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State bar open to changes on judge selection

By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com

TOPEKA — With little fanfare, a group in the middle of the fight over state appellate judges has made a big concession.

The Kansas Bar Association’s governing board recently approved a resolution that maintains support for the merit selection of judges on the Kansas Supreme Court and Kansas Court of Appeals but also says it’s OK with changing the way members are selected to a judicial nominating committee.

“We don’t need control of that,” said Lee Smithyman, president of the KBA. “That’s a really important change. It absolutely eviscerates the primary criticism of the system.”

For two years, Gov. Sam Brownback, a conservative Republican, has sought more control in picking appellate judges, and now he has the Legislature in place that can give him the legislation to do that when the 2013 session starts Jan. 14.

The question is how far will the changes go?

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But given all that, there were still a few odd looks when Alyn Thomsen left his coaching position on the baseline and stepped out to block the shot of a player. Odd looks tend to happen when a legitimate 7-footer blocks the shot of a first-grader who may be a legitimate 3-footer — with the help of tippy-toes.

Thomsen insists he did it because the two teams of first- and second-grade girls didn’t know they were supposed to stop playing when the referee blew his whistle. Something had to be done to halt the action.

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A BALD EAGLE SITS ON A NEST at Bismarck Lake north of Lawrence. Volunteers out Saturday for the annual bird count in Douglas County reported low numbers in the area.

Birds scarce for count this year

By Ian Cummings icummings@ljworld.com

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MALLORY QUALSETH, 7, JUMPS TO HIGH-FIVE HER COACH, Alyn Thomsen, before their game Dec. 8 at the East Lawrence Recreation Center. Thomsen is a 7-foot former University of Tulsa and former semipro basketball player who now coaches first- and second-grade girls in the Lawrence Parks and Recreation league.

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Conditions were perfect for the annual Christmas bird count Saturday in Douglas County, except the area seemed to be a little short on birds.

“The number and the diversity seem to be down from past years,” said John Standing, a biologist surveying Bismarck Lake, north of Lawrence, along with three Please see BIRDS, page 2A

Santas in the city Dozens of Santas, elves and other holiday helpers converged downtown Saturday in Lawrence’s third annual SantaCon. Page 3A

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JOE BASKS, JR. Joe Basks Jr, 76 of Mission, Kansas, formerly from Claremore Oklahoma, passed away December 9, 2012 at his home. He was born in Pawnee Oklahoma to Joe Sr and Blanche Basks.

Joe was an AA speaker and sponsor for many years, traveling to many different meetings to speak. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, traveling, and spending time with his family and friends.

Joe is survived by: one son, Joe Dale Basks and wife Stephanie of Pryor, OK; three daughters: Debra Ashby and husband Doug of Kellyville, OK, Toby Linam of Mazie, OK, and Shannon Basks of Pryor, OK. Four brothers, Leroy Basks and wife Nakita of Welch, OK, Frank Spence and wife Wilma of Chelsea, OK, Leon Basks and wife Helen of Claremore OK, and Jerry Basks of Sequoyah, OK. Three

Judicial CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A

Currently, judges on the Kansas Court of Appeals and justices on the Kansas Supreme Court are picked by the governor from a list of nominees provided by the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission. After a judge or justice is appointed, he or she must stand for retention elections.

The Nominating Commission takes applications, interviews applicants, does numerous checks and forwards three names to the governor.

But conservatives have maintained that the Nominating Commission is dominated by lawyers who produce more liberal nominees.

And much of the criticism has focused on the makeup of the Nominating Commission.

It comprises nine members, five of which are elected by the approximately 10,000 members of the Kansas Bar Association. The governor appoints the remaining four members.

Stephen Ware, a professor at the Kansas University School of Law, has been a longtime critic of this setup, arguing that Kansas gives too much power to attorneys in the process of selecting appellate judges.

In an opinion piece he wrote last month, Ware said having a majority of the Nominating Commission picked in elections of members of the state bar “violates basic equality among citizens, the principle of one-person, onevote.�

He added, “So the problem is not that Kansas has a nominating commission but how that commission is selected.�

Smithyman, president of the state bar, says the Legislature can change the makeup of the Nominating Commission if that’s what legislators want to do. “However they want to do it,� he said. “Obviously, we hope attorneys would have some role, but if everyone says we are so dreadful, then so be it.�

sisters Mary Dunlap of Claremore, OK, Angeline Douglas of Claremore, OK, and Caroline Obannon and husband Mike of Wichita, Kansas.

Also eleven grandchildren and a host of great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. As well as long time special friends Carol Neidhardt, Jimmy Turner, David Turner, and Steven Turner.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one son Trent Basks, and two brothers Mike Basks, and Julias Spence.

Visitation will be held Sunday December 16 at Maple Hill Funeral Home, Kansas City, KS, 12:00pm to 2:00pm. Take 635 to Shawnee Drive, turn east on Shawnee Drive to 34th. Mapple Hill Funeral Home is on the corner 913.831.3345 Please sign this guestbook at Obituaries.

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Smithyman said he believes the most important feature of the selection process is that it remain based on merit. “The last thing we want is judges who have to run for election. If politics enters the judiciary, it’s like an infection,� he said. “We vote for the governor and the Legislature, but we need a nonpolitical judiciary to enforce and interpret, and to ensure the minority’s rights are respected by the majority.�

When told what Smithyman said, Ware said that position represents movement by the state bar toward compromise.

But Ware said he has other problems with the current system, namely that the nominating commission makes its decision on whom to nominate without a public vote.

To change the selection process for judges on the Kansas Court of Appeals would require a majority vote in the Legislature and the governor’s signature.

A bill that would have let the governor nominate and Senate confirm judges on the appeals court has been approved in the House but failed in the Senate last session. The incoming Senate, now that eight moderates have been replaced by conservatives, is more likely to approve such a bill.

To change the method of selecting Kansas Supreme Court justices would require a constitutional amendment, which needs a two-thirds majority in the House and Senate before being put up for a vote of the public.

The following resolution was adopted recently by the Kansas Bar Association Board of Governors: RESOLVED, that the Kansas Bar Association supports the merit selection system for appellate judges and justices, independent of how merit panel members are selected. The present application, interview, questioning and selection process provides the best available information to identify and select the most qualified appellate judges and justices, independent of political considerations.

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Birds other bird-watchers.

Even so, they counted several flocks of Canada geese, visited a bald eagle guarding a nest of eggs, and spotted many of the usual suspects: red-tailed hawks, ducks and gulls.

The Bismarck Lake group was one of 12 patrolling the area Saturday morning, taking a census of birds and bird species in different sectors around Lawrence. Their efforts will be combined with other bird counts across the state in the coming weeks, part of a nationwide effort organized each year by the National Audubon Society from Dec. 14 to Jan. 5.

Stan Roth, the event coordinator in Lawrence, will lead another bird count Dec. 22 in Baldwin City.

The bird count is partly about collecting data, Roth said, but more importantly it’s a reason to get outside and enjoy nature. He started leading groups on bird counts 52 years ago as a high school teacher looking for a way to get his students outside during the winter.

For some, the exercise rubbed off: One of his students from the class of 1959 was on the bird count Saturday with him.

Across all 12 sectors, the bird lovers generally expect to count about 90 species in a day. By 11 a.m.

Saturday, Roth’s group had counted 41 species, which was below average and skewed heavily toward ducks. “Ninety-nine percent of them are mallards,� said Bill Busby, a Kansas University zoologist with the bird count. But

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even those were not out in great numbers, and the bird-watchers had not seen the sparrows or snow geese they expected.

Busby said that was partly because of the drought, which meant less plant growth, less seed production and less bird food. There was also the mild weather, which didn’t drive northern birds into Kansas as fast as a typically cold winter.

For the bird-watchers, it was “perfect duck weather,� but Standing summed up the group’s conclusions when they gave up on Bismarck Lake to bird-watch elsewhere. “It’s been two dry, hot summers and a dry winter,� he said. “It’s been awful.�

FOR THE BIRDS For those thinking about hanging up a winter bird feeder, Stan Roth offers this advice: Put some water out with the bird feed — the birds will need it in these dry months.

Good winter bird feeds include those that contain energy-rich oil, including black-oil sunflower seed and safflower. For finches, thistle feed is the best. These are all widely available at hardware stores and pet shops.

If you want woodpeckers, put out some peanut butter or suet, a kind of fat.

To keep squirrels from making a buffet of these offerings, Roth suggests hanging the bird feeder from a fine steel wire.

It’s strong but too thin for most squirrels to navigate. Alternatively, a feeder can be set atop a pole with a shield under it.

Van Go celebrates 15 years

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With $2,000 and little else but motivation, Lynne Green set out to help underprivileged kids in Lawrence.

Never “in her wildest dreams� did she think that 15 years later, Van Go Inc., the program she created to help at-risk youths through art and job training, would affect so many people. “We see kids change in this program ,and we hear from the parents and kids about how it helps their lives,� she said. “It gives me such a feeling of pride to see these kids come back. This place meant something.�

More than 100 people gathered Saturday night at Van Go, 715 New Jersey St., to celebrate the program’s 15th anniversary.

The event served as a reunion for many of the program’s previous members — a chance to catch up with lost friends and relive memories of an organization that participants said was as much about — Statehouse reporter Scott Rothschild family as it was job prepacan be reached at 785-423-0668. ration. “It feels so good to see all of the new faces and some of the people that still work here,� said Troy Rousello, who parSATURDAY’S SUPER ticipated in the program KANSAS CASH in 2001 before eventually 2 5 11 17 28 (9) joining the military. “It’s expanded. There are so SATURDAY’S KANSAS 2BY2 many more kids that are Red: 3 8; White: 2 18 involved in having fun and SATURDAY’S KANSAS keeping busy.�

PICK 3 The evening featured 0 1 7 refreshments and a display of art from current

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STRETCHING ACROSS THE SKY, a flock of geese look for a place to feed near Bismarck Lake, north of Lawrence, on Saturday. BELOW, Bill Busby with the Kansas Biological Survey peers through a telescope trying to count birds at Bismarck Lake for the annual bird count in Douglas County on Saturday.

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Van Go members. Participants also had a chance to speak during an open mic session and create glass tiles for a public mural.

It was a night of celebration, but Green could remember when times weren’t so easy for the organization known for dotting Lawrence with hundreds of colorful benches. “Money, that was the hardest part,� she said. “I still have community leaders come up and tell me how I told them what I was trying to do and how they kind of rolled their eyes.�

What Green was trying to do, and what she said she has created, was a way of giving youths confidence by letting them know they mattered. “Art making is transformational and can help troubled teens express who they are,� she said. “The public nature of the art we do here gives the kids so much confidence and self esteem.�

Now it’s a little easier for Green to accomplish this task. Her budget has increased thirtyfold with the help of Lawrence busi-

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nesses and the community. The program helps around 100 area youths a year and Green doesn’t plan on it going anywhere anytime soon.

Go to LJWorld.com to Now we are grown up,� see more responses she said. “We are not subsisting anymore; we are and cast your vote. sustaining.�

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Street from Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a holiItâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just an excuse one bar to the day tradition next, stopping some down- to get together with town pedes- friends, have fun and at several businesses to gathtrians are still er donations getting used also do good for the to, judging by community. Plus, you for the food bank and the the surprised get to dress up.â&#x20AC;? nonprofit Balreactions of lard Commupassersby at â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a SantaCon participant nity Services. the Sandbar, 17 One of the E. Eighth St., Santas, who where Lawrenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third annual Santa- usually choose to go only Con began about 2 p.m. by their Santa names for the Saturday. Billed as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a con- day, said he had been part of ference of Santas,â&#x20AC;? the event the event for all three years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just an excuse to get is basically a pub crawl for people dressed up like Kriss together with friends, have Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo Kringle and a food drive for fun and also do good for the A PEDESTRIAN IS SURROUNDED by dozens of people dressed up like Santa Claus on Saturday afternoon outside Douglas Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food bank, community,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plus, the Sandbar on Eighth Street. Santas, elves and various other holiday characters converged downtown for a you get to dress up.â&#x20AC;?

Just Food. pub crawl and to collect donations for Just Food and Ballard Community Services in the third annual SantaCon SantaCon is a worldwide celebrated in Lawrence.

Please see SANTA, page 4A event, celebrated in 37 counBy Ian Cummings

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Baker grad ready to take on the world â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Peace Corps assignment in Africa is next global move for student from Baldwin City

By Meagan Thomas mthomas@ljworld.com

Baker University senior Sam Beecher grew up in Baldwin City and has spent most of his life in the community, but come February, the sociology major and soon-tobe-graduate will travel to the African country of Zambia to work for the Peace Corps.

Beecher began attending Baker in fall 2009 and since then, like many college stu-

GRADUATION DAY Baker Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winter commencement ceremony for undergraduates is scheduled for 1 p.m. today in the Collins Center, at the corner of Sixth and Fremont streets in Baldwin City. dents, he has gone through changes. Growing up, Beecher was involved in athletics, but as he started taking classes at Baker his interests shift-

ed from sports to academics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been a passionate and motivated person, but what I was passionate about and motivated about was starting to change,â&#x20AC;? Beecher said.

The summer before his sophomore year of college, Beecher began practicing yoga instead of going to the weight room, and he became more interested in social and environmental issues.

He also moved back home

that year and is grateful for the opportunity to think of his parents not only as his mom and dad, but also as his close friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It allowed me to form a relationship with my parents that was more of a friendship,â&#x20AC;? Beecher said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of times as adults we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the chance to live with our parents as our best friends, and I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something we miss out on.â&#x20AC;?

Please see BAKER, page 4A

Meagan Thomas/Journal-World Photo

SAM BEECHER WILL GRADUATE TODAY from Baker University in his hometown of Baldwin City. Beecher will take a Peace Corps assignment in Zambia next spring, where he hopes to put his interests in social and environmental issues to good use.

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Would you ever consider dressing up as Santa Claus?

Asked on Massachusetts Street

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Brian Woods, GIS technician, Lawrence â&#x20AC;&#x153;No. I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like dressing up. Maybe if it was for a good cause I would.â&#x20AC;?

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Police arrested a 22-yearold Lawrence woman in the 800 block of Garfield Street Friday night on charges of aggravated assault and battery. Louann Marie Simpson was booked into the Douglas County Jail about 10 p.m.

Friday and had not been charged as of Saturday.

Bond has not yet been set. â&#x20AC;˘ Police arrested a 36-year-old Lawrence man in the 1900 block of 19th Street on Friday night on charges of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and an open container violation.

Sunthala Soun Chanhkhiao was booked into the Douglas County Jail about midnight Friday and had not been charged as of Saturday.

Bond has not yet been set. â&#x20AC;˘ A vicious dog attack left a Lecompton residentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pet Chihuahua with life-threatening wounds Saturday afternoon. The Douglas County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office responded to an incident about 2 p.m. in the 600 block of Whitmore in Lecompton after a loose Rottweiler wandered onto the property and attacked the Chihuahua, leaving it with serious injuries and puncture wounds.

Sgt. Steve Lewis, a sher-

HOSPITAL BIRTHS Tara Urich, Lawrence, a boy, Friday.

Sean and Kimberly Isaacs, Lawrence, a boy, Saturday.

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Leslie Reece, student, Manhattan â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sure, but I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be very convincing.â&#x20AC;?

Bill Comer, teaches Russian at KU, Lawrence â&#x20AC;&#x153;Possibly. It would have to be the right occasion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; entirely altruistic for a bunch of orphans.â&#x20AC;?

Krista Marvin, works at Buffalo Wild Wings, Gardner â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would not. The beard would be itchy.â&#x20AC;?

Thomsen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; get a stepladder and look him right in the eyes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get the sense that the big fellow maybe enjoyed it just a bit. Another block for the career stat sheet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Players are always looking to pad their stats,â&#x20AC;?

Thomsen says with a laugh.

Thomsen was a player for a long time. First at the University of Tulsa (86 blocks, good for No. 9 on the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-time list), then for a semipro team coached by future NBA coach Flip Saunders, and finally international ball for a professional team in Portugal.

All told, basketball has taken him to five countries and every state but Alaska. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a high school coach who told me if I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give back to this game after what it had given me, he would hunt me down and hurt me,â&#x20AC;?

Thomsen says.

So Thomsen, 44, spends his Saturdays coaching first- and second-grade girls in Lawrenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parks and Recreation basketball league, roaming the baseline and trying not to bump his head on the backboard.

And what a job it is.

The coaching tricks of the trade in this league are a bit limited. Remember how Roy Williams used to take off his suit jacket and fling it to light a fire under his team? That doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really work here, not to mention that the suit jacket

iffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office spokesman, said the Rottweiler was taken into custody and transported to the Lawrence Humane Society. The former rescue dog had a history of abuse by a previous owner, Lewis said, and a record at the Humane Society as a prior offender. The Chihuahua was transported to Bradley Animal Hospital in Lawrence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got about a 50-50 chance of making it through,â&#x20AC;? Lewis said.

Douglas County does not require dogs to be kept on a leash at all times in public, unless they have been established as dangerous.

Q:

I frequently walk by the red brick building, which looks like an old schoolhouse, that is located at the northwest corner of Clinton Parkway/23rd Street and Iowa Street, at the Shenk soccer fields.

Can you tell me about its history, original purpose and current purpose?

A:

Kansas University spokesman Jack Martin passed along some facts about the building, which KU records show was built in 1890. Martin said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s listed The Journal-World does not print accounts of all police reports in those records as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the filed. The newspaper generally Old Schoolhouse.â&#x20AC;? The reports: Lawrence school district â&#x20AC;˘ Burglaries, only with a loss of purchased the building in $1,000 or more, unless there are 1967 during district conunusual circumstances. To protect victims, we generally donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t solidation, and KU Enidentify them by name. dowment bought it from â&#x20AC;˘ The names and circumstancthe district in the early es of people arrested, only after 1970s. The Endowment they are charged. â&#x20AC;˘ Assaults and batteries, only if Association still owns it major injuries are reported. today. â&#x20AC;˘ Holdups and robberies.

The building is now used for storage, Martin said, mostly for items used CORRECTIONS at the Shenk fields.

The Journal-Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy is to correct all significant errors that are brought to the editorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attention, usually in this space. If you believe we have made such an error, call 785-832-7154, or email news@ljworld. com. of a 7-footer may cover the entire bench. Instead, the most effective motivational gesture seems to be a near-constant windmill motion of the coachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arm â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as in â&#x20AC;&#x153;please come down to this end of the court now.â&#x20AC;?

There are also no Bill Self masterpieces drawn up on a whiteboard. Strategy talk generally consists of reminding your point guard that she must dribble. (There can never be too many reminders about dribbling.)

And then there is the league itself. Every team is loaded with talent, if talent is measured in cute smiles and quick moves to the postgame snack line.

Thomsen also can tell you what else is in great abundance: reminders of what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like to be young again. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re so much fun to be around,â&#x20AC;? Thomsen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had forgotten how literal you have to be at that age. It has taught me a new appreciation for firstand second-grade teachers.â&#x20AC;?

For those who want to get a sip at that fountain of youth, Thomsen, who has coached for the past eight years, has a few tips for youth coaches: Be organized, because first- and second-graders arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to do that for you.

Make sure the snack list gets passed out. Remember to have fun. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The big thing is to let them have some fun and reinforce the positives,â&#x20AC;?

Thomsen says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go out on their own and do it, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we really want them to do.â&#x20AC;?

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SOUND OFF If you have a question, call 832-7297 or send email to soundoff@ljworld.com. gether broken basketball players (he sells medical devices used in ACL knee surgeries) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; has some advice for parents too: Enjoy, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry.

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry about whether your son or daughter will suit up for the Jayhawks or some other basketball powerhouse. Most never will.

But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK. Even if the jump shot never develops, it will all work out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kids will find their way,â&#x20AC;? Thomsen says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They really will.â&#x20AC;?

Every once in a while, even in a first- and secondgrade league, they happen to find it on the basketball court. On this particular Saturday, Thomsenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter Sawyer hit a 12foot jumper, a teammate made a nice pass, and yes, the point guard remembered to dribble a few times. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When somebody who hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t made a basket makes one,â&#x20AC;? Thomsen says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;or somebody actually understands how to play defense for the first time, the smile she gets on her face is great.â&#x20AC;?

A great reminder that you are never too big to help the smallest learn something new.

But yes, sometimes you really are too big to block a first-graderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shot. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Each Sunday, Lawhornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lawrence focuses on the people, places or past of Lawrence and the surrounding area. If you have a story idea, send it to Chad at clawhorn@ljworld.com

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Living at home also allowed Beecher to feel more comfortable with who he was and the person he was becoming.

Although Beecherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transformation didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen overnight, the climactic point for him was an unexpected conversation with a stranger during a semester abroad in New Zealand. Instead of traveling with friends during spring break, Beecher decided to travel alone and hitchhiked 2,000 miles up the eastern coast of the southern island of New Zealand.

On the return trip, a 65-year-old man named Tokowha picked Beecher up. Tokowha is a native of New Zealand and owns a farm. He has built shelters and hospitals and has adopted children from around the world. He and Beecher were in deep conversation almost instantly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It felt like he was speaking to me in parables,â&#x20AC;? Beecher said.

Tokowha was raised by his grandfather, who taught him the ways of the Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand.

During that car ride, Tokowha attempted to pass what he had learned from his grandfather on to Beecher. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like that knowledge he gave me was sacred, and I feel like it was my duty to use it to create

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Not all of the participants dressed up like jolly old St. Nicks. The happening also attracted naughty reindeer, bearded elves and one Santa in a zoot suit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a blast,â&#x20AC;? Zoot Suit Santa said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good cause.â&#x20AC;?

Ted Fore and Julie Blichmann, just in from Os-

a better world and to be a servant of the people, and that inspired me to become active in social justice and environmental issues of the people,â&#x20AC;?

Beecher said.

When Beecher returned to the United States, he put his newfound knowledge to work. He does his best to lead an environmentally friendly and sustainable lifestyle and encourages others to do the same. He formed the campus organization Baker Farm Hands, a club dedicated to â&#x20AC;&#x153;building healthy, sustainable and environmentally friendly relationships between Baker University and Douglas County farms.â&#x20AC;?

As a member of the Peace Corps, Beecher will be a part of the LIFE (Linking Income, Food and the Environment) program, which encourages farmers to incorporate perennial plants into their farming. He will also help with HIV/AIDS education, environmental education and gender inequality concerns.

Beecher is excited to focus on issues he is interested in and share his knowledge with others.

He is hopeful heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to make a lasting impact during his time in Zambia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to learning from them (the people of Zambia),â&#x20AC;? Beecher said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a reciprocal relationship where I can give them something of value because I know theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give me many things of value.â&#x20AC;? kaloosa, watched in confusion from a cafe across the street as the Santas gathered at the Sandbar.

Fore said he eventually had to come out and find out what was happening. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, first we saw the one Santa show up with an elf. The next thing you know, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another.

And another, and one more, and one more. I got a big kick out of it.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Reporter Ian Cummings can be reached at 832-7144.

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Road work this week Lawrence City construction projects are now mapped at http://lawks. us/construction-map. !" The city of Lawrence will be sealing street cracks in the neighborhoods east and west of Monterey Way, north of Sixth Street. Lanes may be closed temporarily during working hours. !" Street traffic has shifted from the existing shoofly lanes onto the new 23rd Street bridge near Haskell Avenue. Two westbound lanes and one eastbound lane will be open on the bridge as crews work to remove the existing shoofly

lanes and finish road work.

Work is expected to finish this month. !" Street concrete will be reworked this week east of Nicklaus Drive, Palmer Court and Drive, and Hogan Court and Drive. Through traffic will generally be maintained, but there may be street closures.

U.S. Highway 59 !"Northbound and southbound lanes of old U.S. Highway 59 will be closed to traffic at the North 650 Road interchange for frontage reconstruction work. North 650 Road will remain open to traffic. Completion: late 2012.

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NEWTOWN, CONN. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The gunman behind the Connecticut elementary school massacre stormed into the building and shot 20 children at least twice with a high-powered rifle, executing some at close range and killing adults who tried to stop the carnage, authorities said Saturday.

He forced his way into mass shootings in recent the school by breaking years have periodically rea window, officials said. ignited the national debate Asked whether the chil- over gun control but led to dren suffered, Chief Medi- little change. cal Examiner Dr. H. Wayne Faced with the unimagiCarver paused. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If so,â&#x20AC;? he nable, townspeople sadly said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;not for very long.â&#x20AC;? took down some of their The terrible details Christmas decorations and about the last moments of struggled Saturday with young innocents emerged how to go on. Signs around as authoritown read, ties released They were asking â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hug a teachtheir names why. They canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wrap er today,â&#x20AC;? and ages â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Please pray the young- their minds around it. for Newest 6 and 7, Why? Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going townâ&#x20AC;? and the oldest on? And we just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love will get 56. They inus through.â&#x20AC;? cluded Ana have any answers for â&#x20AC;&#x153;People M a r q u e z - them.â&#x20AC;? in my neighGreene, a borhood are little girl â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Debbie Leidlein, school board feeling guilty who had chairwoman who spent Friday about it being just moved night meeting with parents who Christmas. to Newtown They are from Cana- lost their children taking down da; Victoria decorations,â&#x20AC;?

Soto, a 27-year-old teacher said Jeannie Pasacreta, a who apparently died while psychologist who was advistrying to hide her pupils; ing parents struggling with and principal Dawn Hoch- how to talk to their children. sprung, who authorities School board chairwomsaid lunged at the gunman an Debbie Leidlein spent in an attempt to overtake Friday night meeting with him and paid with her life. parents who lost children The tragedy has plunged and shivered as she recalled Newtown into mourning those conversations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They and added the picturesque were asking why. They canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t New England commu- wrap their minds around nity of handsome Colonial it. Why? Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on?â&#x20AC;? homes, red-brick sidewalks she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And we just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t and 27,000 people to the have any answers for them.â&#x20AC;? grim map of towns where The tragedy brought

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President Barack Obama planned to visit Newtown today. Families as far away as Puerto Rico planned funerals for victims who still had their baby teeth, world leaders extended condolences, and vigils were held around the U.S. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Next week is going to be horrible,â&#x20AC;? said the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legislative council chairman, Jeff Capeci, thinking about the string of funerals the town will face. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Horrible, and the week leading into Christmas.â&#x20AC;?

Police shed no light on what triggered Adam Lanza, 20, to carry out the seconddeadliest school shooting in U.S. history, though state police Lt. Paul Vance said investigators had found â&#x20AC;&#x153;very good evidence ... that our investigators will be able to use in painting the complete picture, the how and, more importantly, the why.â&#x20AC;? He would not elaborate.

However, another law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said investigators have found no note or manifesto from Lanza of the sort they have come to expect after murderous rampages such as the Virginia Tech bloodbath in 2007 that left 33 people dead.

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SHOP OWNER TAMARA DOHERTY paces outside her store just down the road from Sandy Hook Elementary School on Saturday in Newtown, Conn. The massacre of 26 at the school elicited horror and soul-searching around the world.

mother, Nancy Lanza, at the home they shared, then drove to the school in her car with at least three of her guns, forced his way in and opened fire, authorities said. Within minutes, he killed 20 children, six adults and himself.

Education officials said they had found no link between Lanzaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother and the school, contrary to news reports that said she was a teacher there. Investigators said they believe Adam Lanza attended Sandy Hook Elementary many years ago, but they had no explanation for why he went there Friday.

Authorities said Adam Lanza had no criminal history, and it was not clear whether he had a job. Lanza was believed to have suffered from a personality disorder, said a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Another law enforcement official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said Lanza had been diagnosed with Aspergerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, a mild form of autism often characterized by social awkwardness. People with the disorder are often highly intelligent. While they can become frustrated more easily, there is no evidence of a link between Aspergerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and violent behavior, experts say.

How to talk to your kids about what happened

By Michelle R. Smith Associated Press

The killings at a Connecticut elementary school left parents struggling to figure out what to tell their children.

President Barack Obama said he and his wife, Michelle, would tell their daughters that they love them and hug them a little tighter. Experts say thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good example to follow.

Parents also should allow children to talk about their feelings in the coming days while sheltering them from the 24/7 media coverage of the event, they say.

The international organization Save the Children, headquartered only 20 miles from where the killings occurred in Newtown, opened up a â&#x20AC;&#x153;child friendly spaceâ&#x20AC;? in the community to give local children a place to play while their parents seek counseling and support.

The group said parents and other adults should listen to children carefully, reassure them, give them extra time and attention, be a model for them of sensitivity to others, and

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RHONDA ELEISH, RIGHT, TALKS to her daughter Kari Ergmann, 6, both of Bridgewater, Conn., next to a candlelight vigil outside the Edmond Town Hall on Saturday in Newtown, Conn. Eleish suspects her daughter knew one of the victims of Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shooting. help them return to their normal routine.

Clergy members had similar advice for those who turned to them for help. Added Rev. Linda L. Grenz on the Episcopal Rhode Island Diocesan News website: â&#x20AC;&#x153;...if your child doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to talk about the events at all, they may not need to talk and you might just take a walk with them or read them a book or give them a hug to let them know you care.â&#x20AC;?

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LITTLETON, COLO. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A lone police cruiser outside Columbine High School was the only outward reaction Friday to an even deadlier attack at a Connecticut elementary school.

But in a state that was rocked by the 1999 Columbine school massacre and the Aurora movie theater shooting less than six months ago, Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shootings renewed debate over why mass shootings keep occurring and whether gun control can stop them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Until we get our acts together and stop making these ... weapons available, this is going to keep happening,â&#x20AC;? said an angry Tom Teves, whose son Alex was killed in the theater shooting last July in the Denver suburb of Aurora.

Teves was choked up as he answered a reporterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s call Friday. A work associate of his lives in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook Elementary. The connection chilled and angered him.

The shooting has once again stoked the never-ending debate over gun control laws.

This week, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper generated a storm of debate after declaring that it was time to start talking about gun control measures.

After Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school shooting, Hickenlooper told reporters thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no use waiting until news coverage fades. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t postpone the discussion on a national level every time thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a shooting. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re too often,â&#x20AC;? he said.

A visibly emotional President Barack Obama seemed willing to renew debate, calling for â&#x20AC;&#x153;meaningful actionâ&#x20AC;? to prevent similar shootings.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an advocate of greater limits on guns, responded directly to the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarks: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Calling for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;meaningful actionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is not enough. We need imme-

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Also Friday, Mark Kelly, the astronaut husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head during an attack that killed six people in Tucson, Ariz., last year, said the Connecticut shooting should â&#x20AC;&#x153;sound a call for our leaders to stand up and do what is right.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;This time our response must consist of more than regret, sorrow, and condolence,â&#x20AC;? Kelly said on his Facebook page.

Tom Sullivan, whose son Alex also died in the Aurora theater shooting, welcomed the discussion. Sullivan and his wife spent part of the morning making sure relatives who live in the area were OK. Sullivan said mental health, not gun control, is a more pressing concern. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all need someone in our lives to care,â&#x20AC;? Sullivan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we see a friend, a colleague, a co-worker and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re having a hard time, we need to reach out.â&#x20AC;?

Sean Graves, who as a student was wounded at Columbine, said he was â&#x20AC;&#x153;disgustedâ&#x20AC;? by the shootings but he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe laws can prevent such violence.

If people â&#x20AC;&#x153;want to find a way to harm people, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to find a way to do it,â&#x20AC;?

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Former U.S. attorney Troy Eid, who was part of a government panel that examined the Columbine shooting, said more must be done to examine what motivates such criminals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become part of our culture.

We have to study it and see what we can do to prevent it,â&#x20AC;? Eid said.

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By Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press

WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rural lawmakers worried that $9 billion in annual federal crop insurance subsidies are an easy target for spending cuts in a deal to avert the â&#x20AC;&#x153;fiscal cliffâ&#x20AC;? are shopping around for a late compromise on a farm bill to protect them.

The chairmen of the House and Senate Agriculture committees already were poised to make a sizable contribution to deficit reduction through a new farm bill, with $2.3 billion in cuts to other farm programs and food stamps in a Senate-passed version and $3.5 billion in cuts in a measure awaiting House action.

But they hit an impasse this week while trying to merge the bills into a single package, just as President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner did on coming up with an alternative to the broad wave of automatic tax increases and spending cuts that begin to hit in the new year, potentially damaging the economy.

The farm-state leaders hope that if they can agree on a farm bill, the White House and Boehner might include it as a deficitreducing component of a broader fiscal cliff deal.

While cutting food stamps and other farm programs, both the Senate and House agriculture bills preserve crop insurance subsidies that cover a big portion of farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; losses due to bad weather.

Those subsidies buoyed a strong agricultural economy even through last summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scorching drought. Committee leaders from both parties say farmers consistently tell them crop insurance is the program they depend on most.

But both bills also create a new insurance program that would give farmers additional protection against any kind of revenue losses, such as from a drop in commodity prices. The Senate billâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version would cost almost $3 billion annually, with the House bill a little under $1 billion.

The White House in the past has targeted the crop insurance program for cuts. Obama proposed cutting the subsidies by $760 million a year in his

Suspects killed after shootings in Alabama BIRMINGHAM, ALA. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Police in Alabama killed two suspects Saturday following separate shooting incidents 75 miles apart that left three other people dead and several injured, including two officers.

East of Birmingham, police shot and killed an assailant armed with an AK-47 assault rifle at the end of a pursuit that began with a triple killing in Cleburne County, near the Georgia state line.

Neighbors reported hearing gunshots at a mobile home park in Heflin and summoned police around 10 a.m., Cleburne Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office Investigator Michael Gore told The Anniston Star. Authorities were in the process of removing three bodies from the mobile home Saturday night. Gore declined to comment on the identities of those victims.

Oxford police Chief Bill Partridge said the attack appeared to be a case of domestic violence. He identified the victims as a woman and two children.

A police pursuit of the suspect wound into Oxford, where the suspect crashed a car near the busy interchange of Leon Smith Parkway and U.S. 78.

Partridge said the suspect fired at police with the AK-47, wounding one police officer from Heflin. That officer was reported in critical condition Saturday night.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warned the Agriculture committees last week that, if they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t strike a deal soon, the White House and Republicans working to avert the fiscal cliff may cut farm programs that lawmakers want to protect. budget proposal last February. Conservatives have long eyed the program as a pot of money that could be used for other things.

Without giving details or numbers, Obama administration officials have made it clear in fiscal cliff negotiations that they see farm programs like crop insurance as a source for savings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reforming farm subsidies, very important to do, lots of room to do sensible reforms in that context. And they can raise substantial amounts of

money,â&#x20AC;? Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said on â&#x20AC;&#x153;CBS This Morningâ&#x20AC;? this month.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warned the Agriculture committees last week that, if they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t strike a deal soon, the White House and Republicans working to avert the fiscal cliff may cut farm programs that lawmakers want to protect. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let somebody else craft the farm legislation who may not fully understand all of the implications,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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POLICE OFFICER TERRY FITZGERALD OF PORTLAND, MAINE, CARRIES WREATHS as he helps decorate graves at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Saturday for Wreaths Across America Day. Wreaths Across America was started in 1992 at Arlington National Cemetery by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester and has expanded to hundreds of veterans cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond.

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By Hamza Hendawi and Maggie Michael Associated Press

CAIRO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Egyptians took their quarrel over a draft constitution to polling stations Saturday after weeks of violent turmoil between the newly empowered Islamists and the mostly liberal opposition over the future identity of the nation.

Regardless of the outcome, the heated arguments among voters standing in line signaled that the referendum over the contentious charter is unlikely to end Egyptâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst political crisis since the revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak nearly two years ago.

The voting capped a nearly two-year struggle over the postMubarak identity of Egypt, with the latest crisis over the charter e v o l v i n g Morsi into a dispute over whether Egypt should move toward a religious state under President Mohammed Morsiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Muslim Brotherhood and their ultraconservative Salafi allies, or one that

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AN EGYPTIAN MAN DISPLAYS his finger marked with ink after casting a vote in a referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday. retains secular traditions and an Islamic character.

Underlining the tension, some 120,000 army troops were deployed to help the police protect polling stations and state institutions after clashes between Morsiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supporters and opponents over the past three weeks left at least 10 people dead and about 1,000 wounded. The large-scale deployment did not stop a mob of supporters of ultraconservative cleric Hazem Salah Abu-Ismail attacking the Cairo offices of the liberal Wafd party, a member of an opposition alliance that

has campaigned against the draft constitution. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today I would like to offer my condolences to the Egyptian people on the collapse of the rule of law,â&#x20AC;? Wafd leader ElSayyed el-Badawi said.

The opposition called for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;noâ&#x20AC;? vote, while Morsiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supporters said the constitution will help end the political instability that has roiled Egypt since the autocratic Mubarak was overthrown. Clerics, from the pulpits of mosques, have defended the constitution as a document that champions Islam.

The draft would empower Islamists to carry out the most widespread and strictest implementation of Islamic law that modern Egypt has seen.

That authority rests on the three articles that explicitly mention Shariah, or Islamic law, as well as obscure legal language buried in a number of other articles that few noticed during the charterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drafting but that Islamists insisted on including.

According to both supporters and opponents of the draft, the charter not only makes Muslim clerics the arbiters for many civil rights, it also could give a constitutional basis for citizens to set up Saudi-style â&#x20AC;&#x153;religious policeâ&#x20AC;? to monitor morals and enforce segregation of the sexes, imposition of Islamic dress codes and even harsh punishments for adultery and theft â&#x20AC;&#x201D; regardless of what the laws on the books say.

For Islamists, the constitution is the keystone for their ambitions to bring Islamic rule, a goal they say is justified by their large victory in last winterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parliamentary elections. Morsi rejected opposition demands that he cancel the referendum.

Boehner offers millionaire tax hike

By Jim Kuhnhenn Associated Press

WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Signaling new movement in â&#x20AC;&#x153;fiscal cliffâ&#x20AC;? talks, House Speaker John Boehner has proposed raising the top rate for earners making more than $1 million, a person familiar with the negotiations said. President Barack Obama, who wants higher top rates for households earning more than $250,000, has not accepted the offer, this person said.

The proposal, however, indicated progress in talks that had appeared stalled.

The person would only discuss the plan on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the negotiations.

As part of a broader budget deal, Boehner is still seeking more spending cuts than Obama has

proposed, particularly in mandatory health care spending. Boehner has asked for a long-term increase in eligibility age for Medicare and for lower costs-of-living adjustments for Social Security.

Boehnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tax proposal was first reported by Politico.

A Boehner aide would not comment on the report.

At issue are expiring tax rates that would automatically increase on Jan. 1 for virtually every income tax payer if Congress and the president donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t act.

Steep budget cuts are also scheduled to kick in, unless Congress and Obama agree to forestall them with other deficit reduction measures.

Obama has insisted on extending current rates for the 98 percent of taxpayers in house-

hold that earn less than $250,000. He would let the top two marginal rates increase from 33 percent to 35 percent and from 36 percent to 39.6 percent for those taxpayers making over that threshold.

U n til now, Boehner had maintained his Boehner opposition to raising any rates. Instead, he had proposed to raise up to $800 billion in tax revenue over 10 years by limiting tax loopholes and deductions as part of a broad tax overhaul.

But the speaker and House Republicans have come under increasing pressure form a number of Senate Republicans

who say they should yield to Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demand on tax rates and then press him for additional cuts early next year in exchange for an increase in the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s borrowing limit.

Obama has proposed about $600 billion in spending reductions over 10 years, including about $350 billion in Medicare and other health care savings. But he has also proposed about $200 billion in additional spending, including aid to the unemployed and to struggling homeowners and for public works projects.

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WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this past week because of a stomach virus, sustained a concussion after fainting, the State Department said Saturday.

The 65-year-old Clinton, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expected to leave her job soon, was recovering at home after the incident last week and is being monitored by doctors, according to a statement by aide Philippe Reines.

