, Toyota, 306, 36.5, 15, $71,775.

30. (16) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 306, 48.5, 14, $99,239.

31. (20) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 303, 55.9, 13, $79,385.

32. (14) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, engine, 295, 73.4, 12, $98,608.

33. (11) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, engine, 291, 78.2, 12, $110,150.

34. (10) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 274, 53.1, 10, $75,950.

35. (22) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 272, 45.9, 9, $95,170.

36. (32) David Reutimann, Chevrolet, engine, 248, 53.9, 8, $67,675.

37. (21) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, engine, 212, 55.3, 8, $98,588.

38. (33) Josh Wise, Ford, vibration, 110, 30.1, 6, $68,903.

39. (31) Casey Mears, Ford, accident, 109, 47.5, 5, $64,675.

40. (38) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, brakes, 62, 30.6, 0, $64,500.

41. (39) Robby Gordon, Dodge, brakes, 33, 30.4, 3, $64,350.

42. (27) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, brakes, 29, 29.4, 2, $64,225.

43. (37) Michael McDowell, Ford, brakes, 8, 27.3, 1, $64,597.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 110.085 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 50 minutes, 35 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 7.315 seconds.

Caution Flags: 7 for 35 laps.

Lead Changes: 25 among 13 drivers.

Lap Leaders: M.Martin 1; T.Stewart 2-10; J.Johnson 11-16; K.Harvick 17-59; J.Johnson 60; M.Bliss 61; D.Ragan 62; J.Johnson 63-64; Ku.Busch 65-66; J.Johnson 67-112; Ky.Busch 113-140; K.Harvick 141-144; Ky.Busch 145168; K.Harvick 169-183; B.Keselowski 184-186; D.Hamlin 187; J.Gordon 188; M.Kenseth 189; J.Burton 190-196; M.Truex Jr. 197-206; J.McMurray 207; K.Harvick 208-228; D.Hamlin 229; M.Truex Jr. 230-248; K.Harvick 249-253; D.Hamlin 254-312.

NHL

Sunday’s Games Dallas 3, Calgary 2, SO N.Y. Rangers 4, Boston 3 N.Y. Islanders 1, New Jersey 0 Chicago 2, Detroit 1 Florida 4, Ottawa 2 Philadelphia 1, Washington 0 Colorado 2, Minnesota 0 Monday’s Games Phoenix at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Boston at Toronto, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Washington, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Montreal at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

Edmonton at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

Charlie Riedel/AP Photo

KANSAS CITY’S JOHNNY GIAVOTELLA BEATS THE TAG by Texas catcher Mike Napoli to score on a fielding error by Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler during the fifth inning. The Royals won, 6-1, Sunday in Surprise, Ariz.

College

Sunday in Tulsa, Okla.

Tulsa 7, Kansas 0 Doubles 1. Erofeeva/Szatkowski (TLS) def.

Luduena/Windom (KU) 8-3 2. Pezzotti/Los (KU) def. Davidson/ Vickers (TLS) 8-5 3.

Farley/Enrique (TLS) def.

Khanevskaya/Dreyer (KU) 8-3 Singles 1. No. 67 Vickers (TLS) def. Pezzotti (KU) 6-2, 6-2 2. No. 82 Erofeeva (TLS) def. Los (KU) 6-3, 6-3 3. Szatkowski (TLS) def. No. 118 Ludueña (KU) 4-6, 6-4 (10-8) 4. Enrique (TLS) def. Windom (KU) 6-2, 6-4 5. Farley (TLS) def. Dreyer (KU) 6-3, 6-1 6. Davidson (TLS) def. Khanevskaya (KU) 6-, 6-1

Two-run homer sinks Rangers SURPRISE, ARIZ. (AP) — Kansas City’s Billy Butler has been heeding the advice of his manager Ned Yost.

Butler hit a two-run home run with two outs in the first inning and the Royals defeated the Texas Rangers 6-1 in the exhibition opener for both clubs on Sunday.

Yost does not care if Butler sacrifices a few points off his batting average to drive in more runs.

“That’s a fair judgment,” Yost said. “I think it was more of a mindset adjustment more than anything else. He’s got the power and the ability to do it. He’s such a good hitter at times he would just focus early in the atbat in putting the ball in play.”

After hitting .318 with 78 RBIs in 2010, Butler’s average dropped to .291 last year, but he drove in 95 runs.

“I want him to adopt to more of a haymaker approach early in the at-bat and then get two strikes and do what he does best, put the ball in play,” Yost said.

“I do think he’s a total hitter. I think he’s a run producer, a power hitter and an (high) average hitter. I think the last year the second half he did a really, really good job with that mindset.”

After the All-Star break last season, Butler hit 13 of his 19 home runs, while driving in 57 runs, which

BOX SCORE Kansas City

ab A.Gordon lf 3 Golson lf 2 Giavotella 2b 2 Getz 2b 2 Hosmer 1b 3 C.Robinson 1b 2 Butler dh 3 W.Myers ph-dh 1 Moustakas 3b 3 Kouzmanoff 3b 1 Francoeur rf 3 Lough rf 1 S.Perez c 2 B.Pena ph-c 2 L.Cain cf 2 Maier ph-cf 2 A.Escobar ss 2 Y.Betancourt ss 2 Totals 38 Kansas City Texas

r h bi 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 5

Texas

ab Kinsler 2b 2 Y.Solarte 2b 2 Andrus ss 2 Alb.Gnzlez ss 2 J.Hamilton lf 2 C.Jackson lf 2 Beltre 3b 2 L.Hrnndez 3b 2 Mi.Young dh 2 G.Miclat ph-dh 1 N.Cruz rf 2 E.Beltre rf 1 Napoli c 1 L.Martinez c 1 Moreland 1b 2 M.Olt 1b 1 Gentry cf 2 Borbon cf 1 Totals 30 200 040 000 010

r h bi 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 000—6 000—1

E-Kinsler 2 (2), M.Olt (1). DP-Kansas City 2, Texas 2. LOB-Kansas City 6, Texas 3.

2B-Giavotella (1), L.Cain (1). HR-Butler (1), Moreland (1).

Kansas City Mendoza W,1-0 Mazzaro O’Sullivan Adcock K.Herrera Texas C.Lewis L,0-1 Feldman Kirkman R.Ross S.Green M.de los Santos

WP-S.Green.

A-7,158 (10,714).

IP

H

R ER

BB SO

2 2 2 2 1

1 2 1 1 0

0 0 1 0 0

0 0 1 0 0

1 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 2 2

2 2 2 1 1 1

3 0 5 2 1 0

2 0 4 0 0 0

2 0 3 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 2 1 1

tied for the third-most RBIs in the majors. He also hit 24 doubles after the break, which ranked fourth in the majors.

Rangers right-hander Colby Lewis got ahead of Butler 0-2 when he drove the next pitch out to leftcenter with Johnny Giavotella aboard.

“I wasn’t looking for a home run,” Butler said.

“Obviously, I got the barrel on it and got a good result. Usually, you’re chasing something or hitting their pitch on 0-2 and I just didn’t miss it.”

Butler noted the Royals

beat the team that won the past two American League pennants.

“It’s definitely a good judge of where you’re at as a team,” Butler said.

“I don’t care if it’s Day 1 or not. Those guys over there are as talented as they come. That’s the best team in the American League until somebody knocks them off.”

Luis Mendoza, who is vying for a rotation slot, and four Kansas City relievers limited the Rangers to four singles and a Mitch Moreland home run.

“I got 2-0, in a hitter’s count,” Moreland said.

“The main thing I did was I saw some pitches and I was able to work the pitcher a little bit better than what I did toward the end of the year last year.”

Moreland hit .241 with five home runs after the All-Star break last year.

He said “there weren’t many” swings the second half of last season like he had in the fifth.

Notes: With C Manny Pina out after having knee surgery in February, the Royals have added Cs Ryan Eigsti and Ben Theriot from minor-league camp for the first couple of weeks of exhibition games. ... Texas 1B-OF Brad Hawpe is out with right hamstring soreness. ... The announced attendance of 7,158 was a record for an exhibition opener at Surprise Stadium, which is beginning its 10th year.

Cespedes ‘finally here’ PHOENIX (AP) — After watching the YouTube promotional video of the five-tool outfielder with a sculpted body and freakish athleticism, the Oakland Athletics were eager to see Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes up close.

“He’s finally here,” catcher Kurt Suzuki said.

“We hear about the potential and the tools and all that stuff. I’m not just excited to see him hit but excited to see him working out with the team.”

Cespedes certainly didn’t disappoint.

The 26-year-old Cespedes (Yo-EHN-ess SESpeh-des) worked out with the Athletics for the first time Sunday. The slugging outfielder performed some agility drills to measure his vertical leap and took batting practice with Manny Ramirez and Cedric Hunter during a highly anticipated session in which he sprayed pitches to all fields and sent a couple of souvenirs over the walls.

He then shagged flies with Ramirez and signed

autographs for fans on a day where there wasn’t a spring training game at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, just a spectacle.

“I’m very happy to be here because I feel I’m very close to my dream to play in the big leagues,” said Cespedes, who played in Cuba’s top league for eight seasons before defecting in 2011 to the Dominican Republic with his mother, an aunt and four cousins.

He’ll take batting practice and focus on defensive drills over the next week or so as he tries to get up to speed with his teammates who have been here for two weeks.

“I’ll be ready in five or six days,” he said.

Cespedes is projected to be ready for the majors right away, although the Athletics’ truncated spring schedule may put a crimp in that. They depart Arizona on March 22 so they can open the season in Japan on March 28 against Seattle.

Cespedes’ arrival gave manager Bob Melvin 16 outfielders that he has

to find at-bats for during camp.

The biggest question facing the Athletics is whether Cespedes will play left field or replace Coco Crisp in center. Crisp has said he wants to stay put, but that’s also Cespedes’ natural position, and the Athletics will want to do anything they can to help him feel comfortable as he adjusts to a new country and a new level of competition.

“I’m willing to play wherever they ask me,” Cespedes said.

Melvin said he’ll have Cespedes do his drills from center field until he gets acclimated.

“It’s not an issue right now,” Athletics general manager Billy Beane said.

“But I think ultimately what Bob’s going to do is put the best center fielder in center field and the best left fielder in left field, whoever that may be.”

Before Sunday, Melvin had only seen images of Cespedes.

“I saw some video,” he said. “I saw the YouTube video, too. It was good.”

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GET 10% DISCOUNT

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785-843-1116

785.843.4040 www.thefoxrun.com Offering Leases through the end of May 2012

DIGITAL MEDIA SALES REPS Are you looking for a career opportunity in media sales and can you answer YES to the following questions?

• Do you enjoy meeting new people and coming up with creative ideas?

• Are you famous for getting results from your customers?

• Are you a great listener and problem solver?

• Do you use unique and innovative ways to achieve budget?

• Do you love to turn a “no” into a “yes”?

• Do you believe digital advertising needs to be a part of every campaign?

• Do you use social marketing as part of your everyday life?

• Do you love staying on top of the current internet trends and finding digital solutions for your clients’ needs?

• Are you looking at being part of the fastest-growing area in media sales with the best growth potential?

If you have been answering YES to these questions and have experience in sales, marketing and/or advertising; experience in online media sales; demonstrated success with prospecting and cold calling then we want to hear from you!

