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Deep into the Great Depression, Americans cried out for help, elected Franklin D. Roosevelt in a 1932 landslide and marshaled in the era of big government. Facing a stagnant, inflation-torn economy in 1980, they rose up in a backlash against that big government by sweeping Ronald Reagan to victory. Today, despite an ailing economy struggling to recover from the worst recession since the Roosevelt era, people show no signs of uniting behind any bold new approach. They split along many lines — income, This back and forth, geography, age, ideology. Older talking past one people see govanother, two sides that ernment with a big role in easing keep failing to meet, economic pain. characterizes much of Younger people the American mood are less inclined to look to Wash- today. … These ington. Conservapolarized opinions have tives think paring been chiseled into the the federal debt is a top priority; American psyche. liberals, less so. McClatchy dispatched journalists to a dozen states and commissioned a national poll to plumb the mood and temper of the nation, as its people approach one of the most crucial elections in generations. At stake is a path toward two distinctly different Americas. The yen for unity is evident: 86 percent said the economy is a top priority, with support cutting across all ideological and partisan lines. Eighty percent also named the job situation as a top priority. And three of every four people think it’s more important for government to seek compromise. But here’s the 2012 catch: 72 percent of Democrats thought the government should Please see MOOD, Page 2A

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Dick Kelsey has been a pastor, owner-operator of a treatment camp for drug- and alcohol-addicted youth, and an eight-year member of the Legislature. But he says there’s one thing he won’t be – a rubber stamp for somebody else’s agenda. And that has put the conservative Republican senator from Goddard in an unaccustomed position – lumped

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Kerschen is anti-abortion, won’t criticize Brownback of the plans and the governor’s activities, to I think just highlight himself,” KerIf there are two things that Rep. schen said. “He Dan Kerschen wants you to know claims to be a ‘work about his effort to unseat incumbent together’ person. In Sen. Dick Kelsey, it’s that Kerschen is his ad he says that he 100 percent anti-abortion and that he works together to get thinks the incumbent shouldn’t critthings done. How do icize Gov. Sam Brownback as much Kerschen you get things done as he does. when you spend “He (Kelsey) pledges to be conservative and pro-business … but yet he criticized the tax plan, vocal criticism Please see KERSCHEN, Page 8A

in with Senate moderates targeted by a conservative insurgency, led by Gov. Sam Brownback, that seeks to remold the Senate in the image of the more reliably pro-Brownback House of Reprekelsey sentatives. And that, Kelsey says, is the big

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ONDON — Remember the 2,008 Confucian drummers at the opening of the Beijing Games? In London, look for a flock of sheep, three cows, two goats and 10 waddling ducks. Where there were choreographed Chinese philosophers reenacting the invention of the printing press, expect James Bond in a helicopter. And where dragons lurked in the Bird’s Nest stadium, watch out for a Voldemort vs. Mary Poppins smack down inside the glistening new Olympic Park. But besides the undeniable stamp of British whimsy on a sporting event so often viewed in reverential terms, perhaps the biggest difference at Friday’s opening ceremony of the 2012 London Games will be the Olympic stadium itself. In stark contrast with the monument to millennial greatness that was the Bird’s Nest in Beijing, the humbler main venue nestled inside a reclaimed urban wasteland in East London is largely collapsible, with a comparatively tiny permanent core of just 25,000 seats. As a global audience prepares for nearly three weeks of competition set against the backdrop of one of the world’s most recognizable cities, it

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Parents, kids must discuss shootings BY JANICE D’ARCY Washington Post

We can imagine our kids in that theater, no? “The Dark Knight Rises” was a giddily anticipated PG-13 spectacle. The opening night in Aurora, Colo., was filled with typical American teens. Most of our older kids can also probably imagine themselves inside what became a death trap. That’s why talking to children about what happened is so important, experts say. “You do, as a parent, have responsibility to talk to them about it,” said Paul Coleman, a New York-based therapist and author of several books on anxiety, trauma and communicating with children, including “How To Say It to Your Child When Bad Things

Twitter for world leaders has its limits, study finds BY JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press

GENEVA — The governments of almost two-thirds of the 193 U.N. member nations have joined the Twitterverse where President Obama and his tweet on gay marriage are the most popular to date, says a new study Thursday. But the rise in “Twiplomacy” among world leaders resembles something of an echo chamber, according to an analysis of Twitter accounts belonging to 264 heads of state and government and their institutions in 125 countries. The analysis was carried out by PR firm Burson-Marsteller, which describes it as the first-ever global study of world leaders on Twitter. The researchers believe that just 30 of them have ever done their own tweeting – while even fewer do it on a regular basis – but altogether the Twittering leaders have sent more than 350,000 tweets to almost 52 million followers, the study shows. About a third of them don’t follow each other, and dozens of them – like Russian President Vladimir Putin, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte – don’t follow any other Twitterers.

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Happen.” Coleman said that most kids, older and younger, would have heard at least a glimmer about what happened in Colorado. Younger kids might hear a snatch of the TV news or an adult discussion. Older kids are too connected to miss the flurry of online and social network commentary. The first step for parents in broaching the subject, he said, is to “not assume anything.” The “first thing,” he said, is to “ask them what they’ve heard. Ask them if they’re upset. Don’t assume they are upset or they are dismissing it. Probe first.” He said the 12-and-under set is most likely to process the events as a personal danger — thinking about how they will affect “me and my family.”

MOOD From Page 1A solve the economic problems, compared with 46 percent of Republicans. The one thing that unites Americans from coast to coast this summer is anxiety about an economy that cannot gain its footing. In California, self-employed real estate agent Jefferson McGee is still one of the casualties from the recession. “I was selling seven houses a month before the recession,” said the 50-year-old from Sacramento. “Now I’m selling a home every seven months.” In South Carolina, retired teacher Cynthia Carter, 64, of Irmo, summed up her feeling flatly: “This just isn’t working out.” Americans rank the economy and jobs at the very top of their list of concerns this summer, according to the poll, which probed how Americans feel about the top issues facing the country and how they want to fix them. They divide, though, on whether they want the government to play an activist role ala FDR, or whether they want to cut back government ala Reagan as a way to stimulate spending by citizens and business.

Evenly split By one measure, Americans are evenly split over whether they look to the federal government or business to fix the jobs crisis. By another, there’s skepticism about whether an activist government is the

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With them, Coleman said, “parents need to be reassuring as possible. They need to know that we, as parents, are not going to put them in any place we think is dangerous. We can tell them that movie theaters will have extra precautions. They can trust us.” Older kids are far better at abstract thinking and will understand that while places might take precautions, there is no guarantee that they’ll be safe, he said. Parents also need to be reassuring with them and let them know that the parents will still get up and go to work; they will keep going. At the same time, parents can show legitimate concern, but any fear or anxiety a parent has should be managed. “If kids sense that a parent is scared, then they really get scared,” he said.

It’s also important to circle back several times — especially because this is a story that’s likely to stay in the news for a while — asking whether the child has heard anything new and whether he has any more questions or concerns. Even if a child says something innocuous about the events, he said, a parent would do best to take that as a cue to talk. There might be something going on under the surface. “A lot of parents presume their kids aren’t worried or upset and they don’t want to upset them by talking about it,” he said. But avoiding the subject might give the child the impression that the parents don’t want to talk about it. “And then they’re left to their own imaginations,” Coleman said.”

answer: 70 percent say cutting government spending is the best way to stoke the economy and create jobs, while 27 percent say increased spending is the answer. Even among Democrats, 47 percent support cutting federal spending to help the economy. The search for solutions begins with the debate over government’s role. The momentum Roosevelt or Reagan could harness appears not only elusive, but a relic of a distant time. Construction worker Brett Duval, for example, thinks it’s critical to get government out of the way to get the economy back on track. “The only thing our government needs to do is to defend America and fight wars. That’s it,” said the 28-year-old father of three from Orlando, Fla. In Poplar Bluff, Mo., community college teacher William T. White, 56, wants the government to do more, not less. “The government didn’t go far enough last time,” he said of the $831 billion stimulus package of spending and tax cuts enacted in 2009. “I think you have to spend money to get out of these things, and the government has more money than we do.” This back and forth, talking past one another, two sides that keep failing to meet, characterizes much of the American mood today. Government’s the problem, government’s the solution. Spend more, spend less. Tax the wealthy more, don’t tax the wealthy more. These polarized opinions have been chiseled into the American psyche like rarely before, reinforced by likeminded strangers on chat sites or commentators readily available on the Internet and cable television. And they feed the politics in Washington, sending resolute representatives to Congress, where they lurch from confrontation to confrontation, unable to agree on a budget or taxes,

threatening shutdowns or credit defaults.

Consensus dying Where to draw the line? There’s no consensus, and no indication that one is about to form. The era of consensus government appears, if not dead, at least dying. Nearly three out of four Americans want their representatives to compromise to find solutions to these economic challenges, according to the McClatchy-Marist poll. “They need to work for compromise, except for some bedrock issues,” said Diana Doll, 73, of Modesto, Calif. “There are areas of wisdom in all the political parties. They need to combine all those wisdoms.” But a vocal minority of 25 percent — including 40 percent of Republicans — want to stand on principle, regardless of whether that means gridlock that could lead to higher taxes, a government shutdown, or higher federal debt. John Ostwalt, 43, a Statesville, N.C., attorney, was adamant: Republicans should stand by their principles. “Compromise, that’s what’s got us in the mess we’re in now,” he said. “I don’t think we would go into deeper debt if we didn’t compromise. Compromising is what’s gotten us into deeper debt now.” Contributing: Bill Wilson of The Eagle, Lindsay Ruebens of The Charlotte Observer, Ezra Romero of The Fresno Bee, Grant Martin of The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette in Bluffton, S.C., Dan Popkey of the Idaho Statesman, Steve Kraske and Dave Helling of The Kansas City Star, Anna Edgerton and Sergio Bustos of The Miami Herald, Sue Nowicki of The Modesto Bee, Richard Chang of The Sacramento Bee, Gina Smith of The State in Columbia, S.C., Anna M. Tinsley of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

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Earmark ban fails to stop U.S. lawmaker requests Even with a two-year ban on earmarks, or pet projects that often can’t be justified as national priorities, the action was the latest evidence that members of Congress are still finding ways to deliver the goods for their constituents. In addition to approving $255 million for the Abrams battle tank, the House added hundreds of millions of dollars to the Pentagon’s $606 billion annual spending bill for items the military didn’t request,

including health programs with little connection to national defense and a National Guard anti-drug program that the Drug Enforcement Administration also performs. More than 100 lawmakers, including House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, support continued production in Lima, Ohio, of the most advanced version of the Abrams tanks built by Falls Church, Va.based General Dynamics. The facility is in the district of Rep.

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the most expensive Olympics in history to herald its arrival on the world stage — a Britain locked in recession and fully From Page 1A aware that its grandest days are behind it is trying to do speaks to the wholly different more with less. London’s efmission of the London Games: fort is set to be better attended To bring the ponderous, politi- than the Beijing Games while costing nearly half as much. In cized and outsize Olympics London and host cities across back down to Earth. Britain, the 10,490 athletes “I think there is a bit of a from 205 nations will compete responsibility on us to bring these games down to size and in more temporary stadiums this year than at the last three return them to a game for summer Games combined. athletes, to hand them on in Center stage really should such a condition that other belong the entire time to the countries elsewhere around athletes competing in 26 the world who have not had sports, with the city’s already the Games thus far feel like well-known landmarks and they can be comfortable bidhistory as set decoration. ding for them,” said Hugh So swimmer Michael Phelps Robertson, Britain’s Minister and Usain Bolt return to the for Sports and the Olympics. spotlight, cyclist Bradley Wig“I don’t feel they should be gins hopes to go from Tour de exclusively the reserve of France yellow to Olympic global superpowers.” gold, gymnast Ko Uchimura Still, at a stated cost of at may show he is the greatest least $15 billion — or three times more than envisioned a gymnast in history, the U.S. decade ago — these are hardly women’s eight will row with a the austerity games of London six-year unbeaten streak, and archer Im Dong-hyun shoots 1948, when visiting athletes were asked to bring their own for gold despite beginning legally blind in one eye. food to a capital still healing Theirs are the stories Lonfrom the Nazi blitz. The 2012 Games come dur- don Olympic Organizing Chairman Sebastian Coe, a ing a renaissance of the only city to host the modern Olym- two-time Olympic champion pics three times. This month’s runner, wants the 2012 Olympics to tell. inauguration of the 1,016-ft “At the end of the Games, I Shard tower — the tallest want every athlete to be able building in the European to look me in the eye and say, Union and fitted with a five‘My performance was not star hotel and $80 million impeded by anything that you apartments — symbolized London’s roaring rise into the guys failed to do,”“ Coe said. playground of choice for Rus- ”I want them all to succeed, all to reach their potential.“ sian oligarchs, Saudi sheiks and American bankers, even as much of the rest of Britain Grand ambition sinks deeper into the doldrums. Nevertheless, there is still And yet, where China went grand ambition afoot. By for shock and awe — hosting concentrating Olympic con-

struction in a blighted area of East London, Britain has ignited the most targeted Olympicrelated explosion of urban redevelopment since the rebirth of Barcelona’s waterfront in 1992. At the same time, organizers are tapping the games to fuel Britain’s resurgence as a cultural superpower. Particularly at the opening and closing ceremonies, this nation will remind the world that while its soldiers may be fighting and dying in Afghanistan, back home, this is still the Green and Pleasant Land of William Blake and Shakespeare, of Cruella de Vil and Capitan Hook, of Queen Elizabeth II and music royalty like Paul McCartney. “We’re not the biggest country in the world, and we can’t do a China-style Olympics, nor could we do something on the scale of the U.S.,” said John Worne, director of strategy at the British Council, Britain’s cultural promotion agency. “But I think we can offer a celebration. What you’re going to get, generally speaking, is an image of the U.K. as it is, warts and all.” After seven years of nearconstant (and often justified) complaints from British press about things like cost overruns in the billions, inconvenience and ticket unavailability, the local media has done a 180 since Sunday and exhorted everyone to enjoy the athletic feats in the next 16 days. Ironically, after two months of unseasonably low temperatures and almost incessant rain that had everyone

worried about how such conditions would affect the Olympics, sun and near-90 degree heat since Tuesday have caused rails to buckle and delayed trains. ”Obviously our fingers are crossed for everything, from the weather to the transport infrastructure,“ British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday.

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Assad gives Kurds hold on region BY ROY GUTMAN McClatchy Newspapers

ISTANBUL — Syrian President Bashar Assad, facing a growing rebel presence in Aleppo, his country’s largest city and its commercial hub, has turned control of parts of northern Syria over to militant Kurds whom Turkey has long considered to be terrorists, prompting concern that Istanbul might see the development as a reason to send troops across its border with Syria. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in comments late Wednesday, said Turkey would not accept an entity in northern Syria governed by the Iraq-based Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, which has long waged a guerrilla war against Turkey, and its Syrian affiliate, the Democratic Union Party. He warned that if Syrian Kurdish militants mount an attack or some other form of cross-border provocation against Turkey, “then intervening would be our most natural right.”

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A Syrian boy sits atop a damaged military tank at the border town of Azaz, some 20 miles north of Aleppo, Syria. The prospect of a PKK-dominated zone in northern Syria appears to be an unintended consequence of the civil war between Assad and rebels of the Free Syrian Army, who are Sunni Muslims fighting, with U.S. and other nations’ backing, to topple Assad’s regime. Assad withdrew forces last week from six predominantly

Kurdish towns and handed control to the Kurdish militants in what appears to be an effort to bolster his defenses at Aleppo, which became the scene of sustained fighting last week for the first time since the anti-Assad uprising began more than 16 months ago. Assad also reportedly has pulled forces from the Idlib

region of northeastern Syria and moved them to Aleppo. Tens of thousands of residents of Aleppo have fled in anticipation of a battle. Reports from anti-Assad groups indicate that thousands of pro-Assad and rebel fighters are converging on the city. The developments in Kurdish areas, however, suggest that no matter who wins the civil war, the fighting is shifting the politics of Syria and its neighbors in ways that cannot be predicted. The establishment of a Kurdruled zone inside Syria has long been a goal of the Kurdish population. Leaders of the anti-Assad opposition have said in recent days that they would oppose such a zone, and Kurdish fighters have said they would not allow the Free Syrian Army to operate there. Turkey fears that a Syrian Kurdish state run by the PKK will radicalize its own Kurds, who number 12 million of its population of 74 million. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of Syrian Kurdish fighters have taken part in PKK raids inside Turkey over the years.

Defense cuts could hit civilians BY DONNA CASSATA Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of civilian employees in the Defense Department could receive warnings about potential layoffs four days before the November election if impending spending cuts aren’t averted, hitting presidential battleground states such as Virginia and Florida hard. The alerts would come in addition to any that major defense contractors might send out at the same time to their workers under an oftenoverlooked law, a prospect that is unnerving the White House roughly three months before voters go to the polls.

Frederick Vollrath, a senior Pentagon official, outlined the timeline for notification of possibly 10 percent of the 800,000-strong civilian workforce in testimony Thursday before a House panel. He cautioned, however, that no decision has been made on job cuts as Washington grapples with the looming, $1.2 trillion automatic reductions in defense and domestic programs. “I don’t think anybody has been able to come to grips yet with the severity of what sequestration means,” Vollrath told the House Armed Services subcommittee on readiness. Rep. J. Randy Forbes, R-Va., the panel’s chairman, remind-

ed Vollrath that the cuts were part of the law that Republicans and Democrats voted for last August and President Obama signed. “Sequestration is not just some pipe dream out there. It is the law. It’s on the books. It’s scheduled to take place in January,” Forbes said. He pressed Vollrath on whether the Pentagon has done any work to implement the reductions. “I am not aware of any planning, but that does not mean that there is no planning,” Vollrath said. A few hours after that testimony, Pentagon press secretary George Little said in a statement that Vollrath did not indicate that the Pentagon

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is planning for sequestration. “While it is likely that sequestration would force us at some point to make reductions in the civilian work force, we have not made any decisions regarding the timing or size of those reductions,” Little said. “The Secretary (Leon Panetta) has been crystal clear that his focus is on preventing sequester, not planning for it.” The across-the-board cuts kick in on Jan. 2, and under the law, defense employees must be notified 60 days in advance – Nov. 2. Civilian defense employees are heavily concentrated in Virginia, a state crucial to Obama’s hopes for re-election.

AROUND THE WORLD Mitt Romney stumbles at start of Europe visit LONDON — Mitt Romney’s trip to London was supposed to be about the Olympics. And it was — but not quite in the way he had expected. Romney’s choreographed visit here caused a diplomatic stir after his comments on the British Olympics preparations and whether Londoners would turn out to support the Games prompted a rebuke from Prime Minister David Cameron and grabbed the attention of the media. “There are a few things that were disconcerting, the stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials, that obviously is not something which is encouraging,” Romney said in an interview with NBC on Wednesday. That brought a tart rejoinder from Cameron: “We are

holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities anywhere in the world. Of course it’s easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere.” The allusion was to Salt Lake City, which hosted the Games that Romney oversaw in 2002.

U.S. weighs how to get al-Qaida out of Mali ASPEN, Colo. — A U.S. defense official says Washington is likely to weigh options ranging from military assistance to direct strikes to drive a growing al-Qaida presence out of the African nation of Mali. Michael Sheehan, who is the Pentagon’s assistant secretary for special operations, said Thursday that U.S. officials must first find ways to work with the government in Bamako to combat the militants. The terror group took advantage of unrest in Mali after an April coup to take over Mali’s northern areas.

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regularly passed in front of, or transited, their parent star. Earlier this year, using data gathered by NASA’s Kepler Scientists have discovered spacecraft (which is designed a distant solar system very much like our own, in which to monitor thousands of stars), scientists discovered the orbits of all known planthree planets circling a star ets lie in nearly the same dubbed Kepler-30, which is plane and are aligned with about the size and mass of the star’s rotation. our sun. One planet, with a In recent years, astronomers have discovered a flurry diameter about four times that of Earth, orbits the star of solar systems filled with every 29 days; the other two, exotic planets such as maseach with a diameter at least sive “hot Jupiters” that orbit close to their parent star, and 10 times that of Earth, orbit rocky “super Earths” between the star every 60 days and 143 days, respectively. one and 10 times the size of “There are relatively few our planet. Some of these exoplanet systems have been solar systems like ours,” says discovered through wobbles Drake Deming, an astronoof the star due to gravitation- mer at the University of al interactions with the orbit- Maryland, College Park. “Every time we find one ing planets; others betrayed more, that’s a big increase.” their presence when planets

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Wichita unscathed as heat harms U.S. infrastructure BY MATTHEW L. WALD AND JOHN SCHWARTZ New York Times

WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; From highways in Texas to nuclear power plants in Illinois, the concrete, steel and sophisticated engineering that undergird the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infrastructure are being taxed to worrisome degrees by heat, drought and vicious storms. On a single day this month here, a US Airways regional jet became stuck in asphalt that had softened in 100-degree temperatures, and a subway train derailed after the heat stretched the track so far that it kinked. In East Texas, heat and drought have had a startling effect on the clay-rich soils under highways, which â&#x20AC;&#x153;just shrink like crazy,â&#x20AC;? leading to â&#x20AC;&#x153;horrendous cracking,â&#x20AC;? said Tom Scullion, senior research engineer with the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University. In Northeastern and Midwestern states, he said, unusually high heat is causing highway sections to expand beyond their design limits, press against each other and â&#x20AC;&#x153;pop up,â&#x20AC;? creating jarring and even hazardous speed bumps. Excessive warmth and dryness are threatening other parts of the grid as well. In the

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Hot, dry weather heightens West Nile virus risk BY CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press

CHICAGO — Life’s a picnic this year for the small, sneaky mosquitoes that carry West Nile virus and pose a deadly risk to humans. Hot, dry weather in the Midwest has created the perfect conditions in still-damp ditches and underground storm water basins where the Culex mosquito breeds. Where there’s water in the drought-plagued Midwest, it’s stagnant water – the Culex mosquito’s favorite breeding habitat. The heat also speeds up the mosquito’s life cycle, which means more breeding and more mosquitoes, and accelerates the West Nile virus replication process. Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Texas are reporting higher rates of infected mosquitoes compared with past years. More infected mosquitoes mean a higher risk for humans. Minnesota, Illinois, Oklahoma and Texas are reporting earlier-than-usual cases of human infection.

Illinois, which usually sees its first human cases in August, already has two confirmed cases this year. Both are women in their 60s from the Chicago suburbs. Both were hospitalized and are receiving further care in rehabilitation centers. “The risk is high and people need to listen,” said Linn Haramis, an entomologist with the Illinois Department of Public Health. “This thing could put you in a wheelchair at age 60 for the rest of your life.”

between dusk and dawn, when mosquitoes are biting. Install or repair screens to keep mosquitoes outside. Drain standing water to eliminate breeding habitat. Haramis notes that in Illinois the rate of infected mosquitoes is the highest in a decade and higher than in 2002 when 67 people died. But he won’t make predictions because a streak of cool weather or heavy rain could “knock the legs out of this thing.” Minnesota’s first human case came in late May, much earlier than in previous years. The Minnesota man got sick Disease symptoms with West Nile encephalitis Michael Szyska/Associated Press and meningitis after traveling Lab assistant Carter Sharp sorts mosquitoes Thursday in Most people infected with Wheeling, Ill. They were collected from Chicago’s northwest West Nile virus won’t get sick, in the south-central part of the suburbs for West Nile virus testing. The disease is turning up but approximately one in 150 state. He’s recovering after much earlier than it ususally does. people will develop the severe being hospitalized. In Texas, 111 people have ous, neuroinvasive form of the form of the illness. Symptoms “I am quite concerned we fallen ill with West Nile inmay be facing one of our most disease. “I’m somewhat bracinclude headache, high fever, fection, more than double the ing myself for a rocky road severe seasons for West Nile neck stiffness, disorientation, 10-year average for cases ahead.” virus since it arrived in our coma, tremors, convulsions, reported before August. Most West Nile virus is a cyclical state in 2002,” said Kristy muscle weakness and paralyof the cases were serious and disease in humans, appearing sis. Bradley, state epidemiologist in the summer and disappearin Oklahoma, which has had The best advice? Wear insect one person has died, according to Texas Department of ing in the winter as carrier eight confirmed human cases repellent containing DEET, mosquitoes die off and hiof West Nile infection, with picaridin or oil of lemon euca- State Health Services spokeswoman Christine Mann. bernate. seven of those being the serilyptus. Avoid being outdoors

Action Committee of the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce, which recently funded a mass mailer supporting Kerschen. The mailer was essentially idenFor more on these candidates and From Page 1A tical to ones that supported the primary others, check out the online voter opponents of Sens. Jean Schodorf of guide at www.kansas.com/politics. Wichita and Carolyn McGinn of Sedgdifference between him and his oppowick. nent in the Aug. 7 Republican primary, It also brought down his rating by the them in my plan.” Rep. Dan Kerschen of Garden Plain. National Federation of Independent Kelsey also said the tax code is filled Kerschen replaced Kelsey in the House with exemptions that don’t make sense. Business, which supported the Brownwhen Kelsey won back tax plan. According to that For example, two Rotary clubs, west election to the Senate in 2008. group’s scorecard, the tax vote was the Wichita and Shawnee County, are “Our voting records are similar, but only significant vote where Kelsey and exempt from sales taxes by state law I’ve been much more vocal about Kerschen took opposite sides. while every other Rotary in the state things where I see a problem that But Kelsey did beat out Kerschen for has to pay, Kelsey said. needs to be addressed and I am deterthe endorsement from Kansans for Life, “I eliminated a lot of exemptions mined to try to have things done right,” a coveted endorsement in the pro-life because there’s a lot of ridiculous exKelsey said. “Sometimes that comes in precincts of western Sedgwick County. emptions in the sales tax system that conflict with different groups, they If Kelsey survives the challenge from we have,” Kelsey said. “There are probwant you to be silent … I believe that Kerschen – no Democrat filed in the ably hundreds of examples where one we need to lead and you have to lead district – he is planning to put his group pays sales tax, another does not by speaking out.” name in play for Senate majority leadSpeaking out has been a hallmark of and my belief is either everybody or nobody should get a particular exemp- er, the No.2 position in leadership Kelsey’s style in his two terms in the behind the Senate president. tion.” House and one term as a senator. Kelsey said he thinks that recent Kelsey also opposed the governor on In this year’s session of the Legislaevents might give him a leg up in a part of the plan to reform the state ture, Kelsey clashed openly with the bringing together the moderate and Medicaid system by shifting adminisgovernor on two major issues: taxes conservative wings of the fractured tration of services for the poor and and the governor’s plans to privatize Republican Senate caucus. disabled away from state government home-based services for people with “I think I could be effective at bringand into private-sector managed-care, developmental disabilities. ing different people together,” Kelsey a program known as KanCare. Brownback’s tax plan eliminates Kelsey didn’t oppose the governor on said. “I have good relationships with all taxes on income from farms, solethe medical part of the plan, but he did the senators, good personal relationproprietor businesses, limited liability ships and I think that’s very important. stand with advocates for the develcompanies and companies organized I think I know how to make an organiopmentally disabled who opposed under Subchapter S of the federal tax zation run effectively. Having been a extending managed care to the homecode. pastor, I know how to shepherd things Kelsey – whose signature line is that and community-based service prohe never voted for a tax or fee increase grams that provide clients with training through diverse groups.” Now semi-retired, Kelsey has sold the and assistance in daily living. The ad— said he opposed the governor’s plan business operation of his King’s Camp vocates were concerned that managed because it was too generous to people treatment center. He continues to own care might not be flexible enough to like himself who have a lot of investmeet the diversity of needs in the disa- the property, which he leases to the ment income and too stingy to wagenew operators and also manages other bility population. earning workers. properties including his Red Barn, a Kelsey publicly urged Brownback to Kelsey offered his own tax plan that meeting facility southwest of Goddard. would have cut rates while eliminating proceed with caution, testing the proKelsey started his career as a pastor gram in one or two pilot projects beexemptions that have been implanted for churches in Indiana and then ran a fore extending it statewide. in the tax code over the years. private school for 12 years. He came to “We do not want to destroy some“I basically was taking the fair-tax approach and using consumption tax as thing that is very good in the hope that Kansas in 1987 and bought King’s Camp in 1990. we’ll get to something better,” he said the foundation of our tax system,” He served as pastor of a small church in a rally on the Statehouse steps in Kelsey said. “Mine was revenue-neutral, did not cut the government out of April. “Let’s test it first, not try to whip in Garden Plain for three years and served 12 years as executive director of it all through at one time and find out a lot of revenue, whereas his (Brownthe Wichita Alliance of Evangelical it doesn’t work.” back’s) addressed strictly income tax The Legislature ultimately settled on Churches, now known as Heartland and the tax paid by sole proprietorships Transformation Group. a one-year delay in implementing the partnerships, things of that nature. I “I worked with about 150 churches part of the KanCare plan that had reduced the corporate income tax, he and we did a lot of legislative things, drawn objections from the disabled did not. I thought that was interesting pro-life things, pro-family issues, things and their supporters . since the chambers (of commerce) are Kelsey’s maverick stand on taxes has like that,” he said. “I started going to opposing me. They didn’t actually get Topeka in 1988.” hurt his standing with the Political the real relief that I would have given

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senators and break a narrow moderate GOP majority. But Kerschen said reapportionment was the biggest factor From Page 1A in his decision to challenge Kelsey in the 26th Senate District. most of your time in front of Federal judges who drew a camera criticizing the govnew legislative district maps ernor?” last month put Kerschen in While their voting records the same district as his close are similar, Kerschen said friend, Rep. Joe Seiwert, ambition is a major difference between himself and the R-Pretty Prairie. “I room with the guy (in sitting senator, specifically Topeka),” Kerschen said. “I Kelsey’s hope of becoming couldn’t have campaigned for the Senate majority leader if that seat with the enthusiasm he wins re-election. The maI wanted to.” jority leader is selected by Kerschen and Kelsey are other Republican senators. “Dick is willing to vote both both conservative, but Kelsey broke with Brownback over ways to get what he wants the governor’s tax plan, and that’s a leadership posiwhich eliminates state intion,” Kerschen said. “He’s assured everybody he’s going come tax on income from to be majority leader … well, farms, sole proprietor businesses, limited liability com(depending on) what group wins the Senate, how do you panies and corporations organized under Subchapter S of plan on doing that and getthe federal tax code. ting the votes. Anytime Kelsey said he felt the plan you’re focused that much on was unfair to wage-earning yourself, I don’t think that’s workers and proposed his such a good idea.” own tax plan relying more The winner of the primary heavily on taxes on goods is unopposed in the Novemand services and eliminating ber election. special-interest exemptions. Kerschen, who for four “We definitely disagree on years has served as a state that,” Kerschen said. “He has representative from Garden Plain, is reaping support from pushed that tax plan for three efforts by Brownback and the years now and it never got out of committee. I don’t Kansas Chamber of Comknow exactly what the votes merce to replace Republican

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were, but it’s going nowhere.” In this year’s legislative session, the governor and more conservative House outmaneuvered the Senate, passing a bill that Senators had approved as a placeholder to open negotiations on taxes. The House took that action after a compromise bill appeared not to have enough votes to pass the Senate. Of the plan that did pass, Kerschen said “It’s good enough, I would say, it’s a start. It isn’t perfection but we spend three months crafting a plan and this was a by-product of that. The choice was that or no plan. There were those who wanted to have no plan.” Their differences on the tax vote gave Kerschen a 92 percent rating by the National Federation of Independent Business while Kelsey got a 67 – ratings that have become a staple of Kerschen’s stump speeches. Kerschen was stung, however, when Kelsey landed the endorsement of Kansans for Life, the state’s largest antiabortion group. Both candidates have 100 percent ratings from the organization. Kerschen was particularly irritated by a Kelsey mailing trumpeting the endorsement and criticizing Kerschen for

To be sure, some states – Iowa, Wisconsin and South Dakota among them – are seeing normal numbers of infected mosquitoes and no human cases. “We’re still warning cities that they have to do mosquito control,” said Lon Kightlinger, state epidemiologist at the South Dakota Department of Health. “We don’t want people to be fooled by the drought.” What’s deceptive about the drought is the scarcity of pesky floodwater mosquitoes. The absence of the larger, bolder mosquito variety makes people think mosquitoes aren’t a problem and gives the Culex mosquito a chance to sneak up and feed. Health officials are urging people to wear insect repellent even though they may not notice any biting mosquitoes. Culex mosquitoes are secretive in their behavior, approaching quietly from behind. “Before you know it, they’ve bitten you. And by that time, it’s too late,” said Bradley in Oklahoma.

SENATE DISTRICT 26, REPUBLICAN PRIMARY What candidates say about the issues

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Age: 65 Education: Master’s degree Experience: Elected to Senate in 2008; state representative, 2005-2008 Phone: 316-706-5845 E-mail: dandd@carrollsweb.com Website: dickkelsey.com

Age: 59 Occupation: Farmer and crop production specialist Education: Bachelor’s degree, Kansas State University Experience: Elected to state House, 2008 Phone: 254-813-9313 E-mail: dankerschen@yahoo.com Website: dankerschen.com

What specific changes would you make to provide more good-paying and fulfilling jobs for Kansans? Continue to provide the Commerce Department with the tools necessary to help bring business into Kansas such as the "closing fund." Fund NIAR to help train workers for the aircraft industry. What further changes, if any, would you advocate in the state’s tax laws? We need to make it fairer. Many get exemptions from sales tax when other people doing the same thing do not get those exemptions. Property tax needs to be addressed. How would you change the state’s laws or budget to improve K-12 education? Give local school districts more freedom to move funds from one account to another. Begin to restore some of the funding that was lost during the recession. Focus funding more on the classroom..

not signing a pro-life petition by the Kansas Coalition for Life, a smaller anti-abortion group headed by former Sedgwick County Republican chairman Mark Gietzen. The coalition group is pushing for a “heartbeat bill” that would forbid abortion as soon as a fetus’ heartbeat could be detected, usually seven to 10 weeks into a pregnancy. Kansans for Life has not embraced that as part of its legislative agenda. Kerschen said he’s as against abortion as anybody but felt the heartbeat bill was a distraction from Kansans for Life’s agenda of more incremental steps toward ending abortion. “He (Kelsey) got the (Kansans for Life) endorsement because he’s the incumbent,” Kerschen said. “Fine, but don’t tell me I’m not pro-life because I didn’t sign one of Mark Gietzen’s petitions, for sure.” Kerschen and Kelsey both voted for a one-year delay in Brownback’s plan to privatize home and community-based services for the disabled. The plan, part of Brownback’s efforts to reform Medicaid under a new umbrella called KanCare, had significant pushback from supporters of people with mental disabilities, who argued that

managed care might not have the flexibility to respond to clients’ diverse needs. But Kerschen said he arrived at his decision to vote on the delay for different reasons, saying he had talked to service providers who said they’d need the extra year to make the program work. “They were not bashing the governor, saying this is terrible,” Kerschen said. “And that’s what Dick is doing. He is making a point to make the governor look bad with KanCare. Dick is targeting the governor for that issue and is relentless about trying to embarrass him and make that whole program look bad when we’ve got buy-in on the rest of it.” Kerschen said the answer for people with disabilities is the same as for everyone else — jobs. He points with pride to his support for “Employment 1st,” which affirmed a state commitment to assisting the disabled in finding employment and established a commission to monitor progress. “If you’re serious about helping the people with disabilities … the Employment 1st law can make it so that can happen and we’re for helping those people get off of Medicaid and get back to work,” Kerschen said.