Clinton Dr. Lisa Bardack of the Mt. Kisco Medical Group and Dr. Gigi El-Bayoumi of George Washington University said Saturday that Clinton was suffering from a stomach virus and fainted after becoming extremely dehydrated.

The doctors said they recommended that Clinton continue to rest and avoid strenuous activity and cancel all work events for the next week.

Clinton was diagnosed with a concussion Thursday after fainting at home earlier this week, according to a State Department official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss Clintonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s injury publicly. The doctors did not determine it to be a â&#x20AC;&#x153;severeâ&#x20AC;? concussion, the official said.

Mandela undergoes successful surgery JOHANNESBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201D; South Africaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former President Nelson Mandela underwent a successful surgery to remove gallstones Saturday, the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presidency said, as the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon is still recovering from a lung infection.

Doctors treating Mandela waited to perform the endoscopic surgery as they wanted to first attend to his lung ailment, presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement. Man-

assist him with carrying out a plan to lure students into the school auditorium where he planned to begin shooting them after chaining the doors shut,â&#x20AC;? Bartlesville Police Lt. Kevin Ickleberry wrote in the affidavit.

Chavez told the students he planned to place bombs at the doors that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d detonate when police arrived, and he threatened to kill students who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to join him, police wrote.

Investigators said Chavez told a teacher earlier this month that he had bought a .45-caliber gun and had been learning to shoot it. Also, the affidavit said Chavez had been trying to obtain a diagram of school facilities and had used a school computer to seek information on a .22-caliber rifle that could be mounted on a machine gun platform.

Students said they saw Chavez researching the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, in which 12 Colorado students and a teacher were murdered by two students who also died.

The district alerted parents and faculty by email around noon Friday that it had investigated a â&#x20AC;&#x153;potential incidentâ&#x20AC;? Thursday and forwarded the information to the police department, which dealt with it appropriately.

Militants attack airport in Pakistan PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Suicide bombers armed with rockets attacked the military side of a Pakistani airport in the northwestern city of Peshawar Saturday, killing four civilians and wounding more than 30, officials said. Five militants also were killed.

Peshawar is on the edge of Pakistanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tribal region, the main sanctuary for alQaida and Taliban militants in the country. The city has frequently been attacked in the past few years, but Saturday was the first strike against the airport, which is jointly used by the air force and civilian authorities.

The militants fired three rockets at the airport, two of which hit a wall ringing the premises, said Mian Iftikhar Hussain, the information minister in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where Peshawar is the capital. The third landed near a government building outside the wall, Hussain said.

The militants also set off a car bomb outside the wall around the airport, causing civilian casualties, said the military.

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Police in Bartlesville, a community about 40 miles north of Tulsa, arrested 18-year-old Sammie Eaglebear Chavez shortly before 5 a.m. Friday on charges of conspiring to cause serious bodily harm or death. He remained in Washington County Jail on Saturday on $1 million bond, and he is due in court Jan. 11.

Court documents didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t list an attorney for Chavez, and calls to a number listed in court documents as his reached a recorded message saying the line wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t available.

Layne Jones, an assistant principal at the school, alerted police to the alleged plot on Thursday, according to a probable cause statement. A student told authorities that Chavez had tried to â&#x20AC;&#x153;recruit other students to assist him with carrying out a plan to lure students into the school auditorium where he planned to begin shooting them after chaining the doors shut,â&#x20AC;? police said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sammie tried to recruit other students to

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Government officials are dispatching more Associated Press than 1,000 crisis counselors to the worst-hit areas in New York and New Jersey, helpNEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The image ing victims begin the long work of repairing of his brother trapped in a car with water rising to Sandyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emotional damage. his neck, his eyes silently pleading for help, is part of a recurring nightmare that wakes Anthony Gatti up, screaming, at night.

Gatti hauled his brother out of the car just in time, saving his life at the height of Superstorm Sandy. The two men rode out the hurricane in their childhood Staten Island home and survived. But weeks afterward, Gatti still hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t moved on.

Now heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s living in a tent in the backyard, burning pieces of furniture as firewood, refusing to leave until the place is demolished. Day and night, he is haunted by memories of the storm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mind donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let me get past the fact that I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get him out of the car. And I know I did,â&#x20AC;?

Gatti said, squeezing his eyes tightly shut at the memory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But my mind donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let me think that. My mind tells me I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t save him, he dies.â&#x20AC;?

As communities battered by Sandy clear away the physical wreckage, a new crisis is emerging: the mental and emotional trauma that storm victims, including children, have endured. The extent of the problem is difficult to measure, as many people are too anxious to even leave their homes, racked by fears of wind and water and parting from their loved ones. Others are too busy dealing with losses of property and livelihood to deal with their grief.

To tackle the problem, government officials are dispatching more than 1,000 crisis counselors to the worst-hit areas in New York and New Jersey, helping victims begin the long work of repairing Sandyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emotional damage.

Counselors are assuring people that anxiety and insomnia are natural after a disaster. But when the trauma starts to interfere with daily life, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably time to seek help. And

in a pattern that played out in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, symptoms may only get worse as victims transition from the initial shock to the disillusionment phase of the recovery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Folks are starting to realize that they may be in this for the long haul,â&#x20AC;? said Eric Hierholzer, a commander in the U.S. Public Health Service. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And things arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily going to get better tomorrow or next week.â&#x20AC;?

At St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, the psychiatry department has recorded a 20 percent increase in walkin patients since the storm hit, with residents reporting the whole gamut of stress-related symptoms.

Anxiety. Insomnia. Panic attacks.

Local schools have referred 25 percent more children than usual to the hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outpatient mental health programs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The children are very, very traumatized,â&#x20AC;? said Fern Zagor, who runs the Staten Island Mental Health Society. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have a hard time making sense of this sudden change in their world. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frightening to them.â&#x20AC;?

A 5-year-old girl who was pulled from floodwaters clinging to her father hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been able to attend kindergarten since the storm, Zagor said, because sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too traumatized to be parted from him now.

An 11-year-old boy is working with counselors after floating in water up to his neck on the second

floor of his home for several hours before being rescued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This child has said he worries about rain,â&#x20AC;? Zagor said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He worries about whether heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ever want to swim in a swimming pool again.â&#x20AC;?

The society is among many mental health providers who are working with Project Hope, a New York crisis counseling program funded by an $8.2 million Federal Emergency Management Agency grant that has just begun sending counselors to local communities. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office estimates the program will help more than 200,000 people.

Project Hope Counselor Yomira Natera has been seeking out storm victims who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t speak English as their first language. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen an increase in substance abuse with folks who may have language barriers,â&#x20AC;? she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;who may be frustrated with the system, who find it difficult to communicate.â&#x20AC;?

At least 20,000 people have so far made contact with counselors from the New Jersey Hope and Healing Program, which has dispatched hundreds of state-trained disaster crisis response counselors into the storm zone. The state also launched a hotline for people to call and talk to a counselor.

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Choice awaited Delays in selecting an executive vice chancellor are hurting the Kansas University Medical Center.

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hat is taking so long?

It is puzzling why it is taking so long for Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little to announce whom she has selected to become the new executive vice chancellor of the KU Medical Center.

Several weeks ago, three men were interviewed for the job: one from Louisiana State University, one from the University of Washington and an internal candidate currently at the KU School of Medicine.

This actually was the second round of interviews; a first try to nominate a candidate ended with the chancellor rejecting an internal candidate favored by the search committee.

What is causing the delay?

It seems obvious that, if the same internal candidate was favored by the search committee in the second go-round, it would be relatively easy for this individual to be named by the chancellor.

He could move into the vice chancellorship quickly and easily with no troubles related to moving from another town, seeking housing, negotiating salary and a benefit package, etc.

The chancellor’s delay in announcing her selection raises many questions and suggests she, or perhaps the provost, again may have rejected the internal candidate.

This then leaves the two outside candidates, and the delay may indicate trouble in negotiating a compensation package with either the LSU or the Washington candidate. As one well-placed individual suggested, maybe the chancellor has “misfired” on the selection process and didn’t have an agreement or a negotiating package ready to present to either of the two outside candidates.

In the meantime, the longer this selection drags on, the greater the frustration among medical center staff members.

Also, it is well known that the internal candidate is championed by a significant number of the doctors and researchers — and what are they to think if the chancellor again turns down this candidate? Plus, it is known the former executive vice chancellor, who also served as dean of the school of medicine, did not have the best relations with KU Hospital and it is believed the internal candidate would bring about a much better relationship between the two entities.

Something isn’t right or doesn’t make sense concerning the unnecessary and long delay in selecting a vice chancellor. The School of Medicine also is being handicapped by the overly long delay in selecting its new dean while waiting for the vice chancellor selection to be made.

The medical center has been penalized due to the lack of leadership, vision and enthusiasm for far too long, and it is difficult to understand the lack of positive action from the chancellor’s office and hard to overstate the damage done to the school and medical center by the long delay in filling these two important positions.

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Kerry is a good choice for State WASHINGTON — What kind of secretary of state would Sen. John Kerry make? That’s the question of the moment after U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s surprise decision Thursday to withdraw her name from consideration, making Kerry the likely nominee.

Kerry is a familiar figure to America and the world.

He has been a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for nearly three decades. This very familiarity can seem something of a liability: the lean face, the patrician bearing, the status as a presidential also-ran. But the fact that Kerry is a known commodity, with a predictable, reliable persona, is one of his strengths.

Three qualities make Kerry a good fit for this moment.

First, he recognizes that the world is a mess, starting with the chaotic Arab nations, and that it needs stronger American diplomatic leadership. When the Arab revolutions began in 2011, President Obama rightly decided not to try to contain the explosion. But we’re entering a new period when Arabs need more U.S. help in consolidating their gains.

Kerry, who has been traveling in the Middle East long enough to develop a genuine feel for the region, would be a good and steadying partner for the Arab transformation.

Second, Kerry appreciates the importance of quiet diplomacy, especially now.

To make progress in brokering a Syrian political transition, exploring negotiating options with Iran

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Perhaps the best thing about Kerry is that he’s safe.

Sometimes it makes sense to choose a high-risk, high-reward candidate, which Rice would have been. But now isn’t one of those moments.” and assessing prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Obama will need a confidential emissary. Kerry has played that role successfully for him already, in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

It’s hard for a secretary of state to operate in “quiet mode,” but Kerry understands that’s important now.

He’s well-traveled enough that he could skip the getacquainted tours.

Third, while Kerry sometimes comes across as stiff, he’s surprisingly willing to challenge conventional wisdom, especially about engaging America’s adversaries. This unlikely contrarian streak would be an advantage, especially because it’s so well disguised: With his stolid demeanor, Kerry would find it easier to take

diplomatic chances than other potential nominees, especially the younger, less experienced Rice.

Kerry’s weakness is that, like Hillary Clinton, he lacks a close personal relationship with Obama. To understand the benefits of being a presidential confidante, think about the George W. Bush administration. Colin Powell was a distinguished, experienced soldier, but he couldn’t represent the president with the same authority as his successor, Condoleezza Rice, who had Bush’s ear.

If Obama does what White House sources predict and nominates Kerry for State, the two will need to establish a better bond. Washington gossips report that Obama sometimes found Kerry longwinded during the hours of debate preparation when Kerry played the role of Mitt Romney. Maybe Obama and Kerry need to play basketball together, or go windsurfing, or just have a beer.

Over the past several weeks, I have been asking foreign-policy experts and foreign diplomats whom they favor for State. With the exception of White House officials and a few diplomats, my straw poll showed Kerry as the overwhelming favorite.

Partly this reflects trust in Kerry; partly it showed wariness about Rice, who’s less well-known and has made some enemies. These comments may have reflected hidden biases against Rice, but there’s also genuine confidence in Kerry.

Rice’s letter withdrawing her nomination was

admirably blunt. The Republican campaign against her, centered on her role as administration spokesman about the Benghazi consulate attack, was, as she said, an “irresponsible distraction.” But she was also right that it would have created a “lengthy, disruptive and costly” confirmation fight.

She did the unthinkable Washington thing, which was to put the country first and step aside.

Perhaps the best thing about Kerry is that he’s safe.

Sometimes it makes sense to choose a high-risk, highreward candidate, which Rice would have been. But now isn’t one of those moments.

The world is unsteady; America’s friends and adversaries need a reminder of its power and persistence. Ahead is the prospect of intense diplomacy with Iran, Syria, Egypt, Russia, Israel and the Palestinians.

Kerry may be that rare politician who is a late bloomer.

The awkwardness many saw when he was the Democratic presidential candidate in 2004 is largely gone; he has the advantage of having been disappointed in life, losing the presidential race, getting passed over for vice president and secretary of state in 2008. He wants to lead the State Department now, not just in the sense that an ambitious person wants another life trophy but because he thinks he could do the job well. He may seem a conventional choice for State, but he could be a very successful one.

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

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 16, 1912: “Thus it begins to apYEARS pear as if Lawrence will AGO be on the map when the IN 1912 $10,000,000 rock road is built across the United States. Mr. A. L. Westgard was sent out by the men who are backing this proposition and his favorable report indicates that this road probably will be chosen.

Mr. Westgard took three routes across the continent and of these three one is to be selected. Then the men who are backing the project expect to spend a sum of $10,000,000 in improving this road and making it practically a solid rock road from east to west. Lawrence people are becoming greatly enthused over the prospects of this road’s running through here and further developments will be anxiously awaited.”

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Chief justice defends selection system

By Lawton R. Nuss

As a former Marine Corps combat engineer, I appreciate Army Gen. George S. Patton Jr. Just before his troops stormed Normandy beaches to help liberate Europe, he gave them a rousing speech.

The general reminded them that they had all “admired the champion marble player, the fastest runner … and the All-American football players.” General Patton’s inspirational point? “Americans love a winner.”

What Patton said about Americans in 1944 is still true about Kansans in 2012. We love winners. Winners are produced by competition.

And rugged competition has produced all of our state’s appellate jurists — Court of Appeals judges and Supreme Court justices — since 1958.

I know this, because I started competing to become one in 1995. I completed my lengthy application, attached samples of my legal writings and listed judges and fellow lawyers familiar with my work. I also submitted to an investigation and an interview by the nine Kansans on the state Judicial Nominating Commission. My 29 competitors did the same.

YOUR TURN After this thorough screening process, the commission selected three people from whom the governor would choose Kansas’ next Court of Appeals judge. My qualifications were not good enough; I was not selected by the commission.

Another opportunity arose a few months later. This time I competed against 27 other applicants, and Nuss my result was the same as before.

Because I was determined to earn a position as an appellate jurist, I tried to improve my competitiveness. To hone my writing and analytical skills, I researched and wrote several legal articles for publication — and volunteered to author appellate briefs for other lawyers. To sharpen my understanding of the law’s application to the real world, I sought more cases to try to Kansas juries. To achieve a broader perspective of the law, I expanded my law prac-

tice to include additional legal fields.

In my third competition, in 2000 I was selected from 22 applicants as one of the three people submitted to the governor. But he chose one of my two remaining competitors. So I worked harder to improve my legal abilities and understanding of the law before the next vacancy.

In 2002, I competed against 17 other applicants wanting to become a justice on the Supreme Court. My name was again one of three sent to the governor. And this time I was chosen — by the same governor who had chosen someone else two years earlier. In my view, I was finally successful because I had steadily improved my qualifications during the previous seven years.

But now, new ways of choosing Kansas appellate jurists are being proposed to replace our 50-year-old competitive system of merit selection.

When comparing systems, several fundamental features of our present system must be considered. First is the democratic feature. Our system grants the equal opportunity — to be chosen an appellate jurist — to each

Kansas lawyer and trial judge with at least 10 years’ experience. Nearly 11,000 individual notices are mailed for every vacancy. And to have a chance of achieving such an important position, the person only needs to apply.

Second, and more important to all Kansans, is the quality feature. As demonstrated by my experience, equal opportunity to all means that more than one person will apply. And that obviously means competition — one where politics and its money fortunately play no role. But without such a competition that compares side-by-side the qualification of numerous applicants, no new system can truly claim it produces the best appellate jurists for Kansas.

Even General Patton’s “champion marble player” had to compete against all comers on a level field to earn the title.

As a fourth-generation Kansan, I say we should require no less for our state’s appellate jurists. That is why I support our merit selection system.

— Lawton R. Nuss is a Salina native. He has served on the Kansas Supreme Court since 2002 and as chief justice since 2010.

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White, Kansas bomb Belmont

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

Andrew White III has put on some remarkable threepoint shooting displays during Kansas University’s basketball practices.

“I’ve seen him make six or seven in a row (in scrimmage situations), so that didn’t really surprise me tonight,” KU senior point guard Elijah Johnson said after White, KU’s freshman shooting guard/small forward, exploded for a career-high 15 points off 6-of-8 shooting — 3-of-5 from three — while playing just 10 minutes in the Jayhawks’ 89-60 battering of Belmont on Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse.

“He’s getting better with putting the ball on the floor

and actually making a situation, if he has to take a onedribble pull-up or a floater,” Johnson added. “I’m happy for Drew. He is soaking up the experience more than probably a lot of freshmen right now.”

White, who actually was used as a 6-foot-6 power forward against undersized Belmont, scored five straight points for KU the first half as KU opened a 39-25 lead with a minute left. The margin expanded to 44-28 by the break.

White iced back-to-back threes to go with seven straight points from Travis Releford to push the lead to 85-46 in the late going.

The 15 points scored surpassed White’s previous career high of eight set seven Please see KANSAS, page 4B

Releford makes Self look prescient

KANSAS GUARD ANDREW WHITE III SIGNALS “THREE” after a long-range bucket.

DECISIONS, DECISIONS

Three autumns ago, in announcing that Travis Releford would red-shirt his second season on the Kansas University basketball team, coach Bill Self predicted the Kansas City, Mo., native would score 1,000 points during his career.

More than a few eyes rolled at a statement believed by many at the time as an attempt by the coach to make the player feel better about not having what it took to join the rotation as a sophomore.

Three years and two seasons into Releford’s career, the 1,000-point prediction had become a punch line. At that point, Releford had just 194 points down, 806 to go.

Looking back on that bold statement, it’s fair to say that

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if Self could project stock performances as well as he can basketball players, he could turn his millions into billions in no time.

Releford, a tough-to-stop finisher on fast breaks, scored 17 points in Saturday night’s 89-60 victory against Belmont. If you’re scoring at home, that gives Releford 631 career points, leaving Please see KEEGAN, page 5B

Four-star DE picks KU “

“I’ve always looked at He’s a straight shoot- him as a mentor,” Martin er and he wouldn’t steer said of Weis to JayhawkKansas University’s foot- me wrong.”

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYERS CECE HARPER, LEFT, and Bunny Williams add up prices while debating whether to choose pompoms or fairy wings as they shop as part of the Salvation Army Angel Tree program on Saturday at the South Iowa Wal-Mart. The Jayhawks will host Prairie View A&M today. Story on page 3B.

ball team picked up its second commitment from a four-star prospect when City College of San Francisco defensive end Chris Martin on Saturday told KU coach Charlie Weis he would be a Jayhawk.

Martin, in town for an official visit with a host of other 2013 players, picked the Jayhawks over offers from Houston, Nebraska, San Diego State and Washington State.

Martin actually held a fivestar rating coming out of Grandview High in Aurora, Colo., in 2010. He joins juco defensive tackle Marquel Combs as the other four-star

— Juco DE Chris Martin, on Kansas coach Charlie Weis player in KU’s current class and becomes the 16th juniorcollege standout to pick Kansas and the 10th commitment of the week.

Martin, a 6-foot-5, 260-pound Denver native who played at Florida in 2011, has been clocked under 4.7 seconds in the 40-yard dash and recorded 61 tackles and 4.5 sacks at CCSF this season. Not surprisingly, his familiarity with Weis played a big role in his decision.

“He’s a straight shooter and he wouldn’t steer me wrong. He’s been genuine and we have talked several times about what I have been through. He’s told me his plans for KU and I think I can come in and be successful.”

Martin also has a lot of respect for KU strength coach Scott Holsopple.

“I spent my whole year at Florida with Scott Holsopple,” Martin told Rob Cassidy of Rivals.com. “I know what my body is going to look like under coach Holsopple. And that’s not anything bad.”

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Kirby Hocutt just hired a football coach whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only 33 and has five years in coaching, total, a bet even your bookie might advise against.

On the other hand, as a Big 12 official put it, Kliff Kingsbury is â&#x20AC;&#x153;charismatic,â&#x20AC;? ranks among the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top young guns, and, perhaps most importantly, comes complete with a grace period.

Naming one of Texas Techâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and a protĂŠgĂŠ of the Pirate, at that â&#x20AC;&#x201D; heals the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dysfunctional family just in time for the holidays.

It also may give Kingsbury time to grow into the job.

Kingsbury And then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this: Hocutt can be reasonably assured the kid wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get up from dinner and never come back.

Tommy Tuberville bears the distinction of that farewell, which may be a first. He reportedly excused himself to go to the bathroom while dining with recruits at the 50-Yard Line, a Lubbock landmark, and promptly went AWOL. The next thing anyone knew, he was pumping his fist at a Cincinnati news conference and making like the Big East was a destination conference.

Confession: Maybe I should have told you sooner that Tuberville wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wild about Lubbock. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d no sooner shaken his hand in his office a few weeks before his debut when he made some disparaging remarks about the weather in West Texas. I thought he was kidding. Mike Leach loved it. He even worked in a couple of forecasts on the local news. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get up during meetings when a dust storm boiled up outside his office windows and marvel at natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ways, much to the consternation of his assistants.

Tuberville was no amateur meteorologist, which I guess I should have picked up on. Still, who complains about his new digs before all the boxes are unpacked?

Tuberville was a bad fit from the start, which, I must also confess, I never saw coming. He certainly suffered in comparison with the Pirate, who, with all his warts, had a mesmerizing effect on most Tech fans. Tuberville merely confounded them with not-sosubtle comments and odd conduct on the sidelines. Worse, he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win much, either. In fact, you could gather that he thought his prospects of winning so dismal, he left a season or two ahead of the posse.

Give Hocutt credit: Instead of sitting around in shock, wondering how a coach could leave the Big 12 for the sinking Big East, he went out and made just about the most popular hire possible.

What that means is he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get Art Briles, who apparently asked for the Panhandle. Sonny Dykes, another favorite son, had just taken the job at Cal. Chad Morris, Clemsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offensive coordinator, was an attractive candidate.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s put on offensive shows, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a Texas high school football coach, as well.

Never underestimate the value of high school connections.

Hocutt would probably feel a lot more comfortable if heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d had a few more seasons under his belt, but, really, it was an easy hire. He wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to sell it to Tech fans, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for sure.

He wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to sell West Texas to the new guy, either.

Reminds of the time Lou Holtz, then Arkansasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; coach, told Johnny Carson that Fayetteville wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the end of the world â&#x20AC;&#x153;but you can see it from there.â&#x20AC;?

Pretty soon, he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a view at all.

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A BIG EAST CONFERENCE LOGO IS DISPLAYED ON THE COURT after Georgetown played Western Carolina in a basketball game Saturday at the Verizon Center in Washington. The seven Big East schools that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play major-college football have decided to leave the conference, it was announced Saturday.

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The seven Big East schools that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play major-college football are separating from the conference many of them founded so they can build a league focused on basketball.

The presidents of the seven schools made the announcement Saturday, two days after their intentions were first reported. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Earlier today we voted unanimously to pursue an orderly evolution to a foundation of basketball schools that honors the history and tradition on which the Big East was established,â&#x20AC;? a statement said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under the context of conference realignment, we believe pursuing a new basketball framework that builds on this tradition of excellence and competition is the best way forward.â&#x20AC;?

The seven schools venturing out on their own are: Georgetown, St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Villanova, DePaul, Marquette, Seton Hall and Providence.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The institutions that have been committed to menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball have made a decision that they are going to continue to stay committed to menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball,â&#x20AC;? Marquette coach Buzz Williams said after the Warriors beat Savannah State in Milwaukee.

Georgetown, St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Seton Hall and Providence helped form the Big East, which started playing basketball in 1979. Villanova joined in 1980, and Marquette and DePaul in 2005. The Big East began playing football in 1991.

The basketball schools gave no details about their plans, such as when they want to depart and whether they will attempt to keep the name Big East. â&#x20AC;&#x153;St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s would love to keep the Big East name,â&#x20AC;? said the Rev. Donald J. Harrington, the president of St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, who emphasized he was speaking only for his school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would like to hear what the football schools think and then try to make a compromise.â&#x20AC;?

Big East bylaws require departing members give the conference 27 monthsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; notice, but the league has negotiated early departures with Syracuse, Pittsburgh and West Virginia over the past year. Those schools all had to pay exit fees. Big East rules do allow schools to leave as a group without being obligated to pay exit fees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think what the statement basically says is within the structure of the Big East conference we have the opportunity as a group to exercise a right to, in an orderly fashion, separate from the conference,â&#x20AC;? Georgetown athletic director Lee Reed said after the Hoyas played in Washington. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The details of all the questions that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinking about, those things have been considered, but now is certainly not the time to discuss those in a public setting.â&#x20AC;?

There also are millions of dollars in NCAA basketball tournament money and exit fees collected recently that will need to be divvied up.

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Texas takes NCAA volleyball championship LOUISVILLE, KY. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bailey Webster had 14 kills, Haley Eckerman added 12, and third-seeded Texas swept Oregon on Saturday night for its first NCAA volleyball championship since 1988.

The Longhorns won, 25-11, 26-24, 25-19.

Texas (29-4) has been a recent regular at volleyballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Final Four, making its fourth appearance in five years and playing in its first title game since 2009, when the Longhorns lost to Penn State in five sets after leading 2-0.

This time they took care of business for their second title in four tries, recording their third sweep in the past four matches.

Webster, a first-team AVCA All-American, helped the Longhorns on defense as well with four blocks and keyed a second-set comeback.

She was the tournamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most outstanding player.

Liz Brenner and Katherine Fischer each had 13 kills for fifth-seeded Oregon (30-5).

A crowd of 16,448 fans attended the game, the second-largest for an NCAA Tournament final.

GOLF

Love and son lead Challenge ORLANDO, FLA. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Davis Love III and son Dru birdied five of the last six holes for a 12-under 60 in the Father-Son Challenge scramble event, giving them a one-stroke lead Saturday after the first round.

Dru Love is an Alabama freshman after winning five Georgia state titles in high school.

Mark Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Meara and son Shaun, and Fred and Taylor Funk were a stroke back, and Larry Nelson, who won the last two Father-Sons in 2007-08 before the event went on a three-year hiatus, was two shots back with son Josh.

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OREGONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S KATHERINE FISCHER, RIGHT, tries to spike through the double block by Texasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Molly McCage (5) and Shaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dare McNeal in the NCAA title match Saturday in Louisville, Ky.

PRO FOOTBALL

Cousins to start for Washington WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kirk Cousins will start for the Washington Redskins today in place of Robert Griffin III. The team announced Saturday night that the fourth-round pick from Michigan State will make his first career start against the Cleveland Browns.

Griffin, the NFLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading passer, sprained his right knee in last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overtime win over the Baltimore Ravens. He was limited in practice all week.

The decision apparently came after Griffin was re-examined by doctors on Saturday.

SOCCER

Schwartzel leads by 10

U.S. women defeat China

MALELANE, SOUTH AFRICA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; South African standout Charl Schwartzel shot an 8-under 64 to take a 10-stroke lead after the third rounds of the Alfred Dunhill Championship. Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gregory Bourdy was second after a 74.

BOCA RATON, FLA. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Abby Wambach scored twice to help the United States close out the season with a 4-1 exhibition victory over China on Saturday night. The 32-year-old Wambach has 152 international goals.

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SEABURY ACADEMY SENIOR ALEXA GAUMER, RIGHT, BLOCKS Axtell’s Courtney Heinen on Saturday at Seabury. The Seahawks girls basketball team won, 39-34.

Seabury girls build momentum with win J-W Staff Reports

Girls Seabury 39, Axtell 34 Alexa Gaumer scored 18 points, and Courtney Hoag scored 11 to lead Seabury Academy to a girls basketball victory over Axtell on Saturday at Seabury.

The Seahawks, who trailed by four points in the third quarter, improved to 2-4.

“We lost a few that we shoulda, coulda, woulda won, but we didn’t,” Seabury coach Keith Smith said. “The girls have improved greatly, and we’re looking forward to getting back at it in January.”

Gaumer pulled down eight rebounds for the Seahawks, Hoag had seven rebounds and five blocked shots, and Sarah McDermott had five rebounds and four blocked shots.

Next action for Seabury is Jan. 11 at University Academy.

Seabury scoring: Meghan McClorey 3, Regan Zaremba 2, Maddie McCaffrey 1, Taylor Sweeney 2, Reilly Malone 2, Alexa Gaumer 18, Courtney Hoag 11.

Veritas 42, Manhattan CHIEF 22 EUDORA — Veritas Christian School overcame a slow start and claimed victory against Manhattan CHIEF on Saturday night.

The Eagles trailed 13-7 after one quarter but outscored Manhattan 35-9 over the final three periods.

Naomi Hickman scored 11 points to lead Veritas.

SEABURY ACADEMY SENIOR BRANDON MCCAFFREY (5) SHOOTS A QUICK JUMPER as the Seahawks boys basketball lost to Axtell, 63-55, on Saturday.

Veritas outrebounded Manhattan 34-12.

Veritas (5-1) will play Friday night against Olathe Christian in Lenexa.

Man. CHIEF 13 3 0 6 — 22 Veritas 7 12 6 17 — 42 Manhattan CHIEF: Lonna Casada 10, Miranda Brouk 1, Kiel Ditto 11.

Veritas: Tori Huslig 5, Madi Bennett 5, Macie Dressler 2, Kristen Finger 9, Alison Dover 10, Naomi Hickman 11,

Boys Manhattan CHIEF 55, Veritas 22 EUDORA — Manhattan CHIEF handed Veritas Christian School’s boys basketball team its first loss Saturday night.

“We hit a very good team tonight,” Veritas coach Gary Hammer said, “and we didn’t play close to our ability, and that’s why it was so lopsided.”

Caleb Holland led Veritas with seven points.

“They got a lot of transition baskets. They just took us out of our game,” Hammer said. “We didn’t shoot well. Every facet of

the game, we played poorly. I knew it would be a tough game. I thought we had a chance to win if we played well.”

The Eagles will enter the holiday break with a 6-1 record.

Veritas will have an alumni game on Dec. 29, then will play host to Topeka Heritage on Jan. 5.

Manhattan CHIEF 13 13 14 12 — 55 Veritas 6 4 6 6 — 22 Manhattan CHIEF: Andrew Schraeder 1, Garrison Olds 12, Jacob Moldrup 8, Phillip Andrews 17, Anthony Schraeder 10, Jay Bennett 4.

Veritas: Chad Steiben 2, Andrew Currier 5, Andrew Jewell 3, Caleb Holland 7, Thomas Bachert 4, Bryce Boland 1.

Axtell 63, Seabury 55 Joe Simpson scored 15 points, and Mito Owino added 10, but Seabury Academy fell to Axtell on Saturday at Seabury.

Seabury (0-6) will next play Jan. 11 at University Academy.

Axtell 5 17 21 20 — 63 Seabury 6 22 10 17 — 55 Seabury: Marcus Allen 9, Brandon McCaffrey 9, Mito Owino 10, Eric Shin 7, Fischer Almanza 3, Joe Simpson 15, Harley Holub 2.

KANSAS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Jayhawks get last shot at tune-up before break

By Benton Smith basmith@ljworld.com

Some portions of the nonconference schedule are far easier than others for Kansas University’s women’s basketball team.

While the Jayhawks have been challenged in victories over teams such as Wake Forest, Minnesota and Creighton — as well as in their lone loss at Arkansas — they have cruised against lesser opponents from smaller conferences.

The Southwestern Athletic Conference, for instance, already has sent Alabama A&M and Grambling State to Lawrence to serve as KU’s punching bag before the Jayhawks begin Big 12 play in January. No. 22 Kansas (8-1) gets a chance to beat up on another SWAC team, Prairie View A&M (2-4), at 2 p.m. today at Allen Fieldhouse.

Games against lightweights might look easier for the Jayhawks, but coach Bonnie Henrickson’s said after her team’s 97-64 pasting of NCAA Division II Newman on Sunday that they aren’t without their benefits. Henrickson would never indicate she expects some nonconference games to be less taxing, but

STARTERS NO. 22 KANSAS (8-1) G — Angel Goodrich, 5-4, sr.

G — Natalie Knight, 5-7, so.

G — Monica Engelman, 5-11, sr.

F — Tania Jackson, 6-2, jr.

F — Carolyn Davis, 6-3, sr.

PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (2-4) G — Jeanette Jackson, 5-7, so.

G — Kiara Etienne, 5-10, sr.

G — Latia Williams, 5-10, sr.

F — Larissa Scott, 6-0, so.

F — Gabrielle Scott, 5-7, so.

Tipoff: 2 p.m. today, Allen Fieldhouse.

TV: Knology Cable channels 6, 206. she said this part of the season allows the Jayhawks to form good habits — both in games and practices.

A focus area of late has been getting KU’s guards comfortable with feeding the team’s 6-foot-3 inside threats, starting senior Carolyn Davis and sophomore backup Chelsea Gardner.

“We try to do more passing drills where it’s near where they would get it in the offense to get them to

recognize, and then we let the defense mix it up,” Henrickson said of her practice approach.

The players have some pretty good examples of how to get the ball inside playing in the same building as them. The ninthyear KU coach wants KU’s perimeter players to be able to throw entry passes over fronting post defenders, the same way Bill Self’s men’s team has done.

“It’s the pass that (Jeff) Withey gets. It’s the pass that Thomas (Robinson) got over the top, working their guy up the lane, (pass the ball) to the rim and then just finishing,” Henrickson said.

KU has had mixed results with those types of plays this season, but senior guard Monica Engelman said both Davis (16.2 points a game) and Gardner (averaging 16.3 in her last four games) are easy targets.

“They both do a great job inside,” Engelman said, “and they both work their butts off.”

The Jayhawks have won 50 straight regular-season home games against nonconference opponents.

The last such team to beat Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse was Xavier, on Dec. 31, 2006.

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Chiefs end Bowe’s season KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) — The Chiefs put wide receiver Dwayne Bowe on injured reserve Saturday night, ending his season and potentially his upand-down career in Kansas City.

The Chiefs’ leading receiver already had been ruled out of today’s game at Oakland after hurting his ribs while delivering a block in last weekend’s game at Cleveland.

Bowe underwent a series of MRI exams and other tests this week to deter- Bowe mine the extent of the injury.

“Well, one of the things that Bowe presents is he presents some dependability to our offense, playmaking ability,” Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel said earlier this week.

“We all kind of depend on him a little bit,” Crennel said. “So now with him being out, what we’re going have to do is, we’re going to have to rely on those other guys to step

up and be able to make some plays for us so that we can generate some offense.”

Bowe has 59 catches for 801 yards and three of the Chiefs’ eight TD grabs this season.

“Everybody’s got to do a better job, collectively,” offensive coordinator Brian Daboll said. “Dwayne was a big part of the passing game, obviously. Everybody else is going to have to chip in and make sure they’re doing their jobs really well.”

Bowe was playing this season on a $9.5 million deal as the team’s franchise player, and it’s possible the two sides could agree on a new deal or the Chiefs could franchise him again.

Bowe wasn’t happy getting the tag last season, though. He refused to sign his tender until well into training camp, forcing him to play catch-up at the start of the year.

The former first-round draft pick rarely speaks to the media, but said a few weeks ago that he wouldn’t mind finishing his career in Kansas City.

There were reports in previous weeks that he was

unhappy with the Chiefs and wanted to become a free agent.

With Bowe ruled out, the Chiefs head into today’s game against the Raiders and their final two games against Indianapolis and at Denver with precious few down-field options.

Wide receiver Steve Breaston has been inactive more than he’s played in recent weeks, and the Chiefs’ next-leading receivers after Bowe are running back Jamaal Charles and former running back Dexter McCluster, who are more adept at catching short-yardage passes.

Bowe had his best season in 2010, when he was voted to the Pro Bowl after catching 72 passes for 1,162 yards and a leaguehigh 15 touchdowns. He had 81 catches for 1,159 yards last season, and has caught 415 passes for 5,728 yards and 39 touchdowns in his six-year career.

“Any time you lose a guy like Dwayne Bowe, it’s going to hurt you,” Chiefs quarterback Brady Quinn said. “He’s a special player. He really is.”

Stinking records tossed aside, KC, Oakland to play for pride ALAMEDA, CALIF. (AP) — For most of the past decade, December has meant only one thing to Oakland Raiders punter Shane Lechler — searching for motivation as he plays out the string of another lost season.

Heading into 2012, Lechler never thought his 13th season in Oakland would end up so similar to the previous nine. All of those saw the Raiders miss the playoffs, and often had them out of contention in the final month.

Yet here Oakland (3-10) is again heading into today’s home finale against the Kansas City Chiefs (2-11) having long been eliminated from playoff contention. And it comes just one year after taking the division race down to the final day.

“It’s sad to say, we’ve been through 10 years of it,” Lechler said. “This time of the year you’ve got to find the positives and go with it because it’s easy to go down that other road. I’m guilty of it in the past. I’ve done it. I think everybody in here that’s been through it as long as we have is guilty of that.”

It’s been a similar type year for the Chiefs, who hoped the return of injured stars Jamaal Charles and Eric Berry and a full season under coach Romeo Crennel could get them back atop the AFC West after a last-place finish a year ago.

Instead, they have taken a huge step backward, losing eight straight games at one point to put the status of Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli in question. The situation got worse earlier this month with off-field tragedy when linebacker Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend before committing suicide at the team’s practice facility.

“We’ve just been trying to stay focused on what we’ve got to do, but I’m not going to lie, it’s been tough,” Berry said. “Everybody’s trying to stay focused on what we’ve got to take care of, but at the end of the day we are human, and we’ve got emotions and feelings and stuff like that.”

It has been tough on the field in Oakland. The Raiders have lost six straight games, are on pace to allow the most points in franchise history. They have regressed in all areas under first-year coach Dennis Allen.

All that’s left for these once fierce AFC West rivals to play for is pride and draft

CAPSULE KANSAS CITY (2-11) at OAKLAND (3-10) Today, 3:25 p.m., CBS (Knology channels 5, 13, 205, 213) LINE — Raiders by 3 RECORD VS. SPREAD — Kansas City 5-8; Oakland 3-10 SERIES RECORD — Chiefs lead 55-50-2 AP PRO32 RANKING — Chiefs No. 30 (tie); Raiders No. 30 (tie) LAST MEETING — Raiders beat Chiefs 26-16, Oct. 28 LAST WEEK — Chiefs lost to Browns 30-7; Raiders lost to Broncos 26-13 CHIEFS OFFENSE — OVERALL (22), RUSH (5), PASS (31) CHIEFS DEFENSE — OVERALL (16), RUSH (27), PASS (9) RAIDERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (13), RUSH (30), PASS (7) RAIDERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (30), RUSH (26), PASS (28) STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Chiefs won eight of last nine in Oakland, including 28-0 victory last season. ...

Kansas City CB Brandon

Flowers had two INTs, one for TD, last year in Oakland. ... Chiefs RB Jamaal Charles held to 4 yards on five carries in first meeting. Charles topped 100 yards in four of past five games. ... Kansas City’s minus-22 turnover margin worst in NFL. Chiefs just minus-2 over last 5 games. ...

Kansas City QB Brady Quinn 4-13 as starter in NFL. ... With loss today, Chiefs would tie for second most in franchise history, behind only 2-14 team in 2008. ... Oakland lost last six since winning in Kansas City on Oct. 28. Franchise hasn’t had longer losing streak since 11-game skid from 2006-07. ... Carson Palmer needs 195 yards passing to join Rich Gannon as only Raiders QBs to reach 4,000 in single season. ... Oakland’s Marcel Reece leads all RBs with 472 yards receiving this season. ... Raiders rookie WR Rod Streater has seven catches for 196 yards, one TD last two games. ... Oakland’s Brandon Myers leads AFC TEs with 70 receptions. ... Raiders CB Phillip Adams expected to get first career start after recording INTs past two weeks.

positioning, with the loser having a shot at the top pick in a class that lacks a franchise player quarterback.