The World Company has an extraordinary opportunity for talented media sales professionals in Lawrence and Shawnee, Kansas. As a sales rep some of what you would be doing includes: • Selling creative solutions to your clients to capitalize on our one million unique visitors per month on a trio of nationally recognized websites such as kusports.com, ljworld.com and Lawrence.com.

• Sell clients a platform of products including online advertising, web banners, social marketing, sports marketing, search engine optimization, our Deals websites (including Lawrence Deals and johnsoncountydeals.com), and event marketing sponsorships.

• Prospect new regional clients and make initial contact by cold-calling either in person or by phone.

• Develop and build relationships with potential clients to build a large advertising client list.

Ideal candidates will also have remarkable verbal and written communication skills; enjoy networking; effective time management and interpersonal skills; regularly achieve monthly sales goals; selfmotivated; proficient in Microsoft Office applications; and a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation with proof of auto insurance, and a clean driving record.

We offer a competitive salary and commissions with an excellent benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401k, paid time off and more! Background check, preemployment drug screen and physical lift assessment required. To apply submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com. EOE

MULTIMEDIA SALES MANAGER The World Company is seeking an innovative and experienced Multimedia Sales Manager who will be responsible for leading a team of multimedia sales reps in a fast paced print and digital integrated sales environment. Are you a motivated sales leader with a proven track record in leading successful teams? Can you answer YES to the following questions?

• Do you want to coach and develop your team to be the best media sales reps in the industry?

• Do you use unique and innovative ways to achieve revenue budgets?

• Do you believe digital advertising needs to be a part of every campaign?

• Do you use social marketing as part of your everyday life?

• Do you place client visits at the top of your priority list every week?

• Are you famous for getting results for your customers?

• Are you a great listener and problem solver?

• Do you love to turn a “no” into a “yes?”

• Do you love staying on top of the current Internet trends and finding digital solutions for your clients’ needs?

If you’ve answered YES to these questions and possess strong leadership and relationship-building skills; have experience playing a pivotal role in the development and implementation of advertising strategies; and have experience in print and online media sales, then we want to hear from you!

As Multimedia Sales Manager some of what you would do includes: • Supervise and develop sales representatives in their efforts to sell creative solutions to clients to capitalize on our one million unique visitors per month on a collection of nationally recognized websites such as kusports.com, ljworld.com and Lawence.com.

• Sell clients a platform of products including online advertising, web banners, social marketing, sports marketing, search engine optimization, Deals, and event marketing sponsorships.

• Monitor, evaluate and drive individual and team performance to reach sales objectives.

• Participate in the development and sales of new, revenue-generating projects.

• Create a work environment that promotes communication, encourages cooperation and operates efficiently, focusing on both overall revenue growth and success of individual revenue units.

• Know the strengths and weaknesses of the competition across all advertising mediums and position The World Company accordingly.

Ideal candidates will also have at least five years of successful career development in sales, e.g. growth in territory or responsibility; a bachelor’s degree is preferred or equivalent years of experience; a proficiency for understanding and selling all media types; a creative, positive and flexible attitude and a team-oriented philosophy; strong sales and organizational skills; strong communication skills, negotiation and influencing skills, both written and oral; ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressured, evolving environment; proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and media software; and a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation with proof of auto insurance, and a clean driving record.

We offer a competitive salary and commissions with an excellent benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401k, tuition reimbursement, paid time off and more! Background check, pre-employment drug screen and physical lift assessment required. To apply submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com. EOE

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Move-in Special for 1BRs Only one of each left: 2BR Apt.& 2BR Townhome

VILLA 26 APARTMENTS

Quiet, great location on KU bus route, no pets, W/D in all units.

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Canyon Court Apts

LEASING FOR FALL! Luxury 1, 2 & 3 BR 700 Comet Ln. 785-832-8805

Chase Court

19th & Iowa, Lawrence Great Campus Locations Applecroft Abbotts Corner Chamberlain Court MacKenzie Place Melrose Court Ocho Court

785-843-8220

Great Locations! Great Prices!

1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms

Call for SPECIALS

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Fall & Immediate Avail.

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Now Leasing for 2012!

Studio, 1, 2 & 3 BRs

Fast, Reliable Maintenance On-site Management Close to KU, 3 Bus Stops

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PARKWAY COMMONS

625 Folks Rd • 785-832-8200

785-842-4200

Available Now! 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms

Rentals Avail. Now!

1BR - $600, 2BR - $700, 3BR - $800 Small pets allowed.

On bus route, reserved parking, pool, playground, total electric, and washer, dryer & DW in every unit.

1 - 4 BRs

Studio Apartments 600 sq. ft., $675/mo.

825 sq. ft., $855/mo.

No pets allowed Call Today 785-841-6565

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Clean and roomy with on-site laundry.

Call TODAY for GREAT Deals!

785-841-1155

RENT SPECIAL!

2BR starting at $525 W/D included. Pool

The Woods of Old West Lawrence 785-841-4935 2BR — 909 Missouri or 1305 Kentucky, in 4-plex. Have CA & DW. No pets. $450/ month. Call 785-841-5797 2-4BR, 1310 Kentucky. Near KU. $595 - $1,200/mo. $200 $400 Deposit. 785-842-7644 www.gagemgmt.com

ASHBURY TOWNHOMES

Near K-10, W/D hookups & fenced courtyard.

2BRs Avail., 1 with garage

2BR in W-Lawrence. 2,000+ sq. ft., 2 bath, family room, FP, 2 car. Very nice. $950/ mo. No pets. 785-979-7474

Avail. NOW. 4BR + study, 2 car garage, fenced yard. finished bsmt. $1,600/mo.

785-841-4785

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Roommates

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2BR — 1017 Illinois. 2 story, 2BR — 2400 Alabama, 2nd 1 bath, CA, DW. $500/mo. floor, 1 bath, AC, DW, launNo pets. Call 785-841-5797 dry on-site. $490/mo. No www.rentinlawrence.com pets. Call 785-841-5797 2BR - 2412 Alabama, 2nd Studios — 2400 Alabama, all floor in 4-plex. 1 bath, CA, elect., plenty of parking, AC, DW, washer/dryer, no pets. laundry. $390, water/cable $470/mo. Call 785-841-5797 paid. No pets. 785-841-5797 2BR — 725 W. 25th, In 4plex, CA, W/D hookup, off- Sunrise Terrace — 10th & st. parking. $410-$420/mo. Arkansas, so close to KU! 2BR w/study or 3rd BR, 2 No pets. Call 785-841-5797 full bath, CA, DW, laundry, 2BR — 934 Illinois, In 4-plex, some with W/D, lots of 1st floor, DW. $490/month. parking. $550 - $750/mo.

No pets. Call 785-841-5797 No pets. 785-841-5797 www.rentinlawrence.com www.rentinlawrence.com 2BR, lower in 4-plex, 1725 Tennessee. $465/mo. Has DW. Quiet & clean. No pets. Duplexes 785-813-1344, 785-393-4510 2BR, handicap accessible, wheel chair ramps, W/D. In Parkway Terrace 4-plex on quiet st. $560/mo.

2340 Murphy Drive Available now 785-218-1413 1 & 2BR Apts., $450 - $500.

1BR avail. now in single family home, quiet W. side area on bus route. Share bath. $375 unfurn., $475 furn. Utils. pd. 785-979-4406

Office Space Office Space Available

at 5040 Bob Billings Pkwy.

785-841-4785

Retail & Commercial Space 2859 Four Wheel Drive

Studio/office, Wi-Fi avail., private bathroom, 697 sq.ft.

785-842-5227 for more info Prime Commercial Property on Wanamaker Road, close to 29th Street in SW Topeka, KS. Approx. 3,000 sq. ft. Call 785-271-6060

Warehouse Space

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Townhomes Use Tax Refund to Invest in a Co-op

1, 2, & 3BR townhomes in Cooperative. Units start at $412 - $485/mo.

Water, trash, sewer paid.

FIRST MONTH FREE! Back patio, CA, hard wood floors, full bsmt., stove, refrig., W/D hookup, garbage disposal, Reserved parking. On site management & maintenance. 24 hr. emergency maintenance.

Membership & Equity Fee Required. 785-842-2545 (Equal Housing Opportunity) www.pinetreetownhouses.com

ALL NEW OFFICE WAREHOUSE, 600 E 23rd Street, Lawrence, KS. 13,000 sq.ft. w/plenty parking space.

Very attractive lease rate.

Realty Executives of KS City, Al Sien 913-226-5717 Warehouse/Storage space in downtown Ottawa, KS. 30 x 30, concrete floors, lights, and two 8 ft. garage style doors. 785-229-2740

Sunrise Place Sunrise Village

Apartments & Townhomes 2, 3 & 4BRs

Call for Specials!

2 Bedrooms near KU. Pool, microwave, DW, and laundry facilities 837 MICHIGAN 3 & 4 Bedrooms FREE wireless internet, DW, W/D, pool, on KU bus route. Some with garages.

660 GATEWAY COURT

Call 785-841-8400 www.sunriseapartments.com

Lawrence 2BR, 2 bath, fireplace, CA, W/D hookups, 2 car with opener. Easy access to I-70. Includes paid cable.

Pets under 20 lbs. allowed Call 785-842-2575 www.princeton-place.com

PARKWAY 4000

Move-In Specials!

• 2BRs available now • 2 Bath, W/D hookups • 2 Car garage w/opener • New kitchen appliances • Maintenance free 785-749-2555/785-766-2722 2 Bedrooms $550-$800/mo. www.lawrencepm.com 785-832-8728 / 785-331-5360

Four Wheel Drive Townhomes

Winter is here No high gas bill to pay, all electric units only!

• Small dog welcome • Income restrictions apply • Students welcome

LAUREL GLEN APTS

For Current Rent Specials Call 785-838-9559 EOH 3BR — 1131 Tennessee, 1st floor, 1 bath. Avail. now. No pets. $650/mo. 785-841-5797 www.rentinlawrence.com

CAMPUS LOCATIONS! 1, 2, 3 BRs

Briarstone Apts.

1010 Emery * 785-749-7744 3-4BR, 1028 Ohio. Lovely home great for family, near KU/downtown. Low utils.

Has study, appls., parking. $1,305/mo. 785-979-6830

Regents Court

Furnished 3 & 4BRs Washer/dryer included 19th & Mass., on bus route

Ask about 2-person Special!

785-842-4455

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2859 Four Wheel Drive Amazing 2BR, tranquil intimate setting, free standing townhome w/ courtyard, cathedral ceilings, skylights, & W/D. Most residents professionals.

Pets ok. Water & trash pd. $685/mo.

785-842-5227 www.villa26lawrence.com LUXURY LIVING AT AFFORDABLE PRICES

RANCH WAY TOWNHOMES on Clinton Pkwy.

3BR, 2 bath, $820-$840 2BR, 1 bath, $760/mo.

Half Off Deposit

Gage Management 785-842-7644 www.gagemgmt.com 3BR avail. for sublease now at Hutton (C-1 model). $200 off monthly rent thru July 31 with immediate possession. 785-979-4406

Tuckaway at Frontier 542 Frontier, Lawrence 1BR, 1.5 bath 2BR, 2.5 baths Rent Includes All Utilities. Plus Cable, Internet, Fitness & Pool.

Garages Available Elevators to all floors

Reserve YOURS for Spring/Fall

Call Today 785-856-8900

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STEEL BUILDINGS -Save Thousands on 2011 Closeouts!! Limited availability, 20x30, 30x40, others. Save $$$, buy now for spring.