What specific changes would you make to provide more good-paying and fulfilling jobs for Kansans? Continue to be relentless in reducing nuisance regulations and bureaucracy that stifle business. Streamline the permitting process to make it simpler and quicker. What further changes, if any, would you advocate in the state’s tax laws? We need to address property taxes. We do not want to shift revenue sources toward property tax increases. How would you change the state’s laws or budget to improve K-12 education? Only good teachers can improve K-12 education. Let teachers teach and increase their pay to keep dollars in the classroom.

Kerschen says the disability issue illustrates the different style that he and Kelsey bring to the Legislature. “You don’t get people to go cooperate with you by bashing them in front of the television and then go in the back room and say well let’s get something fixed,” Kerschen said. “When I disagree I go to the parties and we have a negotiation, I don’t insult them and make them look bad in public. “I’ve talked to the governor a number of times. I don’t make a display out of it. He’s been available and willing to listen. (Lieutenant Gov.) Jeff Colyer, the same way. I give them credit for that.” While Kelsey frequently speaks on the Senate floor, Kerschen rarely goes to “the well” to address the House. “I go down there when it’s important to go down there, when it’s an issue that needs to be addressed and you need to say something about it,” he said. “There are plenty of those who go down to grandstand and weigh in on every single issue. “I think the secret is you have to be able to pull in the votes. Not to be self-centered about the deal, but I’ve been told that when I speak at the well, we can bring the votes on important issues.”

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OPINION Because he refuses to be a rubber stamp, Kelsey has been targeted for defeat by the Governor’s Office and the Kansas and Wichita chambers of commerce. But it is difficult for them to cite any specific fault with Kelsey, District 25 who is staunchly pro-life and has The following are The Eagle editoriDemocratic primary never voted for a tax increase. al board’s recommendations for the Perry Schuckman is a strong canHis challenger is Dan Kerschen, a Aug. 7 primaries for the Kansas Senate. We offer these recommendations didate and the best pick in this Demo- state representative from Garden cratic primary. He is Plain. Kerschen, who is a farmer and as information to consider as you the executive director crop-production specialist, has been a make up your own mind about the of the Kansas Nonvaluable voice on agriculture and candidates. profit Chamber of water issues. It’s too bad he is leaving Service and has exthe House to challenge Kelsey. tensive experience No Democrat is running for this Senate with social service seat. District 25 work. He has been GOP primary active in politics and District 29 Incumbent Jean Kurtis Schodorf has a good grasp of Democratic primary is the clear choice in the issues. He supOletha Faust-Goudeau’s producthis central-west Schuckman ports lower taxes and tive first term as the first AfricanWichita district. smaller government but doesn’t back American woman Schodorf has been Gov. Sam Brownback’s “trickle-down” elected to the Senate an effective and deapproach to tax cuts. Schuckman is a makes her the clear pendable senator good communicator and concerned choice in this north during her 12 years about the lack of civility in politics. Wichita district. She in office. She has His opponent is Timothy L. Snow, worked across the championed local who has gone back to college but has aisle to pass two bills priorities, including run small businesses in the past. He is strengthening grandthe affordable airSchodorf passionate and concerned about a parents’ legal rights fares program and conservative GOP takeover of state in child-in-need-ofthe National Institute for Aviation Faustcare cases, and also Research. As chairwoman of the Sen- government. Goudeau The winner will face the winner of passed a law this ate Education Committee, Schodorf the Republican primary and Libertariyear to extend health has been an invaluable supporter an Dave Thomas. insurance coverage for families of and defender of public education, firefighters who die in the line of even as she has pushed for reforms. District 26 duty. If re-elected, she’d pursue legisHer priorities include strong schools, GOP primary lation to help small and minority- and economic development and fiscal One-term incumbent Dick Kelsey woman-owned businesses, and peoresponsibility. ple who’ve lost legal guardianship of Schodorf also has deep connections of Goddard is a no-nonsense fiscal conservative who their elderly parents. She wants to with the community. A speech and cares about social continue advocating for job creation language pathologist who has a docservices and proand education. “A learning mind has torate from Wichita State University, grams for the disadno time for crime,” she said. Schodorf served on the Wichita vantaged. He is Faust-Goudeau was at the center of school board for 12 years, including tough and indepentwo troubling controversies last year three years as president, and has dent and deserves to – whether she asked for special been active in civic groups. be re-elected in this treatment during traffic stops and Schodorf has been a much-needed west Sedgwick Coun- regarding housing code violations. voice of reason and restraint in the ty district. But she has taken pains to explain Legislature. Kelsey’s voice and and apologize for her actions. Neither Her challenger is Michael O’DonKelsey experience were issue should overshadow her effecnell, who is in his first term on the particularly valuable this past session, tiveness in the Senate. Wichita City Council. His priority is as he resisted a misguided push by The other Democrat is K.C. Ohaegrowing jobs and making Kansas a bosim, who lost to Faust-Goudeau in more attractive place for business. He the Brownback administration to off-load the long-term care of devel2008. He would bring a passion to is enthusiastic and ambitious but opmentally disabled Kansans to outserve and some valuable civic experilacks Schodorf’s experience and of-state insurance companies. He also ence to the job, but lacks Faust-Goubalance. developed a reform plan that would deau’s experience and grasp of the The winner will face the winner of the Democratic primary and Libertari- have cut income taxes without creat- issues. ing budget deficits. The winner will face Republican an Dave Thomas.

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NRA losing member over questionnaire flub, snub State Rep. John Grange, R-El Dorado, said he won’t renew his membership in the National Rifle Association after the group wouldn’t correct a campaign card that claimed Grange “refused to answer” the NRA’s candidate questionnaire, the Topeka Grange Capital-Journal reported. The card, which endorsed Grange’s opponent in his state Senate campaign, said that not answering the questionnaire is “often a sign of indifference, if not outright hostility, to the rights of gun owners and sportsmen.” But not only did Grange answer and return the questionnaire, he scored a nearperfect rating on the NRA’s Political Victory Fund website. When Grange contacted the NRA about the mistake and asked if it was going to send out a corrected card, Grange said he was told “no.” “They’ve lost my membership,” Grange said. The NRA also has taken fire for changing its rating of Dick Barta, a Republican running against Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka. Barta scored a C-plus on the questionnaire. But after he was allowed to “clarify” his answers, his grade was raised to an A-plus. Kelly received an A-minus.

Northeast Wichita fast becoming foodies’ paradise News that Whole Foods Market is coming to the new Waterfront Plaza at 13th and Webb Road was a dream come true for many foodsavvy Wichitans, and another welcome sign that the economy isn’t getting in the way of the community’s progress. The Austin-based chain is the go-to grocery in many communities for its natural and organic foods. Whole Foods will join new arrivals Fresh Market and Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage and long-established GreenAcres Market, making northeast Wichita the prime place to buy what it takes to eat healthfully and well. Still leading the wish list for Wichita: Cheesecake Factory.

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Reality shows teach kids to be bullies It’s obvious that bullying is a serious problem in our nation’s schools. Often it has been blamed on such factors as poor parenting, lax discipline at home and in schools, and a “kids will be kids” attitude. But there is another very possible source for bullying that seems to have been overlooked – reality shows on TV. Within the past decade or so, there has been a plethora of reality shows on TV in just about every imaginable genre. Many of them exhibit some very undesirable behaviors. People routinely hurl insults and obscenities at one another, and don’t hesitate to run roughshod over other people in order to accomplish their goals. We have talent show judges who mercilessly berate contestants who don’t perform up to their expectations. We’re installing anti-bullying campaigns in our schools, and we tell kids to treat one another with kindness and understanding. But we have TV shows in which adults treat one another just the opposite. And we wonder why our kids enjoy harassing their peers? Instead of simply telling our kids to be nice to one another, how about we model it on our TV programs? JODY MOSIER Towanda

Kenya Cox and Libertarian Carl Kramer in November. District 31 GOP primary Two-term incumbent Carolyn McGinn is a stellar lawmaker and should be re-elected to represent north Sedgwick County and Harvey County. As chairwoman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, McGinn has been perfectly positioned McGinn to fight for local priorities and responsible budgeting – which she has done very effectively. She is tough and won’t be pushed around during budget battles. McGinn also has been a champion of water-quality issues, including Wichita’s aquifer recharge project. And her experience as a former Sedgwick County commissioner has given her valuable insight into how state laws can affect local governments and services. Because she is a family farmer, she also understands the needs of rural residents. It’s difficult to think of a more responsible and valuable area state lawmaker than McGinn. Her challenger, Gary Mason, is also smart and capable. Though this is his first time running for public office, he has been very involved in politics, spearheading the political activity of the local and state chambers of commerce. Mason owns iSi Environmental and believes in cutting taxes and spending to create a better climate for job growth. Instead of him moving into this district to challenge McGinn, the region would have been better served if Mason had run in the district where he lived. No Democrat is seeking this seat.

ENDORSEMENT SCHEDULE Wednesday: State House districts 83-89 Thursday: State House districts 91-103 Friday: State Senate Saturday: District Court judges Sunday: U.S. House, Sedgwick County Commission, district attorney, sheriff, Kansas State Board of Education Endorsements can be read online at Kansas.com/opinion.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Include your full name, home address and phone number for verification purposes. All letters are edited for clarity and length; 200 words or fewer are best. Letters may be published in any format and become the property of The Eagle. Mail: Letters to the Editor, The Wichita Eagle, 825 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS 67202 E-mail: letters@wichitaeagle.com Fax: 316-269-6799 For more information, contact Phillip Brownlee at 316-268-6262, pbrownlee@wichitaeagle.com. ish and false. If an organization says things that it knows are untrue, can it be trusted? My father and father-in-law were local members of their city chambers and always worked for the betterment of their communities. What happened to the concept of city fathers who wanted the best for everyone regardless of politics or persons? I know negative ads work or they wouldn’t use them. But outlandish falsehoods? Hello? Please, before you vote truly get to know the candidates. ERNEST E. McCLAIN Hesston

Judges, too?

Sen. Jean Schodorf, R-Wichita, called on candidates for Senate races to sign an ethics pledge not Here is a tidbit to try to get your to attack their opponents or mishead around: In the past 35 years, lead voters. Should such a pledge more than 1 million Americans be signed by judicial candidates? have died from gunshot wounds. Sitting judges are supposed to More Americans have died of gun adhere to the highest ethical violence in this country in the past behavior, which is inherent in 35 years than in all of our wars in their positions on the bench. the 20th century combined. However, to my disappointment, I am a gun owner and like to I recently witnessed a TV ad by shoot, but this number gives even an incumbent judge that made me pause. The National Rifle misleading statements about and Association zealots like to say that attacked his opponent’s charac“guns don’t kill people.” This is ter. true, but they make it much easier If a judicial candidate has to be for “people to kill people.” asked to sign an ethics pledge in Nobody needs a 100-round order to run a “clean” campaign, magazine to hunt or to protect his should such a candidate be servhome. ing on the bench in the first place? I have to wonder if candiROBERT DETWILER dates who run slur campaigns Wichita could possibly sign an ethics pledge with a straight face. Do they really think most voters can’t see right through these pathetic tactics? I received a slick Republican mailer from the Kansas Chamber VERNA ROTH of Commerce. I am a longtime Wichita registered Republican voter. I was disappointed and angered at its content. My state senator was portrayed in the most negative manner. It is an honor to support my Many of the claims were outland- friend Kathy Busch for Kansas

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State Board of Education. For 20 years I worked alongside Busch as she diligently served the students of USD 259. Her passion for students and her knowledge of curriculum and instructional strategies are foundational pieces that make her a strong candidate. Busch will bring her experiences as a teacher, assistant principal, principal and district-level leader as she makes decisions that will affect students and teachers across the state. Who better to make these decisions than someone who has lived the very life of those who will be affected the most by the actions of the state board? It is time to elect officials who understand education and believe in public education as the foundation of our democracy. Busch has been a public educator for more than 30 years and will have a huge impact as a member of the state board. DENISE WREN Wichita

Re-elect Journey

When I received a mailer claiming that Sedgwick County District Court Judge Phil Journey was a “liberal,” I was dumbfounded. I have known Journey for decades and have always seen him as a staunch conservative – especially on issues relating to law and order. His challenger, Linda Kirby, attacks Journey for “enhancing” DUI penalties with “therapeutic social services.” This program was initiated by the Sedgwick County Commission in an attempt to decrease recidivism and help to reduce the cost to taxpayers for continued repeated incarcerations. Kirby also claimed that Journey “legislates from the bench” but can show no instance where he has done that. Journey has a record of applying the law as written, not overruling the law as a “judicial activist” might do. While I have known Journey as a conservative, I have also known that he can temper his ideology with realism based on his extensive experience in various parts of the legal field. He applies the law equally without fear or favor and without regard to political leanings of defendants or others involved. At the same time, Journey can be a pragmatist as he searches for ways to solve the problems facing us all, rather than always taking a simplistic approach. Phil Journey should be re-elected as a District Court judge. BEN HUIE Wichita

E-mail comments, 50 words or fewer, to opline@wichitaeagle.com. ■ ■ ■ Building codes protect lives and property. The city and county want to hire a central inspection director who doesn’t know codes. Get ready for home-insurance rate increases. The piddling savings these so-called leaders want will be paid a thousand times over by the citizens. ■ ■ ■ I have not been required to have a photo ID to vote in Kansas for the past 80 years, but will be happy to obtain one if we are voting to throw Kris Kobach out of office. ■ ■ ■ When is somebody going to stop the flood of illegal aliens into Wichita? They stopped them in surrounding states, so they come to good old Kansas because it is easy pickings for jobs and the free health care that we all pay for. ■ ■ ■ Teachers’ raises should be given based on results and individually, just as they are in most private businesses. ■ ■ ■ The teachers are about to get a 1 percent raise, and they are still complaining. I have not had a raise for three years. Perhaps if teachers would not teach their liberal agenda in the classrooms, they would be deserving of a bigger raise and I would then support it. ■ ■ ■ Don’t use your Bible as a science book. Don’t use a science book as your Bible. How simple is that? ■ ■ ■ To those who think education alone is the answer: The recent mass shooting in Colorado by a brilliant graduate student just proves once again that educating students without God only serves to create a race of clever devils. ■ ■ ■ Isn’t it a shame that in three days we knew more about the Colorado shooter than we know about the president? ■ ■ ■ When are the majority of Republicans going wake up and stop allowing the extreme conservatives to run their party? ■ ■ ■ Looking for a graphic that would describe our politics? Picture two hogs turned loose in a corncrib. ■ ■ ■ The entire Penn State football program should have been shut down for 10 years as a penalty for the sexual abuse of those children. ■ ■ ■ I just received four political ad letters in the mail with 22 cents postage and one mailing from a charitable organization with 8.7 cents postage. No wonder the U.S. Postal Service is going broke. Charge them all the full amount. ■ ■ ■ A new phone book showed up on my doorstep. How cute – somebody printed out a chunk of the Internet so I can recycle it.

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AREA NEWS IN BRIEF McConnell unit to get new commander The 931st Air Refueling Group, the Air Force reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, is getting a new commander. Lt. Col. Larson Mark Larson, deputy commander of the 452nd Operational Support Squadron at March Air Reserve Base in California, will replace Col. William Mason on Aug. 4. A change-of-command ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. on the base. Larson, who will be promoted to full colonel Sunday, has been at March for 12 years. Mason, who had been the commander of the 931st for a year, will be the new commander of the 459th Air Refueling Wing at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.

Hinshaw, Easter clash over jail sex case Easter, a Wichita police captain, said the Sheriff’s Office should have notified the District Attorney’s Office With less than two weeks much sooner of one of the before the Aug. 7 GOP primary, Sheriff Robert Hinshaw most serious allegations against the deputy, David and challenger Jeff Easter Kendall, who resigned June sparred Thursday over the 27 after being charged with Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office’s handling of a case in 11 sex crimes. Hinshaw defended his which a jail deputy has been office’s handling of the case charged with sex crimes and accused Easter of politiagainst inmates. BY TIM POTTER The Wichita Eagle

cizing the issue. The two voiced their differences at a forum hosted by the Wichita Crime Commission at the Scotch & Sirloin restaurant on East Kellogg. Both agreed it was the most they have clashed over the issue at a forum. In an interview after the forum, Easter said his concerns over management of the case are valid whether or

not there is an election. During the forum, Easter contended that Hinshaw made the issue public by publicizing his office’s response to the case. People would have to have their “heads in the sand” not to see it as an election issue, Easter said. He maintains that he is not commenting on the details of the case but on how the Sheriff’s Office has

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Homemade bomb found in yard on South Main A homemade bomb was discovered Wednesday in the front yard of an 82-year-old woman in south Wichita, police said. A woman who went to visit her mother in the 1400 block of South Main at about 5:20 p.m. spotted a “suspicious device” in the yard, Lt. Doug Nolte said. Police called out a bomb squad technician, who defused the device and discovered shotgun pellets and gunpowder, he said. Police do not think the woman who lives at the house was the target, but they have no information on suspects or motive. — Stan Finger

Two arrested in car break-ins at apartments A resident spotted four men breaking into cars at his apartment complex early Wednesday, police say, and his detailed descriptions to 911 helped officers foil the crimes. An 18-year-old man was arrested in the 8700 block of West Westlawn shortly before 3:30 a.m., Lt. Doug Nolte said. A 17-year-old boy was arrested at about the same time in the 1800 block of North Socora. The investigation uncovered the names of the other two suspects, Nolte said, and police were looking for them. Four cars had windows smashed in and property taken, he said. The property has been recovered.

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In this 2006 photo, Nick Rawlins of Reno, Nev., walks through the keyhole at Monument Rocks at the Pyramid Ranch in Gove County, Kan. The ranch, which contains historically significant chalk formations that are among the Eight Wonders of Kansas, as well as 12,000 acres of mineral rights, is up for auction.

Rocks on auction block Land for sale in Gove County is rich in history, natural resources BY BECCY TANNER The Wichita Eagle

How to bid

.M. Thies of Topeka considers his family’s land paradise. Most Kansans probably agree. The Thies family has put nearly 13,000 acres of the Pyramid Ranch in Gove County – home to Monument Rocks – on the auction block. So far, there have been no bids, said Chris Faulkner, a broker with Faulkner Real Estate of Ulysses, which is conducting the auction. But Faulkner expects that will change once word gets out what a treasure trove the land holds. Bids are being taken through Aug. 14. The buyer will purchase all outstanding shares of Thies Pyramid Corp., and the surface and mineral rights. Gove County is about 250 miles northwest of Wichita. The working ranch includes some of the most scenic land Kansas offers: Monument Rocks, also known as the Chalk Pyra-

People can place a bid through 5:30 p.m. Aug. 14 by calling Faulkner Real Estate at 620-356-5808. mids, which is listed as a National Natural Landmark. The property includes farmland, rolling ranch and pasture. It contains minerals, oil, gas and other resources. It is rich in wildlife, with antelope, mule and white-tailed deer, prairie chickens, pheasants, rattlesnakes and other critters traversing the hills and terrain. It also is rich with history, including ties to Gen. George Armstrong Custer, and is considered sacred among some Native American tribes linked to the area. “I would prefer strongly not to sell,” Thies said Tuesday. “It has gotten complicated, as do most family corporations,” Faulkner said. ”People die and it gets

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In 2001, Don Harvey points to an area of Castle Rock that he used to climb when he was younger. Nearly 13,000 acres of the Pyramid Ranch in Gove County is up for auction. passed down; the next generations get larger and larger as it is distributed among the heirs.” And, as Tom Thies, the family historian, acknowledges, the Thies family is looking for “the best bidder, not the highest bidder.” “How do you place value on something like this?” Tom Thies said. “It is a real bittersweet thing for us. “I would say this: My family has had great respect for the people, history and heritage of Kansas. Our company is a model for how private ownership and public interest can

work together. … As we do this bid process, we want to know those same values will be upheld by the next owner.” In 1946, brothers H.P. “Hody” and Fred W. Thies, of Great Bend, bought the land at auction. But the history of the land goes back as far as 87 million years, to the Cretaceous and Permian periods, when it was covered by a vast ocean, said paleontologist Mike Everhart of Derby, an expert on the Western Interior Sea. Some of those Please see AUCTION, Page 2B

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The national controversy involving Chick-fil-A has reached Kansas, where online petitions at two state universities are demanding the removal of the restaurant chain from their campuses. Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy, during an interview with a religious publication last week, said he supported the “biblical definition of the family unit” when asked about gay marriage. Some groups have protested Cathy’s remarks and organized a boycott of the fast-food chain; others have offered their support of Cathy and his restaurant. A petition to remove Chickfil-A from the Rhatigan Student Center at Wichita State University had more than 450 signatures as of Thursday afternoon. The petition was created Wednesday by Katelyn Delvaux, a WSU graduate student, according to the online petition at change.org. WSU contracts with Sodexo to provide food service on campus, WSU officials said in a statement Thursday. Sodexo in turn contracts with Chick-fil-A. WSU said in its statement that “the university has no reason to believe that anyone has been refused service at Chick-fil-A on campus for sexual orientation or any other factor involving discrimination. If WSU receives information that someone served on campus has been discriminated against, the university would work with Sodexo to review and address the situation.” A University of Kansas petition to remove Chick-fil-A from Memorial Unions had more than 1,600 signatures as of Thursday afternoon. It was started by James Castle, a 2012 KU grad, according to the petition’s website. There is also a petition to keep the restaurant at KU. “Right now we are waiting and seeing what comments are coming in,” said Mark Reid, director of public affairs for KU Memorial Unions. “We are two years out with the end of our contract with Chick-fil-A right now. We are at a wait-andsee approach, talking to people on campus and off.” Dozens of other college students nationally have started online petitions to Please see CHICK-FIL-A, Page 3B

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A 49-year-old El Dorado man was killed Thursday afternoon when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a car on U.S. 77 northeast of Augusta. The Kansas Highway Patrol said Roger N. Joyce was riding south when his bicycle was struck from behind by a southbound car driven by a 36-year-old Rose Hill man at 2:25 p.m. near SW 80th Street. There were no other injuries.

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Drumright, Lee LaFever, Jeffery Malcom, Iris O. Bally Miles, Barbara A. Quasebarth, Scott A. Scholfield, James Richard "Dick" Williams, Robert C. Wilson, Stacie FORT RILEY - May, Erik Nathaniel MARION - Bernhardt, Glenda Rae ROSE HILL - Girdler, Robert W. *LOCAL DEATHS* Akemon, Nancy Ann, 77, died July 25, 2012. Service 6 p.m. Sunday, Cornerstone Church of God. Smith Funeral Home. Allen, Alfred H., 61, died July 17, 2012. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Christian Faith Centre. BiglowBethea Funeral Directors. Hansen, Ole Viggo, 78, died July 25, 2012. Services pending with Downing & Lahey Mortuary East. Marr, Jennifer Jean, 33, died July 25, 2012. Services pending with Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta. Noiels, Brendajean, 56, died July 25, 2012. Services pending with Biglow-Bethea Funeral Directors. Owens, Patty, 74, died July 25, 2012. Services pending with Resthaven Mortuary. *AREA DEATHS* COFFEYVILLE - Primo, Cathy L. (Males), 64, died July 23, 2012. Services at a later date. David W. Barnes Funeral Home. ELLINWOOD - Kimble, Chester A., 95, died July 24, 2012. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, United Methodist Church. Kimple Funeral Home. GARDEN CITY - Rumpf, Mildred Alma, 99, died July 24, 2012. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Presbyterian Church. Price & Sons Funeral Home. GREAT BEND - Sheets, Donald Eugene "Gene," 84, died July 25, 2012. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Bryant Funeral Home. GRENOLA - Arbuckle, Kathryn "Eileen," 89, died July 24, 2012. Service 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, Greenlawn Cemetery. CountrysideZimmerman Funeral Home, Howard. HILL CITY - Clark, Harry R., 91, died July 26, 2012. Services pending with Stinemetz Funeral Home. HILL CITY - Keith, John C., 81, died July 22, 2012. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Stinemetz Funeral Home. HUTCHINSON - Sallabedra, Theresa Marie, 81, died July 24, 2012. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Elliott Mortuary. INDEPENDENCE - Schaben, Adrian L., 82, died July 25, 2012. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Potts Chapel. KINGMAN - Cole, Robert Allen "Bobby," 56, died July 26, 2012. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Livingston Funeral Home. LYONS - Henry, Jack Marion, 81, died July 25, 2012. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Geneseo (Kan.) Cemetery. Birzer Funeral Home. PRATT - Faidley, Juanita Nell, 95, died July 25, 2012. Service 2:30 p.m. Monday, Larrison Mortuary. WINFIELD - Lauffer, Mary Lodean, 89, died July 25, 2012. Service 11 a.m. Monday, CountrysideZimmerman Funeral Home, Howard. *The above Local & Area Deaths notices are published at no charge in the newspaper. Free death notices are not featured online.*

Drumright, Lee, 79, of Chesterfield County, Va., died at home, surrounded with love, on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wilfred and Evelyn Drumright and two brothers, Leonard and Ray. Lee is survived by his wife of 53 years, Pat; children, Ray and Susan Drumright, Laura and Kevin Hill, and Mary Ann and Michael Clarke; as well as five grandchildren, Heather, Ben, Abby, Sarah and Luke. After serving in the US Navy, attending Kansas State Teacher’s College, and later retiring from Crawford Manufacturing, Lee started his own business, Drumsticks, Inc., making truck covers. Family and friends will be received at Lee and Pat’s home on Friday, July 27, 2012 from 6-8pm. A memorial service celebrating Lee’s life will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 28, 2012, at Bliley’s – Chippenham 6900 Hull Street, Richmond, Va. In accordance with his wishes, Lee’s remains have been cremated. A separate family interment service will be held in Kansas at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

LaFever, Jeffery, 54, passed away July 24, 2012. Jeffery was a member of Brothers of The 3rd Wheel and loved hot rod cars. He was preceded in death by his mother, Judy LaFever. His survivors are his father, Ronald LaFever; brothers, Ronnie (Barb), Greg (Cindy) LaFever; 2 nieces and 1 nephew. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, July 28, at Resthaven Mortuary. Memorials may be sent to Muscular Dystrophy Association, 8100 E. 22nd, Wichita, KS 67226. Condolences may be at www.resthavenmortuaryoffered cemetery.com

Malcom, Iris O. Bally, 88, passed away July 23, 2012. She was born May 12, 1924 in Andover, KS to Blanche and Frank Bally. She was married 69 years to Max Malcom, who survives. Iris retired as a state of Kansas Employee; her tenure included time at WSU Controller’s Office and Kansas State Employee Office. She was the pillar of her family and was secretary for the WWII 757 Tank Battalion veterans’ reunions. Friends and family, and sometimes strangers, fondly remember her for her beautiful quilts and prolific letter writing. She donated hours of time and talent to the United Methodist Church in Augusta, KS through the last 50 years and to Meals on Wheels. Iris is preceded in death by her mother and father, sisters Ina Grimes and Vera Ward, and infant great-grandson Christopher Malcom. She is survived by her husband, Max, sons David Malcom of Skiatook, OK, and Paul Malcom (Janet) of Wichita, KS; daughters Kathy Burkholder (Tom) and Janel Malcom of Henderson, NV; grandsons Michael and Brian Malcom of Tulsa, OK, and Zach Leritz of Wichita, KS; granddaughter Melinda Leritz of Henderson, NV; and four great-grandchildren. A memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, July 27, 2012 at the Augusta United Methodist Church. A memorial has been established at the Augusta United Methodist Church. Donations may also be sent to your local Meals on Wheels.

Miles, Barbara A., 69, of Wichita, passed away Sunday, July 22, 2012. She was born Sept. 20, 1942 in Wichita, to William and Katherine Calvert. She is preceded in death by her parents. Barbara is survived by her husband, Ralph Miles; daughter, Ann (John) Fitzpatrick; grandchildren, Ashley, Amanda and Jesse Fitzpatrick; brother, Kenneth Calvert. Barbara enjoyed camping, arts and crafts and grandchildren. Visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 27, 2012; funeral 10 a.m. Saturday, July 28, 2012, both at Lakeview Funeral Home. Condolences may be left at www.mylakeviewfuneralhome.com

Quasebarth, Scott A., 53, accountant, passed away Monday, July 23, 2012 in Greenville, N.C. Visitation with the family will be 7:00 ~ 9:00 P.M., Friday, July 27, at Downing & Lahey Mortuary East. Service 10:30 A.M., Saturday, July 28 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church. Preceded in death by father, Raymond. Survivors: wife, Rose (Chailland) Quasebarth of Greenville, N.C.; mother, Delores Quasebarth of Wichita; sister and brother-in-law, Susan and JM Cox of Andover, KS; brother, Michael Quasebarth of Baltimore, MD; step-daughter, Christy McCullough of Coffeyville, KS; nephew, Chance Cox of Andover, KS. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society, 330 S. Main, S-100, Wichita, KS, 67202 (www.cancer.org). Tributes may be sent to the family via www.dlwichita.com

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Scholfield, James Richard "Dick," age 89 passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Visitation with the family will be Friday, July 27th from 5 to 7p.m. at Downing Lahey Mortuary on East Central. Services will be 10 a.m., Saturday, July 28th at the First Baptist Church, Augusta. Graveside will be Private. Dick was born in Fort Scott, KS on August 25, 1922. Dick met the love of his life, Virginia Cox and they were married on April 9, 1948. His many adventures included working at his brother’s hatchery, owning and running a potato chip plant in Winfield and of course a used car lot. Dick was the founder and former owner of Scholfield Bros. Pontiac and GMC in Wichita and before that in Augusta. Besides spending time with Virginia, his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Dick loved fishing, golf, hunting, watching sports on TV, and lunch with friends. Honors include an inductee of the Kansas Golf Hall of Fame, former Board Member of the Kansas Auto Dealers Association and of the Kansas Golf Hall of Fame. Dick leaves behind loving family members, many fishing buddies and a long list of friends, coworkers, employees and customers. Survivors: wife, Virginia; son, Jim of New York; daughter, Colleen (Dennis) Richardson of Derby; grandchildren, Kendall (Jarod) Goff of Overland Park, KS, Staci (Dan) Earley of Cameron, MO and David (Beth Anne) Dittmer of Derby, KS; six great-grandchildren; brother, Vic (Bea) Scholfield of Wichita; sisters, Elese Green, of Licking MO; and Martha Lou Michel of Atlanta GA. There is a memorial with First Baptist Church, 1501 State Street in Augusta, KS 67010 or the charity of your choice. Tributes may be sent to the family via www.dlwichita.com

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FORT RILEY - May, Erik Nathaniel, 26, U.S. Army Sgt., passed away on Saturday, July 14, 2012. He is survived by his parents, Carla (Leonard) Kryston; stepfather, Ron Green; step-brothers, Israel (Angie) Kryston and Andrew Fisher; nephews, Aidan Kryston and Gabriel Fisher; grandparents, Jerry and Mary Ann May; many aunts, uncles, cousins and great friends. He is preceded in death by his father, Jeffrey Scott May, grandfather, Robert J. Williams, grandmother Teresa M. Williams and uncle Bill Williams. Visitation 5-7 p.m., Monday, July 30; Services 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 31, both will be held at Valley Center Christian Church, 1801 E. 5th St., Valley Center. Baker Funeral Home, 100 S. Cedar, Valley Center. www.bakerfhvc.com MARION - Bernhardt, Glenda Rae, 51, died July 25, 2012. Visitation 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Zeiner Funeral Home; service 10 a.m. Saturday, Eastmoor United Methodist Church; interment will follow at Claney Cemetery, rural Marion. Survivors: husband, Jason; son, Lane Stewart of Derby; stepson, Cadan Bernhardt; stepdaughter, Brooke Bernhardt both of Lehigh, Kan.; daughters, Pam Waggoner of Wichita, Jamie Darnall of Glasco, Keisha and Desarae Waggoner of Rose Hill; brother, Tony Higle; sisters, Paula Jones of Jamestown, Kelli Darnall of Glasco; 6 grandchildren; parents-in-law, Sam and Kathy Bernhardt of Marion.

ROSE HILL - Girdler, Robert W., 61, a retired aircraft program manager, passed away Friday, July 13, 2012. Memorial Service will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 28, 2012 at Faith Baptist Church, 417 W. Central Ave, Andover, KS. He is survived by his wife: Lisa Diller of Rosehill; mother: Doris Girdler of Bellevue, WA; two sisters: Deborah Girdler of Medina, WA & Carol Girdler of Iowa City, IA. He is preceded in death by his father: Elbridge Horton Girdler. He will be greatly missed by family & many friends. In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established in his name with Alzheimer’s Association Central & Western Office, 347 S. Laura, Wichita, KS 67211. Williams, Robert C., 52, passed away July 24, To sign a guest book or leave a condolence for the 2012. Robert was born Feb. 27, 1961 to James and family, go to www.cochranmortuary.com Mary (King) Williams. He is preceded in death by his father, James Williams; and one brother. Robert is survived by his mother, Mary Williams; brother, Matt Williams; sisters, Patricia (Pete) Brown, Anita (Van) Bell. Visitation will be Friday 1-8 p.m., with family present from 5-8 p.m.; funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, July 28, 2012, all at Hillside Funeral Home East; burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery. Online condolences can be sent to A love that can never be broken. www.hillsidefuneralhomeeast.com Share it in Obits 316-268-6508

Wilson, Stacie, 36, CNA, passed away Saturday, July 21, 2012. Visitation 4 – 6 p.m. Sunday; funeral service 3 p.m. Monday, both at Broadway Mortuary. Preceded in death by grandmother, Marjorie Smith; uncles, Howard and Tommy Smith and stepbrother, Sean Ruckle. Survivors: parents, Wava Ruckle and Bert Wilson; son, Destry Wilson; sisters, Sandra (Jeffrey) Schrader and April (Marc) Snow; stepbrother, Clinton (Peggy) Ruckle; niece, Isabella Snow; nephews, Patrick and Christopher Schrader; great-nephew, Colin Schrader; 4 uncles and 1 aunt. Share condolences at www.CozineMemorial.com. Services by Broadway Mortuary.