“You know, when you’re on the playground, when you’re a kid, and you have a rivalry, or you’re in high school and you have a rivalry,” Crennel said.

“It doesn’t matter what the records are — they’re your rival. You’re going to go and you want to win that game, and I think both sides feel the same way about it. Both sides want to win that game.”

The end of this season could have a different type of finality for Lechler, who might need to look for a new home when his contract is up.

Oakland already has Lechler’s potential replacement lined up if he leaves, having kept rookie Marquette King on injured reserve all year in a move that clearly caught Lechler’s attention. With the Raiders having many needs and little salary cap room, retaining the highest-paid punter in NFL history (four years, $16 million) may not be a priority for general manager Reggie McKenzie.

Lechler had hoped his career in Oakland would come full circle, ending with the type of team success it started with after being drafted in the fifth round in 2000. Lechler went to the AFC title game as a rookie, lost the infamous “Tuck Rule” game in his second year and the Super Bowl in Year 3.

Since then, the Raiders haven’t even posted

a winning record. Their 109 losses over the past 10 years are tied with Detroit for the most in the NFL in that span.

“I wish that would have happened a little bit later in my career so I wouldn’t have taken it so much for granted,” he said. “We walk right into this thing and go to the AFC championship game. I thought that was how it was going to be. Didn’t quite turn out that way.

“Though it may not look like it in our record and what’s happened on Sundays, I think this place is headed in the right direction.”

Lechler isn’t the only prominent player in Oakland who may not stay long enough to see the turnaround. The new regime has shown no hesitancy to cut ties with players, the latest being starting cornerback Ron Bartell, released on Monday.

Defensive tackle Richard Seymour, who missed the past five games with a hamstring injury, is hoping to be back this week in what could be the start of a threegame audition for a new job.

Acquired by Al Davis before the 2009 season to anchor the defense, Seymour has been unable to replicate the success in Oakland that he enjoyed for many years in New England, where he won three Super Bowl titles.

Seymour said he will explore free agency, and with the Raiders looking to get younger and shed high salaries, he seems a likely candidate to end up somewhere else.

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY GUARD TRAVIS RELEFORD ROTATES THROUGH A 360-DEGREE JAM during the second half of the Jayhawks’ 89-60 rout of Belmont on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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days earlier versus Colorado.

“Oh, yeah, he goes down.

Sometimes coach gets onto him,” Johnson said of the highly-recruited Richmond, Va., native sometimes being knocked to the canvas emotionally his freshman season. “Today coach got onto him at shoot-around.

Drew held his head up. He came out here and did what he did tonight. That shows a lot about him.”

Seated in the interview room with Releford (17 points, five rebounds, four assists) and Ben McLemore (17 points, 6-7 shooting), White played down his own performance.

“This is just one game,” White said. “I’ve been working in practice every day trying to progress as quick as I can. It’s always good to have a good scoring game, but this is a long season.

“I try not to be selfish.

I’m not a selfish teammate,” White added. “I have two pro talents playing in front of me right now (McLemore and Releford), so I just do what I have to do every day to learn something or pick something up from them and the coaches and try to progress. You have to realize as a freshman sometimes that it’s not your year to be the man, so I’m just trying to contribute to the whole team.”

Self liked the look of White as an undersized 4-man.

“I’ve been saying we were going to do that, but we haven’t done it, play him at the 4 and have him be a pick-and-pop 4,” Self said. “That’s what happened tonight. He made a couple of threes by doing that, and then he was aggressive after that. He can really shoot the ball.

Nobody in our gym has a better attitude than Andrew, and I haven’t given him much of a chance to play. I thought he was really good tonight.”

Self added: “There’s no way Belmont would know he can shoot because statistically he hasn’t yet (4for-10 from three entering the game, 37.5 percent shooter overall). Hopefully he can be a guy we go to in each half and add to what we are doing. If you do play him, it doesn’t allow them to clog the middle like they did around Jeff so much because it stretches it out. With Perry (Ellis) or Jamari (Traylor) or Kevin (Young) in there, they didn’t leave the lane. That could be an-

BOX SCORE BELMONT (60)

MIN FG FT REB PFTP m-a m-a o-t Blake Jenkins 26 1-5 2-2 1-3 2 4 Trevor Noack 26 8-14 0-0 1-8 3 19 Kerron Johnson 28 3-8 2-2 1-2 2 9 JJ Mann 28 2-8 0-0 0-3 1 5 Ian Clark 28 2-9 0-0 0-3 0 5 R. Chamberlain 14 1-3 0-0 0-2 1 2 Jeff Laidig 9 0-5 0-0 0-0 1 0 Craig Bradshaw 9 2-4 0-0 0-2 0 4 Chad Lang 8 1-3 1-2 0-2 0 3 Brandon Baker 7 0-1 0-0 0-2 4 0 Holden Mobley 6 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 3 Spencer Turner 6 1-2 1-2 1-1 1 4 Adam Barnes 5 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 2 team 4-5 Totals 22-64 8-10 8-34 15 60 Three-point goals: 8-38 (Noack 3-8, Johnson 1-2, Mobley 1-2, Turner 1-2, Mann 1-6, Clark 1-7, Baker 0-1, Jenkins 0-2, Chamberlain 0-2, Bradshaw 0-2, Laidig 0-4). Assists: 15 (Johnson 4, Clark 3, Chamberlain 3, Jenkins 2, Mann, Laidig, Bradshaw). Turnovers: 17 (Clark 5, Johnson 3, Noack 2, Turner 2, Chamberlain 2, Mann, Lang, Baker). Blocked shots: 2 (Laidig, Chamberlain). Steals: 7 (Chamberlain 2, Mann, Clark, Laidig, Mobley, Barnes).

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MIN FG FT REB PFTP m-a m-a o-t Kevin Young 16 3-8 2-4 4-6 2 8 Jeff Withey 24 5-10 4-4 0-4 2 14 Elijah Johnson 30 3-6 0-0 0-5 2 7 Ben McLemore 29 6-7 1-1 0-5 0 17 Travis Releford 29 6-9 3-3 2-5 0 17 Naadir Tharpe 19 1-4 0-0 0-3 3 2 Perry Ellis 13 2-6 3-4 0-2 1 7 Jamari Traylor 12 1-1 0-0 1-5 0 2 Andrew White III 10 6-8 0-0 0-2 1 15 Niko Roberts 6 0-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 Rio Adams 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 Evan Manning 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 Tyler Self 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 Christian Garrett 3 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 0 Justin Wesley 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 team 0-2 Totals 33-65 13-16 7-41 14 89 Three-point goals: 10-21 (McLemore 4-5, White 3-5, Releford 2-2, Johnson 1-4, Self 0-1, Tharpe 0-2, Roberts 0-2). Assists: 25 (Johnson 9, Releford 4, Tharpe 4, McLemore 3, Young 2, Withey, Roberts, Ellis). Turnovers: 11 (McLemore 2, Releford 2, Ellis 2, Young, Johnson, Roberts, Garrett, Traylor). Blocked shots: 7 (Withey 5, McLemore, Traylor). Steals: 10 (Releford 3, Young, Johnson, McLemore, Tharpe, Withey, Wesley, Roberts).

Belmont 28 32 —60 Kansas 44 45 —89 Officials: Gerry Pollard, Darron George, Antinio Petty. Attendance: 16,300.

KANSAS GUARD ELIJAH JOHNSON, RIGHT, SMILES AFTER A DUNK by teammate Travis Releford against Belmont.

Bruins ‘embarrassed’ ————

Belmont disappointed by showing against KU

By Matt Tait

other weapon for us hopefully moving forward.”

Jeff Withey was a fourth Jayhawk to score in double figures with 14 points, five blocks and four rebounds.

Self said the player of the game was senior point Johnson, who had seven points, nine assists and just one turnover. Johnson has been slowed the past month or so by knee problems.

“I thought he controlled the game,” Self said. “I am really liking his health right now. It seems to me he is so much more explosive and faster than he was earlier. He still has a long way to go to improve and to know how to utilize all the talent and players around him, but I think he’s made more strides than anyone over the last two or three weeks.”

KU held mid-major Belmont to miserable 34.4 percent shooting, just eight of 38 from three. KU hit 50.8 percent of its shots, including 10 of 21 from three.

“I thought we played pretty well,” Self said.

“Our defense was good.

We shared the ball, for the most part. I was pleased with our defensive effort and ball movement.”

KU (8-1) will host Richmond at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

KANSAS ASSISTANT COACH NORM ROBERTS YUKS IT UP after his son, Kansas guard Niko Roberts, slipped on the court during the second half.

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Belmont men’s basketball coach Rick Byrd figured Saturday’s task would be a tough one, but he thought his team would handle it better than it did.

“I think everyone in our locker room is embarrassed,” Byrd said after the Bruins were throttled, 89-60, by ninth-ranked Kansas University at Allen Fieldhouse. “We are not embarrassed about the Belmont basketball program, but by the performance tonight, and Kansas had a lot to do with that.”

Byrd was especially embarrassed by the 10-2 run with which KU opened the game, the 17-7 run to close the half that gave the Jayhawks a 16-point lead at the break and the ridiculous runaway in the

second half in which KU actually led by 41 at one point.

“We’re just disappointed,” he said. “We feel our program is at the stage where, very often, we give people like this all they want and occasionally sneak a win. We want to get to the point where we are winning a few more, but we just could not make this game competitive.”

There were plenty of reasons for that. Most of them wore Kansas uniforms.

Known for their impressive three-point shooting — Belmont (7-3) entered the game No. 2 in the nation in that category — the Bruins made just eight of 38 from behind the threepoint line in this one, for a season-low 21.1 percent.

That, Byrd said, was because of the Jayhawks as well.

“Their defense was so good, it affected our shooting numbers,” he said. “Our defense was so poor, it affected theirs in the opposite direction.”

Added Belmont senior Trevor Noack, who led the Bruins with 19 points and eight rebounds: “That was the biggest team I have ever played against.

Their length bothered a lot of our shots. They were challenging all of our three-point shots. They were challenging everything inside. It was just a battle, and they came out well on top.”

KU (8-1) hit 10 of 21 three-pointers and shot 51 percent from the field overall. Three KU players recorded four or more assists.

“You’ve got to take away their drive,” Byrd said. “And if they make shots they are going to

beat you. Our game plan was, we had to help out at the post and stop their drive. They made their shots. We were trying to hang in (there) the first half, and they kept making those shots.”

Not surprisingly, Byrd seemed to be impressed most by the man many believe is playing himself into the NBA’s draft lottery, red-shirt freshman Ben McLemore, who finished with 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting, including 4-of-5 from three-point land.

“If he can rise up and shoot it like that, he is just going to be a bear for anyone to guard,” Byrd said.

“That was impressive. Our thought was to approach him under control, get a hand up, and if he makes a shot, they were going to beat us. He’s the real deal for sure.”

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KU dodges Bruin bombs

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

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KANSAS CENTER JEFF WITHEY (5) BLOCKS A SHOT BY BELMONT FORWARD TREVOR NOACK during the first half. KU beat the Bruins, 89-60, on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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him 369 shy of 1,000. At his current rate of 13.2 points a game, Releford must play 28 more games (37 for the season) to make Self the modern-day Carnac the Magnificent. If Kansas plays three games in the Big 12 tournament, the 37th game of the season would come in the third NCAA Tournament game.

More significant than making the coachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prediction spot-on, of course, was the wisdom of the decision to remove Relefordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eligibility his second year on campus.

Forgive Releford for not always loving the idea.

Basketball players love to play basketball and leave the spectating to others. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At first, when I decided to red-shirt I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too happy about it because coming into school here, I was one of the guys who was going to play right away and try to make an impact,â&#x20AC;? Releford said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I came in, I realized real fast it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to happen for me.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening now.

Releford ranks third on the team in scoring, first in minutes (32.7 per game) and steals (14) and second in field-goal percentage (.566) and assists (31). Since starting the season 0-for-11 shooting three-pointers, he has made nine of 16. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing great,â&#x20AC;? Self said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a consistent defender. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s having fun. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s becoming more

Eleven Belmont University basketball bombers combined for 38 three-point attempts in Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 89-60 loss to Kansas University in Allen Fieldhouse.

The barrage of threes tied for second-most attempts versus KU in school history. Kentucky hoisted 40 threes in a 15095 loss to KU on Dec. 9, 1989, in Allen. Emporia State launched 38 threes in a 113-61 loss to KU on Dec. 14, 2002, also in Allen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coach told us they were going to shoot 35plus threes, so we had to come out ready and stay tuned-in on defense,â&#x20AC;? KU senior forward Travis Releford said.

Trevor Noack hit three of eight threes, while five Bruins each hit one three apiece.

Overall, Belmont hit just 34.4 percent of its shots and eight of 10 free throws. Belmontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 21 percent shooting from three was the lowest percentage by a KU foe so far this season. The Bruins missed eight of their first nine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are the secondbest three-point shooting team in the country, and they got off 38. So that means they missed some open looks, too,â&#x20AC;? KU coach Bill Self said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to be too excited about that. What they exposed us on and played to was Jeffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Withey) man playing behind the arc. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a struggle for us no matter what. I thought Jeff for the most part did a good job (guarding the 6-foot-7 Noack, who had 19 points and eight boards),â&#x20AC;? Self noted. !

KANSAS GUARD TRAVIS RELEFORD, LEFT, STRIPS THE BALL from Belmont guard Ian Clark during the second half. of a consistent scorer.

I thought he was really good tonight.â&#x20AC;?

Self always was high on Relefordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s potential.

Had he not been, he never would have tied up his scholarship for an extra year by having him sit out a year between his freshman and sophomore seasons and doing it in a way that left Releford feeling as if it were his own decision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We talked about my future here, and I agreed with what he was talking about, sat out the year, continued to get better, built up a lot of confidence throughout that and, so far, I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

played out best for me,â&#x20AC;?

Releford said.

His efficient line in the Belmont box score captured his versatility.

He made six of nine field goals, including both three attempts, and had five rebounds, four assists and three steals.

On a night when Elijah Johnson showed how much better and faster his return to health has made Kansas, Releford showed that the more his team is able to get out and run, the greater his value. He had two dunks, including one of the reverse variety. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of fun,â&#x20AC;? he said of dunking.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather watch Ben (McLemore) do a breakaway dunk than me do one, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m having a lot of fun.â&#x20AC;?

Kansas moved the ball rapidly in the half-court as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of reps on offense and playing unselfishly,â&#x20AC;? Releford said of the team looking better of late offensively. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting us going.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all having fun out there, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all having fun doing it.â&#x20AC;?

Thanks to having the discipline to red-shirt as a sophomore, Releford still is doing it for the school for which he always wanted to play.

Good point-guard play: KU senior Elijah Johnson had nine assists, one turnover, five rebounds and seven points in 30 minutes. He was 3-for-6 from the field, 1-for-4 from three-point range. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Elijah was the best player in the game tonight,â&#x20AC;? Self said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He only takes seven shots, but he totally controlled the game. He guarded the other teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most dangerous player, Johnson (Kerron, nine points 3-of-8 shooting), and did a good job on him. He got us easy baskets. Some of the plays he made were really, really (good). That left-handed back-door pass (to Travis Releford, who fed to Jeff Withey for a dunk early in second half) ... those are pretty special plays.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting better all the time.â&#x20AC;?

It took Johnson just five seconds to get the ball all the way down the floor to feed it to Ben McLemore, who dunked and was

KANSAS FORWARD KEVIN YOUNG celebrates a dunk by center Jeff Withey. fouled right before the first-half buzzer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was a terrific play to end the half. That was a big-time guard play right there,â&#x20AC;? Self said.

McLemore hit the free throw with players from both teams already headed to the locker room. Just KUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coaches watched McLemore swish the halfending free throw. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was kind of weird,â&#x20AC;?

McLemore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt there was a lot of pressure on me, but I took my time, took a deep breath and just shot the free throw.â&#x20AC;? !

This, that: KU has won 60 straight games against nonconference teams in Allen Fieldhouse. ...

KU has won 27 straight games in Allen. ... KU is 2-0 against Belmont and 21-0 vs. the current members of the Ohio Valley Conference. ... KU is 1507 in Allen in the Self era. ... Leading 27-21, KU used a 9-2 run to take a 36-22 lead over a 3:44 stretch. ... KU led for the entire game. The Jayhawks have held the lead for their last 253 minutes and 17 seconds on the court spanning six games. ... KU started the second half by sinking five of its first six three-point tries. ...

KU outrebounded Belmont, 41-34, and has outrebounded seven of nine opponents. ... Seven of KUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eight victories have been by 13 points or more this season. ... The Jayhawks had a season-best 25 assists. ... Withey had five blocks, increasing his total to 50. Withey also finished with 14 points, marking his sixth doubledigit scoring game of the season and his fourth in the last five games. He now has 24 double-figure games in his career. ... Andrew White III had his picture on KUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ticket and media passes Saturday. He wound up with 15 points.

MORE PHOTOS " For more photos from KUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rout of Belmont, go to KUSports.com

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No. 3 Wolverines overpower Mountaineers the stretch and had 31 of the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s astounding 52 fouls.

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No. 3 Michigan 81, West Virginia 66 NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tim Burke scored a season-best 27 points, Tim Hardaway Jr. matched his season high with 25, and Michigan remained unbeaten with a victory over West Virginia on Saturday night at the Barclays Center.

The Wolverines (11-0) were last off to this good a start in 1988-89 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the season they won the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only national championship.

Burke and Hardaway both had solid all-around games in the backcourt.

Burke was 12-of-16 from the field and had eight assists, while Hardaway was 7-of-12 and made half of his eight three-point attempts.

Freshman Terry Henderson had a season-high 23 points for the Mountaineers (4-5), who lost their second straight after a three-game winning streak.

Michigan led 43-32 at halftime and was able to extend the lead with some efficient shooting. The Wolverines started the second half 9-of-16 from the field, a number that was made a lot better by West Virginia missing 12 of its first 15 shots over the same span.

The Wolverines led 5436 on a drive by Burke with 17:04 to play. It looked as if Michigan would match its season average of winning every game by an average of 21 points.

West Virginia finally started making some shots and the Mountaineers were able to get within 7164 on a three by Henderson with 4:28 to play.

The rally took its toll on West Virginia and the Wolverines were able to straighten things out and pull away.

West Virginia, which came in shooting 26.4

DRAKE (4-5) Clarke 3-5 0-2 6, Carter 2-10 5-5 9, Hines 4-10 3-4 13, Simons 4-8 4-4 13, VanDeest 8-10 2-2 18, Ricks Jr. 0-5 0-0 0, Jeffers 0-2 0-0 0, Mason 2-5 2-2 7, King 2-3 0-0 6, Ugbede 2-4 1-2 5. Totals 27-62 17-21 77.

IOWA ST. (8-3) Babb 3-11 6-9 13, Ejim 5-10 11-14 21, Lucious 3-11 0-0 7, Clyburn 4-7 9-9 17, Gibson 4-5 0-0 8, Long 0-1 0-0 0, Booker 2-4 0-0 4, McGee 1-5 0-2 3, Niang 4-5 4-7 13. Totals 26-59 30-41 86.

Halftime-Iowa St. 37-33. 3-Point Goals-Drake 6-20 (King 2-3, Hines 2-5, Mason 1-2, Simons 1-5, Clarke 0-1, Carter 0-1, Ricks Jr. 0-3), Iowa St. 4-19 (Niang 1-1, McGee 1-3, Babb 1-5, Lucious 1-5, Booker 0-1, Ejim 0-1, Clyburn 0-3). Fouled Out-Clarke, Jeffers, King, Simons. Rebounds-Drake 30 (Clarke 7), Iowa St. 45 (Ejim 11). Assists-Drake 15 (Carter, Mason, Simons 4), Iowa St. 15 (Ejim, Lucious 4). Total Fouls-Drake 31, Iowa St. 21. A-13,180.

MICHIGAN GUARD TREY BURKE (3) DRIVES TO THE BASKET against West Virginia guard Eron Harris in the second half on Saturday at the Barclays Center in New York. Michigan won, 81-66. percent from three-point range, finished 6-of-21 from behind the arc, 3-of15 in the second half.

Michigan shot 56 percent from the field (28 of 50) with an almost even split in each half.

The game, the third in a tripleheader called Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival, drew a crowd of 16,514.

MICHIGAN (11-0) Robinson III 2-4 4-6 8, Morgan 3-4 2-4 8, Burke 12-16 2-2 27, Hardaway Jr. 7-12 7-8 25, Stauskas 3-9 2-2 10, Albrecht 0-1 0-0 0, McGary 1-1 0-3 2, Horford 0-1 1-2 1, LeVert 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-50 18-27 81.

WEST VIRGINIA (4-5) Kilicli 0-3 0-0 0, Miles 1-2 1-2 4, Staten 4-10 4-6 12, Hinds 2-5 0-0 4, Henderson 7-14 6-6 23, Rutledge 0-3 1-2 1, Harris 3-3 2-2 10, Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Browne 1-7 6-6 8, Noreen 1-2 0-0 2, Gerun 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 20-52 20-24 66.

Halftime-Michigan 43-32. 3-Point Goals-Michigan 7-21 (Hardaway Jr. 4-8, Stauskas 2-7, Burke 1-2, LeVert 0-1, Albrecht 0-1, Robinson III 0-2), West Virginia 6-21 (Henderson 3-9, Harris 2-2, Miles 1-2, Gerun 0-1, Staten 0-1, Hinds 0-1, Browne 0-5). Fouled Out-Miles.

Rebounds-Michigan 32 (Robinson III 7), West Virginia 29 (Rutledge 7). AssistsMichigan 13 (Burke 8), West Virginia 12 (Staten 5). Total Fouls-Michigan 18, West Virginia 21. Technical-Stauskas.

A-16,514.

No. 14 Gonzaga 68, Kansas State 52 SEATTLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kelly Olynyk dominated inside with 20 points, and Gon-

zaga rebounded from its first loss of the season with an impressive win over Kansas State.

Making their annual trip to Seattle, Olynyk and the Bulldogs (10-1) controlled the interior and wore down the Wildcats in the second half. Olynykâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highlight was a rattling, one-handed slam with about nine minutes left that drew a technical foul for screaming, but also gave the Bulldogs a 14-point lead.

Gonzaga outscored Kansas State 38-12 in the paint.

Angel Rodriguez led Kansas State (7-2) with 14 points, but leading scorer Rodney McGruder had a miserable night. McGruder didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t score for the first 30 minutes and finished with four points.

KANSAS ST. (7-2) Williams 1-3 0-0 2, Gipson 0-1 0-2 0, Rodriguez 4-11 3-3 14, McGruder 1-9 2-2 4, Spradling 2-6 2-2 8, Southwell 3-5 1-2 7, Irving 1-3 0-0 3, Lawrence 1-2 2-2 4, Diaz 1-3 2-2 4, Henriquez 0-3 0-2 0, Schultz 0-0 0-0 0, Meyer 0-0 0-0 0, Orris 0-0 2-2 2, Johnson 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 16-48 14-19 52.

GONZAGA (10-1) Landry Edi 1-3 2-2 5, Harris 2-6 6-6 10, Olynyk 10-13 0-0 20, Pangos 3-6 2-2 9, Bell, Jr. 3-6 4-4 11, Dranginis 0-0 0-0 0, Stockton 0-3 0-0 0, Karnowski 2-5 1-2 5, Hart 0-1 2-4 2, Dower 3-6 0-0 6, Barham 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 24-51 17-20 68.

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Halftime-Gonzaga 27-26. 3-Point Goals-Kansas St. 6-18 (Rodriguez 3-7, Spradling 2-5, Irving 1-2, Southwell 0-1, McGruder 0-3), Gonzaga 3-12 (Landry Edi 1-1, Pangos 1-3, Bell, Jr. 1-3, Hart 0-1, Harris 0-1, Barham 0-1, Stockton 0-2). Fouled Out-Olynyk. ReboundsKansas St. 26 (McGruder 5), Gonzaga 33 (Harris 7). Assists-Kansas St. 10 (Rodriguez 3), Gonzaga 15 (Pangos 6). Total Fouls-Kansas St. 16, Gonzaga 17. Technicals-Rodriguez, Kansas St. Bench. A-16,241.

Iowa State 86, Drake 77 DES MOINES, IOWA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Junior Melvin Ejim notched his 11th career doubledouble with 21 points and 11 rebounds as Iowa State beat Drake in a contest marred by fouls.

Ejim returned to the starting lineup after one game off the bench and responded with his fourth double-double of the season to lead the Cyclones (8-3).

Drake (4-5) was down six with 3:13 left when Iowa Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Will Clyburn stole a pass under the Bulldogs basket for a decisive dunk and three-point play.

Clyburn finished with 17 points and 10 boards.

Seth VanDeest had 18 points to lead the Bulldogs, who committed four straight turnovers down

Texas 75, Texas State 63 AUSTIN, TEXAS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Javan Felix scored a career-high 20 points and distributed seven assists, and Texas overcame a poor shooting performance to beat Texas State at the Erwin Center.

Texas (6-4) shot just 39.7 percent from the floor compared to the Bobcats, which shot 34.5 percent. The Longhorns did hit 17 of their 21 free throws while Texas State converted just 18 of its 30 chances from the line.

Felix, a freshman point guard, scored 15 of his 20 points in the second half and took over the game in the final six minutes with the Bobcats within four at 58-54.

Jonathan Holmes added 14 points and 10 rebounds for Texas, Julien Lewis scored 13 points, and Sheldon McClellan added 10.

Matt Staff led Texas State (4-6) with 15 points and Reid Koenen added 10, all in the second half for the Bobcats.

TEXAS ST. (4-6) Stern 3-7 3-6 9, Staff 4-13 6-6 15, Wright 3-9 2-4 9, T. Jones 1-6 1-2 4, Davis 3-6 0-2 6, Hawkins 0-7 5-6 5, Koenen 4-8 1-2 10, Dorsey 0-0 0-0 0, Brown II 0-0 0-2 0, Hinton 2-2 0-0 5. Totals 20-58 18-30 63.

TEXAS (6-4) Holmes 5-8 3-4 14, Ridley 0-5 0-0 0, McClellan 2-11 6-9 10, Felix 7-17 5-5 20, Lewis 5-11 2-2 13, Holland 3-3 1-1 7, Lammert 3-8 0-0 7, Papapetrou 1-4 0-0 2, Ibeh 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 27-68 17-21 75.

Halftime-Texas 36-25. 3-Point GoalsTexas St. 5-20 (Hinton 1-1, Wright 1-2, Koenen 1-3, T. Jones 1-4, Staff 1-5, Stern 0-1, Davis 0-1, Hawkins 0-3), Texas 4-15 (Lewis 1-2, Holmes 1-2, Lammert 1-2, Felix 1-4, Papapetrou 0-1, McClellan 0-4). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsTexas St. 41 (Hawkins, Wright 7), Texas 43 (Lammert 11). Assists-Texas St. 10 (Hawkins, Wright 2), Texas 12 (Felix 7). Total Fouls-Texas St. 21, Texas 22.

A-10,189.

Oklahoma 64, Texas A&M 54 OKLAHOMA CITY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Romero Osby scored 19 points, Cameron Clark added a season-high 17 points off the bench, and Oklahoma beat former Big 12 rival Texas A&M in the All-College Classic.

Clark scored from the left block and then finished off a fast break with a finger roll to send Oklahoma (7-2) on a decisive 15-3 run midway through the second half.

Osby finished it off with a two-handed dunk off of Steven Pledgerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alleyoop to give the Sooners a 56-44 edge with 6:18 remaining.

Elston Turner led Texas A&M (7-2) with 17 points, and Ray Turner scored 12.

The Aggies matched their season high with 19 turnovers, including on four of five possessions after theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rallied to tie it at 41.

That allowed Oklahoma to take control for good.

TEXAS A&M (7-2) Roberson 2-3 0-0 4, R. Turner 5-10 2-4 12, Reese 4-7 0-0 8, Caruso 0-3 0-0 0, E. Turner 6-13 1-2 17, Young 2-5 2-2 6, Davis 0-0 0-0 0, Harris 1-7 4-4 7, Green 0-2 0-0 0, Jahns 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-50 9-12 54.

OKLAHOMA (7-2) Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Baye 0-3 0-0 0, Osby 5-9 9-9 19, Pledger 2-4 4-4 10, Hornbeak 0-6 2-2 2, Cousins 0-4 0-0 0, Grooms 1-2 0-0 2, Hield 4-9 2-2 12, Fitzgerald 1-5 0-0 2, Neal 0-0 0-0 0, Clark 8-12 1-2 17. Totals 21-54 18-19 64.

Halftime-Oklahoma 28-27. 3-Point Goals-Texas A&M 5-11 (E. Turner 4-6, Harris 1-4, Caruso 0-1), Oklahoma 4-16 (Pledger 2-3, Hield 2-5, Fitzgerald 0-1, Cousins 0-3, Hornbeak 0-4). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Texas A&M 35 (Young 10), Oklahoma 31 (Osby 7). AssistsTexas A&M 9 (Caruso 6), Oklahoma 11 (Hornbeak 3). Total Fouls-Texas A&M 15, Oklahoma 11. A-3,444.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

L AWRENCE J OURNAL -W ORLD

Sunday, December 16, 2012

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TOP 25 ROUNDUP

Dogged Butler knocks off No. 1 IU straight victory with a win over Purdue in the Crossroads Classic.

Eric Atkins had 17 points and seven assists, Pat Connaughton scored 16 and Garrick Sherman 11 for the Fighting Irish (9-1), who have won every game during their win streak by double digits. Former Purdue player Scott Martin chipped in with five points for Notre Dame on 2-for-8 shooting.

Purdue freshman Rapheal Davis scored all 21 of his points in the second half, helping the Boilermakers trim a 23-point second-half deficit to single digits at one point.

Ronnie Johnson scored 15 points and D.J. Byrd added 13 for Purdue (4-6).

The Associated Press

BUTLER (8-2) Barlow 2-3 2-2 6, Clarke 7-19 0-0 19, Jones 6-10 4-6 16, Marshall 5-10 1-2 11, Smith 5-8 1-2 12, Fromm 4-7 0-0 10, Aldridge 0-1 0-0 0, Dunham 2-4 3-4 8, Woods 0-0 0-0 0, Stigall 2-7 0-0 6. Totals 33-69 11-16 88.

INDIANA (9-1) Hulls 4-11 0-0 8, Watford 1-5 8-9 10, Oladipo 7-10 3-5 18, Ferrell 5-13 0-0 12, Zeller 4-9 10-14 18, Sheehey 4-8 3-6 13, Creek 0-0 0-0 0, Mosquera-Perea 1-1 0-0 2, Abell 1-6 3-4 5, Hollowell 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 27-63 27-38 86.

Halftime-Indiana 37-33. End Of Regulation-Tied 76. 3-Point GoalsButler 11-24 (Clarke 5-11, Fromm 2-3, Stigall 2-6, Smith 1-1, Dunham 1-2, Barlow 0-1), Indiana 5-12 (Sheehey 2-3, Ferrell 2-4, Oladipo 1-1, Abell 0-1, Watford 0-1, Hulls 0-2). Fouled OutFromm, Jones, Smith. Rebounds-Butler 40 (Jones 12), Indiana 38 (Ferrell 8).

Assists-Butler 13 (Jones 7), Indiana 14 (Hulls 5). Total Fouls-Butler 27, Indiana 18. A-19,192.

No. 4 Syracuse 85, Canisius 61 SYRACUSE, N.Y. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; James Southerland broke out of a slump with 21 points, and Brandon Triche had 19 to lead Syracuse over Canisius in the Gotham Classic.

Michael Carter-Williams added 12 points and 14 assists as Syracuse (90) extended its home winning streak to 29 games â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the longest in the nation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and moved head coach Jim Boeheim within one victory of 900. Mike Krzyzewski (936) and Bob Knight (902) are the only Division I menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coaches to reach that milestone.

The Orangeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next game is at home against Detroit on Monday night.

Canisius (6-2) was off to its best start since 197374 and was riding a threegame winning streak on the road. The Golden Griffins havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t beaten a ranked team since a 72-69 win over No. 13 Cincinnati in December 1994.

Billy Baron and Isaac Sosa each scored 15 points to lead Canisius.

CANISIUS (6-2) Manhertz 0-0 2-2 2, Jor. Heath 1-3 0-0 3, Washington 3-10 2-2 9, Baron 6-15 1-3 15, Sosa 5-11 0-0 15, Asprilla 0-1 2-2 2, Groves 2-5 0-0 5, Edwards 0-1 1-2 1, Hymes 2-7 0-0 6, Jos. Heath 1-4 1-1 3.

Totals 20-57 9-12 61.

SYRACUSE (9-0) Fair 3-7 2-2 8, Christmas 5-7 0-0 10, Coleman 3-5 1-5 7, Carter-Williams 4-9 3-4 12, Triche 7-11 3-5 19, Grant 1-3 0-0 3, Hart 0-0 0-0 0, Cooney 0-2 0-0 0, Keita 1-3 0-2 2, Hoffmann 0-0 0-0 0, LydeCajuste 0-0 0-0 0, DeRemer 0-0 0-0 0, Nassar 1-1 0-0 3, Southerland 9-14 0-0 21. Totals 34-62 9-18 85.

Halftime-Syracuse 35-32. 3-Point Goals-Canisius 12-30 (Sosa 5-9, Hymes 2-4, Baron 2-5, Jor. Heath 1-2, Groves 1-3, Washington 1-6, Edwards 0-1), Syracuse 8-14 (Southerland 3-6, Triche 2-3, Grant 1-1, Nassar 1-1, Carter-Williams 1-3). Fouled OutManhertz. Rebounds-Canisius 37 (Baron 7), Syracuse 34 (Coleman, Fair, Keita 6). Assists-Canisius 11 (Baron, Washington 4), Syracuse 23 (CarterWilliams 14). Total Fouls-Canisius 15, Syracuse 15. A-18,120.

No. 6 Louisville 87, Memphis 78 MEMPHIS, TENN. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chane Behanan scored 22 points, and Louisville rallied from 16 points down

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BUTLER FORWARD KHYLE MARSHALL (23) AND GUARD ROTNEI CLARKE CELEBRATE after Butler defeated No. 1 Indiana, 88-86 in overtime, on Saturday in Indianapolis. in the first half to beat Memphis.

Louisville (9-1) trailed 25-9 in the first half before pulling out its fourth straight win in a rivalry against a team the Cardinals have played in three conferences. The Big East will be the fourth when Memphis joins in July.

Russ Smith scored 13 of his 19 points in the second half for Louisville. Peyton Siva added 19 points, and Luke Hancock had 11.

Joe Jackson led Memphis (6-3) with 23 points and eight assists, and Tarik Black scored 21.

LOUISVILLE (9-1) Blackshear 2-4 3-6 8, Behanan 7-12 7-8 22, Price 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 3-11 12-12 19, Siva 5-10 9-12 19, Ware 1-3 2-2 5, Hancock 3-6 2-2 11, Henderson 0-0 0-0 0, Harrell 0-4 3-4 3, Van Treese 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 21-50 38-46 87.

MEMPHIS (6-3) Thomas 2-6 0-0 4, Goodwin 1-4 2-2 4, Stephens 4-5 1-2 10, Jackson 7-9 6-8 23, Crawford 2-12 0-0 4, Hall 0-0 0-0 0, Barton 0-0 0-0 0, Black 9-11 3-6 21, Wilson 0-0 0-0 0, Simpson 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 4-9 2-2 12. Totals 29-56 14-20 78.

Halftime-Memphis 35-28. 3-Point Goals-Louisville 7-17 (Hancock 3-5, Ware 1-1, Blackshear 1-2, Behanan 1-2, Smith 1-6, Siva 0-1), Memphis 6-17 (Jackson 3-4, Johnson 2-4, Stephens 1-2, Thomas 0-2, Crawford 0-5). Fouled Out-Black, Goodwin, Jackson, Johnson, Stephens. Rebounds-Louisville 28 (Harrell 6), Memphis 34 (Johnson, Stephens 8). Assists-Louisville 15 (Siva 7), Memphis 18 (Jackson 8). Total FoulsLouisville 20, Memphis 33. A-18,392.

No. 7 Ohio St. 90, UNC Asheville 72 COLUMBUS, OHIO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sam Thompson scored a career-high 18 points, and Ohio State made the most of an opportunity to get out and run to beat UNC Asheville.

Deshaun Thomas had 17 points, Lenzelle Smith Jr. 16 and Evan Ravenel tied a career best with 12 points in the first half for the Buckeyes (8-1), who tuned up for a big showdown Saturday against No. 9 Kansas with their fourth game on an eightgame homestand.

Keith Hornsby had a career-high 26 points for Asheville (3-7), which had won two straight heading into a tough three-game road trip.

UNC ASHEVILLE (3-7) Atkinson 4-12 3-4 11, Weeks 5-8 4-4 14, Nwannunu 3-7 2-2 8, Hornsby 9-12 2-2 26, Meyer 0-7 1-2 1, Neely 0-3 0-0 0, Littlejohn 0-1 0-0 0, Hughes 1-3 1-2 3, Cunningham 3-6 3-3 9. Totals 25-59 16-19 72.

OHIO ST. (8-1) Thomas 6-14 3-4 17, Ravenel 6-7 0-0 12, Craft 3-4 0-0 6, Thompson 5-7 7-8 18, Smith, Jr. 7-10 0-0 16, Scott 3-4 0-2 7, Ross 4-10 0-0 8, Rogers 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 2-2 0-2 4, Della Valle 0-1 0-1 0, McDonald 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 36-61 12-19 90.

Halftime-Ohio St. 50-35. 3-Point Goals-UNC Asheville 6-20 (Hornsby 6-8, Neely 0-1, Hughes 0-2, Atkinson 0-3, Meyer 0-6), Ohio St. 6-18 (Smith, Jr. 2-3, Thomas 2-6, Scott 1-2, Thompson 1-2, Della Valle 0-1, Ross 0-4). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-UNC Asheville 32 (Weeks 6), Ohio St. 32 (Thomas 10).

Assists-UNC Asheville 14 (Atkinson, Meyer, Weeks 3), Ohio St. 25 (Scott 9).

Total Fouls-UNC Asheville 17, Ohio St. 20. A-15,041.

No. 11 Cincinnati 72, Marshall 56 CHARLESTON, W.VA. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cashmere Wright scored 14 points, and Cincinnati overcame an off game from top scorer Sean Kilpatrick to beat Marshall.

Cincinnati improved to 10-0 for the second time in three seasons and 10th in school history.

Kilpatrick tied his season low with 13 points on 5-of-15 shooting, while Justin Jackson scored 10 for the Bearcats. Kilpatrick

overcame a poor first half with nine points in the final eight minutes.

D.D. Scarver and Elijah Pittman scored 20 points apiece for Marshall (6-5).

Last year, Marshall overcame a nine-point deficit in the second half and beat the Bearcats 73-69 in overtime in Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI (10-0) Jackson 5-6 0-0 10, Mbodj 4-4 1-3 9, Wright 5-13 0-0 14, Kilpatrick 5-15 1-2 13, Parker 3-8 2-2 8, Rubles 0-5 2-2 2, Thomas 3-4 2-4 8, Guyn 0-1 0-0 0, Sanders 2-5 0-0 4, Nyarsuk 2-3 0-0 4.

Totals 29-64 8-13 72.

MARSHALL (6-5) Tinnon 0-3 2-6 2, Pittman 6-9 6-8 20, Spikes 0-6 1-4 1, Martin 0-1 0-0 0, Scarver 7-16 1-2 20, Goff 2-4 3-4 7, Hanner 1-1 1-2 3, Boykins 0-0 0-1 0, Manning 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 17-43 14-27 56.