Discounted shipping. Display savings also! Call 866-352-0469

Computer-Camera Digital Pianos!

Hundreds of sounds, rhythms & features.

Record directly to CD! piano4u.com 800-950-3774

Furniture Cherry, oak, mahogany, pecan, ebony, walnut… we have a piano that will match your décor!

800-950-3774 piano4u.com

4BR, 3 bath, 2 car, NW corner lot, wood floors, FP, vinyl siding, new roof, total redo. $162,500. 785-841-3849

2BR, in a 4-plex. New carpet, vinyl, cabinets, countertop. W/D is included. $575/mo.

785-865-2505

AVAIL. Now 3BR, 2 bath, major appls., FP, 2 car.

785-865-2505

3BR Townhomes Avail.

Adam Ave. 2 bath, 2 car, 1,700 sq. ft., some with fenced yards, $995/mo. Pets okay with paid pet deposit. www.garberprop.com 785-841-4785

Cars-Domestic

Academy Cars Kermit Says “It ain’t easy being Green” Lonnie Says “Recylce your old car Today!”

$4,397

for your old car Today PLUS

$500

Bonus for driving it in!

CREDIT?

Normal lending criteria requirements reduced for this Special Event!

BEST! BLEMISHED BRUSIED OR

requiring a tax-refund style down payment- we will have you approved and driving away your Nicer, Newer car-Today!

$0 Down our banks have authorized us to offer Zero down this week!

See the “Dealer For the People” www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Oval Roaster, 18” stainless steel with dome lid. NEW in box. Made by “The Main Ingredients” $25.

Salad Spinner, NEW in Box, Brand XOX, $18. Call 785-865-4215

X-Cess Self Storage, 13947 Gibbs Road, Bonner Springs, will have property for sale currently located in storage units 17, 23 & 66.

These items will be available after March 8, 2012.

Buick 2005 Century V6, 20-30MPG, Auto, FWD, Cloth, CD, Cruise, Wow 65K, $7500 View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

46 volumes of Sax Rohmer, author of Fu Manchu. 18 hardback and 28 paperbacks. Most in good condition. List of titles on request. 1 first edition. $50.

785-843-9199

Perfect for weddings, rehearsal dinners, birthdays, showers, anniversaries, or any celebration. 42 clear glass, globe vases including pebbles with blue flowers around the top. $1 each. Call 785-842-8865

Chrysler 2010 300 Touring Inferno Red, 36K Enjoy a “Fear Free” Car Buying Experience at www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Dodge 2007 Magnum Stone White, 57K. Love Your Car!

Ford 2008 Mustang GT this is one hot ride!

Leather heated seats, Shaker sound system, local trade, very nice!

Stk#58041A2 only $16,654.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Music-Stereo

Oak Yamaha Console Piano Great Condition! $3900 OBO Call 785-537-3774 for more details.

Cadillac 1999 DeVille, very LOW miles and local two owner clean car! Loaded with optins, excellent condition, Silver with grey interior, and only $5199. See website for photos.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/7

3 - 6 acres, includes pond, On Hwy. 40 near Big Springs. Owner will trade and/or finance with no down payment. From $171 per month. 785-554-9663

Over 10 Steinway Grands Models A, B, M, O, S Verticals available too!

Mid-America Piano piano4u.com 800-950-3774

Farms-Acreage

Pianos, (3) 2 Baldwin Acrosonics and 1 Winter Co. Spinet, $475-575 Price 6 acres w 4 Martin Bldgs., 2 lg. barns, silo,smokehouse, includes tuning & delivery.

785-832-9906 with utils. Near Big Springs /Hwy 40. 785-554-9663

Sports-Fitness

14 wooded acres bldg site, NW, near Lake Perry. Old Equipment homesite. Repo, assume owner financing with no Health Trainer 502. Like down payment. $427 new with manual. $100. monthly. Call 785- 554-9663 785-331-3003

OWNER WILL FINANCE Great hunting, lots of timber 40 - 60 - 100 Acres. Rural water, electric, and pond.

92 ac. pasture, good fence, sm. stream, E. of Garnett.

Low down. 913-669-1873

Commercial Real Estate

423B E 4th Street Tonganoxie, KS 66086 913-704-5037 Antiques, Collectibles, Glass, Furniture, Treasures

Chevrolet 2007 Cobalt Victory Red, 84K Clean, Local Trade-In Apply On-Line At www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

65 Inch Philips Big-Screen television with inbuilt surround sound & two Turner.

Excellent condition and you would be impressed. $150. Call 785-843-1425

Antiques

KIPP’S TREASURES

Cadillac 2005 STS Luxury Performance, heated and cooled seats, remote start, Bose sound, get all the luxury that you deserve!

Stk#414382 only $16,850.

TV-Video

Satellite Receiver, FortecStar Free-to-air Digital satellite receiver with Multi-family & commercial remote control, $100. Call bldgs. for sale. Offices for 785-843-1425 rent. For more information: Theno R.E. 785-843-1811 TV/VCR/Radio, 17 inch Panasonic TV/VCR/Radio combo $20.

Call 785-843-1425

Farm Equipment

Trailer - Gooseneck Grain Trailer, 400 bushel, bottom dump, tarp, 2 axel. Like Whirlpool electric dryer New. Call (785) 255-4579 works well but a little noisy. $20. 785-594-3781 afFarm Products ter 5 p.m.

GE Electric stove-white Hay for sale, Horse quality, with coil burners. Self small square bales, brome cleaning.

Nearly new. hay. $7.50 per bale. East 785-331-3003 Topeka area. 785-221-7396

WE BUY CARS Top dollar for top late model vehicles.

Drive in, see Danny or Jeff and get your big bucks today!

2840 Iowa St. Lawrence.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Cars-Imports

Chevrolet 2011 Cruze LTZ RS, GM certified, loaded up! Save thousands over new and get the next two years of maintenance paid for!

Stk#19390 only $19,844 and only 9k miles!

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

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Chevrolet 2007 HHR 63K, Dark Blue Call Now! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Chevrolet 2010 Malibu’s 32 mpg hwy, nicely equip’d.

Like new throughout with remainder of 5yr/100,000 mile factory warranty. 2 available price as low as $13,841. 1.9% apr financing available.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Kia 2008 Spectra EX. ONE owner, NO accident, very clean four door automatic.

Still has factory warranty!

32 MPG highway and side airbags. Lot of car for under $10k. See website for photos.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/7 Lexus 1999 ES300. Shiny black, tan leather heated seats, and moonroof.

GREAT combination! Lexus is always tops in ratings.

Automatic and moonroof.

See website for photos.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/7

Mazda 2007 Mazda 5 Sport 46K, Brilliant Black 6 Passenger Comfort, Can You Imagine?

And Fuel Economy Too! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102 Mazda 2005 Tribute, One owner vehicle in excellent condition and low mileage!

Completely loaded with V6, leather, moonroof, power/heated seats, rear spoiler and 6 CD changer.

Very well maintained with 90,000 miles. $8,500. Please email tia@sunflower.com or call 785-766-5108 if interested.

Ford 2002 Thunderbird local trade, very sharp, only 25k miles, alloy wheels, cd changer, power equipment, stk#56689B1 only $20,850.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Ford 2010 Fusion SE, Auto, 4cyl, 22-29MPG, 1owner, CD/SYNC, 17” Alloy, PW, PL, Cruise, 114K, $11,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Pontiac 2007 Grand Prix GXP, V8, local trade, leather, sunroof, remote start, Monsoon sound, XM, On Star, very nice!

Stk#537472 only $16,755.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Hyundai 2009 Accent 39K, Blue Lifetime Engine Warranty! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Jaguar 2007 X-Type All Wheel Drive. Local car, extremely clean and well equipped. Cream leather interior with heated seats.

Traded in on newer Jaguar.

Beautiful Dark Chili Red, like new condition. Great price! See website for photos.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/7 7

Buick 2010 Lucerne CXL, GM Certified, leather, alloy wheels, On Star, XM radio, very nice!

Stk#14297 only $21,500 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Pontiac 2009 G6 GT one owner, GM Certified, sunroof, V6, remote start, On Star, alloy wheels, stk#162281 only $13,843.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Honda 2008 Accord LX sedan, 4cyl, great gas mileage, ABS, power equipment, front wheel drive, stk#197361 only $14,755.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Infiniti 2003 I35.

Pearl white with tan leather and moonroof, very popular combination.

Essentially same car as a Maxima, but fancier. Very nice sedan w/famous Nissan V6, and automatic. A great buy!

See website for photos.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. /7 785-856-6100 24/

Ford 2008 Taurus Limited AWD one owner, only 14k miles, leather heated seats, alloy wheels, steering wheel controls, home link, very nice!

Stk#343681 only $18,855.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

6’ King Kutter Box Blade, For 3pt. hitch. Used very little, Was $700 New, Will sell for $475 Cash /or best offer. Ken 785-542-5024

Appliances

Volkswagen 2011 CC 2.0T, leather heated seats, alloy wheels, local one owner trade in, power equipment, only 14k miles, save huge over new!

Stk#421061 only $25,884.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

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Buick 2003 Regal LS, leather, power equip, 3.8 V6, very dependable, alloy wheels, nice car!

Stk#142161 only $7,750.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Acreage-Lots

Land/Lots/Farm ground Douglas. Co. - 50 acres Osage Co. - 80 acres Shawnee Co. Forbes 8 Ac. / 7 East / 6 North Owner finance Low payments.

Call Joe 785-633-5466

Honda 2010 Accord EXL, one owner local trade, sunroof, leather heated seats, alloy wheels, very nice!

Stk#306421 only $21,988.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Dodge 2010 Caliber SXT 44K, Inferno Red Are You Drowning In Choices? No More! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Buick 2006 Lucerne CX alloy wheels, ABS, traction control, V6, great gas mileage, all the luxury without the cost!

Stk#487181 only $12,477.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Welder/Biker caps, Various sizes. 4 panels and lined. Many patterns. $8 for 1 cap, $15 for 2, $20 for 3. 913-433-8846.

Grand pianos from $3288 for your new home!

Mid-America Piano Manhattan 800-950-3774 www.piano4u.com

Saturn 2008 Outlook XR leather heated memory seats, remote start, alloy wheels, 22 mpg with room for 7, GM certified and more.

Stk#10044 only $22,850.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Dale Willey Automotive 2840 Iowa Street (785) 843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Ford 2010 Focus SE 33K, Sterling Grey Lawrence’s Favorite On-line Dealership! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

GMC 2009 Acadia SLT, sunroof, abs, remote start, alloy wheels, On Star, Bose sound, very nice!

Stk#490711 only $27,884.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Honda 2009 Accord EX 52K, Alabaster Silver Love Your Car! Apply On-Line At www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Ford 2007 Fusion SE. Silver, Clean, and GREAT gas mileage from the 4 cylinder automatic. One of the best cars going, look at this Ford Fusion and compare MY price. See website for photos.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/7

Miscellaneous

Perfect for weddings, rehearsal dinners, birthdays, showers, anniversaries, or any celebration. 50 clear glass, globe vases including pebbles. Regularly $4 each, NOW $100 buys all 50. Call 785-842-8865

Chevrolet 2006 Monte Carlo LT, local trade, alloy wheels, spoiler, sunroof, ABS, traction control, cd changer and much more! Stk#500993 only $9,444 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Don’t see what you want? Give us a call and we can help you find it!

Dale Willey Automotive, just ask for Doug at 785-843-5200 2840 Iowa St. Lawrence.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Household Misc.

MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2012 7B Cars-Imports

Pontiac 2009 Torrent AWD, V6, alloy wheels, roof rack, ABS, very sporty, stk#194281 only $16,823.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Listen to your favorite artists perform in your home with a player piano.

Ask about adding one to your current piano.

785-537-3774

Twin sheet sets, NEW in pkg. Brand Croscill, 200 ct. per kale. $10/set Call 785-865-4215

Cars-Domestic

Cars-Domestic

(with approved credit)

3BR, 1.5 bath, N. Michigan St. (Woodcreek).

Hardwood floors, deck, bsmt. $775.

785-841-5454, 785-760-1874 3BR, 2-story, FP, appls., FREE W/D. $794/mo. Move in anytime. Pets ok. NO DEPOSIT, Big discount . 785-766-3593

BRAND NEW One Month FREE

Building Materials

Jump start your child’s future!

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MOVE IN SPECIALS

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• Unsightly black streaks of mold & dirt on your roof?

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Dear Annie: My fiance and I were best friends growing up, and our families were close, as well. When we were 16, his parents suddenly pulled “Paul” out of school and told me never to call their house again. My mother said Paul was no longer welcome in our home and I was not to mention his family again. I never knew what happened.

Five years later, Paul and I reconnected at college and began dating. Neither set of parents was happy about it. We’ve been together for seven years and recently bought a house and started a veterinary practice together. When we became engaged, everyone in both families was nasty to us.

We’ve tried to get the families together, but it’s always been a disaster.

Nobody will tell us why our families don’t get along. When we ask, we

Annie’s Mailbox

Marcy Sugar and Kathy Mitchell anniesmailbox@comcast.net

get indignant and childish answers like, “They know what they did” or “What difference does it make?”

We are planning a wedding, but at this point, we’re not inviting the relatives. We’re both fed up and decided to hold a small civil ceremony. His sister found out and blew a gasket, saying I’ve done enough to “ruin” their family and why can’t I leave them alone.

We’d love to have a wedding where people behaved themselves, but that’s not in the cards. Is it wrong to insist they

‘Bachelor’ hides nothing According to the stuff the network feeds me, the women on tonight’s two-hour helping of “The Bachelor” (7 p.m., ABC) will “tell all”! As a less-than-regular “Bachelor” watcher, I’m a bit perplexed. How can folks who live under continual surveillance, whose every utterance and banal machination is documented and dissected, have anything more to divulge? And why would anybody besides the very bored and undiscerning want to listen to people who never shut up “tell all”?

O On a similar note, “Love Broker” (9 p.m., Bravo) debuts.

New Yorker Lori Zaslow brings a brash, near-pathological selfassurance to the world of matchmaking. As if to compensate for her intense, type-A personality, she takes her male clients out for casual strolls in the park, where they stare at female passers-by with the clinical scrutiny and dark intensity of a cat sizing up sparrows.

O It’s mentoring time on “The Voice” (7 p.m., NBC), when the coaches recruit fellow talents to nurture their proteges. Hired hands include Lionel Richie, Jewel, Miranda Lambert and Kelly Clarkson, among others.

O One thing struck me last week when I read about the death of Davy Jones, member of the Monkees and star of “The Monkees.” Buried in all of the personal tributes and fan nostalgia was the simple fact that “The Monkees” itself ran only for two seasons. Yet more than 40 years on, many remember it fondly.

When people rhapsodize about television, music and pop culture of yore, they tend to forget the brevity of most old trends.

Things were hot, then they were not and then they were over. Of late, pop culture phenomena tend to drag on forever and lose whatever resonance they once had. Madonna didn’t make a comeback at the Super Bowl; she never went away. Does anybody care that “Rules of Engagement” is now in its sixth season? Much like “The Monkees,” ‘‘iCarly” is a surreal, cartoon confection aimed at tweens. But it’s been on for five years now. Will we follow Carly to grad school? Yet 44 years after “The Monkees” went off the air, some of us are still humming “Daydream Believer.”

Tonight’s other highlights O Violent brothers behind bars resurface a generation later on a two-hour “Alcatraz” (7 p.m., Fox).

O Karen entertains at a party on “Smash” (9 p.m., NBC).

O “Bizarre Foods America” (8 p.m., Travel) visits Charleston, S.C.

BIRTHDAYS

Actor Dean Stockwell is 76.

Actress Samantha Eggar is 73.

Singer Eddy Grant is 64. Rock musician Alan Clark (Dire Straits) is 60. Actress-comedian Marsha Warfield is 58. Magician Penn Jillette is 57. Rock musician John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 42. Singer Rome is 42. Actor Kevin Connolly is 38. Actress Eva Mendes is 37. Model Niki Taylor is 37. Actor Sterling Knight is 23.

Actor Jake Lloyd is 23.

tell us what the feud is about, or should we get over it? We’re so tired of this nonsense. — Not Romeo and Juliet Dear Juliet: We think it’s time to get to the bottom of this. Since it is affecting your future with Paul, you have a right to understand what is going on. You might also point out that when you and Paul marry, the families will need to put past hurts aside and be civil, or it will be difficult to include them in your life. We hope they can clear the air and get past this.

Dear Annie: My lovely wife has told me I am not to comment to my stepdaughter about the raising of their children.

So I quietly sit back and say nothing.

Last night, the extended family dined at a local restaurant. I sat across from the two youngest granddaughters, ages 6 and 9. Both

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Monday, March 5: This year your creativity evolves in various areas of your life. You express yourself in a solid, appealing manner, and you make your interactions effective and clear. Deal with unexpected insights, which could be nearly perpetual. If you are single, your appeal reaches many people. If you are attached, express your caring more often, and a new bond will appear in the relationship. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult.

Aries (March 21-April 19) ++++ You have the necessary resources to deal with a promising and dynamic idea. Share what you are hearing, and get as much feedback as possible. Tonight: Radiate your high energy.

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were playing games on their iPhones the entire time. I attempted to converse with the older girl, but each time got a quick one-word reply.

Is it too much to ask the younger generation to learn some manners?

Maybe they could refrain from using their phones at the dinner table. If they were not family, that would’ve been the last dinner I attend with them. Since I am forbidden to speak, please print this. — California Dear California: Are the children rude? Yes, and their parents ought to tell them to put their phones away. However, it sounds as if your wife believes such criticism would be resented and might interfere with the relationship. So please ACROSS say nothing.

— Send questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190 Chicago, IL 60611.

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++ You have dealt with a lot of frustration from a partner and loved ones in the past year. Express your fatigue at this behavior and your willingness to walk away. Tonight: Head home quickly.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ++++ Follow your knee-jerk response with a friend who often surprises you with his or her behavior.

Others will start expressing feelings like yours soon enough. Tonight: Where the fun is.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) +++ Be willing to state your case. Others will envy your thoughts and courage. Tonight: Take the lead.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) +++++ Understand where a child or loved one is coming from.

Walk in his or her shoes, and see what it feels like to be this person. Tonight: Detach from your day, then decide.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ++++ Deal directly with others.

Your individual focus and attention could make all the difference in the final outcome. You could be surprised by a real estate matter or domestic issue. Tonight: Spend quality time with a special person.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ++++ Honor a difference and respond accordingly. Someone in your immediate circle might have made a decision without considering ramifications. Tonight: Off doing errands. Try to get a walk in.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ++++ You know what you want, and you choose your direction accordingly. Be careful with your finances. Talk with a neighbor about an ongoing issue. Tonight: Catch up on emails and calls.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

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7 “Happy Days” role 8 Faith with Five Pillars 9 Maiden name indicators 10 Affixes 11 Certain cosmetics 12 Insincere 13 Hangmen’s loops 18 Bit of Scottish attire 22 “Farewell” from France 23 12:15 at J.F.K.,

1 Like some proportions 5 Constellation formerly part of Argo 11 Pantyhose woe 14 Crime scene discovery 15 Belittled 16 Beatle bride of 1969 17 Ostracized 19 Mysterious radar blip 20 Fleur-de-___ (Quebec symbol) 21 Segments of books 23 Painter’s support 26 Unit of resistance 27 “Drop this,” editorially 28 A ballroom dance 30 Bank jobs 32 End of the Three Musketeers’ motto 33 Take air in and out 36 Eloquent 41 Rotted 42 Try to win the hand of 44 “Little Women” novelist 47 Make good 50 Horn honk 51 Square on a calendar 53 “Giddyap!” obeyer 54 Hit maker?

perhaps 24 Belt hole makers 25 Concerto highlights 26 An aria is part of it 29 Correct way to stand 30 Believer in sacred cows 31 Bit of a joule 34 Barnyard abode 35 Art of verse 37 Drug for Parkinson’s patients 38 Boxer’s doc 39 Bedside pitcher 40 Accomplishes 43 Elevated poetic piece 44 Became less intense 45 Small wound

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Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

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Lawrence sion will hold a public hearing at their regularly scheduled meeting on March 27, 2012, in the City Commission Room of City Hall, 6 E. 6th Street at 6:30 p.m. to consider the appeal of the Historic Resources Commission’s determinations not to issue a Certificate of Appropriateness and that the proposed new construction to be located at 900 New Hampshire Street will encroach upon, damage or destroy listed historic properties and their environs.

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Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Lower Level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center of the Courthouse at Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, on March 29, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: All of Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Paradis Hills Subdivision, located in that part of the East Half of the North Acres of the West 45 acres of the Northwest Quarter of Section 35, Township 14, Range 20 in Douglas County, Kansas. MORE CORRECTLY DESCRIBED AS: All of Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, in PARADISE HILLS SUBDIVISION, located in that part of the East Half of the North 13 acres of the West 45 acres of the Northwest Quarter of Section 35, Township 14, Range 20, in Douglas County, Kansas, commonly known as 397 E. 1807th Road, Baldwin City, KS 66006 (the “Property”)

Kenneth McGovern, Sheriff Douglas County, Kansas Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. Kristen G. Stroehmann (KS # 10551) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff (112109) ________

(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World February 27, 2012) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of Nancy Newlin Ashton, deceased.

Case No. 2011 PR 133

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to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

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Defendants.

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(Proceedings Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59) NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that on February 23, 2012, a Petition was filed in this Court by Judith Ashton, an heir of Nancy Newlin Ashton, deceased, requesting the admission to probate of the Will of Nancy Newlin Ashton dated August 16, 1988, the First Codicil to Last Will of Nancy Newlin Ashton dated October 27, 1993, the Second Codicil to Last Will of Nancy Newlin Ashton dated January 15, 1998, and the Third Codicil to Will of Nancy Newlin Ashton dated March 7, 2003, which were filed with the Court on August 16, 2011, for the purpose of preserving the same for record;, that Stewart H. Ashton be appointed as executor, without bond; and that Stewart H. Ashton be granted Letters Testamentary.

IN THE 7TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: Caroline Mae Underwood To Change Her Name to: Chris Caroline Mae Underwood Case No. 12CV123 Div. No. 1 PURSUANT TO KS.A. CHAPTER 60 NOTICE OF HEARINGPUBLICATION THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL WHO ARE OR MAY BE CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that Caroline Mae Underwood filed a Petition in the above court on the 27th day of February, 2012, requesting a judgment and order changing her name from Caroline Mae Underwood to Chris Caroline Mae Underwood.

The Petition will be heard in Douglas County District Court, Law Enforcement Building, Lawrence, Kansas, on the 27th day of April, 2012, at 11:00 am.

