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Police to discuss surveillance plans at public meeting on Tuesday

A gunman opened fire on police officers responding to a call in a grocery store parking lot Sunday evening.

Two officers who were shot were later pronounced dead at a hospital.

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CROSSFIT TRAINER THOMAS THATCHER ENCOURAGES A CLIENT during a workout session at his gym, 701 E. 22nd St. Thatcher opened his CrossFit franchise after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder following his discharge from the Marine Corps.

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Deeds Done Dirt Cheap,� the dozen or so men and women doing push-ups and sit-ups, or throwing oversized medicine balls against a wall, are getting a little sluggish.

Believe it or not, they’ve all actually paid their money to be subjected to a form of exercise torture inside a small warehouse in eastern Lawrence this Wednesday night.

The shaggy-haired, tattooed maestro of the orchestrated exercise madness takes note that the group is slowing down. And there’s a long way to go. “Go, go, go,� he shouts, weaving in and out of the exercisers at various stations, as barbells and kettlebells fly about.

— CrossFit trainer Thomas Thatcher “Watch the posture,� he enthusiastically tells a woman whose squatting form is getting a little sloppy.

He gets right in the face of a young man who’s showing the pain and frustration in his eyes every time he bends down for another dead lift. “Watch the game face,� he admonishes.

This isn’t your typical exercise class. And Thomas Thatcher, a 24-year-old former Marine who’s bounced back after a mental breakdown in 2010, doesn’t look like a typical small business owner.

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Backyard workouts Step inside the CrossFit Lawrence facility, 701 E. 22nd St., and you’ll be greeted by a shirtless Thatcher, his left arm and shoulder adorned with a Marine “sharpshooter� tattoo.

His body is a walking testimonial to the advantages of CrossFit, an international fitness phenomenon that marries elements of group fitness and competition. It began in 2003 as a fitness blog and now has a national organization with 4,500 affiliate gyms and more than 3,000 certified CrossFit trainers. Thatcher calls it “adult phys ed.�

About 5 foot 8 inches tall, 165 pounds, Thatcher doesn’t appear to have an ounce of fat on him. With each movement, muscles contract and twitch in Thatcher’s compact physique.

As he begins to tell the story of how he built

his business, he pours a powdered protein mixture into a small plastic bag, adds water and chugs the impromptu shake in one gulp.

When he was discharged from the Marines in 2010 after serving two tours overseas, the Overland Park native moved to Lawrence with his younger brother and enrolled in KU with a goal of getting a degree in exercise science. Realizing he’d gotten a little out of shape since his discharge, Thatcher ran across CrossFit training on the Internet and was hooked. “It just blew my mind,� he says.

Get Thatcher started talking about CrossFit, and it’s difficult to slow him down; it’s the competition, pitting yourself against your own body, measuring yourself against others,

For some residents, the idea of police cameras in downtown Lawrence means more safety and security.

Others are uncomfortable with the idea of being under constant surveillance while they walk down street.

The Lawrence Police Department will have a second public meeting Tuesday to discuss plans to install two or three video cameras along intersections on Massachusetts Street.

Lawrence Police Chief Tarik Khatib will present details of the plan and a draft of the department’s Khatib policy at 7 p.m. at the Carnegie Building, 200 W. Ninth St. Khatib has said the cameras could help prevent and solve crimes, and would also be helpful in managing large crowds downtown. The police already set up temporary cameras for major events such as KU men’s basketball Final Four appearances; the department turns to downtown businesses with privately owned security cameras for evidence in criminal investigations.

Critics of the plan, including the regional chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, say that such uses are relatively rare and that Lawrence residents could pay dearly for any security benefits if they give up the right to go out in public without being monitored by police.

Tuesday’s meeting follows a public forum in September, called by the ACLU, to

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Career-program elements of bond issue to be discussed

By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

The Lawrence school board hopes to finalize plans for an upcoming bond election, including plans for expanding career and technical education programs, when the board holds a special meeting this week.

The board meets at 7 p.m. today at the district office, 110 McDonald Drive.

Rick Henry, career and

technical education specialist for the district, updated the board last week about the kinds of career and technical programs that officials would like to offer by forming partnerships with area community and technical colleges to teach classes at a facility in Lawrence.

Those programs include health sciences, machine technology, computer networking and commercial construction.

Those would be in addition to the culinary arts

program currently offered. Officials estimated the cost of launching those programs at about $4.4 million.

Those programs would also be in addition to the career and technical education classes already offered within the district at the two high schools. “In talking with high school administrators, and some middle school administrators as well, we’ve selected some programs that have a good market outlook and things that

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District officials say there is wide recognition now that a high school diploma is no longer enough to qualify someone to enter the workforce. The vast majority of jobs today, even those in mechanical and industrial trades, require at least some amount of post-secondary education or technical training.

In 2012, according to administrators at Free State and Lawrence high schools, about half of the graduating class went on to attend a four-year college, and about 25 percent went to a two-year community college or technical school, with many of them indicating plans to eventually get a four-year degree.

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2 Topeka police officers shot, killed in line of duty

By Scott Rothschild

EARLENE SANDERS Earlene Sanders, 91, of Lenexa, KS, passed away on December 13, 2012.

Earlene was born on October 10, 1921 in Clinton, OK to Willis and Lula (Gray) Martin, the youngest of four children.

Earlene’s quiet strength and constant devotion kept the family ties firm and lasting. She will be dearly missed. She retired from Overland Park State Bank after 15 years of service in the mid-1980’s.

Earlene was a member of Prairie Baptist Church.

Survivors include her three sons, Gayle (Deborah) Sanders of New Canaan, CT, Mark Sanders of Lawrence, KS, Greg Sanders of Shawnee, KS, and a granddaughter, Alexandra Sanders of New Canaan, CT. Earlene was preceded in death by her loving husband of 65 years, O. Paul Sanders, and three brothers, Bob,

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of additional training after high school to qualify for most entry-level career positions.

But two recent events have made that more feasible: passage this year of a career and technical education initiative, which essentially provides free tuition for high school students to enroll in certain kinds of post-secondary career programs; and a new willingness by Kansas University to allow other post-secondary schools to offer programs within Douglas County, as

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ask whether the cameras were really necessary and what hidden costs the surveillance system might bring. After some debate, the plan was put on hold until Khatib returned with more information, which is the subject of Tuesday’s meeting.

The cameras and installation would be paid for with a $46,800 grant sought by the police department and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.

The City Commission has said it would accept the grant money and permit the cameras only after hearing the details at Tuesday’s meeting.

The current draft of the department’s policy would require video taken by the cameras to remain confidential and encrypted and to be recycled each week. Gary Brunk, executive director of the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri, said he opposed the plan because putting the public under surveillance would likely affect crime only minimally while imposing a chilling effect on public participation in political activities and protests. He questioned whether the level of crime in downtown

TOPEKA — Two Topeka police officers were shot and killed Sunday evening by a suspect who remained at large early this morning.

Cpl. David Gogian, 50, and Officer Jeff Atherly, 29, died at a Topeka hospital after being wounded in a shooting near the Dillons grocery store at 1400 SW Huntoon St. about 6 p.m. Sunday. The two officers were responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle at the store, police said. A third officer at the scene when the shooting occurred was uninjured.

In a televised press conference Sunday night, Topeka Police Chief Ron Miller said police were seeking 22-year-old David Tiscareno, of Topeka, as

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Lawrence justified measures that “conjure up a vision of Big Brother.”

“I don’t think Police Chief Khatib intends to use it that way. I don’t think we have a police state in Lawrence,” Brunk said. “But I don’t think it’s very prudent for us to go down that road without weighing these issues.”

Bill Staples, a Kansas University sociology professor, has weighed those issues in his studies of public surveillance. In a letter to the editor, he wrote that he opposed the police department’s plan for many of the same reasons as the ACLU. While citizens give up their privacy by going out in public, he said, they may want to keep their anonymity and their ability to remain essentially unobserved.

Downtown businesses generally don’t seem to be opposed to the cameras, according to Cathy Hamilton, director of Downtown Lawrence Inc. She said many property owners might welcome some help with a recurring graffiti problem.

“We had a healthy debate at the first meeting,” she said. “But the merchants aren’t concerned about it. I’m not hearing a lot of pushback.”

— Reporter Ian Cummings can be reached at 832-7144 . Follow him at Twitter.com/iancummings4.

Book tells story of Harveyville tornado HARVEYVILLE (AP) — A Harveyville resident has compiled a book with the stories of people who survived the tornado that hit the small Kansas community in February.

The EF2 tornado cut a 150-yard swath through Harveyville on Feb. 28, injuring 14 people and killing one resident.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that Debbie Roberts, whose home was destroyed, has put together a book called “Heart of

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Bill, and Denzel Martin.

Services will be private.

The family suggests contributions to Johnson County Mental Health, h t t p : / /m e n t a l h e a l t h . jocogov.org/.

Fond memories and condolences for the family may be left at www. overlandparkchapel.com (Arrangements by D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS 66204, 913-648-6224) Please sign this guestbook at Obituaries.

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long as they don’t duplicate programs already offered by KU. The career and technical education project is only a small part of the bond proposal that is mainly focused on upgrading elementary schools and providing enhanced technology throughout the district. Last week, the board received estimates ranging from $85 million to $105 million for the entire list of projects.

The elementary school enhancements alone account for an estimated $70.5 million of those costs.

The school board plans to place the bond issue on the April 2 election ballot for voter approval.

Harveyville: Surviving the Tornado!” a 162-page collection of survivors’ stories.

Harveyville is a town of about 235 people located southwest of Topeka.

Roberts, a retired teacher, says the book contains a map of the tornado’s route, and the stories are presented in the order of the tornado’s path.

Profits from book sales will go to the Harveyville Children’s Park and rebuilding of the United Methodist Church.

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the rush of the training, he tells you. The strenuous CrossFit training regimen began in a Seattle gym in 2000 and has spread quickly to nearly 5,000 locations around the world.

The company licenses the program to entrepreneurs like Thatcher and trains them.

To spread the CrossFit gospel, Thatcher needed a place to train. He asked his landlord if he could set up a little workout area in the backyard and got started with oversized tires and pullup bars. Pretty soon, friends and neighbors started stopping by for workouts as CrossFit training gained in popularity.

Fall — and colder weather — was coming, so Thatcher started hatching plans to build a gym based on the CrossFit principles.

But the stress of starting a business and college classes sent Thatcher over the edge. He wasn’t sleeping, and friends and family became increasingly concerned about his mental health.

“I just drove myself into a mania,” he says. “I didn’t really know what was going on.”

Thatcher was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and spent two weeks each at Osawatomie State Hospital and the VA Hospital in Topeka in the fall of 2010.

His hospital stays caused him to fail his KU classes, and he says he hit rock bottom.

“I just sat around, depressed,” Thatcher says.

But as 2011 started up, Thatcher re-enrolled at KU and started earning training certifications from the CrossFit organization, which can cost anywhere from $500 to $1,000. He restarted his backyard workouts, and as his mental health stabilized, Thatcher again started thinking of ways to get his gym going.

He needed a building, and for that, he needed money. That’s where Thatcher’s natural enthusiasm and charisma came in handy.

Tracy Williams and her husband, Jason, were two of Thatcher’s devout backyard workout followers, and felt compelled to help keep the gym going.

“We started getting freaked out that it would close down,” said Tracy, who began working out with Thomas in his backyard in 2010.

Thatcher made the Williamses and several others a novel offer: plunk down $2,500 per family so Thatcher could open a gym, and they’d have a lifetime membership. Regular members pay about $100 a month.

That sounds like a risky gamble, but not for Tracy.

When Thatcher promised

a suspect in the shooting.

Miller said there was more than one person in the vehicle that police Tiscareno were investigating, a 1999 silver Toyota Camry. Officers later found the vehicle outside a house about 10 blocks from the grocery store, but when they searched the home they didn’t find the shooting suspect.

The chief declined to say why officers were investigating the vehicle and why it was considered suspicious.

Miller said he did not know why the suspect opened fire on police within minutes of their arrival to investigate the vehicle. Both officers were shot in the head.

“All I can tell you is it’s a tragedy,” Miller said. “It’s clearly beyond words, and it’s unclear why this is happening in America.”

Tiscareno has a 2011 conviction for possession of an illegally modified shotgun under 18 inches long.

Miller encouraged anyone with information on Tiscareno’s whereabouts to call law enforcement.

Gogian started with the Topeka Police Department in September 2004.

Atherly had been with the department since April 2011.

The last time a Topeka police officer died in the line of duty was in a 2000 helicopter crash.

that he’d be successful and that the gym would grow and last, the Williamses were in.

Thatcher was able to sign up several other lifetime members and secure additional private loans from other members.

“It’s because it’s Thomas,” Tracy says of grabbing the deal. “His energy, his knowledge, his passion. He cares that much about people.”

120 people or so — who works out at the gym and customizes the exercise routines to each person’s goals.

Counts, for instance, suffers from osteoporosis and needed to build some muscle. Her biggest achievement? Dead-lifting more than 200 pounds. “I feel great,” she says.

Like everyone else, Counts’ dead lift maximum and other exercise achievements are posted on dry-erase boards throughout the gym.

Want to motivate someone? Put the results front and center, Thatcher says.

No man who comes to the gym wants to be outlifted by a woman. And the women love being stronger than some of the men. “Intensity breeds results,” Thatcher says.

Thatcher says he realizes the scoreboards and the competition can seem intimidating to newcomers. “It’s intimidating to everyone,” he says. But just “leave your ego at the door,” and he promises results.

‘Leave your ego at the door’ On Wednesday night, April Wright, a 31-year-old Lawrence mother of two, was the first to head on the “Haskell Run,” a onemile run with a 25-pound dumbbell that is the last obstacle to the day’s workout. Wright, along with the other CrossFit members that night, went through a tortuous cycle of exercises, all catered to their individual goals. They all go through a cycle of squats, lunges, dead lifts, sit-ups and few unrecognizable body movements. The more advanced members use heavier weights or do more reps.

Each day, the gym offers three exercise classes designed around the CrossFit workout of the day, posted on the official CrossFit website and practiced by hundreds of gyms like Thatcher’s across the globe. At other times, members come in for workouts, receiving encouragement from the gym’s four trainers.

Wright, who began CrossFit training this summer, returns from the run, lies down and closes her eyes in the corner of the gym. She’s the first done today, in just under 45 minutes. She catches her breath and smiles, saying this is the first time she’s beaten all the other members.

“There’s always someone who’s always a little better than you,” Wright says. “I tried it, and it’s like a drug.”

Several other of Thatcher’s disciples will say the same thing, and joke about “drinking the Kool-Aid” of the CrossFit routine.

CrossFit and the gym are more than exercise, said Jackie Counts, a 47-year-old Lawrence social worker.

“They want to connect with people,” Counts said of Thatcher and the gym’s three other trainers, including Thatcher’s younger brother, Kyle.

Counts says the gym is a close community, and many of the members are friends outside the gym.

She brings her two sons, ages 17 and 19, with her and calls the exercise a great family activity.

But Thatcher’s energy is the main draw here. He knows everyone — about

— Journal-World reporter Ian Cummings and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

Small goals Thatcher credits CrossFit and a healthy lifestyle with helping him bounce back from his mental health struggles. When he talks about that dark period in his life, he says he focused on achieving small goals. Sometimes that meant simply completing a grueling workout during the day. “I found my happiness through exercise,” he said.

As membership has grown at his gym, he finds himself learning the ropes of running a business and employing three other trainers. Ask him about the future, and he says he hopes to keep growing the gym, maybe moving into a larger facility.

But he’ll keep his eye on the smaller goals long the way, which right now are focused on his members.

In an instant, he can rattle off the success stories he’s seen over the past year.

Some of his members just want to cut some weight; others are trying to tame sore backs and knees. And a few aim to compete in the annual CrossFit Games, a competition between the fittest CrossFit athletes across the country.

“I’m finding my happiness through other people’s success,” Thatcher said.

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

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RAINTREE MONTESSORI STUDENT MARI RISLEY, 9, HUGS THELMA SOPHOCLEOUS, who has worked at the school for more than 30 years, on Friday. Sophocleous is retiring at the end of this semester from her career of doing everything from organizing the library to putting out the school newsletter.

Raintree registrar retiring after 31 years

By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

One day in 1981, Thelma Sophocleous walked into Raintree Montessori School in Lawrence to enroll her 3-year-old son, Andreas.

Little did anyone suspect at the time how that would be the start of a 31-year career organizing the library, typing forms and reports for the state, putting out the school newsletter and doing whatever else it took to keep the school running smoothly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no one quite like Thelma,â&#x20AC;? said Lle-

anna McReynolds, head of the school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She has devoted her life to our school.â&#x20AC;?

Now, for the first time in more than a generation, Raintree officials are trying to figure out how all those things will get done when Sophocleous, who is now 77, finally retires at the end of this semester. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What began as a part-time job cataloging the books in our library turned into a lifetimeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment,â&#x20AC;? McReynolds wrote in a tribute to Sophocleous. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t long before she was organizing our lives.â&#x20AC;?

Every day this month, classrooms have been coming to her office to give her farewell gifts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; handmade cards, bouquets of flowers, handmade paintings, even original performances created by the children themselves.

Sophocleous said she was drawn to Raintree from the early days of the school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Somebody recommended the school for my son when he was at the age to start, so I brought him to school.

And because it was just a short time that he was here, I used to stay at

a table writing letters.

And one day the director said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Will you help me with these papers?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; And I said OK. I started helping here, and helping with the library, and eventually I started working.â&#x20AC;?

But Sophocleous said it was the whole atmosphere of the school that kept her working for 31 years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult to say, but the teachers are really special,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They love their profession, the method is very nice and the administraPlease see RAINTREE, page 4A

There have been rumblings for a while that Menards, the home improvement chain, may be giving Lawrence a serious look.

Well, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a new rumbling that may displease Lawrence folks on a couple of levels.

The Independence, Mo., Examiner is reporting that Menards has put its plans to build a new store in Independence on hold. Furthermore, it said its reason for delaying a store is related to President Barack Obama. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very sorry, but we are a family-owned business and with the Obama administration scaring the dickens out of all small businesses in the USA at present, we have decided not to risk expansion until things are more settled,â&#x20AC;? Menards spokesman Jeff Abbott told the newspaper in an email recently.

If Menards is delaying projects they already have announced, then the chances of an announcement happening in Lawrence in the near future seem less

!" If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me in the last week or so what is going on at the former Kaw Valley Motors site in North Lawrence, I would have eight or nine dollars.

(And for a man who has a wife who has put JEWELRY in capital letters on her Christmas list, those dollars would be helpful. I figure it would get me about halfway there.)

If you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t driven by the Tee Pee Junction in North Lawrence lately, most of the old buildings that were part of the defunct Kaw Valley salvage yard have been removed, and major dirt work has begun on the site.

The project is the same one we reported on in March: Kansas City-based Advantage Metals is working to build a state-of-the-art metal salvage yard at the site.

But right now, the best way to describe the project is halted. The city of Lawrence issued a stop-work order for the project about a week ago.

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Planning Director Scott McCullough told me the issue involves the project not having the necessary state floodplain development permit.

The city issued a floodplain development permit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the site is right next to the Kansas River but is protected by a levee â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on the belief that the project didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need a state permit.

But upon further review, McCullough said the project does need a state floodplain development permit from the Division of Water Resources. McCullough said the decision was made to issue a stopwork order on the excavation that was occurring on the site until that permit is obtained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see any of this as a prohibition on what they want to do at the site,â&#x20AC;? McCullough said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They just have to go through this process.â&#x20AC;?

It appears likely the site ultimately will be a salvage yard again. The approved plans for the project, however, ensure the area will look quite a bit different from the old Kaw Valley Motors site.

Plans call for a new 14,000-square-foot building to be constructed along North Third Street. I believe it is fair to say that Advantage Metals will have more indoor storage of materials than Kaw Valley did. Outdoor storage areas will be fenced and screened.

Based on the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, it appears the business will accept about any type of metal â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including cars, appliances, lead acid batteries, electric motors and such.

Several folks in the area may already be familiar with Advantageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operations. The company is based in Kansas City but also has locations in Topeka, Fort Scott, Columbus, Emporia and several cities in Missouri. (I hear Mizzou officials several times this season tried to trade in their football team at the locations. Yes, it is tough to make living off of Mizzou jokes when the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hawks went 1-11. But, hey, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got jewelry to pay for.) !" Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m surfing my AOL account to try to figure out what has gotten Lawrence consumers so motivated these days. I figure it must be those new Discman portable CD players or maybe the Digimon craze.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that, you say?

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not in the 1990s anymore? My wife will tell you I have a wardrobe that says otherwise, but a new set of numbers makes it easy to get confused.

New retail sales numbers from Lawrence City Hall show that sales tax numbers are growing at their fastest pace since 1998.

Through November, Lawrence consumers have tallied $1.25 billion worth of sales in 2012. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up from $1.17 billion for the same period a year ago.

The 6.3 percent growth rate is the best since the carefree days of 1998,

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when we were preoccupied by a stain on a White House internâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dress and two home run sluggers who were proving how healthy eating and a few over-the-counter vitamin supplements could make you a new man. (That was the takeaway from the Mark McGwire/Sammy Sosa era, wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it?)

If the growth rate holds up through the end of the year, it will mark the second straight year that sales tax numbers have grown significantly. It also will help erase the memories of 2009 and 2010, when consumers ran scared and sales tax numbers posted actual declines for two years in a row. Lawrence City Hall is now on pace to collect $2 million more in sales tax revenues than it budgeted.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a look at how Lawrenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sales taxes have grown or shrunk over the years: 2011: up 4.5 percent.

2010: down 1.68 percent.

2009: down 2.53 percent.

2008: up 3.57 percent.

2007: up 1.58 percent.

2006: up 3.54 percent.

2005: up 3.52 percent.

2004: up 4.81 percent.

2003: up 1.15 percent.

2002: up 0.46 percent.

2001: up 3.79 percent.

2000: up 1.71 percent.

1999: up 5.17 percent.

1998: up 8.58 percent.

1997: up 6.48 percent 1996: down 0.71 percent While the growth rate is near an all-time high, folks shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t misinterpret that to mean Lawrence really has gotten its mojo from the 1990s back.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an interesting figure. In that record year of 1998, Lawrence consumers spent $967.4 million.

If you adjust that number for inflation, it comes out to $1.37 billion in 2012 dollars. Lawrence this year is on pace to spend a little more than $1.26 billion for the year. Ah, the good old days when home equity still worked like an ATM. But todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s numbers do show that Lawrence consumers almost have returned to their spending levels prior to the financial crash that happened in late 2008. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a look at actual consumer spending figures for the past five years, with the numbers in parentheses showing 2012 inflation-adjusted dollars.

2012 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $1.25 billion.

2011 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $1.17 billion ($1.20).

2010 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $1.12 billion ($1.19).

2009 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $1.14 billion ($1.23).

2008 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $1.17 billion ($1.26).

The November sales tax report also gives us our first glimpse at how holiday

sales are shaping up. Because of a delay in reporting times, the November report doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actually represent sales made in November. Instead, it shows sales from mid-September to mid-October, which is holiday shopping season for those organized people who make you want to throw up.

Sales in the November 2012 period were up 8.9 percent from the same period a year ago. If that trend continues, retailers will be happy, and those of us unwrapping holiday gifts may be happy too.

Maybe Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll finally get that Macarena mix tape.

Oops, sorry, wrong year again. !" We reported a few weeks ago that the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board had recommended that the unnamed park near the city fire training facility at 19th Street and Haskell Avenue be named Firefighters Remembrance Park and that it have a plaque recognizing the late Jim McSwain, who served as Lawrenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fire chief for 27 years.

Well, city commissioners took up the idea recently and tweaked the proposal. They approved a motion to name the park â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chief Jim McSwain Park.â&#x20AC;?

The sign also will include a line that says â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dedicated to all Lawrence firefighters.â&#x20AC;?

Mayor Bob Schumm suggested the change, and Commissioner Mike Amyx immediately threw his support behind the idea. Both Schumm Schumm and Amyx served on the City Commission for many years while McSwain was chief.

Amyx Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m told there arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t any immediate plans for major additions at the park, although city officials are considering the site as a possible location for a community garden. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be reached at 832-6362. Follow him at Twitter.com/clawhorn_ljw.

Look for his entire Town Talk blog on LJWorld.com daily, Monday through Friday.

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Help needed for Christmas dinner Staff Reports

Agency: Free Lawrence Community Christmas Day Dinner Contact: Brower Burchill, 785-843-9199 The Free Lawrence Community Christmas Day Dinner is in need of volunteers to help prepare, serve and deliver meals. The meal will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Christmas Day at First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St., and anyone is welcome to attend.

Volunteers are asked to come to the church anytime between 6 a.m. and 3 p.m., and there is no need to sign up. Additionally, baked pies are needed Christmas morning. Call Brower Burchill at 785-843-9199 with questions.

Immediate needs !" The Willow Domestic Violence Center is currently looking for a skilled volunteer to help completely revise its website, willowdvcenter.org. If you have the expertise to implement this project as well as the time to devote, please contact Aimee Eickmann, Director of

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Sophocleous came to Kansas from Argentina in the 1970s when she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study linguistics at Kansas University, where she eventually earned her masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree. At that time, Raintree was far outside the developed part of Lawrence on what is now Clinton Parkway.

When Sophocleous arrived, McReynolds recalls, the school had fewer than 100 students and could barely afford a typewriter.

Today, it has around 480 students and has garnered

Community Engagement, at aeickmann@willowdvcenter.org. Please provide her with three links to websites that you have personally created or developed. !" Independence Inc. is seeking a volunteer who can assist a gentleman with a traumatic brain injury in learning to play the guitar for personal enjoyment.

This gentleman has taken guitar lessons in the past but is still very much a beginner and is looking to learn how to play a few songs. If possible, he is looking for one lesson every other week or so. The volunteer need not have experience giving guitar lessons previously, just the knowledge and patience to teach someone willing to learn. For more details, please contact Daniel Brown at 785-841-0333, ext.

147, or dbrown@independenceinc.org. !"Visiting Nurses is seeking volunteers to provide friendly Barney (canine companion) visits to its hospice patients and other residents at The Windsor Nursing home and/or Brandon Woods Nursing Home once a week. Barney is VNAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

therapeutic companion dog and provides playful companionship to nursing home patients. Volunteer needs to be comfortable with a large dog in social settings. Orientation is provided. Please contact Sarah Rooney at 785-843-3738 or sarahro@ kansasvna.org !" Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence is looking for volunteers to serve as scorekeepers for its basketball league. There will be games at five different sites from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. each Wednesday now through the first week of March (with the exception of a few weeks). Volunteers should be 18 or older, and a brief training will be provided on how to operate the scoreboards. If you have later afternoon availability once a week and would enjoy watching some enthusiastic kids play ball, please contact Zach Hall at 785-841-5672 or volunteer@bcglk.org.