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ough investigation, and the appropriate actions were taken.” The Sheriff’s Office took quick action after the From Page 1B June 3 rape allegation to restrict Kendall’s contact with inmates and notified others of releasing a detailed timeline the investigation at the propof the investigation. According to Hinshaw’s timeline, his er time, he said. During the forum, Hinshaw staff discussed an allegation of a sex crime involving Ken- said Easter was politicizing the issue through campaign dall with an assistant district ads. “To use this for political attorney on May 10, after an ends, I do have a problem allegation arose on April 29. with that.” But according to Foulston’s Hinshaw said the jail poptimeline, prosecutors had to contact the Sheriff’s Office on ulation is the size of a small city, “and sometimes bad June 11 – more than a month after the date Hinshaw apples get in.” After the allegations against cited – to begin learning of Kendall arose, he said, “we the allegations against Kendo what we always did” – dall. At Thursday’s forum, Easter detectives investigated and charges were filed. referred to another alleged Easter said the Wichita sex crime that occurred June Police Department has pro3, saying the Sheriff’s Office perly dealt with officers acdidn’t disclose it to prosecucused of crimes. “That’s why tors until several days later. we’re not seeing us in the “That is not the way we paper taking a beating,” he should have partnerships in said. this county,” Easter said. On other issues, Hinshaw After the forum, Hinshaw argued that he has more continued to defend his office’s actions. “We did a thor- management experience.

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Hinshaw, 54, has been with the Sheriff’s Office for 33 years, working his way to undersheriff before being elected sheriff in 2008. Easter, 43, has 23 years with the Police Department. He has led a multi-agency anti-gang task force and oversees the Patrol North bureau. Easter, who has accused the Sheriff’s Office of becoming stagnant, said, “I’m going to be changing that organizational chart.” The two also seemed to differ somewhat on jail expansion. Hinshaw said that “we will eventually build another jail,” that it should be planned now, and that debate about where to build it should occur now because any location will be controversial. Easter sounded less definite, saying that although he is not opposed to building a new jail, crowding should be addressed first and other options need to be explored. Reach Tim Potter at 316-268-6684 or tpotter@wichitaeagle.com.

AUCTION From Page 1B sea-bottom mineral deposits have helped create today’s oil and gas industry. It also created one of the best fossil beds in the world. “Historically, the whole valley along the Smoky Hill River is very significant for fossil collectors,” Everhart said. World-renowned paleontologists Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope led expeditions in the 1860s into the Smoky Hill chalk beds of western Kansas. It was also an area well known by George and Charles Sternberg, who made careers collecting the fossils of Kansas. A clash of cultures also played out on the land. Butterfield’s Overland Dispatch – a mail and freight service – had a station on the ranch in the 1860s, and the military had

a small installation where Western notables such as Kit Carson and Custer stopped, said Leo Oliva, a Kansas historian and writer. Legislation has been proposed to make the Butterfield’s Overland Dispatch trail, also known as the Smoky Hill Trail, a national trail because of its historical significance. “In many ways, it was the most important overland trail because it connected the Missouri River with Denver,” Oliva said. “It was the most contested route by the Indians of any trail in Kansas.” The U.S. 7th Cavalry, led by Custer, worked to protect railroad workers and frontier Kansans against Native American tribes such as the Cheyenne and Arapaho, who considered the land sacred. The area near Monument Rocks, says Manhattan artist Jerry Thomas, was where those tribes conducted annual sun dance ceremonies. “When you go from the

prairie land and drop down into the Smoky Hill Valley, it just takes your breath away,” Thomas said. “Native Americans celebrated and made their annual journeys from the Dakotas and the Plains all through that area.” During World War II, the area was used as a bombing range. It’s not unusual to still find .50 caliber shells left by bombers from seven decades ago. “I hope it remains open as far as the new owners allowing everybody to see the wonderful chalk pyramids,” Thomas said. “I am concerned and want to make sure our natural history is preserved. I’d hate to see any of the landmarks take on any degradation. “I know Kansas is going through a tremendous boom in mineral development. But I hope the new owners respect the land.” Reach Beccy Tanner at 316-268-6336 or btanner@wichitaeagle.com.

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McPherson man charged with making child porn BY RICK PLUMLEE The Wichita Eagle

A McPherson County man was charged Thursday with using a 9-year-old girl to produce child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. Philip Andra Grigsby, 50, of Marquette, is charged with two counts of enticing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the pur-

pose of producing child pornography, one count of possessing child pornography and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. The crimes are alleged to have occurred in April and July in McPherson County. If convicted, Grigsby faces a penalty of not less than 15 years and not more than 30 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000 on

each of the counts of producing child pornography; not less than five years and a fine of up to $250,000 on the possession count; and a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine of up to $250,000 on the gun charge. The FBI, Australian federal police, Marquette police and the Kansas Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives participated in the investigation.

Other indictments handed down Thursday: ■ Lupe Adela Mains, 45, Pretty Prairie, is charged with one count of health care fraud and one count of mail fraud. The crimes are alleged to have occurred in 2007, 2008 and 2009 in Reno County. The indictment alleges Mains engaged in a scheme to defraud the Kansas Medicaid Program by causing Medicaid to pay her for supportive

home care services to her sister that she did not provide. It also alleges Mains submitted false claims to the federal Railroad Retirement Board in order to receive survivor disability benefits on behalf of her sister. ■ Brian Douglas Pokrandt, 44, Salina, and Rodrigo RuizMacias, 30, Abilene, each are charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

The crimes are alleged to have occurred April 6 in Saline County. ■ Augustine Fernandez Jr., Wichita, is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. The crime is alleged to have occurred July 17 in Sedgwick County. Reach Rick Plumlee at 316-268-6660 or rplumlee@wichitaeagle.com.

Bennett disputes ‘anti-gun’ implication Shopper thankful BY RICK PLUMLEE The Wichita Eagle

Sedgwick County district attorney candidate Marc Bennett said Thursday that an implication by his opponent, Kevin O’Connor, that he is anti-gun is not correct. An O’Connor campaign mailer that went out this week said Bennett “has not spoken out while (Nola) Foulston has promoted antigun agenda.” Foulston, who is retiring as DA, was asked last August by County Commissioner Richard Ranzau to give her opinion on a proposed resolution

to allow concealed-carry guns in some county buildings. In a letter dated Aug. 24, 2011, Foulston said the resolution should not be adopted because “it does not advance public safety and welfare; it jeopardizes it.” The commission passed the resolution a week later. A snapshot of Foulston’s letter, including her signature, is included on the mailer. Bennett, a deputy DA under Foulston, said the mailer is correct in that he didn’t speak out on the issue. “I didn’t weigh in because

that’s not my role to weigh in on things like that,” Bennett said. “But this notion that because I didn’t hold a press conference that readers are to read the inference that I’m anti-gun, anti-Second Amendment type of person, that’s laughable.” He said he is a member of the National Rifle Association and hasn’t missed an opening day of pheasant season since he started hunting in 1979. “I have no issue with concealed carry,” Bennett said. “As to (allowing concealed carry) in county buildings

and on county property, that’s for the County Commission to make the rules. The DA doesn’t make the law; the DA enforces the law.” O’Connor said, “All I’m saying, he has not spoken out against his boss’ policy, and his boss is one of his biggest supporters.” Bennett and O’Connor, a former deputy DA under Foulston, are running in the Aug. 7 Republican primary. There are no other candidates, so the GOP primary outcome will determine who is the next district attorney.

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“The owners believed they were selling legal drugs that are not controlled,” Norton SALINA — Kansas law enforcement officers seized herb- said. “That was true until al potpourri from three Salina Monday, when it became controlled.” businesses and one alleged Salina police started seeing supplier as federal agents cases of people overdosing on nationwide embarked on an herbal potpourri, considered unrelated crackdown against an alternative to marijuana, manufacturers and sellers of and another designer drug synthetic designer drugs. called bath salts in spring No arrests were made dur2010. ing the seizures that the Salina’s police chief testified I-135-I-70 Drug Task Force in January 2011 before a legisconducted Wednesday in lative committee against the Salina. Separately, the Drug synthetics, calling them mindEnforcement Administration altering, dangerous drugs. The on Wednesday seized more Legislature later passed a bill than $36 million in cash and to make it illegal to manufacarrested 91 people in the nature, sell, distribute or possess tionwide crackdown. seven classes of chemicals In Salina, the businesses known to be applied to dried voluntarily handed over their plant material and sold as supplies after being informed “herbal potpourri” or “inof a ban on chemical subcense.” stance UR 144 that went into That law worked to keep effect in Kansas on Monday, local sales of the designer said Lt. Jim Norton, commander of the I-135-I-70 Drug drugs out of Salina for about a year, Norton said. When they Task Force. Police were holdstarted emerging again several ing the seized items as evimonths ago, police started dence. Associated Press

buying quantities of the drugs at the three stores for lab testing. Norton said tests showed the substances being sold were a new class of chemical that wasn’t covered by the earlier state ban. That led the police department, Johnson County crime lab and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to seek an emergency order to take them off the streets. The Kansas Board of Pharmacy approved a temporary ban on UR 144 a week ago; the Legislative Joint Committee on Rules and Regulations voted Monday to put it into effect immediately. Dr. Keir Swisher, co-medical director of Salina Regional Health Center’s emergency department, said large numbers of people having bad reactions to herbal potpourri and bath salts started showing up in the emergency room in September 2000. Swisher compared patients he was seeing in Salina during the initial wave of herbal pot-

pourri and bath salts usage to PCP and crack addicts he had regularly treated at a Chicago hospital. He said he had no doubt that long-term usage could cause permanent damage to the brain and other body systems. The Salina hospital hadn’t seen an herbal potpourri patient for four or five months before a resurgence that started about six weeks ago. In the last month and a half, Swisher said, an average of two to three patients per week were being brought in, including a 15-year-old who bought the herbal potpourri locally. Norton said herbal potpourri is more like PCP than marijuana. But because it’s marketed as an alternative to marijuana, users don’t realize they can overdose on it. “It mimics PCP with a rapid heart rate, aggression, agitation and breathing problems,” Norton said. “The issues it’s causing to people’s bodies are unbelievable. It has to be stopped.”

AREA NEWS IN BRIEF Father arrested after 9-month-old boy dies

The Corps began the releases from the Milford, Perry and Tuttle Creek reservoirs July 8 and said Thursday it will continue until about Aug. 7. Brownback wanted the releases halted to help increase water resources in the drought-plagued state. But the Corps said the water is needed to provide navigation support on the Missouri River. The agency says it’s required by federal regulations to help control the Missouri to avoid harming two species of endangered birds. Also Thursday, the Kansas Water Office clarified Brownback’s order allowing farmers and communities to pump water from state fishing lakes. The office says anyone wishing to do so must get its permission first.

evidence would not have changed the verdict. Horton was convicted in 2004 and again in 2008 of killing Lizabeth Wilson, who was last seen near Shawnee Mission East High School.

A 9-month-old Dodge City boy taken to a Wichita hospital Sunday has died, and his father has been arrested on a warrant for suspected child abuse. The Dodge City Police Department was notified of Brandon Villa’s death at 1 a.m. Thursday. Brandon’s father, Jonathan M. Villa-Ramirez, was arrested Wednesday in Texas County, Okla., on a warrant for abuse of a child, Dodge City Police Chief Craig Mellecker said. Family members took the boy to a Dodge City hospital before he was airlifted Sunday afternoon to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Wesley — Associated Press personnel reported the child’s injuries to Wichita police, who Judge denies new trial informed Dodge City police. in girl’s 1974 slaying The case is being investigated as a homicide. OLATHE — A Johnson County judge has rejected a bid for a third trial for a former high — Hutchinson News school janitor serving a life sentence for the 1974 killing of a Corps to continue 13-year-old Prairie Village girl. reservoirs releases Lawyers for John Henry Horton argued that evidence TOPEKA — The Army Corps was improperly kept from a of Engineers will continue releasing water from three Johnson County jury at HorKansas reservoirs despite a ton’s second trial in 2008. But request from Gov. Sam District Judge James Franklin Brownback to stop doing so. Davis ruled Wednesday the

TOPEKA — The Shawnee County Sheriff’s office has identified the 3-year-old boy killed in a swing accident in Topeka as Maximus J. Blindt. Maximus died Wednesday in an apparent accident at a day care run by his mother at their home. The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office went to the home after receiving a call about an unresponsive child. The boy died later at a Topeka hospital. Authorities say it appears the boy became tangled in the frame of the backyard swing set. The sheriff’s office said the death doesn’t appear to be suspicious. Ten children were at the day care center at the time.

Maize is scheduled to open Aug. 9. Franchise owner Brad Fuller declined to comment on From Page 1B the controversy, referring questions to corporate headremove Chick-fil-A from their quarters in Atlanta. Chick-fil-A said in a statecampuses. ment earlier this week: “The In Wichita, the city’s first Chick-fil-A culture and servChick-fil-A store opened at Central and Rock in March. A ice tradition in our restaurants is to treat every person second store at 21st and

with honor, dignity and respect – regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender. We will continue this tradition in the over 1,600 restaurants run by independent owner/ operators. Going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena.”

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Brownback plans anniversary vacation TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Sam

Brownback says he’s taking a family vacation to celebrate his 30th wedding anniversary, but he and his staff are not disclosing details. Brownback let his plans slip Wednesday when he was asked at a news conference if he’ll campaign for fellow conservative Republicans before the Aug. 7 primary election. Brownback said the vacation starts Friday and will last the better part of a week. — Associated Press

Arlington to mark 125th anniversary with party ARLINGTON — The small Reno County town of Arlington is throwing a 125th birthday celebration this weekend. The town of 1,500 people will gather Saturday to remember the town’s history. Arlington was founded in 1887, a decade after the Arlington mill was built along the Ninnescah River. The celebration will include a retelling of the town’s history by re-enactors and will recount the construction of K-61, which linked Arlington to Hutchinson. Plans also include a parade, an 1887 variety show and birthday cake and ice cream at the community center. — Associated Press

Since Cathy’s remarks surfaced, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel have told the chain it is not welcome and said they will block the chain’s plans to build more stores in their cities. Muppets creator Jim Henson’s company last week severed a toy deal it recently launched with Chick-fil-A,

for returned purse isn’t right beside us, we will hunt it down.” Richardson said Canfield looked frantic but was very Nada Canfield stopped at the Dillons at 13th and West thankful as soon as she realized Richardson had the streets for some groceries purse. one night this week, but left “Of course I was shaky, without what she calls her and I said, ‘You are an angel’ “whole being” – her purse. and threw my arms around Canfield said she left the her and gave her a big hug,” purse in her shopping cart Canfield said. “I really felt after looking for her keys. It like it was a miracle … that I was not until she was at a could get it back.” nearby pharmacy that she The purse contained Cannoticed it was missing. “I thought someone would field’s driver’s license, credit have taken it and used what card, phone, checkbook and some cash. Seeing the importhey could out of it,” Cantant items in the purse, Richfield said. When Canfield returned to ardson decided she would Dillons to retrieve the purse, try to return it to the owner. “I would hate it if my purse she said she saw a car slowly got in the wrong hands,” backing out of the parking Richardson said. “She was spot she had been in. The other driver stopped and got very thankful. I know how people can get sticky fingers, out of her car, waving her and I thought it was better in arm as she saw Canfield. my hands. I’m glad we got it Rachelle Richardson had back to her.” just finished shopping and Canfield said she hopes was putting her cart away when she saw Canfield’s gold that good things happen to purse sitting in another cart. Richardson for the rest of her life. She also said she would Richardson searched the be glad to help someone in purse for a phone number the same situation. and left a message before “I feel like she has high waiting a couple of minutes morals and great standards,” to see whether the owner Canfield said of Richardson. would return. “I’m sure she lives her life “I know us women,” Richlike that.” ardson said. “If our purse

BY KATIE GILBAUGH The Wichita Eagle

Task force to study chamber, ties to PAC

Berry, president of Berry Companies, an interstate industrial equipment sales firm, will select the members of the Following a controversial stand in favor of challengers chamber political task force. in three contested state SenHe said the group will ate races, the Wichita Metro work to ensure “we’re consisChamber of Commerce is tent with our strategic prioriappointing a task force to ties and what we’re trying to review and possibly change accomplish. The political the relationship between the side of that is just one small chamber and its Political aspect of what the chamber’s Action Committee. trying to accomplish, but an The Chamber PAC raised important aspect.” ripples among the chamber Some chamber members membership with its outhave objected to the PAC spoken and well-financed coming out strongly against support for Rep. Dan Kerthe three senators, all of schen of Garden Plain, Wich- whom have supported major ita City Council member chamber priorities in the Michael O’Donnell and busi- Legislature. Others have nessman Gary Mason, who complained about the tone recently moved to Park City of the mailing the PAC sent, to run for office. which keyed off of Boeing’s plan to close its plant in The trio have mounted priWichita and painted the mary challenges seeking to city’s business climate as unseat Republican incumbent “uncompetitive.” Sens. Dick Kelsey of Goddard, The decision to form a task Jean Schodorf of Wichita and force was made at a meeting Carolyn McGinn of Sedgwick. Those three are among senators of the chamber board Thursday, called to discuss the targeted by Gov. Sam Brownrelationship between the back and the Kansas state chamber and its PAC. Chamber of Commerce, who The meeting was not open want to break a narrow moderto the public, and the chamate majority in the Senate and ber does not disclose memgive conservatives control of bers of its PAC board. Memboth houses of the Legislature. The new task force will “look bership is based on donations to the PAC. at other chambers and what The only two PAC posithey’re doing, how they’re tions made public are those structured, to look at how we required by law to be reportcommunicate and how we get ed: the treasurer, Berry, and our message out,” said Walter Berry, chairman of the chamber the chairman, Sam Williams of the Sullivan Higdon and board and treasurer of the Sink advertising firm. Chamber PAC. Chamber officials said they The chamber and its PAC expect to form the task force are governed by separate boards. They share staff and within the next couple of office space at the chamber’s weeks and that its recommendations are expected in headquarters in downtown about two months. Wichita.

BY DION LEFLER The Wichita Eagle

although reports on Wednesday said Chick-fil-A told customers the toys were being dropped because of unspecified “defects.” Gay and lesbian groups have called for protests at a store opening next week in California and want same-sex couples to kiss at Chick-fil-A locations on National SameSex Kiss Day next week.

There have also been movements to support Chickfil-A. Former Arkansas governor and 2008 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has declared next Wednesday National Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, in support of Cathy. — Contributing: New York Times News Service

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and thrifts opened 1,234 branches across the county and closed 2,001. Pennsylvania led the nation Banks opened seven branchwith 83 net closures — 36 es but closed 31 others in Kansas in the past 12 months, openings and 119 closings — according to a report released while California was tops for more openings than closures, Thursday by SNL Financial. The report, which examined with a net gain of 22 branchbranch openings and closings es. Regionally, the Kansas City between July 1, 2011, and Metropolitan Statistical Area June 30, 2012, said that during the yearlong period, banks was among 10 MSAs with the BY JERRY SIEBENMARK The Wichita Eagle

most branch closures. During the period, eight branches were opened while 21 were closed in the Kansas City area, the report said. Bank of America had the most closures among the nation’s banks and thrifts in the period. It opened six branches and closed 163. JPMorgan Chase had the most openings: 253, compared with 34 closings, for a

net of 219 branch openings. “In a lot of ways there’s kind of dichotomy at the top,” said David Hayes, a senior analyst at Virginia-based SNL and co-author of the report. The Bank of America numbers reflect the bank’s previously announced plan to shed hundreds of branches across the country either through direct closures or sales of individual branches, he said.

On the other hand, the similarly sized JPMorgan is building out its branch network. “I do think it is odd you have the two largest banks going in different directions,” Hayes said. But the reasons for the majority of branch closures are mostly that banks are facing costs pressures in a low-interest-rate, high-regulation environment, and they are

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finding that more customers are accepting other ways to access them, such as through mobile devices and ATMs, Hayes said. “In reality, the face-to-face interaction (at the branch) is becoming less necessary,” he said.

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Learjet 60 XR program on hold BY MOLLY MCMILLIN The Wichita Eagle

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Google announced details of its new Google Fiber service Thursday in Kansas City at the Google Fiber Space at Westport and State Line roads.

Company to offer high-speed Web access in Kansas City BY SCOTT CANON Kansas City Star

onya Andrews may not be the first on her block to tap into Google Inc.’s much-hyped, hyper-fast Internet hook-ups announced Thursday. But her neighborhood could be one of the first in Kansas City to get an express lane to the Web. “I don’t know about anyone else,” she e-mailed her Coleman Highlands neighbors in midtown, “but I am super excited about this and hope that others are too!” Enough were jazzed by the possibility of buying Internet access from Google that by Thursday afternoon the company was committed to run its crews there — eventually. Andrews’ Google evangelism is just what the California technology titan was hoping for from its effort to “rally” Kansas Citians to the company’s long-awaited, first-in-thenation Internet services. It issued a now-or-never challenge Thursday to nearly all of Kansas City, Kan., and a central swath of Kansas City “fiberhoods” — Google-

speak for neighborhoods where it might run its fiber optic Internet network. The area north of the Missouri River and south Kansas City could TV plus gigabit Internet: $120 get similar offers later. a month* ■ Get 10 percent of the homes in Gigabit Internet only: $70 your area to sign up for service — it month* takes a $10 deposit — and Google 5-megabit Internet: Free, but will eventually hook you up. customer pays $300 to install *With two-year contract, no install fee. ■ Meet that quota by Sept. 9, or the network will fly around you. And if Google does come to your neighborhood, you’ll have just once chance for installation. Google unveiled the details of its TV package includes: Huncoming TV and Internet services dreds of channels, including all local Thursday — even offering “free” broadcast stations, MTV, NBC and access to the web — and the novel CBS sports channels, Comedy rollout strategy that transforms Central, Discovery Kansas City customers into marketTV package does not include: ers. ESPN, Disney channels, AMC, The web-search company anHBO and major cable news channounced that a bundle of TV and nels ultra-fast Internet will sell for $120 a month. That includes three devices Android operating system. needed to stream Wi-Fi signals and “Not just Internet TV, but real TV to store large amounts of computer with your favorite channels,” said data and TV programming. It will Fred Blocher/Kansas City Star also come with a Nexus 7 — an iPadGoogle CEO Patrick Pichette led like device that runs on Google’s Please see GOOGLE, Page 7B Thursday’s announcement.

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Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 3. The Justice Department’s bankruptcy watchdog agency A New York bankruptcy and the Machinists union court judge Thursday withfiled objections this week to held a decision regarding a disputed proposal that would the bonus plan. In its filing, the union said grant up to $5.3 million in it would not lose sight of the bonuses to eight Hawker “complete irony and hypocriBeechcraft senior executives sy” of a motion seeking to in a Key Employee Incentive give millions in bonuses to Plan. The judge asked for a writ- executives as the company ten summary of the testimony struggles to survive. “If this motion is approved, from the hearing before he the Beechcraft Eight can rules on the matter. rightfully take their place as At the same time, he apthe newest poster boys for proved an additional $1.9 million in bonuses for 31 corporate greed and excess in the United States,” Ron Elother management-level employees at Hawker Beech- dridge, the union’s aerospace coordinator, said in a statecraft, in a Key Employee Rement Wednesday. tention Plan. The company defended the The company filed for

proposal in a document filed with the court before the hearing, saying the payments are appropriate because there is significant work to do before the company emerges from bankruptcy. “The tremendous progress made to date demonstrates that the (senior leadership team) is a highly talented and capable group,” the filing said. The bankruptcy court earlier approved an exclusivity agreement with Superior Aviation Beijing so Hawker Beechcraft could pursue a sale of the business to the China-based company for $1.79 billion. The sale would not include the defense business. Pursuing the proposal in-

volves obtaining multiple regulatory approvals, carving out the defense business, negotiating with key parties to preserve important business relationships, responding to diligence requests, drafting and negotiating a definitive purchase agreement and, if an agreement is reached, conducting a competitive auction to try for higher or better offers, the filing said. At the same time, the senior leadership team must work on a plan to emerge from bankruptcy as a stand-alone company. That will require securing support for the plan from creditors, resolving the treatment of the company’s three defined benefit plans, negoti-

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Hutch to lose Star Lumber retail site Eagle staff

ating the terms of a new retirement plan and getting commitments for financing to emerge from Chapter 11. A stand-alone plan also means implementing an “orderly shut down” of the business jet business, which will include facility closures and reductions in force, the filing said. Leadership must also have operational successes of the business, as the end of the calendar year is the most important sales period, it said. “The debtors (Hawker Beechcraft) must incentivize the (senior leadership team) to achieve the targets set forth in their long-term

Star Lumber will close its Hutchinson retail store but plans to serve professional builders in that market through its Wichita distribution center. Patrick Goebel, president of Star Lumber, said the Hutchinson store, located at 1035 E. 30th St., has 12 workers. One will become a sales consultant for the Hutchinson area, and some others on staff will be offered positions as well. Discussions about jobs and severance were going on Thursday following the announcement to staff. Goebel said that because of the number of retail home improvement stores in the market and the nature of the professional builders business – with most sales and deliveries made outside a retail facility – Star needed to rethink how it could best continue to operate in Hutchinson. In a news release, the company said the closing is part of a transition that has been

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Judge delays decision on Hawker bonuses BY MOLLY MCMILLIN The Wichita Eagle

Bombardier Learjet is halting production of its Learjet 60 XR midsize business jet sometime this fall and evaluating the positions of the 275 people who work on the program. If the market improves, production can be restarted, said Annie Cossette, a spokeswoman for Bombardier. “We’re monitoring the situation closely,” Cossette said. “The demand in the light aircraft market is weak.” Company officials will continue to evaluate the market. The 275 positions are at risk as the company explores its options, Cossette said. The company delivered three Learjet 60XRs in the first quarter of the year and 19 last year. The plant employs more than 3,000 people. The majority are permanent employees. The Learjet 60 XR is a midsize cabin, midrange jet that will carry up to eight passengers. It has a maximum range of 2,405 nautical miles.

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF Indiana group to tour downtown A group from Indiana will be coming to Wichita in about two months to learn about the city’s downtown redevelopment efforts. Suzie Ahlstrand, vice president for economic development at the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce, said Thursday that Leadership Fort Wayne will be here for a cityto-city visit Oct. 25-27. The group’s interest in coming to Wichita was spurred by Project Downtown, the master plan for revitalizing the city’s core. “I think it’s a compliment to our city and our region,” she said. Since 2006, Visioneering Wichita has been organizing annual visits to cities to learn about their economic development and downtown redevelopment efforts. Visioneering Wichita’s 2012 city-to-city visit will be to Omaha, Sept. 26-28. — Jerry Siebenmark

Factory outlook brighter in survey

Manufacturers in the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank region are slightly more optimistic about economic conditions. That’s according to the Fed’s survey of manufacturers in the 10th District in July. The survey’s results were released Thursday. “We saw continued sluggish growth from factories in our region in July,” said Chad Wilkerson, vice president and economist at the Kansas City Fed, in a news release. “New orders fell for the third time in four months, as exports dropped, and food prices are expected to rise. But firms continued to add to their workforces and anticipate increased capital spending heading forward.” The Kansas City district encompasses Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Wyoming, the western third of Missouri and northern New Mexico. — Jerry Siebenmark

Simmons posts lower quarterly earnings

The holding company of Simmons First National Bank said Thursday that second quarter 2012 earnings decreased from a year ago. Simmons First National Corp. said net income for the quarter ended June 30 was $6.5 million compared with $6.7 million in the second quarter of 2011. But earnings for the first six months of the year were higher: $12.8 million in 2012 compared with $11.8 million in 2011. The Pine Bluff, Ark.-based company has nine branches in Kansas, two in Wichita. — Jerry Siebenmark

Sprint reports loss, but service revenue rises

NEW YORK — Sprint Nextel Corp., the country’s third-largest wireless carrier, on Thursday reported a wider loss for the second quarter as it wrote down the value of its moribund Nextel network. However, Sprint was successful in convincing smartphone subscribers to pay up for “unlimited data” service, and its service revenue zoomed, beating estimates. Sprint’s volatile stock jumped 68 cents, or 20.2 percent, to close at $4.05 Thursday. It was the highest level in nearly a year. In the April to June period, Sprint’s net loss was $1.37 billion, or 46 cents per share. In the same quarter last year, the loss was $847 million, or 28 cents per share. It was the nineteenth straight quarter of losses for Sprint. Revenue at the Overland Park company was $8.84 billion, up 6 percent from a year ago. — Associated Press

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Aug. 14 event to help small businesses Eagle staff

Small businesses looking to do business with bigger companies as vendors, suppliers or subcontractors are invited to participate in an Aug. 14 event. The Wichita district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration is organizing the event, which will run

from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Wichita State University’s Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 5015 E. 29th St. North. According to a news release from the SBA, the event is intended to help businesses find contract opportunities. It will “provide a forum for corporate and governmental buyers to meet one-on-one with prospective

suppliers, pre-matching buyer requirements with seller capabilities,” according to the release. About 300 small businesses and approximately 60 buyers from government agencies and prime contractors are expected to participate. Purchasing representatives from Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems, Cessna Aircraft Co., Bombar-

vanced manufacturing and dier Learjet, Hawker Beechbreakout sessions on topics craft Corp., McConnell Air such as government contractForce Base, Fort Riley, the ing, exporting and the Afcity of Wichita, Sedgwick fordable Care Act. County and Wichita public To learn more about the schools have agreed to parevent and to register, visit ticipate. The agenda also features a www.regonline.com/builder/ site/Default.aspx?EventID= keynote address by Wichita 1110255 or call native Phil Ruffin of The Ruffin Cos. There also will be 316-264-5982. Early registration is recommended. an industry panel on ad-

wired TV services in neighborhoods where old franchise holders such as Time Warner already offer services. From Page 6B Such so-called overbuilders — Google now joins AT&T’s U-verse service and SureWest Milo Medin, vice president of Communications — have ceraccess services at Google. tain disadvantages. They The company’s demonstradon’t just have to convince tion of the TV service appeople to buy their services. peared as impressive as any They must also convince DVR-type service on the marconsumers to go through the ket. It allows people to conhassle, and often installation trol the TV with the Nexus expense, of switching from tablet, with their smartthe incumbent cable provider. phones or with old-fashioned But they also have some remote controls. A household key advantages. For instance, will be able to record eight they need only offer service shows at a time, store 500 where they see a profit. Outhours and search through fits like Time Warner and “tens of thousands” of onComcast Corp., on the other demand movies in Google’s hand, were obligated by their catalogue, in addition to franchise agreements to Netflix accounts. The TV package does have Fred Blocher/Kansas City Star reach nearly every neighborhood — including those big holes in programming, Martin Mini, left, of the Kansas City Area Development that pose geographic chalhowever. It lacks ESPN, the Council, is shown the capabilities of Google Fiber TV by lenges or poorer areas where most popular and expensive brand ambassador Carl Dean. a significant percentage of part of most cable packages, residents are less likely to buy and the rest of Disney Corp.’s Internet impractical. They Internet overhaul the most profitable subscripalso contend that customers offerings. tions. rarely express interest in “We’re launching Google The Google Fiber project In that respect, there’s a speeds much beyond 10 Fiber with content providers bubbled up from the Mouncertain savvy to Google’s megabits a second, much less tain View, Calif., headquarwho share our vision,” a Google spokeswoman said in something 100 times faster. ters more than two years ago. rollout strategy. By only goGoogle looks as though it’s an email when asked about Google has long been pushing into neighborhoods able to cut the cost of deploy- ing cable and telephone com- where enough consumers the missing channels. “Over prove they’ll pay, the compaing such a network in two time, we will be expanding panies to deliver Internet ny builds in great efficiencies ways. our TV package well beyond services capable of pumping to building the network. No First, by targeting neighthe channels it currently massive amounts of data — borhoods with the strongest includes.” think of downloading a high- need to dispatch crews and rip up asphalt in pursuit of a Or you can get stand-alone interest, it can lower its indefinition movie in a minute handful of potential customInternet at speeds more than stallation costs by going only or two rather than hours. ers when Google can laser in where there are large num100 times faster than most With Google Fiber, the comon the most eager concentrabers of eager customers, broadband for $70. By company essentially declared it tions of subscribers. stopping by once and moving would prove industrialparison, Comcast Corp. reIt’s also a risky approach. on. cently announced it would strength connections were Pay-TV service customers Second, it brings the same sell speeds of 305 megabits practical for the home. have become accustomed to electronic engineering and per second — Google’s ofGoogle asked for no upmanufacturing know-how fering is three times faster — front subsidies when it chose specials — free or discounted installation, free trials of that has increasingly scaled for $300 a month. the Kansas City market last high-tier programming. down the cost of building Both the TV and Internetspring. But it did win some Experts note that a faster football-sized data centers only deals come with twoconcessions. Internet connection won’t around the globe. year contracts, for which the In Wyandotte County, for speed all you do on the In“We’re an engineering company said it will waive a instance, it was given the company,” Google chief fi$300 installation charge. option of hanging its wires on ternet. Rather, it could expose new bottlenecks. Your nancial officer Patrick Pi(Google actually calls it a parts of utility poles usually computer or other electronics chette said in an interview “construction” fee, and sugoff-limits to communication may not be powerful enough Thursday. “Google has a gested a fiber optic conneclines — and for free. In the to process things as quickly as knack at looking at things in tion might add upward of end, doing so was unwieldy, you’re able to download a different way.” $2,000 to a home’s value.) and Google agreed to conthem. Some websites will be The competition spoke There’s a third option. The ventional attachment rates noticeably slower than othboldly in the wake of Gooarrival of Google had set off for access next to cable and ers. gle’s announcement Thursworries that people with no telephone wires. But other problems will day. Internet would be left out of City officials on both sides evaporate. No more buffering “We compete with anyone, of the state line also agreed a community transformation of Netflix movies. Junior can anytime, anywhere,” said fired by faster-than-fast Into expedite the company’s download a movie in his ternet. So Google announced Time Warner Cable spokespermitting process and to room while Sis goes crazy it would provide free Internet man Michael Pedelty. assign staff specifically to sharing songs with her budThe company’s 900 local service — albeit at far slower help Google. They also gave dies, even as Mom and Dad employees, he said, can stand Google access to public speeds — for seven years to use Skype to talk with Grandup to Google’s challenge. customers who pay for inrights-of-way, offered them pa. “Bring it on,” he said. stallation. That $300 charge space in city facilities, and “Normally a gigabit connecGoogle remained coy about provided public relations and can be paid off in monthly tion is going to be in the how quickly the service $25 installments. marketing help. would be installed across the “The Internet is best,” said Time Warner Cable became neighborhood of $500 a month,” said Kansas State Google Fiber project manager market. The Kansas City, the principal television-subUniversity computer scientist Kan., “fiberhood” where the Kevin Lo, “when everybody scription company in the most customers sign up will has it.” market decades ago. It did so Dan Andresen, “if you can get get service first. 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HAWKER From Page 6B business plan in the face of, among other challenges, a supply chain that has experienced disruption as a result of the … chapter 11 filing and continued weakness and substantial weakness in the aerospace sector,” the filing said. It said that, in order for any bonuses to be paid, the company must consummate the standalone plan before Dec. 15 or close the sale of the company before Jan. 15. The company urged the bankruptcy court to overrule the objections from both the Machinists union and the Justice Department’s U.S. Trustee agency, which is tasked with overseeing bankruptcy cases. Both have challenged the bonus plan, contending it is essentially a “disguised retention plan" that does little other than reward managers for staying during bankruptcy reorganization. U.S. Trustee Tracy Hope Davis argued there must be other factors such as “challenging standards" or “high hurdles" for debtors to overcome before they can be paid bonuses, and that Hawker Beechcraft’s bonus plan did not meet those standards. Contributing: Associated Press Reach Molly McMillin at 316-269-6708 or mmcmillin@wichitaeagle.com.