Halftime-Cincinnati 29-25. 3-Point Goals-Cincinnati 6-17 (Wright 4-7, Kilpatrick 2-8, Parker 0-1, Guyn 0-1), Marshall 8-12 (Scarver 5-7, Pittman 2-4, Manning 1-1). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Cincinnati 40 (Rubles 8), Marshall 31 (Tinnon 7). AssistsCincinnati 14 (Jackson, Wright 3), Marshall 9 (Tinnon 3). Total FoulsCincinnati 22, Marshall 15. A-5,432.

No. 15 Georgetown 81, Western Carolina 68 WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Greg Whittington scored a career-high 25 points to lead Georgetown to a win over Western Carolina.

Jabril Trawick added a career-high 14 points, and Otto Porter had 12 for the Hoyas (9-1), who took control with a 13-3 run at the end of the first half against a school that fell to 0-38 against teams ranked in the AP poll.

Tom Tankelewicz made six three-pointers and scored 24 points to lead the Catamounts (4-7).

Georgetown is among seven Big East schools without top-level football programs who announced after the game they plan to split from the conference.

W. CAROLINA (4-7) Tankelewicz 8-14 2-2 24, Brown 1-3 0-0 2, Sinclair 2-6 2-4 7, King 2-7 1-3 5, Ross 4-4 1-1 10, Hall 0-0 0-0 0, Harrelson 0-3 0-0 0, Brummitt 0-1 0-0 0, Sumler 3-6 3-4 11, Mendenhall 1-1 0-0 2, Boggs 3-7 0-0 7. Totals 24-52 9-14 68.

GEORGETOWN (9-1) Whittington 8-12 6-8 25, Hopkins 0-4 4-7 4, Starks 5-8 0-0 10, Porter 5-11 2-3 12, Lubick 2-3 0-0 4, Smith-Rivera 1-7 3-4 6, Bowen 0-0 0-0 0, Domingo 1-2 1-1 3, Ayegba 1-1 1-2 3, Trawick 3-5 6-8 14.

Totals 26-53 23-33 81.

Halftime-Georgetown 42-30. 3-Point Goals-W. Carolina 11-22 (Tankelewicz 6-11, Sumler 2-3, Boggs 1-1, Ross 1-1, Sinclair 1-4, Harrelson 0-1, Brummitt 0-1), Georgetown 6-15 (Whittington 3-5, Trawick 2-2, Smith-Rivera 1-4, Starks 0-1, Porter 0-3). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-W. Carolina 27 (King, Ross, Tankelewicz 4), Georgetown 34 (Whittington 11). Assists-W. Carolina 16 (Sinclair 4), Georgetown 16 (Hopkins 4).

Total Fouls-W. Carolina 25, Georgetown 14. A-7,341.

No. 17 New Mexico 73, New Mexico State 58 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alex Kirk scored seven of his 15 points in an early New Mexico run to help the Lobos beat downstate rival New Mexico State.

Kendall Williams added 15 points, seven assists and a career-high eight rebounds for the Lobos (110), while Chad Adams had 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Kirk also equaled a career high with five blocks, part of a strong New Mexico defensive performance that limited the Aggies to 32.8 percent shooting from the field.

Daniel Mullings scored 14 to lead New Mexico State (5-5).

The Lobos went on a decisive 11-2 run midway through the first half, turning a 17-14 lead into a 28-16 advantage.

The Aggies pulled to 4336 early in the second half, but New Mexico regained a double-digit lead with an 11-4 surge.

NEW MEXICO ST. (5-5) Sy 2-14 0-0 5, Watson 0-5 4-4 4, Bhullar 4-7 1-1 9, Ross-Miller 2-7 4-4 8, Mullings 5-10 4-5 14, Barry 1-2 1-2 4, Aronis 0-2 0-0 0, de Rouen 3-5 1-2 9, Dixon 2-6 1-1 5. Totals 19-58 16-19 58.

NEW MEXICO (11-0) Adams 2-4 7-8 13, Kirk 5-11 5-9 15, Greenwood 2-4 0-0 5, K. Williams 4-10 6-6 15, Snell 4-7 0-0 10, Thomas 0-0 0-0 0, Fenton 2-3 1-2 6, Banyard 0-1 0-0 0, Alford 0-0 0-0 0, Walker 0-4 2-2 2, Bairstow 1-3 5-8 7. Totals 20-47 26-35 73.

Halftime-New Mexico 39-32. 3-Point Goals-New Mexico St. 4-16 (de Rouen 2-2, Barry 1-2, Sy 1-5, Ross-Miller 0-1, Mullings 0-1, Aronis 0-2, Watson 0-3), New Mexico 7-13 (Adams 2-2, Snell 2-2, Fenton 1-1, Greenwood 1-1, K. Williams 1-2, Banyard 0-1, Kirk 0-2, Walker 0-2). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-New Mexico St. 33 (Watson 11), New Mexico 37 (Adams 10). Assists-New Mexico St. 12 (Ross-Miller 4), New Mexico 15 (K. Williams 7). Total Fouls-New Mexico St. 23, New Mexico 17. A-15,411.

No. 19 Michigan St. 92, Tuskegee 56 EAST LANSING, MICH. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Keith Appling matched a career high with 25 points to lead Michigan State to a win over Tuskegee at Jenison Field House, where the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Game of Changeâ&#x20AC;? was held during the 1963 NCAA Tournament.

The Spartans (9-2) played their first game in their former home for hoops since 1989 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a decade after Magic Johnson called it his home court during a championship season â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to celebrate a historic event in the same venue nearly a half-century ago.

Calvin Thomas scored 14, and Javier McKinney had 12 points for the Golden Tigers (1-5).

Mississippi State, whose team had only white players nearly a half-century ago, defied a state prohibition against playing integrated teams to face Loyola of Chicago, which had four black starters, in East Lansing during the 1963 NCAA Tournament.

Loyola won the game en route to winning the NCAA title that year.

TUSKEGEE (1-5) McKinney 5-21 0-0 12, Thomas 6-18 2-2 14, Dixon 2-5 1-2 5, Jones 0-2 0-0 0, Savoy 0-3 0-0 0, Alexander 0-1 1-2 1, Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Taylor 0-0 0-0 0, Pettway 2-6 1-2 7, Cook 2-5 1-2 5, Foster 3-3 1-1 8, Dean 1-6 1-4 4, Olatunji 0-1 0-0 0, Spellman 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-72 8-15 56.

MICHIGAN ST. (9-2) Appling 7-9 9-11 25, Harris 1-7 8-8 10, Dawson 3-8 1-2 7, Nix 4-9 3-4 11, Valentine 2-3 0-0 4, Byrd 3-7 0-0 7, Gauna 0-2 0-0 0, Kearney 2-3 0-0 4, Payne 4-8 4-4 12, Costello 2-4 2-2 6, Wetzel 0-0 0-0 0, Trice 2-6 0-1 6, Chapman 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 30-67 27-32 92.

Halftime-Michigan St. 33-26. 3-Point Goals-Tuskegee 6-22 (Pettway 2-4, McKinney 2-8, Foster 1-1, Dean 1-2, Jones 0-1, Thomas 0-6), Michigan St. 5-18 (Appling 2-2, Trice 2-5, Byrd 1-5, Kearney 0-1, Harris 0-5). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Tuskegee 35 (Cook 7), Michigan St. 63 (Nix 13). AssistsTuskegee 14 (McKinney 4), Michigan St. 19 (Trice 4). Total Fouls-Tuskegee 25, Michigan St. 13. A-6,589.

No. 21 North Carolina 93, East Carolina 87 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; James Michael McAdoo scored 19 points to help North Carolina hold off East Carolina.

P.J. Hairston added 18 for the Tar Heels (82), who emerged from a weeklong break due to fall exams with their third straight victory. North Carolina shot 55 percent in the first half to build a 16-point lead at the break, but the Pirates â&#x20AC;&#x201D; coached by former UNC guard Jeff Lebo â&#x20AC;&#x201D; outplayed the Tar Heels through much of the second half and made it a tough run to the finish.

Akeem Richmond scored 17 points to lead East Carolina (6-2), which got as close as four points in the final minute.

EAST CAROLINA (6-2) Kemp 4-10 7-8 15, Armstrong 2-9 3-4 7, Sampson 4-7 2-4 10, Paul 4-10 6-6 15, Roberts-Campbell 2-5 1-2 7, Bowden 2-5 0-0 6, Gaines 0-1 0-0 0, Guilmette 4-8 2-3 10, Richmond 6-12 0-0 17, Zangari 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-67 21-27 87.

NORTH CAROLINA (8-2) Bullock 6-9 0-0 14, McAdoo 5-14 9-10 19, Johnson 2-4 1-2 5, Strickland 4-6 3-4 12, Paige 2-6 1-2 6, James 1-4 0-0 2, McDonald 3-9 1-1 7, Hairston 6-10 4-4 18, Hubert 0-0 0-0 0, Tokoto 5-5 0-1 10, Davis 0-0 0-0 0, Simmons 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 34-67 19-24 93.

Halftime-North Carolina 42-26. 3-Point Goals-East Carolina 10-27 (Richmond 5-10, Bowden 2-4, Roberts-Campbell 2-4, Paul 1-3, Gaines 0-1, Kemp 0-2, Sampson 0-3), North Carolina 6-14 (Bullock 2-3, Hairston 2-4, Strickland 1-2, Paige 1-2, McDonald 0-3). Fouled Out-Armstrong, Bullock. Rebounds-East Carolina 36 (Kemp 14), North Carolina 40 (Bullock, McAdoo 7). Assists-East Carolina 15 (Paul 8), North Carolina 20 (Strickland 10). Total Fouls-East Carolina 20, North Carolina 19. A-19,147.

No. 22 Notre Dame 81, Purdue 68 INDIANAPOLIS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jack Cooley had 18 points and nine rebounds to lead Notre Dame to its seventh

PURDUE (4-6) T. Johnson 2-9 0-0 4, R. Johnson 6-14 3-6 15, Hammons 2-6 3-4 7, Byrd 4-11 2-2 13, Lawson 1-2 0-0 2, A. Johnson 2-7 2-2 6, Anthrop 0-0 0-0 0, Simpson 0-3 0-0 0, Davis 8-9 4-5 21, Carroll 0-0 0-0 0, Marcius 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-61 14-19 68.

NOTRE DAME (9-1) Atkins 4-10 8-13 17, Martin 2-8 0-0 5, Grant 3-7 3-4 9, Connaughton 5-10 4-4 16, Cooley 6-11 6-8 18, Biedscheid 1-2 2-2 5, Sherman 5-5 1-2 11. Totals 26-53 24-33 81.

Halftime-Notre Dame 39-31. 3-Point Goals-Purdue 4-12 (Byrd 3-7, Davis 1-1, A. Johnson 0-1, T. Johnson 0-3), Notre Dame 5-15 (Connaughton 2-4, Biedscheid 1-2, Atkins 1-3, Martin 1-5, Grant 0-1). Fouled Out-Davis. Rebounds-Purdue 33 (Byrd 5), Notre Dame 38 (Cooley 9). AssistsPurdue 10 (T. Johnson 4), Notre Dame 19 (Grant 8). Total Fouls-Purdue 24, Notre Dame 16. Technicals-Purdue Bench, Notre Dame Bench. A-19,192.

No. 25 N. Carolina St. 84, Norfolk State 62 RALEIGH, N.C. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Freshman T.J. Warren scored 21 points to lead North Carolina State past Norfolk State.

Lorenzo Brown scored 16 points, and Richard Howell added 12 points and a career-high 19 rebounds for the Wolfpack (7-2).

They shot 57 percent and broke the game open with a transition-fueled run that bridged the halves, forcing 16 turnovers and turning them into 21 points while winning their third straight.

Malcolm Hawkins had 16 points for the Spartans (6-7), who lost their second straight â&#x20AC;&#x201D; both against Top 25 opponents.

They hung around in this one for the first 15 minutes, but managed just one basket in about 101â &#x201E;2 minutes while the game got away from them.

N.C. State improved to 29-0 against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference teams.

NORFOLK ST. (6-7) Johnson 1-5 1-2 4, Fuentes 1-9 5-6 7, Williams 2-10 0-0 4, Goode 1-3 0-0 2, Hawkins 3-9 9-11 16, Lila-St. Rose 1-3 0-0 2, Phelps 2-4 0-0 5, Weathers 0-2 0-0 0, Brown 4-9 0-0 8, Estime 0-1 0-0 0, Gaston 5-8 1-2 11, Rogers 1-1 1-2 3.

Totals 21-64 17-23 62.

NC STATE (7-2) Purvis 4-12 2-4 10, Howell 3-6 6-6 12, Brown 7-8 1-1 16, Leslie 4-6 3-8 11, Wood 2-5 1-1 6, Cannon 0-0 0-0 0, T. Lewis 1-3 4-6 6, J. Lewis 0-1 0-0 0, Warren 9-11 1-2 21, Battle 0-0 0-0 0, Robinson 1-2 0-0 2.

Totals 31-54 18-28 84.

Halftime-NC State 38-25. 3-Point Goals-Norfolk St. 3-16 (Phelps 1-1, Johnson 1-2, Hawkins 1-3, Estime 0-1, Weathers 0-1, Lila-St. Rose 0-1, Brown 0-2, Williams 0-5), NC State 4-11 (Warren 2-2, Brown 1-1, Wood 1-4, T. Lewis 0-1, Purvis 0-3). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Norfolk St. 32 (Gaston 6), NC State 42 (Howell 19). Assists-Norfolk St. 10 (Fuentes 4), NC State 21 (Brown 7). Total Fouls-Norfolk St. 21, NC State 19. A-12,384.

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Butler 88, No. 1 Indiana 86, OT INDIANAPOLIS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Walkon Alex Barlow drove in for a spinning 6-foot jumper with 2.4 seconds left in overtime, and Butler toppled Indiana on Saturday in the Crossroads Classic for their first victory over a top-ranked team in school history.

Barlow, a sophomore, had scored only 12 points this season and just 18 in his college career.

But the Bulldogs (8-2) put the ball in his hands with 19.3 seconds to go. As the clock ran down, Barlow slowly moved toward the lane, then took a couple of dribbles, stopped and put up a shot that hit the back of the rim and dropped in.

The Hoosiers (9-1) called timeout to set up a play but could only muster a half-court heave from Jordan Hulls. The shot went left of the basket and missed everything, ending one of this seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best college games.

Rotnei Clarke scored 19 points for Butler, and Roosevelt Jones had 16 points, 12 rebounds and six assists before fouling out with 2:03 left in regulation.

The Hoosiers were led

by Cody Zeller, who had 18 points, including a layup to tie the score at 86 with 19.3 seconds left in overtime. Victor Oladipo also had 18 points.

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NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W 18 13 12 12 5

New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston Toronto

L 5 10 11 11 19

Pct .783 .565 .522 .522 .208

GB — 5 6 6 131⁄2

L 6 7 13 16 18

Pct .714 .667 .435 .304 .143

GB — 1 6 9 12

L 9 10 11 19 20

Pct .591 .545 .542 .269 .200

GB — 1 1 8 91⁄2

Southeast Division W 15 14 10 7 3

Miami Atlanta Orlando Charlotte Washington

Central Division W 13 12 13 7 5

Chicago Milwaukee Indiana Detroit Cleveland

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W 19 15 11 11 5

San Antonio Memphis Houston Dallas New Orleans

L 6 6 11 13 17

Pct .760 .714 .500 .458 .227

GB — 2 61⁄2 71⁄2 121⁄2

Pct .826 .571 .520 .500 .455

GB — 6 7 71⁄2 81⁄2

L10 9-1 4-6 5-5 6-4 2-8

Str W-4 L-1 L-2 L-2 W-1

Home Away Conf 10-0 8-5 12-2 8-5 5-5 10-5 8-6 4-5 7-9 8-4 4-7 7-8 4-5 1-14 2-8

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

W-1 W-2 L-3 L-6

9-2 9-5 7-3 3-10

W 19 12 13 12 10

L 4 9 12 12 12

L10 10-0 6-4 6-4 4-6 4-6

Str W-10 W-4 L-2 W-1 W-2

Home Away Conf 13-2 6-2 10-2 7-3 5-6 6-5 9-2 4-10 9-10 6-1 6-11 8-6 6-4 4-8 6-6

6-4 2-6 4-10 2-7

8-5 3-10 5-6 2-11

Pacific Division W 17 16 10 9 7

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

L 6 8 14 15 15

Pct .739 .667 .417 .375 .318

Saturday’s games Golden State 115, Atlanta 93 New York 103, Cleveland 102 Orlando 107, Charlotte 98 Indiana 88, Detroit 77 Miami 102, Washington 72 Chicago 83, Brooklyn 82 Minnesota 114, Dallas 106, OT San Antonio 103, Boston 88 L.A. Clippers 111, Milwaukee 85 Memphis 99, Utah 86

Today’s games Houston at Toronto, noon Denver at Sacramento, 5 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Portland, 8 p.m.

Monday’s games

GB — 11⁄2 71⁄2 81⁄2 91⁄2

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

Str W-9 W-1 W-1 W-2 L-3

Home Away Conf 10-3 7-3 10-3 6-3 10-5 6-6 7-6 3-8 7-10 7-5 2-10 5-6 6-6 1-9 4-9

Paul Pierce, Boston Pts: 18. Reb: 5. Ast: 4. Min: 30.

Brandon Rush, Golden State Did not play (knee injury).

Josh Selby, Memphis Did not play (coach’s decision).

Tyshawn Taylor, Brooklyn Did not play (coach’s decision).

Calendar

Houston at New York, L.A. Clippers at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago at Memphis, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Feb. 15-17 — NBA All-Star weekend (Houston).

Feb. 21 — Trade deadline.

April 20 — Playoffs begin.

June 6 — NBA Finals begin (possible switch to June 4).

June 20 — Last possible date for NBA Finals (possible switch to June 18).

June 27 — NBA draft.

Leaders THROUGH DEC. 14 Scoring Bryant, LAL Anthony, NYK Durant, OKC James, MIA Harden, HOU Aldridge, POR Westbrook, OKC Mayo, DAL Pierce, BOS Curry, GOL Ellis, MIL Gay, MEM Lee, GOL Parker, SAN Lillard, POR Bosh, MIA Holiday, PHL Anderson, NOR Howard, LAL Griffin, LAC Rebounds Varejao, CLE Randolph, MEM Howard, LAL Asik, HOU Lee, GOL Noah, CHI

G 24 20 23 20 21 21 23 23 22 23 21 20 23 22 22 20 22 22 24 22

FG FT PTS 234 184 704 190 126 557 202 192 632 202 78 510 156 167 521 176 89 441 170 103 478 165 76 470 138 123 436 156 82 455 149 92 406 147 67 384 182 77 441 168 76 420 144 79 416 134 97 369 162 58 404 153 22 401 155 126 437 166 67 400

AVG 29.3 27.9 27.5 25.5 24.8 21.0 20.8 20.4 19.8 19.8 19.3 19.2 19.2 19.1 18.9 18.5 18.4 18.2 18.2 18.2

G 23 20 24 22 23 21

OFFDEF TOT AVG 133 210 343 14.9 95 153 248 12.4 88 199 287 12.0 78 176 254 11.5 72 192 264 11.5 81 142 223 10.6

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GOLDEN STATE (115) Barnes 8-14 0-0 19, Lee 10-14 0-0 20, Biedrins 0-0 0-0 0, Curry 6-20 3-3 18, Thompson 3-9 0-0 7, Jack 5-13 0-0 13, Landry 8-10 3-3 19, Green 2-8 1-1 5, C.Jenkins 3-3 0-1 6, Jefferson 1-2 0-0 2, Tyler 1-3 0-0 2, Bazemore 2-3 0-0 4.

Totals 49-99 7-8 115.

ATLANTA (93) Stevenson 2-6 0-0 6, Smith 1-12 1-2 3, Horford 7-11 3-6 17, Teague 3-11 4-4 10, Korver 1-5 0-0 3, Harris 0-3 0-2 0, Williams 6-13 3-4 16, Johnson 7-10 1-3 15, Pachulia 0-1 2-2 2, J.Jenkins 3-8 1-1 8, Tolliver 0-1 4-4 4, Scott 1-2 7-8 9, Petro 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-84 26-36 93.

Golden State 26 36 26 27—115 Atlanta 26 23 19 25— 93 3-Point Goals-Golden State 10-24 (Barnes 3-4, Jack 3-5, Curry 3-11, Thompson 1-3, Jefferson 0-1), Atlanta 5-26 (Stevenson 2-5, Korver 1-5, J.Jenkins 1-6, Williams 1-6, Harris 0-1, Teague 0-1, Smith 0-2). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Golden State 60 (Lee 11), Atlanta 54 (Johnson, Horford 9).

Assists-Golden State 32 (Curry 11), Atlanta 21 (Teague 8). Total FoulsGolden State 25, Atlanta 15. TechnicalsCurry, Golden State defensive three second, Atlanta Coach Drew. A-15,145 (18,729).

Heat 102, Wizards 72 MIAMI — LeBron James had 23 points and 10 reHow former bounds, and Miami never Jayhawks fared trailed on the way to beating Washington.

Udonis Haslem and Darrell Arthur, Memphis Dwyane Wade each Did not play (concussion). scored 13 for Miami, which outscored WashMario Chalmers, Miami ington 29-10 in the third Pts: 9. Reb: 5. Ast: 3. Min: 32. quarter to build a 33-point lead. James had 16 points alone in the third, ensurDrew Gooden, Milwaukee Pts: 5. Reb: 4. Ast: 0. Min: 13. ing he would finish with at least 20 points for the 26th straight regular-season Kirk Hinrich, Chicago game and 42nd consecuDid not play (bruised knee). tive game overall dating to last season.

Minnesota at Orlando, 6 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

Roundup

Warriors 115, Hawks 93 ATLANTA — David Lee had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Golden State completed an impressive road trip with a victory L10 Str Home Away Conf over Atlanta on Saturday night.

7-3 W-1 11-2 4-4 8-3 Stephen Curry collect7-3 L-1 8-4 6-3 8-3 ed 18 points, 11 assists and 4-6 W-2 5-6 5-7 4-9 eight rebounds for Golden State, which went in front 0-10 L-11 5-10 2-6 5-7 to stay in the second quar3-7 L-3 2-8 1-10 1-12 ter. Harrison Barnes and Carl Landry each had 19 L10 Str Home Away Conf points.

The Warriors capped 7-3 W-2 7-6 6-3 9-3 a 6-1 tour against Eastern 5-5 L-1 6-5 6-5 10-5 Conference teams, includ6-4 W-3 7-3 6-8 7-5 ing a win at Miami. It was 3-7 L-4 5-7 2-12 5-7 the team’s first winning 2-8 L-3 3-7 2-13 3-12 road trip of at least six games since a 4-3 trip in the 1970-71 season.

Al Horford led Atlanta with 17 points. Lou Williams scored 16 and Ivan Todd Kirkland/AP Photo L10 Str Home Away Conf Johnson had 15 points and GOLDEN STATE’S HARRISON BARNES, RIGHT, drives against Atlanta’s Kyle Korver. The 7-3 W-1 8-2 11-4 10-4 nine rebounds.

Warriors defeated the Hawks, 115-93, on Saturday night in Atlanta.

Northwest Division Oklahoma City Minnesota Utah Denver Portland

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Jefferson, UTA Duncan, SAN Hickson, POR Faried, DEN Assists Rondo, BOS Paul, LAC Holiday, PHL Westbrook, OKC Vasquez, NOR Williams, Bro Parker, SAN Lawson, DEN M. Williams, UTA Calderon, TOR FG Percentage Chandler, NYK McGee, DEN Ibaka, OKC Howard, LAL Jordan, LAC Hickson, POR Landry, GOL James, MIA Bosh, MIA Garnett, BOS

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54 42 81 97

186 193 133 144

240 235 214 241

10.4 10.2 10.2 10.0

G AST AVG 19 245 12.9 22 200 9.1 22 196 8.9 23 201 8.7 22 190 8.6 22 185 8.4 22 164 7.5 24 169 7.0 20 140 7.0 24 164 6.8 FG 102 111 140 155 88 101 102 202 134 143

FGA 144 187 241 267 152 182 187 373 248 265

PCT .708 .594 .581 .581 .579 .555 .545 .542 .540 .540

WASHINGTON (72) Singleton 3-6 1-1 7, Webster 1-6 2-2 4, Okafor 4-8 0-2 8, Crawford 2-12 0-0 5, Beal 6-18 5-6 19, Livingston 1-3 0-0 2, Seraphin 3-8 0-0 6, Martin 6-9 2-2 18, Vesely 1-2 0-0 2, Barron 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 27-72 11-15 72.

MIAMI (102) James 8-15 7-11 23, Haslem 6-7 1-2 13, Bosh 5-7 2-2 12, Chalmers 4-8 0-0 9, Wade 5-8 3-4 13, Battier 2-7 0-0 6, Anthony 2-5 0-0 4, Allen 2-4 0-0 6, Cole 1-6 1-2 3, Miller 1-3 0-0 3, Lewis 1-4 0-0 3, Jones 1-2 0-0 3, Pittman 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 40-79 14-21 102.

Washington 14 22 10 26— 72 Miami 26 24 29 23—102 3-Point Goals-Washington 7-20 (Martin 4-6, Beal 2-6, Crawford 1-5, Webster 0-1, Singleton 0-2), Miami 8-27 (Allen 2-3, Battier 2-6, Lewis 1-2, Jones 1-2, Miller 1-3, Chalmers 1-4, Cole 0-2, Bosh 0-2, James 0-3). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Washington 44 (Okafor 10), Miami 51 (James 10). AssistsWashington 16 (Crawford 6), Miami 25 (Wade 6). Total Fouls-Washington 18, Miami 15. A-19,724 (19,600).

Knicks 103, Cavaliers 102 NEW YORK — Raymond Felton scored 25 points, Tyson Chandler had 23, and New York overcame Kyrie Irving’s career-high 41 points and the absence of Carmelo Anthony to beat Cleveland.

The Knicks won their fourth straight when Anderson Varejao missed the second of two free throws with one second left. They improved the NBA’s only unbeaten home record to 10-0, their best start since the 1991-92 team won its first 11 at Madison Square Garden.

Anthony, the NBA’s No. 2 scorer, missed the game after spraining his left ankle Thursday in the third quarter of a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. But Chandler scored 21 in the second half and grabbed 10 rebounds.

CLEVELAND (102) Gee 4-12 1-1 9, Thompson 5-5 0-0 10, Varejao 3-6 3-5 9, Irving 15-25 6-7 41, Miles 7-18 0-0 17, Gibson 2-9 0-0 5, Zeller 4-5 0-0 8, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Sloan 0-2 3-4 3.

Totals 40-82 13-17 102.

NEW YORK (103) Brewer 1-3 0-0 2, Copeland 4-5 1-2 11, Chandler 9-10 5-7 23, Kidd 3-14 0-0 9, Felton 9-20 4-4 25, Smith 6-20 3-4 16, Novak 4-9 1-2 13, Thomas 1-2 2-4 4, Prigioni 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 37-85 16-23 103.

Cleveland 28 17 28 29 — 102 New York 27 21 30 25 — 103 3-Point Goals-Cleveland 9-24 (Irving 5-8, Miles 3-9, Gibson 1-4, Gee 0-3), New York 13-35 (Novak 4-7, Felton 3-4, Kidd 3-13, Copeland 2-3, Smith 1-5, Brewer 0-1, Prigioni 0-2). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Cleveland 52 (Varejao, Miles 8), New York 49 (Chandler 10). AssistsCleveland 15 (Varejao, Irving 5), New York 26 (Kidd 8). Total Fouls-Cleveland 23, New York 18. A-19,033 (19,763).

Pacers 88, Pistons 77 AUBURN HILLS, MICH. — David West had 23 points, and George Hill added 18 points and seven assists to lead Indiana over Detroit.

The win put the Pacers two games over .500 for the first time this season.

Paul George added 15 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. Greg Monroe led the Pistons with 18 points and added eight rebounds and Rodney Stuckey had 15 points and seven assists. Brandon Knight added 14 points.

Magic 107, Bobcats 98 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Glen Davis and Arron Afflalo each scored 20 points as Orlando handed Charlotte its 11th straight loss.

Jameer Nelson added 16 points and six assists, and J.J. Redick had 14 points, including a big threepointer down the stretch for the Magic, who’ve won three of their past four.

Nikola Vucevic was a force inside the paint with 13 points and 13 rebounds.

The Orlando win overshadowed a career-high 32 points from Kemba Walker.

Charlotte’s second-year point guard was 11 of 19 from the field. He also had seven assists.

Walker, Charlotte’s first-round pick a season ago, has excelled at home.

He came in shooting 45 percent and averaging 20.4 points per game at home compared to 32 percent and 12.4 points per game on the road.

INDIANA (88) George 6-16 2-4 15, West 11-16 1-2 23, Hibbert 2-4 0-0 4, Hill 5-7 6-6 18, Green 3-9 0-0 9, T.Hansbrough 5-8 1-2 11, Young 1-4 0-0 3, Mahinmi 1-2 1-2 3, B.Hansbrough 0-3 0-0 0, Pendergraph 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 35-72 11-16 88.

DETROIT (77) Prince 2-7 0-1 4, Maxiell 0-3 0-0 0, Monroe 8-15 2-3 18, Knight 6-17 0-0 14, Singler 3-9 0-0 7, Stuckey 6-14 3-4 15, Drummond 5-7 1-2 11, Maggette 1-7 4-5 6, Villanueva 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 32-83 10-15 77.

Indiana 26 16 21 25 — 88 Detroit 22 16 22 17 — 77 3-Point Goals-Indiana 7-24 (Green 3-8, Hill 2-3, Young 1-3, George 1-7, B.Hansbrough 0-3), Detroit 3-13 (Knight 2-5, Singler 1-3, Stuckey 0-1, Maggette 0-2, Villanueva 0-2). Rebounds-Indiana 51 (George 8), Detroit 47 (Drummond 9).

Assists-Indiana 25 (George 8), Detroit 18 (Stuckey 7). Total Fouls-Indiana 21, Detroit 16. A-13,235 (22,076).

ORLANDO (107) Harkless 1-1 0-0 2, Davis 7-11 6-8 20, Vucevic 6-10 1-1 13, Nelson 7-13 1-2 16, Afflalo 8-14 3-3 20, Redick 4-10 3-3 14, Moore 3-9 0-0 6, Nicholson 4-7 0-0 8, Ayon 3-4 2-2 8, Smith 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 43-79 16-19 107.

CHARLOTTE (98) Kidd-Gilchrist 1-4 1-2 3, Mullens 4-11 3-6 12, Biyombo 4-8 0-0 8, Walker 11-20 8-9 32, Henderson 5-15 6-6 16, Haywood 2-3 0-0 4, Gordon 3-6 0-0 6, Taylor 1-1 0-0 3, Sessions 5-10 4-6 14. Totals 36-78 22-29 98.

Orlando 29 27 25 26—107 Charlotte 21 27 29 21— 98 3-Point Goals-Orlando 5-17 (Redick 3-9, Afflalo 1-2, Nelson 1-4, Moore 0-2), Charlotte 4-12 (Walker 2-5, Taylor 1-1, Mullens 1-3, Sessions 0-1, Gordon 0-2). Rebounds-Orlando 47 (Vucevic 13), Charlotte 41 (Biyombo 9). AssistsOrlando 25 (Nelson 6), Charlotte 18 (Walker 7). Total Fouls-Orlando 25, Charlotte 16. A-16,217 (19,077).

Bulls 83, Nets 82 CHICAGO — Joakim Noah had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and helped force a key turnover as Chicago held off Brooklyn.

Deron Williams missed a jumper with five seconds for the Nets that would’ve tied it. Chicago won for the fifth time in six games.

Noah and Luol Deng trapped Joe Johnson late in the game, resulting in one of Brooklyn’s 18 turnovers. Deng turned the mistake into a basket that tied it at 79.

Brook Lopez had 18 points and 10 rebounds in 25 minutes for Brooklyn, which played for the fourth time in five days.

The Nets won at home Friday night, beating Detroit 107-105 in double overtime.

BROOKLYN (82) Wallace 2-6 0-0 6, Evans 0-1 0-0 0, Lopez 8-17 2-2 18, Williams 5-13 10-13 24, Johnson 7-16 2-3 16, Brooks 0-2 0-0 0, Blatche 4-11 1-2 9, Humphries 2-5 2-2 6, Bogans 0-1 0-0 0, Watson 1-3 0-0 3.

Totals 29-75 17-22 82.

CHICAGO (83) Deng 7-18 3-5 17, Boozer 7-14 1-1 15, Noah 4-12 4-6 12, Robinson 3-8 0-0 6, Belinelli 6-9 5-5 19, Butler 0-4 0-0 0, Gibson 2-4 2-2 6, Teague 4-6 0-0 8, Mohammed 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-75 15-19 83.

Brooklyn 24 17 21 20 — 82 Chicago 23 23 21 16 — 83 3-Point Goals-Brooklyn 7-19 (Williams 4-7, Wallace 2-4, Watson 1-1, Bogans 0-1, Blatche 0-1, Humphries 0-1, Johnson 0-4), Chicago 2-10 (Belinelli 2-3, Teague 0-1, Butler 0-1, Robinson 0-2, Deng 0-3).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Brooklyn 53 (Lopez 10), Chicago 44 (Noah 10).

Assists-Brooklyn 15 (Williams, Johnson 5), Chicago 21 (Noah, Robinson 5).

Total Fouls-Brooklyn 18, Chicago 17.

Technicals-Brooklyn defensive three second, Chicago defensive three second. A-21,866 (20,917).

Clippers 111, Bucks 85 MILWAUKEE — Matt Barnes scored 21 points, Blake Griffin had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Los Angeles routed coldshooting Milwaukee for its ninth consecutive victory.

DeAndre Jordan added 15 points and 11 rebounds for Los Angeles, which had lost three in a row in Milwaukee. Griffin had three spectacular dunks in a brief stretch in the third quarter.

It’s the longest winning streak for the franchise since the Buffalo Braves captured 11 in a row during the 1974-75 season L.A. CLIPPERS (111) Butler 3-9 2-2 8, Griffin 7-12 4-5 18, Jordan 7-10 1-4 15, Paul 4-10 1-1 10, Green 2-7 2-2 7, Bledsoe 3-5 2-2 8, Crawford 2-6 1-1 6, Barnes 8-10 5-6 21, Odom 4-5 0-0 10, Turiaf 2-4 0-0 4, Hollins 2-4 0-1 4. Totals 44-82 18-24 111.

MILWAUKEE (85) Daniels 6-13 2-2 16, Mbah a Moute 4-7 2-2 11, Sanders 1-3 2-2 4, Jennings 3-13 2-2 9, Ellis 4-14 5-7 13, Udoh 4-5 1-2 9, Ilyasova 2-6 2-2 8, Lamb 3-11 2-6 8, Gooden 2-6 0-0 5, Henson 1-5 0-0 2, Przybilla 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-83 18-25 85.

L.A. Clippers 28 27 24 32—111 Milwaukee 15 20 27 23— 85 3-Point Goals-L.A. Clippers 5-11 (Odom 2-2, Paul 1-1, Crawford 1-2, Green 1-3, Butler 0-1, Barnes 0-2), Milwaukee 7-21 (Daniels 2-4, Ilyasova 2-4, Gooden 1-1, Mbah a Moute 1-1, Jennings 1-6, Lamb 0-2, Ellis 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-L.A. Clippers 54 (Griffin, Jordan 11), Milwaukee 50 (Mbah a Moute 6). Assists-L.A. Clippers 33 (Paul 13), Milwaukee 15 (Ellis 4).

Total Fouls-L.A. Clippers 22, Milwaukee 22. Technicals-Przybilla. A-13,691 (18,717).

Spurs 103, Celtics 88 SAN ANTONIO — Tony Parker had 22 points and eight assists to help San Antonio beat Boston.

Gary Neal added 20 points, Danny Green

scored 12, and Tiago Splitter finished with 16 points and eight rebounds for San Antonio (19-6), which improved to 8-2 at home.

Paul Pierce and Jason Terry each scored 18 points for Boston (12-11).

Kevin Garnett added 13 points and Courtney Lee had 11.

BOSTON (88) Pierce 7-13 2-2 18, Bass 1-5 0-0 2, Garnett 6-13 1-2 13, Rondo 3-7 0-0 6, Lee 5-10 1-1 11, Wilcox 3-4 0-0 6, Terry 6-13 2-3 18, Sullinger 1-2 0-0 2, J.Green 5-10 0-0 10, Barbosa 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 38-81 6-8 88.

SAN ANTONIO (103) D.Green 4-10 1-2 12, Duncan 2-13 1-2 5, Splitter 6-10 4-6 16, Parker 8-14 5-6 22, Neal 7-13 3-3 20, Ginobili 1-2 0-0 3, Diaw 2-2 0-0 4, De Colo 3-6 1-1 8, Mills 1-3 0-0 3, Bonner 3-6 0-0 7, Anderson 1-2 0-0 3.

Totals 38-81 15-20 103.

Boston 21 28 20 19— 88 San Antonio 26 26 25 26—103 3-Point Goals-Boston 6-16 (Terry 4-9, Pierce 2-5, Lee 0-1, Rondo 0-1), San Antonio 12-25 (Neal 3-6, D.Green 3-7, De Colo 1-1, Parker 1-2, Bonner 1-2, Anderson 1-2, Ginobili 1-2, Mills 1-3).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Boston 44 (Sullinger 7), San Antonio 49 (Duncan 12). Assists-Boston 22 (Rondo 9), San Antonio 28 (Parker 8). Total FoulsBoston 20, San Antonio 12. TechnicalsBoston defensive three second, San Antonio defensive three second 2.

A-18,759 (18,797).

Timberwolves 114, Mavericks 106, OT MINNEAPOLIS — Ricky Rubio made a triumphant return to the court with nine assists and eight points in 19 minutes, energizing Minnesota in an overtime victory over Dallas.

Andrei Kirilenko scored five of his 14 points in overtime while Rubio watched from the bench because of a minutes restriction on his surgically repaired left knee.

DALLAS (106) Da.Jones 1-3 2-2 4, Marion 7-14 0-0 14, Kaman 5-12 1-2 11, Fisher 5-8 7-7 20, Mayo 7-16 4-4 20, Collison 2-8 3-4 7, Brand 7-11 1-2 15, Wright 0-2 0-0 0, Carter 3-4 1-2 9, Crowder 0-2 0-0 0, Do.Jones 2-3 2-2 6, Beaubois 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 39-84 21-25 106.

MINNESOTA (114) Kirilenko 4-10 6-7 14, D.Cunningham 2-7 0-0 4, Pekovic 10-21 1-1 21, Ridnour 7-17 0-0 15, Shved 6-12 3-6 18, Rubio 1-4 6-8 8, Stiemsma 1-2 2-2 4, Williams 5-9 6-6 16, Barea 5-12 2-2 14. Totals 41-94 26-32 114.

Dallas 32 13 25 32 4 — 106 Minnesota 22 32 26 22 12 — 114 3-Point Goals-Dallas 7-14 (Fisher 3-5, Carter 2-2, Mayo 2-3, Crowder 0-1, Beaubois 0-1, Collison 0-2), Minnesota 6-23 (Shved 3-5, Barea 2-3, Ridnour 1-7, Williams 0-2, Kirilenko 0-3, Rubio 0-3).

Fouled Out-Carter, Fisher. ReboundsDallas 48 (Marion 10), Minnesota 60 (Kirilenko 10). Assists-Dallas 24 (Mayo 6), Minnesota 28 (Rubio 9). Total FoulsDallas 29, Minnesota 18. A-18,173 (19,356).

Grizzlies 99, Jazz 86 SALT LAKE CITY — Zach Randolph scored 25 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, and Memphis defeated Utah to halt a three-game losing streak. Al Jefferson led Utah with 21 points.