If you have any objection to the requested name change, you are required to file a responsive pleading on or before April 18, 2012, in this court or appear at the hearing and object to the requested name change. If you fail to act, judgment and order will be entered upon the Petition as requested by Petitioner. /s/ Caroline Mae Underwood Petitioner, Pro Se ________ (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World February 27, 2012) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Leader One Financial Corporation Plaintiff, vs.

John D. Hadl a/k/a John David Hadl; Tamara Helmar; Tamela L. Hadl a/k/a Tamela Lynn Hadl; Darrell Helmar; Robert Wilson Co., Inc; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Unknown Spouse, if any, of John Hadl; Unknown Spouse, if any, of Tamara Helmar; Unknown spouse, if any, of Tamela Hadl ; Ted Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Alice Doe (Tenant/Occupant); J. Robert Wilson, Jr.; Unknown Spouse, if any, of Darrell Helmar, Defendants.

Case No. 12CV72 Court Number: 1 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.

You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, praying to foreclose a real estate mortgage on the following described real estate:

Beginning at a point 1229.00 feet East of the Northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter of Section 3, Township 13 South, Range 20 East of the 6th P.M.; thence South 01’25’00 West 348.48 feet; thence East 250.00 feet; thence North 01’25’00 East 348.48 feet; thence West 250.00 feet to the point of beginning, in Douglas County, Kansas, commonly known as 1771 & You are required to file 1773 North 1500 Road, Law66046 (the your written defenses to rence, KS the petition on or before “Property”) March 22, 2012, at 10:00 A.M. in the District Court, and all those defendants Lawrence, Douglas County, who have not otherwise Kansas, at which time and been served are required to place the cause will be plead to the Petition on or heard. Should you fail to before the 9th day of April, file your written defenses, 2012, in the District Court of judgment and decree will Douglas County,Kansas. If be entered in due course you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered upon the petition. in due course upon the PeJudith Ashton tition.

Petitioner NOTICE Pursuant to the Fair Debt PREPARED BY: Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no inforBARBER EMERSON, L.C. mation concerning the colLinda Kroll Gutierrez lection of this debt may be #09571 given without the prior con1211 Massachusetts Street sent of the consumer given P.O. Box 667 directly to the debt collecLawrence, Kansas tor or the express permis66044-0667 sion of a court of compe(785) 843-6600 tent jurisdiction. The debt (785) 843-8405 (fax) collector is attempting to E-mail: collect a debt and any inlgutierrez@barberemerson.com formation obtained will be ATTORNEYS FOR used for that purpose.

PETITIONER ________ Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. Kristen G. Stroehmann (KS # 10551) (Published in the Lawrence 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Daily Journal-World March Overland Park, KS 66211 5, 2012) (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Attorneys For Plaintiff (119399) The Lawrence City Commis________

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Light pollution disrupts plant, animal and human rhythms

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child of the suburbs, I was 40 before I saw the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

Lying on my back on a prairie hilltop near Manhattan gave me a long overdue sense of my size and place in the larger universe, a sense my ancestors, living in a much darker world, had taken for granted.

Because of light pollution, more than two-thirds of the world’s people cannot see the Milky Way. Views of the night sky aren’t the only casualties of light pollution.

Vegetation of all kinds, including fruit trees and gardens, suffer ill effects of continuous light. It inhibits a plant’s ability to form and maintain chlorophyll in its leaves. Chlorophyll is the substance made by plants that turns leaves green and allows the plant to convert nutrients into food. Light pollution also interferes with plant flowering and promotes leggy growth.

Light pollution also disrupts the lives of animals, sometimes fatally so. It disrupts feeding and breeding activities in nocturnal animals — half of the world’s species — including birds, bats, frogs, salamanders, fish, fireflies and zooplankton. It alters their circadian rhythms, changing the balance in predator–prey relationships and causing sometimes-fatal hormonal imbalances.

Migratory birds are at particular risk in light-polluted areas. Birds navigate by the stars, and the relatively recent intrusion of artificial light from cities can confuse them. During a storm event, birds can

Go GREEN KELLY BARTH drop below the cloud deck looking for visual or magnetic clues from the night sky. Many die from collisions with windows. Others, already tired from their migratory journeys, hover in the moisture halo around artificial lights like moths and drop dead from exhaustion or are taken by predators.

Like our animal relatives, we humans suffer from light pollution as well. Disrupted circadian rhythms suppress melatonin production. Reduced levels of this beneficial tumor-suppressing hormone can result in increased risk of breast and other cancers.

Excessive lighting can also lead to conflicts between neighbors. When Lisa and I first bought our house, we left our back

porch lights on all the time in a misguided attempt to keep ourselves and our property safe.

With exquisite tact, our neighbor across the alley asked us if we could turn off or redirect the lights since one of them beamed directly into his ill mother’s bedroom, keeping her awake. In a very real way, we had been trespassing. A couple of hundred dollars later, we had installed motion-detecting lights and beamed them toward the ground where the light belonged.

It’s a good idea for homeowners to check their property line after dark to see if they are intruding on another person’s right to darkness. If in doubt, ask your neighbor.

Reducing outdoor lighting will also cut down your carbon footprint and energy bills.

Following are some outdoor lighting tips:

Direct light toward the ground by choosing the right fixture.

Turn off lights when not in use.

Select the correct bulb and wattage.

Use sensors, timers and motion detectors.

Limit fixture height.

Use full cutoff or fully shielded light fixtures, which direct light downward.

For more tips about reducing light pollution, visit darkskysociety.org.

— Kelly Barth can be reached at go@ljworld.com.

100th season ahead for D.C.’s cherry blossom trees WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington is getting ready to celebrate 100 years with its famous cherry blossom trees, and peak bloom season is just around the corner.

The National Park Service announced Thursday that the peak bloom dates for the trees’ pink and white flowers are expected to be March 24 to March 31.

That’s when 70 percent of the trees are expected to be in full blossom.

The annual cherry blossom festival attracts about 1 million visitors to the nation’s capital.

The average peak bloom date is April 4, but a mild winter is pushing the peak period earlier.

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‘It’s a good age to be a woman in theater’

BY CHANSI LONG

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hen Cheryl Weaver was 5, she watched a play with her grandmother called “Dick Whittington and His Cat.” “Just seeing this man dressed like a cat on the stage, I thought, ‘Wow, that’s amazingly cool.’ … I told my mom from that day forward that’s what I wanted to do.”

Weaver, now in her 40s, is an actress who has performed in regional and local stages in her sprawling 20-year career. She has been in more than 60 shows: “Christmas Carol,” “Bus Stop” and “The Trip to Bountiful” are a few recent ones.

Last year Weaver starred in “August: Osage County,” a play written by Tracy Letts. The play, which won the Pulitzer for drama in 2008, zones in on the life of an unhappy family, the Westons. Three adult children come home when their father commits suicide, after being driven insane by their drug addict mother.

In the play, Weaver portrays Barbara, the eldest sibling. Barbara, also mother to a 15-year-old pot-smoking daughter, makes a bold effort to regain control of the decaying family but ends up becoming a replica of the person she blames for her troubles: her mother.

Weaver is a mother herself — to 22-year-old Ian, who is majoring in film at Kansas University. She says the performance in “August” might be the apex of her career.

To prepare for the role, Weaver recorded everyone’s lines a month before rehearsals, then listened to them repetitively. She also ran daily so she could effortlessly dash up and down the stairs on

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CHERYL WEAVER, of Lawrence, has been acting for 20 years. She is pictured in the play “Rumors” at the New Theatre. the set, which was designed to look like a two-story home.

The roots of Weaver’s dedication grow as far down as junior high. Teachers began to laud her with compliments after seeing her perform.

“Wow, you could really do this,” she recalls one teacher saying.

“I literally took her dead serious,” says Weaver.

The first role Weaver recalls having was in “Dark at the Top of the Stairs,” a whodunit play.

“I had this big moment where I came down the stairs and I remember how strong I felt,” says Weaver. When Weaver descended the staircase, everyone hushed.

“Most people, like my friend Cathy Barnett … always says that the first time she got an audience to laugh, she knew that she wanted to do it forever. I felt that way the first time I got an audience to be quiet — you know that pin-drop sort of

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silence.”

Weaver attended KU. Initially she majored in journalism but changed to theater.

The first role Weaver landed in college was Lady Bracknell in the “Importance of Being Earnest.”

“Lady Bracknell is a full-voiced woman who didn’t want her daughter to get married,” says Weaver. “I was 19, and smaller than I am now, so I had no concept of being large, no concept of being mature, no concept of having a daughter. For some reason that particular director thought I could do it.”

In college, Weaver was in “Grease,” “Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Company.” After KU, she moved to Dallas to earn a master of fine arts at Southern Methodist University.

She struggled to find acting work but was in shows at Dallas Theatre Center, a major regional theater. To supplement her

income, she waited tables, sold shoes and worked retail and temp jobs. For a while, she was a receptionist for a financial firm in Dallas. She had a good voice that sounded just Bronx enough to please the owners of the New York-based company. “(College) is where you learn the discipline of the craft,” says Weaver. “I’ll tell you what they don’t teach you in college is the discipline of the not working and how to survive that.”

Weaver had to learn to negotiate a contract, be her own agent and get her name into the mouths of the right people. There was a moment in Weaver’s career when she decided to change her approach.

“I would say to a lot of people, ‘I want to be an actress, but right now I’m waiting tables … and then (one) day I thought, I have to stop saying ‘wanting,’ and just start saying it, I’m an actress.”

Soon after, Weaver’s career began to bloom. She landed a role in “King Lear” that earned her a paying contract as a union employee. That was 20 years ago.

As Weaver has grown older, her life experiences have enriched her performances.

And her opportunities have expanded. “(Film actresses) get to be my age and they stop working,” says Weaver. “But some of the most famous women in theatrical literature are in their 40s and 50s. …

It’s a good age to be a woman in theater.”

This month, Weaver is starring in “Diary of Freedom,” a one-woman show that will debut at 1 p.m. March 12 at the Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Drive.

“The show is Hannah Anderson Ropes’ account of her experiences as a member of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society that founded Lawrence,” Weaver explains.

“She was defiantly anti-slavery, a staunch abolitionist and suffragette.”

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2 kids in a bedroom can be better than 1

BY MELISSA KOSSLER DUTTON, ASSOCIATED PRESS

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n the Panebianco house, sharing a bedroom is about more than saving space.

Gerri and Sam Panebianco have chosen to put their sons, 3-year-old J.P. and 2-yearold Eric, in the same room because they want them to become good friends and develop social skills.

“We want them to understand what it’s like to navigate shared space and to be happy sharing space,” said Gerri Panebianco, an owner of Little Crown Interiors, which specializes in designing children’s rooms, in Orange County, Calif.

Through her work, she has seen many parents making a similar choice, deciding that having kids share a room is good preparation for college and marriage. “This is a skill that they feel children should be learning early,” she said.

Of course, in many families with more children or smaller homes, sharing a bedroom is also a necessity.

Today’s tough economy has caused many families to stay in smaller homes longer, said Jim Badgley, managing broker of Windermere Real Estate in Kirkland, Wash.

“I know they’ve outgrown their house,” but they’re not moving, he said.

Stefanie Nieves and her husband, Eddie Morales, have no plans to sell their two-bedroom, starter home in Perth Amboy, N.J. - even though they now have two children.

“We can’t really move, so we have to make the space work,” she said.