LUMBER From Page 6B under way since the housing market turned down in 2008. “Reno County has averaged 55 permits a year, which is less than half of the 10-year average and only one-third of the peak years,” the news release stated. “This dramatic shift has forced us to re-evaluate how we serve the Reno County area.” Star Lumber has had a Hutchinson store since 1990, when it bought Davis Lumber Co. Goebel likened the consolidation in Hutchinson to the closing of the Salina store last year. Now the Salina market is served out of the Manhattan facility. Goebel said the Hutchinson store would likely close by Aug. 11. “We actually believe our service to the pro builders will be a little bit better,” Goebel said. “We’re sad we have to shut that facility, but we feel we can still serve that market.”

FUTURES Future Last Chg. Open High Low Prev. Corn (CBOT) Sep 12 778 1⁄2 -2 3⁄4 781 1⁄4 783 1⁄4 776 1⁄2 781 1⁄4 Dec 12 773 3⁄4 -2 1⁄2 776 778 771 1⁄2 776 1⁄4 Mar 13 770 1⁄2 -2 3⁄4 772 3⁄4 774 1⁄2 768 1⁄2 773 1⁄4 Wheat (KCBT) Sep 12 886 -4 890 890 885 890 905 910 Dec 12 905 3⁄4 -4 1⁄4 909 1⁄2 909 1⁄2 Mar 13 913 1⁄2 -2 1⁄2 911 3⁄4 913 3⁄4 911 3⁄4 916 Soybeans (CBOT) Aug 12 1649 -6 3⁄4 1654 1657 1641 1655 3⁄4 Sep 12 1586 1⁄4 -10 1⁄4 1596 1⁄2 1596 1⁄2 1581 3⁄4 1596 1⁄2 Nov 12 1559 1⁄4 -8 1⁄4 1565 1⁄2 1570 3⁄4 1550 3⁄4 1567 1⁄2 Live Cattle (CME) Aug 12 117.900 - 0.275 118.025 118.100 117.675 118.175 Oct 12 122.950 - 0.225 123.175 123.175 122.750 123.175 Dec 12 126.200 - 0.175 126.300 126.300 126.075 126.375 Feeder Cattle (CME) Aug 12 135.950 - 0.050 135.675 135.950 135.475 136.000 Sep 12 138.850 0.025 138.500 138.850 138.500 138.825 Oct 12 140.725 - 0.275 140.600 140.725 140.600 141.000 Lean Hogs (CME) Aug 12 95.675 - 0.125 96.175 96.175 95.600 95.800 Oct 12 81.275 - 0.150 81.375 81.425 81.075 81.425 Dec 12 78.875 - 0.200 79.075 79.075 78.800 79.075 Information provided by Schweiterman (www.upthelimit.com)

GRAIN PRICES Andale . . . . . . . . . . Beloit . . . . . . . . . . . Coffeyville . . . . . . . Colby . . . . . . . . . . . Concordia . . . . . . . Dodge City . . . . . . Emporia . . . . . . . . . Garden City . . . . . . Garden Plain . . . . . Great Bend . . . . . . Hays . . . . . . . . . . . . Hutchinson . . . . . . Pratt . . . . . . . . . . . . Salina . . . . . . . . . . . Scott City. . . . . . . . Wellington. . . . . . . Whitewater . . . . . . Wichita . . . . . . . . .

Wheat 8.45 8.39 8.40 8.23 8.52 8.40 8.30 8.40 8.50 8.45 8.39 8.52 8.48 8.55 8.35 8.50 8.41 -

Corn 7.36 7.61 7.53 7.90 7.66 8.33 7.96 8.11 7.36 7.96 7.68 7.71 8.06 7.36 7.67 -

Milo 6.96 7.26 7.41 7.61 7.77 7.66 7.31 7.36 7.29 7.46 7.43 7.54 7.31 7.24 -

Beans 16.11 15.89 15.96 15.99 15.81 16.76 15.86 16.10 15.87 16.10 16.16 15.86 16.07 16.09 16.64

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YOUR WEATHER TONIGHT

TODAY

5-DAY FORECAST Mostly sunny and hot conditions can be expected today, with highs around 101 and east winds at 5-10 mph. Saturday will be mostly sunny and hot, with highs around 102 and south winds at 5-15 mph. Sunday through Tuesday will feature a mix of sun and clouds, with continued hot temperatures each day.

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Colby 98/70

Salina 100/75

Hays 101/71

Great Bend 100/72 Garden City 100/70

Liberal 100/70

Medicine Lodge 103/73

Wichita 101/75

OKLAHOMA

Topeka 98/71

McPherson 100/74

Hutchinson 100/74

Dodge City 101/71

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102°

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Kansas City 96/72

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AIR QUALITY Pollutant ozone

Emporia 101/72

56 GOOD

El Dorado 100/72 Independence 100/72 Ponca City 100/73

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ALMANAC CONTINENTAL U.S. EXTREMES HIGH LOW

110° Needles, Calif. 36° W. Yellowstone, Mont.

TEMPS IN WICHITA At Mid-Continent Airport

Enid 100/76 Oklahoma City 100/73

Tulsa 102/78

HIGH RECORD HIGH LOW RECORD LOW

98° 105° in 2006 74° 57° in 2004

PRECIPITATION IN WICHITA Month: 0.24” (-2.60”)

Day: 0.02”

NATIONAL WEATHER

Year: 17.76” (-2.14”)

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FARM & GARDEN SOIL TEMPERATURES (2 inches) High: 85° Low: 82° HUMIDITY 27% (6 p.m.)

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El Paso 97 75 t 94 77 t Eugene 79 52 pc 79 53 pc Fairbanks 77 52 pc 77 55 pc Fargo 82 61 s 85 67 t Flagstaff 81 57 t 81 58 t Fort Worth 100 79 pc 10176 pc Fresno 96 64 s 97 65 s Grand Rapids 82 63 t 84 62 pc Green Bay 77 62 t 82 63 s Hartford 87 67 t 83 67 t Honolulu 88 73 s 88 74 s Houston 94 78 pc 96 77 pc Indianapolis 92 68 pc 87 67 pc Jacksonville 97 75 pc 95 76 t Juneau 68 51 sh 60 50 c Kansas City 96 72 s 10076 pc Key West 89 80 s 89 79 s Knoxville 90 69 t 90 67 pc Lake Tahoe 78 40 s 80 43 s Las Cruces 98 69 t 94 73 t Las Vegas 106 82 s 10582 s Lexington 88 69 t 87 68 s Lincoln 91 68 s 92 73 t Little Rock 96 76 t 10177 pc Los Angeles 70 61 pc 71 62 pc Louisville 92 73 t 89 72 s Lubbock 95 71 t 96 70 pc Madison 83 61 pc 83 63 pc Memphis 96 77 t 95 75 s Miami 92 79 pc 92 79 pc Milwaukee 77 68 pc 77 68 s Minneapolis 79 65 s 84 68 pc Mobile 92 77 t 92 75 t Montgomery 94 75 t 93 74 t Myrtle Beach 92 78 pc 91 78 t Nashville 93 71 t 92 70 s New Orleans 92 78 t 92 76 t New York City 92 75 t 87 71 t

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Newark 94 74 t 87 70 t Norfolk 98 76 t 94 75 t Okla. City 100 73 pc 10176 s Omaha 88 66 s 88 71 t Orlando 96 75 pc 95 75 pc Palm Springs 110 77 pc 11076 s Pensacola 91 79 t 91 78 t Philadelphia 95 76 t 90 72 t Phoenix 107 85 pc 10784 pc Pittsburgh 82 64 t 81 62 t Portland 76 58 pc 77 57 pc Raleigh 99 74 t 96 72 t Rapid City 90 65 pc 94 69 pc Reno 93 58 s 92 59 s Rochester 81 65 t 80 63 t Sacramento 89 58 s 93 58 s Saint Louis 99 73 s 93 71 pc Salt Lake City 98 71 pc 98 70 pc San Antonio 96 76 pc 97 76 s San Diego 71 64 pc 73 62 pc San Francisco 67 55 pc 72 55 pc San Jose 78 56 pc 83 57 pc Santa Fe 81 60 pc 81 61 pc Savannah 97 78 pc 95 76 t Seattle 71 56 pc 73 56 pc Shreveport 96 77 t 99 78 pc Sioux City 86 64 s 85 70 t Sioux Falls 87 65 s 86 69 t Spokane 88 59 s 84 58 s Tallahassee 94 75 t 94 76 t Tampa 93 78 pc 93 78 pc Toledo 85 67 t 83 64 pc Tucson 98 76 t 98 75 t Tulsa 102 78 s 10381 s Vail 73 48 t 71 49 t Washington 97 76 t 93 73 t Wilmington 95 73 t 88 71 pc Yuma 111 81 pc 10782 pc

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Today Tomorrow H L Sky H L Sky 91 78 pc 90 78 t 84 59 pc 67 55 sh 98 77 pc 92 80 s 117 82 s 11581 s 82 74 t 89 75 c 85 80 pc 86 80 t 83 73 pc 82 73 s 90 74 t 87 77 t 86 65 pc 92 68 pc 84 64 s 80 64 t 83 77 pc 85 80 t 66 52 sh 65 48 sh 87 60 s 72 59 t 87 66 t 89 69 t 55 40 s 63 42 pc 98 75 s 96 77 s 76 56 t 77 56 s 87 78 t 88 78 t 65 46 s 67 49 pc 88 77 t 87 78 t 86 69 t 86 67 t 73 60 s 76 62 t 64 47 c 62 49 sh 93 73 pc 79 58 t

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Geneva 89 Guadalajara 80 Halifax 71 Havana 90 Helsinki 71 Ho Chi Minh 88 Hong Kong 88 Istanbul 89 Jerusalem 90 Johannesburg 65 Kabul 89 Kiev 89 Kingston 89 Lima 72 Lisbon 73 London 78 Madrid 91 Manila 83 Mazatlan 91 Mexico City 72 Montreal 82 Moscow 83 Nairobi 71 Nassau 86

68 s 64 sh 61 t 73 t 56 s 72 t 81 t 78 pc 67 s 40 s 60 s 69 s 80 pc 65 s 64 pc 52 t 67 s 74 t 79 t 51 sh 59 pc 58 pc 56 sh 76 pc

81 63 t 84 64 t 70 56 t 89 73 pc 74 58 pc 88 72 t 90 81 t 88 77 s 88 65 s 65 38 s 91 61 s 89 71 pc 89 79 t 73 64 s 80 62 pc 70 49 pc 89 65 s 86 73 t 87 76 t 73 54 t 80 65 pc 78 62 pc 73 58 sh 87 78 pc

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New Delhi 93 79 t 93 80 t Oslo 69 55 sh 68 56 sh Ottawa 82 59 pc 83 63 s Paris 89 62 t 76 53 t Port-au-Prince 88 72 pc 87 71 pc Rio 79 65 pc 80 65 pc Riyadh 114 92 pc 11390 pc Rome 86 71 s 89 73 s San Juan 87 78 pc 87 78 pc Santiago 65 47 s 64 47 s Seoul 88 74 pc 87 75 t Shanghai 89 80 pc 91 79 pc Singapore 86 77 t 86 77 t Stockholm 71 55 s 74 60 c Sydney 65 45 s 63 45 s Taipei 90 81 pc 92 80 pc Tehran 95 76 s 96 77 s Tel Aviv 91 77 pc 90 76 s Tokyo 88 77 t 89 77 t Toronto 71 65 c 80 64 pc Vancouver 68 59 pc 67 59 pc Vienna 85 69 pc 88 69 s Warsaw 90 71 t 86 70 t Zurich 86 63 s 75 62 t

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Now you know.

Poe signs to leave Bowe as KC’s holdout

training camp, the club announced that Poe signed his first NFL contract. Terms were not released, ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Chiefs rookie nose tackle Dontari Poe but it is believed Poe, the 11th overall pick from the Universispent the past few weeks ty of Memphis, signed a fourcompleting all the requisite year deal worth about $11 duties befitting a first-round million. That would put him draft pick. between the four-year, $12.1 He shopped at Nebraska Furniture Mart and decorated million contract cornerback Stephon Gilmore (10th pick) his new Kansas City apartment. He met some friends on signed with Buffalo and the four-year, $10.2 million deal the East Coast and returned defensive lineman Fletcher home to Memphis last weekend for a quick visit with fami- Cox (12th pick) signed with Philadelphia. ly. The Chiefs did not make Poe And on Thursday morning, available to the 25-or-so rejust a few hours before the porters camped out at MisChiefs reported to Missouri souri Western on Thursday Western for the opening of BY RANDY COVITZ Kansas City Star

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David Auer watches his ball after teeing off on the 14th hole at Sand Creek Station during the first round of match play at the Kansas Amateur. Auer lost to fellow Wichitan Corey Novascone 2 and 1.

Ringler starts strong BY PAUL SUELLENTROP The Wichita Eagle

NEWTON — College is about more than golf for Hutchinson’s Thane Ringler. He attends a small, private school in California known more for its emphasis on studying the Bible than athletics. That doesn’t mean Ringler can’t play like a big-time golfer. At the Kansas Amateur, he entered Thursday’s match play as the No. 5 seed at Sand Creek Station Golf Course. He blew an early lead, struggling through the middle holes, before beating Tonganoxie’s Colby Yates 1-up. The top 10 seeds survived in a first round devoid of major upsets and advance to Friday’s round of 32. Ringler’s round didn’t go as smoothly as he expected against the No. 60 seed. He got 3-up on Yates after No. 6, then faltered. He three-putted No. 7 for a bogey. On No. 9, he lofted a tee shot into the woods and needed to

evening, and neither general manager Scott Pioli nor coach Romeo Crennel commented on the signing. Veteran wide receiver Dwayne Bowe is the Chiefs’ only unsigned player. Bowe, the club’s franchise player, has yet to sign the one-year tender offer of about $9.5 million. Until he does, he is not required to appear at camp. Poe’s mother Sandra, reached by telephone in Memphis, was thrilled that her son came to an agreement. Only three other first-round draft picks have yet to sign as camps are opening through-

Chiefs defensive tackle Dontari Poe (92), shown during minicamp at the team’s practice facility in Kansas City on May 11, will have high expectations after being selected in the first round. Orlin Wagner/Associated Press

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Verbil soaks up record Hooper threatens changes after Amarillo shuts out Wingnuts

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Wingnuts third baseman Steve Carrillo can’t quite reach a line drive against Amarillo in the seventh inning at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium on Thursday night.

■ Former Shocker is bowling’s hot topic after 879 series. BY JEFFREY LUTZ The Wichita Eagle

Katie Verbil answered her phone in two rings Thursday, hardly surprising since the flow of well-wishers wouldn’t let her be away from it for too long. A day after setting what is a national women’s bowling record with an 879 threegame series at West Acres Bowl, Verbil took congratulatory calls from friends, Verbil family, media and members of the bowling community. The 32-year-old Verbil said she never imagined she would bowl 33 strikes in a row — two 300 games and the first nine strikes of the third — and after it happened the attention she received was equally surprising. “It’s been an insane day,” said Verbil, who bowled at Wichita State from 1998 to 2002. “… I never would have, in a million years, thought that I would have received this much attention for bowling an 879." The U.S. Bowling Congress must formally approve the series. Please see RECORD, Page 2C

BY JEFFREY LUTZ The Wichita Eagle

he Wingnuts start their longest road trip of the season Friday night in Laredo, and on Thursday they played like they thought the bus might leave without them. Wichita got out of LawrenceDumont Stadium in a hurry, managing three hits in a 5-0 loss to Amarillo as Justin Garcia threw a 107-pitch shutout that he wrapped up in less than 2 hours, 18 minutes. After a pair of exciting bottom-ofthe-ninth wins, the Wingnuts com-

pleted the “one step back” part of the equation that has marred their last month. A night after achieving consecutive wins for the first time since late June, Wichita settled back into habits that saw it lose 18 of its previous 23. The two last-inning wins allowed the Wingnuts to momentarily ignore that they were playing an undermanned opponent that activated a coach and used pitchers to round out its batting order. “These guys are hitting pitchers and coaches are playing third base, and we split with them,” Wingnuts manager Kevin Hooper said. “And the two games we win, it takes

walk-off fashion to beat them. You try to be positive all you can, but that’s a pretty pathetic effort tonight if you ask me.” Garcia had little trouble cutting through the Wingnuts’ order, except for a hiccup when Wichita collected a pair of two-out singles in the second. Garcia retired the next 11 batters before a Mike Conroy double in the sixth that proved to also be hardly a blip. Wichita didn’t put up much of a fight, allowing Garcia to keep working within the strike zone while the Wingnuts swung early in the count and frequently made weak contact. Twenty of the Wingnuts’ 27 outs

were finished in four pitches or fewer. “You’ve got every opportunity tonight to come out and win a ballgame and win a series and you show up and do that,” Hooper said. “Come on, man. It might be time to mix some things up, shake some things up and play this thing out the last month because some of these guys act like they don’t even care. Win or lose, they don’t even care. We’ll have a nice little heartto-heart tonight and get on the road.” The Wingnuts have had trouble Please see WINGNUTS, Page 2C

London’s Olympic spotlight squarely on sports BY PHILIP HERSH Chicago Tribune

LONDON — When the London Olympics open Friday night, they also should begin to write a story free of the preconceived global narrative that has accompanied all recent summer games. Beijing 2008 was China’s coming-out party. Athens 2004 was a return of the Games to their roots. Sydney 2000 was Australia’s chance to show off the beauties of a faraway land. Atlanta 1996 was the unlikely choice as host as the modern Olympics celebrated their centennial. Barcelona 1992 was an ode

OPENING CEREMONY When: 6:30 p.m. Friday TV: KSNW, Ch. 3 to the joy of post-Franco Catalonia. Seoul 1988 was essentially the same story as Beijing. In London, the first threetime Olympic host, center stage really should belong the

entire time to the nearly 10,500 athletes competing in 26 sports, with the city’s already well-known landmarks and history as set decoration. So swimmer Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt return to the spotlight, cyclist Bradley Wiggins hopes to go from Tour de France yellow to Olympic gold, Ko Uchimura may show he is the greatest gymnast in history, the U.S. women’s eight will row with a six-year unbeaten streak, and archer Im Dong-hyun shoots for gold despite beginning legally blind in one eye. Theirs are the stories Lon-

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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt gestures as he arrives for a news conference for the Olympics on Thursday in London. Please see OLYMPICS, Page 5C Bolt will try for a repeat in track’s 100 and 200 meters.

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TODAY’S POLL ON KANSAS.COM Which former Shocker has the best chance to make an NBA roster? ■ Toure Murry ■ Joe Ragland ■ Garrett Stutz ■ No one will make a roster in the foreseeable future Go to Kansas.com/sports to vote and see results.

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Jones to transfer from Kansas State leave K-State,” coach Bruce Weber said in a statement. “Over the past couple of weeks, he and I have had MANHATTAN — Jeremy several discussions about his Jones has decided to leave future and he thinks this the Kansas State basketball gives him the best chance to program be successful … I wish all the after one best with his future plans.” season. Jones’ departure doesn’t The senior come as a surprise. He guard, who stopped practicing with his came to the teammates last week, and Wildcats Weber indicated he was confollowing templating a transfer. two sucJones saw action in 20 cessful years games last season, averaging at Seward Jones County Com- 3.1 points as primarily an outside shooter. He showed munity College, is expected to seek a transfer closer to his promise early on, but injuries prevented him from building home in Chicago. on that success. “Jeremy has decided to BY KELLIS ROBINETT The Wichita Eagle

do it in 10 hours or less.” If Indianapolis Motor Speedway pulls off this remarkable weekend double INDIANAPOLIS — Track without a hitch, it could open workers, start your engines. a whole new world of possiThe goal: Swap out conbilities to one of the world’s crete walls and tire barriers most famous racing venues. and move fencing quickly The first team owner to win enough to use the oval and the Daytona 500 and Indiaroad courses on the same napolis 500 in the same seaweekend for the first time in son, Chip Ganassi, already track history. started lobbying Thursday for The Grand-Am Series will a for a 6-hour endurance race. run its debut race on IndiaDrivers will compete in a napolis’ road course Friday, three-hour race and a 2 while the Nationwide Series holds its inaugural race on the 1⁄2-hour race Friday. traditional 2.5-mile oval Sat“I think it’s a great idea,” urday afternoon. In between, Ganassi said. the busiest guys in town will NASCAR driver Juan Pablo be the track workers. Montoya, the 2000 Indianap“In this case, our conversion olis 500 winner, has another consists of what we need to idea for race organizers. do, so you may see a remnant “I think finishing the race or two in the infield,” speedhere at night would be aweway CEO Jeff Belskus said. some,” said Montoya, who “Our original goal was to get will become the first driver to it done in 12 hours or less and compete in four of the five the operating team says it can sanctioned events that have

been held at Indianapolis – IndyCars, Formula One, NASCAR and Grand Am. But plenty of challenges lie ahead for speedway officials. Nationwide drivers got a chance to practice on the oval Thursday afternoon. When practice ended, track workers scrambled to start converting the track into road-course mode for Friday’s two races. Then the track must be switched back to oval mode for Saturday’s practice and qualifications and the Nationwide race. The Brickyard 400 will be held Sunday on the oval. With that much activity there are bound to be some traffic jams in Indy. “We have 250 transporters and race teams at this facility right now,” Belskus said. “Yesterday (Wednesday), we had haulers and transponders lined up two abreast all the way around the track to get

into their positions, so it will affect the traffic flow.” Parking on the infield was limited Thursday and will be restricted again Friday and Saturday. Belskus is advising fans to find another parking spot before Sunday, when most of the infield equipment should be removed and traffic race day traffic patterns become more typical. A decline in attendance prompted race organizers to rethink race weekend. The solution was moving the Nationwide race from a nearby track to Indianapolis Motor Speedway and putting the Grand-Am Series on the schedule for the first time. Track officials are anticipating an increase in the three-day attendance. It’s a stark contrast to the pre-NASCAR days when the only race held on this track was the Indianapolis 500.

excited, I’m pretty proud of myself. I had a friend remind me last night that 10 years ago I set a goal that I wanted to be the first female to shoot 900. I’ll keep trying.” Verbil was among friends Wednesday night in a Battle of the Sexes league. As she piled up the strikes, they were increasingly unsure how to react. One male friend, a fellow left-hander who recently rolled an 879 series, tried to keep Verbil calm as she entered the 10th frame of the final game. Others did their best to keep Verbil from thinking about the history she was close to making. The laid-back atmosphere

kept the pressure from building too much, and even though she was competing against others, the fact that they were all friends meant everyone was rooting for her. “My friends were all trying to keep my mind off of it and keep me distracted,” Verbil said. “We were joking around and laughing and just typical banter back and forth while bowling. They were just really trying to keep me from thinking about it.” Verbil, a Phoenix native, took up bowling as a kid because her parents and uncle frequently played. She has dreamed of a professional bowling career lately, and her record series has her amping

up those aspirations. Since completing her college career, Verbil has competed in amateur events and made some money bowling. But with a young son and an impending marriage, she’ll likely have to settle for Wednesday league play. She works as a food and beverage supervisor for Hyatt Regency Wichita. “I want to start practicing and working my butt off and prepare for the big tournaments,” Verbil said. “The (USBC) Queens and the U.S. Open and be able to do all of those things. I would love to turn it into a career. I probably won’t, but if I could spend more time doing it, I would love to.”

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RECORD From Page 1C The previous women’s record was 878, set by Missouri’s Karen Rosenburg in 2001. Verbil beat it by finishing a spare after leaving the 10-pin standing in the 10th frame of her third game and completing her series with strike No. 34. Verbil was competing at WSU when Roseburg set the record, and it was about that time that Verbil set her sights on going above and beyond. “You know, 879 is pretty good,” Verbil said. “I’m pretty

show up and we get beat 5-0 and have three hits. Come on. Pretty weak.” The Wingnuts still lead the American Association Central by 2 1⁄2 games but might not return to Wichita on Aug. 13 in the same standing if they keep up the play that has dissatisfied their manager. The road trip also presents an opportunity, however, for the Wingnuts to reorganize, possibly through roster changes, and pull away from their nearest competitor, Kansas City. “We just have to play our game,” Conroy said. “Do the little things correctly. If we do that and occasionally get a big hit here or there, we’ll be fine.”

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against pitchers similar to Garcia, especially Jason Jarvis from Sioux City. Jarvis didn’t surrender an earned run in two complete games against Wichita this season, but in 18 innings he allowed 12 hits and struck out eight. Garcia wasn’t overpowering, either. But as the Wingnuts proved they were unwilling to change their approach, Garcia found it unnecessary to change his. “I’m not making excuses for our guys,” Hooper said. “They might want to, but shame on them if they do make excuses. Make an adjustment, bottom line. We get 1-0 (in the count) and we think we need to swing. We swung at so many balls 1-0, it was pathetic.” Wichita starter Josh Lowey didn’t get the run support to create meaning for his ability to keep the score 1-0 through six innings, but a defensive miscue in the seventh allowed Amarillo to break it open. First baseman Mark Wagner dropped a ball that would have finished off a double play, and the Wingnuts might have been out of the inning before Harrison Kain’s threerun homer made it 5-0. It was

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The Wingnuts’ Josh Lowey pitches agauinst Amarillo in the sixth inning at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium on Thursday night. the latest example of the Wingnuts paying big for what appeared to be a small mistake. “Just finish plays,” Hooper said. “It’s professional base-

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Ray Allen’s first game as a Miami Heat guard will be against his old teammates, the Boston Celtics, on Oct. 30 in Miami. The NBA released its 2012-13 schedule with two other opening-night games: Washington at Cleveland and Dallas at the Los Angeles Lakers. Christmas Day games have Boston at Brooklyn, New York at the Lakers, Oklahoma City at Miami, Houston at Chciago and Denver at the L.A. Clippers. ■ The funeral service for former Wichita State player Warren (Armstrong) Jabali will be Saturday at Palestine Missionary Baptist Church of Jesus Christ, 3619 E. 35th Street in Kansas City, Mo. A viewing is from 9 to 11 a.m. with the service at 11.

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Maize High junior Taelyn Entriken shot a 3-under 68 on Thursday to win the 36-hole Women’s Golf Association of Wichita junior tournament by 15 shots at Sim Park. She finished at 1-under 141.

Atlantic Coast Conference, has been named associate athletic director for compliance at The National Baseball Congress has announced its sched- Kansas State. ule for the first five days of the World Series, which begins FOOTBALL Saturday. The schedule can be found on page 9C. Arkansas coach John L. Smith says three players arrested in May for burglary will MOTORSPORTS not be a part of the team this season. Receivers Marquel The 305 cubic-inch motor Wade and Maudrecus Humsprint cars will race at 81 phrey, and tight end Andrew Speedway on Saturday night Peterson were arrested May in Park City. Modified, Sport Mods, Street Stock, Thumper, 12 and charged with felony Hornet and Youth Hornet will residential burglary. The three are accused of stealing textalso race, beginning at 7. books, DVDs, laptops and ■ NASCAR president Mike Helton says he intends to keep more than $4,800 in cash from a university dormitory. details about positive drug tests private. Questions about transparency have arisen since HOCKEY both urine samples from A.J. Allmendinger tested positive The NHL Players Association for what business manager made a number of presentaTara Ragan says was an amtions to owners as talks bephetamine. Allmendinger has tween the union and the NHL been suspended indefinitely concluded for the week. Playand insists he does not know er pensions, length of training what caused the positive tests. camp and ice conditions were NASCAR has provided no the topics of this round, as the details about the positive two sides agreed to continue tests. negotiations toward a collective bargaining agreement. Mathieu Schneider, special COLLEGES assistant to NHLPA executive director Don Fehr, said the Lindsey Babcock, who was assistant commissioner for the two sides were involved in

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open discussion and also broke into smaller groups. The former NHL defenseman added benefits have not been updated since the 1990s, while training camp issues include the schedule and amount of preseason games in which veterans would be expected to participate. ■ The Philadelphia Flyers signed forward Jakub Voracek to a four-year contract worth $17 million. Voracek came to Philadelphia last season in the deal that sent forward Jeff Carter to Columbus and had 18 goals and 49 points in 78 games.

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Fifth-seeded Xavier Malisse advanced to the Farmers Classic quarterfinals, beating Matthew Ebden 6-4, 6-3 at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. The 32-year-old Malisse, from Belgium, will face two-time tournament champion Sam Querrey on Friday. In other second-round matches, fourth-seeded Nicolas Mahut beat Paolo Lorenzi 7-5, 7-6 (7), sixth-seeded Marinko Matosevic topped Tobias Kamke 6-3, 1-6, 6-0, and Ricardas Berankis beat Igor Andreev 6-4, 7-5.

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le off the bench when the regular season begins.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dontari Poe wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only 300-pound-plus player to join the Chiefs on the eve of training camp Thursday. The team also signed 301-pound offensive tackle Tony Ugoh, a former second-round pick by Indianapolis. Ugoh also played for Detroit and the New York Giants in his five NFL seasons. Ugohâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signing isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as significant as Poeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, at least not immediately. The Chiefs are set at starting tackle with two veterans, Branden Albert on the left side and Eric Winston on the right. But until signing Ugoh, the Chiefs had no other tackle with significant NFL experience. Their top reserve at tackle in offseason practice was rookie Donald Stephenson, a third-round draft pick. The addition of Ugoh gives the Chiefs some insurance in case they decide Stephenson isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ready to be the first tack-

Position change for Daniels â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Travis Daniels, mostly a cornerback in his three seasons with the Chiefs, was a starting safety during offseason practice. The normal starters, Eric Berry and Kendrick Lewis, were not practicing because they were rehabbing after surgeries. The Chiefs are expecting Berry and Lewis to practice when training camp begins Friday. The Chiefs also added two safeties, veteran Abram Elam and rookie Deâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Quan Menzie. Daniels said he expects to remain at safety. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had any talks about that, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just assuming it will be the same role as it was in (offseason practice),â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just knowing my talent and ability and things like that, I look forward to probably moving around in the secondary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt very comfortable. At the end of the day, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s football. Being a defensive back, one thing Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always tried to pride myself on is being able

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to be versatile. I never really want to be that person that only could play one thing. The way you can maximize all your opportunities is being able to play multiple positions.â&#x20AC;?

Expecting a tougher camp â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Chiefs did little hitting in last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s camp. The team had been unable to do hold any offseason practices because of the lockout, and the response by then-coach Todd Haley was to spend more time on conditioning than football when camp began. The Chiefs are expecting a different camp when practice begins Friday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m quite sure itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be physical,â&#x20AC;? wide receiver Terrance Copper said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s football.â&#x20AC;? Defensive back Jalil Brown said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Because of) the whole lockout last year, we got a late start. This year, the guys have a little bit of time under their belt, and the rookies and the team does together. We can get started a little faster this year. I definitely think this year will be a little faster.â&#x20AC;?

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Peyton Manning says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to take him a while to settle into his new digs in Denver after spending 14 years in Indianapolis. He looked right at home in his new duds Thursday, though. Manningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passes on the first day of Broncos training camp were as powerful and precise as ever, delighting his coaches, teammates and the 4,371 boisterous fans who crammed into the Jack Dempsey/Associated Press teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s EngleDenver Broncos quarterback wood, Colo., com- Peyton Manning signals to plex for their first teammates during glimpse of ManThursday's opening session ning in orange of training camp in and blue. Englewood, Colo The biggest crowd for a non-stadium practice in team and retired players â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including a confidential mental history watched Manningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health phone line. first workout in front of fans â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no higher priority in nearly two years. for the National Football â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had (Tim) Tebow last League than the health and year and he brings out his own fan base,â&#x20AC;? Champ Bailey wellness of our players,â&#x20AC;? NFL said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just to see more people commissioner Roger Goodell out here on the first day than said in an e-mail to more than Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen in the past, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great. 11,000 players announcing I think everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s starting to NFL Total Wellness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This expect some good things from service is here for you.â&#x20AC;? An outside agency will run us.â&#x20AC;? NFL Life Line, a free consultaThe Broncos, without a tion service to inform players winning season since 2006, and family members about welcome those high expectathe signs of crisis, symptoms tions. of common mental health â&#x20AC;&#x153;I mean, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been problems, as well as where to confident, but it does help get help. Experts in suicide when you have a four-time prevention and substance MVP as your quarterback,â&#x20AC;? abuse are among those inBailey said. The crowd greeted Manning volved in developing and administering the program. when he ran onto the field, Shannon Jordan, president just as they welcomed Tebow of the Gridiron Greats Assisa year ago, with huge cheers tance Fund, a charity for NFL and chants. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to tell you guys a retirees who need health care, funny story,â&#x20AC;? defensive tackle said the program is long overdue. and top draft pick Derek â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unfortunately sometimes it Wolfe said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we came takes a tragedy to put someout here today, I was right in front of Manning and I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t thing together quicker, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just happy that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finalknow it. They made a pretty big fuss, and I was like, `Why ly here and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll keep expanding on it,â&#x20AC;? said Jordan, are they yelling so crazy for me?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Then I looked behind me who is part of the NFLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effort. and it was Manning standing Bears get defensive tackthere.â&#x20AC;? le â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tampa Bay traded defensive tackle Brian Price to the NFL begins wellness Chicago Bears for a draft pick program â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In an offseason next year. marked by Junior Seauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suiPrice was a second-round cide and scores of lawsuits pick (35th overall) out of over brain injuries, the NFL UCLA by Tampa Bay in 2010. launched a comprehensive Price (6-foot-1, 303 pounds) wellness program for current

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started 14 games over two seasons, with 27 tackles (23 solo) and three sacks. Tampa Bay also waived former Kansas receiver Dezmon Briscoe. Vilma still out of Saints camp â&#x20AC;&#x201D; After Jonathan Vilma and seven witnesses testified Thursday that Goodell got his facts wrong in the bounty scandal, a federal judge decided against making an immediate ruling on whether the suspended Saints linebacker could temporarily return to work. Regardless of the outcome, the hearing gave Vilma and several current and former teammates, as well as Saints assistant head coach Joe Vitt, a chance to explain why they believe NFL investigators â&#x20AC;&#x153;misconstruedâ&#x20AC;? evidence gathered in their bounty investigation and incorrectly concluded that the Saints had a program in place that offered cash bonuses for tackles that injured opponents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked for has been basically thrown down the toilette,â&#x20AC;? Vilma said when asked about the harm his bounty suspension has done to both his pro career and charitable work that includes building schools in Haiti. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It hurts. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough to swallow because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not who I am.â&#x20AC;? Vilma has asked U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan to impose a temporary restraining order against the NFL while his lawsuit against Goodell proceeds. Vilmaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suit accuses the commissioner of defamation and also asks Berrigan to permanently overturn Goodellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to suspend Vilma for the entire 2012 season. NFL attorneys did not attempt to challenge testimony denying the existence of a bounty program. Rather, they argued the real question in Vilmaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case was whether the federal courts had jurisdiction to overturn a process that was collectively bargained. They noted that multiple system arbitrators have already agreed that Goodell has followed the very policies for imposing discipline to which players agreed in the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s labor agreement.