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Raintree is a private school founded on a method of teaching developed in the early 20th century

by Italian physician Maria Montessori, who specialized in studying stages of child development. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Montessori identified different â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;planesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of development,â&#x20AC;? McReynolds explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and she said if you create the right environment for each of those planes of development, children will almost educate themselves. Einstein said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I never teach my pupils; I only give them the optimum conditions in which to learn.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; So you create an environment based on those things and children become very self-reliant, responsible and focused.â&#x20AC;?

Raintree now offers classes from early preschool, including toddlers as young as 18 months, through sixth grade. McReynolds said the school is working on plans to expand into middle school.

During her career, Sophocleous saw all three of her own children go through the school. Now, one of her grandchildren is enrolled as a preschooler, and another grandchild will enroll in the spring.

Asked about her fondest memories, Sophocleous just smiled and recalled the things that occur every day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think of the children coming to the office and getting papers and saying funny things,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Her last day will be Wednesday.

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Wichitaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic Castle Inn Riverside on the auction block

WICHITA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; One of prepare to downsize, The Wichitaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most beloved Wichita Eagle reported.

LAW ENFORCEMENT landmarks, the 124-year-old The couple bought the REPORT Castle Inn Riverside, is gocastle in 1994 and turned the Police arrested a 39-yearing on the auction block. upper floors into a bed-andold Topeka man in Lawrence The 28-room home on breakfast, but the Lowrys, on Saturday night on chargthe Little Arkansas River, both 65, are ready to enjoy the es of illegally possessing a the last remaining castlefreedom to do something else. firearm, a controlled substyle home in the city, will â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are hoping that this stance and stolen property. be sold Tuesday as ownis the ending of this and the Donnie Ray Lockhart was arrested in the 800 block of The recent scan- ers Paula and Terry Lowry beginning of the rest of our West 24th Street and booked dal only affected into the Douglas County Jail the Great Bend just after midnight. The man branch of the Kanhas not yet been charged N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD SOLUTION FOR DEC. 16 and was released on a $4,500 sas Honor Flight, and bond Sunday morning. the Hutchinson-based T A B B Y A T S E A P I B B M C S Kansas Honor Flight is O L I V E F E I G N S E P I A C H I DOUGLAS COUNTY still operating and plans W E L D T U E S D A Y C O O K R O B I N a trip toward the end of DISTRICT COURT I R K R A T E D L O N D O N J A C K MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED April. To donate, visit T O O K C A R E R I P S A I L S kansashonorflight.org/ Jacob Daniel Dietrich, 33, W I L D E R G E N E E L A Y N E Donations.htm, or mail a Lawrence, and Kasey Ann Ross, 29, Lawrence. check, made out to KanO D O R I S L E S R O B S Travis Leon Simpson, 37, sas Honor Flight, to P.O. F R E N C H V I C T O R S A T E I S M Topeka, and Adrian Elaine Box 2371, Hutchinson, KS O A S L E O N O R A B A S S L A N C E Godwin, 31, Topeka.

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Topeka, and Marisa Evanthe, 23, Lawrence.

Mitchell Lee Kelley, 47, Lawrence, and Nancy Jean Kelley, 47, Lawrence.

Michael Ivan Flon, 62, Lawrence, and Theresa Lynn Brown, 55, Lawrence.

Donald Easley, 65, Ottawa, and Brenda Louise Kelly, 63, Salina.

Nicholas Dean Beck, 43, Lawrence, and Tracey Lyn Alderson, 39, Lawrence.

Ryan Daniel Johnson, 26, Eudora, and Kelley Ann Hannifan, 30, Eudora.

Nicholas James Dormer, 27, Lawrence, and Katie Mae Glavin, 27, Lawrence.

Kwok Kwan Pang, 24, Overland Park, and Sin Yee Poon, 24, Lawrence.

Shane Dean Coffey, 25, Lawrence, and Holly Nicole Vonbargen, 30, city not listed.

Zachary Dylan Rockers, 23, Lawrence, and Sarah Christine Johnson, 23, Lawrence.

Forrest Douglas Brown, 54, Lawrence, and Vicki Sue Motter, 53, Lawrence.

Viraj Singh, 26, Lawrence, and Meenakshi Mishra, 27, Lawrence.

Aaron Eastwood Brinkerhoff, 37, Lawrence, and Hannah Casey Robbins, 26, Baldwin City.

DIVORCES GRANTED Matthew Jon Davids, 34, Lawrence, and Lindsay Michele Davids, 28, Independence, Mo. David Ross Rebecchi, 30, Bonner Springs, and Kathryn Renee Rebecchi, 30, Springfield, Mo. Christopher Noel Wrisner, 44, Lawrence, and Danielle Nicole Wrisner, 38, Lawrence.

BANKRUPTCIES Douglas County residents or businesses filing for bankruptcy protection recently in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records: â&#x20AC;˘ James Justus Crane, 1216 12th St., Baldwin City. â&#x20AC;˘ Matthew Gish and Pamela Schian-Gish, 564 East 1550 Road, Baldwin City. â&#x20AC;˘ Michelle Danielle Smart, 211 Mount Hope Court, Apt 11, Lawrence.

The Journal-World does not print accounts of all police reports filed. The newspaper generally reports: â&#x20AC;˘ Burglaries, only with a loss of $1,000 or more, unless there are unusual circumstances. To protect victims, we generally donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t identify them by name. â&#x20AC;˘ Assaults and batteries, only if major injuries are reported. â&#x20AC;˘ Holdups and robberies.

HOSPITAL BIRTHS Haley and Nathan Ward, Lawrence, a boy, Sunday.

Arif and Shelly Khan, Lawrence, a boy, Sunday.

Mick and Stacia Griffith, Lawrence, a boy, Sunday.

Brian and Julie Henry, Lawrence, a boy, Sunday.

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Nicknamed the Jewel on the River, the castle was built in 1886 by a cattle baron named Col. Burton Harvey Campbell during Wichitaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great building boom.

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Gargoyles are carved into the three-story stone tower, and lamps and lighting fixtures were imported from Europe.

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Gunman had 100s of rounds of ammunition

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NEWTOWN, CONN. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; He spoke for a nation in sorrow, but the slaughter of all those little boys and girls turned the commander in chief into another parent in grief, searching for answers. Alone on a spare stage after the worst day of his tenure, President Barack Obama declared Sunday he will use â&#x20AC;&#x153;whatever powerâ&#x20AC;? he has to prevent shootings like the Connecticut school massacre. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What choice do we have?â&#x20AC;? Obama said at an evening vigil in the shattered community of Newtown, Conn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are we really prepared to say that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re powerless in the face of such carnage, that the politics are too hard? Are we prepared to say that such violence visited on our children year after year after year is somehow the price of our freedom?â&#x20AC;?

For Obama, that was an unmistakable sign that he would at least attempt to take on the explosive issue of gun control. He made clear that the deaths compelled the nation to act, and that he was the leader of a nation that was failing to keep its children safe.

He spoke of a broader effort, never outlining exactly what he would push for, but outraged by another shooting rampage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Surely we can do better than this,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have an obligation to try.â&#x20AC;?

The massacre of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary on Friday elicited horror around the world, soul-searching in the United States, fresh political debate and questions about the incomprehensible â&#x20AC;&#x201D; what drove the

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TEDDY BEARS, EACH REPRESENTING A VICTIM of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, sit on a wall at a sidewalk memorial on Sunday in Newtown, Conn.

A gunman walked into the school in Newtown on Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children.

AT RIGHT, President Barack Obama speaks during an interfaith vigil for the victims of the shooting on Sunday.

20-year-old suspect to kill his mother and then unleash gunfire on children.

A total of 6 adults and 20 boys and girls ages 6 and 7 were slaughtered.

Obama read the names of the adults near the top his remarks. He finished by reading the first names of the kids, slowly, in the most wrenching moment of the night.

Cries and sobs filled the room. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when it really hit home,â&#x20AC;? said Jose Sabillon, who attended the interfaith memorial with his son, Nick, a fourth-grader who survived the shooting unharmed.

Said Obama of the girls and boys who died: â&#x20AC;&#x153;God has called them all home. For those of us who remain, let us find the strength to carry on and make our country worthy of their memory.â&#x20AC;?

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Inside the room, children held stuffed teddy bears and dogs. The smallest kids sat on their parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; laps.

There were tears and hugs, but also smiles and squeezed arms. Mixed with disbelief was a sense of a community reacquainting itself all at once.

The president first met privately with families of the victims and with the emergency personnel who responded to the shootings.

The gathering happened at Newtown High School, the site of Sunday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interfaith vigil, about a mile and a half from where the shootings took place.

NEWTOWN, CONN. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The gunman in the Connecticut shooting rampage was carrying an arsenal of hundreds of rounds of especially deadly ammunition â&#x20AC;&#x201D; enough to kill just about every student in the school if given enough time, authorities said Sunday, raising the chilling possibility that the bloodbath could have been even worse.

The gunman, Adam Lanza, shot himself in the head just as he heard police drawing near to the classroom where he was slaughtering helpless children, but he had more ammunition at the ready in the form of multiple, high-capacity clips each capable of holding 30 bullets.

The disclosure on Sunday sent shudders throughout this picturesque New England community as grieving families sought to comfort each other during church services.

Gov. Dannel Malloy said the shooter decided to kill himself when he heard police closing in about 10 minutes into the attack.

Police said they found hundreds of unused bullets at the school, which enrolled about 450 students in kindergarten through fourth grade. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a lot of ammo, a lot of clips,â&#x20AC;? said state police Lt. Paul Vance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Certainly a lot of lives were potentially saved.â&#x20AC;?

in the spring, according to an analysis by H&R Block.

At the same time, businesses could lose dozens of tax breaks they have enjoyed for years, including generous credits for investing in research and development, write-offs for restaurants and retail stores that expand or upgrade, and tax breaks for financial companies with overseas subsidiaries.

Even if Congress does act, last-minute changes to federal tax laws could make it difficult for taxpayers to figure out their 2012 tax bills. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really expecting this upcoming tax season to be one of the more chal-

lenging ones on record,â&#x20AC;? said Kathy Pickering, executive director of The Tax Institute at H&R Block. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For your 2012 returns thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so much confusion about what will be impacted.â&#x20AC;?

Much of Washington is consumed by negotiations over how to address automatic tax increases scheduled to take effect next year.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when tax cuts first enacted under President George W. Bush, and extended under President Barack Obama, are scheduled to expire. A temporary reduction in the Social Security payroll tax is set to vanish as well.

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votes, though official results have not been announced.

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Different paths School officials are looking at ways to maximize their spending while county officials are looking at ways to live within their means. Which path will be right?

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wo roads diverged in a wood,” wrote poet Robert Frost, “and I,” his stanza continues, “I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”

Two distinct paths loom for tax-supported units of government in Douglas County as they prepare for the months ahead, exemplified last week by the school district and the county. The two appear to be headed different directions.

The school board, on the one hand, is trying to fit as much spending as it can into a bond issue that will be put in front of voters April 2. The only limit recognized by the board is to keep its total package under $93 million, because that’s the maximum amount of new debt the district can issue without seeking state permission. The board contends that a new bond issue of that maximum amount will not result in a tax increase because old bonded indebtedness is being retired.

As the board continues looking at its total package, it has mulled moving some technology and other expenses into other funds, while adding items to the building bond list, most recently about $1.5 million for three early childhood education rooms at Kennedy School.

With decisions about the final priority list and the bond package total expected to be made tonight, it appears the board is intent on using a variety of funding sources to spend as much as possible, without much regard for local economic circumstances or signals from Topeka.

The county, however, had a different reaction when considering that property tax revenues will drop about $2 million next year because of changes in appraised valuations. The impact may be felt first in road and bridge projects that are financed through the county’s annual capital improvements plan.

Essentially, if the flow of money coming in begins to dribble, then construction gets scaled back or delayed. Indeed, decisions were made last week to pare back several projects.

That could be a lesson in prudence for the school board and district administration. The forecast is for a $295 million state deficit in 2013 related to tax cuts from the previous legislative session.

The governor’s budget office already has recommended an 8 percent funding reduction for higher education. Did the school board get a message?

Why would the board maximize district spending in the face of expected lower local property tax revenues? Will it have to come back to residents for a tax hike to make up for that lost revenue plus other operating expenditures that are not likely to be financed because the state itself is broke?

Which path will make all the difference?

WASHINGTON — Rick Snyder, who is hardly a human cactus, warned Michigan’s labor leaders. The state’s mild-mannered Republican governor, currently in his first term in his first public office, has rarely been accused of being, or praised for being, a fire-breathing conservative. When unions put on Michigan’s November ballot two measures that would have entrenched collective bargaining rights in the state Constitution, Snyder told them they were picking a fight they might regret.

Both measures lost resoundingly in the state with the fifth highest rate of unionization (17.5 percent, down from 28.4 percent in 1985) and, not coincidentally, the sixth highest unemployment rate (9.1 percent).

And Republicans decided to build upon that outcome by striking a blow for individual liberty and against coerced funding of the Democratic Party. Hence the right-to-work laws passed by the Republicancontrolled Legislature to prohibit the requirement of paying union dues as a condition of employment.

The unions’ frenzy against this freedom is as understandable as their desire to abolish the right of secret ballots in unionization elections: Freedom is not the unions’ friend. After Colorado in 2001 required public employees unions to have annual votes reauthorizing collection of dues, membership in the Colorado Association of Public Employees declined 70 percent. After Indiana’s government in 2005 stopped collecting dues from

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unionized public employees, the number of dues-paying members plummeted 90 percent. In Utah, the automatic dues deductions for political activities was ended in 2001; made voluntary, payments from teachers declined 90 percent. After a similar measure in Washington state in 1992, the percentage of teachers making contributions fell from 82 to 11. The Democratic Party’s desperate opposition to the liberation of workers from compulsory membership in unions is because unions are conveyor belts moving coerced dues money into the party.

Nationwide, resentment of union power has been accumulating like steam in a boiler. The Wall Street Journal reports that in the last four years “nearly every state ... has enacted some form of pension changes”

Values statement To the editor: Thanks to Commissioner Amyx and Public Forum contributor Bill Simons for voicing reservations regarding proposed expenditures in Lawrence. The sums are frightening in these iffy economic times. Cities across the country are going belly-up because they’ve spent beyond their means, and state governments are cutting funding for nearly everything.

In particular, I’d like to address the proposed regional recreation center. Lawrence has spent huge sums on athletic facilities: outdoor aquatic center, Free State High pool and sports stadium, Lawrence High stadium, Youth Sports Complex (23 soccer fields, five football fields, four baseball diamonds, practice area), plans in the pipeline for more tennis courts, etc. I’m not suggesting that exercise isn’t important, but funds are limited, and we need to prioritize.

Rising competitors, such as China, are investing newfound wealth in power plants, infrastructure and schools; they’re sending legions of their children abroad to develop second-language skills and become comfortable in international settings. Lawrence is discussing spending $25 million on what is essentially playground equipment. It goes by grand names such as “Regional Recreation Center,” but it really is just very nice, very expensive playground equipment for adults and children. Meanwhile, our infrastructure crumbles and our children trail most of the developed and developing world in test scores, language skills and international experience, limiting their marketability in an increasingly global economy.

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The unions’ frenzy against this freedom is as understandable as their desire to abolish the right of secret ballots in unionization elections: Freedom is not the unions’ friend.”

proaching the size of Paris.

And where the United Auto Workers, which once had more than 1 million members and now has about 380,000, won contracts that crippled the local industry — and prompted the growth of the non-unionized auto industry that is thriving elsewhere. Detroit’s rapacious and oblivious government employees unions are parasitic off a near-corpse of a city that has lost 25 percent of its population just since 2000. The Wall Street Journal reports that because some government workers with defined-benefit pensions can retire in their 40s, “many retirees living into their 80s are drawing benefits for nearly twice as long as they work.”

Many liberals who, with solemn self-congratulation, call themselves “pro-choice” become testy when the right to choose is not confined to choosing to kill unborn babies. They say the right to choose is not progressive when it enables parents to choose their children’s schools, or permits workers to choose not to fund unions’ political advocacy.

Democrats who soon will celebrate two of their party’s saints at Jefferson-Jackson Day dinners should jettison either their opposition to right-to-work laws or their reverence for Jefferson, who said: “To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.”

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

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clawing back unsustainable benefits promised to unionized government employees. The most conspicuous battle was in Wisconsin, where Republican Gov. Scott Walker survived organized labor’s attempt to recall him as punishment for restricting collective bargaining by unionized government workers. After Walker’s reforms, Indiana under Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels became the 23rd right-to-work state, and the first in the industrial Midwest.

By becoming the 24th right-to-work state, Michigan is belatedly becoming serious about what Daniel Boorstin, the late historian and Librarian of Congress, called entrepreneurial federalism. This is the wholesome competition among states to emulate others’ best practices, and to avoid and exploit others’ follies.

Indiana and Wisconsin are, fortunately for them, contiguous to Illinois, where Democratic power is completely unrestrained and spectacularly unsuccessful.

Indiana noticed Wisconsin’s competitive advantage in attracting businesses from Illinois and elsewhere. Michigan also has noticed. Yet unions call what Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin have done a “race to the bottom.”

This flapdoodle and folderol come from unions that have contributed mightily to Michigan’s painful acquaintance with the bottom.

If you seek a monument to Michigan’s unions, look, if you can without wincing, at Detroit, where the amount of vacant land is ap-

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He now has a tax program in place which places most of the cost of services for state government directly on the disappearing middle class and guarantees huge deficits in the next few years choking out all social programs. He seems to consider the problems of the poor, the very young, the homeless, those dependent on help through no fault of their own as expendable and only a liability of no political importance.

Kansas is experiencing what, so far, the United States avoided by not electing a majority of conservative Republicans in the last general election. However they still rule the House of Representatives enough to push us over the fiscal cliff and devalue the stock market by maybe 1,000 points and devalue the dollar enough that it will no longer be the safe investment it has been, perhaps elevating the Chinese yuan to that position. We will soon see just how vindictive they can be. In my opinion, it will mean the death of the Republican Party and the beginning of the collapse of the United States as we have know it.

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THE ALTRUSA CLUB OF LAWRENCE recently received a $2,000 grant from Altrusa International to help support the club’s Born to Read program. From left, special events chairwoman Sally Brandt presents the check to Mary Chappell, Altrusa president, and Diana Deutsch, Altrusa treasurer. Through the Born to Read program, every baby born at Lawrence Memorial Hospital is given a book from the Altrusa Club. To date, more than 10,000 books have been presented to new babies at LMH. Sammie Messick, of Lawrence, submitted the photo. Email your photos to friends@ljworld.com or mail them to Friends & Neighbors, P.O. Box 888, Lawrence, KS 66044.

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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, 933 Iowa St.

Watkins Community Museum of History exhibits: “Terror and 18 TUESDAY Triumph: Quantrill’s Red Dog’s Dog Days Raid and the Rebirth workout, 6 a.m., Allen of Lawrence”; “John Fieldhouse.

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Kansas must get help at WR It appears Charlie Weis, motivated by a miserable first season as Kansas University football coach, is in the late stages of a remarkable recruiting haul on the junior-college front.

Provided all the players who have committed to Kansas honor their words and take care of remaining academic requirements, Weis appears to have upgraded the defensive line, the linebacker depth and secondary. It looks as if he has gone a long way toward filling the giant holes created by three departing multi-year starters on the offensive line as well.

All season, Weis has preached that available playing time would result in luring junior-college players to Lawrence. He was right.

Strangely, however, wide receiver, the second-leastproductive position (behind quarterback) for the 1-11 Jayhawks, still doesn’t look strong on paper.

Weis built his coaching reputation as an NFL offensive coordinator who brought the best out in quarterbacks. Wide receivers want to play with quarterbacks who make them look good.

One lousy season of quarterback play does not a coach’s reputation destroy.

Or does it in the minds of recruits easily persuaded by negative recruiters preying on athletes raised in a whathave-you-done-for-me-lately culture?

It’s not tough for the negative recruiters to zero in on an alarming statistic to pack in the briefcase they pop open in living rooms during recruiting visits.

That stunning statistic illustrates better than any other the ineptitude of the passing game. As everybody with a passing knowledge of local football must know by now, Kansas wide receivers did not catch a single touchdown pass in 2012.

Quarterback Dayne Crist, a fifth-year transfer from Notre Dame, ranked last in the nation among the 116 quarterbacks who threw enough passes to qualify for passing-rating leaders. He was hyped to the moon and fell far short of the clouds.

Now it’s Jake Heaps’ turn.

He won the starting job at Brigham Young early in his freshman season and lost it early in his sophomore season. He’s the object of hype now the same way Crist was a year ago. Negative recruiters could use Crist’s season against Kansas in trying to woo receivers, but anyone who believes that comparison is more shallow than KU’s kicking depth was this season.

Crist had two serious knee injuries, and after Kansas opened its season with a victory against South Dakota State of the Football Championship Subdivision, Weis touched on a concern he had coming into the season.

“It’s actually good that he got hit a couple of times,” Weis said of Crist. “You’ve been injured a whole bunch, and sometimes quarterbacks get a little gun-shy, but that certainly wasn’t the case tonight. I think that was a good first step for him.”

Guardian Angel Goodrich helps KU survive

By Benton Smith basmith@ljworld.com

John Young/Journal-World Photo

KANSAS’ ANGEL GOODRICH (3) GLIDES PAST LARISSA SCOTT in Kansas’ 72-60 victory over Prairie View A&M on Sunday at Allen Fieldhouse. Goodrich led KU with 19 points.

Senior Kansas University women’s basketball point guard Angel Goodrich looked up at the Allen Fieldhouse video board Sunday afternoon with just over five minutes remaining in the second half against Prairie View A&M. “What just happened?” she thought to herself.

The Jayhawks’ 18-point, second-half lead had completely disappeared after Panthers senior guard Latia Williams buried a pull-up jumper from the left side to tie the game with 5:08 left.

Coming out of the timeout, KU junior forward Tania Jackson told Goodrich the Jayhawks had to get a bucket.

“She left me in the conversation,” Jackson related, “and just drove down the middle and got an and-one.”

Goodrich’s three-point play with 4:53 left ignited a 15-3 KU run to close the game, and the No. 22 Jayhawks survived a scare with a 72-60 victory in their final nonconference home game of the season.

The play KU coach Bonnie Henrickson drew up in the timeout had senior forward Carolyn Davis as the primary option. But Goodrich, who led the team with 19 points and eight assists, turned the corner on her defender at the top of the key and saw her chance to drive.

“I knew something needed to be done,” said Goodrich, who scored seven points in the final five minutes, “and that just kind of opened up.”

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As Johnson gets better, so do Jayhawks

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

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KANSAS GUARD ELIJAH JOHNSON (15) TRIES TO FIRE UP the Allen Fieldhouse faithful during KU’s 89-60 victory over Belmont. At right is Bruins forward Trevor Noack.

A healthy Elijah Johnson has helped rejuvenate Kansas University’s basketball offense, which has averaged 89.5 points a game in backto-back victories over Colorado and Belmont in Allen Fieldhouse.

Johnson, who bruised his left knee against Saint Louis on Nov. 20, scored 11 points and dished three assists against two turnovers in a 9054 victory over the Buffs on Dec. 8. Seven days later, he scored seven points, dished nine assists and suffered just one turnover in an 89-60 victory over the Bruins.

Coincidentally, the 6-foot-

4 senior point guard from Las Vegas, who had helped the Jayhawks (8-1) average 73.6 points through the first seven games, said he felt close to 100 percent against both CU and BU. “Travis (Releford) said he thought I was moving better, moving up the court and pushing the tempo. He said when he saw that, it hyped him up so much and made him so excited for the night.

Ben (McLemore) said the same thing,” Johnson said.

“I didn’t know me just running up the court fast could bring so much energy to the team. I did, but I wasn’t conscious of it being in my own shoes. I know that’s what I’ve got to do now. I don’t have

a problem doing it because I see how much my teammates feed off it.”

Johnson is “definitely getting better. He’s getting his knees back, his athleticism back. He controlled the game,” KU freshman McLemore said after Saturday’s rout of Belmont. “He was the key player of the game. He’s out there leading the team. We just follow along.”

KU coach Bill Self, who pointed out that Johnson also had nine assists in victories over Saint Louis and Oregon State, says Johnson was the best player in the game Saturday.

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Raiders shut out Kansas City, 15-0 “

OAKLAND, CALIF. (AP) — The defense dominated, the running game clicked and the Oakland Raiders finally ended up on the winning end for the first time in seven weeks.

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Sebastian Janikowski kicked five field goals, Darren McFadden rushed for 110 yards, and the Raiders shut out Kansas City for the second time ever, beating the Chiefs 15-0 on Sunday.

“It’s extremely hard to shut anybody out. It doesn’t matter who they are. That’s

an accomplishment that we take great pride in,” Raiders coach Dennis Allen said.

“I think it’s huge. Our guys needed something where they get a little bit of confidence.”

The Raiders (4-10) overwhelmed the undermanned Chiefs (2-12) to snap a six-

It’s extremely hard to shut anybody out.

It doesn’t matter who they are.”

game losing streak. Sandwiched around those losses are two wins over Kansas City, a rare bright spot in this disappointing season in Oakland.

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NFL teams honor Newtown victims FOXBOROUGH, MASS. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The New England Patriots silenced their â&#x20AC;&#x153;End Zone Militiaâ&#x20AC;? on Sunday night, taking the muskets away from the Revolutionary War re-enactors who fire into the air to celebrate every score.

The memory of the Connecticut school shooting was still too fresh for the sight of weapons and the smell of gunpowder.

Two days after 20 children and six adults were shot to death at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., NFL stadiums fell silent before Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games to honor the victimsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; memory. Some teams darkened their scoreboards and lowered their flags to half-staff, while others wore helmet decals or black ribbons.

After learning that he was the favorite player of one 6-yearold victim, New York Giants receiver Victor Cruz wrote â&#x20AC;&#x153;R.I.P. Jack Pinto,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Jack Pinto, my heroâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;This one is for youâ&#x20AC;? on his shoes for the game against the Falcons in Atlanta.

Cruz said he called the boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family after hearing he was a Giants fan and was told they planned to bury him in one of Cruzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 80 jerseys. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know how to put it into words,â&#x20AC;? Cruz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are no words that can describe the type of feeling that you get when a kid idolizes you so much that unfortunately they want to put him in the casket with your jersey on. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even explain it.â&#x20AC;?

The Patriots, the closest team

to Newtown that played at home on Sunday, wore a helmet sticker with the city seal and a black ribbon on it; the cheerleaders and mascot wore black armbands, and owner Bob Kraft pledged $25,000 to the community, where he also owns a box-making factory. Before the game, the public address announcer asked for silence while 26 flares were sent into the air.

The Giants, another popular team in southwestern Connecticut, affixed a decal with the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initials â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;SHESâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on their helmets.

A moment of silence was observed at all 14 NFL games on Sunday; in Baltimore, Houston and in Arlington, Texas, the scoreboard went black.