Her children, 3-year-old Elias and 18-month-old Mia, share a bedroom. The kids have responded well to the arrangement, she said.

“They have the best relationship,” she said. “They love being in their room.”

Pairing a boy and a girl hasn’t been an issue at their age, she said. But as children approach middle school, that arrangement can be more challenging, said James Crist, a psychologist at the Child and Family Counseling Center in Woodbridge, Va. Parents should make accommodations — such as having kids dress in the bathroom — to ensure privacy for older brothers and sisters who share a room, he said.

Whatever the reason for putting children together, a shared bedroom is a good opportunity to learn about negotiation and compromise, Crist said.

There can be other benefits as well, he said.

When kids are in the same room, they may have an easier time going to bed, and can become closer with their siblings. “It can strengthen the relationship,” he said.

Children may find it reassuring to have a sibling there to keep them company and talk with them before falling asleep.

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SIX-YEAR-OLD GUS DREHER, ABOVE RIGHT, plays with his 8-year-old brother Abraham Dreher Feb. 23 in the bedroom they share in their Peterborough, N.H., home. For many families, having kids share a bedroom is a necessity. But even when crowding isn’t an issue, some parents choose to have their children share a room anyhow. They say it encourages them to become closer, and teaches lessons about how to get along that will help them later in life.

“Some of the kids really prefer sharing the space,” he said. “They choose to stay together.”

Gus Dreher, 6, loves sharing a room with his big brother, Abe, at their home in Peterborough, N.H. “I’m not scared when I’m with him,” Gus said.

Sharing a room has been good for the boys, said their mother, Tonya Dreher. The boys, who used to share a room with their now 10-year-old sister, aren’t interested in separating, even though the family now lives in a four-bedroom home. Tonya and her husband, Steve, like the closeness that has developed between the brothers.

“They’ve always been together,” Tonya Dreher said. “I feel like when they’re in there, they’re allies.”

Crist suggests a few guidelines for parents to help kids share a room happily:

Sharing a room doesn’t mean sharing everything.

Provide each child with a place to store their prized possessions.

Give children a role in solving problems. When conflicts arise, let the children offer solutions.

Teach kids respect. Help the children develop rules about taking or using their siblings’ belongings.

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J.P., 3, LEFT, AND ERIC, 2, children of Gerri Panebianco, play Feb. 24 at their shared room at their home in Huntington Beach, Calif.

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BOOK REVIEWS

BY ZACH YARBROUGH

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rop In” by Donald Lemke, volume 1 of the “Tony Hawk’s 900 Revolution” series, starts when Tony Hawk lands the first ever 900-degree spin on a skateboard.

That is two and a half spins!

After he lands the trick, Tony lifts his board over his head in celebration. But suddenly the board explodes into thousands of pieces, or fragments. These fragments scatter all over the world. There is a group called the “Revolution” that is trying to recover and reunite the fragments to form Tony’s board again.

The group believes that when united, the fragments will become the most powerful thing in the world by exposing a closed portal. A kid by the name of Omar unknowingly gets involved with hunt after one of the members of the Revolution

saves him when he falls off a pier while trying to grind its safety rail.

Although Tommy is Omar’s best friend, he isn’t his partner in this quest. Tommy was forced to join a rival group, which was also attempting to recover the fragments.

While Omar is suspicious, he can’t prove Tommy is working against him. These two groups are locked in a fierce competition to be the first to gather the fragments and rebuild the board and they will go to extreme lengths to do so.

I personally LOVED this book. In some places, it was a tad hard to follow, but it was a great read. If you read this book, you will be reading a very entertaining story about bravery, believing in yourself and even betrayal.

— Zach Yarbrough is a sixth-grader at Lexington Trails Middle School in De Soto.

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‘Mastiff’ hard to get into at first

BY NAOMI GRANT

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ou know that awkward moment when you don’t fully understand a book you’re supposed to be reviewing for a citywide newspaper? I wouldn’t recommend it.

Maybe if I had read the two other books that come before “Mastiff” by Tamora Pierce in the Tortall Legend Series, I would have understood it a lot better, and enjoyed it more? Just a thought.

“Mastiff” takes place in the year 249 in an unspecified country. This book starts off with Beka Cooper and her partner Matthias Tunstall, as well as a few others, leaving to go on a hunt to find Prince Gareth, who has been kidnapped from his parents.

With them, they also bring a dog and a cat who can both talk, and they will be able to assist the humans.

Beka and Tunstall’s journey is extremely long and dangerous, but the only thing as hard as simply surviving is dealing with the royalty and nobility they encounter.

Their posse slowly adds more people on the way, who mostly help but occasionally cause more trouble.

Maybe I’m just the kind of person who

likes things to be very succinct and to the point, but I did feel like most of the story dragged on longer than it needed to. Consequently, “Mastiff” was not one of my favorite books. I would not put this in my Top 20 Countdown. My mind tended to wander while reading this (though granted, I read a large portion of this during class, which is usually not a very quiet place), so I had to either reread it, often a few times, or just hope that I’d understand what was to come.

As I was reading the last 100 or so pages, my interest was piqued significantly.

I began to feel a bit attached to the characters, and I was not particularly happy when I realized somebody’s moral compasses weren’t exactly due north, shall we say, and our lovely protagonist was endangered. (But then again, the cheap plastic compass I got from a candy machine last Sunday wasn‘t exactly due north either.)

This story is also a testament to the belief that people who will do anything for money are just. bad. people.

“Mastiff” would probably appeal to people between the ages of 13 and 18 who like (ancient) historical fiction.

— Naomi Grant is a freshman at Free State High School.

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Sexting now may turn into scandal later Dr. Wes: One might think it unwise in the current political climate to run as a Republican for Congress and be (a) gay; (b) dating an undocumented worker; and (c) sending explicit photos of yourself so engaged.

Yet that’s exactly what Arizona’s Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu did. He’s now stepped down as a volunteer for Mitt Romney to defend himself against allegations that he threatened to deport his Mexican paramour if he let the story slip.

Anthony Weiner, a Democrat from New York with a similar sexting problem, ended up out of a job, so foolishness knows no political bounds.

Apparently, neither Babeu nor Weiner read Double Take. If they did they’d have thought this through a little better, just as we’ve tried to do here since cameras became attached to cellphones, thereby creating tiny TV studios in everyone’s pocket.

It’s a silly state of affairs when we expect teenagers to have better ethics and personal conduct than the adults around them, particularly national figures who hold themselves out as visionaries for our country. Yet these dumb examples offer a unique opportunity to sit down with teens — who are, as a matter of neurology, less thoughtful of consequence — and discuss how easy it is now to send one’s moment of poor judgment all around the world.

In that discussion, parents might want to quote Sheriff Babeu, explaining that he sent these photos “to an individual that was meant only for their observation, not meant to be splashed on the Internet or TV, and there still needs to be some balance for privacy.”

Uh huh. I’ve heard that one quite a few times, usually from 16-year-olds who, shortly after a break-up, realized that their one true love has a hidden mean streak.

One click, privacy vanishes. Welcome to the 21st century.

This little news item prompted me to

Double TAKE DR. WES CRENSHAW AND MIRANDA DAVIS ask my network of teens where they now stand on the whole issue of sexting.

While opinions differ, the consensus is that text-based sexting is now so common that it’s considered “no thing.” It’s just a different way of saying the same explicit things kids have said verbally for years.

And the fact that it leaves a permanent electronic trail? That seems both well known and strangely unimportant.

Even more surprising in my teen sample was the way homemade sexual images are now perceived. One teen told me, “If a picture of someone gets out, it’s not really considered that big a deal. Basically I’d just say, ‘That’s really immature that you have that picture of me on your phone, when it’s not yours.’”

Sorry, kids, it is a big deal to make those images, to keep them and to transmit them.

If it’s not bad enough that your parents may come upon them now, or your own kids in 20 years, remember that explicit images of minors are, by legal definition, child pornography. It may sound like a fun way to share your love with your partner, but ask Sheriff Babeu and former U.S. Rep. Weiner how well that turned out.

Miranda: I remember the first time I begged my parents for unlimited texting.

I was in junior high, and they said, “No. You’re too young.”

I look back now realizing how silly I was and laugh, yet I’ve always wondered what the effect will be on kids younger than me growing up immersed in technology. We are the “guinea pig” generation for many social technologies like Twitter, Facebook and texting. Where will they lead us?

As Wes points out, the biggest problem with being early adopters is that we can’t seem to understand that anything you send, good or bad, remains on the Internet or someone’s server or hard drive forever.

In my opinion, the worst-case scenario is sexting. Countless times a good politician or other public figure is destroyed by a high-tech scandal.

So, heed our warning one more time readers, young and old: Don’t EVER send pictures of yourself though your phone or on the Internet to anyone. If the photos get out, this can be damaging for your reputation and your self-esteem.

While teenage boy A may promise to never show anyone those shots, with one swift click he can send it to teenage boys B, C and D. Then your private body becomes open for public discussion, as you are literally exposed to the student body.

By the time you graduate high school, you’ll know at least one girl who’s made this mistake. That sad truth is one of the prices people pay for hitting send before thinking about the consequences.

— Dr. Wes Crenshaw is board certified in family and couples psychology (ABPP) and author of the books “Dear Dr. Wes: Real Life Advice for Teens” and “Real Life Advice for Parents of Teens.” Miranda Davis is a Free State High School senior. Send your confidential 200-word question to ask@dr-wes. com. Double Take opinions and advice are not a substitute for psychological services.

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BY J.M. HIRSCH, ASSOCIATED PRESS

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n busy weeknights, we take our dinner shortcuts wherever we can find them. But this doesn’t require sacrificing healthy home cooking.

Make smart choices — as in this recipe for red curry potatoes and chickpeas — and you can have a great from-scratch dinner on the table in under 30 minutes.

The potatoes are a great example. I speed up the cooking by microwaving them for 5 minutes before adding them to the pan. This saves a little time at the stove, requires no extra effort and doesn’t compromise the flavor or texture of the finished dish.

I also turn to jarred Thai red curry paste to provide the bulk of the flavor for the dish.

This widely available paste (check the grocer’s international aisle) packs big, bold flavor that has kick, but not a lot of heat. And it marries perfectly with starchy ingredients, such as the potatoes and chickpeas.

And for deep, lush and totally effortless flavor, I use canned coconut milk for the liquid. Looking to cut fat? Don’t hesitate to use low-fat coconut milk. It won’t be quite so lush, but the flavors will still be great.

To make the meal even more substantial (and to stretch it to feed six people), add the meat from a rotisserie chicken at the same time as the potatoes.

Red curry potatoes and chickpeas 15-ounce can coconut milk 1 tablespoon Thai red curry paste 15-ounce can chickpeas, drained 1 small red onion, thinly sliced Salt and ground black pepper, to taste 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro 1 teaspoon cider or white vinegar 2 scallions, finely chopped

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In a medium microwave-safe bowl, combine the potatoes and water. Microwave on high until the potatoes are partly cooked, about 5 minutes.

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Add the chickpeas and red onion, then return to a simmer. Once the potatoes have cooked, add them to the pan, toss, then cover, reduce heat to low and simmer for 12 minutes.

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ESCAPE THE MADNESS 16 things to entertain non-fans when basketball takes over the airwaves

BY EMILY MULLIGAN

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he words “March Madness” signal nirvana for basketball fans in these parts.

For nonbasketball fans, those words can portend boredom and emptiness, when all the usual cultural hubbub is supplanted by nothing but nets. But not for long.