Deante Burton and Matt Seiwert got to know each other this summer as college freshmen. The Kansas State football players were on campus throughout June and July, taking classes and working out with their new teammates for the first time. Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kansas Shrine Bowl will be their last tie to high school football. One might think the time they spent with established college players would give Burton, a receiver from Manhattan, and Seiwert, a defensive tackle from Conway Springs, an upper hand against high school competition. They certainly hope that is the case. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I came in here in pretty good shape with all the running we did at Kansas State, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not that much of a talent drop,â&#x20AC;? Burton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m here playing with the best athletes in Kansas. There is more speed at K-State practices, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the biggest difference. But these guys are very fast, very strong and very physical.â&#x20AC;? For Seiwert, the game is more than a chance to showcase his skills one last time before permanently moving on to the college level. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Playing with them is an honor,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a great way to end my high school career.â&#x20AC;? Unlike Burton, he will not be practicing or playing with

CHIEFS From Page 1C out the league this weekend â&#x20AC;&#x201D; wide receiver Justin Blackmon, the fifth overall pick by Jacksonville; quarterback Ryan Tannehill, No. 8 by Miami; and wide receiver Kendall Wright, No. 20 by Tennessee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a relief,â&#x20AC;? Sandra Poe said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can breathe now. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pretty sure Dontari can. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of anxious. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any doubts heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d sign. He was pretty confident he would be there and not miss many days. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all in good spirits and excited.â&#x20AC;? Poe (6-foot-3, 346 pounds) played in 35 games with 30 starts at Memphis from 2009-11. Some draft experts questioned his production and his level of intensity at Memphis, which plays in a non-BCS automatic qualifier conference, Conference USA. Poe made 101 career tackles with five sacks and four forced fumbles at Memphis, which went 2-10 last season and 3-21 during the past two seasons. But Poe, a two-time state shot put champion in high school, displayed remarkable athletic ability at the combine, leading all participants in the weight room by squatting 700 pounds and bench-pressing 225 pounds 44 times while also showing some nimble feet. Though Poe may have been a reach with the No. 11 overall pick, the Chiefs badly needed a nose tackle in their

KANSAS SHRINE BOWL When: 7:05 Saturday night Where: Welch Stadium, Emporia TV: Cox 22 the Wildcats in the fall. He will sit out the semester while paying his own way, then rejoin the team in the spring and receive a scholarship. After playing inside linebacker for most of his high school career, the 6-foot-2, 250-pounder likes the idea of waiting to play his first college game until he is physically ready to compete for playing time on K-Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defensive line. Still, this is his last chance to play in a live game for a while. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was kind of hard at the beginning, going from linebacker to the defensive line, but our team didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have much size and it was what our team needed,â&#x20AC;? Seiwert said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was willing to do whatever. I will play at defensive tackle (today), but then I need to put on some weight. It will be nice to sit back a semester, lift weights and put on muscle mass.â&#x20AC;? Burton is hoping to catch passes and use the Shrine Bowl as a springboard into preseason practices. Though he joins a K-State receiving corps that has both

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prepared, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ready to get back in and do his thing and prove the doubters wrongs.â&#x20AC;? Sandra Poe, Dontariâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother 3-4 front, especially with the retirement of Kelly Gregg, and selected Poe as the first of eight defensive linemen who went in the first round. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prepared, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ready to get back in and do his thing and prove the doubters wrong,â&#x20AC;? said Sandra Poe, who helped her son move in earlier this week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really anxious to get out there and make Kansas City know that they made the right choice. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to come to the games.â&#x20AC;? Poe impressed some of his teammates during the off-

talent and depth, he is hoping to contribute early. He got to know veteran receivers Chris Harper and Tramaine Thompson well the last two months and looks up to the success Tyler Lockett had as a freshman last season. He thinks he fits in well with that group, but now he needs to prove himself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The wide receivers are a wild group, but they work very hard,â&#x20AC;? Burton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are good people, they are fun and we get along really well. When you go through workouts with them, you start to value that work ethic and what it means to the team. I just want to use what they taught me on the field.â&#x20AC;? For now, Burton and Seiwert are trying to impress on the high school gridiron one last time. After that, their minds can wander back to college football, where they are expecting big things this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With everyone returning and the work ethic I have seen everyone put in over the summer, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see why we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win it all and win those big games like when we go to Oklahoma,â&#x20AC;? Burton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see any reason why we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win the national championship this year.â&#x20AC;? Check Kellis Robinettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s K-State blog at blogs.kansas.com/kstated. Reach him at krobinett@wichitaeagle.com.

season program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has great hands and great speed,â&#x20AC;? said backup defensive back Travis Daniels, one of two veteran players made available to reporters Thursday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen him get off the line and get past the center pretty quick a couple of times. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With a guy like that who is able to do things like that â&#x20AC;Ś whenever youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got that pass rush putting that heat on the quarterback, it makes the secondaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job easy. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re definitely expecting big things from him. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to put too much pressure on him, but hopefully weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to maximize his talents.â&#x20AC;? Poeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother is looking forward to what her son plans to buy her with part of his signing bonus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming,â&#x20AC;? she said with a laugh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I should be house shopping, soon.â&#x20AC;?

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Carrying flag changes plans BY JANIE MCCAULEY Associated Press

LONDON — The mother of fencing star Mariel Zagunis pushed up her flight by two days and frantically packed her bags to make sure she gets to London in time. After all, it’s not every day her daughter leads the U.S. team in the opening ceremony of the Olympics. So Cathy Zagunis threw her things together Thursday at her home near Portland, Ore., still overwhelmed with emotion a day after her daughter called with the news. The proud mom is intent on getting to Olympic Stadium to see the two-time gold medalist serve as flag-bearer Friday night – and the U.S. Olympic Committee swiftly secured her a hard-to-get ticket for an event that could draw an upward of 1 billion viewers worldwide. “I’m speechless is the problem,” Cathy Zagunis said by phone, fighting tears. “I’m still in quite a bit of shock. It’s an incredible honor to

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Fencing standout Mariel Zagunis is competing in the Olympics — and going for gold — a third time. represent your country, but to be the single person at the opening ceremony holding the American flag is an amazing thing – to be the flag-bearer is incredibly special. When she told me, I cried for an hour.” For one night, Mariel Zagunis will turn her laserlike fencing focus to another important task with the world watching.

“I’m just going to focus on not tripping, not letting the flag touch the ground and doing everything right,” she said at a news conference Thursday. It was no easy thing for Zagunis to earn her spot at the front of the 530-member U.S. team – 269 women and 261 men. First, she made it as a finalist and then prevailed in five rounds

of voting by team captains. After four rounds, Zagunis and another unidentified athlete were tied. “To get that final vote, someone had to change their mind, and they changed their mind in my favor,” she said. “For the decision to be for me, in my favor, it means a lot to me. I can’t believe it’s going to be me.” Few will question the spirit and resolve of the 27-year-old Zagunis, not to mention moxie. For the occasion, she has wrapped strands of her wavy blond hair with glitter. At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Zagunis was a late replacement but went on to capture a stunning victory in sabre – the Americans’ first fencing gold in 100 years. Then came more gold in Beijing four years later. Now, in her third Olympics, she welcomes her moment on the world stage and the attention it will bring to her sport. “This is going to be one of my best Olympic memories, definitely,” she said.

Have basketball arena, will travel Eagle news services

LONDON — Artistic and eye-catching, the mammoth structure appears to be bubble-wrapped for shipping. Good thing. It may be on its way to Brazil soon. The arena hosting the preliminary round of basketball at the London Games, its mammoth steel frame covered by recycled white PVC fabric, is a 12,000-seat temporary facility built for these games – and beyond. Erected in less than 18 months, it will be dismantled afterward and could reappear for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. “I suppose it’s like something you might get from Ikea,” said Stuart Buss, the venue’s deputy media manager. “You can pack it up and reuse it. It’s been cleverly designed so you can put it up quite quickly and take it back down.” Buss said London and Rio organizers have already discussed the building getting a second go-round inside the rings. The facility’s funky exterior is reminiscent of Beijing’s iconic Water Cube, where American swimmer Michael Phelps won a record eight gold medals in 2008. At night, the arena’s outside walls will provide a blank canvas for elaborate, multicolored light displays designed to keep spectators updated on what’s going on inside. When China scores a basket, the building might have a reddish glow. If Australia counters, green and gold flashes will illuminate the walls. Beyond its funky exterior design, the building has been customized to accommodate some of the world’s tallest athletes and those with special needs. Inside, the arena’s seats are colored black and orange to resemble a basketball, and their haphazard placement is supposed to mimic London’s shard-inspired Olympic logo. The venue will be among the busiest during these games, hosting both men’s basketball preliminary rounds and the women’s prelims and quarterfinals – 64 games in all – before the tournaments move to the

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A worker passes the Olympic Basketball Arena, which will be disassembled after the Games and possibly sent on to Rio de Janeiro for 2016. larger North Greenwich Arena. Also, 12 team handball games will be played here. Toe means two — McKayla Maroney, the 16-year-old defending world vault champion from Long Beach, Calif., will likely compete in only one event, her specialty, when the U.S. women begin gymnastics qualifications Sunday. Maroney said she re-injured a toe she had originally broken before a competition in Chicago two months ago during her first training session in England last week. “On my beam routine, my round-off dismount, I split my big right toe,” Maroney said Thursday after she only did her vaults during podium training. “It was already broken…. I just split it more.” Maroney probably would have been used on floor exercise as well as vault if the toe hadn’t been re-injured, but it’s now likely Maroney will only perform two vaults.

Who’s the story? — The U.S. swim team’s news conference Thursday was 30 minutes for Michael Phelps and his coach, 30 minutes for everybody else. Does this reinforce the idea that Phelps is somehow separate from his teammates? “We used to do all the press conferences together and (we) would just sit here daydreaming,” while Phelps fielded all the questions, teammate Natalie Coughlin said.

On a comeback — Four years after U.S. boxing hit a new low in Beijing, a revitalized American team is ready to punch back. With a cool mix of veteran leadership and rising contenders of both sexes, the Americans will field the largest squad at London. Nine men qualified in 10 weight classes, while women qualified in all three weights for their first Olympic tournament. Yet those cold numbers don’t reflect the fundamental differences between the squabbling Beijing squad that Men’s soccer openers — managed just one bronze Gold-medal favorite Brazil White out at Wimbledon medal and the cohesive, scored three first-half goals to beat Egypt 3-2 in Group C. … — Unlike Wimbledon’s normal supportive unit that went all-white dress code, Olympic through a team workout Belarus beat New Zealand Thursday at a Leyton gym on tennis players will be able to 1-0 in their Group C opener. … Substitute Nicolas Lodeiro wear their country’s colors on the eve of the games. “That’s all because we’re the grass of the All-England scored in the second half to really a team now,” flyweight Club. give Uruguay a 2-1 victory Rau’shee Warren said. “It’s all “I feel a bit awkward playover the United Arab Emiring in a red shirt out at Wim- different than it was before.” ates. … Moussa Konate Warren, the first three-time scored late in the second half bledon,” Switzerland’s Roger U.S. Olympic boxer, believes Federer said. “But I don’t to lift Senegal into a 1-1 tie the Americans have unlocked dislike it.” against host Britain. the secret of teamwork in a fundamentally individual Forty and fit — There are Not so fast — Everyone sport. After playing his own had assumed American Nata- always a handful of athletes role in the Americans’ declinlie Coughlin, 29, would retire trying to win one for the ing medal count at the past after she qualified only in the aged, and Chris Horner is two Olympics, he’s confident 400-meter freestyle relay. But “that guy” for the U.S. men’s this team’s camaraderie will road cycling team. Coughlin said her future is Horner, who will turn 41 in be reflected on the only undecided. scoreboard that matters. October, gives off a grandfa“I may continue to swim,

want every athlete to be able to look me in the eye and say, ‘My performance was not impeded by anything From Page 1C that you guys failed to do,’ ” Coe said. “I want them all to succeed, all to reach their don Olympic Organizing potential.” Chairman Sebastian Coe, a After seven years of neartwo-time Olympic champion constant (and often justified) runner, wants the 2012 Olympics to tell. His goal has complaints from British press about things like cost overbeen for everyone working runs in the billions, inconveon the Games to have the attitude of a NASA employee nience and ticket unavailability, the local media has done whom President John F. Kennedy met and asked what a 180 since Sunday and exhorted everyone to enjoy the his job was. The man took a athletic feats in the next 16 break from mopping a floor days. and said, “I’m helping put a For the first time, a woman man on the moon.” “At the end of the Games, I will have a chance to per-

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and I may not,” Coughlin said. “I think a lot of people assumed I was going to be done, and I never once said that. So I’m going to take this meet as it comes, and then I’ll evaluate from there.” She is a captain for the U.S. women’s swim team, just as she was in 2008 when she won six medals. Coughlin’s 11 medals are only one shy of tying Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres for the most among American women.

therly vibe surrounded by 20-something teammates Tejay van Garderen, Taylor Phinney, Tyler Farrar and Timmy Duggan. Horner turned professional in 1995, but failed to make the U.S. team for the next four Summer Olympics. He figured that London was his final shot, and was nearly overcome with emotion when USA Cycling announced he had made the five-man team for Saturday’s road race. “Your whole life, you’re always trying to get on the Olympic team,” Horner said.

There in spirit — The U.S. women’s soccer team hasn’t attended an opening ceremony in 12 years. It just takes too much time and energy to fly to the host city from the remote venues where soccer is played. So what to do? Gather in front of a television and dress as if you were there. “We’re going to feel the spirit,” goalkeeper Hope Solo said. “Everyone’s talking about dressing up in our opening ceremony outfits – and not shipping them home until the following day.”

form those feats for all 205 countries at the Olympics, as Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei finally caved in to global pressure against gender discrimination. For the fourth time in the last seven Summer Olympics, the United States chose a woman, fencer Mariel Zagunis, as its opening ceremony flag bearer. For just the third time, it has a woman, fourtime basketball gold medalist Teresa Edwards, as its chef de mission, or team leader. For the first time, the U.S. has more women (269) than men (261). “It (all) just goes along with so much that is going

on this year, the 40th anniversary of Title IX,” Zagunis said. Ironically, after two months of unseasonably low temperatures and almost incessant rain that had everyone worried about how such conditions would affect the Olympics, sun and near-90 degree heat since Tuesday have caused rails to buckle and delayed trains. ”Obviously our fingers are crossed for everything, from the weather to the transport infrastructure,“ British prime minister David Cameron said at an outdoors news conference in the Olympic Park on Thursday.

Piercy’s 62 paces Canadian Open Associated Press

Scott Piercy kept his cool in the rainy first round of the Canadian Open. Instead of beating up himself, the quick-tempered American roughed up defenseless Hamilton Golf and Country Club, shooting an 8-under 62 on Thursday to take a one-shot lead in Ancaster, Ontario. “I get really mad generally,” Piercy said. “That’s something that I have to very much control. And it’s a lot easier to control when you’re playing well. … It’s something that I constantly have to work on. I’m kind of a perfectionist in an imperfect game. … It’s just a constant battle within me that I always have to kind of keep it nice and chilled.” Piercy eagled the par-5 fourth and 17th holes and had five birdies and one bogey in the rainy conditions. The 33-year-old Las Vegas player is coming off a third-place finish two weeks ago in the John Deere Classic. He birdied three of his final five holes, punctuated with a 10-foot putt on No. 9. Greg Owen and William McGirt shot 63, and Robert Garrigus had a 64. Charl Schwartzel, the 2011 Masters winner, was at 65 along with 2004 Canadian Open champion Vijay Singh, Troy Matteson, Bo Van Pelt, Jhonattan Vegas, Stuart Appleby and

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Gavin Coles. Ernie Els, the British Open winner Sunday at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, opened with a 72. Langer leads Senior British — Bernhard Langer shot a 6-under 64 for a one-stroke lead in his bid to add a second Senior British Open championship to the title he won at Carnoustie two years ago. He picked up six birdies, reaching two par-5s in two before putting for birdies on the Alisa Course at Turnberry. The Florida-based German lead Mark McNulty of Ireland, with Americans Tom Lehman and Michael Allen among those shooting 66. Tom Watson, bidding for his fourth British Senior title and his second at Turnberry, was among a group at 69. Greg Norman, Fred Couples and Mark Calcavecchia finished the day at 72.

Lewis tops Evian Masters — Using a belly putter for the first time, Stacy Lewis made seven consecutive birdies in tying the Evian Masters record with a 9-under 63 in the opening round. Her birdie flurry from holes 5-11, plus two more on 17 and 18, helped Lewis to a two-shot lead over Hee Young Park of South Korea. Lewis matched three-time champion Helen Alfredsson’s round of 63, set by the Swede in 2008.

AMATEUR From Page 1C take a drop and lost that hole. On No. 10, it got worse and Yates pulled even. “I air-mailed the green the one place you can’t be and didn’t make the putt for par,” Ringler said. “Then it was all square at that point, and, of course, the momentum changes and you knew it was going to be a grind session through the end.” Yates, who golfs at Missouri-St. Louis, didn’t expect to rally so quickly. Nerves threw him off early. He gladly took advantage of Ringler’s mistakes later in the round. “I knew what his resume was coming in, and I knew I was going to have to play really solid to beat him,” Yates said. “Your goal is always to win, but I thought if I could keep it close, not get completely blown out of the water. I was really glad I took it to 18 with him and made it a match.” After Ringler regained the lead on No. 11, the two played even from Nos. 12 through 17. “I knew I had to get it together or he was going to smoke me,” Yates said. Ringler ended the suspense when he placed his approach shot softly on the green, about three feet from the hole, on No. 18. Yates’ approach landed within a few feet, before rolling about 15 feet from the hole. He missed his putt and Ringler made his to end the match. Ringler, the 2010 Kansas Junior Golf Association Player of the Year, tied for 13th in the NAIA national championships last spring, as a sophomore at The Master’s College. Ringler could have stayed closer to home and played for bigger schools. Instead, he followed his sister, who played tennis there, to the school in Santa Clarita. He majors in accounting and finance and earned NAIA scholar-athlete honors. His parents told him to go to school for the academics, and let his golfing future take care of itself. “I felt that was where God was leading me, and I knew it would be a great school for me to grow as a strong believer in my faith,” he said. “It’s been a perfect fit.” The decision wasn’t a tough one, and he doesn’t believe his golf suffers. NCAA Division I schools called. Ringler said he wasn’t interested. “The coach is a great coach and I can learn a lot from him,” he said. “It’s California, which is good weather for most of the year, so I can practice when I need to. With golf, opportunities and expo-

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Pete Krsnich of Wichita chips onto the 13th green during the third round of the Kansas Amateur on Thursday. He beat Overland Park’s Mike Greene 3 and 2. sure are great, but ultimately it’s up to you individually to perform. You’ve got to put in the work no matter where you go.” Ringler had a tougher time than most of the top seeds. Newman’s Myles Miller, the No. 1 seed, defeated Steve Sloan 2 and 1. Second-seeded Ben Juffer, from Kansas State, defeated Ross Thornton 6 and 5. SMU golfer Harry Higgs, seeded third, topped Wells Padgett 4 and 3. Wichita State’s Hunter Sparks, the defending champion, won 4 and 3 over Devin Montague to set up Friday’s match against Shocker teammate Alec Heinen, who won 3 and 2 over Grant Burnside. Heinen knows what he is up against with the No. 4 seed, and figures that is helpful. “We’re good friends, and it will probably be my most fun match of the tournament,” Heinen said. “Most guys don’t know the guy, so it’s a little harder to play against a guy who is such a good player. I know what I’m for. I’ve just got to make sure I play my game.” Heinen, a redshirt freshman at WSU, first played against Sparks in a high school tournament in Oklahoma. He knows he needs to be long and accurate off the tee to blunt Sparks’ edge close to the green. “Inside 100 yards, he is tough to beat,” Heinen said. “I got to every single par 5 in two today, and that’s more my game. I’ve got to play aggressive and hit the ball far and try to score that way. If it turns into a putting competition, there’s not a person in this field that is going to beat him.” Friday’s matches begin at 7:30 a.m. Reach Paul Suellentrop at 316-269-6760 or psuellentrop@wichitaeagle.com.

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Sandusky victim threatens lawsuit Boy seen in locker-room incident comes forward. ■

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — A man has come forward publicly to claim he was the boy who was sexually assaulted in the Penn State football locker room by Jerry Sandusky, and is threatening to sue the university. The man’s lawyers said Thursday they have done an extensive investigation and gathered “overwhelming evidence” Sandusky on details of the abuse by Sandusky, the former assistant coach convicted of using his position at Penn State and as head of a youth charity to molest boys over a period of 15 years. Jurors convicted Sandusky last month of offenses related to so-called Victim 2 largely on the testimony of Mike McQueary, who was a team graduate assistant at the time and described seeing the attack. “Our client has to live the rest of his life not only dealing with the effects of Sandusky’s childhood sexual abuse, but also with the knowledge that many powerful adults, including those at the highest levels of Penn State, put their own interests and the interests of a child predator above their legal obligations to protect him,” the lawyers said in a news release. They did not name their client, and The Associated Press generally does not identify victims of sex crimes without their consent. The university said it was taking the case seriously but would not comment on pending litigation. University president Rodney Erickson and the board of trustees “have publicly emphasized that their goal is to find solutions that rest on the principle of justice for the victims,” a school spokesman said. The statement from the

man’s attorneys said Victim 2 suffered “extensive sexual abuse over many years both before and after the 2001 incident Michael McQueary witnessed.” McQueary testified in December at a hearing that he had seen Sandusky and a boy, both naked, in a team shower after hearing skinon-skin slapping sounds. “I would have described that it was extremely sexual and I thought that some kind of intercourse was going on,” McQueary said. McQueary, who estimated the boy to be around 10, reported the abuse to school officials, including Paterno, but none of them told police. In a recent report conducted by former FBI director Louis Freeh and commissioned by Penn State, the investigators excoriated Paterno and the other administrators for not attempting to identify Victim 2, saying it showed “a striking lack of empathy.” Trustees fired Paterno, who has since died, because he failed to do more about claims against Sandusky, and the scathing independent review said several top school officials looked the other way because they were afraid of bad publicity. The NCAA has vacated 112 Penn State wins. In a pair of voicemails recorded last year, released with the statement and posted online by the lawyers, a voice that’s purportedly Sandusky’s expresses his love and says he wants to express his feelings “up front.” The voicemails are dated Sept. 12 and Sept. 19, less than two months before the former Penn State coach was arrested on child sex abuse charges. Sandusky was convicted in June of 45 sex abuse counts. The second voicemail asks whether Victim 2 would like to attend Penn State’s next game. Sandusky left “numerous” voicemails for their client that fall, the attorneys said. The statement did not say when the lawsuit would be filed or contain details on what redress the plaintiff is seeking. The lawyers said they would not have further comment.

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O’Brien looks past transfer talk BY RICK GANO Associated Press

CHICAGO — Bill O’Brien is looking straight ahead. It’s the only choice he really has at Penn State. The questions keep coming and he doesn’t flinch: How will he handle what has become one of the most difficult jobs in college football? How about other schools trying to lure his players away? How can he make do with reduced scholarships and no bowl appearances the next four years? “The measure of a man is how you overcome adversity,” O’Brien said Thursday at the Big Ten media day, where the majority of questions centered on the plight of the Nittany Lions in wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. The NCAA delivered crushing sanctions to the program earlier this week and now the Nittany Lions have to get ready for a season where victories will be secondary to the heart they show on the field. “I talked to them about – without a shadow of a doubt – they’re going to be able to play six to seven bowl games per year in front of 108,000 screaming fans in Beaver Stadium and I expect it to be 108,000 fans in Beaver Stadium,” O’Brien said. It’s time, he said, to move on. “The sanctions are what they are. It’s time to get up and get going,” O’Brien said. He added he didn’t know of any player who is planning to transfer from Penn State at the current time but doesn’t

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Penn State coach Bill O'Brien speaks during the Big Ten football media day on Thursday in Chicago. anticipate losing any core players. Only time will tell there. He said he didn’t know which schools had visited State College to see if any of his players would be interested in leaving, although representatives from Illinois were in town earlier in the week. “I have no idea which schools were on campus, nor do I care,” O’Brien said. Buzz has centered on the possible departure of Silas Redd, an incoming junior tailback who earned secondteam All-Big Ten honors last season while rushing for 1,241 yards. Senior Nittany Lions linebacker Michael Mauti said the university community has rallied around the team. “I know people are behind us, I know the whole school’s behind us, the Penn State family,” he said. “I’ve had at least 50 emails, 100 text messages, phone calls from everybody, alumni,

LEGAL PUBL CAT ON FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE WICHITA EAGLE ON JULY 27, 2012 ORDINANCE NO. 49-312 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 3.91.020, 3.91.050, 3.91.070, 3.91.100, 3.91.110 AND 3.91.120, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF WICHITA, KANSAS, PERTAINING TO CULTURAL MARKETS AND THE LICENSING AND REGULATION THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF WICHITA, KANSAS: SECTION 1. Section 3.91.020 of the Code of the City of Wichita, Kansas is hereby created to read as follows: “Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires. (a) “Cultural Market” means an outdoor place or market area that operates upon City owned property pursuant to a lease or management agreement, and where multiple vendors gather to sell merchandise as determined by the rules and regulations of the cultural market and as designed to promote the purpose and goals of a cultural market as set forth in Section 3.91.010 herein. Products that may be sold at such a market would typically include, but are not limited to, locally grown produce, fine arts, ceramics, pottery, plants, flowers, ethnic crafts and handicrafts, blankets, toys, jewelry, clothing, original artwork, and prepared foods as approved by the City of Wichita Division of Environmental Services, including food sold from trucks, carts or other vehicles. A cultural market site will also be available for community events and cultural celebrations designed to promote the purpose and goals as set forth in Section 3.91.010. (b) “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, association or other entity. (c) “Market Operator” means the individual responsible for operating the cultural market on a dayto-day, week-to-week and/or month-to-month basis. The Market Operator is the designated person responsible for management decisions such as vendor selection and enforcement of the adopted and prescribed rules and regulations for the market. The Market Operator will be also responsible for the publicity and promotion of the market and the scheduling and of community and cultural events taking place on the market site. (d) “Merchandise” means any artwork, agricultural produce, plants, nursery products, flowers, baked goods, handicrafts, goods, wares, food, food products, or any product of any kind that can be bought and sold. (e) “Transient merchant”, “itinerant merchant” or “itinerant vendor” shall be as defined in Chapter 3.95 of the Code of the City of Wichita, and amendments thereto. (f) “Vendor” as used in this Chapter means any individual or such individual’s employee, designee or agent who sells merchandise on the premises of a cultural market.” SECTION 2. Section 3.91.050 of the Code of the City of Wichita, Kansas is hereby created to read as follows: “License may include all vendors; exceptions. A cultural market license may be a blanket license which includes all participating vendors, except for the following types of vendors, producers or sellers who are required to obtain their own separate City of Wichita license as set forth in the Code of the City of Wichita: (a)Foodvendors,foodprocessors,foodestablishments or temporary food establishments as defined in State Law and by Chapter 7.22 of the Code of the City of Wichita, and amendments thereto. When a licensee is applying for said license solely to participate in a city-licensed cultural market, the license fees as set forth in Chapter 7.22 shall be waived. (b) Activities and/or operations of such a nature as to be considered an amusement ride or ride device, as required in Chapter 3.20 of the Code of the City of Wichita. (c) Rodeo, petting zoo, or animal exhibition or show pursuant to Chapter 3.09 of the Code of the City of Wichita.” SECTION 3. Section 3.91.070 of the Code of the City of Wichita, Kansas is hereby created to read as follows: “License application. A cultural market operator shall obtain a license through the City Treasurer’s office. A license may be issued only upon the completion of a license application that shall be on a form provided by the City Treasurer. A separate cultural market license is required for each location at which a cultural market is held or conducted. The cultural market application shall contain the following information: (a) Name, date of birth and contact information of the market operator and applicant; (b) The name and permanent address of the market operator making application, and, if the market operator is not an individual, the names and addresses of the officers of the corporation or members of the partnership, association, or other entity, as the case may be; (c) If the market operator is a corporation, the name and permanent address of the market operator’s registered agent or office; (d) Proof of a current sales tax license from the State of Kansas for the market operator; (e) Address of the location where the market operator intends to operate the cultural market; (f) A copy of the lease agreement with the City of Wichita pursuant to which the cultural market is operating; (g) Completed information regarding any and all participating vendors as required by the lease or management agreement with the City; (h) The specific date(s) and times for which the right to operate the cultural market is desired; (i) A sketch or drawing of the proposed cultural market site showing the approximate dimensions of the area being used, the proximity to buildings, parking lots, rights-of-way or other such areas, and a description of any structure, implement, stand, display prop, vehicle or other such items used for the cultural market, including signs, banners or other attention getting devices; (j) A statement as to whether or not the market operator and applicant has within two years prior to the date of the application been convicted of any felony; (k) A copy of the rules and regulations for the operation of the market; and (l) A signed statement from the market operator and applicant indicating that all of the information provided is true and correct.” SECTION 4. Section 3.91.100 of the Code of the City of Wichita, Kansas is hereby created to read as follows: “Revocation of license. (a) The Superintendent of Central Inspection may revoke any license issued under this chapter, for any of the following reasons: (1) Fraud, misrepresentation or false statement contained in the application for license. (2) Fraud, misrepresentation or false statement made in the course of carrying on the business. (3) Any violation of the provisions of this chapter.

(4) Any violation of Chapter 7.41 of the City Code, pertaining to the prohibition of loud and unnecessary noise. (5) Any violation of the provisions of the lease or management agreement with the City of Wichita. (b) The Superintendent of Central Inspection shall notify the licensee of the revocation of his or her license in writing, setting forth the grounds for revocation, which shall be hand delivered to the licensee, or mailed to the licensee’s permanent address appearing on the application. Upon five days’ written notice to the person holding any license issued under the provisions of this chapter the Superintendent of Central Inspection shall have authority to revoke the license. (c) Any person aggrieved by the revocation of a license as provided in this chapter shall have the right of appeal to the city council as set forth in Section 3.91.130.” SECTION 5. Section 3.91.110 of the Code of the City of Wichita, Kansas is hereby created to read as follows: “Prohibited acts – market operator and vendors. It is unlawful for any cultural market operator, vendor, food service vendor, transient merchant or any grower or producer to: (a)Conduct business or carry on activities in violation of any zoning requirements of the city, including setback requirements; (b) Create noise in violation of Chapter 7.41 of the city code; (c) Provide any false or misleading information in completion of any license application; (d) Fail to provide, at the request of the purchaser or customer, a written receipt for purchases exceeding $5.00 (five dollars) or as required by the State of Kansas; (e) Fail to provide any customer, or other such person, her or his name, the name of the company or organization represented, the name of the product, or make any representation as to identity which is false or misleading; (f) Fail to allow authorized law enforcement officers or other enforcement officers of the city to enter into or upon the premises of the cultural market or to otherwise interfere with any inspection of the premises or business; (g) Fail to remove any structure, device, trash, or debris caused, created or associated with the cultural market activities that are in an outdoor area; (h) Consume alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage upon market property, unless allowed by the appropriate licensing; (i) Sell or offer for sale any beverage in glass containers; (j) Sell, offer for sale or to be given away any live animals; (k) Sell or offer for sale any spray string, confetti or other litter-causing material; (l) Sell or offer for sale any goods known to the vendor to be stolen. All merchandise on the premises of a cultural market shall be subject to inspection at any time by law enforcement officers. A vendor may be required to verify that he or she is the legal owner of merchandise being sold or offered for sale. (m) Erect or display more than two (2) temporary signs to generally advertise the cultural market, with no such sign exceeding 16 square feet in area, or for any seller and/or vendor to erect or display more than one sign or any sign greater than 10 square feet in total area. Sign permits shall not be required for signs as described above. Such signs shall not be erected more than 24 hours prior to the market’s opening for sales to the public, and shall be removed within 24 hours of the markets closing for sales to the public. Streamers, pennants, search lights and any device with flashing, blinking, rotating or moving action are prohibited from use, and no sign shall be placed upon the public right-of-way, or within the vision site triangles for public street intersections or driveways as set forth in the Sign Code (Title 24.04. of the Code of the City of Wichita); (n) Erect or construct any structure, tent, or building greater than 200 square feet in size, unless a building permit for a larger structure, tent or building is obtained; (o) Conduct business or carry on activities within 50 feet of any driveway entrance or access lane from a public street to an existing business; (p) Conduct business or carry on activ activities wwithin the city right-of-way; w C w m m T m m F T m m m m m m w mm m m w m m m w C W w m C W C mm E C C W ECT ON C C W K w P m E mm w R m m R m m m mm W P D m m w m m B m m m w m m m w m ECT ON T C C W K C

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LEGAL PUBLICATION PUBLISHED IN THE WICHITA EAGLE JULY 27, 2012 (3198088) RESOLUTION NO. 12-185 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS BY THE CITY OF WICHITA, KANSAS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND RENOVATION OF CENTURY II, AND TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING PHONE AND TICKETING SYSTEMS AT MULTIPLE SITES INCLUDING CENTURY II, CITY ARTS, OLD COWTOWN MUSEUM AND MID AMERICA ALL-INDIAN CENTER. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA, KANSAS; SECTION 1: That the City of Wichita finds it necessary to make certain related improvements as follows: Improvements: Labor, material, and equipment for improvements at the Century II Convention Center, including, security enhancements, carpet, kitchen design and upgrades, meeting room upgrades, audio/ visual and stage sound improvements, lighting equipment, event equipment, stage equipment, new doors, terrazzo repairs, event equipment repair and replacement, paint, asbestos remediation, repair glazing system, and replace windows on north and east side of Expo hall; caulk and waterproof exterior walls of Century II, roof-top unit and air handlers repair/replacement, rooftop HVAC and energy plant, design/development and renovation of Kennedy Plaza; office space and restrooms in 2nd floor Concert Hall and first floor men restrooms renovation; and replacement of Blue Roof over main building core. Technology improvements including labor, material and equipment for improvements to the phone system and ticketing at multiple locations, including but not limited to Century II Convention Center, City Arts, Old Cowtown Museum and Mid America All-Indian Center. SECTION 2: That the cost of said public improvements shall be paid by the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds by the City of Wichita at large, in the manner provided by law and under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1736 and City of Wichita Charter Ordinance No. 156. The total cost is estimated at $2,241,568; exclusive of the costs of interest on borrowed money. SECTION 3: That the advisability of said improvements is established as authorized by K.S.A. 12-1736 and City of Wichita Charter Ordinance No. 156. SECTION 4: Section 2 of Resolution No. 10-050, adopted on March 2, 2010 and published on March 5, 2010, is hereby amended to reduce the estimated cost of the improvements financed under that Resolution, as follows: SECTION 2: The cost of said public improvements shall be paid by the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds by the City of Wichita at large, in the manner provided by law and under the authority of City of Wichita Charter Ordinance No. 156. The total cost is estimated at $1,200,782; exclusive of the costs of interest on borrowed money. SECTION 5: Section 2 of Resolution No. 12086, adopted on April 24, 2012 and published on April 27, 2012, is hereby amended to reduce the estimated cost of the improvements financed under that Resolution, as follows: SECTION 2: The cost of said public improvements shall be paid by the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds by the City of Wichita at large, in the manner provided by law and under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1736 and City of Wichita Charter Ordinance No. 156. The total cost is estimated at $1,867,650; exclusive of the costs of interest on borrowed money. SECTION 6: That the prior versions of Section 2 of Resolution No. 10-050 and Section 2 of Resolution No. 12-086, as they heretofore existed, are hereby rescinded. SECTION 7: That this Resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication once in the official city paper. ADOPTED at Wichita, Kansas, this 24th day of July, 2012. CARL BREWER, MAYOR ATTEST: KAREN SUBLETT, CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: GARY REBENSTORF, DIRECTOR OF LAW

sented at the hotel near Soldier Field. “We’ve got a very strong senior class this year and they’ve done a great job with leadership,” junior guard John Urschell said. “After all these sanctions came out, they’ve done a great job setting a precedent for the rest of the team, sticking together and showing that we’re going to keep our core football team.” Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema said he has no plans to recruit the players at Penn State, suggesting it would violate what he calls a Big Ten coaching brotherhood. Other members of the brotherhood weren’t so sure about that. “We’re going to follow the rules and the rules allow you to recruit,” said Purdue coach Danny Hope, who acknowledged contact between his staff and some PSU players.