MEMPHIS (99) Gay 5-13 3-3 14, Randolph 10-16 5-5 25, Gasol 5-10 6-9 16, Conley 4-11 2-3 12, Allen 3-7 1-2 7, Haddadi 1-5 0-0 2, Ellington 3-6 0-0 6, Pondexter 1-2 2-2 5, Bayless 2-7 0-0 4, Speights 4-8 0-0 8.

Totals 38-85 19-24 99.

UTAH (86) Ma.Williams 2-6 2-2 6, Millsap 4-8 4-5 12, Jefferson 8-17 4-4 21, M. Williams 3-9 0-0 7, Foye 2-5 0-0 4, Hayward 3-8 4-5 11, Favors 2-4 0-2 4, Carroll 2-5 3-4 8, Kanter 4-4 2-2 10, Tinsley 1-8 0-0 3. Totals 31-74 19-24 86.

Memphis 19 25 28 27 — 99 Utah 21 33 10 22 — 86 3-Point Goals-Memphis 4-11 (Conley 2-4, Pondexter 1-2, Gay 1-4, Bayless 0-1), Utah 5-17 (Carroll 1-1, Jefferson 1-1, Tinsley 1-3, M. Williams 1-3, Hayward 1-3, Millsap 0-1, Foye 0-2, Ma.Williams 0-3). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Memphis 55 (Randolph 16), Utah 45 (Jefferson 8). AssistsMemphis 16 (Conley 8), Utah 20 (M. Williams 7). Total Fouls-Memphis 16, Utah 20. Technicals-Bayless. A-18,183 (19,911).

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COMMENTARY countable Considering the week he just had, and the two that wasn’t enough for previous weekends tryGoodell. ing to soothe grieving Speaking after an families and teammates owners meeting Wednes- following senseless tragday in the Dallas area, edies, you would think Goodell took issue with Goodell would be laying Tagliabue’s ruling in low. So naturally, he went Bountygate, contending against the grain and let his predecessor let the slip that the league will players off the hook too charge a committee with easy. Never mind that Ta- looking into expanding gliabue did the same for the playoffs to 14 or even Goodell, shoring up the 16 teams. Not surprising, shaky scaffolding of an it drew about as much investigation that couldn’t support from players as afford to take many more an earlier proposal he hits. floated for an 18-game “My personal view is regular season.

I hold everyone responIn a tweet, the Packers sible,” Goodell said.

Tom Crabtree suggested “Player health and safety that while Goodell was is an important issue in at it, he might as well this league. We’re all go- lengthen the preseason, ing to have to contribute too, expand the reguto that, whether you’re a lar season to 82 games commissioner, whether “(like nba)” and turn the you’re a coach, whether playoffs into a “like triple you’re a player, and we elimination?”

More to the heart of the issue was this from Sports Illustrated magazine’s Peter King: “The NFL has to stop thinking of ways to make more money, and start thinking of ways to keep the game the best game in America.”

To be fair, Goodell has tried. He might have been reluctant to take on the concussion-related issues that cloud the game’s future — the same ones that flew under the radar during Tagliabue’s tenure, and those of his predecessors.

But he’s made a largely good-faith effort since. No doubt it’s difficult striking a balance as both CEO of an enterprise that rakes in $9 billion a year while at the same time protecting the employees that make the game go. With mounting litigation over those very same player-safety problems, everything he says is likely to be parsed

for its value in a court of law one day.

But the more he stubbornly defends every one of his positions — even the ones, as in Bountygate, where Goodell cherrypicked evidence and arrived at the wrong conclusion — the less of an honest broker he becomes.

Not to mention a bigger distraction. The more headlines Goodell grabs, the less there are for the games themselves, which is where a commissioner’s focus should be directed.

Besides, the league has plenty of high-priced lawyers to help it chart a course through what already resembles a legal minefield. And nobody rushes generals to the front in fights anymore.

So maybe a few weeks in the background and away from the bully pulpit would do Goodell’s reputation a lot of good right now.

Better than ever, Vikings’ Peterson isn’t done yet EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. (AP) — The injury, torn anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in Adrian Peterson’s left knee, couldn’t have been much more devastating for an NFL running back.

This is a game where split-seconds, whether an extra burst of acceleration or a stop-on-a-dime cut, can mean the difference between reaching the end zone and being tackled at the line of scrimmage.

Reconstructive surgery can quickly turn dominant players into ordinary ones in a league with don’tblink-short careers.

Peterson has always been one of a kind, though. On one hand, returning for Minnesota’s

season opener roughly 81⁄2 months after his operation and rushing for 1,600 yards through 13 games is an almostunfathomable accomplishment.

On the flip side, this year for him has simPeterson ply fallen in line with a long list of feats for this once-in-a-generation package of power, determination and speed.

“You can’t be surprised anymore,” Vikings right tackle Phil Loadholt said.

“I’ve seen him do everything. You’ve just come to

expect that kind of stuff out of him now.”

There are a few other tricks Peterson just might be able to pull off season, too.

He could become the seventh 2,000-yard rusher in history and carry the Vikings to the playoffs, without a competent passing attack in a league dominated by strong-armed, super-accurate quarterbacks.

And he could win the Comeback Player of the Year award in a season when Peyton Manning’s successful return from a neck problem that required a year off has already put Denver in the playoffs and thrust the 36-year-old quarterback

to the forefront of the Most Valuable Player discussion.

With typical unflinching confidence, Peterson said in a recent interview with The Associated Press he’s expecting to win the comeback award.

“It was something that flashed across my mind, me knowing what I was going to be able to do, being where I’m at now,” Peterson said. “I kind of have that in the bag, especially how I’ve been telling people I’m going to come back stronger and better than ever. So I’ve pretty much zip-locked that in a bag and sealed it. It’ll be cool to win it.”

Manning has thrown for 30 touchdowns against

only 10 interceptions, ranking in the top 10 in almost every passing category in the NFL. After four procedures to fix a nerve problem in his neck that weakened his throwing arm and switching cities, teammates, coaches and playbooks, Manning has transformed the Broncos into a real-deal Super Bowl contender.

Peterson was hurt on Christmas Eve, so he missed only one game last season, which will likely count at least a few votes against him. Quarterbacks have their hands on the ball every play, too, helping Manning’s cause.

Baltimore running back Ray Rice, for his part, did all he could to consider

Peterson before Manning’s case won him over.

“In my history of playing football, I’ve never seen a guy come back that fast off of an ACL. I know he’s a beast, but ... when you hear about neck injuries, you usually hear about someone being done for their career,” Rice said. “No matter what it was, the guy had surgery, lost all his strength in his arm, had to gain it back.”

Manning insisted he’s too focused on his own team and his opponents to have paid much attention to Peterson in the other conference.

“But what a heck of a player, what a heck of an athlete,” he said.

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OPINION

Bowl-a-thon: Postseason kicks off

By Drew Davison Fort Worth Star-Telegram

The Rose Bowl features a five-loss team. The Orange Bowl pits two teams ranked outside the Top 10. And get ready, college football fans, to see a dozen .500 teams play for bowl trophies.

The days when every bowl game seemed to be must-see TV is gone.

Thirty-five bowl games mean too many teams and too few intriguing matchups.

But there are a few gems in the oversaturated market, plus the chance to see local players. The bowl season began Saturday with the New Mexico and Famous Idaho Potato bowls.

5 canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t-miss games BCS National Championship, Jan. 7 Notre Dame (12-0) vs.

Alabama (12-1): Both pride themselves on defense.

Both rely on the running game. The difference should be the passing game and could come down to which quar-

terback makes more plays: Notre Dame red-shirt freshman Everett Golson or Alabama junior AJ McCarron.

Vegas: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bama by 10.

Prediction: It should be a memorable game, and the feeling here is Notre Dame pulls off the upset, 24-20.

Fiesta Bowl, Jan. 3 Oregon (11-1) vs. Kansas State (11-1): For a splitsecond, it appeared, this could be the title game.

But on the same day, fittingly, the Wildc a t s w e r e upset at Baylor and Oregon fell to Stanford. Still, this is the best matchup after the title game. How will K-Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense fare against Oregonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highoctane offense? And how will Heisman finalist Collin Klein end his college career? Also, to add another layer of intrigue, it could be the final games for coaches Bill Snyder (retirement) and Chip Kelly (NFL).

Vegas: Oregon by 9.

Prediction: Bill Snyder wins what could be his fi-

nal game as Kansas Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passed for 3,550 yards with 34 TDs along with nine coach, 41-38. rushing TDs. But LSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cotton Bowl, Jan. 4 defense Oklahoma (10-2) vs. is among Texas A&M (10-2): A&M the best, quarterback Johnny Man- and Sam ziel plays his first game as M o n t the newly g o m crowned ery and Heisman Barkevious w i n Mingo will keep pressure ner. The on Boyd all day.

Aggies Vegas: LSU by 4. want to Prediction: The LSU prove leavdefense eventually wins ing the Big 12 w a s this game, as the Tigers worth it, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no take it 31-21. better way than beating perennial power Okla- Holiday Bowl, Dec. 27 UCLA (9-4) vs. Bayhoma. But the Sooners shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be over- lor (7-5): Sure, there are looked, especially with more prestigious footBob Stoopsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; track record ball schools to watch and probably better matchups against A&M. on paper. But who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Vegas: A&M by 41â &#x201E;2.

Prediction: Johnny like a Football, behind a stout g o o d offensive line that in- s h o o t cludes Arlington product o u t ?

Luke Joeckel, closes out U C L A his remarkable freshman and Bayseason with another vic- lor could tory, leading the Aggies to very well a 34-28 win. produce the highestscoring game of the bowl Chick-fil-A Bowl, season, although the PinDec. 31 stripe Bowl figures to be a LSU (10-2) vs. Clemson contender. The Bears have (10-2): Clemson quarter- the No. 1 offense and No. back Tajh Boyd might not 119 defense, a welcome be a household name, but sight for Bruins running heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an elite player who back Johnathan Franklin.

lines. But he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be.

Central Michigan is back in a bowl game for the first time since 2009.

Vegas: UCLA by 1.

Prediction: Baylor has won its last three games, beating Kansas State, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. The Bears make it four straight with a 52-49 victory.

New Orleans Bowl, Dec. 22 Louisiana-Lafayette (84) vs. East Carolina (8-4): Louisiana-Lafayette won this bowl game last season on a last-second field goal.

East Carolina, meanwhile, is headed to the Big East â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which might not be a good thing, anymore.

Best of the rest Orange Bowl, Florida State vs. Northern Illinois: NIU next Boise State?

Outback Bowl, South Carolina vs. Michigan: Will Jadeveon Clowney start his â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;13 Heisman campaign?

Sugar Bowl, Florida vs.

Louisville: Can Gators make case as second-best team?

Independence Bowl, Ohio vs. Louisiana-Monroe: Best game nobodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talking about?

Pinstripe Bowl, West Virginia vs. Syracuse: Game of two future NFL stars in QBs Geno Smith and Ryan Nassib?

BBVA Compass Bowl, Jan. 5 Ole Miss (6-6) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6): Pitt loves this bowl game. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the third year for the Panthers to be in it. Fans can also watch Ole Miss first-year coach Hugh Freeze, best known as the high school coach depicted in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Blind Side.â&#x20AC;?

Beef Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bowl, Dec. 21 UCF (9-4) vs. Ball State (9-3): Ball State is searching for that elusive first bowl victory. The Cardinals have gone 0-5 in bowl games, but does anybody care outside of Muncie, Ind.? Didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think so. UCF, on the other hand, is looking for its second bowl victory.

Can-miss games Little Caesars Bowl, Dec. 26 Western Kentucky (7-5) vs. Central Michigan (66): This game might have intrigue if new Western Kentucky coach Bobby Petrino were on the side-

FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL

SUMMARY

Utah State routs Toledo

Eric Draper/AP Photo

ARIZONAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S AUSTIN HILL CATCHES A 63-YARD PASS FOR A TOUCHDOWN in front of Nevadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s C.J. Dozier during the second half of Arizonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 49-48 victory in the New Mexico Bowl on Saturday in Albuquerque, N.M.

NEW MEXICO BOWL

Arizona wins wild one, 49-48 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) SUMMARY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Matt Scott threw two 21 10 14 3â&#x20AC;&#x201D;48 short touchdown passes Nevada Arizona 7 21 0 21â&#x20AC;&#x201D;49 in the final 46 seconds and First Quarter Nev-Jefferson 16 run (Hardison kick), college footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s postsea- 12:12.

Nev-Sudfeld 17 pass from Fajardo son started with a wild kick), 4:43. one when Arizona rallied (Hardison Nev-Sudfeld 28 pass from Fajardo past Nevada, 49-48, Sat- (Hardison kick), 4:29.

Ari-Carey 21 run (Bonano kick), 1:52. urday in the New Mexico Second Quarter Ari-Scott 1 run (Bonano kick), 12:46.

Bowl.

Ari-Carey 1 run (Bonano kick), 10:23.

Overcoming a slow start Nev-Jefferson 14 run (Hardison kick), and three big turnovers, 5:57.

Ari-Carey 9 run (Bonano kick), 4:22.

Arizona (8-5) recovered Nev-FG Hardison 27, :02. an onside kick in the last Third Quarter Nev-Turner 33 pass from Fajardo minute, setting up Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Hardison kick), 9:19.

Nev-Fajardo 1 run (Hardison kick), two-yard toss to Terrence Miller with 19 seconds left 1:33.

Fourth Quarter Ari-Hill 63 pass from Scott (Bonano for the winning score.

14:44.

Arizona trailed 21-0 in kick), Nev-FG Hardison 25, 1:48.

Ari-Hill 2 pass from Scott (Bonano the first quarter and was :46. down 45-28 entering the kick), Ari-Slavin 2 pass from Scott (Bonano final period. Scott threw kick), :19.

A-24,610. for 382 yards and marched Nev Ari 39 31 his team back into the First downs Rushes-yards 73-403 36-196 game despite two earlier Passing 256 382 Comp-Att-Int 22-32-2 28-47-2 interceptions.

Return Yards 42 52 The nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rushing Punts-Avg. 3-49.3 4-40.3 4-2 2-1 leader, Kaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Deem Carey, Fumbles-Lost 8-77 4-23 gained 172 yards for the Penalties-Yards Time of Possession 39:10 20:50 Wildcats and but fell short INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Nevada, Jefferson 34-180, of becoming only the 16th Fajardo 22-140, Hale 14-73, Bradley 1-11, running back in NCAA Wimberly 2-(minus 1). Arizona, Carey 28-172, Scott 6-21, Jenkins 1-6, Team history to reach 2,000 1-(minus 3). yards in a season.

PASSING-Nevada, Fajardo 22-31Combs 0-1-0-0. Arizona, Scott The teams combined for 2-256, 28-47-2-382.

1,237 total yards, the second RECEIVING-Nevada, Wimberly 7-57, Turner 6-96, Bradley 3-34, Sudfeld 2-45, most of any bowl game.

Brock 2-7, Huber 1-13, Hale 1-4. Arizona, Cody Fajardo threw for Hill 8-175, Wharton 7-84, Richards 5-53, three touchdowns and ran Slavin 3-23, Carey 3-15, Buckner 2-32. for another score to lead the Wolf Pack (7-6). He had 256 yards passing and Stefphon Jefferson, the 140 yards rushing and con- nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second-leading trolled most of the game, rusher, ran for 180 yards completing 22 of 32 throws. for Nevada.

BOISE, IDAHO (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kerwynn Williams ran for 235 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 18 Utah State won a bowl game for the first time in nearly 20 years, beating Toledo, 4115, on Saturday in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.

The victory capped the best season in Utah State history. The Aggies finished 11-2, won the Western Athletic Conference title outright and had their first bowl victory since 1993.

Chuckie Keeton scored on a 62-yard run to put Utah State up 7-3, and Williams, the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s MVP, sparked a 28-point fourth quarter for Utah State when he broke through the defense and raced 63

yards for a touchdown to put the Aggies up 20-9.

Williams, who had 18 carries, followed that with TD runs of 5 and 25 yards.

Keeton ran for 92 yards and was 21-of-31 passing for 229 yards.

Toledo (9-4) was able to move the ball and made five trips inside the red zone.

But penalties and miscues forced the Rockets to settle for Jeremiah Detmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three field goals.

The Rocketsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; only touchdown came when Bernard Reedy returned a fourth-quarter kickoff 87 yards. Reedy was the only big producer on a Toledo offense held to 315 total yards.

Reedy had 51 yards

Toledo 3 3 0 9â&#x20AC;&#x201D;15 Utah St. 7 3 3 28â&#x20AC;&#x201D;41 First Quarter Tol-FG Detmer 37, 13:06.

USU-Keeton 62 run (Diaz kick), 3:07.

Second Quarter Tol-FG Detmer 37, 9:57.

USU-FG Diaz 27, :00.

Third Quarter USU-FG Diaz 44, 11:12.

Fourth Quarter Tol-FG Detmer 29, 7:28.

USU-K.Williams 63 run (Diaz kick), 6:57.

USU-K.Williams 5 run (Diaz kick), 4:55.

USU-K.Williams 25 run (Diaz kick), 3:41.

Tol-Reedy 87 kickoff return (pass failed), 3:29.

USU-Hill 24 run (Diaz kick), 1:42.

A-29,243.

Tol USU First downs 18 22 Rushes-yards 37-142 31-353 Passing 173 229 Comp-Att-Int 19-39-2 21-31-0 Return Yards 5 34 Punts-Avg. 6-40.0 4-43.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Toledo, Reedy 10-50, Fluellen 7-38, McDowell 5-21, Pasquale 6-17, Owens 2-14, Dantin 6-6, Team 1-(minus 4). Utah St., K.Williams 18-235, Keeton 9-92, Hill 3-26, Diaz 1-0.

PASSING-Toledo, Dantin 12-21-2-132, Owens 6-17-0-30, Macon 1-1-0-11. Utah St., Keeton 21-31-0-229.

RECEIVING-Toledo, Reedy 6-62, Olack 3-17, Russell 2-35, Scott 2-12, Pasquale 2-9, McDowell 1-18, Owens 1-11, Macon 1-5, Davidson 1-4. Utah St., Austin 6-77, Jacobs 5-58, Natson 4-16, K.Williams 2-34, Reynolds 2-27, Bartlett 1-11, Webb 1-6.

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Toledo quarterback Austin Dantin, who started in place of the injured Terrence Owens, was 12 of 21 passing for 132 yards.

Dantin threw an interception in the third quarter to end a promising scoring drive and was replaced by Owens in the fourth quarter.

Owens moved the Rockets on his first possession, but another red-zone opportunity was squelched when the Aggies snuffed Owens for no gain on a fourth-and-1 play from the 9.

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NFL East

y-New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami South x-Houston Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville North Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland West

X Sunday, December 16, 2012

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W L T Pct PF PA y-Denver 10 3 0 .769 375 257 San Diego 5 8 0 .385 292 281 Oakland 3 10 0 .231 248 402 Kansas City 2 11 0 .154 195 352 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 8 5 0 .615 373 270 Washington 7 6 0 .538 343 329 Dallas 7 6 0 .538 300 314 Philadelphia 4 10 0 .286 253 375 South W L T Pct PF PA y-Atlanta 11 2 0 .846 337 259 Tampa Bay 6 7 0 .462 354 308 New Orleans 5 8 0 .385 348 379 Carolina 4 9 0 .308 265 312 North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 9 4 0 .692 323 279 Chicago 8 5 0 .615 308 219 Minnesota 7 6 0 .538 283 286 Detroit 4 9 0 .308 320 342 West W L T Pct PF PA San Francisco 9 3 1 .731 316 184 Seattle 8 5 0 .615 300 202 St. Louis 6 6 1 .500 236 279 Arizona 4 9 0 .308 186 292 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday’s Game Cincinnati 34, Philadelphia 13 Today’s Games Green Bay at Chicago, noon Tampa Bay at New Orleans, noon Minnesota at St. Louis, noon Indianapolis at Houston, noon N.Y. Giants at Atlanta, noon Washington at Cleveland, noon Jacksonville at Miami, noon Denver at Baltimore, noon Carolina at San Diego, 3:05 p.m.

Detroit at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Buffalo at Toronto, 3:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 3:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Dallas, 3:25 p.m.

San Francisco at New England, 7:20 p.m.

Monday’s Game N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 22 Atlanta at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 23 Tennessee at Green Bay, noon Indianapolis at Kansas City, noon New Orleans at Dallas, noon Minnesota at Houston, noon Oakland at Carolina, noon Buffalo at Miami, noon Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, noon New England at Jacksonville, noon Washington at Philadelphia, noon St. Louis at Tampa Bay, noon San Diego at N.Y. Jets, noon Cleveland at Denver, 3:05 p.m.

Chicago at Arizona, 3:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Baltimore, 3:25 p.m.

San Francisco at Seattle, 7:20 p.m.

Kansas City Chiefs

Sept. 9 — Atlanta, L 24-40 (0-1) Sept. 16 — at Buffalo, L 17-35 (0-2) Sept. 23 — at New Orleans, W 27-24 OT (1-2) Sept. 30 — San Diego, L 20-37 (1-3) Oct. 7 — Baltimore, L 6-9 (1-4) Oct. 14 — at Tampa Bay, L 10-38 (1-5) Oct. 21 — BYE Oct. 28 — Oakland, L 16-26 (1-6) Nov. 1 — at San Diego, L 13-31 (1-7) Nov. 12 — at Pittsburgh, L 13-16, OT (1-8) Nov. 18 — Cincinnati, L 6-28 (1-9) Nov. 25 — Denver, L 9-17 (1-10) Dec. 2 — Carolina, W 27-21 (2-10) Dec. 9 — at Cleveland, L 7-30 (2-11) Today — at Oakland, 3:25 p.m.

Dec. 23 — Indianapolis, noon Dec. 30 — at Denver, 3:25 p.m.

College Bowls

Saturday, Dec. 15 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Arizona 49, Nevada 48 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho Utah State 41, Toledo 15 Thursday, Dec. 20 Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego San Diego State (9-3) vs. BYU (7-5), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Dec. 21 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. Ball State (9-3) vs. UCF (9-4), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 22 New Orleans Bowl East Carolina (8-4) vs. LouisianaLafayette (7-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN) MAACO Bowl Las Vegas Boise State (10-2) vs. Washington (7-5), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu SMU (6-6) vs. Fresno State (9-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl At Detroit Central Michigan (6-6) vs. Western Kentucky (7-5), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl At Washington Bowling Green (8-4) vs. San Jose State (10-2), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. Duke (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl At San Diego Baylor (7-5) vs. UCLA (9-4), 8:45 p.m.

(ESPN) Friday, Dec. 28 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. Louisiana-Monroe (8-4) vs. Ohio (8-4), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Rutgers (9-3), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Meineke Car Care Bowl At Houston Minnesota (6-6) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Rice (6-6) vs. Air Force (6-6), 10:45 a.m. (ESPN) Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco Arizona State (7-5) vs. Navy (8-4), 3 p.m. (ESPN2) Pinstripe Bowl At New York Syracuse (7-5) vs. West Virginia (7-5), 2:15 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Texas (8-4) vs. Orgeon State (9-3), 5:45 p.m. (ESPN) Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Michigan State (6-6) vs. TCU (7-5), 9:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 31 Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.

Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. N.C. State (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN)

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Kansas Men

Exhibition Oct. 30 — Emporia State, W 88-54 Nov. 5 — Washburn, W 62-50 Regular season Nov. 9 — Southeast Missouri State in CBE Classic, W 74-55 (1-0) Nov. 13 — Michigan State in Atlanta in Champions Classic, L 64-67 (1-1) Nov. 15 — Chattanooga in CBE Classic, W 69-55 (2-1) Nov. 19 — Washington State in CBE Classic in Kansas City, Mo., W 78-41 (3-1) Nov. 20 — Saint Louis in CBE Classic in Kansas City, Mo., W 73-59 (4-1) Nov. 26 — San Jose State, W 70-57 (5-1) Nov. 30 — Oregon State in Kansas City, Mo., W 84-78 (6-1) Dec. 8 — Colorado, W 90-54 (7-1) Dec. 15 — Belmont, W 89-60 (8-1) Dec. 18 — Richmond, 6 p.m.

Dec. 22 — at Ohio State, 3 p.m.

Dec. 29 —American, 7 p.m.

Jan. 6 — Temple, 12:30 or 3:30 p.m.

Jan. 9 — Iowa State, 6 p.m.

Jan. 12 — at Texas Tech, 3 p.m.

Jan. 14 — Baylor, 8 p.m.

Jan. 19 — at Texas, 1 p.m.

Jan. 22 — at Kansas State, 7 p.m.

Jan. 26 — Oklahoma, 3 p.m.

Jan. 28 — at West Virginia, 8 p.m.

Feb. 2 — Oklahoma State, 3 p.m.

Feb. 6 — at TCU, 8 p.m.

Feb. 9 — at Oklahoma, 3 p.m.

Feb. 11 — Kansas State, 8 p.m.

Feb. 16 — Texas, 8 p.m.

Feb. 20 — at Oklahoma State, 8 p.m.

Feb. 23 — TCU, 3 p.m.

Feb. 25 — at Iowa State, 8 p.m.

March 2 — West Virginia, 1 p.m.

March 4 — Texas Tech, 6 p.m.

March 9 — at Baylor, 5 p.m.

March 13-16 — Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Mo.

Kansas Women Jeff Roberson/AP Photo

A MAN WEARS A SHIRT WITH A PICTURE OF JERRY BROWN, a linebacker on the Dallas Cowboys practice squad, as another person holds a program for Brown’s funeral service outside Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church on Saturday in St. Louis. Brown was killed in a car accident on Dec. 8.

Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Georgia Tech (6-7) vs. Southern Cal (7-5), 1 p.m. (CBS) Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

Iowa State (6-6) vs. Tulsa (10-3), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta LSU (10-2) vs. Clemson (10-2), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl At Dallas-Purdue (6-6) vs. Oklahoma State (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPNU) Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Mississippi State (8-4) vs.

Northwestern (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN2) Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Georgia (11-2) vs. Nebraska (10-3), noon (ABC) Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. South Carolina (10-2) vs. Michigan (8-4), noon (ESPN) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

Stanford (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (8-5), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Orange Bowl At Miami Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Florida State (11-2), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Florida (11-1) vs. Louisville (10-2), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Jan. 3 Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

Kansas State (11-1) vs. Oregon (11-1), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 4 Cotton Bowl At Arlington, Texas Texas A&M (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (102), 7 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 5 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Mississippi (6-6), noon (ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 6 GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Kent State (11-2) vs. Arkansas State (9-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 7 BCS National Championship At Miami Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Alabama (121), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 19 RAYCOM College Football All-Star Classic At Montgomery, Ala. Stars vs. Stripes, 2 p.m. (CBSSN) East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN) Saturday, Jan. 26 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, TBA (NFLN)

NCAA FCS Playoffs

Semifinals Friday, Dec. 14 North Dakota State 23, Georgia Southern 20 Saturday, Dec. 15 Sam Houston State 45, Eastern Washington 42 Championship Saturday, Jan. 5 At FC Dallas Stadium Frisco, Texas North Dakota State (13-1) vs. Sam Houston State (11-3), noon

NCAA Division II Playoffs

Championship Saturday, Dec. 15 At Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, Ala. Valdosta State 35, Winston-Salem 7

Big 12 Men

Overall League W L W L Kansas 8 1 0 0 Oklahoma State 7 1 0 0 Kansas State 7 2 0 0 Texas Tech 5 1 0 0 Oklahoma 7 2 0 0 Iowa State 8 3 0 0 Baylor 6 3 0 0 TCU 6 4 0 0 Texas 6 4 0 0 West Virginia 4 5 0 0 Saturday’s Games Kansas 89, Belmont 60 Oklahoma 64, Texas A&M 54 Iowa State 86, Drake 77 Texas 75, Texas State 63 Michigan 81, West Virginia 66 Gonzaga 68, Kansas State 52 Today’s Games Central Arkansas at Oklahoma State, 3 p.m.

McNeese State at Texas Tech, 5 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 17 USC Upstate at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 18 Richmond at Kansas, 6 p.m.

Texas Southern at Kansas State, 7 p.m.

Stephen F. Austin at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

Southern at TCU, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 19 Iowa State at UMKC, 7 p.m.

Alabama at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.

UT Arlington at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

North Carolina at Texas, 8 p.m.

Oakland at West Virginia, 8 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 21 Brigham Young at Baylor, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 22 Kansas at Ohio State, 3 p.m.

Tennessee Tech at Oklahoma State, noon Arizona State at Texas Tech, 1 p.m.

Texas at Michigan State, 1 p.m.

Radford at West Virginia, 3 p.m.

Kansas State vs. Florida at Kansas City, Mo., 7 p.m.

TCU at Rice, 7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 28 North Carolina A&T at Texas Tech, 6 p.m.

Baylor at Gonzaga, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 29 American University at Kansas, 7 p.m.

Rice at Texas, 1 p.m.

UMKC at Kansas State, 6 p.m.

Ohio at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 30 Mississippi Valley State at TCU, 3 p.m.

Eastern Kentucky at West Virginia, 3 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 31 Florida A&M at Texas Tech, noon South Dakota at Kansas State, 1 p.m.

Texas A&M Corpus Christi at Oklahoma, 2 p.m.

Gonzaga at Oklahoma State, 5 p.m.

Big 12 Women

Overall League W L W L Kansas State 7 0 0 0 Oklahoma State 7 0 0 0 Kansas 8 1 0 0 Oklahoma 8 1 0 0 Baylor 8 1 0 0 Texas Tech 7 1 0 0 Iowa State 6 1 0 0 Texas 6 1 0 0 West Virginia 6 2 0 0 TCU 4 3 0 0 Today’s Games Prairie View at Kansas, 2 p.m.

Vermont at Oklahoma State, 12:30 p.m.

Youngstown State at West Virginia, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Texas, 1 p.m.

UTEP at Kansas State, 2 p.m.

Vanderbilt at Oklahoma, 2 p.m.

Sam Houston State at TCU, 2 p.m.

Northern Colorado at Texas Tech, 2 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 17 Iowa State at Northern Iowa, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 18 Tennessee at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 19 Kansas State v. Texas A&M at Las Vegas, 2:30 p.m.

Georgia at TCU, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 20 Kansas State vs. TBA at Las Vegas Texas Tech vs. Michigan State at Las Vegas, 4:30 p.m.

Duquesne at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

Cornell at Texas, 7 p.m.

East Tennessee State at Iowa State, 7 p.m.

UC Riverside at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 21 Kansas at California, 9 p.m.

Kansas State vs. TBA at Las Vegas Texas Tech vs. Oregon State at Las Vegas, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 22 Texas Pan American at TCU, 2 p.m.

Oklahoma State at UT Arlington, 2 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 28 Appalachian State at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma State vs. Harvard at San Diego, 9 p.m.

Texas vs. Iowa at San Diego, 10 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 29 Cal St. Northridge at Oklahoma, 1 p.m.

Air Force at Iowa State, 3:30 p.m.

Kansas State at UC Santa Barbara, 4 p.m.

Texas A&M Corpus Christi at TCU, 5 p.m.

Southeastern Louisiana at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 30 Texas vs. TBA at San Diego Oklahoma State vs. TBA at San Diego Houston at Texas Tech, 2 p.m.

Alabama State at Iowa State, 3:30 p.m.

College Men

EAST Adelphi 64, Philadelphia 51 Bucknell 74, La Salle 66 Caldwell 105, Felician 73 Castleton St. 77, Elms 72, OT Cortland St. 78, Nazareth 59 Dominican (NY) 78, St. Thomas Aquinas 70 Fordham 63, Princeton 60 Georgetown 81, W. Carolina 68 Gettysburg 66, Shenandoah 52 Ithaca 64, La Roche 53 Keystone 94, Scranton 93, OT Lincoln (Pa.) 80, Wilmington (Del.) 75 Loyola (Md.) 79, Mount St. Mary’s 57 Mercy 79, Chestnut Hill 74 Michigan 81, West Virginia 66 N. Dakota St. 65, Towson 48 NJ City 62, Susquehanna 51 Penn St. 80, Delaware St. 76, OT Pitt.-Johnstown 79, Wheeling Jesuit 71 Pittsburgh 89, Bethune-Cookman 40 Purchase 73, Baruch 61 Rhode Island 72, SMU 50 Robert Morris 91, Duquesne 69 S. Connecticut 99, Concordia (N.Y.) 94, 2OT St. Bonaventure 87, Cleveland St. 53 St. John’s 77, St. Francis (NY) 60 Syracuse 85, Canisius 61 UMass 78, Elon 73, OT Wagner 77, Coppin St. 65, OT

William Paterson 51, Rowan 48 Wright St. 63, Hofstra 57 SOUTH Auburn 64, Furman 50 Bellarmine 75, Nova Southeastern 48 Bethel (Tenn.) 49, Bryan 47 Carson-Newman 101, Milligan 68 Cincinnati 72, Marshall 56 Clemson 80, Florida A&M 57 Coker 83, Mount Olive 73 Davidson 77, UNC Wilmington 61 E. Mennonite 112, Maryland Bible 61 Gardner-Webb 71, The Citadel 58 Georgia Southern 78, Virginia Tech 73 Guilford 80, NC Wesleyan 64 Henderson St. 70, Union (Tenn.) 67 Howard 60, Liberty 53 Huntingdon 81, Berry 75 Iona 81, Georgia 78, OT Jacksonville St. 66, Presbyterian 59, OT Kentucky 88, Lipscomb 50 Kentucky Wesleyan 83, Lindsey Wilson 63 Limestone 89, Mars Hill 84 Louisville 87, Memphis 78 Martin Methodist 71, Spring Hill 62 NC State 84, Norfolk St. 62 North Carolina 93, East Carolina 87 Northwestern St. 95, Missouri Valley 78 Pikeville 81, Life 67 Richmond 76, Stetson 57 Roanoke 97, Averett 87 Roberts Wesleyan 77, Dist. of Columbia 67 Sam Houston St. 73, Samford 57 Southern Miss. 93, Grambling St. 45 Southern NO 67, Loyola NO 66 St. Augustine’s 73, Palm Beach Atlantic 69 St. Leo 76, Virginia Union 49 Thomas More 99, Spalding 97, 2OT Trevecca Nazarene 73, McKendree 63 Troy 57, Georgia St. 56 VCU 73, Alabama 54 Vanderbilt 71, Alabama A&M 46 Xavier (NO) 56, Voorhees 55 MIDWEST Alma 74, Spring Arbor 69, OT Augustana (SD) 71, Upper Iowa 64 Aurora 92, Millikin 77 Ball St. 80, South Dakota 73 Bemidji St. 73, Minot St. 63 Bethel (Minn.) 93, Crown (Minn.) 68 Butler 88, Indiana 86, OT Cent. Missouri 74, William Woods 66 Concordia (Mich.) 96, Marygrove 58 Cornerstone 83, Michigan-Dearborn 64 Culver-Stockton 74, Mount Mercy 70 Dakota Weslyn 75, Doane 72 Dayton 81, FAU 56 Detroit 80, Akron 73 Drury 82, Wayne (Mich.) 78 Dubuque 87, Marian (Wis.) 64 Evansville 80, Alabama St. 67 Findlay 82, Ferris St. 81, OT Grand Valley St. 67, Hillsdale 58 Ill.-Chicago 74, E. Michigan 48 Indiana St. 75, IUPUI 61 Iowa 80, N. Iowa 73 Iowa St. 86, Drake 77 Kansas 89, Belmont 60 Loyola of Chicago 59, Mississippi St. 51 Malone 85, Saginaw Valley St. 69 Marquette 71, Savannah St. 51 Mary 52, Minn.-Crookston 51 Michigan St. 92, Tuskegee 56 Michigan Tech 75, Tiffin 55 Minn. St.-Mankato 74, Sioux Falls 52 Minn. St.-Moorhead 78, St. Cloud St. 74 Mount St. Joseph 60, Manchester 48 North Central (Ill.) 61, Benedictine (Ill.) 55 Northern St. (SD) 95, Minn. Duluth 75 Notre Dame 81, Purdue 68 Ohio St. 90, UNC Asheville 72 Ripon 79, Carroll (Wis.) 76 S. Illinois 72, Green Bay 70 SW Minnesota St. 96, Concordia (St.P.) 86 Saint Louis 73, UT-Martin 51 St. Norbert 70, Lawrence 52 Taylor 75, Indiana-Southeast 73 Tennessee Tech 69, Milwaukee 58 Valparaiso 62, Missouri St. 54 Viterbo 77, Silver Lake 40 Wartburg 84, Martin Luther 68 Wheaton (Ill.) 73, North Central (Minn.) 49 Winona St. 74, Wayne (Neb.) 60 Winthrop 50, Ohio 49 Wis. Lutheran 66, Dominican (Ill.) 59 Wis.-Eau Claire 65, Ashford 59 Wis.-Platteville 86, Wis.-Oshkosh 48 Wis.-Stevens Pt. 63, Edgewood 48 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 97, Alcorn St. 59 Hartford 58, Rice 51 Houston 85, Louisiana-Lafayette 63 Oklahoma 64, Texas A&M 54 Stephen F. Austin 78, Lubbock Christian 67 Texas 75, Texas St. 63 Texas-Pan American 75, Lamar 70 UALR 72, Tulsa 65 FAR WEST Arizona St. 61, Dartmouth 42 BYU 78, Weber St. 68 Denver 82, Nebraska-Omaha 47 Gonzaga 68, Kansas St. 52 Long Beach St. 82, BYU-Hawaii 65 Nevada 59, San Francisco 51 New Mexico 73, New Mexico St. 58 Oregon 60, Nebraska 38 S. Dakota St. 68, Montana 67, 2OT San Diego St. 72, San Diego 56 Santa Clara 75, Pacific 71

Southern Cal 70, UC Riverside 26 Stanford 75, UC Davis 52 UC Santa Barbara 87, San Diego Christian 60 UCLA 95, Prairie View 53 Utah St. 69, Utah Valley 63 Washington 75, Jackson St. 67

College Women

EAST Baruch 73, Rutgers-Newark 67 Caldwell 78, Felician 47 Clarion 90, Ursuline 66 Delaware Valley 68, E. Mennonite 63 George Washington 61, Howard 60 Gwynedd Mercy 80, Emory & Henry 66 Hamilton 78, Buffalo St. 64 Haverford 56, Eastern 44 Longwood 60, Bucknell 52 Manhattanville 64, New Jersey City 49 NY Tech 75, Chestnut Hill 48 Old Westbury 73, New Rochelle 56 Philadelphia 56, East Stroudsburg 53, OT Scranton 60, Kean 49 Stevenson 65, Roanoke 61 Stony Brook 63, St. Peter’s 41 Syracuse 68, Binghamton 45 Wesley 68, Bridgewater (Va.) 65, OT Wheeling Jesuit 72, Pitt.-Johnstown 69 William Paterson 64, Mount St. Mary (NY) 54 SOUTH Alabama 80, Troy 71 Albany (NY) 79, Delaware St. 57 Belmont Abbey 52, Johnson C. Smith 47 Bethel (Tenn.) 49, Bryan 47 Campbell 66, Jacksonville St. 53 Catholic 64, Washington (Md.) 53 Coker 78, Mount Olive 64 Cumberland (Tenn.) 56, Berea 41 Dist. of Columbia 59, Roberts Wesleyan 56 FIU 64, Dartmouth 57 Florida St. 96, Grambling St. 60 Guilford 59, Hood 53 Huntington 92, Asbury 68 LaGrange 85, Rhodes 83 Lindsey Wilson 82, Wilberforce 66 MVSU 66, Tuskegee 45 Martin Methodist 58, Spelman 36 Maryville (Tenn.) 70, Meredith 45 Md.-Eastern Shore 54, North Florida 52 NC A&T 60, Liberty 56 NC State 76, Presbyterian 30 Newberry 67, Limestone 63, OT Ohio 55, Marshall 48 Southern Miss. 79, Loyola NO 63 Southern NO 65, Spring Hill 62 Stetson 78, FAU 66 Trevecca Nazarene 61, Ala.Huntsville 48 UNC-Greensboro 71, Norfolk St. 63 Union (Tenn.) 80, Virginia-Wise 47 Winthrop 63, NC Central 44 MIDWEST Akron 67, Cincinnati 54 Albion 63, Alma 48 Alverno 67, Finlandia 55 Augustana (SD) 98, Upper Iowa 69 Bemidji St. 63, Minot St. 51 Calvin 77, St. Mary’s (Ind.) 56 Carroll (Wis.) 69, Ripon 58 Concordia (Mich.) 70, Marygrove 48 Concordia (St.P) 81, SW Minnesota St. 59 Cornell (Iowa) 60, Augsburg 43 Cornerstone 60, Michigan-Dearborn 45 Culver-Stockton 76, Mount Mercy 61 Dakota Wesleyan 81, Doane 69 Davenport 81, Madonna 54 DePaul 68, N. Illinois 46 E. Michigan 74, UMKC 69 Ferris St. 68, Findlay 66 Grand Valley St. 84, Hillsdale 53 Hope 63, Wis.-Whitewater 52 Mary 88, Minn.-Crookston 66 Mayville St. 71, North Central (Minn.)