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Watson right man for Ryder captaincy

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By Greg Stoda Palm Beach Post

PALM BEACH, FLA. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The United States is going old school for its next Ryder Cup captain: Tom Watson.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good plan for 2014 at Gleneagles in Scotland if only because precious little has worked recently for the Americans, who have lost seven of the past nine competitions to Europe since a Watsonled team won in England in 1993. The United States is winless in four road endeavors since that triumph.

Watson is something of Watson an adopted son in Scotland for having won four of his five British Open titles there but knows that whatever goodwill he has engendered during his career wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t much matter when it comes to this passionate rivalry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be rooting against me,â&#x20AC;? Watson said upon being announced as captain Thursday morning during NBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today.â&#x20AC;?

Not that Watson will care.

He said he has â&#x20AC;&#x153;lived underâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;lovedâ&#x20AC;? that kind of pressure throughout a Hall of Fame career, and looks forward to immersing himself in it again after â&#x20AC;&#x153;waiting 20 yearsâ&#x20AC;? to get another call to serve as captain. Watson will be 65 when the event is played, which will make him the oldest U.S. captain in Ryder Cup history dating to 1927. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got the right man for the job,â&#x20AC;? said Ted Bishop, president of PGA of America.

The selection of Watson is a detour from the norm, which has featured U.S. captains in their late 40s or early 50s.

Lanny Wadkins, Tom Kite, Ben Crenshaw, Curtis Strange, Hal Sutton, Tom Lehman, Paul Azinger, Corey Pavin and Davis Love III have been captains since Watson in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;93. Wadkins, Kite, Azinger, Pavin and Love played back then for Watson, who becomes the first repeat U.S captain since Jack Nicklaus (1983, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;87).

The consideration of Watson wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a late development despite suggestions to the contrary.

In fact, Bishop said his first contact with Watson on the subject happened more than a year ago. Watson was pheasant hunting in South Dakota when Bishop called to broach the idea. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best choice for the venue and circumstance,â&#x20AC;?

Bishop said.

Bishop cited a â&#x20AC;&#x153;wearinessâ&#x20AC;? of losing. Watson, an eight-time major champion, went 10-4-1 in Ryder Cup matches as a player.

Now, Watson gets the chance he â&#x20AC;&#x153;wanted to do againâ&#x20AC;? ever since his first tour as captain.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a long way from a pheasant hunt.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an even longer way from 1993.

But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good plan.

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DENVER CORNERBACK CHRIS HARRIS RUNS PAST HEAD COACH JOHN FOX as he returns an interception for a touchdown during the first half against the Ravens on Sunday in Baltimore. The 98-yard return by Harris, a former Kansas University player, was the longest regular-season interception return in Broncos history.

Report: Blue Jays near deal for Metsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Dickey NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Toronto Blue Jays tried Sunday night to close a trade for New York Mets ace R.A. Dickey, with the deal hinging on whether the NL Cy Young winner could work out a new contract.

The Mets would get prized catching prospect Travis dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Arnaud. There was speculation Toronto also would receive catcher Josh Thole while sending catcher John Buck and minor league pitcher Noah Syndergaard to the Mets.

Dickey, a 38-year-old knuckleballer, was 20-6 with a 2.73 ERA last season. He is signed for $5.25 million next year, and the Mets started exploring trades after they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t agree to a contract adding two years.

Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Arnaud, who turns 24 in February, hit .333 at Triple-A Las Vegas with 16 homers and 52 RBIs. He tore a knee ligament in June and had season-ending surgery.

The Los Angeles Angels and Texas also had been interested in Dickey.

Out of the playoffs since winning their second straight World Series championship in 1993, the Blue Jays have been aggressive this offseason in reshaping their roster. They acquired pitchers Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle and shortstop Jose Reyes in a trade with the Miami Marlins and signed free agent outfielder Melky Cabrera.

Dickey drew attention earlier this month when he showed up at the baseball winter meetings in Nashville â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he lives in Tennessee, near the hotel where the gathering was held.

Last week, Dickey ruffled Mets management when he spoke about his contract situation during a team event at Citi Field for children displaced from their schools by Superstorm Sandy.

Dickey said it â&#x20AC;&#x153;would be disappointingâ&#x20AC;? if he merely played out his option year and became a free agent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the decision that they make, I feel like it would be unfortunate because it probably is going mean that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to be back,â&#x20AC;? Dickey said at the event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And that would be sad.â&#x20AC;?

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Loves win Father-Son Challenge ORLANDO, FLA. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Davis Love III had a nice pitch shot on No. 18, and son Dru finished off the birdie to capture the Father-Son Challenge title Sunday.

With Larry and Josh Nelson already in at 22-under for the two-day scramble format, both Loves misfired in trying to reach the green in two at the par-5 finishing hole. Dru, an Alabama freshman who won five Georgia state titles in high school, went long and right near the grandstand at the Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes. Davis watched his ball roll onto the bank of a greenside pond.

But the elder Love found the right touch on his pitch from Druâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position and his son made the winning putt.

The Loves teamed for an 11-under 61 in the final round.

Schwartzel coasts at Dunhill MALELANE, SOUTH AFRICA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Charl Schwartzel was the runaway winner for the second straight weekend, coasting to a 12-shot victory Sunday at the Alfred Dunhill Championship on the European Tour.

The 2011 Masters champion finished with a total score of 24-under 264 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the lowest at Leopard Creek Country Club. He won by 11 strokes in Thailand last weekend. The South African won for the eighth time on the European Tour.

Schwartzel shot a 69 in the final round. The runner-up was Swedenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kristoffer Broberg, who finished at 12 under.

First-round leader Gregory Bourdy shared third with Scott Jamieson, Garth Mulroy and Andy Sullivan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 13 shots behind Schwartzel.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Top Cyclones RB to miss bowl AMES, IOWA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Iowa State running back Shontrelle Johnson will miss the Liberty Bowl on Dec. 31 against Tulsa due to a knee injury.

Cyclones coach Paul Rhoads says Johnson injured his right knee making a cut during practice on Saturday. Rhoads says Johnson likely will have surgery in January.

Johnson started six games this season. He leads Iowa State (6-6) with 504 yards rushing.

Iowa State likely will start James White against Tulsa (10-3). White rushed for 469 yards on 5.3 yards per carry this season.

Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s injury also could open up more playing time for backup Jeff Woody.

Michigan suspends 3 for bowl ANN ARBOR, MICH. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Michigan coach Brady Hoke has suspended cornerback J.T. Floyd, punter Will Hagerup and linebacker Brandin Hawthorne for a violation of team rules.

Hoke says in an announcement Sunday that the three players will not travel with the 19thranked Wolverines for the Outback Bowl against No. 11 South Carolina because each of them used poor judgment. He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t specify which team rules were broken.

Floyd is a starting cornerback, and Hagerup is the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top punter. Hawthorne is a back-up linebacker.

NFL Favorite ............. Points (O/U) ............Underdog Week 15 TENNESSEE...................... 2 (42) ..............................NY Jets Saturday, Dec 22nd.

Week 16 Atlanta...............................3 (51)..............................DETROIT Sunday, Dec 23rd.

GREEN BAY ......................12 (47) .......................Tennessee CAROLINA ........................ 8 (45) .............................Oakland MIAMI...............................41â &#x201E;2 (43).............................Buffalo PITTSBURGH.................... 5 (45) .........................Cincinnati New England ..................14 (49) ...............JACKSONVILLE Indianapolis ............ 6 (43) ...........KANSAS CITY DALLAS ..............................3 (51).....................New Orleans Washington...................31â &#x201E;2 (46)...............PHILADELPHIA TAMPA BAY ..................... 3 (45) ............................St. Louis BALTIMORE .......................1 (47)...........................NY Giants HOUSTON ......................... 8 (45) ........................ Minnesota DENVER.............................12 (45) .........................Cleveland Chicago .......................... 51â &#x201E;2 (37)..........................ARIZONA SEATTLE ........................... 2 (40) .................San Francisco NY JETS ............................ 3 (42) .........................San Diego NCAA FOOTBALL Favorite ............. Points (O/U) ............Underdog Thursday, Dec 20th.

Poinsettia Bowl Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego, CA. Byu ...................................21â &#x201E;2 (49)..................San Diego St Friday, Dec 21st.

Beef â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bowl Tropicana Field-St. Petersburg, FL. Central Florida ...............7 (61)..................................Ball St Saturday, Dec 22nd.

New Orleans Bowl Mercedes-Benz Superdome-New Orleans, LA. UL-Lafayette................... 6 (65) ...................East Carolina Maaco Las Vegas Bowl Sam Boyd Stadium-Las Vegas, NV. Boise St ............................ 5 (46) ......................Washington Monday, Dec 24th.

Hawaii Bowl Aloha Bowl-Honolulu, HI. Fresno St .........................12 (59) ....................................Smu Wednesday, Dec 26th.

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Ford Field-Detroit, MI. Western Kentucky......51â &#x201E;2 (60)..................Central Mich Thursday, Dec 27th.

Military Bowl RFK Stadium-Washington, DC. San Jose St......................7 (47) ................Bowling Green Belk Bowl Bank of America Stadium-Charlotte, NC. Cincinnati ........................ 7 (60) ................................... Duke Holiday Bowl Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego, CA. Ucla....................Pickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;em (80).................Baylor Friday, Dec 28th.

Independence Bowl Independence Stadium-Shreveport, LA. UL-Monroe........................7 (61).....................................Ohio Russell Athletic Bowl Citrus Bowl Stadium-Orlando, FL. Virginia Tech ...................2 (41)...............................Rutgers Meinke Car Care Bowl of Texas Reliant Stadium-Houston, TX. Texas Tech..............13 (57) ...............Minnesota NBA Favorite ............. Points (O/U) ............Underdog a-ORLANDO ..................OFF (OFF) .................... Minnesota LA Clippers................... 61â &#x201E;2 (193) ..........................DETROIT b-NEW YORK.................OFF (OFF) ........................ Houston MEMPHIS ....................... 61â &#x201E;2 (179) ..........................Chicago OKLAHOMA CITY .........41â &#x201E;2 (206) .................San Antonio PHOENIX ...........................6 (198) ....................Sacramento a-Minn forward/center K. Love is questionable. b-New York forward C. Anthony is questionable.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Favorite .................. Points .................Underdog SYRACUSE..........................191â &#x201E;2................................. Detroit NORTHWESTERN ................ 13 ................................ Texas St FLORIDA ST..........................25 .......................... UL-Monroe Louisiana Tech ...................2.......................ARKANSAS LR Unlv.......................................71â &#x201E;2 .....................................UTEP VANDERBILT.......................91â &#x201E;2 .................................Cornell SANTA CLARA......................11 ........................ Cal Poly SLO Added Games Valparaiso ............................4............................... OAKLAND NOTRE DAME.......................24 ........................................Ipfw BRADLEY ..............................10..............Georgia Southern NORTHERN ARIZONA.........8........................... Montana St SOUTHERN UTAH.............. 11â &#x201E;2 ..................... North Dakota UC DAVIS ...............................5..........Eastern Washington Home Team in CAPS (c) 2012 Tribune Media Services, Inc.

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KANSASâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; CHELSEA GARDNER, LEFT, AND ASIA BOYD, RIGHT, SCRAMBLE with JaQuandria Williams during Kansasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 72-60 victory on Sunday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Panthers coach Toyelle Wilson said her team, which committed three turnovers in the next 21â &#x201E;2 minutes (one via Goodrich drawing a charge), didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make plays in the final five minutes like KU did. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every team needs an Angel on their team,â&#x20AC;? Wilson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She makes them go.â&#x20AC;?

Henrickson knows KU is fortunate to have Goodrich and said the senior guardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience and ability to calculate on the go puts her in control when the Jayhawks (9-1) find themselves in a tight spot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on her,â&#x20AC;? Henrickson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what she should be able to do and want to do.â&#x20AC;?

Though the Panthers (2-5) at times gave KU fits â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Williams, who scored 21 points, in particular â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Jayhawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Natalie Knight, Davis and Goodrich helped put Prairie View A&M away down the stretch by combining to make nine of their 10 free throws, and KU went 23-for-30 from the foul line.

Henrickson said KU played well in stretches but the outcome should

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am really liking his health right now,â&#x20AC;? Self said of Johnson, who banged his hand after getting knocked down on a dunk attempt in the Oregon State game and also needed treatment for that bruise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seems to me he is so much more explosive and faster than he was earlier.â&#x20AC;?

Johnson made sure the Jayhawks headed into the locker room on a positive note at halftime versus Belmont. First, he hit a driving layup with nine seconds left. Then, after a Belmont turnover, he accepted an in-bounds pass in KUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backcourt at :05, sped down-court and found McLemore for a dunk and foul shot just before the buzzer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of the plays he

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One good step followed by the thundering sound of footsteps. Crist looked gun-shy. It very well could have been the central issue in his disappointing season without Crist even knowing it.

The only injury Heaps had at BYU was a broken rib, and he threw four touchdown passes with it in a 52-24 victory against UTEP in the New Mexico Bowl as a freshman.

Nothing suggests wide receivers should be any-

BOX SCORE PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (60) MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Larissa Scott 35 2-5 0-0 2-10 4 4 Latia Williams 37 9-15 3-5 1-6 3 21 Jeanette Jackson 10 1-3 0-0 0-2 3 2 Gabrielle Scott 17 3-7 0-0 1-2 0 7 Kiara Etienne 37 5-13 3-4 0-0 2 15 L. Washington 29 0-3 2-4 0-4 4 2 J. Williams 27 4-8 0-0 0-1 2 9 Chelsea Azore 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 A. Hampton-Finch 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 team 3-5 Totals 24-55 8-13 7-30 19 60 Three-point goals: 4-9 (Etienne 2-4, G. Scott 1-1, J. Williams 1-3, Jackson 0-1).

Assists: 13 (L. Williams 3, J. Williams 3, Jackson 2, Washington 2, L. Scott, Etienne, Azore). Turnovers: 17 (Washington 4, J. Williams 4, Etienne 3, L. Williams 2, Jackson, G. Scott, Hampton-Finch, team). Blocked shots: 6 (L. Scott 4, Azore, J. Williams).

Steals: 10 (G. Scott 2, Washington 2, J. Williams 2, L. Williams, Jackson, Etienne, Hampton-Finch).

KANSAS (72)

MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Carolyn Davis 30 3-10 7-8 2-8 1 13 Tania Jackson 30 6-8 0-0 4-10 2 13 Angel Goodrich 38 5-14 7-10 0-2 2 19 Monica Engelman 29 5-8 0-0 3-8 1 11 Natalie Knight 32 1-4 4-4 0-1 1 7 CeCe Harper 19 0-3 0-2 1-3 1 0 Chelsea Gardner 10 2-4 2-2 0-0 1 6 Bunny Williams 9 0-0 2-2 0-1 0 2 Asia Boyd 3 0-1 1-2 1-1 0 1 team 0-1 Totals 22-5223-3011-35 9 72 Three-point goals: 5-14 (Goodrich 2-8, Jackson 1-1, Engelman 1-2, Knight 1-2, Harper 0-1). Assists: 18 (Goodrich 8, Engelman 4, Knight 3, Harper 2, Davis).

Turnovers: 17 (Goodrich 6, Jackson 3, Davis 2, Boyd 2, Williams 2, Engelman, Knight).

Blocked shots: 5 (Knight 4, Davis). Steals: 8 (Goodrich 5, Knight 2, Jackson).

Prairie View A&M 23 37 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 60 Kansas 37 35 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 72 Officials: Brenda Pantoja, Michol Murray, Chaney Meunch. Attendance: 2,105.

have been decided much earlier. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought we were soft. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think we were tough,â&#x20AC;? Henrickson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They came at us, and they came at Carolyn (eight points on 3-for-10

KANSASâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; MONICA ENGELMAN STRIKES for two of her 11 points. shooting), and she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an answer. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got to be better than that, because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re about to head west (to play at No. 9 Cal on Friday), where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whole lot more physical, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bigger and longer and more athletic.â&#x20AC;?

Jackson, a Lawrence High product who finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds, said the Jayhawks were overly confident with their huge lead (41-23) in the second halfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first minute. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as aggressive as we were in the first half,â&#x20AC;? Jackson said of the next 14 minutes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and I think they took that to their advantage.â&#x20AC;?

Goodrich agreed and

said Kansas must find a way to fix the problem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to be a team that just continues to build a lead, because in the past (opponents) have come back, just like this game they came back,â&#x20AC;? Goodrich said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to learn from that. We need to be able to keep that margin and continue to push and fight and not let up.â&#x20AC;?

Senior guard Monica Engelman hit her first three-pointer of the season and contributed 11 points and eight rebounds in the Jayhawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 51st straight regular-season home victory over a nonconference foe.

Kansas will play its nonconference finale Friday night at Cal (7-1).

9-2 team from the Atlantic 10 Conference. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the ball is moving. I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re driving to pass. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re touching the paint off the bounce more,â&#x20AC;? Self said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We fell in love with the three too much to start the game.

Six of our first eight shots were threes (on a night KU hit 10 of 21), so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to do a better job of getting inside touches.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all a work in progress, Self said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to have a good week, play well against Richmond, then end the break right up in Columbus (vs. Ohio State Saturday) and hopefully have a little bit of momentum going into Christmas.â&#x20AC;?

made â&#x20AC;Ś the back-door pass (to Releford earlier in half) â&#x20AC;Ś those are special plays. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting better all the time,â&#x20AC;? Self said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was a great way to end the half.â&#x20AC;?

Johnson has 21 assists against seven turnovers the last three games and 46 assists to 23 turnovers for the season.

He explained the fullcourt dash right before half. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something where you get one chance to look at the clock,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew I had five seconds. Once I caught the ball (inbounded in KU backcourt), the only time you get to look at the clock is half-court. I glanced at the clock and saw I had 21â &#x201E;2 seconds at half-court.

I just made a play. I knew I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to rush.â&#x20AC;?

Self likes the direction of the offense heading into Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 6 p.m. home game against Richmond, a

Transfer possibility update: Former UCLA center Joshua Smith, who has KU, Washington and Georgetown on his list of transfer possibilities, will have one semester of

eligibility remaining at his future school. If the 6-10, 305-pound native of Kent, Wash., enrolled for second semester classes at KU, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be able to practice, but not play in games until after final exams in December of 2013. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d miss about nine games of his senior season. The former McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s AllAmerican averaged 5.2 points and 4.2 rebounds and 13.2 minutes a game in six games this season, his junior campaign. He averaged 10.9 points and 9.9 points in 2010-11 and 201112 respectively. Smith was the No. 23-rated player in the recruiting Class of 2010. He had 17 points and 13 boards in a 77-76 loss to KU on Dec. 2, 2010, in Allen Fieldhouse. He had one point and one board in 13 minutes in a 72-56 loss to KU last season in Maui. He has battled weight problems his entire college career.

thing but salivating when picturing running under Heapsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; passes. He threw 24 touchdown passes for BYU, and 23 were to wide receivers: Cody Hoffman (eight), Luke Ashworth (seven), Ross Apo (six), McKay Jacobson (one), J.D. Falslev (one). Tight end Matthew Edwards, grandson of former BYU coach LaVell Edwards, was the only non-wide receiver to catch a Heaps touchdown pass.

Heaps finished his freshman season with a hot hand, throwing 13 touchdown passes and two interceptions in his final five games.

He also performed well

at the end of his sophomore season. Riley Nelson, the since-benched QB who beat out Heaps, suffered an injury in the first quarter of a 42-7 victory against Idaho, and Heaps completed 15 of 20 passes for 185 yards and two touchdowns with one interception. The following week, Heaps led another 42-7 victory, against New Mexico State. He completed 21 of 36 passes for 238 yards and four touchdowns and threw one interception.

He threw just one pass in the remaining two games and decided to transfer to Kansas.

Negative recruiters

canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t point to Weisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Notre Dame teams to try to say his offense doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t highlight wide receivers. In Weisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first season heading the Fighting Irish, wide receivers Jeff Samardzija and Maurice Stovall combined for 26 touchdown catches. They had a combined seven career touchdown receptions heading into that season.

Three wide receivers are among the 23 players to commit to Kansas, but the list of schools pursuing them isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as impressive as the schools who tried to land KU recruits who play other positions, most notably defensive linemen.

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Chiefs, who have lost 10 of 11 games and are tied for the second most losses in franchise history behind a 2-14 mark in 2008. Kansas Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only win since September came the day after linebacker Javon Belcher killed his girlfriend before committing suicide at the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practice facility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Offensively we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get much done at all,â&#x20AC;? coach Romeo Crennel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t run the ball, couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t throw the ball, got into the red zone and couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get any points. Defensively we tried to hang in there but we missed too many tackles and on third down we were unable to get off the field and allowed them to keep drives alive and end up with field goals.â&#x20AC;?

About the only bright spot from this loss is it kept Kansas City in the running for the No. 1 overall draft pick. The Chiefs and Jaguars are tied with the worst record in the NFL with two weeks remaining.

This matchup between two old AFL rivals lacked the meaning many of the past meetings had with both teams entering the game with at least 10 losses for the first time ever.

The quality of play matched the poor records for much of the day as the Chiefs took nearly 40 minutes to earn their initial first down of the game and the Raiders failed to reach the end zone.

But strong running

by McFadden and Mike Goodson giving the Raiders a season-high 203 yards rushing, Carson Palmer playing turnover-free for the first time since September and the Raiders dominating defensively, Oakland came out on top. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just feels great to be able to go out there and run the ball the way we did,â&#x20AC;? McFadden said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did a great job running and the offensive line did a great job. Just a good allaround game for us.â&#x20AC;?

The Raiders held Jamaal Charles to 10 yards rushing on nine carries, giving him 14 yards on 14 carries in two games against Oakland this season. Brady Quinn was 18 for 32 for 136 yards and an interception as he missed

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SUMMARY Kansas City 0 0 0 0â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 0 Oakland 3 6 3 3â&#x20AC;&#x201D;15 First Quarter Oak-FG Janikowski 20, 1:44.

Second Quarter Oak-FG Janikowski 50, 10:19.

Oak-FG Janikowski 57, :00.

Third Quarter Oak-FG Janikowski 30, 6:41.

Fourth Quarter Oak-FG Janikowski 41, 13:27.

A-51,446.

KC Oak First downs 7 21 Total Net Yards 119 385 Rushes-yards 10-10 45-203 Passing 109 182 Punt Returns 3-24 0-0 Kickoff Returns 3-70 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-3 Comp-Att-Int 18-32-1 18-30-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-27 0-0 Punts 7-54.7 4-51.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 7-60 5-62 Time of Possession 19:54 40:06 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Kansas City, Charles 9-10, Hillis 1-0. Oakland, McFadden 30-110, Goodson 13-89, Palmer 2-4.

PASSING-Kansas City, Quinn 18-32-1136. Oakland, Palmer 18-29-0-182, Pryor 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING-Kansas City, McCluster 7-59, Moeaki 3-36, Charles 3-18, Draughn 3-11, Newsome 1-6, Wylie 1-6.

Oakland, Streater 5-62, Moore 5-46, McFadden 4-39, Myers 2-15, Goodson 1-14, Reece 1-6.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Oakland, Janikowski 51 (WL).

injured receiver Dwayne Bowe.

Kansas Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best play was a 42-yard run by Charles that got called back by a holding penalty on guard Joe Asamoah. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was kind of how the day went,â&#x20AC;? Quinn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have a big play like that and a penalty. A guy wide open and a dropped ball or I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to have time to throw it.

We just werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to sustain any sort of consistency the entire day.â&#x20AC;?

The Chiefs finally got a first down with just more than five minutes remaining in the third quarter when Dexter McCluster fought for 8 yards on a catch on third-and-6. Two penalties by Oakland gave Kansas City 42 yards and helped set up Kansas City with first-and-goal from the 9. But the drive stalled when Charles was tackled at the 8 by Matt Giordano after a short catch on fourth down.

Kansas City also failed to capitalize on a fumble

by McFadden that Justin Houston recovered at the Oakland 18. An offensive pass interference and four straight incompletions by Quinn gave the ball back to the Raiders and helped seal the shutout.

The last time the Raiders recorded a shutout came in the 2002 regular season finale when they beat Kansas City 24-0. That was also the only other time they shut out the Chiefs in this long rivalry.

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LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W y-New England 10 N.Y. Jets 6 Miami 6 Buffalo 5

L 4 7 8 9

T 0 0 0 0

Home 5-2-0 3-4-0 4-3-0 3-4-0

Away 5-2-0 3-3-0 2-5-0 2-5-0

AFC 9-1-0 4-5-0 4-6-0 4-6-0

NFC Div 1-3-0 5-0-0 2-2-0 2-3-0 2-2-0 1-3-0 1-3-0 1-3-0

W 9 8 7 5

L 5 6 7 9

W 11 5 4 2

L 3 9 10 12

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .786 .357 .286 .143

PF PA 409 274 299 312 263 402 195 367

Home 5-1-0 2-5-0 3-5-0 1-6-0

Away 6-2-0 3-4-0 1-5-0 1-6-0

AFC NFC Div 8-2-0 3-1-0 5-0-0 5-5-0 0-4-0 3-2-0 4-7-0 0-3-0 2-3-0 0-10-0 2-2-0 0-5-0

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W 8 8 8 4

L 6 6 6 10

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .571 .571 .571 .286

PF PA 381 350 327 338 373 304 253 375

Home 4-3-0 4-3-0 5-2-0 2-5-0

Away 4-3-0 4-3-0 3-4-0 2-5-0

NFC 6-4-0 5-5-0 7-4-0 2-8-0

AFC Div 2-2-0 3-1-0 3-1-0 3-2-0 1-2-0 2-3-0 2-2-0 1-3-0

W 12 6 6 5

L 2 8 8 9

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .857 .429 .429 .357

PF PA 371 259 389 379 354 349 296 319

Home 7-0-0 4-3-0 3-4-0 2-5-0

Away 5-2-0 2-5-0 3-4-0 3-4-0

NFC 8-2-0 4-6-0 3-7-0 4-7-0

AFC Div 4-0-0 3-2-0 2-2-0 3-2-0 3-1-0 2-3-0 1-2-0 2-3-0

W 10 8 8 4

L 4 6 6 10

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .714 .571 .571 .286

PF PA 344 292 319 308 321 240 330 380

Home 6-1-0 6-1-0 5-3-0 2-4-0

Away 4-3-0 2-5-0 3-3-0 2-6-0

NFC 8-3-0 6-5-0 5-5-0 3-7-0

AFC 2-1-0 2-1-0 3-1-0 1-3-0

W L T San Francisco 10 3 1 Seattle 9 5 0 St. Louis 6 7 1 Arizona 5 9 0 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

Pct .750 .643 .464 .357

PF PA 357 218 350 219 258 315 224 302

Home 5-1-1 6-0-0 4-4-0 4-3-0

Away 5-2-0 3-5-0 2-3-1 1-6-0

NFC 6-3-1 6-4-0 5-4-1 3-7-0

AFC Div 4-0-0 2-1-1 3-1-0 1-3-0 1-3-0 4-0-1 2-2-0 1-4-0

Washington Dallas N.Y. Giants Philadelphia

South y-Atlanta New Orleans Tampa Bay Carolina

North y-Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit

The Associated Press

L 2 5 9 12

West y-Denver San Diego Oakland Kansas City

Peterson, Vikes run over Rams

W 12 9 4 2

North x-Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland

PF PA 506 315 245 306 264 279 306 402

ROUNDUP

Vikings 36, Rams 22 ST. LOUIS — Adrian Peterson ran for a seasonbest 212 yards, including T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div an 82-yard touchdown 0 .857 394 280 6-1-0 6-1-0 10-1-0 2-1-0 5-0-0 that fueled the Minneso0 .643 309 358 6-1-0 3-4-0 6-4-0 3-1-0 3-2-0 ta’s big second quarter.