LEGAL PUBLICATION PUBLISHED IN THE WICHITA EAGLE JULY 27, 2012 (3198090) RESOLUTION NO. 12-186 A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 11-191, DECLARING THAT A PUBLIC NECESSITY EXISTS FOR, AND THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY, SERVICE AND WELFARE WILL BE ADVANCED BY, THE AUTHORIZATION OF LAND ACQUISITION AND/OR CERTAIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WICHITA MIDCONTINENT AIRPORT FACILITY; AND SETTING FORTH THE NATURE OF SAID IMPROVEMENTS; THE ESTIMATED COSTS THEREOF; AND THE MANNER OF PAYMENT OF SAME. WHEREAS, K.S.A. 3-114 provides that an airport authority established pursuant to K.S.A. 3-162 shall have the power to equip, improve and maintain an airport; and, WHEREAS, K.S.A. l3-1348a provides that a city having an airport authority established pursuant to K.S.A. 3-162 is authorized to issue general obligation bonds for the purpose of purchasing land for airport purchases or for the construction, enlargement, reconstruction, repair or addition to or of any improvements to any such lands; and, WHEREAS, Resolution No. 11-191 of the City of Wichita, Kansas, adopted on August 9, 2011 and published on August 12 and August 19, 2011, found the existence of public necessity for an Airfield Electrical System Replacement, and approved the payment and financing of the same, at an estimated cost of $2,000,000, exclusive of the cost in interest on borrowed money; and, WHEREAS, it has now become necessary to amend Resolution No. 11-191 to expand the Project approved therein to add certain related improvements to the project. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF WICHITA, KANSAS: SECTION 1. That Section 2 of Resolution No. 11-191 is hereby amended to read as follows: “SECTION 2. That the cost of the above described Project is estimated to be Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,800,000), exclusive of the cost of interest on borrowed money, and is to be paid by the Wichita Airport Authority of the City of Wichita. Said Wichita Airport Authority cost shall be financed through the issuance of general obligation bonds under the authority of K.S.A. l3-1348a, as amended by Charter Ordinance No. 78 of the City of Wichita, Kansas. The maximum principal amount of bonds issued for this Project shall not exceed $2,800,000.” SECTION 2. That the original version of Section 2 of Resolution No. 11-191, as the same previously existed, is hereby repealed and replaced with the amended version set forth herein. SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall make proper publication of this resolution, which shall be published once in the official City paper and which shall be effective from and after said publication. ADOPTED at Wichita, Kansas, July 24, 2012. CARL BREWER, MAYOR ATTEST: KAREN SUBLETT, CITY CLERK (SEAL) APPROVED AS TO FORM: GARY REBENSTORF, DIRECTOR OF LAW

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LEGAL PUBLICATION PUBLISHED IN THE WICHITA EAGLE ON JULY 27 & AUGUST 03, 2012 (3197996) IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA BILL FANKHOUSER and TIM GODDARD, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Case No. CIV-07-798-L XTO Energy Inc., f/k/a Cross Timbers Oil Company, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant. SUMMARY NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION, HEARING AND PROPOSED SETTLEMENT TO ALL ROYALTY OWNERS (INCLUDING FORCE POOLED MINERAL OWNERS, BUT EXCLUDING GOVERNMENTAL ROYALTY OWNERS) UNDER CERTAIN WELLS LYING IN TEXAS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA AND STEVENS AND SEWARD COUNTIES, KANSAS, THAT ARE OPERATED BY XTO ENERGY, INC. FOR WHICH THE PRODUCTION IS/WAS SOLD TO TIMBERLAND GATHERING AND PROCESSING CO., INC., AND PROCESSED AT THE TYRONE NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANT, WHICH WELLS ARE MORE PARTICULARLY LISTED ON SCHEDULE A TO THIS SUMMARY NOTICE (THE “CLASS WELLS”): If you are a person described in the first paragraph above, you may be a Class Member in the above-pending litigation. The purpose of this Summary Notice is to notify you of a settlement reached between the Plaintiffs, Bill Fankhouser and Tim Goddard, as Class Representatives, and XTO Energy, Inc., formerly known as Cross Timbers Oil Company (“XTO”) and of a hearing set by the Court that will determine whether the proposed settlement is fair, accurate and reasonable and should be approved. This lawsuit is a class action in which the Plaintiffs, Bill Fankhouser and Tim Goddard, as Class Representatives on behalf of the Class Members, seek actual damages against XTO for breach of contract, breach of oil and gas leases, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of implied duty to market, unjust enrichment and punitive damages for breach of fiduciary duty, disgorgement damages for unjust enrichment and breach of fiduciary duty, plus an accounting and interest and attorneys’ fees because of alleged underpayments of royalties due the royalty owners on the Class Wells. This summary notice is to inform you of: 1. A proposed settlement of class claims against XTO on the terms set forth in the Settlement Agreement dated June 27, 2012, for $37,000,000.00, subject to Court approval. 2. A hearing to be held before the Honorable Tim Leonard in the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, 200 N.W. Fourth Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, on October 10, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. to determine: (a) Whethertheproposedsettlementshouldbeapprovedasfair,reasonable, adequate and in the best interests of the class; (b) Whether judgment should be entered dismissing with prejudice the lawsuit as to XTO on the merits and releasing all claims of the Class Members against XTO and the other Released Parties as defined and set forth in the Settlement Agreement; (c) Whether the Proposed Plan of Allocation and Distribution should be approved; (d) Whether the applications for award of attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses of litigation to Class Counsel and a fee to the Class Representatives should be granted; (e) The appointment of a Settlement Administrator to administer the settlement and the distribution of money. You may appear at this hearing in person or through counsel if you so desire. The hearing may be continued or adjourned from time to time without further notice. Therefore, before appearing at the hearing, you should check with Class Counsel to confirm that the hearing has not been moved to another time or date. This is only a summary notice. A more detailed description of the terms of the settlement is set forth in the Settlement Agreement itself and in the Notice approved by the Court for mailing to the Class Members, a copy of which may be obtained from Class Counsel at the address listed below. In order to be eligible to receive a payment as a member of the class, you are not required to take any action of any kind. If you want to object to the settlement or to any request for fees and costs, you must submit to the Court Clerk of the Western District of Oklahoma, 200 NW 4th Street Room 1210, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, to Class Counsel at the address set out below, and to counsel for XTO, c/o Mark Banner, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, 320 South Boston Avenue, Suite 200, Tulsa, OK 74103, by first class mail postmarked on or before September 10, 2012, a written objection that conforms to all requirements specified in the Notice and in the Settlement Agreement. If you want to be excluded from the Class, you must submit a written Request for Exclusion to Class Counsel and to counsel for XTO, c/o Mark Banner, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, 320 South Boston Avenue, Suite 200, Tulsa, OK 74103, by first class mail, postmarked on or before September 10, 2012, which complies in all respects with the requirements specified in the Notice and in the Settlement Agreement. If you properly request exclusion from the class, and the Court approves the proposed settlement, you will be forever barred from contesting the fairness, reasonableness, or adequacy of the proposed settlement and from pursuing the claims in the pending lawsuit. Summary of the Proposed Settlement The basic terms of the Stipulation of Settlement that the Court will be asked to approve are as follows: 1. XTO will pay the sum of $37,000,000 (the “Settlement Fund”) as a full, complete and final settlement of all Released Claims as that term is defined in the Settlement Agreement. XTO shall not be liable to the Class Members, the Class Representatives or Class Counsel for any other costs, expenses or fees. 2. Attorneys’ fees, expert fees, class representation fees and litigation costs and expenses will be paid out of the Settlement Fund. The amount remaining after deducting those fees and expenses will be distributed to the Class Members in accordance with a Plan of Allocation and Distribution approved by the Court. The amount remaining to be distributed will be allocated among the Class Wells based on the contract damage claims for such Well. The amount allocated to each Well will then be divided among the Class Members in that Well proportionately based on each Class Member’s royalty interest. 3. If the Court approves the proposed settlement, it will enter a judgment that will dismiss the lawsuit with prejudice as to all Class Members as against XTO, and each Class Member, except a Class Member that elects to be excluded from the settlement, will be barred from bringing any lawsuit for recovery of any Released Claims against XTO, and shall be deemed to have released XTO and all other Released Parties from the Released Claims. “Released Claims” are defined very broadly and include generally all claims, rights, demands, and causes of action of any nature, accrued or unaccrued, fixed or contingent, direct or derivative, known or unknown, that are based upon or relate to the alleged underpayment of royalties on natural gas (including recoverable natural gas liquids contained in the produced gas) produced from the Class Wells during the period between July 1, 2002 and March 31, 2012 for Class Wells in Oklahoma and between April 1, 1996 and March 31, 2012 for Class Wells in Kansas. A complete statement of the “Released Claims” is contained in the Settlement Agreement. Litigation Fees and Costs Class Counsel will request that the Court award (i) Class Counsel (possibly includes Predecessor Class Counsel) an attorney’s fee not to exceed $18,400,000; (ii) Class Counsel for reimbursement for expert and consulting fees and litigation expenses totaling approximately $300,000; and (iii) a fee to the Class Representatives in the amount of $100,000. If the Court approves this request, said amounts will be deducted from the Settlement Fund before the distribution to the Class. Expenses of administering the settlement (including the reasonable fees and expenses of the Settlement Administrator) will be paid by XTO as provided for in the Settlement Agreement and will not be deducted from the Settlement Fund. A detailed description of the terms of the Settlement is set out in the Settlement Agreement itself and in the Notice of Hearing and Proposed Settlement of Class Action Among Class Plaintiffs And Defendant XTO Energy, Inc., f/k/a Cross Timbers Oil Company (the “Notice”) that has been mailed to all identifiable Class Members at their last known addresses. If you have not received such a Notice or if you wish to examine the Settlement Agreement and other settlement papers, you may obtain copies thereof and you may direct questions you may have regarding this settlement by contacting Class Counsel as follows: Conner Helms Gary Underwood Darren Cook Erin Moore HELMS UNDERWOOD & COOK One NE Second Street, Suite 202 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 Telephone: (405) 319-0700 Facsimile: (405) 319-9292 PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT OR THE COURT CLERK’S OFFICE FOR INFORMATION. A copy of the Settlement Agreement with all exhibits can be reviewed by accessing the following website: www.xtoclassaction.com By order of the U. S. District Judge Tim Leonard. Dated: June 29, 2012 SCHEDULE A LIST OF CLASS WELLS

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Thursday’s Games Baltimore 6, Tampa Bay 2 Toronto 10, Oakland 4 Cleveland 5, Detroit 3 Kansas City at Seattle

Wednesday’s Games Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota 2 L.A. Angels 11, Kansas City 6 N.Y. Yankees 5, Seattle 2 Detroit 5, Cleveland 3 Tampa Bay 10, Baltimore 1 Oakland 16, Toronto 0 Texas 5, Boston 3 Friday’s Games Boston (A.Cook 2-3) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 9-8), 6:05 p.m. Oakland (J.Parker 7-4) at Baltimore (Britton 1-0), 6:05 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 7-5) at Toronto (Villanueva 5-0), 6:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 11-3) at Texas (Darvish 11-6), 7:05 p.m. Cleveland (Tomlin 5-7) at Minnesota (Diamond 8-4), 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Cobb 4-7) at L.A. Angels (Haren 7-8), 9:05 p.m. Kansas City (Guthrie 0-1) at Seattle (Beavan 5-6), 9:10 p.m.

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Thursday’s Games St. Louis 7, L.A. Dodgers 4 Pittsburgh 5, Houston 3 Washington at Milwaukee N.Y. Mets at Arizona

Wednesday’s Games Washington 5, N.Y. Mets 2 Pittsburgh 3, Chicago Cubs 2 Atlanta 7, Miami 1 Philadelphia 7, Milwaukee 6, 10 innings San Diego 6, San Francisco 3 Cincinnati 5, Houston 3 St. Louis 3, L.A. Dodgers 2, 12 innings Colorado 4, Arizona 2 Friday’s Games St. Louis (Lynn 12-4) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 4-5), 1:20 p.m. San Diego (K.Wells 1-3) at Miami (Zambrano 5-8), 6:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Hamels 11-4) at Atlanta (Sheets 2-0), 6:35 p.m. Pittsburgh (Karstens 3-2) at Houston (Lyles 2-7), 7:05 p.m. Washington (Detwiler 5-3) at Milwaukee (Fiers 3-4), 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Arroyo 5-6) at Colorado (D.Pomeranz 1-5), 7:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 7-4) at Arizona (Collmenter 2-2), 8:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Fife 0-0) at San Francisco (M.Cain 10-3), 9:15 p.m.

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Zack Greinke has compiled 9-3 record and 3.44 ERA in his second season with the Brewers.

Brewers’ slide has Greinke on trading block here.” Despite losing Prince Fielder to free agency in After a rough road trip the offseason, the Brewers expected to be conseemingly knocked the Milwaukee Brewers out tenders in the NL Central again this season. of contention, general Instead, they entered manager Doug Melvin Thursday night’s game acknowledges that the against the Nationals 9 team is fielding trade inquiries for ace pitcher 1⁄2 games behind the Zack Greinke. division-leading Cincin“I think people know nati Reds. that,” Melvin said Melvin said he never Thursday. expected to be talking Melvin confirmed about trading away one Greinke’s availability in of his top players at the comments to USA Today deadline. and Milwaukee’s WTMJ “I didn’t think so,” radio earlier Thursday. Melvin said. “Didn’t Melvin did not go into plan on it.” detail on how many Greinke is 9-3 with a teams have expressed 3.44 ERA this season. interest in the 2009 AL He pitched three Cy Young Award winstraight starts for the ner, saying only that the Brewers around the trade market always All-Star break – he was heats up with the July ejected in the first in31 non-waiver trade ning of a July 7 game at deadline approaching. Houston, started again Greinke is scheduled the next day and then to pitch Sunday’s game pitched the Brewers’ against Washington at first game after the Miller Park, but Nation- break. als manager Davey The team then Johnson said he’d be scrubbed Greinke from surprised if that haphis next start, saying the pens. odd stretch of starts had “I’d be real surprised,” taken him out of his Johnson said. “If a ball- routine and worn him club’s intent on making down. a move, they’re not Greinke returned to going to pitch him two the mound in Philadeldays before the deadphia on Tuesday, giving line. That’s probably up a run and three hits why they’ve got eight in seven innings – but pitchers in the bullpen. the Brewers still found a I’m surprised he’s still way to lose the game. BY CHRIS JENKINS Associated Press

Center fielders taking center stage

with some of the biggest stars in the game taking pride in being the captain of the outfield. For Adam Jones, it’s a bit of a consoDETROIT — Austin Jackson lation prize. glided back across the outfield Jones played shortstop for grass toward the deepest part of much of his baseball life, inComerica Park, then caught a cluding early in the Seattle farm long flyball a split-second before system before the Mariners slamming into the fence. converted him to a center fieldThe next day, his counterpart er. He was traded to Baltimore in center field answered with a in 2008 and, despite his reluchighlight of his own. Angels tance, has become one of the rookie Mike Trout hit a home better outfielders in the game. run that landed in the seats in “I’m a shortstop,” Jones inright-center – some 430 feet sists. from home plate – before the Not in Baltimore, where J.J. ball bounced up onto a conHardy is entrenched at shortstop course. and Jones is cemented in the All around the majors, center patch of grass right behind him. fielders are taking center stage Jones has 23 homers on the this season. Whether it’s Andrew season, and Curtis Granderson McCutchen leading Pittsburgh of the New York Yankees has 27. in a surprising bid for a playoff In Colorado, Dexter Fowler is spot, or Trout and Bryce Harper enjoying the best year of his providing an exciting glimpse of career with the bat. The the future, this toughest of out26-year-old is hitting .302 with field positions suddenly seems 12 homers and 10 triples. Atlanloaded with terrific athletes and ta’s Michael Bourn is hitting talented, young hitters. .299 with 28 steals. “It’s pretty cool – especially Jackson entered this season as when you get a chance to play a strikeout-prone speedster but against them and you see what has adjusted his approach at the they’re doing,” said Jackson, a plate and is hitting .316. He 25-year-old defensive stalwart went up against Trout during a who is having a breakout season Tigers-Angels series earlier this with the bat for the Detroit Tigers. “It’s a position where you Jeffrey Phelps/Associated Press month, and both were impreshave to be pretty athletic to play The Nationals’ Bryce Harper leaps to make the catch on a ball hit sive. There are so many talented out there, obviously, because by the Brewers’ Corey Hart during the eighth inning of center fielders, it’s hard for you’ve got a bigger area to covThursday’s game in Milwaukee. Granderson to keep track. er. Putting up good numbers is “It’s tough to see in the Namost dynamic newcomers can smooth-fielding center fielder, just a plus.” tional League, but obviously I play center field. Trout has hit Ken Griffey Jr. in 1997 was the but his athletic ability is obviknow what McCutchen’s been .356 with 16 homers and 31 last player to win an MVP award ous, and with 28 home runs, doing. Matt Kemp, obviously he’s just one example of a legiti- stolen bases, helping turn his with center field as his primary when he’s been healthy. And in team’s season around since mate slugger who can play the position. That drought nearly the American League, let’s see, defensively demanding position. coming up from the minors in ended last year when Jacoby late April. Harper, drafted No. 1 who we got here? … Adam The 6-foot-3 Kemp hit 39 hoEllsbury of the Red Sox and Jones obviously has been doing overall in 2010 by Washington, mers last year. Matt Kemp of the Dodgers both has made a quick adjustment to great,” Granderson said. “Austin McCutchen, meanwhile, has finished second. This year the majors while playing mostly Jackson’s been doing an amazMcCutchen is a candidate in the been spectacular in 2012, hiting job over in Detroit. Trout if ting .369 with 22 homers going center and right. He joined National League, and Trout they need him to play center Trout in the All-Star game, and could win the award as a rookie into Thursday’s games. can, but he’s also playing left. he won’t turn 20 until October. “I’m looking at Andrew, this in the American League. Josh “And I think that’s what’s hapIn Oakland, Yoenis Cespedes might be the best I’ve ever Hamilton of Texas may also be pening, too. A lot of guys are is hitting .302 with 13 homers, in the running despite a summer seen,” Pirates manager Clint moving around, so you don’t get and the free-swinging Cuban Hurdle said. “Wow, this is speslump. He’s split time almost a chance to see them all the has helped the Athletics stay in evenly this year between center cial. It’s a very special time and time. But if they are there, the the playoff race. and left – after playing more in place for him in the game. He’s “They can run, they can throw, ability to do multiple things I having fun with it. He’s enjoyed left when he won the MVP in think has definitely been develthis ride, however long it’s going they can hit, they can hit for 2010. oped ever since I’ve been out power, and they can play deto be. Am I optimistic about his “You’re finding guys who there.” fense. Every so often, you get future? Absolutely.” aren’t necessarily playing that And this has all happened this this type of situation where all In 2010, major league center one position but are playing all year despite significant injuries these athletes are here at the of them, which is a good thing,” fielders produced an OPS (onsame time,” Texas manager Ron to Ellsbury and Kemp. They’re base plus slugging percentage) Hamilton said. “I think it deboth back now, ready to join in Washington said. “It just so of .731. That number is up to pends on the lineups. In the on the fun. happens we’re in a decade American League, we’re finding .754 this year, according to “I still think it’s a defensive where you’ve got all these good STATS, LLC. By contrast, the now we can move guys around position. You’ve just got guys athletes. They’re good athletes, OPS for third baseman in 2012 different nights and get a little that do both,” Ellsbury said. deeper on the bench and be able is only .742 – and that’s consid- every single one of them. Some “There’s still premium on the are young, some are veterans, ered a position for power hitto match guys up to pitching.” defense in the position, but but they’re all good athletes.” ters. The 6-foot-4, 240-pound Center field has long been one you’ve got guys that can swing And this may be only the beHamilton doesn’t necessarily fit the bats as well.” of baseball’s glamour positions, ginning. Three of the game’s the prototype of a speedy,

BY NOAH TRISTER Associated Press

THURSDAY’S BOX SCORES Thursday’s AL Orioles 6, Rays 2 Tampa Bay De.Jennings lf B.Upton cf Zobrist 2b Joyce dh R.Roberts 3b C.Pena 1b Fuld rf J.Molina c Lobaton ph E.Johnson ss Keppinger ph Totals

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H 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 7

BI BB SO 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 8

Avg. .237 .247 .246 .278 .250 .195 .556 .190 .238 .256 .320

Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Markakis rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .279 Hardy ss 2 1 0 0 1 0 .220 Thome dh 3 1 1 0 1 2 .262 Ad.Jones cf 3 1 1 2 1 1 .293 Wieters c 3 1 0 0 1 2 .238 C.Davis lf 4 1 2 4 0 0 .258 En.Chavez lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .177 Betemit 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .248 Mar.Reynolds 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .204 Quintanilla 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .308 Totals 31 6 7 6 5 11 Tampa Bay Baltimore

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E—Betemit (14), Quintanilla (1). LOB—Tampa Bay 7, Baltimore 7. 2B—B.Upton (15), C.Pena (12), Fuld (1), C.Davis (14). HR—C.Davis (16), off Badenhop. RBIs—Fuld 2 (2), Ad.Jones 2 (53), C.Davis 4 (47). SB—De.Jennings (18). CS—Joyce (1). DP—Baltimore 4. Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO ERA Shields L, 8-7 6 6 5 5 5 10 4.52 Badenhop 2 1 1 1 0 1 3.50 Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO ERA Tillman W, 3-1 6 5 2 2 4 5 1.66 O’Day H, 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.97 Strop 1 0 0 0 0 2 1.40 Ji.Johnson 1 2 0 0 0 0 2.49 Tillman pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. Inherited runners-scored—O’Day 1-0. HBP—by Shields (Hardy). T—2:51. A—21,301 (45,971).

Blue Jays 10, Athletics 4 Oakland Crisp cf J.Gomes rf Reddick dh Cespedes lf Carter 1b Inge 3b K.Suzuki c S.Smith ph Hicks ss Moss ph J.Weeks 2b Totals

AB 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 1 3 1 2 32

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BI BB SO 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 9

Avg. .254 .259 .271 .301 .255 .202 .213 .246 .163 .252 .216

Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg. 4 1 1 0 0 1 .255 R.Davis rf Rasmus cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .243 Lawrie 3b 3 3 2 0 1 0 .288 Encarnacion dh 4 2 2 3 0 1 .299 Snider lf 4 1 2 2 0 2 .304 Y.Gomes 1b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .196 K.Johnson 2b 4 2 2 2 0 1 .240 Mathis c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .264 Vizquel ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .205 Totals 34 10 12 9 1 7 Oakland Toronto

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E—Milone (1). LOB—Oakland 4, Toronto 2. 2B—Crisp (7), Snider (2), K.Johnson (11), Mathis (7). HR—Reddick (22), off Laffey; Inge (11), off Laffey; Encarnacion (27), off Milone; K.Johnson (11), off Milone. RBIs—Reddick 2 (49), Inge 2 (48), Encarnacion 3 (70), Snider 2 (6), Y.Gomes (10), K.Johnson 2 (39), Mathis (10). SF—Y.Gomes. Oakland IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Milone L, 9-7 7 8 6 5 0 7 3.51 2 Doolittle ⁄3 3 4 4 1 0 3.60 1 Scribner ⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO ERA Laffey 52⁄3 5 4 4 3 4 3.22 Lyon W, 1-0 11⁄3 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Oliver H, 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.19 Janssen 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.33 Inherited runners-scored—Scribner 1-1, Lyon 1-0. WP—Milone. T—2:38. A—39,003 (49,260).

Indians 5, Tigers 3 Detroit A.Jackson cf Berry lf Mi.Cabrera 3b Fielder 1b D.Young dh Boesch rf Avila c R.Santiago ss Infante 2b Totals

AB 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 35

R 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3

H 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 10

BI BB SO 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 3 10

Avg. .321 .286 .325 .308 .269 .249 .244 .217 .100

Cleveland Choo rf A.Cabrera ss Kipnis 2b Brantley cf C.Santana c Hafner dh Jo.Lopez 3b Lillibridge lf Kotchman 1b Duncan lf Hannahan 3b Totals

AB 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 1 4 2 0 32

R 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5

H 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 10

BI BB SO 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 5

Avg. .297 .280 .278 .293 .238 .230 .249 .163 .230 .223 .235

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100 101 000 — 3 10 0 100 000 40x — 5 10 1

E—Jo.Lopez (3). LOB—Detroit 8, Cleveland 6. 2B—Avila (13), Choo (32), C.Santana (18). HR—D.Young (11), off McAllister; C.Santana (8), off Verlander; Hafner (10), off Verlander. RBIs—A.Jackson (46), Fielder (70), D.Young (42), A.Cabrera (44), Kipnis 2 (55), C.Santana (38), Hafner (29). SF—Kipnis. DP—Detroit 1, Cleveland 1. Detroit IP H R ER BB SO ERA Verlander L, 11-6 7 9 5 5 2 4 2.60 1 D.Downs ⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 2.35 2 Villarreal ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 1.41 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1 McAllister 6 ⁄3 9 3 2 2 7 3.18 J.Smith W, 7-2 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 3.14 Pestano H, 29 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.47 C.Perez S, 29-31 1 1 0 0 1 2 2.82 Inherited runners-scored—Villarreal 1-0, J.Smith 2-0. T—2:52. A—34,579 (43,429).

Thursday’s NL Cardinals 7, Dodgers 4 Los Angeles Gwynn Jr. lf M.Ellis 2b Kemp cf Ethier rf H.Ramirez 3b J.Rivera 1b L.Cruz ss Hairston Jr. ph Treanor c A.Ellis ph Capuano p Guerra p Loney ph Choate p Lindblom p Abreu ph Totals

AB 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 33

R 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

H 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8

BI BB SO 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 11

Avg. .237 .256 .339 .292 .251 .256 .243 .297 .208 .276 .091 --.251 ----.249

St. Louis Furcal ss Descalso 2b Holliday lf Craig rf-1b Freese 3b

AB 5 5 4 5 3

R 0 1 2 2 2

H 1 1 2 2 3

BI BB SO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0

Avg. .276 .234 .319 .299 .314

Schumaker ph-rf 2 M.Crpntr 1b-3b 5 T.Cruz c 4 Jay cf 3 Westbrook p 3 Greene ph 1 Boggs p 0 Motte p 0 Totals 40 Los Angeles St. Louis

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

2 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 18

0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2

0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3

.317 .288 .213 .301 .171 .219 -----

000 040 000 — 4 8 1 000 241 00x — 7 18 1

E—Ethier (1), Freese (8). LOB—Los Angeles 5, St. Louis 11. 2B—Craig (18). HR—Holliday (17), off Guerra. RBIs—J.Rivera (34), L.Cruz (14), Capuano (3), Holliday (64), Craig (50), Freese 2 (58), M.Carpenter (22), T.Cruz 2 (8). SB—Kemp (3), H.Ramirez (15). SF—Capuano. DP—Los Angeles 2, St. Louis 1. Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO ERA Capuano L, 10-6 41⁄3 11 6 6 1 1 3.13 Guerra 12⁄3 4 1 1 1 1 3.58 Choate 1 2 0 0 0 1 2.30 Lindblom 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.09 St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO ERA Wstbrk W, 9-8 7 7 4 3 1 6 3.61 Boggs H, 15 1 1 0 0 1 2 1.71 Motte S, 22-26 1 0 0 0 0 3 2.66 Inherited runners-scored—Guerra 2-1. IBB—off Guerra (Jay). T—3:03. A—36,607 (43,975).

Pirates 5, Astros 3 Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg. S.Marte lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .500 Walker 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .293 A.McCutchen cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .368 G.Jones rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .264 Presley rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 McGehee 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .233 P.Alvarez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .228 Barajas c 3 1 0 0 1 1 .206 Barmes ss 4 1 1 2 0 0 .206 A.J.Burnett p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .094 Lincoln p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Sutton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Totals 34 5 8 5 2 4 Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Altuve 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .296 Ma.Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Maxwell cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .218 S.Moore 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .227 J.D.Martinez lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241 C.Johnson 3b 3 1 2 2 1 1 .276 Bogusevic rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .215 Corporan c 3 1 2 1 0 1 .389 Keuchel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schafer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Del Rosario p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --X.Cedeno p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Downs ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 R.Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Totals 30 3 5 3 3 7 Pittsburgh Houston

320 000 000 — 5 8 0 000 000 021 — 3 5 0

LOB—Pittsburgh 4, Houston 4. HR—S.Marte (1), off Keuchel; G.Jones (15), off Keuchel; Barmes (5), off Keuchel; C.Johnson (7), off A.J.Burnett; Corporan (2), off A.J.Burnett. RBIs—S.Marte (1), G.Jones 2 (47), Barmes 2 (27), C.Johnson 2 (40), Corporan (5). CS—S.Marte (1). S—Keuchel. DP—Pittsburgh 1. Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO ERA AJBurnt W, 12-3 71⁄3 4 2 2 1 5 3.52 2 Lincoln H, 4 ⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 2.78 Hanrhn S, 30-33 1 1 1 1 1 2 2.23 Houston IP H R ER BB SO ERA Keuchel L, 1-3 6 5 5 5 2 2 4.63 Del Rosario 11⁄3 2 0 0 0 1 7.80 2 X.Cedeno ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 2.70 R.Cruz 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.88 Inherited runners-scored—X.Cedeno 1-0. WP—Hanrahan 2. T—2:49. A—19,926 (40,981).

Nationals 8, Brewers 2 Washington AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Lombardozzi 2b 5 0 1 3 0 0 .260 Harper rf 5 1 1 0 0 2 .267 Zimmerman 3b 4 2 1 1 1 2 .273 LaRoche 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .261 Morse lf 4 0 2 2 0 1 .299 Espinosa ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .252 Bernadina cf 3 1 0 0 1 3 .289 Flores c 4 1 1 0 0 2 .228 E.Jackson p 2 2 1 0 1 0 .182 C.Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 H.Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Mic.Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Totals 36 8 9 8 3 12 Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Aoki rf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .277 Morgan cf-lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .228 Braun lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .314 Loe p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Ishikawa ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .247 Ar.Ramirez 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .281 Ransom 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Hart 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .263 R.Weeks 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .201 Lucroy c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .345 Thornburg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 C.Gomez cf 1 1 1 2 0 0 .247 C.Izturis ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Gallardo p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .095 Henderson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --M.Maldonado c 2 0 1 0 0 1 .277 Totals 36 2 9 2 2 6 Washington Milwaukee

040 030 100 — 8 9 1 000 000 020 — 2 9 0

E—Espinosa (6). LOB—Washington 4, Milwaukee 10. 2B—Ar.Ramirez (33), R.Weeks (18), Gallardo (2). 3B—Lombardozzi (1). HR—LaRoche (19), off Gallardo; C.Gomez (8), off H.Rodriguez. RBIs—Lombardozzi 3 (18), Zimmerman (54), LaRoche 2 (61), Morse 2 (28), C.Gomez 2 (25). Washington IP H R ER BB SO ERA E.Jackson W, 6-6 7 8 0 0 1 4 3.52 H.Rodriguez 1 1 2 2 0 0 5.67 Mic.Gonzalez 1 0 0 0 1 2 2.45 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO ERA Gallardo L, 8-8 5 7 7 7 2 6 4.07 Henderson 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Thornburg 1 2 1 1 1 2 5.79 Loe 2 0 0 0 0 3 3.86 HBP—by H.Rodriguez (R.Weeks). T—3:05. A—33,176 (41,900).

Wednesday’s Late NL Cardinals 3, Dodgers 2 Los Angeles Abreu lf Gwynn Jr. lf M.Ellis 2b Kemp cf Ethier rf H.Ramirez 3b Loney 1b L.Cruz ss A.Ellis c Harang p Elbert p Belisario p Uribe ph Lindblom p Choate p J.Wright p Totals

AB 3 2 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 42

R 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

H 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8

BI BB SO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 9

Avg. .250 .241 .262 .341 .289 .249 .248 .239 .277 .053 ----.196 ----.000

St. Louis Furcal ss Jay cf Holliday lf Beltran rf Craig 1b Y.Molina c Freese 3b Greene pr Salas p Berkman ph

AB 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 0 0 0

R 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

H 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0

BI BB SO 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Avg. .277 .301 .317 .287 .296 .303 .308 .214 .000 .281

J.Kelly pr Schumaker 2b Lohse p Boggs p Descalso ph Motte p M.Carpenter ph-3b Totals

0 3 1 0 0 0 2

1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 1 0 0 0 1

.154 .308 .098 --.235 --.278

37 3 6 2 7 11

Los Angeles 010 001 000 000 — 2 8 1 St. Louis 010 010 000 001 — 3 6 0 Two outs when winning run scored. E—Loney (5). LOB—Los Angeles 6, St. Louis 8. 2B—M.Ellis (7), Ethier (26), A.Ellis (9), Freese (18). 3B—H.Ramirez (3). RBIs—H.Ramirez (49), Loney (27), Furcal (42), Lohse (1). S—Descalso. SF—Loney, Lohse. DP—Los Angeles 2, St. Louis 1. Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO ERA Harang 71⁄3 2 2 2 4 8 3.39 Elbert 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.45 Belisario 12⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 2.63 1 Lindblom ⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 3.15 Choate 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.39 J.Wright L, 4-3 11⁄3 3 1 1 1 1 3.73 St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO ERA Lohse 7 7 2 2 0 4 2.71 Boggs 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.76 Motte 2 1 0 0 0 1 2.72 Salas W, 1-3 2 0 0 0 1 3 4.38 Elbert pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Inherited runners-scored—Elbert 2-0, Belisario 3-0, Choate 1-0. T—3:55. A—37,841 (43,975).