Here are 16 fun, interesting and educational alternatives to the “madness” of the month that take place during the Big 12 and the NCAA basketball tournaments.

1. Get down to business: One of the nation’s foremost experts on business ethics, Dr. Patricia Werhane of DePaul University, gives a free lecture, “Globalization and Its Challenges for Business Ethics in the 21st Century,” at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union, as the 2012 Walter S. Sutton Lecture for the Kansas University School of Business.

2. Cook up the most important meal of the day: The Merc presents a class, “Build a Better Breakfast: Make-Ahead Plans,” to fortify for the weeks ahead.

Learn how to make granola bars, homemade apple sauce and breakfast burritos, among other things. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at The Merc. Registration required. Cost: $18 Merc nonmembers, $16 seniors and Merc members.

3. Curl up with a book: Lawrence Public Library presents family story time with stories and a craft for families with children ages 3 and up. 7 p.m. Thursday and March 15 at the library. Free, no registration required.

4. Take a deep breath: Breathe Holistic Life Center offers a free community yoga class for all levels every

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FREE YOGA CLASSES are offered to the community at 7:30 p.m. Fridays at Breathe Holistic Life Center, 1407 Mass. Pictured is a Bikram yoga class at the Yoga College of India, 711 W. 23rd St. Friday evening. 7:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. March 9, 16, 23 and 30 at 1407 Mass. Wear comfortable clothing, no registration required.

5. Never grow up: Lawrence Arts Center presents Youth Ballet Company performances of J. M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan.” Opens at 7 p.m. Friday at the arts center, 940 N.H. Other shows: 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students/seniors, available at the Lawrence Arts Center.

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come and listen to others’ interesting anecdotes. Music starts at 7 p.m., and stories start at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Lawrence Arts Center. Donations encouraged.

7. Hang with thespians: University Theatre at KU presents Tennessee Williams’ “Summer & Smoke” at the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $18 for the public, $17 for seniors and KU employees, and $10 for students.

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HOSPITAL SHIPS, pictured, will perform with Heartscape Landbreak at the Nine Forty Live concert at 7:30 March 17 at the Lawrence Arts Center. Tickets are $10.

9. Knit your way through March: The Yarn Barn presents a class, Beginning Knitting: Basics and Beyond, for ages 16 and up, with five sessions, beginning 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Yarn Barn, 930 Mass. Some supplies and a book required. Cost is $22.50. Registration required.

10. Jam with some folks: West Side Folk presents soprano Connie Dover, a singer, poet and composer performing traditional music of Scotland, Ireland and the American West, with fiddler Douglas Goodhart and guitarist Kelly Werts, at the Pavilion of the Lied Center.

7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $23.

11. Let the winds blow: Imani Winds, a Grammynominated woodwind quintet from New York known for its performances of contemporary compositions,

joins the KU Symphony Orchestra for an “Informance” at 3:30 p.m. March 15 in Murphy Hall. Free.

12. Rock on: The Geology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Yildirim Dilek, distinguished professor of geology at Miami University (Ohio), for a lecture, “Cenozoic Tectonics and Chemical Geodynamics of a Continental Collision Zone: Anatolia - Tibet Connection,” 4 p.m.

March 15 in 103 Lindley Hall on the KU campus. Free.

13. Escape to Turkey: The visually ethereal Turkish film “Kosmos (Cosmos),” directed by Reha Erdem in 2010, will be shown in Turkish with English subtitles, presented by KU’s Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies. 7 p.m. March 15 in 318 Bailey Hall on the KU campus. Free.

14. Love a parade: St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Saturday this year, which will probably increase the revelry. The 25th annual Lawrence St. Patrick’s Day Parade makes its way down Massachusetts Street starting at 1 p.m. March 17 at South Park.

15. Take in some local tunes: Heartscape Landbreak and Hospital Ships perform at the Nine Forty Live concert at 7:30 March 17 at the Lawrence Arts Center.

Tickets are $10 at the arts center and Love Garden Sounds, 822 Mass.

16. Seeking solace from basketball every day? The Bourgeois Pig, 6 E. Ninth St., a coffeehouse and bar in downtown Lawrence, is one of the few local places that does not bring in a TV during March Madness. And with a full range of coffee drinks and alcoholic beverages, there is something for everyone — except, maybe, basketball fans.

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What would you suggest doing this March other than watch basketball?

“Take walks.”

Kathy Shea, retired/graduate student, Lawrence

“Take advantage of Mustard Madness at Free State (Brewery).”

John Chance, entrepreneur, Lawrence

“I’d want to go to some kind of street festival. I just like walking around outside.”

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GOING ON VACATION? HIRE A SITTER FOR YOUR GARDEN

BY DEAN FOSDICK, ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ardeners don’t have to remain housebound during the vacation season just because their edibles and flowers need tending. Find a sitter to handle the work.

Keep your must-do list simple, though.

Few plant minders are willing to do windows or the laundry.

“The job depends upon what they have in their yards and how long they’ll be gone,” said Caryn Sommersdorf, who operates Green Garden Sitters in Orlando, Fla. “A vegetable garden may need to be checked every day. A flower garden, not so much.”

Sommersdorf and partner Jennifer Richardson perform the typical seasonal gardening chores — weeding and watering, mowing and harvesting.

“We’ll also bring in the mail. Turn the lights off and on to make it look like somebody’s home. We’ll fertilize and prune and care for our clients’ pets, too,” she said.

“But we’re not going to clean or paint the house.”

Sommersdorf got into the garden-sitting business a few years ago after asking a friend to take care of her tomatoes while she was away.

“I asked her to water the plants, but she didn’t think about picking them, and the plants were a mess when I came home,”

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FLOWERS PLANTED IN CONTAINERS need watering more frequently than those planted in the ground but this French flower bucket, with its self-watering insert, makes things a great deal easier if you intend to be away only for a week or so. For vacations longer than that, consider hiring a garden sitter. she said. “They had worms everywhere.

Fruit flies. It took them a while to produce again.”

Reliable plant sitters can provide peace of mind for vacationing gardeners, Sommersdorf said. They also can save them money.

“Florida has a lot of ‘snowbirds’ (winter residents) who go away for half a year and come back and all their landscaping is dead,” she said. “That’s quite an investment lost.”

Gardeners going on vacation should create a chores checklist, and arrange for an interview and plant tour with prospective sitters well before departing. Show them where the hoses, pruners and other tools are kept and demonstrate how they work.

Offer up the edibles when they ripen, and point out your favorite flowering plants to ensure they are not weeded out.

“Design a watering program. Group your container plants so they’re easier to

work with. Timers can be great on hoses but be sure you have someone around who can keep an eye on them for you,” said Robin Haglund, president of Garden Mentors Inc. in Seattle, who frequently is asked how to prep plants for trips.

You may want to provide your own supplies, too, such as fertilizers and pest-control products if you’re into organic gardening, she said.

Garden sitters also can serve as temporary managers of a property, said Jack McKinnon, who operates a business called The Garden Coach in the San Francisco Bay Area.

“Some people hire maintenance services for their yards,” he said. “Some of these crews come at odd hours and need to be held accountable for what they do.”

McKinnon suggested a few ways to find garden sitters: “Go online. Look for ads in the paper under ‘Landscape Gardeners.’ I doubt it’s all that difficult to find knowledgeable people looking for garden work in this economy.”

Do-it-yourself home projects help you save

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his year, everyone is looking to save on their household budget. But just because you’re scaling back doesn’t mean you can’t make some improvements around the house.

Use these DIY home improvement and cleanup tips to help revamp your home, without spending a fortune.

REPAINT THE WALLS One great way to update your home without having to replace carpeting or furniture is to refresh walls with a fresh coat of paint. Determine the amount of paint needed by using an online calculator, such as the one provided at homedepot.com.

To save even more, simply update the paint on doors,

cabinets and crown molding, rather than the walls. Likewise, you can paint an accent wall along a hallway, or within your kitchen or living room, rather than the entire space.

INSTALL SHELVING IN THE GARAGE Who couldn’t use extra storage space? For many, additional storage may mean looking beyond the house to the garage. Find a variety of storage solutions that fit within your budget — from finishing rod racks to cabinets and overhead ceiling-mounted shelving — at retail stores such as walmart.com.

REPLACE HARDWARE If you’d love to renovate, but it’s simply not in the budget for this year, make small updates now that you can in-

corporate into later construction projects. One small trick is to replace the hardware in highly trafficked areas, such as the kitchen or the bathroom. Replace cabinet handles or knobs and drawer pulls. While replacing hardware, make sure to give your door hinges and drawer tracks a good oiling to prevent squeaking.

GIVE YOUR CAR A TUNE-UP When it comes to saving, learning how to maintain your vehicle can go a long way in terms of managing your household budget. Remember, you should change the oil in your car every 3,000 miles or 3 months. Check out ehow.com for videos on how to check, fill or change your oil and other auto maintenance tips. For quick cleanup post tune-up, try Grime Boss wipes to remove oil and grime from your car, your surfaces and even your hands.

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ver the last few years Jena and I have worked together in writing the Mind Matters column.

We typically share the writing and editing equally. Occasionally, one of us will take over the writing because the subject matter is so personal.

This is one of those times. This column is about introverts. And I am an introvert.

The difference between introversion and extroversion is basically related to where an individual gets his or her energy from. Introverts tend to gain energy from internal resources and extroverts from external resources.

This is rooted in our brains. Research informs us that introverts and extroverts have different patterns of blood flow in the brain. They are also driven to pleasure by different neurotransmitters. Introverts seek more acetylcholine (more calming) and extroverts seek more dopamine (more activating). Unfortunately, the science behind the differences is overwhelmed by cultural biases, misunderstandings and ignorance.

Being an introvert has its challenges.

Interestingly, writing or speaking about a subject that an introvert thinks he or she knows something about is not one of those challenges. In fact, if you want to get an introvert talking, bring up a subject that is near and dear to them — they will talk your ear off.

But introverts are rarely characterized by others as great communicators. In some cases, they are viewed as incapable of communicating and even mischaracterized as antisocial.

But antisocial is only one of the negative labels that may be unfairly placed upon the introverted person.

Consider these synonyms offered by Thesaurus.com: bashful, close-mouthed, cold, collected, demure, offish, quiet, re-

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To fend off other’s inaccurate views and avoid internalizing them, introverts need to thoroughly understand their own nature. I know for me, it was incredibly freeing to understand my tendencies. clusive, restrained, secretive,shy, soft-spoken, solitary, standoffish, uncommunicative, withdrawn. Now that’s somebody you want to get to know, isn’t it? Top that off with the fact that introverted is considered a synonym for egotistical!

Now consider that extrovert synonyms include gregarious, life of the party and sociable. Beginning to see a trend here?

It seems that introversion is negative and

extroversion positive. There are many unfortunate dangers in such skewed views of what really is simply a difference in how we experience, regenerate and express our individual energy.

We all exist on a continuum. Those on one side of the continuum have a tendency or preference towards introversion, and those on the other side prefer extroversion.

Knowing that they struggle to be the gregarious life of the party, introverts already feel a great deal of pressure to perform beyond what their energy supports.

Add a couple of negative labels to the introvert’s view of self, and it can be devastating.

Before they know it, believing that they are flawed, they become the negative label cast upon them.

Very few people who have come to any seminars that I have conducted would describe me as an introvert. I have conducted full-day seminars and workshops speaking for hours to audiences of 200 or 300 people. While speaking, I am fully engaged and animated. I make eye contact with every single person in the room. A really gregarious life of the party!