51 Michigan 60, W. Michigan 41 Michigan Tech 70, Tiffin 53 Missouri St. 83, Arkansas St. 60 North Central (Ill.) 110, Dominican (Ill.) 68 North Dakota 63, Jamestown 49 Northern St. (SD) 72, Minn. Duluth 42 Saginaw Valley St. 55, Malone 53 Siena Heights 70, Lawrence Tech 50 South Dakota 93, Peru St. 37 Spring Arbor 74, Kalamazoo 67 St. Ambrose 94, Grinnell 81 St. Cloud St. 79, Minn. St. (Moorhead) 56 St. Norbert 70, Lawrence 38 Toledo 82, Marquette 71 Wichita St. 81, Ark.-Pine Bluff 43 Winona St. 74, Wayne (Neb.) 35 Wis.-Stevens Pt. 84, Illinois Wesleyan 49 Wis.-Superior 78, Bethany Lutheran 63 Wisconsin 76, E. Illinois 47 Wright St. 66, Xavier 65 SOUTHWEST Rice 60, Stephen F. Austin 41 Texas St. 69, Texas A&M-CC 51 FAR WEST BYU 70, Tulsa 48 Loyola Marymount 73, Oregon St. 62 San Diego 67, Long Beach St. 49 San Francisco 92, San Jose St. 64 Stanford 78, Pacific 43 Texas A&M 79, Southern Cal 61 UC Santa Barbara 54, Washington 46 Utah 71, Houston Baptist 33 Utah Valley 62, N. Arizona 44 Washington St. 62, Ohio St. 55 TOURNAMENT Chartwells Holiday Classic First Round St. John’s 58, Tennessee Tech 46 UCLA 76, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 62

Exhibition Oct. 28 — Washburn, W, 57-35 Nov. 4 — Fort Hays State, W, 88-43 Regular Season Nov. 11 — Idaho State W, 52-36 (1-0) Nov. 14 — Southeast Missouri State W, 68-58 (2-0) Nov. 18 — Wake Forest W, 64-58 (3-0) Nov. 23 — Alabama A&M W, 76-59 (4-0) Nov. 25 — at Creighton, W, 58-48 (5-0) Nov. 28 — Grambling St., W 101-47 (6-0) Dec. 2 — Minnesota, W 65-53 (7-0) Dec. 6 — at Arkansas, L 56-64 (7-1) Dec. 9 — Newman, W 97-64 (8-1) Today — Prairie View A&M, 2 p.m.

Dec. 21 — at California, 9 p.m.

Jan. 2 — Kansas State, 7 p.m.

Jan. 5 — at West Virginia, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 8 — at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

Jan. 13 — Baylor, 1:30 p.m.

Jan. 19 — at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.

Jan. 23 — Texas, 7 p.m.

Jan. 26 — Oklahoma State, 8 p.m.

Jan. 30 — Iowa State, 7 p.m.

Feb. 2 — at Kansas State, 2 p.m.

Feb. 6 — at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Feb. 9 — West Virginia, 2 p.m.

Feb. 13 — at TCU, 7 p.m.

Feb. 17 — Oklahoma, 1:30 p.m.

Feb. 20 — at Texas, 7 p.m.

Feb. 24 — Texas Tech, 12 p.m.

Feb. 27 — at Iowa State, 7 p.m.

March 2— at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

March 5 — TCU, 7 p.m.

Big 12 Championship March 8-13 —Dallas

High School Boys

Sophomores Saturday at Lawrence High Free State 67, Lawrence High 29 FSHS highlights: Andrew Keating 7 points; Spencer Grob 10 points; June Brooks 15 points; Jake Hill 8 points; Kalim Dowdell 10 points.

FSHS record: 3-3.

High School Boys Scores

Axtell 63, Bishop Seabury Academy 55 Center, Mo. 64, Olathe Northwest 54 Hy-Vee Shootout BV North 47, Rockhurst, Mo. 46 BV Northwest 48, Nixa, Mo. 41 Liberty North, Mo. 44, McPherson 32 Olathe East 73, Raytown South, Mo. 71, 2OT Ottawa 59, Grandview, Mo. 34 SM East 47, Rock Bridge, Mo. 42 St. James Academy 38, Raytown, Mo. 21 St. Thomas Aquinas 53, Ruskin, Mo. 44

High School Girls Scores

Bishop Seabury Academy 39, Axtell 34 Veritas Christian 42, Manhattan CHIEF 22 Washburn Rural 50, SM Northwest 43

Father-Son Challenge

Saturday At The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando, Fla. Purse: $1 million Yardage: 7,023; Par: 72 Davis Love III/Dru Love 29-31—60 Mark O’Meara/Shaun O’Meara 31-30—61 Fred Funk/Taylor Funk 31-30—61 Bernhard Langer/Christina Langer 30-32—62 Larry Nelson/Josh Nelson 29-33—62 Vijay Singh/Qass Singh 30-32—62 Hale Irwin/Steve Irwin 30-32—62 Jack Nicklaus/Gary Nicklaus 31-31—62 Nick Faldo/Matthew Faldo 30-33—63 Lee Janzen/Connor Janzen 31-32—63 David Duval/Nick Karavites 31-32—63 Raymond Floyd/Robert Floyd 32-32—64 Fuzzy Zoeller/Gretchen Zoeller 33-32—65 Sandy Lyle/James Lyle 33-33—66 Lanny Wadkins/Tucker Wadkins 33-33—66 Lee Trevino/Daniel Trevino 33-36—69 Arnold Palmer/Will Wears 38-42—80

High School

Tonganoxie Invitational Saturday at Tonganoxie Team scores: Tonganoxie 335, Shawnee Heights 2941⁄2, Atchison 209, Louisburg 117, Frontenac 103, KC Piper 82, Oskaloosa 791⁄2, Doniphan West 79, KC Ward 781⁄2, Olathe Northwest 751⁄2, Jayhawk Linn 361⁄2, Perry-Lecompton 311⁄2.

Area Results 106 — 2. Connor Yates, Tonganoxie.

113 — 2. Sinjan Gergick, Tonganoxie.

120 — 1. Garrett Martin, Toganoxie. 4.

Mark Nichols, Oskaloosa.

126 — 1. Clayton Himpel, Tonganoxie.

132 — 2. Mitch Brock, Tonganoxie.

138 — 3. Dusty Bammes, Oskaloosa.

145 — 3. Seth Wolf, Tonganoxie.

152 — 1. Asher Huseman, Tonganoxie.

3. Tyler Ball, Perry-Lecompton.

160 — 3. Wyatt Weeks, Tonganoxie.

170 — 3. Gus Dent, Tonganoxie.

182 — 2. Luke Carey, Tonganoxie.

195 — 2. Julius Coates, Tonganoxie. 4.

Wyatt Farris, Oskaloosa.

220 — 2. Thomas Miller, Tonganoxie.

285 — 2. Zeke Kissinger, Tonganoxie.

Outstanding wrestler — Geoffrey Vaughn, Atchison.

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Elk sightings increase in state

By Michael Pearce

Partly sunny

Intervals of clouds and sunshine

Mostly sunny

Breezy with clouds and sun

Mostly cloudy, windy and cooler

High 48° Low 25° POP: 5%

High 47° Low 24° POP: 15%

High 50° Low 28° POP: 0%

High 54° Low 29° POP: 25%

High 41° Low 19° POP: 25%

Wind NNW 4-8 mph

Wind W 6-12 mph

Wind WNW 7-14 mph

Wind SSE 10-20 mph

Wind NW 15-25 mph

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McCook 46/21

Kearney 40/20

Oberlin 46/22

Clarinda 42/22

Lincoln 40/20

Grand Island 40/22

Beatrice 42/23

Concordia 43/26

Centerville 46/27

St. Joseph 44/24 Chillicothe 48/28

Sabetha 44/24

Kansas City Marshall Manhattan 48/29 48/30 Goodland Salina 48/23 Oakley Kansas City Topeka 44/21 46/27 46/23 48/27 Lawrence 48/29 Sedalia 48/25 Emporia Great Bend 51/33 50/28 48/26 Nevada Dodge City Chanute 55/31 50/26 Hutchinson 53/30 Garden City 50/27 48/24 Springfield Wichita Pratt Liberal Coffeyville Joplin 58/35 51/29 50/28 50/25 58/33 58/33 Hays Russell 46/24 46/25

Shown is todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weather. Temperatures are todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highs and tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lows.

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Through 7 p.m. Saturday.

Temperature High/low 54°/45° Normal high/low today 40°/21° Record high today 70° in 1933 Record low today -15° in 1932

Precipitation in inches 24 hours through 7 p.m. yest. 0.47 Month to date 0.48 Normal month to date 0.85 Year to date 20.42 Normal year to date 39.19

REGIONAL CITIES

Today Mon. Today Mon. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Atchison 46 26 pc 46 28 pc Independence 58 30 s 55 29 pc 48 25 s 48 25 pc Belton 47 28 pc 46 31 pc Fort Riley 48 29 pc 47 30 pc Burlington 50 28 s 50 30 pc Olathe Coffeyville 58 33 s 55 30 pc Osage Beach 55 32 pc 49 29 pc 48 27 pc 48 29 pc Concordia 43 26 s 44 29 pc Osage City 48 27 pc 49 29 pc Dodge City 50 26 s 50 25 pc Ottawa 51 29 s 51 29 pc Holton 44 26 pc 45 28 pc Wichita Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Clinton Perry Pomona

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Fronts Cold

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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

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WICHITA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Even the most ardent believer would be surprised to see St. Nick and his string of special deer in the skies of Kansas come Christmas Eve. Ed Markel was almost as shocked to see another member of the deer family in Reno County last Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I first saw it, my first reaction was to notice it was a really big animal,â&#x20AC;? said Markel, of Pretty Prairie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As soon as I put my binoculars on it, I thought, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hey, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an elk.â&#x20AC;?

The longtime big game hunter is 100 percent sure of what he saw. Matt Peek, a Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism biologist, is about as certain, too. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a few elk scattered around for a long time, but they seem to be more frequent the past several years,â&#x20AC;? Peek said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve probably had enough to have some reproduction in Reno County in the past few years.â&#x20AC;?

Elk on the Kansas prairie havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always been unusual. James R. Mead, an early day buffalo hunter, trader and one of the founding fathers of Wichita, described big herds of Kansas elk between 1859 and 1875.

Peek said elk were primarily big deer of the grasslands, but people either shot them off or forced them to the Rocky Mountains by the late 1800s.

Elk provide meat that rivals prime beef for taste, and many early homesteaders fed their families elk. Since a big bull can weigh 800 to 1,000 pounds â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about four times the size of our more numerous white-tailed buck â&#x20AC;&#x201D; elk werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too popular when they raided pioneer gardens and crop fields.

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AN ELK STEPS OUT OF THE UNDERBRUSH in the Cimarron National Grassland in Morton County near Elkhart in this May 2012 photo. Elk sightings are becoming more numerous in several areas of central and western Kansas. and Parks reintroduced wild elk to the Cimarron National Grasslands in extreme southwest Kansas and to Fort Riley, near Junction City. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a sizable herd at Maxwell Wildlife Refuge east of McPherson.

Herds of up to 75 animals also have appeared at two different places along the Arkansas River in western Kansas, probably moving in from Colorado.

Peek named about a dozen counties were wild elk have been verified within the past two years.

Many sightings are along the Ninnescah River system in Kingman, Pratt and Reno counties. Last year a cow and several bulls were photographed on remote trail cameras usually placed by hunters in that region.

Recent reports also have come from Ellsworth, Saline, Marion, Dickinson, Sedgwick, Lyon and Chase counties.

and agricultural groups about the possible damage elk could do to crop fields.

A fondness for irrigated crops in nearby Oklahoma and Colorado lead to the near decimation of the Cimarron National Grasslands herd.

For that reason, Kansas landowners and residents can purchase elk hunting permits for about 61/2 months of the year. Such permits are good in areas other than the Cimarron National Grasslands and the Fort Riley area, where Wildlife and Parks is working to manage elk numbers.

There also has been concern about the hazards elk could pose for Kansas motorists. Rare is the elk-vehicle collision that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t result in a totaled car or truck.

But there are some who would like to see elk get a little better established.

Markel owns several thousand acres, and manages it largely for wildlife habitat. The elk he saw last Sunday reminded him of a once exciting time in his life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like when we first started seeing deer, someone would see one and it was exciting,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We went from none, to a few, then to a major population. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think elk could quite do the same thing, but if the habitatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good enough it may be good to have a few around.â&#x20AC;?

Fans and foes Several states, such as Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Missouri and Arkansas, have reintroduced elk that have grown to sizable enough populations to support eco-tourism and hunting.

But some Kansans arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too excited about a possible comeback.

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FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS

WINNERS OF THE BALDWIN CITY LIONS CLUB 2012 PEACE POSTER CONTEST are, from left, Baldwin Junior High School students Jade Slavin, Ellie Thurlow, Betsy Parmley, Cassie Robinson and Sidney Cheek. They will be recognized on Wednesday at the USD 348 holiday concert at the Baldwin High School performance center. Mike Gammage submitted the photo, which was taken by Lions Club member Sheryl Cleverley. Email your photos to friends@ljworld.com or mail them to Friends & Neighbors, P.O. Box 888, Lawrence, KS 66044.

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A review of ‘The Hobbit’ and the new, controversial way its being presented.

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A Lawrence native’s short film, ‘Catnip: Egress to Oblivion?’ will be shown at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. PAGE 3C

COMING MONDAY IN GO! Tips for holiday tipping

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ARTS | ENTERTAINMENT | CULTURE | FOOD

BANDING TOGETHER John Young/Journal-World Photo

PLAYING THE GHOST OF JACOB MARLEY, Jen Young rehearses Friday for Foxy

by Proxy’s upcoming show “Miracle on Mass. Street.”

A holiday show that’s naughty and nice

By Sara Sneath

Nick Krug/Journal-World Photos

JOHN BECHEN INSTRUCTS A GROUP OF PRESCHOOLERS ON HOW TO SHAKE THEIR BELLS before a performance of “Pennsylvania 6-5000” Nov. 30 for preschoolers at Kids First Preschool, 867 U.S. Highway 40. The saxophone quartet, made up of longtime musicians, performs throughout the community. AT TOP: River City Reeds member Clyde Bysom, who is 93, performs alongside Charles Kesinger on Nov. 30 for the preschoolers.

Saxophone quartet River City Reeds shares timeless sound throughout community

By Sara Shepherd

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tanding before a couple dozen pint-sized observers, John Bechen explains a few of the basics about saxophones.

The sound is made by air traveling over a piece of wood called a reed. Saxophones come in multiple sizes. And the bigger they are, the lower the notes they can play.

The little eyes in the audience widen when Bechen’s fellow quartet member Charles Kesinger blows into his baritone sax — the biggest in the group, and nearly as tall as the audience members — to demonstrate.

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Crafts: Holiday pottery sale at Muddy Waters Studio, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

There’s a ton of opportunities to buy local and handmade in Lawrence (especially this time of year), but this may be the only one devoted to pottery and ceramics. Check out the sale at 925 Iowa St. Suite J from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.

Music: Ragtime piano by Brian Hawkins at Gaslight Gardens, 317 N. Second St. This is a quirky bet, but, if you’ve got some free time on a Sunday evening, sometimes those can be

Watch a video of the River City Reeds performing at Lawrence.com “That’s down in the basement!” Bechen exclaims.

At the First United Methodist Church Kids First Preschool on a recent afternoon, the River City Reeds saxophone quartet’s commentary was perhaps more elementary than usual, but the group’s playing was no less stirring than their typical community performances. Soon, the children were swinging to the “Pennsylvania Polka”

This is one of the things that keeps me going. It’s fun to sit here and play. This is probably as much fun as anything I do.”

— River City Reeds band member Charles Kesinger

and shaking bells along with “Sleigh Ride.”

The quartet comprises Bechen, 54 and the only nonretiree, on the soprano and alto saxophones; Kesinger, 68, on baritone; Elaine Roberts, 67, on alto; and Clyde Bysom, 95, on tenor. The group, which practices every Wednesday in addition to performing for free

throughout the community, has been going strong since stemming off from the New Horizons Band more than a decade ago.

The only non-original member, Kesinger, joined when Alan Whitehouse retired a few years ago. After all,

been, take some time out of your Monday this week to go by Van Go, 715 New Jersey St. It’s a unique organization (full-disclosure: I’m a former volunteer) that provides paying jobs to at-risk teens making art.

In its few years here, it’s become a big part of the art and nonprofit scenes, and helped a lot of kids.

Throughout the holidays, Van Go is selling handmade works by some of those teenagers in its annual Adornment Sale. Catch it from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through Dec. 23.

the most fun. This celebration of the ragtime musical genre runs 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Gaslight Gardens, 317 N. Second St., and is free.

Music: The Pharmacy and Dry Bonnet at the Jackpot With well-reviewed garage-band-style pop group The Pharmacy and up-andcoming locals Dry Bonney, it’ll be a Sunday Funday.

(Quite possibly.) Starts at 10 p.m.; 18+; $5.

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Crafts: Adornment sale at Van Go, 715 New Jersey St. (ongoing) Especially if you’ve never

Please see REEDS, page 4C

18 TUESDAY Nick Krug/Journal-World File Photo

The city of Eudora will be offering a Christmas lights tour Tuesdays and Thursdays through Dec. 20.

Holidays: Eudora Christmas lights tour, starts at Eu-

About two and a half years ago, Emma Swendson went on break from her job at Juice Stop so she could go change into something a little sexier.

She was trying out for a burlesque troupe.

“I wasn’t even off work.

I got someone to cover for me so I could go take my clothes off real quick,” Swendson says.

Swendson, whose stage name is ChiChi Rodriguez, didn’t have a proper costume. She pulled an old dress out of the backseat of her car for the tryouts.

“I didn’t know how to sexy dance,” Swendson says. “I’m still not sure that I know how.”

Please see FOXY, page 4C

‘MIRACLE ON MASS. STREET’ What: Burlesque troupe Foxy by Proxy’s first holiday show, “Miracle on Mass. Street” When: 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 22 Where: The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St. Cost: $8. Show is for those age 18 and over

dora Recreation Center, 1630 Elm St., 6:30 p.m.

If you really can’t get enough Christmas light displays, the Eudora Rec Center, 1630 Elm St. has an hourlong hayride wagon tour that should quench the thirst of any holiday lover.

It begins at 6:30 p.m., and Tuesday’s will be the last tour of the season.

Check out more Best Bets for the week at lawrence. com/events/ bestbets/ and our Best Bets blog at lawrence.com/weblogs/best-betsblog/.

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A familiar â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hobbitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and a wholly unfamiliar frame rate S

even years after â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kingâ&#x20AC;? became the first straight-up fantasy film to win Best Picture, director Peter Jackson returns to Middle Earth.

Besides a slew of familiar dwarves, wizards, elves, orcs, a Gollum, and one apprehensive hobbit, Jackson has a new trick up his sleeve that has Hollywood and the movie community all aflutter: A 3-D, 48-frames-persecond presentation.

Because the nearest places you can find this version of his new film, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,â&#x20AC;? are four theaters in Kansas City that are playing it, But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll save discussion for the high-frame-rate (HFR) presentation until after I talk about the movie itself.

The novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hobbitâ&#x20AC;? was author J.R.R. Tolkienâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dry run leading up to has vastly more detailed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lord of the Ringsâ&#x20AC;? books, so the story is pretty familiar. Gandalf the wizard (Ian McKellen) plucks a content Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) from the Shire, and the hobbit is led on a great quest to help 13 dwarves reclaim their home from an evil dragon. If all turns out well â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and how could it not? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bilbo will find his own courage in the process.

Jackson knows how to keep us grounded in Bilboâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transformation from reluctant adventurer to selfless hero, but the stakes seem a little smaller in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hobbit,â&#x20AC;? so presumably that is the reason the action scenes are more frequent to make up for it. Of course, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re spectacular, with first-rate visual effects artists at the top of their game and some thrilling fight choreography that rivals the best LOTR movies.

The high point, not unexpectedly, is the one scene Bilbo shares with Gollum (voiced by the inimitable Andy Serkis), who looks even more expressive and convincing than he did in 2003.

So much of it feels like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen it before.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harder to relate to the dwarves than it is with the Fellowship, and the comedic scenes arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite as effortless as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lord of the Ringsâ&#x20AC;? films, but I was surprised at how quickly and willingly I submitted to the rhythms of Middle Earth. Jackson handles

ERIC MELIN eric@scene-stealers.com

the storytelling style (which felt so alive in the early 2000s and now feels so quaint) with aplomb, so the movie felt like an old friend being welcomed back into your life.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not revolutionary, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bit long (at almost three hours, it feels padded), but â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeyâ&#x20AC;? is still rousing â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;heroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; entertainment, handsomely mounted.

I say, bring on the next two!

Now, on to the issue of its revolutionary theatrical presentation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeyâ&#x20AC;? was filmed at a rate of 48 frames per second, something Jackson and company are calling â&#x20AC;&#x153;high frame rate.â&#x20AC;? Essentially what that does is make a clearer, brighter image, supposedly free of motion blur, or strobing. We are used to seeing films at 24 frames per second, so that â&#x20AC;&#x153;filmicâ&#x20AC;? quality disappears in favor of ultra-hires imaging.

But Jackson says HFR in tandem with 3-D is the way to go. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the biggest advantages is the fact that your eye is seeing twice the number of images each second, giving the movie a wonderful immersive quality. It makes the 3D experience much more gentle and hugely reduces eyestrain,â&#x20AC;? he said in a recent Q&A on his Facebook page. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Much of what makes 3D viewing uncomfortable for some people is the fact that each eye is processing a lot of strobing, blur and

flicker. This all but disappears in HFR 3D.â&#x20AC;?

My verdict, after seeing a 3-D HFR presentation, is simple: It was a new experience that thrilled me and frustrated me in equal measure, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m up for more movies in this format. I still noticed motion blur, especially in particularly fast-moving scenes, but I also enjoyed the way that the CGI special effects blended seamlessly with the actors and the new immersive quality the 3-D had.

That said, sometimes it did seem painfully obvious that these were actors in makeup on a set, at least at first. But, like any kind of movie-going experience, I got used to it.

About an hour in, I just accepted that this was a new kind of motion picture experience. Will it become the norm and make the history of cinema before now immediately antiquated? No. The last 100 years of film history will always be marked by its look and feel, just as the silents dif-

fer from the early sound films and the Technicolor epics differ from neorealist dramas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeyâ&#x20AC;? is showing in 3-D HFR at AMC Barrywoods 24, AMC Independence Commons 20, AMC Studio 30, and the Cinemark Merriam 20. Make up your own mind and let me know how it affected your experience.

You can catch â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hobbitâ&#x20AC;? at a normal frame rate here in Lawrence at Southwind Cinema 12.

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Get into the Christmas spirit with Dickensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; spirits A s an anglo Midwesterner who was loosely raised in the Methodist church, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t usually have a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit (even if these days, my reason for the season is simply an excuse to put Baileys in my coffee).

But this year, I just havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gotten there. I got married two days after Thanksgiving, and we leave for our honeymoon on Christmas Day. I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even unfolded my fake turquoise-and-silver Urban Outfitters tree, and the only reason there are lights on my house is because I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take them down last year. The least I could do was plug them in. So, I literally did the least I could do.

If I really wanted to get in the Christmas spirit, I know exactly how Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d do it: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d spend a whole afternoon spending too much money on the Country Club Plaza, and then Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d visit the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future at the Kansas City Repertory Theaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Carolâ&#x20AC;? at the Spencer Theatre at the UMKC Performing Arts Center (4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.).

An almost-annual tradition at The Rep, Charles Dickensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Carol,â&#x20AC;? directed by Kyle Hatley, perfectly blends social commentary and holiday cheer. The set

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design and costumes are pretty cool, too.

The Repâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Carolâ&#x20AC;? runs through Dec. 26 (with no performance on Christmas Day). For tickets and more information, call 816-235-2700 or go to www.kcrep.org.

Good stuff at the Bad Seed Friday On Friday nights from

May through February, you can find usually everything from freerange meats and eggs and heirloom produce to artisan cheeses, rustic baked breads, raw honey, local nuts, freshly milled flour, micro-roasted coffee, jams, jellies and more at Badseed Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market (1909 McGee Street, Kansas City, Mo.).

Friday night, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., this funky, boutique-style farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; market in an old storefront is hosting a special Holiday Market. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will have live music, a fabulous farm basket raffle, and complimentary organic Irish Coffee with whipped local cream,â&#x20AC;? says Bad Seedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brooke Salvaggio. Get more information at www. badseedkc.com.

A â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Die Hardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; weekend before Christmas As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I learned recently that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whole legion of fans who consider â&#x20AC;&#x153;Die Hard,â&#x20AC;? the 1988 action movie starring Bruce Willis, a Christmas classic.

If you are among them, you can catch it on the big screen at the recently revamped Screenland Crossroads (1656 Washington, Kansas City, Mo.): Friday, Dec. 21, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 22, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 23, at 7 p.m. And 4:30 p.m. screenings have been added on Saturday and Sunday.

Tickets are $9 each and can be purchased at screenland.com.

Yippee ki yay.

Sunday Festivus for the rest of us I highlighted this Festivus celebration in my holiday round-up a while ago, but it sounds too fun to miss, so I wanted to remind you.

Festivus is a secular holiday, celebrated two days before Christmas every year. It was conceived by writer Dan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe in the 1960s and was made famous-ish after being the plot for an episode of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seinfeldâ&#x20AC;? in 1997.

So, if you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t into the religious or materialistic aspects of Christmas or Hanukkah, or you just really love â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seinfeld,â&#x20AC;? head to Snow & Co. (1815 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, Mo.) for a Fesitvus party Sunday, Dec. 23, from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Lawrence nativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film to be shown at Sundance

By Sara Shepherd sshepherd@ljworld.com

Catnip will be difficult to look at in the same way after viewing Lawrence native Jason Willisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; short film, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catnip: Egress to Oblivion?â&#x20AC;?

The 7-minute, 1970sclassroom-documentarystyle film â&#x20AC;&#x201D; featuring narration of catnip research, pans of newspaper articles about it, psychedelic music and scads of wild-eyed, crazy-acting cats â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was selected for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, set for Jan. 1727 in Park City, Utah. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of 15 (and one of the more lighthearted) in the Documentary Short Films category. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catnip is all the rage with todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s modern feline, but do we really understand it?â&#x20AC;? Willis writes in a teaser for the film. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is it a source for harmless kicks, or a potentially crippling addiction? ... Once and for all the facts about this controversial substance are frankly discussed.â&#x20AC;?

He isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly sure how his film rose to the top of the thousands of entries Sundance received for its short-film program, but he suspects being featured at AFI (American Film Institute) Fest 2012 in November helped. He knows some Sundance programmers saw it there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I imagine itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the humor combined with how absurd the whole concept is,â&#x20AC;? Willis says, in an email interview.

Willis wrote, directed and produced the film, which has received mentions on theatlantic.com and filmindependent.org.

Willis, 43, graduated from Lawrence High School in 1987 and now lives in Tucson, Ariz., where he does freelance design, photography and video work. His website is JasonWillis.com.

Watch â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catnip: Egress to Oblivion?â&#x20AC;? at http://bit. ly/MIAJoh.

In addition to Festivus food and drink specials, Snow & Co. will have all of the classic elements of this secular celebration â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including the aluminum pole â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as well as a few modern twists.

Grievances will be aired via Twitter with the hashtag #airingofgrievancesKC, and donations to The Human Fund will actually go to the local nonprofit Social Heart, a group of young professionals who work to support area charities.

Call 816-214-8921 for more information. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; By day, Kansas City native Emily Farris is a cookbook publicist. The rest of the time, she can be found eating food or writing about it. Find her recent ramblings at feedmekc.com.

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A camera for every kind of person U

nlike members of Congress, photographers must compromise.

All camera models sacrifice a feature or function to emphasize another. In suggesting cameras for you this holiday season, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve listed them by the type of photographer rather than the camera type.

This barely scratches the surface. Use these suggestions as a starting point and work with a knowledgeable salesperson or a friend who knows camera gear. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll even offer help. Email me about how you use a camera â&#x20AC;&#x201D; typical subjects, lighting conditions, etc. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and give me a budget and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll provide more suggestions.

Active sports person: You require shockproof, waterproof and freeze proof in a compact size.

Pentax has been at this awhile so consider their Optio WG-2. For underwater features and GPS, look at the Olympus Tough TG-1.

Others to consider: Nikon AW100 and Canon PowerShot D20. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re paying more protection features but these are fine for general photography, too.

Indoor/outdoor sports in low light: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not easy to compromise in this photographic situation.

Professionals use expensive gear for best results.

Look at a mid-level single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) with a telephoto lens with a large aperture.

DSLR cameras offer interchangeable lenses, optical viewfinders and motor drives.

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ALTHOUGH I USED AN EXPENSIVE PROFESSIONAL CAMERA photographing the Flaming Lips at Liberty Hall this past summer, a quality compact digital camera with a wide-angle lens and a large aperture could have captured a similar shot. In judging and comparing cameras, keep in mind what subjects and under what conditions you most often photograph to determine the best camera for you to own.

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Consider cameras like the Sony A37, Nikon D7000 or Canon EOS Rebel T4i. A good lens option would be a 70200mm lens with an f/4.0 or f/2.8 maximum aperture.

If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to jump into a DSLR system, look at the Panasonic DMC-FZ200 that features a lens with an f/2.8 maximum aperture across its entire zoom range. The quality wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be as good as a DSLR, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good option for the money.

Going mobile: If you

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and wide-angle coverage for capturing more people in small spaces.

Look for cameras that have a 35mm equivalent, 28mm or wider lens with a maximum aperture of f/2.0 or f/2.8. The Canon PowerShot 110 HS is inexpensive.

A few more bucks: The Canon PowerShot S110 is a well-regarded all-around camera. Making the list for one of 2012â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top cameras is the high quality but more expensive Sony CyberShot RX100.

Congressman: If you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t compromise and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind the weight and investment of a complete system, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to go wrong with the top-ofthe-class Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Nikon D800 or Sony A99.

With any of these bodies and your choice of lenses and accessories, you can go in any direction you want to take your photography â&#x20AC;&#x201D; providing you have the money or the constituents to support you.

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KIDS FIRST PRESCHOOL TEACHER CAROL DOBBINS laughs with Quinn Head as the two dance the polka during a performance by the River City Reeds on Nov. 30 at the preschool.

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space is limited in the coveted small performance group that is a quartet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is one of the things that keeps me going,â&#x20AC;? Kesinger says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like posting photographs fun to sit here and play. to social media sites This is probably as much but want better quality fun as anything I do.â&#x20AC;? than your camera phone, The River City Reedsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; consider cameras offering main audience is retirebuilt-in Wi-Fi. Two basic ment homes, Bechen says. models are the Canon Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also played for 320 HS and the Samsung the Welcome Club of WB150F. Lawrence and the Visiting Traveling light: MidNurses annual convention. to high-end compact â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a service group, cameras with versatile so we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play for mon!"!"!" built-in zoom lenses, or ey,â&#x20AC;? Bechen says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I mean, Take this with you to the newer mirrorlessweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll play for food ... but a camera store, compare camera systems with inwe consider ourselves a terchangeable lenses, are models and get a few service group.â&#x20AC;? good traveling tools. Both in your hands. Let the The Reeds try to taisalesperson know what provide good value and lor their playlists to the your priority is and what quality but wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t weigh audience and the season, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not willing to you down. which is why regular praccompromise. The closest Look at the Sony NEX tices are important. full-service camera store line and the Olympus Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also good for to Lawrence is Wolfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s PEN series, both offer camaraderie, Bechen says, Camera, 635 S. Kansas interchangeable lenses. as the musicians often Ave., in Topeka. Most of For an all-in-one camgrab coffee or a bite to eat era, the Canon PowerShot these or similar models afterward. should be available to try G15 makes a good travelEach member, however, out. ing companion. is an esteemed musician Night owl: From dance in his or her own right. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chief photographer Mike floors to dinner parties, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very intimate exYoder can be reached your priority is portabilperience to play in a quarat 832-7141. ity, low-light capability tet,â&#x20AC;? Roberts says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I consider it a privilege to play with this group.â&#x20AC;?

Outside the River City Reeds, Roberts also plays the hammer dulcimer. She has a music degree and has

played her saxophone in duets and community bands for more than 20 years.

Bysom, who also plays clarinet, started playing in the fifth grade â&#x20AC;&#x153;and never did quit.â&#x20AC;? Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still playing the same saxophone he had in high school and the Kansas University band, and he plays with more than one group. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I play with anyone whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have me,â&#x20AC;? Bysom says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My doctor says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll start worrying about me when I quit blowing my horn.â&#x20AC;?

Kesinger has a degree in music and taught band for nearly 20 years. He likes that the River City Reeds allows him to keep sharing music with others.

Bechen, who also has a music degree, works as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;voicerâ&#x20AC;? for Reuter Organ Company.

Playing soprano sax for the preschoolers, Bechen taps his feet, wiggles his shoulders and tips his horn up for the high note at the end of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pennsylvania 6-5000.â&#x20AC;?

He also pitches in to pack up the othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; instruments and sometimes carry them, which is something the others joke about. After all, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the youngster in the bunch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still got energy,â&#x20AC;? Kesinger says, laughing. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Features reporter Sara Shepherd can be reached at 832-7187. Follow her at Twitter.com/KCSSara.

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Swendson made the cut. And the burlesque troupe she throws off most of her clothes for, Lawrence-based Foxy

by Proxy, has continued to prosper. The 16-member troupe has outgrown three venues and now performs at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St. On Saturday, the troupe will have its first Christmas show, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Miracle on Mass. Street.â&#x20AC;?

Foxy by Proxy is not your typical cabaret-style burlesque. The costumes are still outlandish, and the sets are variety showesque. But the humor is less political satire and more anti-pop culture. At a typical Foxy by Proxy show, you can expect to see tattoos, PBR and flannel.

Sheila McGuire, the troupeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emcee, said that of the 15 or so Foxy by Proxy performances, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Miracle on Mass. Streetâ&#x20AC;? will be the most theatrical show the troupe has done yet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of the bits are inspired by classic Christmas stories,â&#x20AC;? McGuire says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole thing will tell a story.â&#x20AC;?

The show will include a performance by Beach Team, which performed Black Sabbath covers at the troupeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Halloween show. The doors open at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Granada. The price of admission is $8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a fair price, McGuire says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve paid a lot more to see a lot less,â&#x20AC;? McGuire says. Pun intended.

The playful attitude is part of the act. Foxy

by Proxy is a bunch of rad weirdos with Peter Pan complexes, says Jen Young, one of the troupeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performers. Young, also known as The Scarlet

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LIBERTY HOLLIS, LEFT, AND GYPSY WILLIAMS-RATZLAFF, both of Lawrence, practice a scene for Foxy by Proxyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upcoming holiday show, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Miracle on Mass. Street,â&#x20AC;?

Monday at SeedCo Studio. BELOW: Williams-Ratzlaff, checks a mirror Monday to see how ribbon will look as she prepares costumes for Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show, which will be at 9 p.m. at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St.

Harlot, says she never really felt like she fit in elsewhere. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This has allowed me to express myself,â&#x20AC;?

Young says.

Young says the progression to burlesque was a natural one for her. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done pinup and alternative modeling, a form of modeling that counters traditional ideals of beau-

ty with tattoos and dark makeup, and was looking for a new place on stage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vaudeville has always been a big influence to me,â&#x20AC;? Young says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Burlesque was just the obvious next step.â&#x20AC;?

Burlesque is becoming widely accepted as a form of art, McGuire says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it comes from

women celebrating their bodies, celebrating the female form,â&#x20AC;? McGuire says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s empowering.â&#x20AC;?

Burlesque as a whole has redefined beauty, but Foxy by Proxy, specifically, has redefined fitting in, McGuire says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re little scene orphans,â&#x20AC;? McGuire said.

Greg Thomas, the troupeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s technical director, says he has been impressed with the performers of the troupe. The women have developed as theatrical storytellers and overcome their fears, he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really always trying to up our game. We tear down a set, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re already talking about doing a new show in six weeks. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting help writing these things so they seem more like one long, beautiful story,â&#x20AC;?

Bodean says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been mesmerized watching this group evolve.â&#x20AC;?

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Queen Lizzy’s closing, but seeks new location

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bet you this has something to do with Duchess Kate’s morning sickness.

Fans of British cuisine will be sad to hear that Queen Lizzy’s Fish & Chips, 125 E. 10th St., is closing its doors on Dec. 21.

Here’s my theory: Duchess Kate was secretly a regular customer of Lawrence’s only Britishthemed restaurant.

But now with this pregnancy, she’s having a hard time keeping the bangers and mash down. And thus we can all blame Prince William for Lawrence losing one of its more unique restaurants.

Well, it’s a theory anyway, but Queen Lizzy’s owner Matt Poulton told me the restaurant’s location was at the heart of the matter. Simply put, the size, and off-Mass.

Street location combined with the rent just wasn’t working.

“This unit is on two levels and it only can fit 31 people comfortably,” Poulton said. “We need to find the right size. We need to find something bigger.”

Indeed, Poulton has not given up on the idea of British cuisine in Lawrence.

“There is definitely a demand for it,” Poulton said. “That’s why we’ll be back.”

Queen Lizzy’s won the Best New Restaurant category in Lawrence.com’s 2012 Best of Lawrence contest, and it also won in the best Fish ‘n Chips category in Pitch Weekly’s restaurant contest.

So, the restaurant has a following. Poulton, however, said he doesn’t want to make any false promises about when he’ll reopen in another location.

In the meantime, the company will sell a few of its food products at Brits, 929 Massachusetts St. Those products will include traditional British sausages wrapped in puff pastries, a variety of meat pies and such, and something called Scotch eggs, which is a hard-boiled egg wrapped in ground pork and breadcrumbs and then baked.

The company also will continue to serve food at some British festivals around the region and will offer private catering.

Veggie burger company gets bigger home Here may be another example of how Lawrence once again breaks from the herd. Right here in the middle of Beef Country, Lawrence may become known as the Capital of Veggie Burgers.

It is still a little early to bestow that title, but one of Lawrence’s emerging, potentially nationwide success stories is a veggie burger company.

As we previously have reported, Hilary Brown, who owned Local Burger restaurant until it closed earlier this year, has started a veggie burger production company that sells products under the brand name Hilary’s Eat Well.

Now, the company is undergoing its largest expansion yet. Brown confirmed to me that her company has signed a deal with an investor to occupy a vacant 8,000-square-foot industrial building near 23rd Street and Haskell Avenue.