Rockies 4, D-Backs 2 Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Fowler cf 5 2 3 0 0 1 .302 Scutaro 2b 1 0 1 3 2 0 .271 Cuddyer 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .260 A.Brown lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .176 Colvin rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .278 Pacheco 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .297 LeMahieu 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 W.Rosario c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .250 Rutledge ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .356 Francis p 3 1 0 0 0 1 .000 Ottavino p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Belisle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Young ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .255 R.Betancourt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Totals 34 4 9 4 2 9 Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Drew ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .209 Bloomquist 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .301 Kubel lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .298 Goldschmidt 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .288 J.Upton rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .272 M.Montero c 3 1 3 1 1 0 .282 C.Young cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .218 Jo.McDonald 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Cahill p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .122 Ziegler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Overbay ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .298 Bergesen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Totals 31 2 5 2 2 8 Colorado Arizona

102 100 000 — 4 9 0 100 000 100 — 2 5 0

LOB—Colorado 6, Arizona 5. 2B—Scutaro (15). 3B—Fowler (10). HR—W.Rosario (16), off Cahill; Kubel (22), off Francis; M.Montero (10), off Francis. RBIs—Scutaro 3 (30), W.Rosario (40), Kubel (72), M.Montero (56). SB—Fowler (9), E.Young (11). S—Cahill. SF—Scutaro. DP—Arizona 1. Colorado IP H R ER BB SO ERA 6 5 2 2 1 4 4.97 Francis W, 3-2 Ottavino H, 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.58 Belisle H, 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.25 Betncrt S, 17-21 1 0 0 0 1 2 3.00 Arizona IP H R ER BB SO ERA Cahill L, 8-9 62⁄3 8 4 4 2 6 3.86 1 Ziegler ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 2.61 Bergesen 2 1 0 0 0 3 0.00 Francis pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Inher2-0. ited runners-scored—Ziegler WP—Cahill. T—2:49. A—23,385 (48,633).

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SCOREBOARD BASEBALL

Phoenix 4 15 .211 11 Tulsa 3 15 .16711 1⁄2 Note: No games scheduled until August (Olympics)

American Association Central

Wichita Kansas City Gary Sioux City Lincoln North

37 35 30 29 24 W

28 31 35 37 40 L

.569 — .530 2 1⁄2 .462 7 .439 8 1⁄2 .375 12 1⁄2 Pct. GB

Fargo-Moorhead Winnipeg St. Paul Sioux Falls South

41 37 33 29 W

23 27 30 35 L

.641 .578 .524 .453 Pct.

L Pct.

— 4 7 1⁄2 12 GB

Grand Prairie 40 25 .615 — Amarillo 35 31 .530 5 1⁄2 Laredo 30 33 .476 9 El Paso 26 36 .419 12 1⁄2 Wednesday’s Games Wichita 7, Amarillo 6 Quebec 9, Winnipeg 3 Fargo-Moorhead 4, Sioux Falls 3 Grand Prairie 7, El Paso 6 St. Paul 5, Kansas City 4 Sioux City 5, Gary 2 Laredo 5, Lincoln 4 Thursday’s Games Amarillo 5, Wichita 0 St. Paul 3, Kansas City 0 Quebec 5, Winnipeg 0 Fargo-Moorhead 8, Sioux Falls 4 El Paso 8, Grand Prairie 6 Gary 5, Sioux City 2 Friday’s Games Sioux Falls at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. Sioux City at Lincoln, 7:05 p.m. Grand Prairie at Kansas City, 7:05 p.m. Quebec at St. Paul, 7:05 p.m. Fargo-Moorhead at Gary, 7:10 p.m. Wichita at Laredo, 7:30 p.m. Amarillo at El Paso, 8:05 p.m.

Summer

OLYMPICS Thursday’s Results Soccer Men Preliminary round At Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland Honduras 2, Morocco 2 Japan 1, Spain 0 At St James’ Park, Newcastle Mexico 0, South Korea 0 Gabon 1, Switzerland 1 At Old Trafford, Manchester Uruguay 2, United Arab Emirates 1 Britain 1, Senegal 1 At City of Coventry Stadium Belarus 1, New Zealand 0 At Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales Brazil 3, Egypt 2

Friday’s Schedule Archery At Lord’s Cricket Ground Men’s Individual ranking round, 3 a.m. Women’s Individual ranking round, 7 a.m.

Opening Ceremonies At Olympic Stadium, 3 p.m.

GOLF Kansas Amateur At Sand Creek Station Newton Matchplay

Round of 64

Jayhawk Hays Dodge City Liberal Derby El Dorado Haysville

W-L Pct. 22-11 .667 19-14 .576 19-15 .559 16-18 .471 14-20 .412 11-23 .324 Monday’s Games Haysville 11, El Dorado 3 Tuesday’s Games Liberal 8, Dodge City 2 Derby 10, Haysville 7 Wednesday’s Games El Dorado 5, Derby 4 Dodge City at Hays End regular season

GB — 3 3 1⁄2 6 1⁄2 8 1⁄2 11 1⁄2

NBC World Series At Lawrence-Dumont Stadium Saturday’s Schedule No free tickets Hutchinson Monarchs vs. Hap Dumont U-19 champion, 5 p.m. Liberal BeeJays vs. Omaha Strike Zone, 7:30 Valley Center Diamond Dawgs vs. Haysville Heat, 10 Sunday’s Schedule Free tickets at hotelinwichita.com locations Liberal-Omaha loser vs. Hutchinson-Dumont loser, 10:30 a.m. Newton Rebels vs. Colorado Impact Sports, 1 p.m. Tulsa Cardinals vs. St. Joseph (Mo.) Mustangs, 5 Arvada (Colo.) Colts vs. Dodge City A’s, 7:30 Tulsa Braves vs. Kansas Cannons, 10 Monday’s Schedule $1 GA vouchers at Kwik Shop Newton-Impact Sports loser vs. ArvadaDodge City loser, 10:30 a.m. Tulsa Braves-Kansas loser vs. Tulsa CardinalsSt. Joseph loser, 1 p.m. Cape Girardeau (Mo.) Plaza Tire Capahas vs. Topeka Golden Giants, 5 Greeley (Colo.) Grays vs. Hays Larks, 7:30 Katy (Texas) Collegians vs. El Dorado Broncos, 10 Tuesday’s Schedule Free tickets at QuikTrip Cape Girardeau-Topeka loser vs. Katy-El Dorado loser, 10:30 a.m. San Diego Force vs. Casa Grande (Ariz.) Cotton Kings, 1 p.m. San Diego Stars vs. San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Blues, 5 Tulsa Braves-Kansas winner vs. Tulsa Cardinals-St. Joseph winner, 7:30 Colorado Sox vs. Heart of America regional champion, 10 Wednesday’s Schedule Free tickets at Wichita Baskin-Robbins Greeley-Hays loser vs. San Diego Stars-San Luis Obispo loser, 10:30 a.m. Crestwood (Ill.) Panthers vs. North County (Calif.) Waves, 1 p.m. Liberal-Omaha winner vs. Hutchinson-Dumont winner, 5 Austin Gold Sox vs. Santa Barbara (Calif.) Foresters, 7:30 Conejo (Calif.) Oaks vs. Seattle Studs

MLB Leaders American League Batting—Trout, Los Angeles, .356; Konerko, Chicago, .336; Mauer, Minnesota, .328; MiCabrera, Detroit, .325; AJackson, Detroit, .321; Cano, New York, .319; Ortiz, Boston, .316. RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 82; Hamilton, Texas, 81; Willingham, Minnesota, 72; ADunn, Chicago, 71; Encarnacion, Toronto, 70; Fielder, Detroit, 70; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 68. Home runs—ADunn, Chicago, 30; Hamilton, Texas, 28; Bautista, Toronto, 27; Encarnacion, Toronto, 27; Granderson, New York, 27; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 27; Willingham, Minnesota, 25. Stolen bases—Trout, Los Angeles, 31; RDavis, Toronto, 25; Kipnis, Cleveland, 21; Revere, Minnesota, 21; Crisp, Oakland, 20; De Aza, Chicago, 18; DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 18. Pitching—Price, Tampa Bay, 14-4; Weaver, Los Angeles, 13-1; MHarrison, Texas, 12-5; Sale, Chicago, 11-3; Darvish, Texas, 11-6; Verlander, Detroit, 11-6; 6 tied at 10. Saves—JiJohnson, Baltimore, 30; CPerez, Cleveland, 29; Rodney, Tampa Bay, 28; RSoriano, New York, 26; Broxton, Kansas City, 23; Aceves, Boston, 21; Nathan, Texas, 20.

National League Batting—McCutchen, Pittsburgh, .368; MeCabrera, San Francisco, .356; Ruiz, Philadelphia, .345; Votto, Cincinnati, .342; DWright, New York, .340; CGonzalez, Colorado, .325; Holliday, St. Louis, .321. RBI—Kubel, Arizona, 72; Beltran, St. Louis, 71; Braun, Milwaukee, 69; CGonzalez, Colorado, 67; DWright, New York, 67; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 66; Holliday, St. Louis, 64. Home runs—Braun, Milwaukee, 28; Beltran, St. Louis, 22; Kubel, Arizona, 22; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 22; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 21; CGonzalez, Colorado, 20; Bruce, Cincinnati, 19; ASoriano, Chicago, 19; Stanton, Miami, 19. Stolen bases—DGordon, Los Angeles, 30; Bourn, Atlanta, 28; Bonifacio, Miami, 26; Campana, Chicago, 25; Pierre, Philadelphia, 23; Reyes, Miami, 23; Schafer, Houston, 23. Pitching—Dickey, New York, 13-2; GGonzalez, Washington, 13-5; AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 12-3; Lynn, St. Louis, 12-4; Cueto, Cincinnati, 12-5; Strasburg, Washington, 11-4; Hamels, Philadelphia, 11-4; Miley, Arizona, 11-5; Hanson, Atlanta, 11-5; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 11-6. Saves—Hanrahan, Pittsburgh, 30; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 29; SCasilla, San Francisco, 24; Motte, St. Louis, 22; Papelbon, Philadelphia, 22; HBell, Miami, 19; Jansen, Los Angeles, 19; Chapman, Cincinnati, 19; Myers, Houston, 19.

FOOTBALL NFL Calendar July 26 — Teams begin reporting for training camp Aug. 4-5 — Hall of Fame inductions; Hall of Fame game, Canton, Ohio. Aug. 9-13 — Preseason openers. Sept. 5 — Regular-season opener. Sept. 9-10 — First full regular-season weekend.

BASKETBALL WNBA Eastern

Connecticut Indiana Atlanta Chicago New York Washington Western

15 4 .789 — 10 7 .588 4 9 10 .474 6 8 9 .471 6 6 12 .333 8 1⁄2 4 14 .22210 1⁄2 W L Pct GB

Pct GB

Minnesota San Antonio Los Angeles Seattle

15 4 13 5 15 6 9 10

.789 — .722 1 1⁄2 .714 1 .474 6

With seeds in parentheses (1) Myles Miller, Wellington def. (64)Steve Sloan, Pittsburg, 2 and 1 (32) Alex Springer, Olathe def. (33) Luke Gordon, Marion, 3 and 2 (16) Kit Grove, Lawrence def. (49) Alex Carney, Wichita, 2 and 1 (17) Michael McGee, Kansas City, Mo. def. (48) Trey Siegel, Topeka, 1 up (8) Ryley Haas, Lawrence def. (57) Josh Weems, Lake Quivira, 1 up (40) Michael Holloway, Wichita def. (25) Treg Fawl, McPherson, 1 up (9) Jonathan May, Wichita def. (56) Brian Walker, Topeka, forfeit (24) Chris Gilbert, Lawrence def. (41) Justice Valdivia, Topeka, 19 holes (4) Hunter Sparks, Oklahoma City def. (61) Devin Montague, Wichita, 4 and 3 (36) Alec Heinen, Edmond, Okla. def. (29) Grant Burnside, Overland Park, 3 and 2 (52) Zach Tate, Leawood def. (13) Trey Hayden, Augusta, 2 and 1 (20) Tracy Chamberlin def. (45) Sean Robertson, Salina, 2 up (5) Thane Ringler, Hutchinson def. (60) Colby Yates, Tonganoxie, 1 up (28) Jeff Schauner, Wichita def. (37) Grady Millikan, Ulysses, 4 and 3 (12) Kyle Smell, Overland Park def. (53) Alex Zuzelski, Syracuse, 4 and 3 (44) Cameron Wiltse, Overland Park def. (21) Curtis Yonke, Overland Park, 2 and 1 (2) Ben Juffer, West Des Moines, Iowa def. (63) Ross Thornton, Leawood, 6 and 5 (34) Sam Stevens, Wichita def. (31) Richard Hairgrove, Lenexa, 5 and 4 (15) Matt Ewald, Topeka def. (50) Jack Courington, Wichita, 6 and 5 (18) Zach Kirby, Dodge City def. (47) Markus Hilger, Garden Plain, 4 and 3 (7) Pete Krsnich, Wichita def. (58) Mike Greene, Overland Park, 3 and 2 (39) Nathan Hoefflin, Topeka def. (26) Justin Jacquinot, Topeka, 7 and 5 (10) Corey Novascone, Wichita def. (55) David Auer, Wichita, 2 and 1 (42) Mark Sears, Junction City def. (23) Travis Mays, Overland Park, 6 and 5 (3) Harry Higgs, Overland Park def. (62) Wells Padgett, Wichita, 4 and 3 (30) Andrew Sherman, Andover def. (35) Mark Jolliffe, Wichita, 2 up (51) Kevin Quinley, Salina def. (14) Charlie Stevens, Wichita, 4 and 3 (46) Tyler Chapman, Wichita def. (19) Derek Harrison, Wellington, 2 and 1 (6) Park Ulrich, Overland Park def. (59) Tyler Norris, Manhattan, 3 and 2 (27) Sean Thayer, Garden City def. (38) Chris McGown, Mound City, 6 and 4 (11) Zac Burton, Manhattan def. (54) Charlie Ballard, Wichita, 3 and 2 (22) Mariano Rossi, Dodge City def. (43) Robert Carlson, Topeka, 4 and 3 Today

Round of 32 7:30 a.m. — (1) Myles Miller, Wellington vs. (32) Alex Springer, Olathe; 7:39 a.m. — (16) Kit Grove, Lawrence vs. (17) Michael McGee, Kansas City, Mo.; 7:48 a.m. — (8) Ryley Haas, Lawrence vs. (40) Michael Holloway, Wichita; 7:57 a.m. — (9) Jonathan May, Wichita vs. (24) Chris Gilbert, Lawrence; 8:06 a.m. — (4) Hunter Sparks, Oklahoma City, Okla. vs. (36) Alec Heinen, Edmond, Okla.; 8:15 a.m. — (52) Zach Tate, Leawood vs. (20) Tracy Chamberlin, Wichita; 8:24 a.m. — (5) Thane Ringler, Hutchinson vs. (28) Jeff Schauner, Wichita; 8:33 a.m. — (12) Kyle Smell, Overland Park vs. (44) Cameron Wiltse, Overland Park; 8:42 a.m. — (2) Ben Juffer, West Des Moines, Iowa vs. (34) Sam Stevens, Wichita; 8:51 a.m. — (15) Matt Ewald, Topeka vs. (18) Zach Kirby, Dodge City; 9:00 a.m. — (7) Pete Krsnich, Wichita vs. (39) Nathan Hoefflin, Topeka; 9:09 a.m. — (10) Corey Novascone, Wichita vs. (42) Mark Sears, Junction City; 9:18 a.m. — (3) Harry Higgs, Overland Park vs. (30) Andrew Sherman, Andover; 9:27 a.m. — (51) Kevin Quinley, Salina vs. (46) Tyler Chapman, Wichita; 9:36 a.m. — (6) Park Ulrich, Overland Park vs. (27) Sean Thayer, Garden City; 9:45 a.m. — (11) Zac Burton, Manhattan vs. (22) Mariano Rossi, Dodge City

WGAW Juniors Girls City Championship At Sim winner: Taelyn

Entriken, Overall 73-68—141 Age 13-14: 1. Baylee Bloom 98-101—199; 2. Kelli Irvin 107-109—216; 3. Bailey Blake 119-127—236; 4. Hannah Farney 130-125—255. Age 15-16: 1. Taelyn Entriken 73-68—141; 2. Laine Evans 81-83—164; 3. Ashley Reiswig 85-82—167; 4. Makena Mucciaccio 88-84—172; 5. Brooke Johanson 89-85—174. Age 17-18: 1. Katie Wells 78-78—156; 2. Audrey Meisch 81-76—157; 3. Margaret Ekeler 79-82—161; 4. Madison Walden 92-89—181; 5. Carly Hill 98-87—185.

PGA Canadian Open At Hamilton Golf & Country Club Ancaster, Ontario Yardage: 6,966; Par 70 (35-35) a-denotes amateur Scott Piercy 30-32—62 Greg Owen 29-34—63 William McGirt 32-31—63 Robert Garrigus 32-32—64 Troy Matteson 32-33—65 Bo Van Pelt 32-33—65 Jhonattan Vegas 32-33—65 Stuart Appleby 31-34—65 Charl Schwartzel 33-32—65 Gavin Coles 33-32—65 Vijay Singh 32-33—65 Bill Lunde 32-34—66 Roland Thatcher 32-34—66 Adam Hadwin 32-34—66 John Huh 34-33—67 J.J. Henry 32-35—67 Josh Teater 33-34—67 Cameron Tringale 34-33—67 Ryo Ishikawa 33-34—67 Daniel Summerhays 33-34—67 Heath Slocum 32-35—67 Matt Kuchar 31-36—67 Erik Compton 34-33—67 David Hearn 34-34—68 D.J. Trahan 34-34—68 Jason Bohn 31-37—68 J.B. Holmes 34-34—68 Tom Pernice Jr. 33-35—68 Kevin Streelman 34-34—68 Spencer Levin 33-35—68 Michael Thompson 32-36—68 Patrick Sheehan 34-34—68 Chez Reavie 32-36—68 Retief Goosen 32-36—68 Jimmy Walker 34-34—68 Brad Fritsch 35-33—68 M.A. Carballo 33-35—68 Russell Knox 33-35—68 Tommy Gainey 33-36—69 Blake Adams 34-35—69 Kevin Chappell 31-38—69 John Daly 34-35—69 John Mallinger 33-36—69 Brian Davis 34-35—69 Harrison Frazar 34-35—69 Arjun Atwal 33-36—69 Michael Bradley 36-33—69 Camilo Villegas 33-36—69 Scott Stallings 36-33—69

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Ted Potter, Jr. Steven Bowditch Patrick Cantlay Mark Anderson Jason Kokrak David Markle Thomas Aiken Graham DeLaet Nick O’Hern Ryan Palmer Chris Kirk Scott Dunlap Martin Flores Kevin Kisner Brendon Todd a-Albin Choi Zack Miller Ryuji Imada Harris English Matt Every Tim Clark Stephen Ames Jerry Kelly Brandt Snedeker Jim Furyk Shane Bertsch Billy Mayfair Matt Hill Danny Lee Mathew Goggin Tim Herron Ken Duke Tom Gillis Bud Cauley Nathan Green Trevor Immelman Brian Gay Hunter Mahan Bobby Gates Cory Renfrew Kyle Reifers Matt McQuillan Will Claxton Richard H. Lee Scott Brown Garrett Willis Chad Campbell Ricky Barnes Colt Knost Charley Hoffman Kyle Stanley Steve Wheatcroft Billy Hurley III Gary Christian Kyle Thompson Charlie Wi Jeff Overton D.A. Points Billy Horschel Roberto Castro a-Mackenzie Hughes Hunter Hamrick Daniel Chopra David Mathis Bob Estes Kevin Stadler Matt Bettencourt Robert Allenby Chris Stroud Edward Loar Jeff Maggert Marco Dawson Seung-Yul Noh J.J. Killeen Ernie Els Mike Weir Alexandre Rocha Michael Gligic David Duval Ben Curtis Tommy Biershenk Garth Mulroy a-Rob Couture Chris DiMarco Derek Lamely Neal Lancaster Charlie Beljan Rory Sabbatini Stephen Gangluff Brian Harman Chris Ross Tim Petrovic Greg Doherty Victor Ciesielski Paul Casey Matt Jones Brian McCann Billy Andrade Andrew Parr Sean O’Hair

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Champions Senior British Open At Turnberry Resort (Ailsa Course) Turnberry, Scotland Yardage: 7,105; Par: 70 (35-35) Bernhard Langer, Ger. 32-32—64 -6 Mark McNulty, Ire. 32-33—65 -5 Michael Allen, USA 32-34—66 -4 Chien Soon Lu, Tai. 30-36—66 -4 Dick Mast, USA 32-34—66 -4 David Frost, SAfr. 32-34—66 -4 Tom Lehman, USA 32-34—66 -4 Jay Don Blake, USA 32-34—66 -4 Tony Johnstone, Zimb. 35-32—67 -3 Lee Rinker, USA 34-33—67 -3 Barry Lane, Eng. 35-32—67 -3 Eduardo Romero, Arg. 34-34—68 -2 Lauren Roberts, USA 35-33—68 -2 Peter Fowler, Aus. 31-37—68 -2 Peter Senior, Aus. 33-35—68 -2 Olin Browne, USA 35-34—69 -1 Fred Funk, USA 35-34—69 -1 Tom Watson, USA 34-35—69 -1 Bob Tway, USA 34-35—69 -1 Chip Beck, USA 37-32—69 -1 Kouki Idoki, Jap. 34-35—69 -1 Andrew Murray, Eng. 35-34—69 -1 Anthony Gilligan, Aus. 34-35—69 -1 Jeff Hart, USA 35-34—69 -1 David Russell, Eng. 34-35—69 -1 Mike Goodes, USA 34-35—69 -1 Boonchu Ruangkit, Thai. 33-36—69 -1 Kirk Triplett, USA 34-35—69 -1 John Cook, USA 36-33—69 -1 Paul Wesselingh, Eng. 35-34—69 -1 Carl Mason, Eng. 33-36—69 -1 Joel Edwards, USA 34-35—69 -1 Also Craig Stadler, USA 35-35—70 E Corey Pavin, USA 34-36—70 E Jeff Sluman, USA 33-37—70 E Larry Mize, USA 36-35—71 +1 Ian Woosnam, Wal. 36-35—71 +1 Roger Chapman, Eng. 36-36—72 +2 Greg Norman, Aus. 37-35—72 +2 Fred Couples, USA 36-36—72 +2 Mark Calcavecchia, USA 34-38—72 +2 Tom Kite, USA 34-40—74 +4

Europe Austrian Open At Diamond Country Club Atzenbrugg, Austria Yardage: 7,386; Par: 72 (36-36) Play was suspended by lightning Partial Second Round Thorbjorn Olesen, Den. 64-68—132 -12 Thomas Levet, Fra. 65-70—135 -9 Richard Bland, Eng. 69-67—136 -8 Wil Besseling, Neth. 65-72—137 -7 Bernd Wiesberger, Astr. 71-66—137 -7 Oscar Floren, Swe. 68-69—137 -7 Emiliano Grillo, Arg. 70-68—138 -6 Scott Jamieson, Scot. 71-67—138 -6 Felipe Aguilar, Chile 67-71—138 -6 David Higgins, Ire. 67-71—138 -6 Daniel Denison, Eng. 69-70—139 -5 David McKenzie, Aus. 65-74—139 -5 Leaderboard Score Thru Thorbjorn Olesen, Den. -12 36 Thomas Levet, Fra. -9 36 Richard Bland, Eng. -8 36 Wil Besseling, Neth. -7 36 Bernd Wiesberger, Astr. -7 36 Oscar Floren, Swe. -7 36 Emiliano Grillo, Arg. -6 36 Scott Jamieson, Scot. -6 36 Felipe Aguilar, Chile -6 36 David Higgins, Ire. -6 36 Pablo Larrazabal, Spa. -6 27 Oliver Wilson, Eng. -6 22 Daniel Denison, Eng. -5 36 David McKenzie, Aus. -5 36 Niclas Fasth, Swe. -5 23

Web.com Children’s Hospital Invitational At Ohio State University GC, Scarlet Course Columbus, Ohio Yardage: 7,455; Par 71 (36-35) Partial First Round Note: Play was suspended and will resume Friday. Trevor Murphy 32-31—63 -8 James Sacheck 34-32—66 -5 Michael Putnam 34-33—67 -4 Steve Allan 36-31—67 -4 Aron Price 34-33—67 -4 Peter Lonard 34-34—68 -3 Casey Wittenberg 37-31—68 -3 Doug LaBelle II 35-33—68 -3 Jerod Turner 35-33—68 -3 Fernando Mechereffe 36-32—68 -3 Sam Saunders 34-34—68 -3 Paul Stankowski 37-32—69 -2 Cliff Kresge 32-37—69 -2 Joseph Bramlett 33-36—69 -2 Fabian Gomez 34-35—69 -2 Nicholas Thompson 34-35—69 -2 D.J. Brigman 37-32—69 -2 Shawn Stefani 34-35—69 -2 Andy Pope 34-35—69 -2 Rahil Gangjee 36-33—69 -2

David May 35-34—69 Blayne Barber 36-33—69 Michael Sim 34-36—70 Duffy Waldorf 34-36—70 Roger Tambellini 36-34—70 Tom Hoge 36-34—70 John Chin 34-36—70 David Skinns 34-36—70 Hudson Swafford 35-36—71 Andres Gonzales 34-37—71 Ron Whittaker 37-34—71 Len Mattiace 36-35—71 Josh Broadaway 34-37—71 Kent Jones 35-36—71 Tag Ridings 35-36—71 Skip Kendall 37-34—71 Andrew Svoboda 34-37—71 Jeff Gove 36-35—71 David Lingmerth 33-38—71 Adam Long 35-36—71 Jeff Corr 37-34—71 Richard Scott 36-35—71 Aaron Watkins 36-36—72 Alistair Presnell 35-37—72 Peter Tomasulo 37-35—72 Matt Weibring 36-36—72 Paul Claxton 36-36—72 Matt Harmon 39-33—72 Christopher DeForest 37-35—72 Brice Garnett 36-36—72 Travis Wadkins 39-33—72 Justin Thomas 37-35—72 Andrew Yun 37-35—72 James Hahn 36-37—73 Reid Edstrom 37-36—73 Paul Haley II 40-33—73 Troy Merritt 38-35—73 Aaron Goldberg 36-37—73 Derek Fathauer 37-36—73 Ryan Armour 38-35—73 John Kimbell 40-33—73 Jin Park 38-35—73 Benjamin Alvarado 37-36—73 Lee Janzen 36-38—74 Steven Alker 37-37—74 Robert Damron 40-35—75 Alex Aragon 39-36—75 Kevin Johnson 39-36—75 Morgan Hoffmann 38-37—75 Dustin Bray 37-38—75 Ben Briscoe 37-39—76 Patrick Rodgers 38-38—76 Leaderboard Score 1. Trevor Murphy -9 2. James Sacheck -6 3. Aron Price -5 3. Steve Allan -5 3. Michael Putnam -5 6. Robert Streb -4 6. Doug LaBelle II -4 6. Peter Lonard -4 6. Jerod Turner -4 6. Casey Wittenberg -4 6. Fernando Mechereffe -4 6. Sam Saunders -4

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LPGA Evian Masters At Evian Masters Golf Club Evian-les-Bains, France Yardage: 6,457;Par: 72 (36-36) Stacy Lewis 31-32—63 -9 Hee Young Park 32-33—65 -7 Ilhee Lee 32-34—66 -6 Mika Miyazato 32-35—67 -5 Mariajo Uribe 33-34—67 -5 Paula Creamer 34-34—68 -4 Shanshan Feng 32-36—68 -4 Sandra Gal 34-35—69 -3 Natalie Gulbis 36-33—69 -3 Hyo Joo Kim 33-36—69 -3 I.K. Kim 33-36—69 -3 Meena Lee 32-37—69 -3 Lee-Anne Pace 32-37—69 -3 Suzann Pettersen 33-36—69 -3 Jiyai Shin 33-36—69 -3 Momoko Ueda 36-33—69 -3 Jodi Ewart 36-34—70 -2 Karine Icher 33-37—70 -2 Ha-Neul Kim 32-38—70 -2 Becky Morgan 34-36—70 -2 Azahara Munoz 34-36—70 -2 Se Ri Pak 33-37—70 -2 Karrie Webb 35-35—70 -2 Helen Alfredsson 37-34—71 -1 Katherine Hull 35-36—71 -1 Juli Inkster 36-35—71 -1 Cristie Kerr 35-36—71 -1 Brittany Lang 35-36—71 -1 Karen Lunn 34-37—71 -1 Ai Miyazato 33-38—71 -1 Gwladys Nocera 33-38—71 -1 Inbee Park 33-38—71 -1 Beatriz Recari 35-36—71 -1 Hee Kyung Seo 36-35—71 -1 Giulia Sergas 35-36—71 -1 Cheyenne Woods 36-35—71 -1 Lindsey Wright 36-35—71 -1 Carly Booth 37-35—72 E Hee-Won Han 35-37—72 E Maria Hjorth 34-38—72 E Haeji Kang 37-35—72 E Jiayun Li 36-36—72 E Anna Nordqvist 35-37—72 E Pornanong Phatlum 38-34—72 E Amy Yang 34-38—72 E Ji-Na Yim 33-39—72 E Caroline Afonso 39-34—73 +1 Amanda Blumenherst 36-37—73 +1 Chella Choi 37-36—73 +1 Carlota Ciganda 37-36—73 +1 Laura Davies 36-37—73 +1 Felicity Johnson 39-34—73 +1 Jennifer Johnson 36-37—73 +1 Christina Kim 35-38—73 +1 Hye-Youn Kim 38-35—73 +1 Mirim Lee 33-40—73 +1 Brittany Lincicome 35-38—73 +1 Melissa Reid 36-37—73 +1 So Yeon Ryu 38-35—73 +1 Jade Schaeffer 37-36—73 +1 Jenny Shin 37-36—73 +1 Jennifer Song 36-37—73 +1 Michelle Wie 35-38—73 +1 Sun Young Yoo 35-38—73 +1 Shin-Ae Ahn 37-37—74 +2 Katie Futcher 37-37—74 +2 Julieta Granada 38-36—74 +2 Ran Hong 41-33—74 +2 Amy Hung 35-39—74 +2 Vicky Hurst 36-38—74 +2 Jimin Kang 37-37—74 +2 Min-Young Lee 38-36—74 +2 Xiyu Lin 36-38—74 +2 Pernilla Lindberg 39-35—74 +2 Catriona Matthew 35-39—74 +2 Kristy McPherson 37-37—74 +2 Sharmila Nicollet 37-37—74 +2 Kaori Ohe 39-35—74 +2 You-Na Park 36-38—74 +2 Lexi Thompson 37-37—74 +2 Line Vedel 36-38—74 +2 Christel Boeljon 37-38—75 +3 Na Yeon Choi 36-39—75 +3 Wendy Doolan 38-37—75 +3 Mina Harigae 36-39—75 +3 Eun-Hee Ji 39-36—75 +3 Danielle Kang 32-43—75 +3 Ryann O’Toole 36-39—75 +3 Gerina Piller 35-40—75 +3 Linda Wessberg 36-39—75 +3 Mindy Kim 35-41—76 +4 Cindy LaCrosse 40-36—76 +4 Diana Luna 37-39—76 +4 Anais Maggetti 36-40—76 +4 Caroline Masson 39-37—76 +4 Morgan Pressel 36-40—76 +4 Miki Saiki 37-39—76 +4 Angela Stanford 35-41—76 +4 Yani Tseng 38-38—76 +4 Alison Walshe 40-36—76 +4 Sophie Giquel-Bettan 39-38—77 +5 Trish Johnson 37-40—77 +5 Jessica Korda 39-38—77 +5 Candie Kung 40-37—77 +5 Jeong-Eun Lee 39-38—77 +5 Karin Sjodin 40-37—77 +5 Tiffany Joh 39-39—78 +6 Rye-Jung Lee 38-40—78 +6 Sophie Gustafson 40-39—79 +7 Anne-Lise Caudal 39-41—80 +8 Karen Stupples 40-41—81 +9

World Rankings 1. Luke Donald 2. Tiger Woods 3. Rory McIlroy 4. Lee Westwood 5. Webb Simpson 6. Adam Scott 7. Bubba Watson 8. Jason Dufner 9. Matt Kuchar 10. Justin Rose 11. Graeme McDowell 12. Zach Johnson 13. Hunter Mahan 14. Steve Stricker 15. Ernie Els 16. Dustin Johnson 17. Phil Mickelson 18. Martin Kaymer 19. Louis Oosthuizen 20. Rickie Fowler 21. Jason Day 22. Charl Schwartzel 23. Francesco Molinari 24. Brandt Snedeker 25. Sergio Garcia

Eng USA NIr Eng USA Aus USA USA USA Eng NIr USA USA USA SAf USA USA Ger SAf USA Aus SAf Ita USA Esp

9.81 8.45 8.41 7.89 6.47 6.27 6.23 5.87 5.75 5.47 5.38 5.31 5.26 4.90 4.81 4.71 4.52 4.50 4.43 4.39 4.31 4.28 4.17 4.14 3.97

Ryder Cup Points At Medinah Country Club Medinah, Ill. Sept. 28-30

United States 1. Tiger Woods 2. Bubba Watson 3. Jason Dufner

5,598.863 5,446.483 5,383.502

4. Webb Simpson 5. Zach Johnson 6. Matt Kuchar 7. Phil Mickelson 8. Hunter Mahan 9. Keegan Bradley 10. Rickie Fowler 11. Brandt Snedeker 12. Dustin Johnson 13. Steve Stricker 14. Bo Van Pelt 15. Jim Furyk

4,635.500 4,402.544 4,292.112 4,107.108 4,022.923 3,382.206 3,268.838 3,099.707 2,920.770 2,898.069 2,662.165 2,653.116

Europe European Points 1. Rory McIlroy 2,635,952.52 2. Graeme McDowell 2,197,505.29 3. Justin Rose 2,062,615.50 4. Paul Lawrie 2,033,778.14 5. Francesco Molinari 2,001,002.18 6. Martin Kaymer 1,814,796.42 7. Peter Hanson 1,801,021.67 8. Luke Donald 1,746,016.38 9. Nicolas Colsaerts 1,690,342.14 10. Lee Westwood 1,656,035.42 World Points 1. Rory McIlroy 352.09 2. Luke Donald 349.76 3. Lee Westwood 280.27 4. Justin Rose 277.11 5. Graeme McDowell 248.16 6. Francesco Molinari 181.59 7. Paul Lawrie 177.29 8. Peter Hanson 173.57 9. Martin Kaymer 168.99 10. Sergio Garcia 155.58 Note: The top five European Points leaders at the conclusion of the 2012 Johnnie Walker Championship qualify. The top five World Points leaders, not already qualified, also qualify.

MOTORSPORTS Sprint Next event: Crown Royal Your Hero’s Name Here 400 (July 29), Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis. Points leaders: 1. Matt Kenseth, 707; 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 691; 3. Greg Biffle, 667; 4. Jimmie Johnson, 656; 5. Denny Hamlin, 628; 6. Kevin Harvick, 622; 7. Tony Stewart, 618; 8. Martin Truex Jr., 617; 9. Clint Bowyer, 614; 10. Brad Keselowski, 613; 11. Carl Edwards, 567; 12. Kasey Kahne, 547; 13. Kyle Busch, 545; 14. Ryan Newman, 536; 15. Paul Menard, 534; 16. Joey Logano, 533; 17. Jeff Gordon, 524; 18. Marcos Ambrose, 495; 19. Jeff Burton, 493; 20. Jamie McMurray, 486.