Peterson has 1,812 yards 0 .308 271 386 2-4-0 2-5-0 3-7-0 1-2-0 0-5-0 0 .143 219 383 1-6-0 1-6-0 2-8-0 0-4-0 2-3-0 rushing, leaving him 294 shy of breaking the NFL’s single-season record of 2,105 by Eric Dickerson of T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div the Los Angeles Rams in 0 .643 348 307 5-2-0 4-3-0 8-3-0 1-2-0 4-1-0 1984. Peterson, less than a 0 .571 355 293 3-4-0 5-2-0 5-5-0 3-1-0 1-3-0 year removed from a seri0 .500 302 291 4-2-0 3-5-0 4-6-0 3-1-0 2-2-0 ous knee injury, has two 0 .357 280 310 4-4-0 1-5-0 5-5-0 0-4-0 2-3-0 games left.

South y-Houston Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville

Pct .714 .462 .429 .357

Div 5-0-0 3-2-0 2-3-0 0-5-0

West

SCOREBOARD Green Bay 21, Chicago 13 New Orleans 41, Tampa Bay 0 Minnesota 36, St. Louis 22 Houston 29, Indianapolis 17 Atlanta 34, N.Y. Giants 0 Washington 38, Cleveland 21 Miami 24, Jacksonville 3

Denver 34, Baltimore 17 Carolina 31, San Diego 7 Arizona 38, Detroit 10 Seattle 50, Buffalo 17 Oakland 15, Kansas City 0 Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 24, OT San Francisco 41, New England 34

UPCOMING TODAY’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.

Chargers’ Mathews breaks collarbone NEW YORK (AP) — The San Diego Chargers were eliminated from the playoff race, and their star running back appears done for the season.

Ryan Mathews broke his left collarbone in the second quarter of San Diego’s 31-7 loss to Carolina on Sunday. The injuryprone Mathews broke his right collarbone in the exhibition opener and missed the first two weeks of the regular season.

Robert Griffin III was upset he didn’t play for Washington a week after spraining his right knee, but backup Kirk Cousins made him feel a bit better as he led the Redskins to a 38-21 victory over Cleveland.

“I was not happy with the decision,” said Griffin, who was informed Saturday night of the plan to start Cousins. “That’s the decision they went

with, and I respect that.

It doesn’t mean I have to necessarily like it. I feel like I could have played this week, next week, the week after. But that’s not my decision.”

Cousins threw for 329 yards and two touchdowns in Washington’s fifth straight win, 38-21. He connected with Leonard Hankerson for both TDs in his first career start, coming off the bench after Griffin got hurt against Baltimore and rallying the Redskins to an overtime win.

Baltimore wide receiver Torrey Smith left the Ravens’ 34-17 loss to Denver because of a concussion after hitting his head while attempting to make a leaping catch near the sideline in the third quarter.

Ravens back-up running back Bernard Pierce also left due to a concussion.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Minnesota 7 23 3 3—36 St. Louis 0 7 0 15—22 First Quarter Min-Ponder 5 run (Walsh kick), 7:07.

Second Quarter StL-Quick 4 pass from Bradford (Zuerlein kick), 12:39.

Min-Peterson 82 run (Walsh kick), 12:21.

Min-FG Walsh 50, 9:11.

Min-Griffen 29 interception return (Walsh kick), 8:25.

Min-FG Walsh 38, 3:11.

Min-FG Walsh 42, :00.

Third Quarter Min-FG Walsh 53, 5:56.

Fourth Quarter StL-Amendola 6 pass from Bradford (Zuerlein kick), 13:39.

StL-Kendricks 6 pass from Bradford (Amendola pass from Bradford), 7:48.

Min-FG Walsh 51, 5:31.

A-55,751.

Min StL First downs 18 29 Total Net Yards 322 432 Rushes-yards 33-213 18-87 Passing 109 345 Punt Returns 1-15 3-16 Kickoff Returns 1-24 2-29 Interceptions Ret. 1-29 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 17-24-0 35-55-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-22 4-32 Punts 4-45.5 4-41.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 3-49 8-47 Time of Possession 30:27 29:33 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Minnesota, Peterson 24-212, Ponder 4-6, Gerhart 5-(minus 5).

St. Louis, Jackson 13-73, Bradford 2-9, D.Richardson 3-5.

PASSING-Minnesota, Ponder 17-240-131. St. Louis, Bradford 35-55-1-377.

RECEIVING-Minnesota, Simpson 4-27, S.Burton 3-22, Rudolph 3-22, Carlson 3-17, Gerhart 2-21, Jenkins 1-11, Wright 1-11. St. Louis, Jackson 8-73, Gibson 6-76, Amendola 6-58, Pettis 5-55, Kendricks 3-35, D.Richardson 3-25, Quick 2-12, Givens 1-22, Harkey 1-21.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-St. Louis, Zuerlein 57 (WR).

Packers 21, Bears 13 CHICAGO — The Packers clinched their second straight NFC North title with a victory over archrival Chicago.

Green Bay 0 14 7 0—21 Chicago 0 7 3 3—13 Second Quarter Chi-Marshall 15 pass from Cutler (Mare kick), 8:03.

GB-J.Jones 29 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 4:19.

GB-J.Jones 8 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), :28.

Third Quarter GB-J.Jones 6 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 8:08.

Chi-FG Mare 34, :12.

Fourth Quarter Chi-FG Mare 34, 7:04.

A-62,534.

GB Chi First downs 20 12 Total Net Yards 391 190 Rushes-yards 32-113 23-83 Passing 278 107 Punt Returns 3-(-2) 3-42 Kickoff Returns 2-37 2-63 Interceptions Ret. 1-24 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 23-36-0 12-21-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-13 4-28 Punts 5-41.6 6-39.8 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-0 Penalties-Yards 8-104 10-91 Time of Possession 33:23 26:37 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Green Bay, Green 13-35, Grant 8-32, Harris 5-27, Rodgers 4-14, Kuhn 2-5.

Chicago, Forte 20-69, Cutler 1-9, Allen 2-5.

PASSING-Green Bay, Rodgers 23-360-291. Chicago, Cutler 12-21-1-135.

RECEIVING-Green Bay, Cobb 6-115, Finley 5-61, J.Jones 5-60, G.Jennings 4-50, Green 2-6, Rodgers 1-(minus 1).

Chicago, Marshall 6-56, Forte 5-64, Allen 1-15.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Green Bay, Crosby 43 (WR), 42 (WL).

Texans 29, Colts 17 HOUSTON — The Texans are AFC South champions for the second straight year.

Indianapolis 0 10 7 0—17 Houston 10 10 3 6—29 First Quarter Hou-FG S.Graham 29, 11:47.

Hou-Johnson 3 pass from Schaub (S.Graham kick), 4:51.

Second Quarter Ind-FG Vinatieri 26, 6:12.

Hou-FG S.Graham 35, 3:50.

Hou-Braman 8 blocked punt return (S.Graham kick), 1:46.

Ind-Hilton 61 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 1:07.

Third Quarter Hou-FG S.Graham 27, 7:33.

Ind-Allen 8 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 2:32.

Fourth Quarter Hou-FG S.Graham 46, 8:30.

Hou-FG S.Graham 33, 1:05.

A-71,702.

Ind Hou First downs 19 23 Total Net Yards 272 417 Rushes-yards 25-124 32-178 Passing 148 239 Punt Returns 2-18 2-12 Kickoff Returns 4-111 1-18 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 13-27-0 23-31-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 5-38 3-22 Punts 6-40.3 3-42.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 8-79 9-69 Time of Possession 26:54 33:06 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Indianapolis, Ballard 18-105, Luck 2-10, Moore 4-6, Allen 1-3.

Houston, Foster 27-165, Tate 5-13.

PASSING-Indianapolis, Luck 13-27-0186. Houston, Schaub 23-31-0-261.

RECEIVING-Indianapolis, Hilton 3-78, Avery 3-37, Allen 3-36, Wayne 3-14, Fleener 1-21. Houston, Johnson 11-151, Daniels 4-40, Posey 3-46, Walter 2-11, Foster 2-4, Casey 1-9.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Houston, S.Graham 50 (WL).

Redskins 38, Browns 21 CLEVELAND — Rookie Kirk Cousins threw for 329 yards and two touchdowns filling in for injured star Robert Griffin III, leading Washington to its fifth straight win.

Washington 7 3 14 14—38 Cleveland 7 7 0 7—21 First Quarter Cle-Richardson 6 run (Dawson kick), 8:41.

Was-Hankerson 54 pass from Cousins (Forbath kick), 2:16.

Second Quarter Was-FG Forbath 44, 5:46.

Cle-Richardson 1 run (Dawson kick), 1:11.

Third Quarter Was-Morris 3 run (Forbath kick), 13:14.

Was-Hankerson 2 pass from Cousins (Forbath kick), 7:40.

Fourth Quarter Was-Royster 4 run (Forbath kick), 11:19.

Cle-Benjamin 69 pass from Weeden (Dawson kick), 10:11.

Was-Morris 8 run (Forbath kick), 5:00.

A-65,083.

Was Cle First downs 25 13 Total Net Yards 430 291 Rushes-yards 35-122 15-58 Passing 308 233 Punt Returns 2-18 2-15 Kickoff Returns 1-22 7-191 Interceptions Ret. 2-25 1-37 Comp-Att-Int 26-37-1 21-35-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-21 2-11 Punts 5-42.6 6-42.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 6-45 5-30 Time of Possession 36:17 23:43 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Washington, Morris 27-87, Cousins 3-22, Young 3-10, Royster 2-3.

Cleveland, Richardson 11-28, Cribbs 1-16, Weeden 1-9, Hardesty 2-5.

PASSING-Washington, Cousins 26-371-329. Cleveland, Weeden 21-35-2-244.

RECEIVING-Washington, Garcon 6-65, Moss 5-57, Morgan 4-60, Paulsen 4-47, Hankerson 2-56, Royster 2-30, Morris 2-6, Young 1-8. Cleveland, Little 5-74, Cameron 3-34, Gordon 3-27, Richardson 3-4, Massaquoi 2-16, Watson 2-12, Smith 2-8, Benjamin 1-69.

Falcons 34, Giants 0 ATLANTA — Matt Ryan threw three touchdowns passes, and Atlanta handed the Giants their first regular-season shutout since 1996.

N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 0— 0 Atlanta 14 3 10 7—34 First Quarter Atl-Turner 1 run (Bryant kick), 12:12.

Atl-Gonzalez 12 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 1:43.

Second Quarter Atl-FG Bryant 38, 10:22.

Third Quarter Atl-Jones 40 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 11:31.

Atl-FG Bryant 19, :10.

Fourth Quarter Atl-Jones 3 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 4:57.

A-70,741.

NYG Atl First downs 10 22 Total Net Yards 256 394 Rushes-yards 21-97 38-129 Passing 159 265 Punt Returns 0-0 2-10 Kickoff Returns 3-66 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-11 Comp-Att-Int 13-25-2 23-28-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-2 1-5 Punts 2-55.0 2-40.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 2-25 3-30 Time of Possession 21:03 38:57 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-N.Y. Giants, Wilson 12-55, Lumpkin 9-42. Atlanta, Turner 16-52, Snelling 6-39, Rodgers 11-25, Jones 1-18, Douglas 1-(minus 1), Ryan 1-(minus 1), McCown 2-(minus 3).

PASSING-N.Y. Giants, Manning 13-252-161. Atlanta, Ryan 23-28-0-270.

RECEIVING-N.Y. Giants, Hixon 5-80, Nicks 3-40, Cruz 3-15, Bennett 1-15, Wilson 1-11. Atlanta, Jones 6-74, Gonzalez 6-49, Douglas 3-83, Snelling 3-14, White 2-16, Rodgers 1-14, Cox 1-11, Turner 1-9.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-N.Y. Giants, Tynes 30 (WL).

Broncos 34, Ravens 17 BALTIMORE — Chris Harris returned an interception 98 yards for a momentum-turning touchdown, and Denver won its ninth straight.

Denver 3 14 14 3—34 Baltimore 0 0 3 14—17 First Quarter Den-FG Prater 27, 7:13.

Second Quarter Den-Hester 1 run (Prater kick), 11:51.

Den-Harris 98 interception return (Prater kick), :15.

Third Quarter Bal-FG Tucker 45, 12:18.

Den-Decker 51 pass from Manning (Prater kick), 9:53.

Den-Moreno 6 run (Prater kick), 7:40.

Fourth Quarter Bal-Pitta 31 pass from Flacco (Tucker kick), 14:31.

Den-FG Prater 36, 4:32.

Bal-Pitta 61 pass from Flacco (Tucker kick), 4:08.

A-71,317.

Den Bal First downs 21 12 Total Net Yards 350 278 Rushes-yards 45-163 19-56 Passing 187 222 Punt Returns 6-33 5-52 Kickoff Returns 2-21 6-144 Interceptions Ret. 1-98 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 17-28-0 20-40-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-17 3-32 Punts 8-43.0 7-50.4 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-1 Penalties-Yards 7-51 6-61 Time of Possession 38:34 21:26 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Denver, Moreno 22-118, Hillman 14-29, Hester 7-20, Osweiler 2-(minus 4). Baltimore, Rice 12-38, Pierce 5-20, Flacco 2-(minus 2).

PASSING-Denver, Manning 17-28-0204. Baltimore, Flacco 20-40-1-254.

RECEIVING-Denver, Decker 8-133, D.Thomas 4-13, Dreessen 2-36, Moreno 2-8, Stokley 1-14. Baltimore, Pitta 7-125, J.Jones 3-51, Rice 3-3, Doss 2-28, D.Reed 2-22, Leach 2-11, T.Smith 1-14.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Denver, Prater 45 (WL).

Seahawks 50, Bills 17 TORONTO — Seattle rookie quarterback Russell Wilson ran for three touchdowns and threw for another.

Seattle 14 17 16 3—50 Buffalo 7 10 0 0—17 First Quarter Sea-Wilson 14 run (Hauschka kick), 10:00.

Sea-Wilson 25 run (Hauschka kick), 5:46.

Buf-Spiller 14 run (Lindell kick), :34.

Second Quarter Sea-FG Hauschka 19, 12:03.

Sea-Miller 4 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 10:10.

Sea-Wilson 13 run (Hauschka kick), 5:31.

Buf-St.Johnson 20 pass from Fitzpatrick (Lindell kick), 1:10.

Buf-FG Lindell 41, :00.

Third Quarter Sea-Lynch 13 run (kick blocked), 12:18.

Sea-FG Hauschka 33, 7:29.

Sea-Thomas 57 interception return (Hauschka kick), 6:13.

Fourth Quarter Sea-FG Hauschka 23, 9:17.

A-40,770.

Sea Buf First downs 22 21 Total Net Yards 466 333 Rushes-yards 32-270 21-118 Passing 196 215 Punt Returns 3-20 0-0 Kickoff Returns 3-66 5-139 Interceptions Ret. 2-81 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 14-23-0 24-43-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-9 3-32 Punts 2-39.5 4-48.5 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 4-32 4-20 Time of Possession 28:57 31:03 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Seattle, Lynch 10-113, Wilson 9-92, Turbin 10-31, Robinson 1-29, Washington 2-5. Buffalo, Spiller 17-103, Fitzpatrick 3-8, Choice 1-7.

PASSING-Seattle, Wilson 14-23-0205. Buffalo, Fitzpatrick 21-38-2-217, Thigpen 3-5-0-30.

RECEIVING-Seattle, Rice 4-76, Tate 3-64, Miller 3-26, Robinson 1-20, Lynch 1-14, Baldwin 1-8, Turbin 1-(minus 3).

Buffalo, St.Johnson 8-115, Chandler 5-58, Graham 3-32, B.Smith 3-26, Spiller 3-(minus 2), Dickerson 1-10, Martin 1-8.

Cowboys 27, Steelers 24, OT ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Brandon Carr intercepted a pass from Ben Roethlisberger to set up Dan Bailey’s 21-yard field goal in overtime.

Pittsburgh 0 10 7 7 0 —24 Dallas 3 7 7 7 3 —27 First Quarter Dal-FG Bailey 50, 8:36.

Second Quarter Dal-Witten 17 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 11:02.

Pit-FG Suisham 32, 6:03.

Pit-Miller 30 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), :34.

Third Quarter Dal-Bryant 24 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 6:03.

Pit-Dwyer 1 run (Suisham kick), 4:16.

Fourth Quarter Pit-A.Brown 7 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 12:37.

Dal-Murray 3 run (Bailey kick), 6:55.

Overtime Dal-FG Bailey 21, 13:36.

A-95,595.

Pit Dal First downs 20 23 Total Net Yards 388 415 Rushes-yards 17-69 21-87 Passing 319 328 Punt Returns 3-51 2-38 Kickoff Returns 2-49 1-25 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-36 Comp-Att-Int 24-40-1 30-42-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-20 1-13 Punts 6-43.0 6-48.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 0-0 8-61 Time of Possession 27:00 34:24 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Pittsburgh, Redman 3-30, Dwyer 9-22, Rainey 3-15, Roethlisberger 2-2. Dallas, Murray 14-81, F.Jones 3-10, Romo 4-(minus 4).

PASSING-Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 24-40-1-339. Dallas, Romo 30-42-0-341.

RECEIVING-Pittsburgh, A.Brown 8-76, Miller 7-92, Wallace 4-95, W.Johnson 2-34, Cotchery 2-28, Redman 1-14. Dallas, Austin 7-79, Witten 5-43, Bryant 4-59, Harris 4-46, Murray 4-31, Hanna 2-45, Beasley 2-14, Vickers 1-15, Ogletree 1-9.

Cardinals 31, Lions 10 GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Arizona ended a nine-game losing streak.

Detroit 0 7 3 0—10 Arizona 0 21 3 14—38 Second Quarter Det-Leshoure 1 run (Hanson kick), 12:51.

Ari-Wells 5 run (Feely kick), 9:18.

Ari-Wells 1 run (Feely kick), 3:16.

Ari-Johnson 53 interception return (Feely kick), :30.

Third Quarter Ari-FG Feely 51, 9:19.

Det-FG Hanson 41, 4:11.

Fourth Quarter Ari-Toler 102 interception return (Feely kick), 5:07.

Ari-Wells 31 run (Feely kick), 3:39.

A-60,483.

Det Ari First downs 18 12 Total Net Yards 312 196 Rushes-yards 22-84 29-99 Passing 228 97 Punt Returns 2-0 6-54 Kickoff Returns 2-49 2-53 Interceptions Ret. 1-(-1) 3-186 Comp-Att-Int 24-50-3 14-21-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-18 1-7 Punts 8-47.0 9-44.2 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 7-63 6-50 Time of Possession 31:14 28:46 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Detroit, Leshoure 14-55, Bell 7-24, Thomas 1-5. Arizona, Wells 17-67, Stephens-Howling 5-20, Lindley 2-8, Powell 5-4.

PASSING-Detroit, Stafford 24-50-3246. Arizona, Lindley 14-21-1-104.

RECEIVING-Detroit, C.Johnson 10-121, Scheffler 3-36, Heller 2-18, Logan 2-18, Bell 2-13, Leshoure 2-4, Durham 1-14, Smith 1-13, Robiskie 1-9. Arizona, Fitzgerald 4-22, Floyd 3-37, Roberts 3-22, Housler 2-13, King 1-7, Stephens-Howling 1-3.

Panthers 31, Chargers 7 SAN DIEGO — Mike Tolbert scored twice against his former team.

Carolina 21 3 7 0—31 San Diego 0 0 0 7— 7 First Quarter Car-Tolbert 1 run (Gano kick), 8:29.

Car-Tolbert 1 run (Gano kick), 4:54.

Car-D.Williams 45 pass from Newton (Gano kick), :58.

Second Quarter Car-FG Gano 33, :06.

Third Quarter Car-S.Smith 4 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 8:56.

Fourth Quarter SD-Gates 9 pass from Rivers (Novak kick), 14:02.

A-53,832.

Car SD First downs 29 12 Total Net Yards 372 164 Rushes-yards 39-155 16-70 Passing 217 94

Punt Returns 2-32 1-23 Kickoff Returns 2-52 2-49 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 19-33-0 16-23-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-14 6-27 Punts 4-39.5 6-48.5 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 4-2 Penalties-Yards 6-48 9-70 Time of Possession 37:32 22:28 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Carolina, D.Williams 22-93, Tolbert 9-40, S.Smith 1-15, Newton 4-7, A.Smith 3-0. San Diego, Brinkley 6-42, Mathews 4-22, Rivers 3-4, Battle 3-2.

PASSING-Carolina, Newton 19-33-0231. San Diego, Rivers 16-23-0-121.

RECEIVING-Carolina, S.Smith 6-57, Olsen 5-56, D.Williams 2-51, Tolbert 2-24, Murphy 2-18, Barnidge 1-20, Hartsock 1-5. San Diego, Gates 4-31, Brinkley 3-14, Mathews 3-8, Floyd 2-39, Battle 2-12, Rosario 1-9, Spurlock 1-8.

Saints 41, Buccaneers 0 NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans posted its first shutout since 1995.

Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0— 0 New Orleans 7 17 7 10—41 First Quarter NO-D.Thomas 9 pass from Brees (Hartley kick), 11:12.

Second Quarter NO-FG Hartley 25, 13:23.

NO-Sproles 2 pass from Brees (Hartley kick), 4:57.

NO-Moore 7 pass from Brees (Hartley kick), :09.

Third Quarter NO-Morgan 34 pass from Brees (Hartley kick), 9:05.

Fourth Quarter NO-FG Hartley 36, 8:09.

NO-Ingram 11 run (Hartley kick), 4:54.

A-73,096.

TB NO First downs 20 24 Total Net Yards 386 447 Rushes-yards 16-67 25-149 Passing 319 298 Punt Returns 1-39 3-38 Kickoff Returns 4-70 1-30 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 4-43 Comp-Att-Int 30-54-4 26-39-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-11 1-9 Punts 4-48.8 5-53.6 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 7-84 6-55 Time of Possession 28:12 31:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Tampa Bay, Blount 4-25, Tandy 1-18, Martin 9-16, Freeman 2-8.

New Orleans, Ingram 14-90, Sproles 5-22, P.Thomas 4-13, Henderson 1-13, Brees 1-11.

PASSING-Tampa Bay, Freeman 26-474-279, Orlovsky 4-7-0-51. New Orleans, Brees 26-39-0-307.

RECEIVING-Tampa Bay, Clark 8-42, Jackson 6-81, Williams 4-63, Underwood 3-46, Stocker 3-23, Martin 3-19, Ware 2-32, Owusu 1-24. New Orleans, Graham 5-69, Sproles 5-21, Moore 4-42, Colston 3-60, P.Thomas 3-26, Morgan 2-61, D.Thomas 2-21, Collins 1-4, Cadet 1-3.

Dolphins 24, Jaguars 3 MIAMI — Miami kept former teammate Chad Henne out of the end zone.

Jacksonville 3 0 0 0— 3 Miami 3 7 6 8—24 First Quarter Jac-FG Scobee 37, 10:03.

Mia-FG Carpenter 53, 6:26.

Second Quarter Mia-Lane 4 pass from Tannehill (Carpenter kick), 1:56.

Third Quarter Mia-FG Carpenter 30, 5:35.

Mia-FG Carpenter 31, 1:01.

Fourth Quarter Mia-Fasano 2 pass from Tannehill (Fasano pass from Tannehill), 3:12.

A-53,667.

Jac Mia First downs 13 26 Total Net Yards 299 389 Rushes-yards 21-86 36-180 Passing 213 209 Punt Returns 1-9 0-0 Kickoff Returns 1-24 2-38 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 18-34-0 22-29-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-8 1-11 Punts 5-47.4 1-63.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 10-88 5-41 Time of Possession 24:22 35:38 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Jacksonville, Owens 11-47, Murphy 6-20, Henne 3-16, Jones 1-3.

Miami, Bush 21-104, Tannehill 8-52, L.Miller 6-18, Thomas 1-6.

PASSING-Jacksonville, Henne 18-34-0-221.

Miami, Tannehill 22-28-0-220, Fields 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING-Jacksonville, Shorts 6-101, Blackmon 6-93, Lewis 3-8, Shipley 2-13, Owens 1-6. Miami, Fasano 6-56, Hartline 5-77, Matthews 3-23, Mar.Moore 2-33, Clay 2-8, Lane 2-6, Thigpen 1-15, L.Miller 1-2.

49ers 41, Patriots 34 FOXBOROUGH, MASS. — The 49ers earned a playoff berth by withstanding a comeback by New England from a 28-point deficit.

San Francisco 7 10 14 10—41 New England 0 3 7 24—34 First Quarter SF-Moss 24 pass from Kaepernick (Akers kick), 10:55.

Second Quarter NE-FG Gostkowski 32, 8:31.

SF-Walker 34 pass from Kaepernick (Akers kick), 6:59.

SF-FG Akers 20, :00.

Third Quarter SF-Gore fumble recovery in end zone (Akers kick), 10:38.

SF-Crabtree 27 pass from Kaepernick (Akers kick), 10:21.

NE-Woodhead 6 run (Gostkowski kick), 5:59.

Fourth Quarter NE-Brady 1 run (Gostkowski kick), 14:58.

NE-Hernandez 5 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 12:13.

NE-Woodhead 1 run (Gostkowski kick), 6:43.

SF-Crabtree 38 pass from Kaepernick (Akers kick), 6:25.

SF-FG Akers 28, 1:56.

NE-FG Gostkowski 41, :38.

A-68,756.

SF NE First downs 19 32 Total Net Yards 383 520 Rushes-yards 39-180 24-95 Passing 203 425 Punt Returns 3-15 5-13 Kickoff Returns 6-154 5-107 Interceptions Ret. 2-59 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 14-25-1 36-65-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-13 3-18 Punts 5-56.6 5-45.6 Fumbles-Lost 6-1 2-2 Penalties-Yards 6-88 8-73 Time of Possession 30:13 29:47 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-San Francisco, Gore 21-83, James 8-31, Goldson 1-31, Kaepernick 7-28, Dixon 2-7. New England, Woodhead 12-61, Ridley 9-23, Brady 3-11.

PASSING-San Francisco, Kaepernick 14-251-216. New England, Brady 36-65-2-443.

RECEIVING-San Francisco, Crabtree 7-107, Moss 2-36, Gore 2-34, Walker 2-29, V.Davis 1-10. New England, Lloyd 10-190, Hernandez 10-92, Welker 5-56, Woodhead 5-23, Branch 4-37, Hoomanawanui 1-41, Vereen 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-San Francisco, Akers 39 (WL).