The building at 2205 Haskell Ave. used to house a machine shop, but has been empty a few years.

The purchase will allow Brown to move out of rented production space at 19th Street and Haskell and significantly expand production of the company’s products. It also will allow the company to move its administrative offices out of the upstairs space that was above the former Local Burger restaurant near Seventh and Vermont

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streets.

Brown started making a few veggie burgers out of her Local Burger restaurant in spring 2010, and demand was so strong that she had moved into production space at 19th and Haskell by February 2011.

By summer 2012, the company struck a deal to have its veggie burger products sold in Whole Foods stores across the country.

Brown said the company is in discussions with other national retailers and food service compa-

nies to carry the products.

The company expects its production capacity to increase “by a lot,” and the company has ordered new equipment for the location.

The company plans to launch three new products in 2013, including something called a Hemp and Greens Burger, Veggie Bites and a special remoulade sauce that was popular at Local Burger.

Currently, Hilary’s Eat Well has about 20 employees, but Brown said the company likely will add four more as part of the expansion.

She hopes to be in the building by March or April.

— City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be reached at 832-6362. Follow him at Twitter. com/clawhorn_ljw. Catch his Town Talk blog every weekday morning at ljworld.com.

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BY SARA SHEPHERD

BOTI KABAB AT INDIA PALACE While you won’t find it on the menus of many Kansas barbecue joints, lamb’s strong flavor is actually a great match for a bit of char. Boti Kabab — on the tandoori menu at India Palace — consists of chunks of marinated lamb cooked in a clay oven, then served on a sizzlinghot platter with peppers and onions. The seasoning is rich and earthy with a hint of heat, and the portion is big enough to fill two people.

Where to get it: India Palace, 129 E. Tenth St. What you’ll pay: $13.95 plus tax Boti Kabab at India Palace, 129 E. Tenth St. Try it with: Nan — which comes with the meal unless you choose lights some of the more exotic, rice instead. menu section devoted to oddly named or inventively Also on the menu: vegetarian entrees, plus concocted (for better or worse) So many, many Indian desserts and numerous dishes from local menus. Know delights. Curries, kormas, varieties of nan and other of an offbeat menu item we tikka masalas and vinIndian breads. India Palace should check out? Email food daloos (hot!) of chicken, also offers a lunch buffet and features reporter Sara Shepbeef, seafood and lamb seven days a week.

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Fiction

Recipe for a vibrant city? Start with walkers

By David L. Ulin Los Angeles Times

If you grew up, as I did, in a pedestrian city, much of Jeff Speckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Timeâ&#x20AC;? falls into the category of no-brainer.

Of course, a walking culture is better than an Lindsey Yankey, automotive one, better illustrator, for our bodies and our Leon souls. Of course, street â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Me Talk Pretty One Dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; life has to develop or(by David Sedaris). I think ganically, from the proper itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hilarious, because urban conditions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;a thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so many little dif- citywide commitment to ferent pieces that he finds creating an environment humor in.â&#x20AC;? that people want to live in,â&#x20AC;? Speck notes, quoting Adam Baacke, assistant city manager for planning and development in Lowell, Mass. Of course, bikes and mass transit are a key part of the mix, as is a human sense of scale. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is often surprising to measure some of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite and most successful public spaces â&#x20AC;&#x201D; New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rockefeller Center, San Antonioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Andrew Ramaley, River Walk, San Frannurse anesthetist, ciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ghirardelli Square Lawrence â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Lost Gateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (by Orson â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and discover how small they actually are,â&#x20AC;? Speck Scott Card). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a story tells us. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Few are much about the descendants of the Norse gods left on earth broader than sixty yards across. And letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not fortrying to return home to get Disneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Main Street, Valhalla.â&#x20AC;? famously built at threequarters scale.â&#x20AC;?

Sense of the street The message is that a successful city has roots and causes, and among the most important of these is a sense of the street. Speck draws on Jane Jacobs, a favorite theorist, to make the point explicit: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lowly, unpurposeful, and random as they may appear, Matt Ramaley, sidewalk contacts are the freshman at Lawrence small change from which High School, a cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wealth of public Lawrence life may grow.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I am America (And So And yet, the strength of Can You!)â&#x20AC;&#x2122; (by Stephen â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walkable Cityâ&#x20AC;? is that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Colbert). It kind of gives not a no-brainer, not in a a backstage telling of culture in which it often American politics and how seems we have done evthings work.â&#x20AC;? erything we can to make street life obsolete. Such a shift was partly a response to the urban decay of the mid-20th century, which led to freeways and other infrastructure projects that eviscerated neighborhoods.

I think of the BrooklynQueens Expressway, which Robert Moses drove like a stake through the heart of Brooklyn in the 1940s and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50s, or Lincoln Center, Chris Tilden, which tore apart the Linhealth department coln Square neighborhood employee, on the West Side of ManLawrence hattan a decade after that. â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wildâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (by Cheryl Although Speck doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Strayed). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about a young womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey on the Pacific Crest Trail.â&#x20AC;?

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refer to either project â&#x20AC;&#x201D; indeed, he sees New York now, along with San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Portland, Ore., and Minneapolis, as an example of how a successful city works â&#x20AC;&#x201D; their spirit is a factor in his thinking, if only as something to react against.

Pedestrian baseline A city planner whose previous book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suburban Nationâ&#x20AC;? (co-written with Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk) explored the consequences of sprawl, Speck is a bit of a contrarian. This posture emerges throughout â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walkable City,â&#x20AC;? beginning with the title: Although the book claims to be about walking, it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly, except inasmuch as it considers pedestrianism as a baseline for urban life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The pedestrian is an extremely fragile species, the canary in the coal mine of urban livability,â&#x20AC;? Speck writes, framing what he calls the â&#x20AC;&#x153;General Theory of Walkabilityâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an idea driven less by the experience of walking than the circumstances that make a walking culture viable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be favored,â&#x20AC;? he continues, â&#x20AC;&#x153;a walk has to satisfy four main conditions: it must be useful, safe, comfortable, and interesting. ... Useful means that most aspects of daily life are located close at hand and organized in a way that walking serves them well. Safe means that the street has been designed to give pedestrians a fighting chance against being hit by automobiles. ... Comfortable means that buildings and landscape properly shape urban streets into â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;outdoor living rooms.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; ... Interesting means that sidewalks are lined by unique buildings

with friendly faces and suggests, is a fundamental that signs of humanity misunderstanding: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inabound.â&#x20AC;? vestments in transit may be investments in mobilIntegrated vs. imposed ity or investments in real As to why this matters, estate, but they are not it gets to the urban en- investments in reduced vironment, which is the traffic.â&#x20AC;? true subject of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walkable Here he is as contrarian City.â&#x20AC;? Speck investigates again, flying in the face it with passion and exper- of conventional wisdom tise, writing through the â&#x20AC;&#x201D; light rail eases automofilter of context, in which bile congestion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to look lifestyle grows out of en- at the city as a whole. To vironment rather than the get people on trains, you other way around. need incentives, such as He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t write much convenience, centrality, about Los Angeles, just a ease of use. The system brief comment on Santa has to be integrated; it has Monicaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Third Street to be something we take Promenade and a discus- without thinking about it, sion of the rise of Old a no-brainer in the most Town Pasadena and the essential sense. fall of Westwood Village, The same is true of bike which happened more paths, which Speck reor less simultaneously in luctantly endorses (more the early 1990s, keyed to contrarianism), although different approaches to his preference is for what parking. (One of Speckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s he calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;shared routes,â&#x20AC;? heroes is UCLA urban where â&#x20AC;&#x153;bikes and cars can planning professor Don- mix comfortably at bikald Shoup, referred to ing speeds.â&#x20AC;? The idea is to here as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jane Jacobs of emphasize that we are all parking policy.â&#x20AC;?) in this together, that urYet the issues he ad- ban space is, by its nature, dresses reflect L.A.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ef- public space. forts to become less carThis brings us back to reliant, whether in terms walking, which is nothof vertical development ing if not a public act. or public transportation â&#x20AC;&#x153;It could be said,â&#x20AC;? Speck initiatives. writes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;that every city His critique of the Dallas and suburb has an obligaArea Rapid Transit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;the tion to free its residents largest light-rail system in from the burden of auto the United States ... on its dependence.â&#x20AC;? way to 91 miles (of track) Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not suggesting cars and 63 stations by 2013â&#x20AC;? should disappear; he is, â&#x20AC;&#x201D; becomes a discussion however, reminding us of how transit systems that, in the words of social fail when they impose critic Ivan Illich, â&#x20AC;&#x153;beyond themselves on the cities a certain speed, motorized they are meant to serve. vehicles create remoteThere are many reasons ness which they alone can for DARTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disappoint- shrink.â&#x20AC;? ing ridership (poor staThis, it goes without tion location, insufficient saying, is antithetical to residential density, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the what we want from cities. simple fact ... that Dallas We want to engage. and its suburbs are almost â&#x20AC;&#x153;It turns out,â&#x20AC;? Speck completely lacking in argues, â&#x20AC;&#x153;that the way we neighborhood structureâ&#x20AC;?), move largely determines but most important, Speck the way we live.â&#x20AC;?

1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Threat Vector.â&#x20AC;? Tom Clancy. Putnam ($28.95).

2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Racketeer.â&#x20AC;?

John Grisham. Doubleday ($28.95).

3. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Notorious Nineteen.â&#x20AC;?

Janet Evanovich. Bantam ($28).

4. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gone Girl.â&#x20AC;? Gillian Flynn. Crown ($25).

5. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Merry Christmas, Alex Cross.â&#x20AC;? James Patterson.

Little, Brown ($28.99).

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7. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Black Box.â&#x20AC;?

Michael Connelly. Little, Brown ($27.99).

8. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Last Man.â&#x20AC;? Vince Flynn. Atria ($27.99).

9. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Agenda 21.â&#x20AC;? Glenn Beck. Threshold ($26).

10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Casual Vacancy.â&#x20AC;? J.K. Rowling. Little, Brown ($35).

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2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Barefoot Contessa Foolproof.â&#x20AC;? Ina Garten.

Clarkson Potter ($35).

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Jon Meacham. Random House ($35).

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5. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Easy Day.â&#x20AC;? Mark Owen. Dutton ($26.95).

6. â&#x20AC;&#x153;America Again.â&#x20AC;? Stephen Colbert. Grand Central ($28.99).

7. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Help, Thanks, Wow.â&#x20AC;?

Anne Lamott. Riverhead ($17.95).

8. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Declare.â&#x20AC;? Joel Osteen. FaithWords ($21.99).

9. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die.â&#x20AC;? Willie Nelson. William Morrow ($22.99).

10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook.â&#x20AC;? Deb Perelman.

Knopf ($35).

BRIEFLY New â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Game Changeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; book coming out NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The next â&#x20AC;&#x153;Game Changeâ&#x20AC;? is in the works. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Game Changeâ&#x20AC;? authors Mark Halperin and John Heileman are working on a book about the 2012 presidential campaign, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Double Down: Game Change 2012.â&#x20AC;?

Penguin Press announced last week that the new work was scheduled for the fall of 2013.

The authorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; previous work, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Game Change,â&#x20AC;? was a best-selling account of the 2008 race that helped revive interest in campaign books and was made into an Emmy Award-winning television movie by HBO. Ed Harris starred as Republican candidate Sen. John McCain, and Julianne Moore played his running mate, then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

Debate rages over new bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nonsmoking Santa

By Leanne Italie Associated Press

Alex Bracciano, works at The Raven, Lawrence â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Unbrokenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (by Laura Hillenbrand). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about a juvenile delinquent turned Olympic level athlete in World War II.â&#x20AC;?

NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Santa has kicked the habit in time for Christmas.

This is the year the man in red gave up pipe tobacco, at least in a new book version of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twas the Night Before Christmasâ&#x20AC;? that has received attention from some lofty corners, including the American Library Association.

The self-published Pamela McColl of Vancouver, Canada, has a mission for her story, to protect children and their parents from the ravages of smoking. She mortgaged her house and sank $200,000 into her telling of the 189-year-old holiday poem, touring the States to promote it ahead of its September release.

What, particularly, did McColl do? She excised these lines: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth. And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.â&#x20AC;? And she added to the cover: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Edited by Santa Claus for the benefit of children of the 21st century.â&#x20AC;?

And she included a letter from Santa on the back jacket flap announcing that â&#x20AC;&#x153;all of that old tired business of smokingâ&#x20AC;? is behind him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a huge debate raging,â&#x20AC;? McColl said of the attention. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have been called every name in the book.â&#x20AC;?

The 54-year-old entrepreneur and mother of adult twins said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case about smoking because she has seen firsthand how harmful it can be, recalling how at age 18 she had to pull

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by Applesauce Press shows an image of Santa Claus smoking a pipe from the book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Night Before Christmas.â&#x20AC;? A new version of the book eliminates all references to a smoking Santa. her own father out of his burning bed after he fell asleep with a lit cigarette.

Deborah Caldwell-Stone, the ALAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deputy director for intellectual freedom, doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

see tobacco addiction when she considers what McColl has done. She sees â&#x20AC;&#x153;Adventures of Huckleberry Finnâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tom Sawyer.â&#x20AC;?

A publisher put out a combined version of those classics last year as edited

by Mark Twain scholar Alan Gribben, who replaced about 200 occurrences of the N-word with â&#x20AC;&#x153;slave.â&#x20AC;? Of McColl,

Caldwell-Stone said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a retelling. This wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a parody. ... This was presenting the original but censoring the content. That kind of expurgation that seeks to prevent others from knowing the original work because of a disapproval of the ideas, the content, is a kind of censorship that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always disapproved of.â&#x20AC;?

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By Patrick Berry Edited by Will Shortz

Across 1 Striped pet 6 Befuddled 11 Mr. ___ (old soft-drink name) 15 Variety-show overseers 18 Antipasto tidbit 19 Simulate 20 Old photo’s tone 21 Loop locale, informally 22 Entry in a metalworker’s personal planner?

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26 Gall 27 Like movies and bonds 28 Pounds and pence?

29 Exercised caution 32 Copies from CD to PC 33 Distresses 34 What misbehaving kids must have inherited from their parents?

37 Funnywoman Boosler 40 Nose wrinkler 42 They might not be on the charts 43 Holds up 44 Napoleon, e.g., prior to exile?

48 Stuff 49 Suffix with fatal 52 W. Hemisphere alliance 53 Soprano role in “Il Trovatore” 54 Fishing spear?

56 Verizon forerunner 57 Where many last names start with “O” 58 Shirt front clip-on 60 Like superfans 61 Has a capacity of 63 Timid swearword

65 Bit of news 67 Spoke to one’s flock?

68 Small sandwich 69 “___ that” 71 Undergo 73 1975 TV debut, briefly 74 Moocher’s most valuable acquaintance?

78 Sent texts to, in bygone days 80 Hard water 81 Meaning reverser 82 Claim findings 83 The Salt, in Arizona?

85 Forum wear 86 ___ Cassidy, 1970s teen heartthrob 87 High-flown poetry 88 Furnace worker 90 Coffee from Big Sky Country?

94 Coxswain’s teammates 95 It’s suitable for framing 96 No.?1 priority?

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104 California’s San ___ County 106 Filmmaker Lee 107 Official seal on a Havana cigar?

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Down 1 Specifically 2 Last Oldsmobile to be made 3 Conniving sergeant of 1950s TV 4 Hanes competitor 5 Up to now 6 Frightened, in dialect 7 Proctor’s charge 8 Debating choice 9 “Holy cats!”

10 More than none 11 Low class 12 Device with a click wheel 13 Soweto uprising figure 14 Stock holder 15 Ed who wrote the 87th Precinct novels 16 Chewing-gum ingredient 17 Goes under 20 Checks (out) 23 It flows through Orsk 25 “Love Train” group, with “the” 28 Passenger ship 30 Tae ___ do 31 Venn diagram sets, usually 32 Trade magazines?

35 ___ law (acronymic 1970 measure) 36 Minor suit?

37 Timeline divisions 38 Plenty 39 Early fratricide victim 40 Sacred piece 41 Click again, maybe 44 Turn signal?

45 “Have You Seen ___” (1971 hit) 46 Word written across a bad check 47 Central parts 48 Certain female grouse 49 Like biopsies 50 Logical things to

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84 Suspicion 85 “Vissi d’arte” opera 86 Loud osculations 88 Private action?

89 Iroquois factions 91 Source of irritation 92 Timeworn 93 “Benny & ___” (1993 rom-com) 94 Player’s trophy 95 Lessened 97 Barrelful at a hardware store 98 Like Cuzco’s builders 99 Insurance seller 101 Place to rest a guitar 102 Fibbie 103 Musician Shankar 104 Carpal or tarsal starter 105 Unable to pass muster, say 108 Refresher 109 Uppercut target 110 G8 nation

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Pottery Holiday Sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Muddy Waters Studio, 925 Iowa St., Suite J Salvation Army’s Children’s Christmas Program and Party, 10:45 a.m., Salvation Army, 946 New Hampshire St. Festival of Nativities, noon-4 p.m., Centenary United Methodist Church, North Fourth and Elm. Clara’s Tea Party, 12:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. Van Go Adornment Sale, 1-5 p.m., 715 New Jersey.

KU School of Music Community Music School Concert, 1 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive.

“The Nutcracker,” Kansas City Ballet, 1 p.m., Kauffman Center, 17th and Wyandotte streets, Kansas City, Mo. “A Kansas Nutcracker,” 2 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. Christmas Festival, Kansas City Symphony, 2:30 p.m., Kauffman Center, 17th and Wyandotte streets, Kansas City, Mo. “The Sound of Music,” 2:30 p.m., Theatre Lawrence, 1501 New Hampshire St. Holiday Touchstones presented by the Fine Arts Chorale of Kansas City, 3 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St. “The Nutcracker,” Kansas City Ballet, 5 p.m., Kauffman Center, 17th and Wyandotte streets, Kansas City, Mo. Christmas Cantata, 6 p.m., Heritage Baptist Church, 1781 East 800 Road.

Sketch Tease, 6-8 p.m., SeedCo Studios, 826 Pennsylvania St. Christmas Festival, Kansas City Symphony, 6 p.m., Kauffman Center, 17th and Wyandotte streets, Kansas City, Mo. O.U.R.S. (Oldsters United for Responsible Service) dance, 6-9 p.m., Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Sixth St. Poker tournament, 7 p.m., Johnny’s Tavern, 410 N. Second St. Smackdown! trivia, 8 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. Petroglyphs band, 8-10 p.m., Aimee’s Coffee House, 1025 Massachusetts St.

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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. “Glad Tidings,” Topeka Festival Singers, 7:30 p.m.,

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The Van go Adornment Sale is open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. every day this week at Van Go, 715 New Jersey St. White Concert hall, Washburn University, 17th Street and Jewell Avenue, Topeka.

18 TUESDAY Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., Allen Fieldhouse, enter on southeast side.

Van Go Adornment Sale, 1-5 p.m., 715 New Jersey.

Lighted Christmas Village, 1-4 p.m., Lumberyard Arts Center, 718 High St., Baldwin City.

Holiday Art Sale, 1-4 p.m., Lumberyard Arts Center, 718 High St., Baldwin City.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County, 5:15 p.m., 536 Fireside Court, Suite B. Information meeting for prospective volunteers.

Lonnie Ray’s open jam session, 6-10 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St. Eudora Christmas lights tour on hayride wagon, starts at 6:30 p.m. from Community Center, 1630 Elm St. Lawrence City Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m., City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Sunflower School Choir performance, 6:45-7:45 p.m., Hy-Vee, 3504 Clinton Parkway.

Free English as a Second Language class, 7-8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St. Affordable community Spanish class, 7-8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St. Gamer Night, 8 p.m., Burger Stand at the Casbah, 803 Massachusetts St. 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 St. Geeks Who Drink pub quiz, 8 p.m., Phoggy Dog, 2228 Iowa St. Slideshow photography

group, 8 p.m., Gaslight Gardens, 317 N. Second St. Teller’s Family Night, 9 p.m.-midnight, 746 Massachusetts St. Tuesday Night Karaoke, 9 p.m., Wayne & Larry’s Sports Bar & Grill, 933 Iowa St.

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Adopt-a-Family Distribution, 9 a.m.-noon, Salvation Army, 946 New Hampshire St. Van Go Adornment Sale, 1-5 p.m., 715 New Jersey.

Lighted Christmas Village, 1-4 p.m., Lumberyard Arts Center, 718 High St., Baldwin City.

Holiday Art Sale, 1-4 Big Brothers Big Sisters p.m., Lumberyard Arts Cenof Douglas County, noon, ter, 718 High St., Baldwin 536 Fireside Court, Suite City.

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Van Go Adornment Sale, ers’ Market, 4-6 p.m., inside store at 1832 Massachusetts 1-5 p.m., 715 New Jersey.

St. Lighted Christmas VilThe Open Tap, discuslage, 1-4 p.m., Lumberyard sion of a selected religion Arts Center, 718 High St., topic, 5:30-7 p.m., Henry’s, Baldwin City.

11 E. Eighth St. Holiday Art Sale, 1-4 Craftsy Meetup, 5:30p.m., Lumberyard Arts Cen7:30, Spencer Museum of ter, 718 High St., Baldwin Art, 1301 Mississippi St. City.

Eudora Christmas lights Billy Spears and the tour on hayride wagon, Beer Bellies, 6 p.m., starts at 6:30 p.m. from Johnny’s Tavern, 401 N. Community Center, 1630 Second St. The Good Ole Boys, 6:30 Elm St. Junkyard Jazz Band, 7 p.m., Cutter’s, 218 E. 20th p.m., American Legion, 3408 St., Eudora.

W. Sixth St. Douglas County ComFree English as a Secmission meeting, 6:35 p.m., Douglas County Courthouse, ond Language class, 7-8 p.m., Plymouth Congrega1100 Massachusetts St. Sunflower School Choir tional Church, 925 Vermont St. performance, 6:45-7:45 Affordable community p.m., Hy-Vee, 3504 Clinton Spanish class, 7-8 p.m., Parkway.

Plymouth Congregational NAMI-Douglas County Church, 925 Vermont St. meeting, 7 p.m., Lawrence “The Nutcracker,” KanPublic Library, 707 Vermont sas City Ballet, 7:30 p.m., St. Kauffman Center, 17th and Conroy’s Trivia, 7:30 p.m., Conroy’s Pub, 3115 W. Wyandotte streets, Kansas City, Mo. Sixth St. Poker Night, 8 p.m., “The Nutcracker,” KanApplebee’s, 2520 Iowa St. sas City Ballet, 7:30 p.m., Team trivia, 9 p.m., Kauffman Center, 17th and Johnny’s West, 721 WakaWyandotte streets, Kansas rusa Drive.

City, Mo. Pride Night, 9 p.m., Wilde’s Chateau, 2412 Iowa St.

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NEW YORK (AP) — It may be 2012, but it’s a repeat of 2011 for Adele: Once again, she has the year’s top-selling album on iTunes.

Her “21,” which recently passed the 10 million mark in sales, topped the list even though it was first released in January 2011. It remained popular this year, particularly after she nabbed six Grammy Awards in February.

Coming in second was Taylor Swift’s “Red,” which wasn’t released until October. Rounding out the top five: Mumford & Sons’ “Babel,” One Direction’s “Up All Night” and fun.’s “Some Nights.”

Carly Rae Jepsen had the song of the year with “Call Me Maybe” — and so it was also tops on iTunes, followed by Goyte’s “Somebody That I Used to Know,” fun.’s “We Are Young,” Maroon 5’s “Payphone” with Wiz Khalifa and Nicki Minaj’s “Starships.”

In the world of apps, “Angry Birds Space” was king of the top-paid iPhone and iPad apps, while those looking for freebies made YouTube the top iPhone app and Skype the most popular iPad app.

The top-selling movie was “The Hunger Games”; the best-selling TV show was an episode of “The Walking Dead” from season three; and the top TV series purchased for a season and a season’s pass was “Downton Abbey,” season two.

The erotic sensation “Fifty Shades of Grey” was the top-paid fiction book, followed by the rest of the trilogy in the next two slots. The best-selling nonfiction book was Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer’s “No Easy Day,” about the killing of Osama bin Laden.

The iTunes store is also playing tastemaker once again, determining its own “best of” lists.

Frank Ocean was named top artist, while the Grizzly Bear’s “Shields” was named best album and fun.’s “We Are Young” was named best song.

Other iTunes bests: Action Movie FX was named iPhone app of year, “Breaking Bad” as best TV show and “The Avengers” as the “best blockbuster.”

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“The Nutcracker,” Kansas City Ballet, 2 p.m., Kauffman Center, 17th and Wyandotte streets, Kansas City, Mo. Americana Music Academy Saturday Jam, 3 p.m., Americana Music Academy, 1419 Massachusetts St. Brian Ruskin, 7 p.m., Dynamite Saloon, 721 Massachusetts St. “The Nutcracker,” Kansas City Ballet, 7:30 p.m., Kauffman Center, 17th and Wyandotte streets, Kansas City, Mo. The Dan Pem Quartet, 8 p.m., Five Bar and Tables, 947 Massachusetts St.

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OPEN NOW! Full time secretarial position. Good telephone, Excel, & outlook. skills. 785-749-0011 is in need of Newspaper Delivery Route Drivers to deliver the Lawrence Journal-World to homes in Lawrence.

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Laborer

Buzzi Unicem (Lone Star), a cement shipping terminal, is seeking a F/T Laborer to work a flexible schedule in a team environment. Individual must be safety conscious, mechanically inclined and able to lift 70 lbs., will be trained on equipment operation and rail unloading. EOE Fax resume to M. Wild at (913) 422-7048 Or apply in person at Buzzi Unicem USA 12200 Kaw Drive Bonner Springs, KS 66012

Pay Raise Every Payday!!!

Now Hiring Full Time & Part Time Team Members!!!

Above Average starting Pay - $8.90/hr.

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Healthcare

Part-Time Newly built, state of the art skilled nursing and post-acute care facility in Leavenworth & Lansing area is now hiring for the following positions: Director of Nursing, Social Worker, MDS/RNAC, Dietary Manager, RN, LPN, Laundry/Housekeeping, CNA, CMA, & Activity Director. Competitive benefits and pay. Apply online today at www.midwest-health. com/careers

Washburn Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School of Nursing invites applications from a doctorally-prepared (PhD or DNP) family or adult nurse practitioner for a full-time tenure track position starting August 2013 (pending funding availability).

Preference given to candidates with an active primary care practice plus experience in nursing education (graduate or undergraduate). Must be nationally certified as a family or adult nurse practitioner and have/be eligible for licensure in Kansas. Salary commensurate with academic credentials/experience.

See http://www.washburn. edu/faculty-staff/human-r esources/faculty-vacancies/nur sing-assistant professor.html for complete details.

Washburn University is an EEO.

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Online Only Auction Terry Redlin Print Collection Log on to bid now!

Fifty-eight professionally framed prints signed and numbered by the Artist.

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Enjoy an exciting and rewarding career by teaching living skills to adults with developmental disabilities.

Full-time positions (3-12hr shifts) with excellent benefits, & a competitive salary are available. Must be able to pass background checks and drug screen. Call 785-865-5520 for info.

Preview 12/15 & 12/21 or by appointment.

Bidding ends on 12/27.

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Cleaning

LEASING ASSISTANT

House Cleaner adding new customers, yrs. of experience, references available, Insured. 785-748-9815 (local)

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(785) 842-4200 Full time employees also Receive 1 FREE Meal ($7.50) per day Job Description & Online Application available at: www.union.ku.edu/hr.

FT employment contingent upon passing a background check prior to beginning work.

KU Memorial Unions Human Resources Office 3rd Floor, Kansas Union 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

Lawrence, KS 66045 EOE

Kitchen Support Meadowlark Estates a Gracious Retirement Community is seeking a Kitchen Support member! We need a courteous, organized individual to help serve residents meals and assist in cleaning kitchen appliances and dinnerware.

We offer competitive compensation and a great work environment.

EOE. If interested, please come by and complete application or send resume by December 21, 2012 to: 4430 Bauer Farm Dr., Lawrence, KS 66049.

Fax: 785-331-4314.

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Please call PJ 785-542-2247/ 785-764-0008

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Adecco Job Fair

Monday, December 17th 100 E. 9th Street Lawrence, KS 66044 9:00am - 3:00pm Adecco is currently recruiting for 30 Temporary Light Industrial positions for 2-3 Month Assignments

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The KU Animal Care Unit has an immediate opening for two full-time Animal Science Workers.

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Apartments Furnished Rooms (newly remodeled) Rent by week or by month.

With cable & internet. Call Virginia Inn 785-856-7536

Apartments Unfurnished 1BR, Available now, close to KU, downtown & grocery, $550/mo, utilities paid. Call 785-843-5190

Parkway Properties

2BR starting at $500, 1BR starting at $450 all deposits $300. www.parkwaypropertiesks.com 785-841-1155 1BR — 740-1/2 Massachusetts, above Wa Restaurant, 1 bath, CA. $600/mo.

No pets. 785-841-5797 1BRs — 622 Schwarz. CA, laundry, off-street parking, No pets. $435/mo. Gas & water paid. 785-841-5797

785.843.4040 Senior Rent Specials & Short Term Leases Avail. fox_runapartments@ hotmail.com 4500 OVERLAND DR.

Chase Court Apts.

19th & Iowa Location, Location, Location!

1& 2 Bedrooms / 2 Bath

Call for Specials!

785-843-8220

chasecourt@sunflower.com

HIGHPOINTE APTS W/D, pet friendly 1, 2, & 3 Bedrooms Reduced Deposits

NEWER - LUXURIOUS

VILLAS & TOWNHOMES * 1 BR, 870 sq. ft.

Covered Parking * 2 BR, 1,300 sq. ft. * 3 BR, 1,700 sq. ft.

2-Car Garage * Small Pets Accepted Showings By Appointment www.mallardproperties lawrence.com Call 785-842-1524

PARKWAY 4000

• 2BR, 2 bath avail.

• W/D hookups • 2 Car garage w/opener • New appls. & carpets • Maintenance free Call for Specials 785-749-2555/785-766-2722

A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE No Lease Required

Move-in Specials Units avail. NOW 2BR apts, 2BR Townhomes, 3BR Townhomes VILLA 26 APARTMENTS & Townhomes Quiet, great location on KU bus route, no pets, W/D in all units.

785-842-5227 www.info@villa26 lawrence.com

Four Wheel Drive Townhomes Move-in Specials 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.info@villa26lawrence.com

2001 W 6th Street

785-841-8468

3601 Clinton Pkwy *GREAT FALL SPECIALS* 1,2,3 BR W/D, Hot Tub Fitness Center, Sm pet OK! 785-842-3280 Spring Semester Specials!

448 Grandview Terr - 1/2 month Free!

1745 W. 24th - 1/2 month Free!

Contact RMS for Details 866-207-7480 or www.RentRMS.com

2BR, 2406 Alabama, bldg 10, 1.5 baths, C/A, W/D hookups, DW, $570, no pets, 785-841-5797 2BR, in duplex, 2020 W 9th. extra large LR, ex. location, W/D included. No pets $675/mo. 785-813-1344

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 6000

• 2 & 3 BR, 2 baths • some w/walkout bsmt.

• 2 car garage w/opener • W/D hookups • Maintenance free Call for Specials 785-832-0555, 785-766-2722 3BR, 2 or 2.5 bath- 2 car w/openers W/D hookups, FP, major appls. Lawn care & snow removal 785-865-2505

HAWTHORN TOWNHOMES 1st month Rent FREE 3 Bedroom w/Garage Pets under 60lbs.

785-842-3280

Saddlebrook & Overland Pointe

LUXURY TOWNHOMES

Blowout Specials Call for Details

625 Folks Rd • 785-832-8200

NO GAS BILL! LAUREL GLEN APTS 1, 2 & 3BR All Electric units.

Water/Trash PAID. Small Dog and Students WELCOME! Income restrictions apply Call NOW for Specials!

785-838-9559 EOH 3BR, 2 story, 1,200 sq. ft. 1.5 Bath, W/D hookup. 3332 W. 8th St. $750/mo. + deposit.

Sunset Elem. 785-842-9033 3BR, 951 Arkansas, 1 month free, 2 bath, C/A, laundry, dw, microwave, $750, no pets, 785-841-5797

Aspen West

1 & 2BRs avail. Jan. 1st.

Near KU, on bus route, laundry on-site, water/trash paid. No pets.

AC Management 785-842-4461

Close to KU, 3 Bus Stops

Computer-Camera DELL 15” laptop. Windows XP. Wireless. Works, but needs USB keyboard, because a few keys stopped working. I will give USB keyboard. Monitor is great & laptop looks good. Word installed, $100 cash only.

785-843-7205 Desktop PC: Compaq Evo D500, keyboard & mouse, Celeron, 500MB RAM, 40 GB HD, DVD, floppy, no OS. $40. 785-393-9080

Firewood-Stoves A cord is 128 cubic feet.

Don’t get shorted! Full cords of seasoned mixed hardwoods $170.

Half cords $90. Delivered and stacked. 913-963-4936 A Full Cord Seasoned Hedge, Oak, Locust & mixed hardwoods, stacked & delivered, $180. Call Landon, 785-766-0863

Firewood: Mixed hardwoods, mostly split.

Stacked/delivered. $90 -1/2. James 785-304-4075 Hardwood Firewood, split, seasoned, and delivered.

Full size pickup load $100.

785-843-TREE (8733) Round Antique “King Bee” wood burning stove. It is 4ft. tall x18” deep. It rests on 4 cast iron feet. $75 or will trade for old metal signs. Please call Ken at 785-542-5024 (Near Eudora)

Seasoned Mixed Firewood, $80 per half cord. $160 full cord. 3 miles S. of Lawrence.

Call Lloyd 785-842-4502

Furniture Big man’s recliner, beige in color, great condition, $100, Call 785-218-2742

Winter Special!

* Luxurious Apt. Villas * 1BR, 1 bath, 870 sq. ft. * Fully Equipped * Granite countertops * 1 car covered parking

430 Eisenhower Drive Showing by Appt.

Call 785-842-1524 www.mallardproperties lawrence.com

Houses 436 Eldridge, 3BR, 2 bath, W/D incl, 2 car, walk-ins, $1,050/mo. 785-856-9643 2730 Maverick, $900/mo, 3 BR, 1 bath, basement, large fenced yard, available now.

Heritage Realty 785-841-1412

Dining room or kitchen. light bright 42 x 64 glass top table with six armed chairs. A real bargin at $100 Call Jo Ann 913 915 5274 Santa wall/door hooked rug hanging. 26” x 21”.

Very good condition. $20.

Call 785-865-4215 Serta iComfort queen size adjustable Motion Perfect Foundation Sleep System w/oak headboard. Used by one person for 7 months.

New, $2,774.00, nearly new $1,300.00. Always covered in moisture proof cover & foam topper. 785-856-4139 after 4 pm

New Cuisinart Toaster Oven/Broiler TOB-40 Stainless Steel $50.00 785-840-8545.

Miscellaneous Bike rack for sale, holds 2 bikes, $50. Please call 785-832-2702

Hunting treestand for sale, $ 20.00. Please call 785-832-2702 Men’s work boots - Pull on’s, size 8.5D. Dark Brown. New, in box. $40.

Call (785) 550-6848 , leave message.

Mobile Homes

Limited time Only: Sign a lease, get $250 off 2nd month’s rent!

Prices starting at $449/bedroom. Located on bus route, close to KU and access to upgraded amenities, including 24-hour clubhouse, fitness center, business center, 2 bark parks and indoor basketball court.

Call 785-842-5111 for more info or visit www.campuscourtku.com Spacious 1 BR, available Jan. 1st, lease ends July 31st, upstairs, includes W/D, no deposit. I pay your first 2 months rent!

785-312-4061 SUNRISE VILLAGE Check out our new patios! $300-$400 off 1st mo. rent!

3-4BR, gar, W/D, KU bus route, 785-841-8400 www.sunriseapartments.com

Pianos, Kimball console $575, Howard Spinet $525, Baldwin Acrosonic Spinet, $475. Gulbranson Spinet $450. Price includes tuning & delivery. 785-832-9906

Cadillac 2008 DTS Luxury II V8, leather heated & cooled seats, remote start, alloy wheels, all the luxury without the luxury price! Stk#543052 only $16,815 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Office Space Available Now 400 sq. ft. Office Space 5040 Bob Billings Pkwy $700 w/ all utilities paid (785) 842-2 2475

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

AVAILABLE at WEST LAWRENCE LOCATION $525/mo., Utilities included Conference Room, Fax Machine, Copier Available Call Donna at (or e-mail) 785-841-6565 Advanco@sunflower.com

Handmade, new 18 inch doll clothes (i.e. American Girl). Lots to choose from.

Prices $7 - $25. Call 785-331-7398.

2008 Honda Civic LX-133K, AT, AC, CD, Cruise, Keyless Entry, 2-owner, Nice $9,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Ford Certified Pre-owned comes with a great warranty and peace of mind knowing that the car is almost brand new. Great gas mileage and plenty of room. P1074 $14,995

2011 Chevrolet Malibu LS 80K, AT, AC, CD, Cruise Control, Cloth Interior, 1-owner, Like New $12,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

2011 Ford Focus SE-112K, AT, AC, CD, Cruise Control, 1-owner, Nice $9,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

2008 Lincoln MKZ

2006 Honda Civic LX 91K, AT, AC, CD, Cruise, Keyless Entry, 1-owner, Steal at $9,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049 2007 Lincoln Town Car Designer Series and low miles. Heated Leather Seats, very well taken care of. One of the smoothest road cars every made and a CARFAX 1-owner. 13T376A $17,995

Lawrence Moving Sale!

Sunday Dec. 16 10AM - 3PM 1620 Rhode Island St Couch, chaise lounge, antique secretary’s desk, coffee table, headboard, blender, microwave, TV, DVD player, coffee maker/grinder, pots & pans, toaster, various dishes & kitchen utensils, cabinets, hand vacuum, clothes, frames, & more!

MULTIPLE PHOTOS, MAPS, EVEN VIDEO!

2010 Ford Focus SE Really low miles on a great gas saving sedan.

PW/PL, cruise control, great car for those on a budget. Remaining factory warranty. #P1080 $13,500.

23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

What’s GM Certified?

2yrs of free regular maintenance 172 Pt. Inspection 12 Mo./12,000 Mi. Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty 100,000 mi./5-yr. limited Powertrain warranty, no deduct.

24-hr. Roadside Assistance Courtesy transportation.

Nationwide coverage backed By General Motors.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Chevy 2011 Impala LT GM Certified w/2 years scheduled maintenance included, very affordable with low payments, stk#16717 only $14,396.00 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com Chevrolet 2010 Camaro RS, one owner, GM certified, remote start, alloy wheels, On Star, 2 years of maintenance included, very sharp!

Stk#328131 only $23,715.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Chrysler 2005 300C, beautiful silver with gray leaher heated seats, and only 45K miles! ONE owner, CLEAN car and history. Fully loaded.

Moonroof and backup sensors. Buy below loan value!

See website for photos Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/ /7 Chrysler 2005 PT Cruiser Limited Edition. Ft. Riley soldier trade-in, Cool Vanilla, moonroof, chrome wheels, and only $5300 (KBB value $6732, loan value $6300). See website for photos.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th Stt. 785-856-6100 24/7

2008 Chevrolet Cobalt LT

23rd & Alabama, Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Dale Willey Automotive 2840 Iowa Street (785) 843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com Chrysler 2008 PT Cruiser Touring. Nice Cool Vanilla color, low miles, NO accident history, and great gas mileage from the 4 cyl. automatic. Extremely nice late model car for under $10,000. See website for photos.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-85 56-6100 24/7

2009 Saturn Aura XR Well equipped with leather, heated seats, power seat.

4 cylinder for great MPG and roomy at the same time.