However, if you try and speak to me at a break, I have to force myself to listen and respond. My eyes gaze downward. I want to be left alone. The energy it takes for me to stay engaged drains quickly, and I need the break to rejuvenate from internal resource.

Now take me out from the position of seminar leader and put me in the audience as an attendee. I am now overwhelmed.

I want to get to the back of the room as quickly as possible to gain some space.

At a social event, the center of the room is off-limits. I can’t handle the energy there. I will find my corner and maybe a

couple of people, usually other introverts, to converse with. We may struggle at first to find a subject to converse about, but once we do, we will be just fine, but conversations will be brief.

As a kid, my tendency to migrate towards corners led to being labeled as shy and withdrawn. But I wasn’t that way with the kids I grew up with, only with kids I didn’t hang around a lot.

I knew I was at a disadvantage in the social scene. The popular boys were the gregarious ones. It was easier for others to get to know them.

As time went on, I became more of a mystery to others. Worse, I was totally misread.

This came home to me in a powerful way when I was out of high school and had a chance meeting at a restaurant with an old high school classmate.

After we spoke for several minutes she said, “I am so glad we had a chance to talk. I always thought you were an angry guy, now I know you aren’t.” Angry? That was the last thing I would have expected someone to think of me. I preferred shy and withdrawn.

To fend off other’s inaccurate views and avoid internalizing them, introverts need to thoroughly understand their own nature. I know for me, it was incredibly freeing to understand my tendencies. “The Introvert Advantage” by Marti Olsen Laney is recommended reading.

It is good reading for extroverts, too, who can benefit by understanding what really is at the underbelly of an introvert’s behavior. Couples who are at different ends of the introvert-extrovert continuum may well work through some issues causing a struggle in their relationship.

— Jena and Ed Bloch can be reached at go@ljworld.com.

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“For a long time we invested in this throwaway culture where everything was fast and new and you bought something for a season. There is push back to that now.”

— Michael Williams

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here is a certain frugality, both monetarily and aesthetically, to buying based on quality and tradition.

Clothing that is made well, with the right fabrics, is simply going to last longer.

Colors and fabrics that work well together are always going to make sense. Suits that fit your body and are flattering to your figure (yeah, this is important for guys as well as it is ladies) are always going to look good.

These are the reasons why, as a man, there are traditions and “rules” to getting dressed.

(Now, if you’re shaking your head and fidgeting in your seat, this may be a good time to tell you to wait for next month when I spend some time talking about some triumph stories of that-type-of-rule breaking. Otherwise, continue on!)

If you think the past few sentences sound a lot more like your father or grandfather as opposed to a 26-year-old fashion writer, you are certainly among the majority. However, over the past few years, we

have seen men of all ages migrate toward a fashion-consciousness that embraces the very rules and traditions they probably once scoffed at and rejected.

These days, our country’s (arguably) best-dressed men can often be spotted wearing field jackets, chambray workshirts, duck canvas pants, selvedge denim and tweed. It’s clothing you might have expected to see on farms and in factories, or even “when you were younger.” So why are these pieces making their way out of the fields and onto the runways?

It’s because these clothes, and this style, have history. There is a story told in the shape and design of a pair of Red Wings, the cut of the Levis Vintage Clothing 1947 Shrink-To-Fit 501’s, and the craftsmanship behind a Gitman Brothers buttondown shirt.

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have started looking for a comfortable recess from the fast-paced world of trenddriven fashions. Michael Williams, the man behind AContinuousLean.com — a website that really embodies Americana and heritage style — said in an interview, “For a long time we invested in this throwaway culture where everything was fast and new and you bought something for a season. There is push back to that now. People, and brands, too, are realizing there is value in heritage and in this classic stuff.”

In another interview, Williams said, “Products, especially old ones, were all born out of necessity, and people are starting to appreciate the history of things.”

Williams captures the spirit of this heritage-style revival. Regardless of why, whether it’s the endless recession rollercoaster, the rising awareness of unethical manufacturing practices, or a number of reasons, people are beginning to care about how they spend their money. And

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when shopping for a new pair of shoes, a suit or even a pair of jeans, these enlightened male shoppers are looking for a product with character, with quality, and sometimes most of all, with history.

When you wear a product that has been made the same way in the same place for a hundred years, you are taking part in something bigger, something with more character. You are not only supporting and celebrating the ideals and the work that built our country into the place it is today. You are breathing life into the idea that if you are going to make something, it is worth making it great.

And the idea isn’t going anywhere for a number of reasons. These “artifacts” are still going to be in closets years from now because they last. They’re revisited because they tell us the story of our country’s past, and they’ll survive to tell our stories with us.

— David Hall can be reached at go@ljworld.com.

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t was a beautiful, sunny day. Not a cloud hovered as I sat outside and knocked out my to-do list from the back deck.

So invigorating was the day that I did not complain a bit when I had to get into my car and run an errand.

The fresh air blew through the sunroof of my minivan while Bon Jovi rocked from the speakers.

Just a block from home, though, I suddenly heard a noise as a curb, from out of nowhere, forced itself under my wheels, pulling me to the right with such a ruckus, I thought a gun had fired.

Twice.

I expertly navigated the car off the curb and into safety, because, in spite of this incident, I am an excellent driver.

I got out of the car and surveyed the damage. Not a scratch on the body of the car; however, both passenger-side tires had popped beyond use or recognition, an oily liquid leaked from under the front of the car and a small puppy across the street cowered in fear.

It was a crappy, awful day.

A single, dark cloud hung directly overhead as the kind, nonjudgmental yet nonoptimistic man from AAA loaded my car onto the tow truck while I stood on the street corner with my daughter’s upright bass and waited for a ride.

Back at home, I canceled my daughter’s bass lesson for the day, my selfesteem in the gutter due to my own stupidity, when a man and his two sons appeared at my door with an iPad they had found on the street. He said he was from out of town and asked if I might be able to find the owner.

I agreed to take on the task. After all, I couldn’t do anything about my car, but

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maybe I could set this iPad owner’s world right by returning it.

The screen was badly cracked, but the iPad still functioned. Unfortunately it was password-protected, and the front screen offered few clues.

I followed a possible Facebook lead, but it is hard to send a message to a stranger about handing over a free iPad without sounding like a scam.

I sent an email to neighbors, but no one seemed to be short an iPad. Taking another look at the device, I tapped the slideshow icon to see if I might recognize anyone.

The first photo faded in, one of a man I did not know, bending over at the waist, presumably to get a better view of the television in front of him. He was wearing a T-shirt.

And that’s all.

And again, it was a beautiful, sunny day as I quickly understood there was at least one person having a worse day than I was, and he did not even know it. Yet. For though my car may have been incapacitated and a repair bill awaited, at least I could go to sleep that night knowing that, unlike his, my backside was covered.

— Julie Dunlap can be reached at go@ljworld.com.

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Soil temperature, moisture and sowing technique all play a part in successful lawn generation. A little planning and a lot of due diligence can result in a beautiful summer time lawn.

It would seem that it is never too early to sow grass seed in the spring. Throwing seed down before the snow has melted or seeding before the last snow is often recommended. Early seeding proponents contend that as the soil warms up during the day, grass seed will sink down into the soft soil. Then, during the nighttime frost, the seed will get pulled deeper into the ground. After a few weeks of this freeze, thaw cycle, seed should be at the perfect depth for germination.

Planting grass seed after the last frost is a more common course of action. Cool season grasses, such as fescue, need soil temperatures to be above 50 degrees for germination to occur. In early spring, soil temperatures remain 10 degrees to 15 degrees below ambient air temperature. Grass seed will not germinate until daytime temperatures begin to average 60 to 65 degrees.

Forsythia bushes bloom when soil temperatures rise above 40 degrees. It used to be thought that forsythia blooms

foretold of three more snowfalls. Current warming trends most likely have rendered this gardening lore less than accurate, but the blooms do foretell of a judicious rise in soil temperature. Planting grass seed following the blooming of forsythias is a realistic course of action.

Fescue seed will germinate 10 to 14 days after soil temperatures remain consistently above 50 degrees, providing that there is enough moisture in the ground to facilitate growth. Melting snow and light spring rains play a big part in seed germination. If Mother Nature does not cooperate, use an oscillating sprinkler to maintain a damp, but not soaking, growing environment.

Grass seed can be hand sowed, spread with a broadcast or drop spreader, or planted using a mechanical overseeder/ verticutter. Fescue grass seed will not germinate if left lying atop the soil. After sowing seed, lightly rake the ground or make a quick pass with a gas powered verticutter to plant the seed.

When it comes to spring planting, plant now or plant later, but maintain a consistent soil moisture level to assure optimal germination.

— Linda Cottin can be reached at go@ljworld.com.

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Divorce lawyers: Pet custody cases increasing

BY SUE MANNING, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Zynga unveils game destination NEW YORK (AP) — Zynga is unveiling a new online gaming destination so people can play “CityVille,” ‘‘Zynga Poker” and other games off Facebook.

The availability of games at Zynga.com doesn’t mean the company is divorcing Facebook, though. Players still log in with their Facebook accounts and spend money in the games through Facebook. But Zynga hopes the move will lure in more players, who will be able to play with people they are not friends with on Facebook.

LOS ANGELES — They still fight like cats and dogs in divorce court.

But more and more they are fighting about cats and dogs.

Custody cases involving pets are on the rise across the country.

In a 2006 survey by the 1,600-member American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a quarter of respondents said pet custody cases had increased noticeably since 2001. The academy is due for another survey, but there is no doubt such cases have grown steadily since then, said Ken Altshuler of Portland, Maine, a divorce attorney and AAML president.

If there is a child involved in a divorce, many judges will keep the pet with the child, attorneys said.

“But what do you do when the pet is the child?” Altshuler asked.

Breakups in same-sex marriages, civil unions and domestic partnerships are among reasons pet custody

fights have become more common, attorneys said.

Pet custody cases have grown as much as 15 percent in his office over the last five years, said attorney David Pisarra of Santa Monica.

He is his own best example. He shares custody of 8-year-old Dudley, a longhaired standard black-and-tan dachshund, with his ex, who has remarried and introduced a step-dog to Dudley.

Pet consultant Steven May hired Pisarra six years ago to handle his divorce. Besides a daughter, May and his ex worked out custody of three dogs, two cats and Tequila the parrot.

Pisarra and May became good friends and often take their dogs for walks in Santa Monica. They also teamed up last year to write a book about co-parenting a pet with an ex titled “What About Wally?”

Pets are considered property in every state in the country. For years, they have been divvied up like furniture during divorce proceedings. But

times are changing.

“Judges are viewing them more akin to children than dining room sets. They are recognizing that people have an emotional attachment to their animals,” Altshuler said.

“There is a shifting consciousness,” Pisarra said. “Pets are being given greater consideration under the law.”

More people have pets than ever before and they consider them part of the family rather than possessions, said Silvana Raso, a family law attorney with the Englewood Cliffs, N.J., law firm of Schepisi & McLaughlin.

“People are not embarrassed to fight for custody of a pet today. In the past they might have shied away from it because society didn’t really accept a pet as anything other than an accessory to your life,” she said.

When Pisarra and Jay Redd (who wrote an introduction in the book) split up, they agreed to share Dudley.

“There is no law that recognizes visitation with an animal,” Raso said, so couples have to work it out themselves.

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