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Seasoned Mixed Firewood for sale. Lawrence area.

Delivery available.

Call Pine Landscape Center.

785-843-6949 Seasoned Mixed Firewood, $80 per half cord. $160 full cord. 3 miles S. of Lawrence.

Call Lloyd 785-842-4502

Big man’s recliner, beige in color, great condition, $100, Call 785-218-2742

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

430 Eisenhower Drive Showing by Appt.

Call 785-842-1524 www.mallardproperties lawrence.com

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.

3BR, 2 bath, 2 car garage, New, $2,774.00, nearly new all appls. included, 6201 W. $1,300.00. Always covered 6th, pets welcome in moisture proof cover & foam topper. 785-856-4139 $1,250/mo. 785-218-7264 after 4 pm 3BR, 2 story, 2 baths, 2 car garage, 3624 W. 7th, has Household Misc. study, FP, unfinished bsmt, C/A, dw, W/D hooks, 1 pet New Cuisinart Toaster ok, $1100, 785-841-5797 Oven/Broiler TOB-40 Stainless Steel $50.00 Mobile Homes 785-840-8545.

2BR, 715 Maine, 2 bath, 3 story, C/A, W/D hookups, DW, 2 car garage, 1 pet ok, $1350, 785-841-5797

2BR, 2 bath, in Lecompton, in quiet park, first month’s Miscellaneous rent FREE! $560/mo. Call Bike rack for sale, holds 2 785-887-6584 bikes, $50. Please call 785-832-2702

Rooms

2-Car Garage * Small Pets Accepted

• 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

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

Duplexes

Showings By Appointment www.mallardproperties lawrence.com Call 785-842-1524

Cars-Domestic

Desktop PC: Compaq Evo D500, keyboard & mouse, Celeron, 500MB RAM, 40 GB HD, DVD, floppy, no OS. $40. 785-393-9080

Furniture

Houses Hunters Ridge Apts.

Computer-Camera

Round Antique “King Bee” wood burning stove. It is 4ft. tall x18” deep. It rests on 4 cast iron feet. $75 or 3BR, 2 bath, all amenities, will trade for old metal garage. 2807 Four Wheel signs. Please call Ken at (Near EuDrive $795/mo. Available 785-542-5024 dora) Now! Call 785-766-5950

Blowout Specials

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Vintage Clothing, (women) $5 to $20. Hankies, shoes, etc. Please call for more info. 816- 377-8928

Firewood: Mixed hardwoods, mostly split.

Stacked/delivered. $90 -1/2. James 785-304-4075

LUXURY TOWNHOMES

Bob Billings & Crestline Leasing Immediately, Spring and Aug. 2013 $200 per person deposit No App Fee!

Clothing

Genesis Health Club mem1BR, furnished, in quiet, bership, $39/mo +tax, Janneat home. Perfect for stu- uary 1st, 2013 through July non-smoker pre- 31st, 2013. Unable to use, 2BR, W/D hookups, dish- dent, washer, patio, garage, no ferred. $475. 785-979-4406 great gift idea.

1BR — 740-1/2 Massachu- pets, $525, $550 & $600.

785-550-6038 setts, above Wa Restau- 785-841-5454 Office Space rant, 1 bath, CA. $600/mo.

Good, solid maple table, 6 No pets. 785-841-5797 chairs, 54”X41.5” (without First Month Free! 2BR, in a Available Now 18” leaf), honey color table 4-plex.

New carpet, vinyl, 400 sq. ft.

Office Space 1BRs — 622 Schwarz. CA, with white legs, chairs 5040 Bob Billings Pkwy laundry, off-street parking, cabinets, countertop. W/D w/white backs & legs, $99. is included. $575/mo. $700 w/ all utilities paid No pets. $435/mo. Gas & 785-832-2702 785-865-2505 (785) 842-2 2475 water paid. 785-841-5797 Hunting treestand for sale, EXECUTIVE OFFICE $ 20.00. Please call 785-832-2702 AVAILABLE at WEST LAWRENCE LOCATION 785.843.4040 Men’s work boots - Pull $525/mo., Utilities included Senior Rent Specials & on’s, size 8.5D. Dark Conference Room, Fax Short Term Leases Avail.

Brown.

New, in box. $40.

Machine, Copier Available fox_runapartments@ Call (785) 550-6848 , leave NEWER - LUXURIOUS Call Donna at (or e-mail) hotmail.com message.

VILLAS & TOWNHOMES 785-841-6565 4500 OVERLAND DR. * 1 BR, 870 sq. ft.

Advanco@sunflower.com New Aquarium Kit 1.5 Gal., Covered Parking $10. Also 2 Concrete GarChase Court Apts. goyles $20, old park bench * 2 BR, 1,300 sq. ft.

19th & Iowa $20. Call 785-841-3332 * 3 BR, 1,700 sq. ft.

chasecourt@sunflower.com

Join our team of early childhood educators!

Assistant Teacher at NAEYC Accredited program in beautiful facility on KU campus. Must have classroom teaching experience; degree or current pursuit of degree in ECEd. preferred.

Contact ginabyrd@ku.edu, elsie@ku.edu, mwhelan@ku.edu, or 785-864-4940. EOE.

2BR - 741 Michigan, for fall, 1.5 bath, 2 story, CA, DW, W/D hookup, full unfin. bsmt. 1 pet ok. $730/mo.

Call 785-841-5797

1 & 2BRs avail. Jan. 1st.

Near KU, on bus route, laundry on-site, water/trash paid. No pets.

AC Management 785-842-4461

Call for Specials!

785-842-1515

2BR, in duplex, 2020 W 9th. extra large LR, ex. location, W/D included. No pets $675/mo. 785-813-1344

The Eudora Chamber of Commerce is seeking an energetic administrative professional to manage the daily duties of the office as well as plan and 3BR, 2 story, 1,200 sq. ft. 1.5 help carry-out special Bath, W/D hookup. 3332 W. events, meetings, and pro- 8th St. $750/mo. + deposit. grams. For more informa- Sunset Elem. 785-842-9033 tion and a full job description, please visit: 3BR, 951 Arkansas, 1 month www.eudorakschamber.org free, 2 bath, C/A, laundry, dw, microwave, $750, no Personal Care and pets, 785-841-5797

1& 2 Bedrooms / 2 Bath

Childcare

2BR, 2406 Alabama, bldg 10, 1.5 baths, C/A, W/D hookups, DW, $570, no pets, 785-841-5797

2BR, appealing open plan, sunny living room. W/D Front Office Reception, hookups, great K-10 aclooking for FT or PT, some cess, $595. 841-4201 weekend. Spanish skills preferred. Fax resume to Lisa 785-842-7433

Rooms (newly remodeled) Rent by week or by month.

With cable & internet. Call Virginia Inn 785-856-7536

AdministrativeProfessional

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

Office-Clerical

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Auction Calendar Auction Distribution Center Liquidation, Online only Tue., Nov. 27-Tue., Dec. 18 Pallet lots, cases & individual items.

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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

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Apartments Unfurnished Spring Semester Specials!

Part-Time

Pay Raise Every Payday!!!

Lost Item

Healthcare

Pretty green wicker shelf, 3 shelves, cabinet doors, 20”X56 3/4”X11” deep, $20.

785-832-2702

Appliances Hyla Vacuum System with attachments. New in 2004 for $1995. In great shape, used once a month by a single guy. $500/offer. cava6788@hotmail.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

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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

Music-Stereo Pianos, Kimball console $575, Howard Spinet $525, Baldwin Acrosonic Spinet, $475. Gulbranson Spinet $450. Price includes tuning & delivery. 785-832-9906

Sears 30” Electric Kenmore range, with racks/pans/ manuals. Self clean.

Price $200.

785-843-0057

Baby & Children Items

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

2012 Chevrolet Cruze Eco 4cyl, 42mpg, Auto, Gray. $17,998 Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

Pets

Hand-Crafted Doll Clothes, Poo puppies, for 18” doll. Will fit Ameri- Yorkie can Girl doll.

Call www.cuddlesomefarms.com 785-542-2014 for appoint- Older adults avail. Call ment.

785-883-4883

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Cars-Imports

Chrysler 2008 PT Cruiser Ford 2000 Mustang. ONE Touring. Nice Cool Vanilla OWNER, gleaming white, color, low miles, NO acci- tan interior. NICE car, 5 dent history, and great gas speed, alloy wheels with mileage from the 4 cyl. au- Michelin tires. 3 month tomatic. Extremely nice drive train plan included. late model car for under “New sale price- $4650” $10,000. See website for See website for photos Rueschhoff Automobiles photos. rueschhoffautos.com Rueschhoff Automobiles 2441 W. 6th St. rueschhoffautos.com 785-856-6100 24/ /7 2441 W. 6th St. 785-85 56-6100 24/7 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt LT 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.

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

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

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

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 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)

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

23rd & Alabama, Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com Toyota 2004 Corolla S. Very clean, two owner no accident car in nice navy blue.

4 cyl automatic for great gas mileage- 34 MPG highway. Very clean interior.

See website for photos Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/7 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.

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

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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2011 Mitsubishi Lancer ES 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

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

Crossovers

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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

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

2009 Scion xB CARFAX 1-owner, very roomy crossover from the original boxcar maker. #P1025A $12,568

2012 Ford Fusion SE

Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER 23rd & Alabama Lawrence

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2010 Taurus SHO 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

Sport Utility-4x4

2010 Lexus HS 250h 29K, AT, Heated/Cooled Leather, Moonroof, Navigation, CD Changer, 1-owner, Like New $27,900.

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

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

Hyundai 2010 Accent GLS FWD, 4cyl, great gas mileage, power equipment, stk#354761 only $12,865.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

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

2010 Lexus RX 350 AWD-66K, AT, Heated/Cooled Leather, Moonroof, Navigation, CD Changer, DVD Headrests, 1-owner, Nice $30,900.

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WE BUY CARS Top dollar for top late model vehicles.

Drive in, see Danny or Jeff and get your big bucks today!

2840 Iowa St. Lawrence.

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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

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Cars-Imports

2009 Nissan Maxima 4 door sports car. A lot of room in this fun to drive car with a 6-disc cd changer, SMART key with push button start and still gets good gas mileage. P10012A $19,920 Call 785-727-0244 LAIRD NOLLER 23rd & Alabama 843-3500

Ford 2010 Edge SEL AWD one owner, power liftgate, SYNC, leather heated seats, CD changer, power equipment, and much more!

Stk#113961 only $21,444 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

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

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/7

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Lexus 2011 RX350 AWD, one owner, leather heated memory seats, sunroof, alloy wheels, power equipment, save thousands over new!

Stk#600721 only $35841.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Nissan 2006 Sentra 1.8S, automatic, great gas mileage, in shiny silver. CLEAN car, CLEAN history, funa nd economical to drive. Famous Nissan reliability.

See website for photos.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. /7 785-856-6100 24/

2010 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer

2008 Ford Edge SEL Great crossover with leather seats. Very safe with Ford?s Safety canopy system and advanced traction control system makes it easy to drive. 12T638B $16,500

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

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1990 Mazda Miata 69,124 mi, Silver, Convertible, Manual, Very clean local trade. $6,888.

Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

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

2003 GMC Envoy XL 6cyl, Auto, 97K mi, Pwr everything! $9,888 Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

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2009 Smart ForTwo Passion 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

2007 Ford Edge SEL Auto, 125K mi, 6cyl, Carfax 1 owner. $14,650 Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

Chevrolet 2012 Traverse special purchase 3 to choose from! Starting at $25,415 stk #17524. Hurry for best selection!!

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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

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

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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

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

23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

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

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

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2005 Ford Focus ZX5

Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER 23rd & Alabama Lawrence

2005 Honda Pilot EX-L 4WD -119K, AT, AC, CD Changer, Heated Leather, Moonroof, 2owner, Third Row Seating $12,900.

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LAIRD NOLLER 23rd & Alabama 843-3500

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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

Dale Willey Automotive 2840 Iowa Street (785) 843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Convertible with all the options. Leather, Navigation, Automatic, V6 engine. Only 67K miles.

P1033A $17,000

2009 VW Passat Komfort Wagon

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

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.

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

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

Great MPG and many luxury options. Leather seats, heated seats with power adjusting. Only 50K miles. 13T469A $12,136

Crossovers

2007 Toyota Camry Solara

23rd & Alabama, Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

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

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. /7 785-856-6100 24/

23rd & Alabama, Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

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

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

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

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

Cars-Imports

2008 Lincoln MKZ

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

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

2011 Mazda3

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

2011 Ford Focus

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

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

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

2829 Iowa St. Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

23rd & Alabama, Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

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

Cars-Imports

2009 Mitsubishi Galant ES

Luxury and comfort come in this great car. Leather seats, remote start, and good gas mileage.

P10025A $14,942 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

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

Cars-Imports

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

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

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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

MONDAY, DE*EMBER 17, 2012 7B

BUSINESS Accounting

Carpets & Rugs

Caroline H. Eddinger, CPA, LLC Tax Services Business Consulting lawrencemarketplace.com /eddinger-cpa (785) 550-4149

Auctioneers BILL FAIR AND COMPANY AUCTIONEERS SINCE 1970 800-887-6929

Automotive Sales Buying Junk & Repairable Vehicles.

Cash Paid. Free Tow. U-Call, We-Haul!

Call 785-633-7556

Automotive Services

• • • • •

Dale and Ron’s Auto Service

Family Owned & Operated for 37 Years Domestic & Foreign Expert Service 630 Connecticut St

Foundation Repair

Cecil Construction LLC All your home improvement needs specailizing in new const., siding, windows, doors, additions, decks, Fully ins. 785-312-0813

ADVANCED SYSTEMS Basement & foundation repair Your hometown company Over three decades 785-841-0145 mybasementiscracked.com

New Easy-Care Floors Before The Holidays At Warehouse Savings!

Decks & Fences

Kitchen & Bath

Looking for Something Creative?

Call Billy Construction Decks, Fences, Etc. Insured. (785) 838-9791 www.billyconstruction.com

Fast Update with Ceramic Tile Wood Laminates Oak Planks Vinyl Tiles Vinyl Rolls

Carpet Remnants

Soft, Warm & Quiet Room-Size Overstocks At Warehouse Savings!

• Guest Bedroom • Family Room • Playroom • Living Room • ANY Room!

Stacked Deck

• Decks • Gazebos • Framing • Siding • Fences • Additions • Remodel • Weatherproofing & Staining Insured, 20 yrs. experience.

785-550-5592

Bring your room sizes and let’s get started!

Warehouse prices 40%-70% less than showroom stores. www.FloorTraderLawrence.com Jennings’

For Everything Electrical Committed to Excellence Since 1972 Full Service Electrical Contractor www.quality-electric.net

Floor Trader 3000 Iowa St. 841-3838

Buy locally with confidence.

A Jennings store for over 25 years

Get Lynn on the line!

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Cleaning

Westside 66 & Car Wash

Full Service Gas Station 100% Ethanol-Free Gasoline Auto Repair Shop - Automatic Car Washes Starting At Just $3 2815 W 6th St | 785-843-1878 lawrencemarketplace.com/ westside66

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Carpet Cleaning Kansas Carpet Care, Inc.

Your locally owned and operated carpet and upholstery cleaning company since 1993!

• 24 Hour Emergency Water Damage Services Available

By Appointment Only

Specializing in Carpet, Tile & Upholstery cleaning. Carpet repairs & stretching, Odor Decontamination, Spot Dying & 24 hr Water extraction. www.doctor-clean.com 785-840-4266

FOUNDATION REPAIR

www.scott-temperature.com lawrencemarketplace.com/ scotttemperature

Mudjacking, Waterproofing. We specialize in Basement Repair & Pressure Grouting.

Level & Straighten Walls & Bracing on wall. BBB. Free Estimates Since 1962

Wagner’s 785-749-1696 www.foundationrepairks.com

Roger, Kevin or Sarajane

785-843-2244

Lawn, Garden & Nursery Golden Rule Lawncare Lawn cleanup Snow Removal Family owned & operated Eugene Yoder Call for Free Est. Insured.

785-224-9436 Green Grass Lawn Care Mowing, Yard Clean-up, Tree Trimming, Snow Removal. Insured all jobs considered 785-312-0813/785-893-1509

Pet Services

Home Improvements JB’s Handyman Remodeling Over 20 years exp. All small remodel jobs in the Lawrence area. Specializing in Drywall.

Call David 785-331-5773 gonfshing@sunflower.com

Light Up The Season!

• Garage Doors • Openers • Service • Installation Call 785-842-5203 or visit us at Lawrencemarketplace.com /freestategaragedoors

• Holiday Lighting Installation • Professional and timely • Residential & Commercial

Year round storage

913-488-7320

General Services

Drury Place

Professional Service with a Tender Touch

Stress Free for you and your pet.

Call Calli 785-766-8420

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Janitorial Services Business-Commercial-Industrial Housecleaning Carpet Cleaning Tile & Grout Cleaning The “Greener Cleaner” Locallly Owned Since 1983 Free Estimates

1783 E 1500 Rd, Lawrence

PineLandscapeCenter.com Find us on Facebook Pine Landscape Center 785-843-6949

785-842-6264

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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.

Professionally trained staff. We move everything from fossils to office and household goods.

Call for a free estimate.

785-749-5073 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/starvingartist

Int. & Ext. Remodeling All Home Repairs Mark Koontz

Bus. 913-269-0284

Renovations Kitchen/Bath Remodels House Additions & Decks Quality Work Affordable Prices

(785) 550-1565

A. B. Painting & Repair

Int/ext. Drywall, Tile, Siding, Wood rot, & Decks 30 plus yrs. Refs. Free Est.

Al 785-331-6994 albeil@aol.com

mmdownstic@hotmail.com Lawrencemarketplace.com/tic NOT Your ordinary bicycle store!

Residential Commercial Prof. Window Cleaning Post Construction Gutters • Power Washing Sustainable Options lawrencemarketplace.com/ hawkwash Free Est. 785-749-0244

Computer Repair & Upgrades Computer Running Slow?

Viruses/Malware?

Troubleshooting? Lessons?

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

Retired Carpenter, Deck Repairs, Home Repairs, Interior Wall Repair & Painting, Doors, Wood Rot, Powerwash 785-766-5285

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

Int/Ext/Specialty Painting Siding, Wood Rot & Decks Kate, 785-423-4464 www.kbpaintingllc.com

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

All Your Banking Needs Your Local Lawrence Bank

Seamless aluminum guttering. Many colors to choose from. Install, repair, screen, clean-out. Locally owned.

Insured. Free estimates.

785-842-0094

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Serving individuals, farmers & business owners 785-331-3607

Pet Services

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Concrete CONCRETE INC

Your Local Concrete Repair Specialist Foundation & Crack Repair Driveways- Sidewalks-Patios Sandblasting-Concrete Sawing Core Drilling 888-326-2799 Lawrence concreteinc@centurylink.net Decorative & Regular Drives, Walks & Patios Custom Jayhawk Engraving Jayhawk Concrete 785-979-5261

Heating & Cooling Flooring Installation

Artisan Floor Company

Hardwood Floor Installation, Refinishing and Repair Locally Owned, Insured, Free Estimates 785-691-6117 www.artisanfloorcompany.com

Landscaping

“Your Comfort Is Our Business.”

Installation & Service Residential & Commercial (785) 841-2665 lawrencemarketplace.com/ rivercityhvac

785-841-6845

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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

Complete Roofing Services Professional Staff Quality Workmanship lawrencemarketplace.com/ lawrenceroofing

Prompt Superior Service Residential * Commercial Tear Off * Reroofs

Free Estimates

Insurance Work Welcome

785-764-9582

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Realty Executives - Hedges Joy Neely 785-371-3225 www.happyhomehunters.com

Tree/Stump Removal

EASY!

Call: 785-832-2222 Fax: 785-832-7232 Email: classifieds@ljworld.com

Painting

Apply at eapp.adecco.com Or Call (785) 842-1515 BETTER WORK BETTER LIFE lawrencemarketplace.com/ adecco

1510 St. Andrews

Moving-Hauling

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Retirement Community

Precision Plumbing

Employment Services

785-842-3311

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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.

785-843-5803 bryantcollisionrepair@msn.com. lawrencemarketplace.com/ bryant-collision-repair

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

STARTING or BUILDING a Business?

Martin Windows & Doors

I COME TO YOU!

Dependable & Reliable pet sitting, feeding, walks, overnights, and more!

References! Insured!

785-550-9289

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Milgard replacement windows Free est. 15 yrs. exp.

Locally owned & operated Great prices! 785-760-3445

NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, WITH KUsports.com YOU’VE GOT THE

BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE.

EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES, COMMENTARY, STATS, MESSAGE BOARDS, FAN BLOGS, PHOTOS & VIDEOS FROM THE LARGEST KU SPORTS TEAM OF ANY NEWS SOURCE.

!" #$%&AY)*&+C+#"+- 1/)*0010 Sport Utility-4x4 Truck-Pickups

2004 Honda Element EX Real Time 4x4 from Honda a great car for the family. Easy to keep clean and drive in bad weather. Clean CARFAX. “Jazz Hands” 13B246B $13,995 23rd & Alabama Lawrence 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Chevrolet 2011 Silverado LS extended cab, one owner, GM certified with 2 years of scheduled maintenance included, tow package, On Star, power equipment, stk#358941 only $22,419.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Truck-Pickups

2005 GMC Canyon SLE Good crew cab truck and MPG. 5 Cyl engine for a little more power and priced to sell. #12T1162A $12,000 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Vans-Buses

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

GM CERTIFIED is not like any other dealer backed warranty. Don’t let the other dealers tell you any different. Dale Willey Automotive is the only dealer in Lawrence that GM Certifies their cars and trucks.

Come see the difference!

Honda 2003 Pilot EXL 4wd, leather, power seat, 2nd row bench, alloy wheels, very affordable, only $10,815.00 stk#54357A1 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

2004 Dodge Ram 2500 Diesel, Auto, White, 134K, Great truck. $18,000 Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

Call for details.

785-843-5200 ask for Allen

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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

Autos Wanted

Jeep 2008 Liberty Limited 4WD, leather heated memory seats, dual power seats, remote start, power equipment, cruise control steering wheel controls and more! Stk#485231 only $18,690.00 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Jeep 2008 Liberty Limited 4WD, leather heated memory seats, dual power seats, remote start, power equipment, cruise control steering wheel controls and more! Stk#485231 only $18,690.00 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com 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 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

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.

Dodge 2005 Ram SLT 4wd, Regular cab, long box, alloy wheels, power equipment, towing package, low miles, stk# 152021 only $13,618.

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

2004 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Crew Cab 4X4-77K, AT, Dual Zone Climate Control, CD, Line-X Bed, Cruise Control, Tow Package, 1-owner, Low Miles $17,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

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 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

We are now your Chevrolet dealer, call us for your service or sales needs!

Dale Willey Automotive 785-843-5200

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 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

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

1997 Ford F-150

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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

2008 Dodge Grand Caravan

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

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Nissan 2002 Pathfinder LE in beautiful silver with black leather. Famous Nissan V6, 4X4, moonroof, and more. Awesome midsize SUV. See website for photos.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/7 Nissan 1997 Pathfinder 4X4. Very clean for age!

Chrome wheels. Famous Nissan V6, autmatic. “New sale price- $4100” Burgundy with clean interior.

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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 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

Honda 2010 CRV EX 4wd, one owner, sunroof, ABS, power equipment, alloy wheels, low miles, stk#15075 only $20715.

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Lawrence

Lawrence

feet to the Southwest corner of said Lot 101; thence North 00 degs. 07’29’’ West, 120.04 feet to a 1/2” rebar at the Northwest corner of said Lot 101; thence South 89 degs. 46’16” East, along the North line of said Lot 101, 36.78 feet to a 1/2” rebar; thence South 00 degs.

29’26” West, 120.00 feet to the point of beginning, n/k/a Tract B, commonly known as 3934 Overland Drive, Lawrence, KS 66049 (the “Property”)

Twenty-three (23), Township Twelve (12) South, Range Nineteen (19) East of the Sixth Principal Meridian, thence East (E) Along the North Line of Said Section 313.1 feet, thence South (S) 1399.57 feet along the East (E) line of the West (W) half of the Northwest (NW) Quarter of Said Section 23, thence West (W) 311.5 feet Parallel to the North (N) line of said section, thence North 1399.57 feet, more or less to the point of beginning, including a 33 foot roadway on the North, Douglas County, Kansas, commonly known as 1219 North 1800 Road, Lawrence, KS 66049 (the “Property”)

to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For to satisfy the judgment in more information, visit the above-entitled case. www.Southlaw.com.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and Kenneth McGovern, Sheriff subject to the redemption Douglas County, Kansas period as provided by law, and further subject to the Prepared By: approval of the Court. For South & Associates, P.C. more information, visit Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) www.Southlaw.com.

6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 Kenneth McGovern, Sheriff (913)663-7600 Douglas County, Kansas (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff Prepared By: (121564) South & Associates, P.C. ________ Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 (First published in the Law- Overland Park, KS 66211 rence Daily Journal-World (913)663-7600 December 3, 2012) (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF (133273) DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS _______ CIVIL DEPARTMENT (First published in the LawThe Bank of New York Mel- rence Daily Journal-World lon fka The Bank of New December 10, 2012) York as Trustee for the Certificateholders of CWABS IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF 2004-11 DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Plaintiff, CIVIL DEPARTMENT vs.

David Torkelson, et al.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NaDefendants. tional Association, successor by merger to Chase Case No. 10CV847 Home Finance LLC Court Number: 1 Plaintiff, vs.

Pursuant to K.S.A. Janell A. Hoffman, et al.

Chapter 60 Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Lower Level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center of the Courthouse at Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, on December 27, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate:

County of Douglas, State of Kansas: Lot 1, Block Four, in Shadow Ridge Amended, a subdivision in the City of Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, less that part beginning at a point on the Lawrence North Line, 99.00 feet East (First published in the Law- of the Northwest corner of rence Daily Journal-World Lot 1, Block Four, Shadow Ridge Amended, a subdiviDecember 3, 2012) sion in the City of Eudora, IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Douglas County, Kansas; DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 38 seconds East, CIVIL DEPARTMENT along said North line, 295.00 feet to the Northeast corner Sovereign Bank thereof; thence South 00 Plaintiff, degrees 05 minutes 07 secvs. onds East, along the East Brenda Slavens and Larry line of said Lot 1, 56.20 feet James Slavens, Jr., et al. to the Southeast corner Defendants. thereof; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 04 secCase No. 09CV440 onds West, along the South Court Number: 1 line of said Lot 1, 196.00 feet; thence North 00 dePursuant to K.S.A. grees 05 minutes 07 secChapter 60 onds West, 56.27 feet to the point of beginning. ConNOTICE OF SALE tains 0.253 acres more or Under and by virtue of an less.

Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District ALSO MORE ACCURATELY Court of Douglas County, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, County of Douglas, State of Kansas, will offer for sale at Kansas: Lot 1, Block Four, in public auction and sell to Shadow Ridge Amended, a the highest bidder for cash subdivision in the City of in hand, at the Lower Level Eudora, Douglas County, of the Judicial and Law En- Kansas, less that part beforcement Center of the ginning at a point on the Courthouse at Lawrence, North Line, 99.00 feet East Douglas County, Kansas, on of the Northwest corner of December 27, 2012, at 10:00 Lot 1, Block Four, Shadow AM, the following real es- Ridge Amended, a subdivision in the City of Eudora, tate: Douglas County, Kansas; Lot 11B, as shown by the thence South 89 degrees 59 Plat of Survey of the Lot minutes 38 seconds East, Split of Lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 along said North line, 196.00 and 12 in Block 68, Palmyra feet to the Northeast corner Townsite, in Baldwin City, thereof; thence South 00 filed in Book 803, Page 152 degrees 05 minutes 07 secand revised in Book 823, onds East, along the East Page 1610 in the Office of line of said Lot 1, 56.20 feet the Register of Deeds of to the Southeast corner Douglas County, Kansas, thereof; thence South 89 commonly known as 420 Ei- degrees 59 minutes 04 secsenhower Road, Baldwin onds West, along the South City, KS 66006 (the line of said Lot 1, 196.00 feet; thence North 00 de“Property”) grees 05 minutes 07 secto satisfy the judgment in onds West, 56.27 feet to the the above-entitled case. point of beginning. ConThe sale is to be made tains 0.253 acres more or without appraisement and less , commonly known as subject to the redemption 111 West 27th Street, Eu66025 (the period as provided by law, dora, KS and further subject to the “Property”) approval of the Court. For more information, visit to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. www.Southlaw.com.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and Kenneth McGovern, Sheriff Douglas County, Kansas subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the Prepared By: approval of the Court. For South & Associates, P.C. more information, visit Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 www.Southlaw.com.

Overland Park, KS 66211 Kenneth McGovern, Sheriff (913)663-7600 Douglas County, Kansas (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff Prepared By: (101461) South & Associates, P.C. _______ Kristen G. Stroehmann (First published in the Law- (KS # 10551) rence Daily Journal-World 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 December 3, 2012) (913)663-7600 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF (913)663-7899 (Fax) DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Attorneys For Plaintiff (122146) CIVIL DEPARTMENT ________ BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. fka Countrywide Home (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World Loans Servicing, L.P. December 3, 2012) Plaintiff, vs.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Tommy A. Yother, II and DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Alison L. Yother, et al.

CIVIL DEPARTMENT Defendants.

Case No. 12CV132 Court Number: 1 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Lower Level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center of the Courthouse at Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, on January 3, 2013, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: Lot 23, Block 3, in Firetree Estates Phase 4, a subdivision in the City of Baldwin City, Douglas County, Kansas, commonly known as 1016 Kathys Court, Baldwin City, KS 66006 (the “Property”)

Lawrence Beginning at a point 1313.7 feet East of the Northwest corner of Section 5, Township 13 South, Range 20 East of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Douglas County, Kansas, thence South 591 feet, thence East 239.77 feet, thence North 591 feet to the North line of said quarter Section 5; thence West along the North line of said quarter Section 243.35 feet to the point of beginning, in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas,

Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. Kristen G. Stroehmann (KS # 10551) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff (148070) ________

that a Petition for Mortgage Foreclosure has been filed in the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas by NOTICE OF SALE Bank of America, N.A., praying for foreclosure of cerUnder and by virtue of an tain real property legally Order of Sale issued to me described as follows: by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, LOT EIGHT (8), BLOCK FIFKansas, the undersigned TEEN (15), IN SOUTH HILLS Sheriff of Douglas County, NO. 2, AN ADDITION TO THE Kansas, will offer for sale at CITY OF LAWRENCE, IN public auction and sell to DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANthe highest bidder for cash SAS. Tax ID No. U12768 in hand, at the Lower Level of the Judicial and Law En- for a judgment against deforcement Center of the fendants and any other inCourthouse at Lawrence, terested parties and, unless Douglas County, Kansas, on otherwise served by perDecember 27, 2012, at 10:00 sonal or mail service of AM, the following real es- summons, the time in tate: which you have to plead to Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

the Petition for Foreclosure in the District Court of Douglas County Kansas will expire on January 22, 2013.

If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the request of plaintiff.

MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC By: Jennifer L. Michaels, #24256 jmichaels@msfirm.com Chad R. Doornink, #23536 cdoornink@msfirm.com Jeremy M. Hart, #20886 jhart@msfirm.com 11460 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 300 Leawood, KS 66211 (913) 339-9132 Kenneth McGovern, Sheriff (913) 339-9045 (fax) Douglas County, Kansas

Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff (First published in the Law- (110856) rence Daily Journal-World ________ December 10, 2012) (First published in the LawIN THE DISTRICT COURT OF rence Daily Journal-World DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS December 10, 2012)

The University National Bank, Plaintiff, vs.

Jayhawk Court, LLC; Cathy L. Clark, Administrator of Jeffrey M. Clark Estate; Clark/Northrop Holdings, LLC; Gary M. Grim; Gayle Grim; Mr./Ms. Pintar (unknown occupant), Nevilene K. Smith, Sara Helm, Charles Harris, John C. Bickel, John Helms, Mr./Ms. McKlusky (unknown occupant), Kerry Magee, Ryan Fritchman, Joe McGill, Patrick Miller, Tim Utter, Rachel Rowland, Jennifer Wilson, Ray Higgins, Bruce Wise, Anita Wise, Mr./Ms. Smith (unknown occupant), Donald Trackwell, Greg Folks, Mary Meadows, Everett Meadows, Mr./Ms. Minerva (unknown occupant), Fernando Carrillo, Lore Carrillo, Justin Steffen, Betty Nichols, John Nichols, Mr./Ms. Dawn (unknown occupant); Mr./Ms. Cota (unknown occupant); D. Murphy (unknown occupant), Rodney Sloan, John/Jane Doe (occupa nt(s)/tenant(s)) and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations or limited liability companies; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disaBank of America, N.A., sucCase No. 10CV715 cessor by merger to BAC bility, Court Number: 1 Defendants Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Pursuant to K.S.A. Case No. 2012CV249 Loans Servicing, LP Chapter 60 Division No. 1 Plaintiff, vs.

NOTICE OF SALE Proceeding Under Steven A. Lee, et al.

K.S.A. Chapter 60 Defendants.

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case No. 11CV535 by the Clerk of the District Court Number: 5 Court of Douglas County, To Whom It May Concern: Kansas, the undersigned Pursuant to K.S.A. Sheriff of Douglas County, Chapter 60 Notice is hereby given that Kansas, will offer for sale at pursuant to an Order of public auction and sell to NOTICE OF SALE Sale issued and directed the highest bidder for cash out of the District Court of in hand, at the Lower Level of the Judicial and Law En- Under and by virtue of an Douglas County, Kansas, Order of Sale issued to me pursuant to a judgment and forcement Center of the entered in the Courthouse at Lawrence, by the Clerk of the District decree Court of Douglas County, above-entitled matter on Douglas County, Kansas, on Kansas, the undersigned November 15, 2012, I will on December 27, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real es- Sheriff of Douglas County, January 3, 2013, at 10:00 Kansas, will offer for sale at o’clock a.m. on said date, tate: public auction and sell to offer for sale and sell at Commencing at a 1/2’’ re- the highest bidder for cash public auction, to the highbar at the Southeast corner in hand, at the Lower Level est and best bidder for of Lot 101 in Monterey Sub- of the Judicial and Law En- cash in hand, in the jury asdivision No. 1, an Addition forcement Center of the sembly room of the District in the City of Lawrence, Courthouse at Lawrence, Court on the lower level of Douglas County, Kansas; Douglas County, Kansas, on the Douglas County Judicial thence North 89 degs. 49’ December 27, 2012, at 10:00 and Law Enforcement Cen31’’ West, along the South AM, the following real es- ter, in the City of Lawrence, in the County of Douglas, in line of said Lot 101, 36.63 tate: the State of Kansas, the folfeet to a 1/2” rebar at the Beginning at a point 1010 lowing described real espoint of beginning; thence feet East of the Northwest tate in Douglas County, North 89 degs. 49’31” West, along said South line, 35.49 (NW) Corner of Section Kansas:

collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World which property is located December 10, 2012) at 1405 and 1417 East 15th IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Street, Lawrence, Kansas.

DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Said property will be sold to satisfy the judgment of Bank of America, N.A. plaintiff The University NaPlaintiff, tional Bank against Jayvs. hawk Court, LLC, in which it was decreed that plaintiff Ryan R Papesh aka Ryan has a first and prior mort- Randall Papesh, Jane Doe, gage lien upon said real es- John Doe, James Doe, and tate for the sum found in Jessica Doe, et al., Defendants said judgment to be due and owing to plaintiff; toCase No. 12CV627 gether with the costs and Court No. 1 accruing costs of said action.

Title to Real Estate Involved Ken McGovern Pursuant to K.S.A. §60 Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas NOTICE OF SUIT Calvin J. Karlin - 09555 STATE OF KANSAS to the BARBER EMERSON, L.C. above named Defendants 1211 Massachusetts Street and The Unknown Heirs, exP.O. Box 667 ecutors, devisees, trustees, Lawrence, Kansas creditors, and assigns of 66044-0667 any deceased defendants; (785) 843-6600 Telephone the unknown spouses of (785) 843-8405 Facsimile ckarlin@barberemerson.com any defendants; the unAttorneys for Plaintiff known officers, successors, ________ trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants (First published in the Law- that are existing, dissolved rence Daily Journal-World or dormant corporations; December 3, 2012) the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF trustees, creditors, succesDOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS sors and assigns of any deCIVIL DEPARTMENT fendants that are or were partners or in partnership; Bank of America, N.A. and the unknown guardiPlaintiff, ans, conservators and trusvs. tees of any defendants that Ivan Acosta and are minors or are under any Lizet Acosta, et al. legal disability and all other Defendants. person who are or may be concerned: Case No. 12CV267 Court Number: 1 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED

Lot 81, Winchester Estates No. 3, a subdivision in the City of Eudora, as shown by the recorded plat thereof, in Douglas County, Kansas , commonly known as 1630 to satisfy the judgment in Savage, Eudora, KS 66025 the above-entitled case. (the “Property”) The sale is to be made without appraisement and to satisfy the judgment in above-entitled case. subject to the redemption the period as provided by law, The sale is to be made without appraisement and and further subject to the approval of the Court. For subject to the redemption more information, visit period as provided by law, and further subject to the www.Southlaw.com. approval of the Court. For information, visit Kenneth McGovern, Sheriff more Douglas County, Kansas www.Southlaw.com.

Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff (121495) _______

Lawrence

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Bank of America, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

Christopher L. Hutchens; Suzanne L. Hutchens; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/ Occupant); The University National Bank; Unknown spouse, if any, of Christopher L. Hutchens, Defendants.

Case No. 12CV606 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SUIT THE STATE OF KANSAS, to the above-named defendants and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability; and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged to be deceased, and all other persons who are or may be concerned.

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC AS ATTORNEYS FOR BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ________ (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World December 17, 2012) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of Lauren E. Daetwiler, Deceased.

No. 12PR229 Proceeding Under K.S.A. Chapter 59 NOTICE OF HEARING The State of Kansas to all persons concerned: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in said court by Linda A. Barrington, heir at law of Lauren E. Daetwiler, deceased, praying for determination of descent of certain property described in the petition on file in said estate matter, and all other property, real and personal, or interests therein, owned

by Lauren E. Daetwiler at the time of his death; and you are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 10th day of January, 2013, at 10:00 a.m., of said day, in said court in the City of Lawrence, in Douglas County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition.

Linda A. Barrington Petitioner Calvin J. Karlin - #09555 BARBER EMERSON, L.C. 1211 Massachusetts Street P.O. Box 667 Lawrence, Kansas 66044 (785) 843-6600 Telephone (785) 843-8405 Facsimile

You are notified that a Peti- ckarlin@barberemerson.com tion has been filed in the Attorneys for Petitioner _______ District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, praying to foreclose a real estate mortgage on the following (Published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World described real estate: December 17, 2012) Lot 17, ALVAMAR HEIGHTS, Public Notice an addition to the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, commonly known The December meeting of as 1585 Alvamar Drive, Law- the Board of Commissionrence, KS 66047 (the ers of the Lawrence Douglas County Housing “Property”) Authority will be held on and all those defendants Monday, December 17 at who have not otherwise 5:30 pm at Clinton Place been served are required to Apartments, 2125 Clinton plead to the Petition on or Parkway. The public is inbefore the 22nd day of Jan- vited to attend. The meetuary, 2013, in the District ing agenda is available Court of Douglas at www.ldcha.org. _______ County,Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

NOTICE Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to

network 52 Not up to

Dear Annie: I have been close friends with “Luke” for more than a year. We have a strong bond, but it’s strictly platonic. However, all that changed when he started dating “Lacey,” who, at age 20, is 10 years younger than Luke.

Naturally, when I first met Lacey, I was friendly.

But there was something about her that put me off. Almost as soon as Luke started seeing her, she got him into partying all night and doing hard drugs and began alienating him from his friends and family. Despite our efforts to tell him that he was heading down a dark path, he ended up getting fired. Then he stopped contacting me.

After I hadn’t heard from him for two months, Luke called and said he missed our friendship and wanted to talk things out.

He sounded like a broken man. I was thrilled that he was coming around. But

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shortly after he called, I got a nasty text from Lacey demanding that I stop speaking to Luke and saying he’s her man and she doesn’t want any other woman around him. I was startled and angered by her rudeness and told her that Luke is my friend and I have every right to talk to him. I told her to calm down and grow up.

I haven’t heard from Luke since, and I am worried. I tried calling, but his cellphone number has been disconnected.

A mutual friend said that Luke’s email account was

Less is much more in ‘Picture Paris’

also cancelled. It’s out of character for him to abandon all the people who mean so much to him. He reads your column, and I can only hope that he can get away from this woman and know we are still here for him. — Worried Friend in Canada Dear Canada: Lacey is isolating Luke from friends and family, which is descriptive of an abusive relationship, and it doesn’t help that he is using drugs. The sad part, however, is that there’s not much you can do if he is unwilling to seek help.

Do you know where he lives? Is he in touch with any family members? If you can reach him, please give him the number of the National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org) at 1-800-799SAFE. Dear Annie: I was taught the bride and groom had one year to send a handwritten thank-you note following

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Monday, Dec. 17: This year you hear and learn so much that you might experience an information overload. You do not always understand why people do what they do. If you are single, you could discover that you have too For good and bad, and some- many potential suitors. If you are times worse, television is rigidly attached, your home life remains predictable. Not only when it pivotal. comes to plots, but the format and length of its offerings. SitThe Stars Show the Kind of Day coms uncoil like clockwork with- You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; in a 22-minute frame. Crime se- 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ries show us a victim, some clues, Aries (March 21-April 19) an investigation that may include Schedule meetings quicka few red herrings and even a tri- ly, even if you feel pushed to do so. al before a tidy resolution — all Others can’t seem to handle busiin only 50 minutes. ness matters right now. Tonight: The little, offbeat movie “Picture Vanish quickly!

Paris” (8 p.m., HBO) breaks quite a Taurus (April 20-May 20) few rules. For starters, it’s narrated You step up to the plate entirely in subtitled French. and take the lead at work, school And it follows, and lampoons, and/or within your immediate the kind of stories found in mov- circle. You could feel stretched to ies like “Under the Tuscan Sun” the limit. Tonight: Where you want and “Eat Pray Love” — gorgeous to be. romantic Gemini (May 21-June 20) travelogues Reach out to somefilled with one who can be a lightning rod of stunning enlightenment. You appreciate scenery, celthis person’s different perspective. ebrating a Tonight: Catch up with an older woman of a relative. certain age, played here by Julia Cancer (June 21-July 22) Louis-Dreyfus, who rediscov You get bored by the ers life, love, lust and fulfillment same old conversations. Toss in a amid splendor and culture. new idea or two, and observe the

Speaking of breaking formu- responses you get. Tonight: Put on las, NBC offers viewers a sneak a piece of Christmas music. peek at its new comedy “1600 Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Penn” (8:30 p.m.) that officially Others seek you out debuts in January. Nobody told for a plethora of reasons. You me if I’m supposed to review it might be so overwhelmed by evnow or wait until its debut. So erything you hear that you might consider this my sneak review: want to hide. Tonight: Dinner for It’s pretty dumb. two.

And intentionally dumb. It’s “The West Wing” played for broad laughs, starring Bill Pullman as the hapless dad who just happens to be president.

Holiday highlights

“Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (6 p.m., ABC Family).

“DreamWorks Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury” (7 p.m., Fox).

“Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas” (7:30 p.m., Fox).

“Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown” (8 p.m., Fox).

Tonight’s other highlights

The last two finalists perform on “The Voice” (7 p.m., NBC).

Stars and crew glance back at the “Gossip Girl” (7 p.m., CW) series finale.

The Tennessee Titans host the New York Jets on “Monday Night Football” (7 p.m., ESPN).

“The Layover With Anthony Bourdain” (8 p.m., Travel) visits Toronto.

The son of a missing man faces unique peril on “Hawaii Five-0” (9 p.m., CBS).

Howie Mandel hosts the finale of the holiday game show “Take It All” (9 p.m., NBC,).

Storage units can be murder on “Castle” (9 p.m., ABC).

“Tiny Tonight! 2012: Year in Review” (9 p.m., VH1) reflects on the year’s popular culture.

BIRTHDAYS

Actor Ernie Hudson is 67.

“Hardball” host Chris Matthews is 67. Actor-comedian Eugene Levy is 66. Actor Bill Pullman is 59. Director-producer Peter Farrelly (“There’s Something About Mary,” ‘’Dumb and Dumber”) is 56. Actress Laurie Holden (“The Walking Dead”) is 43. Actor Giovanni Ribisi is 38. Actress Milla Jovovich is 37.

a wedding. Shower gifts are to be acknowledged within two weeks of the bridal shower.

In the past two years, however, the closest I’ve gotten is a postcard with a wedding picture of the bride and groom on one side and “Thanks for everything” on the other.

If a handwritten, proper thank-you note is too difficult, I would much prefer an email acknowledging my specific gift than a bulk mail postcard. — Appalled in Georgia Dear Georgia: There is no excuse for not decently thanking those who have taken the time and effort to purchase a gift.

It’s sheer laziness and lack of consideration.

However, we’d like to correct a common misperception: Guests have a year in which to give the bridal couple a gift, but thank-you notes should be written immediately, and certainly within three months. jacquelinebigar.com

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You are able to make others laugh. Your ability to dive into a problem and find the solution also emerges. Tonight: Go with a suggestion.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Your quirky, fun personality might emerge at a most inappropriate moment. Make calls to a key person at a distance. Tonight: Slow down. Relax.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Make it OK to vanish for a while. Home might be the perfect place to hang out. Tonight: Choose what you most love to do.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Stay tuned in to a family member’s needs. Certain feelings will emerge, and you could become more verbal than in the recent past.

Tonight: Head on home.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Stay open to someone who can — and probably will — be difficult. You’ll move through this situation with ease if you consider how strong you have been in the past. Tonight: Run holiday errands before meeting a friend.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Curb a need to overspend on loved ones. Know that you can make great choices within your budget. Tonight: Treat yourself, too.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Act on a friend’s suggestion. When discussing it with others, you’ll discover that they also like this idea. Tonight: You can do no wrong.

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the task 53 Twelve months ago 55 Genetic material 56 Hurricane’s center 57 Satisfied about 62 ___ down (disappoint) 63 Grammarians’ concerns 64 Soloist’s rendition at the opera 65 365-day periods, roughly 66 Some JapaneseAmericans 67 Pinings DOWN 1 Bring up the rear 2 Word with “mannered” or “equipped” 3 Bygone bird of New Zealand 4 Educated showoff 5 Like some pickings 6 Young boy 7 Type of whiskey or setter 8 They may be hammered out 9 Narrow winning margin 10 Common garden sight 11 Pinball

palace 12 Candice of “Murphy Brown” 13 Best suited 18 Bleacher feature 22 Prepared potatoes 23 Quaint stopover 24 Man known for double takes?

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26 Suspect’s need 29 Pastoral poem 30 Powerball game 33 Attack word 34 Bluenoses 36 Wine grape 37 Egg-laying mammal of Australia 38 Having the means 39 Bark like a

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SPORTS

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

OSU overcomes slow start scored 15 points and recorded three steals, while Trency Jackson and Dejan Kravic each added 11 points for the Red Raiders (5-2).

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No. 24 Oklahoma St. 91, Cent. Arkansas 63 STILLWATER, OKLA. — The way Oklahoma State started out in Sunday’s game, coach Travis Ford hardly recognized his team.

After a quick timeout, the Cowboys were back to their usual selves.

Le’Bryan Nash scored 19 points, Markel Brown had 14 points and eight rebounds, and Oklahoma State overcame an early 11-point deficit to beat Central Arkansas.

The Cowboys (8-1) fell behind 22-11 after 8 minutes but came out of Ford’s timeout and scored the next 13 points to take the lead for good.

“I had seen enough,” Ford said. “The problem was things we haven’t been seeing — the carelessness with the ball and then getting beat off the dribble with no protection. When I saw those things, I knew this is not us. We haven’t seen this. I need to get their attention a little bit.

“We kind of woke up from there.”

Central Arkansas made 10 of its first 15 shots, often quick baskets in transition, before the game turned in the opposite direction.

The Bears missed their next 12 attempts against changing defenses, and Oklahoma State roared back to take the lead when Brown converted a layup while getting fouled and then head-butted the basket support in celebration.

He completed the threepoint play to make it 24-22 with 6:42 left in the first half.

“They kind of hit us in the mouth,” Brown said.

“So we had to respond quickly and get back into the game before it was over.”

The big run still wasn’t done, with the Cowboys continuing on to outscore UCA 23-2 during an 81⁄2-minute stretch when the Bears went without a field goal.

“We’re pretty good in transition when we’re pushing the basketball,” Bears coach Corliss Williamson said. “Once OSU went on a run, it was like we were kind of froze or a little shell-shocked and we stopped attacking on the other end of the court.”

MCNEESE ST. (6-3) Guidry 6-9 0-0 12, Mitchell 1-5 2-2 4, Cannon 4-12 0-0 9, Hardy 5-7 3-6 13, Lewis 3-3 0-1 6, Wells 0-0 0-2 0, Fields 0-1 0-0 0, Eackles 4-8 2-2 13, Regis 2-3 0-0 5, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, McFerrin 8-11 2-2 18, Kpan 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-59 9-15 80.

TEXAS TECH (5-2) Jackson 3-8 3-6 11, Williams, Jr. 1-3 1-2 3, Kravic 5-9 1-1 11, Gray 7-13 1-2 15, Tolbert 3-4 1-3 7, Nurse 0-2 0-0 0, Tapsoba 0-0 0-0 0, Gotcher 1-1 1-2 3, Hannahs 1-3 0-0 3, Crockett 6-10 5-8 17, Robinson 2-7 1-3 5, Lammert 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 29-61 14-27 75.

Halftime—Texas Tech 37-32. 3-Point Goals—McNeese St. 5-14 (Eackles 3-3, Regis 1-2, Cannon 1-3, Fields 0-1, Guidry 0-1, Mitchell 0-4), Texas Tech 3-18 (Jackson 2-5, Hannahs 1-3, Lammert 0-1, Nurse 0-1, Crockett 0-1, Williams, Jr. 0-2, Gray 0-2, Robinson 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—McNeese St. 35 (Guidry, McFerrin 6), Texas Tech 28 (Crockett 10). Assists—McNeese St. 16 (Cannon 7), Texas Tech 14 (Kravic, Williams, Jr. 4). Total Fouls—McNeese St. 19, Texas Tech 15. A—6,144.

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OKLAHOMA STATE FORWARD KAMARI MURPHY DUNKS against Central Arkansas in the first half of a 91-63 OSU victory on Sunday in Stillwater, Okla.

CENT. ARKANSAS (4-4) Garner 3-12 6-10 14, Harks 7-10 2-4 16, Crawford 4-15 0-2 11, McClure 4-11 0-0 8, Wells 0-2 1-2 1, L. Brown 2-2 0-0 5, Williams 0-4 0-0 0, Padgett 2-6 0-1 4, Ridley 0-0 0-0 0, Berete 1-5 0-0 2, T. Brown 1-2 0-0 2, Young 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-69 9-19 63.

OKLAHOMA ST. (8-1) Nash 6-12 7-10 19, Murphy 4-7 0-1 9, Jurick 2-3 1-2 5, Brown 5-13 4-5 14, Smart 2-7 4-4 10, Gardner 2-3 0-0 4, Stuen 1-2 0-0 2, Forte 5-11 0-0 12, Sager 1-2 0-0 3, Cobbins 3-5 4-5 10, Budke 1-1 0-0 3, Cox 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-66 20-27 91.

Halftime-Oklahoma St. 42-30. 3-Point Goals-Cent. Arkansas 6-26 (Crawford 3-10, Garner 2-8, L. Brown 1-1, Padgett 0-1, Williams 0-2, McClure 0-4), Oklahoma St. 7-23 (Smart 2-6, Forte 2-7, Murphy 1-1, Budke 1-1, Sager 1-2, Gardner 0-1, Nash 0-1, Stuen 0-1, Brown 0-3). Fouled Out-Berete. ReboundsCent. Arkansas 35 (Harks 7), Oklahoma St. 53 (Jurick 9). Assists-Cent. Arkansas 12 (Wells 3), Oklahoma St. 19 (Smart 7). Total Fouls-Cent. Arkansas 23, Oklahoma St. 15. A-5,538.

No. 10 Illinois 66, Eastern Kentucky 53 CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — Brandon Paul scored 17 points, Tracy Adams added 13, and Illinois pulled away late to remain unbeaten.

In a game between undefeated teams, the Illini led by 11 early but needed a late 12-2 run to gain control and help John Groce become only the second coach in Illinois history to win his first 12 games.

Groce matched the school record for the best start by a first-year coach set by Fletcher Lane in 1907.

Joseph Bertrand chipped in with 11 points for Illinois.

Corey Walden scored 21 points and Glenn Cosey

Vanderbilt 76, No. 12 Oklahoma 63 NORMAN, OKLA. — Christina Foggie scored 17 points, and Vanderbilt upset Oklahoma for its fifth straight victory.

Tiffany Clarke had 16 points and eight rebounds for Vanderbilt (8-3). Jasmine Lister added 16 points and nine assists.

had 11 for the Colonels (91), who came in riding the school’s best start in 66 years. Eastern Kentucky hadn’t won nine straight games since the 1964-65 No. 13 Tennessee 94, No. 18 Texas 75 season.

AUSTIN, TEXAS — E. KENTUCKY (9-1) Meighan Simmons scored Muff 0-2 1-2 1, Stutz 2-5 2-4 6, Cosey 4-13 0-1 11, DiNunno 1-13 0-0 2, T. 18 points, and Tennessee Johnson 1-4 0-3 3, Walden 9-13 2-3 21, beat Texas for the fourth Lewis 2-5 0-0 4, J. Johnson 2-3 0-0 5. straight year.