12T543B $13,000.

23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Chevrolet 2011 Cruze LS, one owner local trade, only 6k miles, power equipment, cd, GM certified with 2 years of scheduled maintenance included, stk#349091 only $16,444.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

2011 Hyundai Accent GLS 4cyl, Auto, 39K mi, Certified, 34 mpg, Carfax 1 owner. $14,000 Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Saturn 2007 Ion 3, one owner, local trade, super nice car! Leather, sunroof, alloy wheels, power equipment, great gas mileage! This one won’t last long, please hurry!

Stk#392301 only $10,425.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Hyundai 2010 Accent GLS FWD, 4cyl, great gas mileage, power equipment, stk#354761 only $12,865.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

2005 Ford Focus ZX5 Great car for a first time driver. 5 door hatchback with an automatic transmission. Great gas mileage and a local trade.

This one won’t last.

12T1083B $7,995 Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER 23rd & Alabama Lawrence

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2012 Ford Fusion SE 4 cylinder that gets great gas mileage and a clean CARFAX. This is one of the most popular mid-size sedans on the road today and a great value. This one was more than $23,000 brand new.

P1085 $15,412

2009 Scion xB CARFAX 1-owner, very roomy crossover from the original boxcar maker. #P1025A $12,568 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

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

Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER 23rd & Alabama Lawrence

2010 Taurus SHO

2012 Chevrolet Cruze Eco 4cyl, 42mpg, Auto, Gray. $17,998 Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

2012 Hyundai Accent GLS0 4cyl, Auto 20K mi, Certified, 40 mpg. $14,949 Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

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Pets

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Chevrolet 2011 Malibu LT, GM certified with 2 years of scheduled maintenance included, power equipment, cruise control, steering wheel controls, stk#18083A only $16,352 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

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Hyla Vacuum System with attachments. New in 2004 Yorkie Poo puppies, for $1995. In great shape, www.cuddlesomefarms.com used once a month by a Older adults avail. Call single guy. $500/offer. 785-883-4883 cava6788@hotmail.com

Sears 30” Electric Kenmore range, with racks/pans/ manuals. Self clean.

Price $200.

2BR, W/D hookups, dish- 785-843-0057 washer, patio, garage, no pets, $525, $550 & $600.

Arts-Crafts 785-841-5454

Have your car cleaned by a Professional! We will detail your car the same as our pre-owned inventory. Most vehicles are only $220.95 call Allen @ Dale Willey Automotive to schedule your cars make over! You won’t believe the difference! 785-843-5200 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

2003 Honda Accord EX V6-123K, AT, Heated Leather, Moonroof, CD Changer, 2-owner, Fully Loaded $8,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

2829 Iowa St. Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

2011 Chevrolet Camaro 1LT V6,18K miles, Auto, Red, Great car. $22,500 Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Appliances

GMC 2004 Yukon XL SLT 4wd, leather heated seats, sunroof, alloy wheels, room for 8, DVD, Bose sound, hurry this one won’t last long!

Stk#326101 only $9,875.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

2011 Ford Focus

23rd & Alabama, Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Cars-Imports

Luxury and comfort come in this great car. Leather seats, remote start, and good gas mileage.

P10025A $14,942

Chevy 2009 HHR LT, GM Certified with 2years of scheduled maintenance included, sunroof, leather heated seats, power windows, On Star, stk#10158 only $14,450.00 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Power windows, power locks, alloy wheels, and a rear spoiler make this the perfect kid car.

Great on gas and front wheel drive.

12M883A $8,800.

1BR, furnished, in quiet, neat home. Perfect for student, non-smoker preferred. $475. 785-979-4406

Duplexes

First Month Free! 2BR, in a 4-plex. New carpet, vinyl, cabinets, countertop. W/D is included. $575/mo.

785-865-2505

Cadillac 2007 CTS w/luxury package, sunroof, alloy wheels, leather heated memory seats, Bose sound, stk#144841 only $14,875.00 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Music-Stereo

Rooms

550 Stoneridge 1 and 2 Bedroom Apts.

Salt Water Pool, Business Center, Fire Side Lounge and Tennis Court Call Today 785-830-8600 www.HuntersRidgeks.com

2002 Ford Escort for sale.

Only 41,000 miles (yes that’s right)! Power windows, locks, tilt, cruise control, 4D. $4,000. Call 550-0534 (leave message)

Buick 2004 Lesabre Limited 3800 V6, leather heated memory seats, power equipment, steering wheels controls, stk#327812 only $4,915.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Good, solid maple table, 6 chairs, 54”X41.5” (without 18” leaf), honey color table with white legs, chairs w/white backs & legs, $99.

785-832-2702

FREE RENT!

Hunters Ridge Apts.

Chevrolet 2008 HHR LT, one owner, GM certified which includes 2 years of scheduled maintenance, running boards, sunroof, leather heated seats, On Star, power seat, and much more.

Stk#454383 only $12,895.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Genesis Health Club membership, $39/mo +tax, January 1st, 2013 through July 31st, 2013. Unable to use, great gift idea.

785-550-6038

3BR, 2 bath, 2 car garage, New Aquarium Kit 1.5 Gal., all appls. included, 6201 W. $10. Also 2 Concrete Gar6th, pets welcome goyles $20, old park bench $1,250/mo. 785-218-7264 $20. Call 785-841-3332

2BR, 2 bath, in Lecompton, in quiet park, first month’s rent FREE! $560/mo. Call 785-887-6584

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

Cars-Domestic

23rd & Alabama, Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

785-842-4200

Hampton Court Apts.

2350 Ridge Court, #20 785-843-6177

Cars-Domestic

2002 Buick LeSabre Custom-99K, AT, AC, CD, Cruise, Steering Radio Controls, 2-owner, Save $4,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Cured Firewood for sale.

Hedge, oak, locust, & other mixed hardwoods. $170/cord. Split, stacked & Delivered. Call Ryan at 785-418-9910

3BR, 2 story, 2 baths, 2 car Pretty green wicker shelf, garage, 3624 W. 7th, has 3 shelves, cabinet doors, study, FP, unfinished bsmt, 20”X56 3/4”X11” deep, $20.

C/A, dw, W/D hooks, 1 pet 785-832-2702 ok, $1100, 785-841-5797

www.meadowbrookapartments.net

Chevrolet 2011 Cruze LT, one owner, GM Certified, automatic, power equipment, fantastic commuter car, power equipment, remote start, 5 star safety, stk#363741 only $17,315.0 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Household Misc.

2BR, 715 Maine, 2 bath, 3 story, C/A, W/D hookups, DW, 2 car garage, 1 pet ok, $1350, 785-841-5797

Bob Billings & Crestline Leasing Immediately, Spring and Aug. 2013 $200 per person deposit No App Fee!

Cars-Domestic

First Month Free!

2BR - 741 Michigan, for fall, 1.5 bath, 2 story, CA, DW, 3BR, 2 bath, all amenities, W/D hookup, full unfin. garage. 2807 Four Wheel bsmt. 1 pet ok. $730/mo. Drive $795/mo. Available Call 785-841-5797 Now! Call 785-766-5950 2BR, appealing open plan, sunny living room. W/D hookups, great K-10 access, $595. 841-4201

Hand-Crafted Doll Clothes, for 18” doll. Will fit American Girl doll.

Call 785-542-2014 for appointment.

Cars-Domestic

Seasoned Mixed Firewood for sale. Lawrence area.

Delivery available.

Call Pine Landscape Center.

785-843-6949

NEW SPECIALS!

PARKWAY COMMONS

Baby & Children Items

2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 AT, Heated Leather, Moonroof, CD Changer, Paddle Shifters, 1-owner, Flawless $21,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

2011 Hyundai Genesis, 3.8 V6, Auto, Pwr everything, Gold, Certified, 27 mpg. $25,949.

Call 785-550-6464 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

365 HP EcoBoost engine and AWD makes this Taurus an exciting car to drive. CARFAX 1-owner and low miles. Remaining factory warranty.

P9897 $25,972 23rd & Alabama, Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com 2008 Dodge Charger SXT V6-70K, AT, CD, Heated Leather, Dual-Zone Climate Control, 1-owner, Save $15,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

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

Infiniti 2007 G35 X AWD V6, leather heated memory seats, sunroof, spoiler, alloy wheels, Bose sound, power equipment, stk# 118131 only $17,694.00 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

2010 Ford Fusion SE 110k, AT, AC, CD, Steering Radio Controls, Keyless Entry, 1-owner, Clean $11,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049 Ford 2000 Mustang. ONE OWNER, gleaming white, tan interior. NICE car, 5 speed, alloy wheels with Michelin tires. 3 month drive train plan included.

“New sale price- $4650” See website for photos Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. /7 785-856-6100 24/

PUT YOUR EMPLOYMENT AD IN TODAY!!

2007 Honda Accord EX Coupe-118K, AT, CD Changer, Moonroof, Heated Leather, 1-owner, Nice $12,900 View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Go to ljworld.com or call 785-832-1000.

UP TO FOUR PACKAGES TO CHOOSE FROM! All packages include AT LEAST 7 days online, 2 photos online, 4000 chracters online, and one week in top ads.

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4D SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2012 Cars-Imports Cars-Imports

Cars-Imports

Crossovers

Sport Utility-4x4

Truck-Pickups

Truck-Pickups

Vans-Buses

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/7

Infinity 2008 G37, only 39k miles, leather heated seats, sunroof, alloy wheels, power equipment, Bose sound, stk#656231 only $23715.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com Lexus 2001 ES300. CarFax 2 owner, no accident.

Moonroof, premium sound, side airbags. Nice Lexus for $7360. Dark Gray Mica.

Includes 3 month drive train plan. See website for photos.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/ /7

2004 Honda Element EX

2011 Mazda3 Sporty car with the ‘ZOOM ZOOM’ effect.

Fun to drive and easy with its automatic transmission.

Power windows and locks, alloy wheels, and great gas mileage. P1075 $13,650 23rd & Alabama, Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

2007 Toyota Camry Solara Convertible with all the options. Leather, Navigation, Automatic, V6 engine. Only 67K miles.

P1033A $17,000

2006 Lexus ES 330-137K, AT, CD Changer, Moonroof, Navigation, Heated/Cooled Leather, Clean $10,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Great MPG and many luxury options. Leather seats, heated seats with power adjusting. Only 50K miles. 13T469A $12,136 23rd & Alabama Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

2009 Lexus ES 350 45K, AT, Heated/Cooled Leather, Moonroof, Navigation, CD Changer, 1-owner, Clean $26,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Low miles and a lot of factory warranty left.

We sold this one brand new. Great gas mileage and a blast to drive.

P1077 $15,000 23rd & Alabama Lawrence 843-3500

www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Volvo 2001 Coupe C70, sporty styling and in excellent condition.

One owner, clean, extremely well maintained.

Color: Moondust; tan leather seats, seat warmers, sunroof, automatic transmission. Must see to appreciate! $3,500 or best offer.

Call 785-633-1508 for more information.

2008 Nissan Rogue S AWD crossover with heated leather seats and a 4 cylinder engine that gets great MPG. Local trade bought new here in Lawrence and traded in on a newer crossover.

13T557A $13,995

2010 Lexus RX 350 AWD-66K, AT, Heated/Cooled Leather, Moonroof, Navigation, CD Changer, DVD Headrests, 1-owner, Nice $30,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Mitsubishi 2010 Lancer one owner, sunroof, rear spoiler, alloy wheels, steering wheel controls, premium sound, lot of extras, stk#599933 only $15,815 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

2.0L Turbo engine with an automatic gets great gas mileage from a roomy and useful wagon.

Leather seats, power liftgate and a cargo cover.

12T451A $16,920 23rd & Alabama, Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

2010 Ford Edge Great value in this newer model, low miles crossover Power window, power locks with keyless entry, and cruise control.

P1051 $18,150 23rd & Alabama, Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Red, Very clean, Alloy wheels, 97k miles, Auto trans, $9,500 Call 785-727-0244 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

2006 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited AWD-80K, AT, CD Changer, Heated Leather, Moonroof, Florida Car, Nice $13,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Chevrolet 1999 Suburban, in shiny white with super clean interior. Beautiful wheels, rear air, 3rd row, MUCH more. 4X4. See website for photos.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/7

Call 785-727-0244 LAIRD NOLLER 23rd & Alabama 843-3500

Chevy 2011 Equinox LS fwd, one owner, GM Certified with 2 years of scheduled maintenance included, power equipment, alloy wheels, stk#397671 only $21,326.00 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Ford Certified Pre-Owned 4x4. Great warranty and a CARFAX 1-owner. 3rd row seating, leather, SYNC hands free technology. P9909 $22,635 23rd & Alabama, Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Nissan 2011 Versa 4cyl, fwd, great commuter car! More room than you expect! Stk#14175 only $10,786.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Mazda 2007 6, one owner, fwd, ABS, power equipment, CD changer, very affordable!

Stk#324441 only $9,415.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Days in print vary with package chosen.

Jeep 2007 Liberty Sport.

Popular white, clean inside and out. 4X4, chrome wheels, ONE owner, NO accident Jeep, on sale for only $8450. See website for photos.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/7

Honda 2004 Odyssey EX another one owner trade in! Alloy wheels, great dependability, DVD, power equipment, stk#52302A1 only $8,914.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Dodge 2001 Ram 4x4, new tires, w/mounted snow plow, V8 magnum, inside bed rusty, outside looks good, 90,000 miles, Real work horse, $4,500/best offer.

Call TJ Bivins 785-883-2970

in print and online.

GMC 2011 Sierra W/T, V8, 4wd, alloy wheels, only 14k miles, towing package, stk#362921 only $23,784.00 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Vans-Buses Chevrolet 2003 Astro Cargo AWD. Rare findclean ONE owner Astro with all wheel drive. No longer made, best work van ever. White, very clean, low miles. $7950.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 00 24/7 785-856-610

Jeep 2010 Patriot Sport 4wd, 4cyl, automatic, ABS, power equipment, traction control, stk#12846 only $16458.00 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com 2001 Lexus RX300 SUV in excellent working condition. White color with tan leather interior premium package, heated front seats, moon roof, etc. Current mileage is 96000 miles. Asking $9950 or Best Offers. Leave message at 785-841-71-three-zero.

2001 Honda Odyssey EX-153K, AT, AC, CD, Leather, Power Doors, 2-owner, Clean $4,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

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2004 Dodge Ram 4x4 SLT Hemi Sport-2K, AT, CD Player, Power Accessories, Local Trade, Came From a Large Private Collection, 2-owner, Clean $22,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

2005 Chrysler Town and Country Under 100K mi, Rear captain chairs and third row seating, Leather, Pwr sliding rear doors and DVD player. $9,988 Call 785-727-0244 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

2007 Hyundai Entourage 26,601 mi, Rear captain chairs and third row seating, Leather, Traction control, Great for large family. $17,000.

Call 785-550-6464 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Lawrence 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan

2003 GMC Envoy XL 6cyl, Auto, 97K mi, Pwr everything! $9,888 Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

2009 Smart ForTwo Passion Convertible, heated leather seats, and phenomenal gas mileage.

Very low miles and perfect for a commuter car.

Roomier than you might think. 12C462A $11,000 23rd & Alabama, Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

2003 Honda CR-V EX-122K, AT, Cruise, Moonroof, CD Changer, 2-owner, Save $9,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

We are now your Chevrolet dealer, call us for your service or sales needs!

Dale Willey Automotive 785-843-5200

2006 Mercury Mountaineer 76,292 mi, AC, CD, MP3 decoder, Leather. PL & PW. Very comfortable, Carfax 1 owner. $13,888.

Call 785-550-6464 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

Ford 2010 F150 Lariat 4wd, one owner, very clean, leather heated & cooled seats, running boards, tow package, alloy wheels, navigation, sunroof, stk#626692 only $33,777.00 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Low miles and 3rd row Sto ‘n’ Go. Built in car seats in the middle row and the LATCH system for other car seats.

Great minivan from the original minivan maker.

12C1216A $12,500 23rd & Alabama, Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

NOTICE TO BIDDERS:

Interested vendors are encouraged to visit the University of Kansas Purchasing Services website for a listing of Current Bid Opportunities. Electronic Bid postings are located at: www.purchasing.ku.edu /Bids/KU_Bids.aspx Interested vendors may also contact KU Purchasing Services, 785-864-5800.

1246 West Campus Road Rm. 30, Lawrence, KS 66045 Fax 785-864-3454 or email: purchasing@ku.edu

HIRING?

GMC 2010 Terrain SLE, one owner, GM certified with 2 years of scheduled maintenance included, alloy wheels, On Star, power equipment, stk#53828A1 only $21,849.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Rare SuperCab Lariat with the Flareside bed.

5.4L V8 with leather seats and only 91K miles.

Well taken care of and a CARFAX 1-owner.

12T1293A $7,995 23rd & Alabama, Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

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2009 VW Passat Komfort Wagon 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer ES

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2009 Mitsubishi Galant ES

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Nissan 1997 Pathfinder 4X4. Very clean for age!

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2002 Ford F-150 SuperCrew CARFAX 1-owner and very spacious. Running boards, bed liner, tow package, and power equipment. P10004A $9,530 23rd & Alabama, Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

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Automotive Services

• • • • •

Dale and Ron’s Auto Service

Family Owned & Operated for 37 Years Domestic & Foreign Expert Service 630 Connecticut St

Foundation Repair

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Kitchen & Bath

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Fast Update with Ceramic Tile Wood Laminates Oak Planks Vinyl Tiles Vinyl Rolls

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Stacked Deck

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785-550-5592

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By Appointment Only

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FOUNDATION REPAIR

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Pet Services

Home Improvements JB’s Handyman Remodeling Over 20 years exp. All small remodel jobs in the Lawrence area. Specializing in Drywall.

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Year round storage

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General Services

Drury Place

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1783 E 1500 Rd, Lawrence

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Haul Free: Salvageable items. Minimum charge: other moving/hauling jobs.

Also Maintenance/Cleaning for home/business, inside/out plumbing / electrical & more. www.a2zenterprises.info 785-841-6254

STARVING ARTISTS MOVING

15yr. locally owned and operated company.

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785-749-5073 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/starvingartist

Int. & Ext. Remodeling All Home Repairs Mark Koontz

Bus. 913-269-0284

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(785) 550-1565

A. B. Painting & Repair

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Al 785-331-6994 albeil@aol.com

mmdownstic@hotmail.com Lawrencemarketplace.com/tic NOT Your ordinary bicycle store!

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Viruses/Malware?

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Computer Questions, Advise? We Can Help 785-979-0838

Temporary or Contract Staffing Evaluation Hire, Direct Hire Professional Search Onsite Services (785) 749-7550 1000 S Iowa, Lawrence KS lawrencemarketplace.com/ express

Guttering Services

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Aquatech Seamless Guttering Proven Leaf guards Popular Colors available Free Est. 913-634-9784 www.GUTTERMYHOME.com

JASON TANKING CONSTRUCTION New Construction Framing, Remodels, Additions, Decks Fully Ins. & Lic. 785.760.4066 lawrencemarketplace.com/ jtconstruction

Financial

Insurance

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Supplying all your Painting needs.

Serving Lawrence and surrounding areas for over 25 years.

Locally owned & operated.

Free estimates/Insured.

TWO GOOD PAINTERS 785-424-5860 Husband & wife team excellent refs. 20yrs. exp.

Mark & Carolyn Collins

JAYHAWK GUTTERING

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Insured. Free estimates.

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Pet Services

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Concrete CONCRETE INC

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Heating & Cooling Flooring Installation

Artisan Floor Company

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Landscaping

“Your Comfort Is Our Business.”

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Roofing

Plumbing

New Construction Service & Repair Commercial & Residential FREE ESTIMATES Licensed & Insured

785-856-6315

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Plan Now For Next Year • Custom Pools, Spas & Water Features • Design & Installation • Pool Maintenance (785) 843-9119

midwestcustompools.com

Re-Roofs: All Types Roofing Repairs Siding & Windows FREE Estimates (785) 749-0462 www.meslerroofing.com

785-865-0600

Taking Care of Lawrence’s Plumbing Needs for over 40 Years (785) 841-2112 lawrencemarketplace.com /kastl

Real Estate Services

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Prompt Superior Service Residential * Commercial Tear Off * Reroofs

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Insurance Work Welcome

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Free Estimates on replacement equipment! Ask us about Energy Star equipment & how to save on your utility bills.

No Job Too Big or Small

785-842-2108

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Air Conditioning/ & Heating/Sales & Srvs.

Concrete, Block & Limestone Wall Repair, Waterproofing Drainage Solutions Sump Pumps, Driveways.

785-843-2700 Owen 24/7

Electrical

lawrencemarketplace.com/ dalerons

For All Your Battery Needs

Heating & Cooling

Garage Doors

D-I-Y or use the Pro’s!

Bryant Collision Repair Mon-Fri. 8AM-6PM We specialize in Auto Body Repair, Paintless Dent Repair, Glass Repair, & Auto Accessories.

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Construction

Call 866-823-8220 to advertise.

Recycling Services 12th & Haskell Recycle Center, Inc. No Monthly Fee Always been FREE! Cash for all Metals 1146 Haskell Ave, Lawrence 785-865-3730 lawrencemarketplace.com/ recyclecenter Lonnie’s Recycling Inc. Buyers of aluminum cans, all type metals & junk vehicles. Mon.-Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-4, 501 Maple, Lawrence.

785-841-4855 lawrencemarketplace.com/ lonnies

Repairs and Services

Unsightly black streaks of mold & dirt on your roof?

Mold/Mildew on your house?

Is winter salt intrusion causing your concrete to flake?

Mobile Enviro-Wash 785-842-3030

BUDGET TREE SERVICE, LLC. 913-593-7386

Trimmed, Shaped, Removed Shrubs, Fenceline Cleaned

No Job Too Small Free Est. Lic. & Ins. 913-268-3120 www.budgettreeservicekc.com

Chris Tree Service

20yrs. exp. Trees trimmed, cut down, hauled off.

Free Est. Ins. & Lic. 913-631-7722, 913-301-3659

Kansas Tree Care.com Trimming, removal, & stump grinding by Lawrence locals Certified by Kansas Arborists Assoc. since 1997 “We specialize in preservation and restoration” Ins. & Lic. visit online 785-843-TREE (8733)

STARTING or BUILDING a Business?

785-832-2222 classifieds@ljworld.com

Utility Trailers

EAGLE TRAILER CO.

Water, Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration • Odor Removal • Carpet Cleaning • Air Duct Cleaning •

Manufacturing Quality Flatbed Trailers 20 years SALES SERVICE PARTS WE SELL STEEL WELDING SERVICES (785) 841-3200

One Company Is All You Need and One Phone Call Is All You Need To Make (785) 842-0351

Window Installation/Service

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Martin Windows & Doors

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785-550-9289

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Wife does not want to host Christmas at home Dear Annie: Each year, I dread Christmas Eve, which is too bad because it used to be such a special night for me.

My husband’s two siblings take turns having Christmas Eve dinner at their homes. They always throw it in my face that I never host the dinner.

The truth is, I always volunteer, but I want to rent out a banquet room to do so. They act like being outside one’s home is the worst thing in the world.

Annie, my husband and I have one child, so there are only three of us. The other siblings have spouses, significant others, multiple children and grandchildren. When we are together, the little ones run through the house eating everything and making a mess.

The one time I held the event, my son was 18 months old. We had just spent nine days in the hospital. I was completely exhausted, and not one

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of them offered to help.

They even told me what time to schedule the dinner so their adult children could make it.

I love my husband’s side of the family. They are great people and lots of fun, so I hate feeling like an outcast. What can we do to make everyone happy? — Dreading Christmas Dear Dreading: You can’t make everyone happy. Your in-laws know you have volunteered to host this holiday dinner, and that you prefer not to have the chaos in your

Lineup has holiday flicks, reality ‘events’ Christmas comes early for fans of Casper Van Dien. The “Starship Troopers” and “Beverly Hills, 90210” star appears in “Christmas Twister” (4 p.m., ION).

In other holiday baubles, “Cheers” stars Shelley Long and George Wendt reunite in the 2012 comedy “The Merry In-Laws” (8 p.m., Lifetime), about the travails of a single mother marrying into the Claus family.

Two of the most durable stalwarts of reality television offer fans big “events.” “Survivor: Philippines” (7 p.m., CBS) crowns a winner and then holds a “Reunion” (9 p.m.). “The Bachelorette: Ashley and J.P.’s Wedding” (8 p.m., ABC) has two veterans of the fake series taking real vows before host Chris Harrison.

Another television staple of long standing, “VH1 Divas 2012” (8 p.m., VH1) benefits the Save the Music Foundation, dedicated to keeping music education in public schools. Scheduled talent includes Ciara, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Kelly Rowland and Jordin Sparks.

Adam Lambert hosts.

Having crashed an airliner and bored us with the laborious details, the folks at “Curiosity” turn their cameras on a lighterthan-air vessel in “What Destroyed the Hindenburg?” (8 p.m., Discovery). While it’s been well documented and discussed (and the subject of the 1975 leaden zeppelin disaster movie starring George C. Scott), the 1937 Hindenburg catastrophe continues to fascinate. “Curiosity” has assembled three replicas of the German passenger aircraft in order to explore various theories about its date with destruction.

More proof that many reality series are cheaply made sitcoms “starring” non-union labor arrives with “Golden Sisters” (9 p.m., OWN), a slightly racy “real-life” variation on a certain 1980s series that starred Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty.

Tonight’s highlights

Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (6 p.m., CBS): the salvage of the stricken Italian ocean liner Costa Concordia; new technology for amputees; filmmaker Judd Apatow.

The New England Patriots host the San Francisco 49ers on “Sunday Night Football” (7 p.m., NBC).

George C. Scott (“The Hindenburg”) stars as Scrooge in the 1984 made-for-TV movie “A Christmas Carol” (7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., AMC). An excellent version of the Dickens classic, but not the best one.

With Saul on a new mission, Carrie mulls her future on “Homeland” (9 p.m., Showtime).

BIRTHDAYS

Civil rights attorney Morris Dees is 76. CBS news correspondent Lesley Stahl is 71. Pop musician Tony Hicks (The Hollies) is 67. Pop singer Benny Andersson (ABBA) is 66. Rock singer-musician Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) is 63.

Actress Alison LaPlaca is 53.

Actor Benjamin Bratt is 49. Actor Daniel Cosgrove is 42. Rhythmand-blues singer Michael McCary is 41. Actress Amanda Setton is 27. Actress Hallee Hirsh is 25.

house. But they want the home experience, which means you will never host the dinner. They are being somewhat unreasonable, but then, so are you.

You could probably manage to put up with the chaos and mess for one evening out of every thousand. But if you cannot handle that, offer instead to cook part of the meal or contribute to the cost, and stop beating yourself up about not hosting. The reply to their barbs is, “Yes, I’m so sorry you won’t let me host it elsewhere.”

Dear Annie: I don’t understand the expectation that people should purchase a token gift for a couple with a destination wedding. Do you have any idea of the cost per person for wedding receptions these days?

Guests should either decline the invitation, in which case a token gift is appropriate, or they

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For Sunday, Dec. 16: This year you seem much more willing to slow down and just chat with friends. You recognize that there is more to life than work — it is the people in your life that make a difference. If you are single, you will find that you have too many choices. If you are attached, you will want to socialize more often.

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) An innate sense of tension that causes you to distance yourself from others marks the beginning of the day. Try not to read into others’ behavior. Tonight: Where people are.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) You might want to take charge of a situation. Most likely, you will do just that. Tonight: Follow a friend’s lead.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) You want to get past a problem. The best way is to detach and understand what is happening with the other party. Tonight: Work on Christmas details.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) A partner is demanding, but you like how he or she is extremely attentive. Be willing to give back. Tonight: Follow a loved one’s lead.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Others do not intend to be controlling; they simply are working through their issues. You cannot change their direction. Tonight: Go with someone else’s wishes.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You enjoy yourself a lot more than in the recent past. When you hang out with your friends or

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family, the togetherness puts a spring in your step. Tonight: Make a favorite meal.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You might be a bit too sentimental for others, as you happily hang sprigs of mistletoe here and there. Ultimately, you could feel a little deprived by a perceived lack of attention. Tonight: Don’t worry about Monday.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Your playfulness seems to have gone out the back door.

You don’t feel up to snuff or in the holiday spirit. Tonight: Choose a stressbuster.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Returning calls, making plans and completing necessary chores could take you the whole day. Squeeze in some fun if you can.

Tonight: Consider buying yourself a gift.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You could be a little too excessive with your spending right now. Come tomorrow, you could be shaking your head thinking about today. Tonight: Order in.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Your openness charms many people. As a result, your social calendar could become very full. Tonight: Whatever tickles your fancy.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Someone convinces you, without any difficulty, that you need a break. Take off or vanish. You will want some personal time to recharge your battery. Tonight: Dote on yourself.

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U.S. commanders upbeat on Afghan war progress

By Robert Burns Associated Press

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — U.S. commanders are offering glowing reviews of their 2012 war campaign, upbeat assessments that could be interpreted as leeway for President Barack Obama to order another round of troop withdrawals next summer.

Obama faces a tension between calls by Democrats and even some Republicans to wind down the war more quickly and the military’s desire to avoid a too-fast pullout that might squander hardwon sacrifices.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has not yet recommended to Obama a specific pace of withdrawals for 2013. But during the Pentagon chief’s two-day

BRIEFLY Domino’s founder sues over health law DETROIT — The founder of Domino’s Pizza is suing the federal government over mandatory contraception coverage in the health care law.

Tom Monaghan, a devout Roman Catholic, says contraception isn’t health care but a “gravely immoral” practice.

He filed a lawsuit Friday in federal court. It also lists as a plaintiff Domino’s Farms, a Michigan office park complex that Monaghan owns.

Monaghan HEALTH offers health insurance that excludes contraception and abortion for employees. The new federal law requires employers to offer insurance including contraception coverage or risk fines.

Monaghan says the law violates his rights, and is asking a judge to strike down the mandate. There are similar lawsuits pending nationwide.

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U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY LEON PANETTA, LEFT, shakes hands with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, right, during their joint press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. visit to the war zone this past week, commanders suggested that things are going better than is generally believed by an American public weary of war after 11 years.

Many single women, a key bloc, are avoiding GOP “

By Nicholas Riccardi

Associated Press

DENVER — Sara Stevenson spends her working hours surrounded by Republicans, namely the married men who work alongside her in a Denver oil and gas firm company. But after hours and on weekends, she usually spends her time with other single women, and there’s not a Republican in sight among the bunch.

“There was just no way I could have supported any Republican this year,” said Stevenson, 31. “They skew so much to the religious right. ... They focused so much on taxes. It’s not something that women in my demographic really care about. I’ve never heard my friends lament their taxes.”

As Republicans dust off their Election Day drubbing last month, their party 2 dead after must confront the reality that the ranks of unmarried shooting in Vegas women are growing rapLAS VEGAS — A man idly, and these voters overshot and fatally wounded a whelmingly have backed woman, then killed himDemocrats for decades. self Friday at the Excalibur Women increasingly are hotel-casino on the Las graduating from college and Vegas Strip, sending many joining the workforce, and patrons fleeing in fear. postponing marriage. From It happened at about 2000 to 2010, the number 8:30 p.m. near the high-rise of unmarried women inhotel’s front entrance, Las creased 18 percent, accordVegas Metro Police Lt. Ray ing to census data.

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Neither the gunman nor “It’s a faster-growing the victim was identified, but demographic than most investigators said the two others,” said Kellyanne might have dated in the past. Conway, a Republican The shootings happened pollster. “That’s a cultural as the hotel’s front desk zeitgeist that demands a was busy on a Friday night political response.” with the National Finals In 1960, the average Rodeo and other events in American woman martown. Steiber said patrons ried at age 20. Now it’s scattered at the first sound 27. That reflects, and of gunfire, and no one else is partly the cause of, a was wounded.

6 killed in helicopter crash in Nigeria LAGOS, NIGERIA — A navy helicopter crashed Saturday in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta, killing a state governor and five other people, in the latest air disaster to hit Africa’s most populous nation, officials said.

Nigeria’s presidency said in a statement that the governor of the central Nigerian state of Kaduna, Patrick Yakowa, died in the helicopter crash in Bayelsa state in the Niger Delta.

The former national security adviser, General Andrew Azazi, also died in the crash, the statement said.

Azazi was fired in June amid growing sectarian violence in Nigeria, but maintained close ties with the government. The other victims were aides to Yakowa and Azazi and the two helicopter pilots, it said.

Maj. Gen. Robert Abrams, for example, cited “astounding” progress in the Zaray district of Kandahar province, where the Taliban once held sway. Abrams, the

top coalition commander in southern Afghanistan, said Afghan forces are now “dominating” in that district.

He told reporters he foresees a smaller coalition force by next summer, but he was not recommending or predicting any U.S. reductions. He was arguing that Afghan forces are performing so well that they should be able to hold their ground in 2013 with less coalition combat power.

No decision on 2013 U.S. troop withdrawals is likely to be announced until after Afghan President Hamid Karzai meets with Obama in Washington in early January. The U.S. now has 66,000 troops in Afghanistan.

Panetta announced in Kabul on Thursday that Karzai had agreed to go to Washington the week of

Jan. 7 to discuss the pace of coalition troop withdrawals as well as a U.S. military role in his country after December 2014, when the international coalition’s combat mission is to end.

Obama withdrew 23,000 U.S. troops this year, following a drawdown of 10,000 in 2011. There have been calls in Congress for Obama to accelerate the withdrawal next year, and from commanders’ own assessments of progress, it appears such a speedup could be coming.

Commanders portrayed the Taliban as fraying and failing, though not defeated.

Maj. Gen. Larry Nicholson, the international coalition’s deputy chief of staff for operations, said the Taliban had aspired to pull off a series of high-

level assassinations in 2012 and regain territory they lost in 2011.

“They have failed at every one” of those objectives, Nicholson told reporters.

Nicholson also said, by way of illustrating how much things have changed in Afghanistan in recent years, that in the former Taliban stronghold of Helmand province, U.S. Marines are now complaining of boredom because there is so little fighting for them to do.

He was not arguing for further U.S. troop reductions in 2013 but observing that if Helmand is a model for Afghanistan, it may show that coalition forces can step back and give Afghan forces the lead role without sacrificing security and giving the Taliban new hope for a revival.

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It’s a faster-growing demographic than most others. That’s a cultural zeitgeist that demands a political response.”

— Kellyanne Conway, a Republican pollster boom in solo living, with nearly one-third of all U.S. households comprised of single people living alone, according to Eric Klinenberg, a New York University sociologist and author of a book on the subject.

In 1950, it was 9 percent.

Around the world, as women gain more education and earn more money, they increasingly are delaying marriage, said Stephanie Coontz, who teaches history and family studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., and is director of research for the Council on Contemporary Families. “Nowadays, women don’t feel so driven to get married because they can support themselves,” she said. “A lot of this is driven by women and a combination of lowering payoffs to just marrying any man and rising expectations” of what marriage will bring, she added.

For decades, Conway said, Democrats targeted unmarried women while the GOP dismissed them.

Now, Conway said, “the Republicans have to decide if they want a oneparty response or a twoparty response.”

In a presidential election dominated by debates over women’s health and abortion, unmarried women backed Obama over Republican Mitt Romney by a 67-31 margin. Since 1992, when exit polls began identifying single voters, unmarried women have favored Democrats by similar margins.

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REVELERS DRESSED UP IN SANTA OUTFITS GATHER at Trafalgar Square in London during a SantaCon festival parade through the streets of London on Saturday.

Mayas in Mexico facing Dec. 21 with ancestral calm, composure

By Mark Stevenson Associated Press

UH-MAY, MEXICO — Amid a worldwide frenzy of advertisers and new-agers preparing for a Maya apocalypse, one group is approaching Dec. 21 with calm and equanimity — the people whose ancestors supposedly made the prediction in the first place.

Mexico’s 800,000 Mayas are not the sinister, secretive, apocalypse-obsessed race they’ve been made out to be.

In their heartland on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, Mayas continue their daily lives, industriously pedaling three-wheeled bikes laden with family members and animal fodder down table-flat roads.

They tell rhyming offcolor jokes at dances, and pull chairs out onto the sidewalk in the evening to chat and enjoy the relative cool after a hot day.

Many still live simply

in thatched, oval, mudand-stick houses designed mostly for natural air conditioning against the oppressive heat of the Yucatan, where they plant corn, harvest oranges and raise pigs.

When asked about the end next week of a major cycle in the 5,125-year Mayan Long Count calendar, a period known as the 13th Baktun, many respond with a healthy dose of homespun Maya philosophy.

“We don’t know if the world is going to end,” said Liborio Yeh Kinil, a 62-year-old who can usually be found sitting on a chair outside his small grocery store at the corner of the grassy central square of the town of Uh-May in Quintana Roo state. “Remember 2006, and the ‘6-6-6’ (June 6, 2006): A lot of people thought something was going to happen, and nothing happened after all.”

Reflecting a world view with roots as old as the nearby Ceiba tree, or Yaxche, the tree of life for the ancient Maya, Yeh Kinil added: “Why get panicky?

If something is going to happen, it’s going to happen.”

A chorus of books and movies has sought to link the Mayan calendar to rumors of impending disasters ranging from rogue black holes and solar storms to the idea that the Earth’s magnetic field could “flip” on that date.

Archaeologists say there is no evidence the Maya ever made any such prophesy. Indeed, average Mayas probably never used the Long Count calendar, neither today nor at the culture’s peak between A.D. 300 and 600. The long count was reserved for priests and astronomers, while average Mayas measure time as farmers tend to do — by planting seasons and monthly lunar cycles.

Criminal probe adds to Texas cancer agency woes

By Paul J. Weber Associated Press

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Texas put up $3 billion in taxpayer money and promised cancer breakthroughs. But a criminal investigation, widespread rebuke from scientists and the resignations of embattled state officials came faster than medical discoveries.

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas launched in 2009, flaunting the secondbiggest trough of cancer research dollars in the country. Nobel laureates eagerly took jobs with the agency and celebrity Lance Armstrong lent visible and then-coveted support. It was an unprecedented state-run battle against a worldwide killer.

Three years later, it’s become unhinged by suggestions of politics and personal profit and is on the ropes.

“People expected that we get some good results. Not that we make people rich in private companies doing cancer research,” said Cathy Bonner, a cancer survivor who was a close aide to former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, and who helped brainstorm the idea for CPRIT. “I can’t imagine anything lower than misuse of research money that’s meant to save people’s lives.”

Embroiled by two lucrative grants approved despite scant review — or none at all, in one case — CPRIT is ending a year of turmoil saying the beleaguered agency is cooperating with separate prosecutor investigations.

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People expected that we get some good results. Not that we make people rich in private companies doing cancer research. I can’t imagine anything lower than misuse of research money that’s meant to save people’s lives.”

— Cathy Bonner, a cancer survivor who was a close aide to former Texas Gov. Ann Richards tion unit that convicted former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on money laundering charges, and is beginning this probe trying to recover key internal emails CPRIT says it cannot retrieve.

The investigations opened last week after CPRIT revealed its latest and most serious blunder: Giving a private biomedical startup, Dallas-based Peloton Therapeutics, an

$11 million award in 2010 without ever scrutinizing the merits of the company’s proposal. The discovery came on the heels of the agency funding a $20 million project roundly condemned for not first undergoing an independent scientific review.

On Friday, the federal National Cancer Institute — which confers CPRIT the prominent status of being an approved funding

entity — confirmed it was evaluating “recent events” at the state agency.

Amid the escalating troubles, an agency that doled out more than $800 million in three years has practically ground to a halt.

CPRIT’s peer-review boards that evaluate research proposals are empty — virtually all members quit in protest, including the chief science officer and the head of the science review council, both Nobel prize winners. They didn’t leave quietly: Dr. Phillip Sharp, professor at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said agency leaders “dishonored” the integrity of the independent review process and suggested “suspicions of favoritism” were at hand.