Totals 21-58 5-13 53.

ILLINOIS (12-0) Ariel Massengale and Griffey 2-4 0-0 5, Egwu 3-4 1-2 7, Richardson 1-5 2-2 5, Paul 6-14 3-4 17, Taber Spani had 15 points Abrams 5-8 2-2 13, McLaurin 2-2 0-1 each for Tennessee (7-1).

4, Bertrand 4-5 2-2 11, Henry 2-7 0-0 4, Chassidy Fussell led the Langford 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-50 10-13 66.

Halftime—Illinois 25-20. 3-Point Longhorns (6-2) with 31 Goals—E. Kentucky 6-22 (Cosey 3-7, J. Johnson 1-1, T. Johnson 1-3, Walden points.

1-4, Lewis 0-2, DiNunno 0-5), Illinois 6-23 (Paul 2-8, Bertrand 1-1, Griffey 1-3, Abrams 1-3, Richardson 1-5, Henry 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—E. Kentucky 23 (Lewis 7), Illinois 42 (Paul 9). Assists—E. Kentucky 8 (DiNunno 5), Illinois 16 (Richardson 7). Total Fouls—E. Kentucky 16, Illinois 15.

A—15,029.

Lakers 111, 76ers 98 PHILADELPHIA — Kobe Bryant scored 34 points, Metta World Peace added 19 points and a careerhigh 16 rebounds, and the Lakers won consecutive games for the first time in nearly a month with a victory over Philadelphia on Sunday.

Dwight Howard had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Lakers, who led 60-50 at halftime. Darius Morris had a career-high 15 points, all in the first half, and Chris Duhon scored 14.

The Lakers (11-14), who beat Washington 102-96 on Friday night, won two in a row for the first time since a three-game streak from Nov. 16-20.

L.A. LAKERS (111) World Peace 6-10 4-6 19, Ebanks 0-4 0-0 0, Howard 7-13 3-3 17, Duhon 5-11 0-0 14, Bryant 12-21 8-9 34, Meeks 4-10 2-2 12, Morris 5-8 2-2 15, Sacre 0-1 0-0 0, Jamison 0-2 0-2 0, Clark 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-80 19-24 111.

PHILADELPHIA (98) N.Young 12-23 0-1 30, T.Young 7-10 0-1 14, Brown 1-2 0-0 2, Turner 6-16 4-4 16, Richardson 3-8 1-3 9, Wright 3-9 0-0 6, Hawes 7-12 0-0 16, Wilkins 1-2 1-2 3, Ivey 0-0 0-0 0, Allen 1-1 0-0 2, Wayns 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-83 6-11 98.

L.A. Lakers 28 32 27 24—111 Philadelphia 24 26 23 25— 98 3-Point Goals-L.A. Lakers 14-34 (Duhon 4-10, World Peace 3-4, Morris 3-5, Bryant 2-6, Meeks 2-8, Jamison 0-1), Philadelphia 10-25 (N.Young 6-12, Hawes 2-3, Richardson 2-6, Wilkins 0-1, Turner 0-1, Wright 0-2). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsL.A. Lakers 47 (World Peace 16), Philadelphia 46 (Brown 8). AssistsL.A. Lakers 22 (Bryant 6), Philadelphia 23 (Wright 9). Total Fouls-L.A. Lakers 9, Philadelphia 17. Technicals-Brown.

A-20,338 (20,328).

How former Jayhawks fared Cole Aldrich, Houston Did not play (coach’s decision) Xavier Henry, New Orleans Pts: 0. Reb: 1. Ast: 0. Min: 12.

Marcus Morris, Houston Pts: 19. Reb: 6. Ast: 1. Min: 37.

Thomas Robinson, Sacramento Pts: 2. Reb: 6. Ast: 0. Min: 16.

Raptors 103, Rockets 96 TORONTO — Jose Calderon had 18 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds, and Toronto won consecutive games for the first time in eight months with a victory over Houston. Alan Anderson had 24 points and DeMar DeRozan added 19 for the Raptors (6-19).

HOUSTON (96) Parsons 4-11 3-5 12, Morris 6-11 5-6 19, Asik 3-7 1-4 7, Lin 3-9 0-0 7, Harden 7-18 14-15 28, Smith 4-7 0-0 8, Douglas 1-3 2-2 5, Delfino 4-11 0-0 10, Jones 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 32-78 25-32 96.

TORONTO (103) Pietrus 1-3 0-0 2, Davis 6-9 1-1 13, Valanciunas 1-2 0-0 2, Calderon 6-12 5-6 18, DeRozan 8-19 2-2 19, Johnson 4-6 0-0 8, Kleiza 1-6 0-0 2, Anderson 6-12 9-9 24, Ross 4-10 0-2 9, Lucas 2-6 0-0 6. Totals 39-85 17-20 103.

Houston 28 21 22 25— 96 Toronto 26 23 28 26—103 3-Point Goals-Houston 7-23 (Morris 2-4, Delfino 2-7, Douglas 1-2, Lin 1-2, Parsons 1-4, Jones 0-1, Harden 0-3), Toronto 8-30 (Anderson 3-7, Lucas 2-4, DeRozan 1-3, Ross 1-5, Calderon 1-5, Pietrus 0-2, Kleiza 0-4). ReboundsHouston 53 (Asik 13), Toronto 49 (Calderon 10). Assists-Houston 14 (Harden, Parsons 4), Toronto 29 (Calderon 14). Total Fouls-Houston 19, Toronto 24. A-17,863 (19,800).

SCOREBOARD College Men

EAST Boston College 61, New Hampshire 59, OT Boston U. 69, Quinnipiac 62, OT Fairfield 69, Drexel 58 LIU Brooklyn 75, Manhattan 48 Marist 94, Maine 69 Niagara 68, Vermont 58 Rutgers 88, UAB 79 Seton Hall 77, NC A&T 66 Villanova 75, Delaware 65 SOUTH Charlotte 66, Kennesaw St. 52 James Madison 85, UNC Greensboro 73 Mercer 63, Chattanooga 53 Murray St. 75, W. Kentucky 70 South Alabama 74, Texas A&M-CC 69 Tennessee St. 79, LeMoyne-Owen 39 W. Michigan 70, High Point 64 MIDWEST Appalachian St. 81, UMKC 71 DePaul 69, N. Illinois 64 Illinois 66, E. Kentucky 53 Illinois St. 87, Morgan St. 68 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 69, Austin Peay 57 Cal St.-Fullerton 93, Texas Southern 86 McNeese St. 80, Texas Tech 75 North Texas 45, SE Louisiana 40 Oklahoma St. 91, Cent. Arkansas 63 FAR WEST Cent. Michigan 80, Pepperdine 77 Hawaii 104, Chaminade 93 Oregon St. 87, Chicago St. 77

Big 12 Men

OverallLeague W L W L Kansas 8 1 0 0 Oklahoma State 8 1 0 0 Kansas State 7 2 0 0 Oklahoma 7 2 0 0 Texas Tech 5 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 Sunday’s Games Oklahoma State 91, Cent. Arkansas 63 McNeese State 80, Texas Tech 75 Today’s Game 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. 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.

Kansas Women

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) Dec. 16 — Prairie View A&M, W 72-60 (9-1) 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

JUNIOR VARSITY Leavenworth Holiday Tournament Saturday at Leavenworth Lawrence High Results 106A — Coulter Strauss 4-0 (first place) 106B — Alex Waite 4-1 (second place) 120C — Shawn Wylie 4-0 (first place) 126A — Zechariah Warren 3-1 (second place) 132B — Darian Coffey 4-1 (second place) 138C — Will Dalager 3-1 (second place) 145A — Peter Afful 0-4 (fifth place) 152A — Braxton Olson 1-4 (fifth place) 160C — Charlie McGraw 2-2 (third place) 170C — Konner Kelley 2-2 (third place) 182A —Stevin Hays 3-1 (second place) 132D — Ellis Springe 1-4 (sixth place) 132F — Joe Mann 2-2 (third place) 138D — Moses Hoy 1-3 (fourth place) 138J — Elias Goldman 5-0 (first place)

No. 16 Oklahoma St. 83, PNC Father-Son Challenge Vermont 30 Sunday Women STILLWATER, OKLA. — College At The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club EAST Tiffany Bias scored 18 Orlando, Fla. Duquesne 62, James Madison 57 Purse: $1 million Florida 74, La Salle 50 points, and Oklahoma Yardage: 7,023; Par: 72 Fordham 72, Morgan St. 56 State beat Vermont.

Final Hartford 67, Quinnipiac 61 Davis Love III/Dru Love, $200,000 Mount St. Mary’s 74, Seton Hall 64 The Cowgirls have 60-61-121 Niagara 66, Colgate 63, OT started 8-0 for the third Larry/Josh Nelson, $80,000 Penn St. 60, S. Dakota St. 50 Big 12 Men 62-60—122 straight season. They finRhode Island 89, Rhode Island Coll. 60 Vijay/Qass Singh, $57,000 Rider 65, Pittsburgh 48 McNeese St. 80, ished a six-game run at 62-61—123 Rutgers 42, Miami 34 Texas Tech 75 home in which they won David Duval/Nick Karavites, $49,500 St. Bonaventure 66, Canisius 44 63-61—124 West Virginia 90, Youngstown St. 57 LUBBOCK, TEXAS — Craig by an average margin of Mark/Shaun O’Meara, $49,500 SOUTH McFerrin scored 18 points 46.7 points.

61-63—124 Arkansas 73, Furman 38 Fuzzy/Gretchen Zoeller, $47,000 Auburn 71, Temple 49 and grabbed six rebounds 65-60—125 Butler 66, N. Kentucky 56 to lead McNeese State No. 25 W. Virginia 90, Jack/Gary Nicklaus, $47,000 Clemson 74, Radford 55 62-63—125 Youngstown St. 57 over Texas Tech.

Cleveland St. 66, Tennessee St. 59 Fred/Taylor Funk, $47,000 East Carolina 67, VCU 56 MORGANTOWN, W.VA. — Kevin Hardy and Led61-64—125 Florida Gulf Coast 63, Virginia Tech 56 Hale/Steve Irwin, $45,000 rick Eackles added 13 Taylor Palmer scored 15 Georgia 93, Lipscomb 42 62-64—126 Georgia St. 61, Morehead St. 47 points apiece for the Cow- points, and West Virginia Bernhard/Christina Langer, $44,000 Georgia Tech 76, Alcorn St. 49 boys (6-3), who won for shot over 64 percent in 62-65—127 High Point 77, SC-Upstate 67 Lee/Connor Janzen, $43,500 Indiana St. 73, UT-Martin 71, OT Youngstown the first time in 10 tries defeating 63-65—128 Jackson St. 82, New Orleans 51 against a current member State.

Steve/Sam Elkington, $42,750 Jacksonville 72, Savannah St. 60 66-63—129 The Mountaineers (7-2) of the Big 12.

LSU 77, Louisiana Tech 55 Raymond/Robert Floyd, $42,750 Mercer 65, Alabama St. 55 Jaye Crockett led the made 38 of 59 shots and 64-65—129 Mississippi 63, Belmont 48 Lanny/Tucker Wadkins, $41,750 Red Raiders with 17 points won their fourth consecuMississippi St. 67, Florida A&M 57 66-65—131 Murray St. 69, Alabama A&M 54 and 10 rebounds. Josh Gray tive game.

Sandy/James Lyle, $41,750

NBA Roundup The Associated Press

L AWRENCE J OURNAL -W ORLD

GLANCE EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 18 5 .783 — Brooklyn 13 10 .565 5 Boston 12 11 .522 6 Philadelphia 12 12 .500 6½ Toronto 6 19 .240 13 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 15 6 .714 — Atlanta 14 7 .667 1 Orlando 10 13 .435 6 Charlotte 7 16 .304 9 Washington 3 18 .143 12 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 13 9 .591 — Milwaukee 12 10 .545 1 Indiana 13 11 .542 1 Detroit 7 19 .269 8 Cleveland 5 20 .200 9½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 19 6 .760 — Memphis 15 6 .714 2 Houston 11 12 .478 7 Dallas 11 13 .458 7½ New Orleans 5 18 .217 13 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 19 4 .826 — Minnesota 12 9 .571 6 Denver 13 12 .520 7 Utah 13 12 .520 7 Portland 11 12 .478 8 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 17 6 .739 — Golden State 16 8 .667 1½ L.A. Lakers 11 14 .440 7 Phoenix 9 15 .375 8½ Sacramento 7 16 .304 10 Today’s Games Minnesota at Orlando, 6 p.m.

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

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.

Nuggets 122, Kings 97 SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Reserve JaVale McGee scored 19 points, Danilo Gallinari had 18, and Denver built a big lead in the first half to cruise past Sacramento.

DENVER (122) Gallinari 6-9 5-5 18, Faried 3-8 0-0 6, Koufos 6-10 0-2 12, Lawson 4-7 2-2 11, Iguodala 4-7 3-4 11, A.Miller 0-1 4-4 4, Brewer 2-9 0-0 6, McGee 7-9 5-8 19, Hamilton 6-11 0-0 15, Fournier 3-5 0-0 7, Mozgov 2-4 2-2 6, Randolph 3-4 0-0 6, Q.Miller 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 46-85 22-29 122.

SACRAMENTO (97) Salmons 1-8 2-2 4, Thompson 7-14 2-2 16, Cousins 5-14 9-11 19, Brooks 3-10 1-2 9, Evans 0-4 2-2 2, Thomas 3-10 13-15 20, Garcia 3-5 0-0 7, Johnson 3-7 0-0 6, Hayes 1-1 0-0 2, Outlaw 0-4 0-0 0, Fredette 4-9 0-0 10, Robinson 1-5 0-0 2.

Totals 31-91 29-34 97.

Denver 32 32 33 25—122 Sacramento 23 23 21 30— 97 3-Point Goals-Denver 8-18 (Hamilton 3-5, Brewer 2-5, Fournier 1-1, Lawson 1-2, Gallinari 1-3, Iguodala 0-1, Randolph 0-1), Sacramento 6-24 (Brooks 2-4, Fredette 2-5, Garcia 1-3, Thomas 1-3, Johnson 0-1, Outlaw 0-2, Evans 0-2, Salmons 0-4).

Rebounds-Denver 61 (Faried, Iguodala 8), Sacramento 50 (Cousins 11). AssistsDenver 27 (Iguodala 8), Sacramento 13 (Thomas 4). Total Fouls-Denver 25, Sacramento 19. Technicals-Faried, A.Miller, Brooks, Cousins, Sacramento Coach Smart. A-13,327 (17,317).

Trail Blazers 95, Hornets 94 PORTLAND, ORE. — Rookie Damian Lillard hit a three-pointer with 0.3 seconds left NEW ORLEANS (94) Aminu 0-1 0-0 0, Anderson 9-16 1-2 26, Lopez 4-8 0-0 8, Vasquez 9-20 3-3 23, Rivers 3-8 1-2 8, Davis 5-10 5-6 15, Henry 0-2 0-0 0, Mason 1-4 0-0 3, Thomas 4-5 0-0 8, Roberts 0-1 0-0 0, McGuire 1-5 1-2 3. Totals 36-80 11-15 94.

PORTLAND (95) Batum 4-11 0-0 11, Aldridge 8-17 4-4 20, Hickson 10-14 4-6 24, Lillard 5-14 2-2 16, Matthews 1-1 0-0 3, Claver 1-2 0-0 3, Babbitt 4-7 0-0 10, Barton 1-6 0-0 2, Price 1-2 0-0 2, Pavlovic 2-6 0-0 4, Jeffries 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-80 10-12 95.

New Orleans 19 24 20 31—94 Portland 25 29 21 20—95 3-Point Goals-New Orleans 11-20 (Anderson 7-10, Vasquez 2-7, Rivers 1-1, Mason 1-2), Portland 11-29 (Lillard 4-10, Batum 3-9, Babbitt 2-5, Matthews 1-1, Claver 1-2, Barton 0-1, Pavlovic 0-1). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-New Orleans 51 (Vasquez 8), Portland 42 (Hickson 16). Assists-New Orleans 21 (Vasquez 11), Portland 25 (Batum 10).

Total Fouls-New Orleans 15, Portland 12. Flagrant Fouls-Lopez, Batum.

A-18,772 (19,980).

Nebraska 62, South Florida 52 North Carolina 75, Coastal Carolina 49 W. Kentucky 60, SE Missouri 46 MIDWEST Bowling Green 79, Wyoming 69 Creighton 63, N. Dakota St. 42 Illinois St. 71, Ball St. 56 Indiana 72, SIU-Edwardsville 56 Iowa 82, Drake 65 Kansas 72, Prairie View 60 Miami (Ohio) 71, Chicago St. 37 Michigan St. 64, IPFW 36 Missouri 110, S. Illinois 47 Purdue 77, Oakland 46 UTEP 52, Kansas St. 50 SOUTHWEST Oklahoma St. 83, Vermont 30 TCU 67, Sam Houston St. 60 Tennessee 94, Texas 75 Texas Tech 68, N. Colorado 41 Vanderbilt 76, Oklahoma 63 FAR WEST Arizona 81, Weber St. 49 Colorado St. 56, CS Bakersfield 54 Montana 58, Denver 56 Oregon 65, Fresno St. 64 Portland 73, Boise St. 49 San Diego St. 73, Cal Poly 56 UC Davis 70, Santa Clara 59 Washington 62, Idaho 48 TOURNAMENT Chartwells Holiday Classic Championship UCLA 53, St. John’s 52, OT Third Place Saint Mary’s (Cal) 73, Tennessee Tech 58

Big 12 Women

OverallLeague W L W L Oklahoma State 8 0 0 0 Kansas 9 1 0 0 Baylor 8 1 0 0 Texas Tech 8 1 0 0 Kansas State 7 1 0 0 Iowa State 6 1 0 0 Oklahoma 8 2 0 0 West Virginia 7 2 0 0 Texas 6 2 0 0 TCU 5 3 0 0 Sunday’s Games Kansas 72, Prairie View A&M 60 Oklahoma State 83, Vermont 30 TCU 67, Sam Houston St. 60 Tennessee 94, Texas 75 Texas Tech 68, N. Colorado 41 Vanderbilt 76, Oklahoma 63 UTEP 52, Kansas State 50 West Virginia 90, Youngstown St. 57 Today’s Game 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.

66-65—131 Nick/Matthew Faldo, $41,000 63-69—132 Lee/Daniel Trevino, $40,500 69-65—134 Arnold Palmer/Will Wears, $40,000 80-76—156

Alfred Dunhill

Sunday At Leopard Creek Country Club Malelane, South Africa Purse: $1.94 million Yardage: 7,326; Par: 72 Final Charl Schwartzel, South Africa 67-64-64-70—265 Gregory Bourdy, France 66-65-74-70—275 Kristoffer Broberg, Sweden 70-69-67-70—276 Scott Jamieson, Scotland 70-68-71-68—277 Garth Mulroy, South Africa 71-68-70-68—277 Andy Sullivan, England 73-71-64-69—277 Richard Sterne, South Africa 70-68-70-70—278 Keith Horne, South Africa 70-69-68-71—278 Steve Webster, England 67-69-70-72—278 George Coetzee, South Africa 71-70-73-65—279 Richard Bland, England 67-73-71-68—279 David Howell, England 70-73-70-67—280 Tyrone van Aswegen, South Africa 70-68-71-71—280 Branden Grace, South Africa 68-71-67-74—280

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Suspended Milwuakee F Joel Przybilla one game for throwing the basketball and hitting a referee during a Dec. 15 game against the the Los Angeles Clippers.

HOUSTON ROCKETS — Recalled F Terrence Jones from Rio Grande Valley (NBADL). Signed F Dominic McGuire.

FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed FB Chris Pressley on injured reserve.

Signed FB John Conner.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Released WR Kevin Elliott. Signed G Austin Pasztor from the practice squad and WR Jerrell Jackson to the practice squad.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released T Mike Gibson.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed G Hayworth Hicks to the practice squad.

COLLEGE MICHIGAN — Suspended CB J.T. Floyd, P Will Hagerup and LB Brandin Hawthorne for the Outback Bowl.

TENNESSEE — Named Zach Azzanni wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator.

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Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s have a little fun with this. Pretend youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to a cookie exchange, but youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not sure what to take. Start with the basic recipe as follows: Set up your stand mixer with a big bowl. Chuck in 1 cup sugar and 1 cup softened butter. Whirl them together until theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fluffy-ish, and then add 1 large egg and 3/4 cup milk. Blend the whole mess together until itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fairly smooth.

Measure out 3 cups flour and mix in 1 teaspoon baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Gradually beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture, a little at a time. Once the flour is fully incorporated, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ready to let your imagination run away!

Heat your oven to 350 degrees and divvy the cookie dough into three bowls.

What would you like to try? Chocolate?

OK. Into the first bowl, toss 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and a handful or so of

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OFFBEAT OCCUPATIONS:

Not the average 9-to-5

Event coordinator gives guests ‘rock star treatment’

BY ADAM STRUNK

Woodward, being vetted by the Colombian Secret Service or fossil hunting with elanie Coen claims her Gingrich, Coen said her job is very mejob is far from glamorous. thodical.

Bringing such speakers to the institute However, it does involve occasionally dining with presidents, politicians takes months to plan, and the events are choreographed to the minute. The day of and famous journalists.

Coen works as marketing and event co- the event can get pretty stressful, Coen ordinator for the Robert J. Dole Institute said.

“A lot of people say the day they get of Politics, 2350 Petefish Drive on Kansas married, they don’t remember what University’s West Campus.

She and her co-worker, Heather Ander- happened,” Coen explained. “It’s a bit like that.” son, plan and proFor Coen, the remote the institute’s “Think of it as a hospiward comes after events, from the two the event is over. to three weekly day- tality extraordinaire. We “I love holding the time events to the want everything they do at the end of evening programto reflect positively on KU door an event,” she said. ing.

“We are here for This job has her and the Dole Institute.” the betterment of dealing with people community.” like Newt Gingrich, — Melanie Coen, market- theCoen became inDonald Rumsfeld ing and event coordinator for volved in the Dole and Colombian President Juan Manthe Robert J. Dole Institute of Institute after planevents in the uel Santos when Politics at Kansas University ing music industry for a they come to town. number of years.

Coen and Anderson “They were a much differaccompany them to different events and ent kind of rock star,” she said. show them around campus.

“Think of it as a hospitality extraordi- She has been working at the Dole Institute naire,” she said. “We want everything they for about three years.

When she’s not planning events, somedo to reflect positively on KU and the Dole thing that takes months of coordination, Institute.”

This means catering to the guests’ she creates graphics and promotes events tastes in food or entertainment. for the Institute.

She’s proud of her job and believes in “We love to give them the rock star treatwhat the center does. And she’s especially ment,” she said.

For example, when former U.S. House proud that the Dole Institute can claim Speaker Newt Gingrich visited campus in to be bipartisan in a polarized era where November to speak at the Institute, Coen compromise has become a dirty word.

How the center dedicated to politics acscheduled a trip a trip to the KU Natural complishes this feat might surprise some.

History Museum.

“We don’t talk politics at all,” she said.

“He loves dinosaur bones,” she said.

But when not having dinner with Bob “We check our beliefs at the door.”

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MELANIE COEN, MARKETING AND EVENTS COORDINATOR for the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is pictured Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Coen handles planning and promoting the institute’s events, along with her co-worker, Heather Anderson.

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Communication key to happy holidays Potential stressors can be mitigated before gatherings

BY SARA SHEPHERD

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fter losing his father and then his 21-year-old daughter in the months leading up to Christmas 2003, Paul Reed knew his holiday celebration would be drastically different.

“You just don’t feel very festive after that,” Reed said, explaining how his family decided to move the celebration’s location and adapted other traditions as well.

“It changes the holidays forever onward.”

Family holiday celebrations can be among the most special events of the year.

But they’re also ripe for potentially uncomfortable social interactions, ranging from heartbreaking — such as a recent death in the family — to just plain awkward — such as deciding how to tell your latest companion he or she isn’t actually invited to Christmas dinner.

In all cases, experts say communicating openly and embracing — or at least facing — reality are critical to making those get-togethers go smoothly.

“There is no replacement for open communication,” said Omri Gillath, a Kansas University associate professor of social psychology, who specializes in close relationships. “So as soon as you start planning your vacation or holiday, you should put the questions on the table and say, ‘What do you want to do?’”

DEATH IN THE FAMILY Reed, a chaplain for the Visiting Nurses Association of Douglas County, said someone disappearing from a family circle not only changes relationships, it can also change economic realities and logistics.

Talk about all of it, he said, from who will play host to Christmas dinner to, if necessary, a maximum budget for holiday gifts.

“The first thing to do is to just acknowledge the fact that things are going to be different,” he said. “Pretending that things are as they always have been is probably not productive.”

For those who are grieving, Reed sug-

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THE HOLIDAYS CAN BE A MINEFIELD FOR STICKY SITUATIONS — a death in the family, divorced or newly blended families and new relationships. The key to defusing awkwardness is to communicate early and often, experts say.

“The first thing to do is to just acknowledge the fact that things are going to be different. Pretending that things are as they always have been is probably not productive.”

— Paul Reed, chaplain for Visiting Nurses Association of Douglas County gested gently encouraging them to participate in holiday gatherings instead of withdrawing.

New traditions to try might include buying a gift in honor of the person who died and donating it to a charity or — if you have a creative family — gathering to make ornaments or other decorations that remind you of that person.

The Christmas he lost his father and daughter, who died in a car accident in early December, Reed moved his family celebration from his house to another

adult child’s. In the next few years, they also moved from having all the children’s names on Christmas stockings to the grandchildren’s instead, shifting the focus to the youngest generation.

Reed also pastors a small church in Oskaloosa, where he enjoys the Christmas Eve experience of coming together as a community instead of limiting the holiday to family only.

“It’s neat sometimes to see people from very many different walks of life that come together on a Christmas Eve to en-

joy carols and take communion together,” he said.

BREAKUPS AND BLENDED FAMILIES Some couples that divorce stay friends; other splits get nasty. Decisions about whether to continue celebrating the holidays together should be on a case-by-case basis, Gillath said.

“You can try to do it for the kids,” he said, but added that may not be the best choice if tensions are too high: “Kids can sense it.”

For a newly blended family, the holidays can be a great opportunity to take the group’s relationship to the next level, Gillath said.

In either case, communication — again — is paramount. That goes for gifts, too.

Establishing rules can help avoid divorced parents getting into an ugly gift-giving competition or, for a blended family, gifts being unfairly balanced among children.

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In either family situation, be ready for change. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK if things are not perfect,â&#x20AC;? Gillath said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be Hollywood.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;You want to think about the aftermath of all that,â&#x20AC;? Gillath said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not that serious, maybe â&#x20AC;Ś you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to force it into that.â&#x20AC;?

NEW RELATIONSHIPS

SINGLE LOOKING TO MINGLE

Ah, to bring or not to bring the new love interest home for Christmas dinner?

Gillath said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best to put the question on the table sooner rather than later and just ask, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do you want to do it together or alone?â&#x20AC;?

To help assuage the potential awkwardness of this conversation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one where both parties may not be on the same page â&#x20AC;&#x201D; talk openly with no blaming or forcing, Gillath said.

Tell your partner what you want, which should take into consideration that person as well as the relatives you might be taking him or her home to. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bringing your special friend home has a meaning for people,â&#x20AC;? Gillath said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even if it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for you, it might for other people.â&#x20AC;?

Consider whether your elderly grandmother or others might become attached to the guest.

Consider how comfortable your parents â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or whoeverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hosting the get-together â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are with feeding an additional person and buying additional gifts. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be staying with relatives for an extended period of time, consider whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be comfortable having the love interest around that long, too.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re single, the holidays can be a great time to stay that way, said relationship expert Rachel DeAlto, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flirt Fearlessly: The A to Z Guide to Getting Your Flirt On.â&#x20AC;?

Not only can you avoid stressors such as whether or not to get the person youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing a gift or wondering why you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get invited to his or her holiday party, you can make the busy season work to your advantage, according to DeAltoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tips.

For one, say yes to all the parties, happy hours and get-togethers you can. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You never know who you could meet,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Also, the energy and electricity that buzzes around the holidays can be reinvigorating â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which is always attractive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you are enjoying the holidays, embracing the time you have with friends and family, and loving life, your confidence will soar,â&#x20AC;? DeAlto said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So will your dating life.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Features reporter Sara Shepherd can be reached at 832-7187. Follow her at Twitter.com/KCSSara.

Gift ideas for kids to give Between family, friends, coaches and teachers, some children give as many holiday presents as they receive.

Helping your child pick out great gifts can be tricky and often impersonal. This year, encourage your childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creativity with easy kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; crafts theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give as gifts.

Do-it-yourself handmade gifts are a growing trend, thanks to the popularity of sites like Etsy and Pinterest.Â

way for children to show their appreciation for friends and siblings. They can create an interactive stroll down memory lane with pictures, cards and other mementos. Include shared interests and pictures of both the child and gift recipient together to truly personalize the present.

You and your child can

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unlike a store-bought present, a handmade present is a personalized treasure made by you,â&#x20AC;? says Meg Survil, general manager of the brand MakIt, which preserves childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s artwork on objects like plates and bowls. Some suggestions:

have fun putting together gift baskets. Choose a theme to reflect the personality of the recipient. If the basket is for a beloved teacher, an educational theme would be great. If your child and grandparent love to play catch together, a sports-themed basket would be ideal.

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LAWRENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LUNCHES MONDAY Crispito with homemade cheese Spanish rice Yogurt and fruit parfaits Chef salad Steamed broccoli Applesauce

TUESDAY Pizza Roast beef sandwich PBJ with string cheese Chef salad Corn Pineapple

WEDNESDAY Sloppy joe on a bun Turkey sandwich PBJ with string cheese Chef salad California blend vegetable Peaches

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Tech gifts may require ethics manual Dr. Wes: Holiday shopping for kids often means high-tech gifts. But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one accessory you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find in among the chargers and quick-start guides â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the ethics manual.

That one you have to write yourself and then guide your kids in its proper use. As Katie notes, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easier to be proactive than to play catch-up after your electronic December goes south in March.

Never have teens held so much power at their fingertips â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to publish commentary around the world; to impulsively transmit any thought to a thousand eager followers; to create their own reality shows, complete with HD video; to escape this world with all its shortcomings and exist as battlefield heroes in an intricate alternative universe; and so on.

Teens being teens, they quickly forget that great power demands great responsibility. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the ethics manual comes in. Before anyone unwraps those electronic gifts, parents need to sit down and discuss the following issues:

When can this technology be used?

Hint: Most electronics should go off during study time, an hour before bed and at times when their use is impolite.

Where can it be used? Hint: Electronics in the bedroom lead to distracted, tired kids. Technology at school has its place but only when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a disruption.

What are the ethical uses of this technology? Hint: Smartphones are tiny TV stations waiting to broadcast ANYTHING live as it happens. Discuss what can and cannot be on your teenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s channel, with a special emphasis on sexting pictures. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s child pornography â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a point apparently lost on 54 percent of teenagers who do it.

Who owns the technology and who has access to it? Hint: Parents own all technology until age 18, regardless of who buys it. Facebook, Twitter and other social media are just that â&#x20AC;&#x201D; social. Par-

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DR. WES CRENSHAW AND KATIE GUYOT ents should be friends and followers and kids who object undoubtedly have good reason. However, phone calls, email and texts should be afforded greater privacy unless there is probable cause to believe the teen is at risk of harm to self or others.

What are the consequences of misuse? Hint: Make punishments increasingly serious and directly linked to the gadget.

So donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take away a cellphone for poor grades unless itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contributing to poor study habits.

Katie: My parents gave me my first cellphone when I was in sixth grade. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure how I used that cute but cumbersome flip phone, but I do know that among my fellow 11- and 12-year-olds, I was actually considered a late arrival to 21st century technological indoctrination.

Many of my peers began texting before they learned how to spell the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;responsibility,â&#x20AC;? let alone act within its bounds.

With technology and the Internet entering our lives earlier and earlier, kids should start learning safe and ethical use when they

ON THE AIR Want to talk more about teen technology and the holidays?

Join Dr. Wes on Up to Date with Steve Kraske at 11 a.m.

Wednesday on KCUR 89.3 FM or at KCUR.org.

first get hooked. They should be taught to treat virtual worlds as they do the real one.

Otherwise it will be difficult for them to understand the importance of good behavior in all forms of communication.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no surefire way to make teens high-tech ethics masters, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d suggest introducing them to technology gradually, emphasizing that while you want them to have fun, technology is more than a toy.

An iPod, for instance, is usually a safe and appreciated gift for kids of all ages. It also provides a good opportunity to teach them to ration money wisely and make download purchases legally.

As they age, gadgets increasingly link kids to the Internet, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to have serious, ongoing talks about online conduct.

When you decide your child is old enough to set up an email or social media account, go through every step together, emphasizing ways they can keep themselves safe and treat others respectfully.

Unfortunately, once phones and computers land in teenagersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hands, they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always used the way theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re intended.

Wes is right. My generation may shun me for saying this, but if needed, parents can always take back the gifts theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve given.

Modern technology is a privilege, not a necessity for life. Some teens may be surprised to find themselves surviving without the newest products until they prove themselves mature enough to handle them.

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MEREDITH MOORE Age: 29 Relationship status: Married Hometown: Lawrence Time in Lawrence: On and off for 6 years Occupation: I work at the Spencer Museum of Art, and I own Wonder Fair.

Dream job: I think I have it. I work with artists and bring more tasteful things to peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives.

What were you doing when scouted? Setting up for Sip & Shop Describe your style: Kansas class Fashion trends you love: Collars; the fact that fashion is scaling back up to loose, sophisticated and modest.

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CHRIS MILLSPAUGH Age: 38 Relationship status: Married Hometown: Maize Time in Lawrence: 20 years Occupation: Graphic designer Dream job: Carpenter What were you doing when scouted?

Sipping and shopping, but mostly sipping Describe your style: Grandfatherly, old-fashioned Fashion trends you love: Ties, hats, jackets, suits Fashion trends you hate: Sloppy dress

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Fashion trends you hate: UGGs. They represent a kind of marketing I find distasteful.

Fashion influences: Korean dramas, my friend Grace Chin who lives in Lawrence What would you like to see more of in Lawrence? Food trucks

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Fashion influences: Grandfathers, Cary Grant, Gregory Peck What would you like to see more of in Lawrence? Ties, hats, handmade and well-crafted items Less of? Athletic wear Tattoos or piercings?

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012

TIPS ON HOLIDAY BONUSES Guidelines for giving: what’s allowed, what’s appropriate

BY SARA SHEPHERD

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airstylist Ashley Butell says that she doesn’t expect extra tips from her clients during the holidays but that getting them is definitely a welcome boost.

That goes for a larger-than-usual cash tip or even a small gift — for someone who’s often at the salon 10 hours a day, six days a week, even treats like fresh fruit or a few holiday cookies can be pretty heartwarming.

“It makes you feel special, like they appreciate what I do,” says Butell, manager and stylist at Rejuvene Salon and Spa, 13 E. Eighth St. “And I think it’s a nice reward.”

Tipping the people who provide us with yearround services is common at Christmastime, though there aren’t rigid rules for who to tip or how much to spend. The Emily Post Institute suggests thinking of holiday tipping as “holiday thanking” — letting common sense, specific circumstances and holiday spirit be your guide.

Foremost, Emily Post’s Web article on the topic says, not unlike like general gift-giving, you should never feel obligated to go beyond your personal budget when tipping at the holidays. If you can’t afford cash tips, consider homemade gifts or even a card of thanks — “words are always a great way to express your thanks for a year of good service.”

Emily Post offers these other considerations to think about when deciding who to tip and how much:

Do you already tip regularly? If so, you may forgo an end-of-the-year tip or give a more modest holiday thank you or a small gift. Any gift should be accom-

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LAWRENCE RESIDENT JOANE NAGEL has her hair styled Dec. 7 by Ashley Buttel, manager and stylist at Rejuvene Salon and Spa, 13 E. Eighth St. Nagel believes in tipping especially when it comes to service providers whom she has a face-to-face relationship with. panied by a handwritten note of thanks — a couple sentences is enough.

The quality and frequency of the service you receive.

Your relationship with the service provider.

How many years you’ve been using the service.

Type of establishment — is it deluxe or moderate?

Location. Tipping customs vary by region, and averages tend to be higher in larger cities.

When in doubt, call the front desk; ask what’s accepted by the company and what they typically see from other customers.

Lawrence resident Joane Nagel, who is one of Butell’s clients, says she grew up in Cleveland, where “everybody tipped everybody” this time of year, even the trash collectors.

Here, Nagel says, tips seem less expected and more appreciation-based. She says she tips service providers she has face-to-face relationships with, such as her hairstylist, her house cleaner and her letter carrier, especially if she’s been sending or receiving lots of holiday packages in the mail.

“So we don’t tip the garbage man,” Nagel says.

Lawrence postmaster Judy Raney says letter carriers

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SUGGESTED HOLIDAY TIPS FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS While you should never feel obligated to tip more than your holiday budget allows for, tipping is a nice way to thank service providers at the end of the year. There are no firm rules, but here are some suggestions for a variety of service providers.

Regular baby sitter: One evening’s pay and

a small gift from your children.

Day care provider: A gift from you or $25-

$70 for each staff member and a small gift from your children.

Private nurse: A thoughtful gift from you.

Home health employees: A thoughtful gift

from you (if gift-giving is not against company policy).

Housekeeper/cleaner: Up to the amount of

one week’s pay and/or a small gift.

Barber: Cost of one haircut or a gift.

Beauty salon staff: Cash or gift depending

on whether you tip well after each service. A suggested amount is the cost of one salon visit divided for each staff member who works with you, with individual cards or a small gift to each.

Personal trainer: Up to the cost of one ses-

sion, or a gift.

Massage therapist: Up to the cost of one

session, or a gift.

Pet groomer: If the same person grooms

your pets all year, up to the cost of one session or a gift.

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on the street Who do you give holiday tips or bonuses to?

“Usually the postman and the hairdresser. I also do teacher gifts.”

Colleen Stock, mom, Lawrence

Dog walker: Up to one week’s pay or a gift.

Personal caregiver: Between one week to

one month’s salary or a gift.

Nursing home employees: A gift that could

be shared by the staff, such as flowers or food.

are not allowed to accept cash or gift cards over $20.

However, they appreciate gifts at the holidays, from homemade treats to a nice Christmas card.

“They look forward to it, very much so,” she says. “It’s nice to be appreciated in whatever format that is.”

It’s highly common for people to give an extra tip to their newspaper carriers during the holidays, says Journal-World assistant circulation manager Anna Hayes. She says that’s especially true for the carriers who have been on their routes many years, gotten to know their customers and consistently given good service. Some choose to drop off holiday cards or gift cards for their carriers at the Journal-World’s front desk.

For some carriers, Hayes says, holiday tips provide enough of a bonus for them to stick with the early-morning, all-weather job.

While it’s common to tip day care providers and regu-

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lar baby sitters — Emily Post suggests a small gift from the kids in addition to cash — public school teachers are different.

Lawrence school district policy states that gift-giving between students and staff members is discouraged. That goes for cash, merchandise or personal favors.

District spokeswoman Julie Boyle says parents might consider donating to a classroom supply fund if there’s one set up, or a card of thanks is always appropriate.

At Butell’s salon, where she’s been working nine years and developed a number of loyal clients, the “holiday thanking” goes two ways. Butell says she tries to bring in a big tray of goodies for her clients to partake in, too.

“I love to bake,” Butell said. “So that’s what I do.”

“At restaurants I’m more willing to give an extra few dollars.”

Caitlin Pinegar, group leader at Boys and Girls Club, Lawrence

“Around the holidays, I just tip a little extra.”

Dejon Neugebauer, claims adjuster, Lawrence

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Although kids in the 1800s may have dreamed only of getting a piece of candy in their stocking, today’s tots usually fantasize about the gazillions of toys they might find underneath the tree on Christmas morning. Anticipation is part of the fun.

Fortunately, the Kansas City area has four unique venues where you can get your “toy fix” all year long. And the toys offered are not the latest newfangled gadgets but oldfashioned playthings like dolls, teddy bears and marbles.

No batteries required, as these childhood treasures are powered solely by imagination.

THE TOY AND MINIATURE MUSEUM’S MARBLE GALLERY is filled with the colors of approximately 1 million marbles.

The museum, 5235 Oak St., is located on the campus of University of Missouri—Kansas City.

PINT-SIZED PLEASURES Photo courtesy of the Toy and Miniature Museum

The Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City, 5235 Oak St., is a 38-room house that boasts the largest collection of nostalgic toys, fine-scale miniatures and marbles in the Midwest. Located on the University of Missouri— Kansas City campus just a few blocks south of the Country Club Plaza, this wonderland contains such exquisite gems as a 1:12–scale miniature early 17th century Flemish harpsichord, featuring functioning ebony and ivory keys!

Teddy bears are not given short shrift here, either.

Lovers of classic character Winnie the Pooh will delight in seeing Christopher Robin’s whole menagerie on display.

You can explore entire miniature worlds in the rooms filled with doll houses containing tiny versions of decorative artifacts from eras past and present.

FINDING (NOT LOSING) YOUR MARBLES When he was a kindergartner, Bruce Breslow wanted to be an asparagus farmer when he grew up. He claims he still does. Meanwhile, he’s been making marbles at his company, Moon Marble Co., in Bonner Springs for the past 16 years.

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His shop (listed as one of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;8 Wonders of Kansas Commerceâ&#x20AC;? by the Kansas Sampler Foundation and also cited in Rand McNallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best of the Roadâ&#x20AC;? in USA Today) is not just a treasure trove of marbles, old-fashioned penny candy, and traditional toys and games, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an actual workshop where you can see marbles being made. Breslowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glassblowing demonstrations attract visitors from as far away as Hong Kong.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re into â&#x20AC;&#x153;retroâ&#x20AC;? stuff, this is your paradise. You can find such timeless goodies as Slinky Dogs, Felix the Cat clocks and a wide variety of Betty Boop merchandise.

The Doll Cradleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ambulance, where kids can lay their dolls on the gurneys inside while the siren blares and the lights flash, is much in demand for parades and festivals.

Of special interest to Jayhawk fans, The Doll Cradle stocks (along with dolls and other old-time toys for sale) handmade Kansas University clothing, sized to fit American Girl and other 18â&#x20AC;? dolls.

(Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a selection of Kansas State and University of Missouri attire.)

The shop/hospital also hosts â&#x20AC;&#x153;after the birthday partyâ&#x20AC;? events, where favors are given out and a doll specialist is available to answer all doll questions.

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Connie Harrell is a well-respected surgeon in Shawnee who performs delicate operations daily. She is adept at handling transplants and grafts. Her facility has such a stellar reputation that patients come not only from the Kansas City area but from around the country.

Harrell and her medical staff wear scrub suits decorated with cartoon characters, just like the ones nurses sport in pediatric wards. However, Harrellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s patients are usually quite a bit smaller than the kids in most hospitals â&#x20AC;&#x201D; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dolls.

Although some of the dolls at the Doll Cradleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doll hospital wait a while for treatment, Harrell performs emergency surgery when the doll is a childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;loveyâ&#x20AC;? that the child sleeps with nightly. She asks the parents to bring the doll in early in the morning as soon as the child wakes up, then makes sure to have the repairs completed by nightfall so the parents can pick up the â&#x20AC;&#x153;patientâ&#x20AC;? before their child goes to bed that night. Harrell doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to deprive anyone from snuggling with their favorite â&#x20AC;&#x153;security doll.â&#x20AC;?

Not well-known outside the doll-collecting world but certainly worth a visit is the United Federation of Doll Clubsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; doll museum, located near the Kansas City airport. UFDC is a nonprofit organization fostering research, education, collecting and appreciating dolls.

Stroll through the glass cases in this small museum and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see an amazing array of dolls, some of them depicting celebrities like Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields and even Marie Osmond. Vintage dolls, like Kewpie, hark back to an earlier, simpler time.

Remember the closing lyrics of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toylandâ&#x20AC;? song, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once you pass its borders, you can never return againâ&#x20AC;?? Thankfully, in the Kansas City area, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just not the case. Nostalgic Baby Boomers (anyone looking for a sled called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rosebudâ&#x20AC;??) can easily find their long-lost toys.

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t the risk of sounding overly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bah! Humbug,â&#x20AC;? I have to say I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like Christmas shopping.

While commercials showcase happy families bundled up, walking down snowy and brilliantly lit city streets to Christmas shop together, the reality is not so pretty a picture for me.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m always ready to give up after scouring the Internet and realizing that everything, literally everything, is on back order until mid-January and traipsing around town for four hours looking for new patio furniture before a sales associate tells me stores donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stock outdoor furniture until March. I should have guessed this to be the case, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Christmas! Everything should be available at Christmas!

This isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fun. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a mad and frustrating dash to get all my presents wrapped and under the tree before the 25th.

I suppose I could start earlier in the year; I suppose I could join the ranks of Americans who participate in Black Friday; I suppose I could buy up a bunch of gift cards and hand them out on Christmas morning. These solutions would get the job done, but they definitely wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make the process any more enjoyable.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking for a way to make Christmas shopping fun again. So Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to shop more locally.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been mostly dedicated to shopping at local stores, but out of my disdain for holiday shopping, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve most recently found myself at large chain stores at 8 p.m. on Dec. 23 regrettably foregoing local alliances and opting for the quickest fix.

But in an effort to actually enjoy the Christmas season for what it is and what it

represents, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve found that going into a local store and chatting up the person behind the counter while looking around the shop is the perfect antidote to my grumpiness.

And every time I make a purchase, I feel good in knowing that 73 cents of every dollar will stay in our local economy, as opposed to the 43 cents that would stay here if I bought from a chain retailer, or the zero cents that would stay had I purchased online.

It seems as though the economy is steadily improving: Jobs are coming back, holiday spending is up an estimated 3 percent to 4 percent, and the housing market is regaining momentum.

And from my seat, it seems that one of the best ways to continue its improvement and ensure that our community is salvaged if a national recession hits again is to support our local economy.

While Christmas is quickly drawing near, you can find some great gifts at these local-oriented holiday art markets coming up this week:

Wonder Fairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Holiday Market: Wonder Fair, 803 1/2 Massachusetts St., today through Sunday during store hours.

Van Go Adornment Sale: Van Go, 715 New Jersey St., 1 p.m.-5 p.m. today through Sunday.

Holiday Art Sale: Lumberyard Arts Center, 718 High St. in Baldwin City, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 9 a.m.-noon Saturday.

Lawrence Art Guild Winter Blitz: 1109 Gallery, 1109 Massachusetts St., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. today through Wednesday and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ali Edwards can be reached at go@ljworld.com.

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LAWRENCE RESIDENT SANDY ARBUTHNOT gets a close look at a display of glass ornaments at the Van Go Adornment sale in this Dec. 7 file photo. Items for sale in Adornment were created by students primarily in the fall Van Go JAMS session. The sale will go through Dec. 23 at Van Go, 715 New Jersey St.

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Don’t forget safety when decking the halls

BY KARREY BRITT, LAWRENCE-DOUGLAS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

O Natural Christmas trees always involve some risk of fire. To minimize the risk, get a fresh tree and keep it watered at all times or consider an artificial tree.

Do not put the tree within three feet of a fireplace, space heater, radiator or heat awrence-Douglas County Health vent. LED lights burn cooler than incanDepartment along with Safe Kids descent lights and pose a lower risk of Kansas reminds parents and care- fire. givers to take a few precautions during the O Decorate with children in mind. Do holidays. not put ornaments that have small parts Decorations, especially candles and or metal hooks, or look like food or candy, electrical lighting, can be a fire hazard. The on the lower branches where small chilNational Fire Protection Agency estimates dren can reach them. Trim protruding that decorations, excluding Christmas branches at or below a child’s eye level, trees, are the item first ignited in an av- and keep lights out of reach. erage of 1,170 O Do not burn reported Christmas tree h o m e branches, treated wood or wrapping pastructure per in a home fireplace. fires per year. Half O Never leave burnof these fires ing candles unatoccurred betended. Don’t put cause the decoration candles on a tree or a natuwas too close to a heat ral wreath, or source. Forty-five pernear curtains cent of these incidents iStock Photo or drapes. were started by candles.

Keep matches The top five days for SOME HOLIDAY and lighters locked home candle fires were PLANTS, including out of reach. BatteryChristmas, Christmas holly berries, pictured, operated flameless candles Eve, New Year’s Day, are potentially harmful if are an alternative without the Halloween and Dec. 23. eaten. Keep them away fire risk.

Pay attention to la- from children and pets.

Tips to prevent accidental bels when choosing your poisoning: lighting.

“Decorative lighting should be labeled with the seal of O Keep alcohol (including baking exan independent testing lab,” said Cherie tracts) out of reach and do not leave alSage, director of Safe Kids Kansas. “If it’s coholic drinks unattended. Don’t forget to not labeled for outdoor use, don’t use it store all medications, including those for outdoors.” children, out of reach.

The National Fire Protection Agency O Color additives used in fireplace fires said that Christmas trees, both natural and are a toxic product and should be stored artificial, are the item first ignited in an es- out of reach. Artificial snow sprays are also timated 240 home structure fires per year. harmful if inhaled.

If you decorate a tree, Safe Kids Kansas O Holly berries, mistletoe berries, poinrecommends these precautions: settias, amaryllis, boxwood, Christmas rose, Crown of Thorns, English ivy and JeO Never leave a lit Christmas tree or other decorative lighting display unat- rusalem cherry are all potentially harmful tended. Inspect lights for exposed or if eaten. If a child eats any part of a nonfrayed wires, loose connections and bro- food plant, call the Poison Control Center ken sockets. Do not overload extension at 800-222-1222. cords or outlets and do not run an electriFor more information, visit safekids. cal cord under a rug. org.

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Step 1: Measure the width of the opening where the gate will be installed. Ensure the mounting surface is structurally sound before proceeding. In stairwells, gates should be mounted at the top of the stairway or on top of the bottom step. Gates should swing out away from the stairs, not over the stairs.

Step 2: Purchase a gate that will fit the opening and is right for the intended application. Accordion-style gates should be used for pets, not children. Gates used for children should have appropriate safety latches. Make sure the gate is designed in such a manner as to discourage climbing by active toddlers.

Step 3: Begin by assembling the gate, per the manufacturerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s instructions.

Step 4: Locate the mounting hardware template and mounting hardware. If the gate will be mounted onto a wall, use a stud finder to ensure that hinge screws will be centered into a wall stud.

Step 5: Use the template to determine the correct position of the top and bottom gate hinge. If a template is not available, position the gate no more than 2 inches above the floor. Mark the screw holes for each hinge.

Step 6: Pre-drill the screw holes and mount the hinges in place.

Step 7: Install the gate onto its hinges and make the necessary adjustments so the gate fits comfortably between the designated opening. Confirm that the gate is able to swing out and back freely.

Step 8: Once the gate has been adjusted, mark the screw holes for the top and bottom gate catches and drill pilot holes for the screws.

Step 9: Install the gate catches and make any necessary adjustments to allow the gate to open and close properly.

Step 10: Once the gate has been installed, keep it closed and latched at all times. Open it only to pass through.

Where small children are involved, the added safety of a gate should never be a substitute for proper supervision. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Linda Cottin can be reached at go@ljworld.com.

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ZOEY, LEFT, AND CHLOE are cute and the most lovable puppies ever, according to their owner, Sydney Vogelsang. Zoey is a 7-year-old shih tzu. Chloe is a 1-year-old border collie-husky mix. Vogelsang submitted the photo. Got a picture for Pet Post? Bring in or mail a Pet Post photo and some information about your pet to the Journal-World, 645 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, KS 66044 or email it to go@ljworld.com.

Texas reindeer ranch busier than elves during holiday season

BY DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR., FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM

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TEXAS — Dancer paced in her stall as did Dasher.

Across the barn, Blitzen grunted.

Comet and Cupid were remarkably calm, considering this is the busy season for reindeer.

Such was the spirit one recent morning at the Double R Reindeer Ranch just outside of Midlothian, Santa’s Texas reindeer division, operated by Rick and Roberta Smith.

“We’re busy six days a week right now,” said Rick Smith, wearing an elf outfit that he designed. “We won’t get a break till January.”

It’s been that way for the last four years, since the Smiths started the reindeer ranch, a project that was encouraged

by Don Shelton, a longtime Fort Worth-based Santa.

Lt. Col. Roberta Smith was getting ready to retire from the Air Force, and Rick Smith was headed that way from the Texas Department of Public Safety.

“We wanted to raise something unique,” Roberta Smith said. “I knew Dr. Shelton and once he heard about what we wanted to do, he suggested the reindeer. We didn’t think of it much at first, but he kept after us.” And that’s IDLOTHIAN,

how the Double R Reindeer Ranch was born.

The Smiths started with young reindeer — Comet and Cupid. They weighed about 125 pounds and will eventually top out at 450 to 500 pounds when fully grown.

The couple already had horses and miniature donkeys on their 15-acre spread, so four-legged creatures were nothing new.

The couple got special feed for Santa’s helpers, registered them with the Reindeer Owners and Breeders Association and, of course, bought evaporation coolers for the sizzling Texas heat.

“Since we got them so young, they have been able to adapt to the heat,” Rick Smith said. “But we still try to keep them in cool conditions.”

The Double R now has six reindeer, and even though the last two months of the year are the busiest, the ranch is active most of the year.

Santas from across the country visit the Double R during the year to take photographs with the reindeer to update their portfolios.

The reindeer are also available for hourly events, seasonal leases, commercials, and television and movie work.

Generally, fees are $350 an hour, a minimum of two hours, for local events within 50 miles of the ranch.

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