Nationwide Next event: STP 300 (Sunday), Chicagoland Speedway, Joliett, Ill. Points leaders: 1. Elliott Sadler, 675; 2. Austin Dillon, 664; 3. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 656; 4. Sam Hornish Jr., 633; 5. Justin Allgaier, 597; 6. Michael Annett, 569; 7. Cole Whitt, 550; 8. Mike Bliss, 491; 9. Danica Patrick, 443; 10. Brian Scott, 430; 11. Joe Nemechek, 421; 12. Tayler Malsam, 412; 13. Jason Bowles, 391; 14. Mike Wallace, 386; 15. Jeremy Clements, 384; 16. Erik Darnell, 308; 17. Timmy Hill, 272; 18. Johanna Long, 270; 19. Eric McClure, 251; 20. T.J. Bell, 241.

Formula One Next event: German Grand Prix (Sunday), Hochenheimring (road course), Hockenheim, Germany. Points leaders: 1. Fernando Alonso, 154; 2. Mark Webber, 120; 3. Sebastian Vettel, 110; 4. Kimi Raikkonen, 98; 5. Lewis Hamilton, 92; 6. Nico Rosberg, 76; 7. Jenson Button, 68; 8. Romain Grosjean, 61; 9. Sergio Perez, 47; 10. Kamui Kobayashi, 33; 11. Pastor Maldonado, 29; 12. Michael Schumacher, 29; 13. Paul di Resta, 27; 14. Felipe Massa, 23; 15. Nico Hulkenberg, 19; 16. Bruno Senna, 18; 17. JeanEric Vergne, 4; 18. Daniel Ricciardo, 2.

IndyCar Next event: Edmonton Indy (Sunday), Edmonton City Center Airport (road course), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Points leaders: 1. Ryan Hunter-Reay, 362; 2. Helio Castroneves, 339; 3. Will Power, 336; 4. Scott Dixon, 301; 5. James Hinchcliffe, 286; 6. Tony Kanaan, 279; 7. Simon Pagenaud, 276; 8. Dario Franchitti, 258; 9. Ryan Briscoe, 241; 10. Graham Rahal, 237; 11. Oriol Servia, 227; 12. Justin Wilson, 222; 13. Takuma Sato, 216; 14. Charlie Kimball, 216; 15. J.R. Hildebrand, 211; 16. Marco Andretti, 203; 17. Rubens Barrichello, 200; 18. Alex Tagliani, 194; 19. Mike Conway, 191; 20. E.J. Viso, 186.

NHRA Next event: Mile-High Nationals (Sunday), Bandimere Speedway, Morrison, Colo. Points leaders Top Fuel: 1. Spencer Massey, 1,071; 2. Antron Brown, 1,060; 3. Tony Schumacher, 990; 4. Steve Torrence, 950; 5. Morgan Lucas, 762; 6. Doug Kalitta, 744; 7. Shawn Langdon, 685; 8. Brandon Bernstein, 661; 9. David Grubnic, 625; 10. Bob Vandergriff, 568. Funny Car: 1. Robert Hight, 1,060; 2. Ron Capps, 994; 3. Mike Neff, 863; 4. Jack Beckman, 862; 5. Johnny Gray, 766; 6. Courtney Force, 701; 7. Cruz Pedregon, 680; 8. Jeff Arend, 661; 9. Bob Tasca III, 654; 10. John Force, 643. Pro Stock: 1. Allen Johnson, 1,104; 2, Greg Anderson, 1,085; 3. Jason Line, 1,072; 4. Mike Edwards, 895. 5. Vincent Nobile, 884; 6. Erica Enders, 762; 7. Ronnie Humphrey, 550; 8. Shane Gray, 529; 9. Ron Krisher, 495; 10. Rodger Brogdon, 492. Pro Stock Motorcycle: 1. Eddie Krawiec, 714; 2. Andrew Hines, 670; 3. Hector Arana Jr, 574; 4, Hector Arana, 510; 5. Karen Stoffer, 396; 6. LE Tonglet, 378; 7. Michael Ray, 354; 8. Scotty Pollacheck, 329; 9. Matt Smith, 308; 10. Shawn Gann, 284.

SOCCER MLS Eastern

New York Sporting KC Houston D.C. Chicago Columbus Montreal New England Philadelphia Toronto FC Western

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San Jose 13 5 4 43 44 27 Real Salt Lake 12 7 3 39 33 26 Vancouver 9 6 7 34 25 26 Seattle 8 5 7 31 25 21 Los Angeles 9 10 3 30 38 35 Chivas USA 6 8 5 23 13 21 Colorado 7 13 1 22 27 30 FC Dallas 5 10 7 22 25 30 Portland 5 11 4 19 19 35 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday’s Games MLS All-Stars 3, Chelsea 2 Friday’s Game Vancouver at Real Salt Lake, 8 p.m. Saturday’s Games Houston at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m. New York at Montreal, 6:30 p.m. Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 7 p.m. Columbus at Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. Seattle FC at Colorado, 8 p.m. Chicago at San Jose, 9:30 p.m. Chivas USA at Portland, 10 p.m. Sunday’s Games New England at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

1. Victoria Azarenka 2. Maria Sharapova 3. Serena Williams 4. Agnieszka Radwanska 5. Sara Errani 6. Angelique Kerber 7. Petra Kvitova 8. Roberta Vinci 9. Sam Stosur 10. Maria Kirilenko 11. Li Na 12. Caroline Wozniacki 13. Marion Bartoli 14. Julia Goerges 15. Nadia Petrova 16. Ana Ivanovic 17. Kim Clijsters 18. Ekaterina Makarova 19. Dominika Cibulkova 20. Lucie Hradecka 21. Elena Vesnina 22. Svetlana Kuznetsova 23. Sabine Lisicki 24. Kaia Kanepi 25. Jelena Jankovic

$5,084,143 $4,485,533 $3,379,458 $2,989,241 $2,025,974 $1,340,048 $1,284,309 $1,051,805 $988,742 $864,569 $806,791 $772,868 $724,138 $711,875 $674,910 $664,920 $638,231 $635,390 $630,098 $605,219 $551,766 $549,968 $508,440 $492,489 $481,784

MMA UFC on Fox 4 Aug. 4 Staples Center Los Angeles Mauricio Rua (20-6) vs. Brandon Vera (12-5) Lyoto Machida (17-3) vs. Ryan Bader (14-2) Joe Lauzon (21-7) vs. Jamie Varner (20-6-1) Ben Rothwell (32-8) vs. Travis Browne (13-0-1) Josh Grispi (14-3) vs. Rani Yahya (16-7) Ulysses Gomez (9-2) vs. John Moraga (10-1) Nam Phan (17-10) vs. Cole Miller (18-6) Mike Swick (14-4) vs. DaMarques Johnson (15-10) Matt Mitrione (5-1) vs. Rob Broughton (15-7-1) Philip De Fries (8-1) vs. Oli Thompson (9-3) Michihiro Omigawa (13-11-1) vs. Manny Gamburyan (11-7) Phil Davis (9-1) vs. Wagner Prado (8-0)

UFC 150 Aug. 11 Pepsi Center Denver Benson Henderson (16-2) vs. Frankie Edgar (14-2-1) Donald Cerrone (18-4) vs. Melvin Guillard (30-10-2) Jake Shields (27-6-1) vs. Ed Herman (20-8) Rousimar Palhares (14-4) vs. Yushin Okami (26-7) Nik Lentz (21-5-2) vs. Eiji Mitsuoka (18-8-2) Jared Hamman (13-4) vs. Michael Kuiper (11-1) Dennis Bermudez (8-3) vs. Tommy Hayden (8-1) Ken Stone (11-3) vs. Erik Perez (11-4) Max Holloway (5-1) vs. Justin Lawrence (4-0) Chris Camozzi (17-5) vs. Buddy Roberts (12-2)

BOXING Fight Schedule July 27 At Resorts Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, N.J. (ESPN2), Hank Lundy vs. Raymundo Beltran, 10, lightweights. July 28 At HP Pavilion, San Jose, Calif. (SHO), Robert Guerrero vs. Selcuk Aydin, 12, for the interim WBC welterweight title; Shawn Porter vs. Alfonso Gomez, 12, for the vacant NABO welterweight title. Aug. 3 At Texas Station, Las Vegas (ESPN2), Mercito Gesta vs. Ty Barnett, 10, lightweights; Mickey Bey vs. Rob Frankel, 10, lightweights.

TRANSACTIONS Thursday’s Deals BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Selected the contract of LHP Dana Eveland from Norfolk (IL). Optioned INF Steve Tolleson to Norfolk. MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed RHP Anthony Swarzak on the 15-day DL. Transferred RHP Carl Pavano to the 60-day DL. Selected RHP Luis Perdomo from Rochester (IL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed C J.P. Arencibia on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Chad Beck to Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled RHP Joel Carreno and LHP Evan Crawford from Las Vegas. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Assigned RHP Yonata Ortega to Mobile (SL). CHICAGO CUBS — Assigned RHP Jairo Asencio outright to Iowa (PCL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed INF Adam Kennedy on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Shawn Tolleson from Albuquerque (PCL). MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Designated C George Kottaras for assignment. Reinstated C Jonathan Lucroy from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Jeff Bianchi to Nashville (PCL). Selected the contract of RHP Jim Henderson from Nashville. NEW YORK METS — Recalled C Rob Johnson from Buffalo (IL). American Association EL PASO DIABLOS — Signed RHP Luis Chirinos. WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed RHP Griffin Bailey. Released RHP Nick Carr.

FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed CB Chris Lewis-Harris. HOUSTON TEXANS—Released FB Jason Ford and CB Desmond Morrow. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed OL Tony Ugoh and DT Dontari Poe. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Agreed to terms with G Eric Steinbach on a one-year contract. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed OT Matt Kalil. NEW YORK GIANTS — Named Ken Sternfeld director of pro player personnel and Dave Gettleman senior pro personnel analyst. NEW YORK JETS — Activated S La Ron Landry from the physically-unable-to-perform list. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Announced the resignation of assistant offensive line coach Steve Wisniewski. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed OT Cordell Bell to a three-year contract. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed S Dashon Goldson to a franchise tender. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Announced the retirement of DT Eric LeGrand. Traded DT Brian Brice to Chicago for an undisclosed 2013 draft pick. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed FB Dorson Boyce. Waived OL Nevin McCaskill.

HOCKEY National Hockey League FLORIDA PANTHERS — Agreed to terms with LW Eric Selleck and C Casey Wellman on one-year contracts. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Signed F Jakub Voracek to a multiyear contract extension.

LACROSSE National Lacrosse League MINNESOTA SWARM — Traded F Kevin Ross to Philadelphia for a 2015 first-round draft pick. WASHINGTON STEALTH — Re-signed coach Chris Hall.

SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW YORK RED BULLS — Signed M Tim Cahill. SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Signed G Scott Angevine. TORONTO FC — Terminated the contract of D Miguel Aceval.

TENNIS ATP Money Leaders 1. Roger Federer 2. Novak Djokovic 3. Rafael Nadal 4. Andy Murray 5. David Ferrer 6. Juan Martin del Potro 7. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 8. Tomas Berdych 9. Janko Tipsarevic 10. Nicolas Almagro 11. John Isner 12. Juan Monaco 13. Radek Stepanek 14. Fernando Verdasco 15. Philipp Kohlschreiber 16. Gilles Simon 17. Richard Gasquet 18. Milos Raonic 19. Mikhail Youzhny 20. Marcel Granollers 21. Marin Cilic 22. Jurgen Melzer 23. Andreas Seppi 24. Viktor Troicki 25. Florian Mayer

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COLLEGE DELAWARE — Promoted graduate assistant football coach Andy Marino to tight ends and tackles coach. DUKE — Named Joe Cinosky men’s volunteer assistant lacrosse coach. FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON — Named Ryan Garland and Loren Rich women’s assistant soccer coaches. KANSAS STATE — Announced senior G Jeremy Jones has left the men’s basketball program. Named Lindsey Babcock associate athletics director for compliance. MINOT STATE—Named Matt Murken men’s basketball coach. MONTANA — Promoted interim football coach Mick Delaney to football coach. N.C. STATE—Named Larry Farmer director of player development for men’s basketball. RADFORD — Announced the resignation of softball coach Mickey Dean. ST. ANDREWS — Named Gregory Goetz pitching coach. UNC GREENSBORO — Named Link Jarrett baseball coach. WILLIAM SMITH — Named Gabrielle Guynan women’s assistant basketball coach.

OUTDOORS Lake Levels Lake Arbuckle Big Hill Cedar Bluff Cheney Clinton Council Grove El Dorado Elk City Fall River Grand Hillsdale Hulah John Redmond Kanopolis Kaw Keystone Kirwin Lovewell Marion Melvern Milford Norton Perry Pomona Skiatook Stockton Table Rock Tenkiller Texoma Toronto Truman Tuttle Creek Waconda Webster Wilson

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Current Rel 870.80 1 856.76 0 2124.30 0 1417.43 0 874.57 21 1272.04 30 1337.56 12 795.90 34 948.31 10 743.43 438 915.47 24 732.27 16 1037.78 123 1461.55 60 1010.89 40 720.34 312 1724.90 164 1575.40 411 1348.70 9 1035.45 50 1144.08 1600 2295.72 2 890.96 1300 974.00 35 707.81 110 864.24 40 910.65 870 627.36 567 616.26 80 901.24 17 705.01 500 1073.88 900 1453.60 121 1883.10 131 1514.41 17

Fishing Report Local Urban lakes and ponds are stocked monthly with channel catfish. More information is available from the KDWP Region 4 office, 316.683.8069, 6232 E. 29th St North. Butler SFL: Catfish fair to good near feeders with prepared bait or cutbait. Largemouth bass fair using crankbaits or spinnerbaits along shallow shoreline. Crappie fair close to shoreline cover in 5-8 feet of water using jig-n-minnow or jig under a bobber. Bluegill fair to good with small worm under bobber close to shoreline cover. Chase SFL: Catfish fair to good in shallows near feeders, off piers and south end of dam with prepared bait, cut shad or nightcrawlers. Largemouth bass fair casting crankbaits over breaks off rocky shorelines more than 6 feet deep. Saugeye fair trolling crankbaits. Spotted bass fair with small crankbaits or jig and plastic along the dam. Bluegill fair along shorelines in coves or off piers with worms under a bobber. Crappie fair using jigs or minnows. Cheney: White bass/wipers good trolling crankbaits in deeper water or using spinnerbaits for surfacing fish near shallow points. Walleye good off east side points in 12-16 feet of water trolling crankbaits. Crappie fair with minnows near rocks and in deeper water. Catfish good in deep water during the day or shallow at night with live bait or cut bait. Council Grove: Catfish fair off windblown points and shorelines using fresh shad. Saugeye good trolling crankbaits along points and rocky shorelines. White bass/wipers good along points and windblown shorelines trolling crankbaits. Crappie fair on jigs or minnows in brush 8-15 feet deep. Cowley SFL: Crappie fair on breaks in 8-9 feet of water using minnows. Bluegill fair using small beetle spins or worm under bobber in shallow areas off piers and rocky shores. Catfish fair near feeders and rocky shores using prepared bait or livers. Largemouth bass fair with crawdad imitators and plastics in 5-7 feet of water along weed lines and over flats. Redear sunfish fair in 4-6 feet of water on worms. El Dorado: Wiper fair to good in water 12-22 feet deep trolling crankbaits or spooning deeper structure. White bass good using jigs and crankbaits along rocky points and shorelines. Crappie fair in deeper brush, ledges and breaks in 12-16 feet of water using jigs or minnows. Catfish fair using shad sides, worms and drifting crawlers on the flats. Walleye fair to good using wide variety of methods, trolling, jig-n-crawler/leech and drifting crawlers across deep flats 5-24 feet deep. Kingman SFL: Crappie fair around the jetties using minnows and small jigs. Catfish good using stinkbaits, shad sides or liver lakewide. Largemouth bass fair in brush piles and vegetation using topwater baits. Northern Pike fair casting rattletraps, spinnerbaits or use live bait around springs on north end. Marion: Catfish good over chum piles. Crappie fair using small jigs and minnows near structure. Walleye fair near dam and flats using crankbaits and jig-n-crawler. White bass/ wipers good trolling live bait and rattletraps. McPherson SFL: Catfish excellent using prepared baits near rocks and brush and at feeders. Crappie fair on jig and minnow in deeper water over breaks and structures. Largemouth bass good around vegetation at dawn and dusk with buzz baits and scum frogs.

Kansas Fall River: Catfish good off mud flats with worms, stinkbait or shad sides. Crappie fair with jig or minnow around rocks on windy side of lake, channel breaks and overhanging trees in river. Largemouth bass fair near stumps in river with twister-tailed jig, worm, spinner or crankbaits. White bass fair on jig and spinner or shad-imitation crankbaits on mud flats and points. Glen Elder: White bass good using slabs, Kastmasters and rattletraps around the dam, south bluffs, state park and Walnut Creek and under lights using minnows and jigs. Black bass fair early and late in the day using topwater lures. Walleye fair drifting and slow trolling jig-n-crawler or jig-n-minnow in shallow water around brush. Catfish good over chum piles using stinkbaits. Wipers good with rattletraps and slab spoons along causeway, dam, outlet area and Walnut Creek. Kanopolis: Catfish good using stinkbait, shad sides or live bait deep during the day and shallow at night. Crappie fair in deep brush piles with jigs. Walleye/saugeye fair trolling jig-n-crawler or crankbaits on the flats and breaks. White bass good early and late in the day on surfacing fish on flats and points using jigs or crankbaits. Wipers good jigging with spoons on dropoffs during the day or off shallow points early and late in day. Kirwin: Crappie fair with jigs or jig-n-minnows under bobber around fish attractors, drop offs and around tree lines. Walleye fair off railroad flats and off the river channel with jigs-n-crawlers or crankbaits. White bass/wipers fair casting jigs off corners of dam or up the North Fork Solomon. Catfish fair in Bow Creek and North Fork Solomon with shad and prepared baits on the bottom. Milford: Catfish good using cut bait and shad sides along windy shores and over channel ledges 10-20 feet deep. Crappie fair near rock banks and brush 20 feet deep using tube jigs and minnows. Walleye fair with worms, spoons and crankbaits along flats and near points 20-30 feet deep. White bass/wipers good over humps with live baits and near rocky points with jigs and crankbaits. Smallmouth bass good on crankbaits and poppers along rocky points near dropoffs. Largemouth bass good near brush along points and drop offs using jigs, poppers and spinnerbaits. Norton (Sebelius): Crappie fair around the fish feeders and off fishing docks with jigs or jigs and minnows under bobber. Saugeye/walleye good with jigs and jigs with worms along dam, in Leota Cove and off the Marsh Dike. Wipers good along dam and in Leota Cove on bucktailed jigs and jigs with worms on bottom. Catfish fair with shad and prepared bait on the bottom in west end and off the fishing dock. Toronto: Catfish good using worms, stinkbait or shad sides on the mud flats. Largemouth bass fair around stumps in the river using jigs, spinners, crankbaits or plastic worms. White bass fair using jig and spinner or crankbaits on mud flats and points. Crappie fair around stumps in Mann’s Cove, Toronto Cove, rocky shorelines on windy side of lake and channel breaks using jig or minnow. Tuttle Creek: Catfish good along rocky areas and in the river using shad or worms. Crappie fair using jigs or minnows in Carnahan and Baldwin coves and Stockdale area in 10-15 feet of water. White bass good along shoreline near dam, Carnahan Cove and the Stockdale area casting jigs and crankbaits. Largemouth bass fair in McIntyre Cove area. Saugeye fair along rocky points in the reservoir and near the swim beach in the River Pond on worms, jigs and crankbaits. Webster: Crappie fair near fish attractors and breakwaters with jigs. Walleye fair with worms on the bottom off the old swim beach or trolling crankbaits. White bass/wipers good along the north shore from the broken concrete ramp to the Lakeview area and in south corner of dam casting jigs into the wind. Catfish fair using shad and prepared baits on the bottom on the south side from 9 Road west. Wilson: Stripers fair to good off the dam, Rocktown and Elm Creek on a variety of crankbaits, bucktailed jigs and slab spoons. Walleye fair on jig-n-worm or jig-n-minnow combos in 5-40 feet of water. Catfish good drifting flats, especially on west end around the Elm Creek boat ramp with shrimp, nightcrawlers and prepared baits. White bass good casting roadrunners at surfacing schools. Black bass good up shallow in vegetation in the coves using jig-npig, topwaters or plastics.

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Lewis Black makes it back to Broadway ‘Running on Empty’ Lewis Black is bringing his anger back to Broadway – just in time for the election. Talent agent Jackie Knobbe said Thursday the comedian will bring his trademark frustration and high blood pressure style to the Richard Rodgers Theatre from Oct. 9-14. The show, currently on tour, is called “Running on Empty.” Tickets go on sale Aug. 6. “Why Broadway?” Black asks in a statement. “It’s close to my apartment, just blocks away, and frankly I’m too tired to go anywhere else. These guys are exhausting me. Democrats. Republicans. The Tea Party. Just shut up. Enough is enough.” Black has been on Broadway before: His 2004 show “Black on Broadway” made it to the Brooks Atkinson Theatre and also was broadcast on HBO. Other standup highlights include “Red, White and Screwed” and regular appearances on “The Daily Show.” He has released eight comedy albums, including the 2007 Grammy-Award winning “The Carnegie Hall Performance.”

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courtroom Thursday when his attorney, Robert Glass, entered a notguilty plea on his behalf to a charge of simple criminal damage to property. The charge carries a maximum sentence of six months in jail. Brand turned himself in to police Moving to morning three days after his encounter with a man trying to take his picture with a Nearly seven months into the launch phone. Police said Brand grabbed of a new morning show, CBS said the phone and threw it at a building, Thursday that it will replace co-host Erica Hill with chief White House corre- breaking a window. “He’s a good guy,” Glass said. “He spondent Norah O’Donnell. was harassed.” O’Donnell will team with Charlie Rose and Gayle King on “CBS This A deal with the district attorney’s Morning,” the third-rated morning office calls for the case to be dismissed if news show behind ABC’s “Good the actor completes the service requireMorning America” and NBC’s “Toment by Aug. 31, Glass said. day.” She’ll begin the new job shortly after the Democratic and Republican Another year older national conventions are over. CBS is taking a more serious news Today’s birthdays: TV producer Norapproach than its rivals in the morn- man Lear, 90 … actor Jerry Van Dyke ing. The new show hasn’t clicked yet (“Coach”), 81 … actor John Pleshette in the ratings, yet CBS News Chair(“Knots Landing”), 70 … singer Bobbie man Jeff Fager and President David Gentry, 68 … actress-director Betty Rhodes said they were encouraged Thomas (“Hill Street Blues”), 64 … by recent positive trends. singer Maureen McGovern, 63 … “We just felt she was so perfect for the actress Roxanne Hart (“The Good direction we’re going in,” Fager said. Girl,” “Chicago Hope”), 58 … guitarist Duncan Cameron (Sawyer Brown), 56 … comedian Carol Leifer, 56 … Russell Brand’s sentence country singer Stacy Dean Campbell, Actor and comedian Russell 45 … singer Juliana Hatfield, 45 … Brand must perform 20 hours of actor Julian McMahon (“Profiler”), 44 community service and pay a $500 … comedian Maya Rudolph (“Saturcourt fee to resolve a misdemeanor day Night Live”), 40 … drummer Abe charge over a confrontation with a Cunningham of Deftones, 39 … singer photographer in New Orleans, where Pete Yorn, 38 … actor Jonathan Rhys he was filming a movie in March. Meyers, 35 … singer Cheyenne KimBrand wasn’t in a New Orleans ball of Gloriana, 22

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ICT Fest to feature 35 performers BY JOE STUMPE Eagle correspondent

When it came to picking bands for this weekend’s ICT Fest, Matthew Clagg said he followed his own tastes. “Honestly, man, I booked these bands because they all are bands that I want to hear,” he said. “It’s just lucky that everybody else seems to want to hear them, too.” Actually, there was a little more to it than that. Clagg put up a poll on Facebook that about 21,000 people saw to find out which performers people wanted to see. “Basically, everybody in the top 10 made it” onto the festival bill, he said. Headlining this year’s festival are SSION and Pictureplane, both of which are based in Brooklyn and fit what Clagg calls the experimental electronic music genre. “It’s kind of the big thing right now,” he said. “They’re definitely the biggest bands the ICT Fest has had.” Altogether, there are 35 bands or performers on the schedule — 15 local and 20 from out of town. Clagg says the Minneapolis-based STNNNG is another band with lots of fans here, while Spirit of the Stairs, Powerlifter and Francis Moss are local bands with strong followings. The ICT Fest was started eight years ago by Dan Davis, a local musician and friend of Clagg’s. Several people have taken on the task of lead organizer in past years. Clagg said he’s attended the festival but hadn’t played much of a role in its operation until this year. “I kind of took it over with (Davis’) blessing,” he said. Once he did, he found it to be nearly a full-time job — on top of the job he holds as marketing and communications director for the Society of Decorative Painters. “Fortunately, it’s something I love,” he said. As opposed to focusing on one style of music, which the festival occasionally has done in the past, Clagg said he tried to book as many genres as possible, from punk and DJs to noise rock, garage bands and psychedelic music. “This year, we wanted to open it up,” Clagg said. “We wanted to bring together all the different communities.” The festival will be Friday and Saturday at the WSU Shift Space Gallery in downtown Wichita. Most bands will alternate playing 25-minute sets on one

Benefit concert features Donna Tucker Jazz singer Donna Tucker will perform a free benefit concert at 7 p.m. Friday at the Scottish Rite Auditorium, 332 E. First St. Donations benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children and Midian Shrine Plane of Mercy, which transports children who need medical care. Tucker joins the Midian Shrine DanceKatz band and the Senseney Music Community Band for the event. Call 316-641-0161 for more information.

Museum hosts Night of Treasures fundraiser The Museum of World Treasures, 835 E. First St. in Old Town, will host its annual Night of Treasures: Opa! fundraiser from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday. The event costs $50 and includes food, drinks, live entertainment and a live silent auction. Limited VIP tickets cost $75 with early admission at 6 p.m. The VIP hour includes exclusive entertainment, a souvenir glass and a swag bag of goodies. To purchase tickets, call 316-263-1311 or e-mail reservations@worldtreasures.org. — Hannah Coen Courtesy photo

Pictureplane is among the performers on ICT Fest 2012’s lineup Friday and Saturday.

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SSION is among performers on ICT Fest 2012’s lineup Friday and Saturday.

Bridal Expo comes to Century II Exhibitors in more than 40 bridal-related categories — including music, reception locations and photography — will be on site for the Wichita Bridal Expo on Saturday and Sunday at Century II Convention

ICT Fest What: A two-day music festival featuring 35 diverse local and out-oftown bands and performers When: 5 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday Where: WSU Shift Space Gallery, 800 E. Third St. Cost: $20 for a two-day ticket For more information, see ictfest. com. Kirk McKoy/McClatchy-Tribune

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Matthew Clagg is organizing ICT Fest, which is bringing 35 bands and performers to downtown Wichita. of two stages set up indoors and outdoors; the headliners get 45 minutes. Clagg said the 500-person capacity is just the right size for people “to feel like things are happening constantly.” In addition to music, there will be a

community art project in the form of a huge canvas that people can paint or draw on, a full bar and several food trucks. Clagg recruited more than a dozen businesses to sponsor this year’s festival, helping pay for some of the bigger outof-town groups, while ticket sales will cover the rest of the cost. “It’s just about having fun and bringing the community together,” he said. “We want to get the bands out in front of people and the businesses out in front of people. And everybody is going to have a good time. Those are our three goals.”

The Wichita Bridal Expo will be Saturday and Sunday at Century II.

Center, 225 W. Douglas. The expo, which will include fashion shows, prizes and sample tastings from caterers, will highlight wedding trends and ideas. It will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $8 at the door, and an $11 two-day pass also is available. For more information, visit www.wichita bridalshow.com. — Matt Riedl

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CLICK & GO! Check out a few upcoming events submitted to GO! Events, our online searchable calendar. Submit your event at events.kansas.com for possible inclusion in this calendar, published in The Eagle on Fridays and Sundays. Free summer concert on the lawn, featuring The Upbeats, beverages served, 6:30-8 p.m. Fri., Sedgwick Plaza, 2455 N. Woodlawn. Information, sedgwickplaza.net. Wichita independent film debut, 6:30-11 p.m. Fri., Century Plaza Banquet Hall, 111 W. Douglas. Showing of “Gone,” shot in Wichita. Teens and up, $10. Information, https://www. facebook.com/events/ 257403204360680/.

YMCA Summer Bash and Aqua Zumba, fundraiser for YMCA Strong Kids, water park, snacks, event tank top included with admission, 7-9 p.m. Fri., Northwest YMCA, 13838 W. 21st St. $15. Information, ymca wichita.org or 316-260-9622. The Park Party, free summer party with inflatables, food and music, 7-9 p.m. Fri., Sedgwick County Park, 6300 W. 13th St. All ages. Information, https:// www.facebook.com/events/ 490872610927534/. Synchronized Swimming Show, more than 40 performers will swim routines to music. Cookies and beverages, 8 p.m. Fri. and Sat, Twin River Club, 2248 N. Sweetbriar. All ages, $3. Information, www.twinriver club.org. “The Woolgatherer,” play by William Mastrosimone and pro-

WWW.KANSAS.COM duced through special arrangement with Samuel French, 8 p.m. Fri. and Sat., First Metropolitan Community Church, 156 S. Kansas. Dream Big Golf Tournament, fundraiser for a Friends University memorial scholarship, twoperson scramble with lunch and prizes, 7 a.m.-noon Sat., Sierra Hills Golf Club, 13420 E. Pawnee. $65/golfer, walk-ins welcome. Information, 316-641-4751. Grape harvest and wine lunch, help pick grapes, complimentary wine and lunch. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes, 7 a.m. Sat. and Sun., Grace Hill Winery, 6310 S. Grace Hill Road, Whitewater. All ages, free. Information, www.gracehill winery.com. Alefs 7th Birthday Bash, motorcycle skills and drills, dem-

os, calendar contest, raffle prizes, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat., Alefs Harley Davidson, 5427 Chuzy Drive. Information, alefshd.com or 316-440-5700. Craftapalooza, arts and crafts sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat., Century II Convention Center, 225 W. Douglas. Free. Information, montagefestivals.com. Lawn Renovation Seminar, tips and tricks for maintaining your lawn this summer, 10 a.m. Sat., Johnson’s Garden Center, 2707 W. 13th St. Free, registration encouraged at johnsonsgarden-zvents. eventbrite.com. Ghost Hunting 101, learn about basic techniques and equipment, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sat., Alford Branch Library, 3447 S. Meridian. $35/person. Children over 12 should be accompanied by an adult. Information, spirithuntersparanormal.com.

Family Artventure: Glass and Decorative Arts, make a stained-glass panel, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat., Wichita Art Museum, 1400 W. Museum Blvd. All ages, free. Information, www.wichita artmuseum.org. West YMCA Casino Night, casino games, food, drinks, auctions, raffle, 6-10 p.m. Sat., YMCA Garvey Sport Center, 1410 S. Glendale. Tickets available at West YMCA, 6940 Newell, for $35, couples $65. Information, ymca wichita.org or 316-942-2271. — Olivia Burress

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■ “The Watch” — Four average Joes form a neighborhood watch to escape the boredom of their suburban lives and stumble upon an alien invasion. With Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Rosemarie DeWitt. ■ “The Intouchables” — This crowd-pleaser is already a box office phenomenon in its native France, following the unlikely friendship between a wealthy paraplegic and his young, streetwise caretaker. It’s laugh-out-loud funny, engaging and moving. See my full review on Page 10.

Also opening Friday ■ “Step Up Revolution” — This fourth film in the series (it’s soon going to rival “Fast & Furious” in number of installments) follows an aspiring dancer newly relocated to Miami who falls for the leader of a local dance crew, and together they battle a wealthy developer. Because why wouldn’t you? Courtesy of 20th Century Fox/Melinda Sue Gordon

Jonah Hill, left, Ben Stiller, Richard Ayoade and Vince Vaughn star in "The Watch." BY ROGER MOORE McClatchy-Tribune

It’s good to see Vince Vaughn back riding that Red Bull. He’s lost the “fat and self-satisfied” look of recent films. The caffeine is back, and so is the breathless manic patter. In “The Watch,” the neighborhood-watch-discovers-an-alieninvasion comedy, he’s second banana to Ben Stiller, trying like heck to keep from being third-billed to Jonah Hill. So he’s back to his old self, riffing like a fiend, improvising nicknames for the other characters — “Franklin” (Hill) becomes “Frank-nBeans,” “Frank-n-Furter,” and Evan (Stiller) is “Evan-rude,” “Evander,” “Ever-ready.” Vaughn’s brought his A-game to a sometimes ponderous, sometimes explosively funny comedy that benefits from a “Top THIS” one-liner ethos from the cast. Stiller does a variation of his overly earnest straight-man shtick — Evan is a Glenview, Ohio, Costco manager who obsessively exercises, obsessively collects “friends” of every race and creed, who obsessively organizes “clubs.” Bob (Vaughn) joins Evan’s Neighborhood Watch to get out of the house, away from the wife and kid, to drink Budweiser and lead Bachman-Turner Overdrive sing-alongs. Hill’s Franklin has an oily Lee Harvey Oswald haircut, a thing for military surplus clothes and switchblades and is totally down with “this vigilante squad, militia, whatever you’re calling it.”

REVIEW ‘The Watch’ ★★1⁄2 Rating: R for some strong sexual content including references, pervasive language and violent images Starring: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Rosemarie DeWitt, Richard Ayoade Directed by: Akiva Schaffer And Jamarcas (Richard Ayoade of British TV’s “The IT Crowd”) is the frizzy-haired foreigner who just wants to assimilate. A bit. The screenwriters (Seth Rogen among them) took inspiration from the paranoid “Twilight Zone” episode “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” and the screen comedy “The Burbs” in trying to cook up some reason to get these guys together, talking dirty, swilling beer and becoming increasingly paranoid about the bizarre murders that are popping up in their quiet suburb. Something with green goo and tentacles is skinning people. And it may be disguising itself as one of them — a neighbor, the boy going a little too far with Bob’s teenage daughter, the doofus cop (Will Forte). The plot is secondary here, an excuse to put the foursome in a soccer-mom-mobile, drinking, topping each other’s jokes about urinating in a beer can and “sharing” — their disappointments at not joining the police force, at not being attrac-

tive to women, at Facebook stalking Bob’s sexually curious teenage daughter. Vaughn’s been playing dads lately, and he makes those shouted scenes with daughter Chelsea (Erin Moriarty) sing. “You’re gonna let some guy car wash the inside of your mouth with his tongue? On FACEBOOK?” The bits are funnier than the movie that Rogen, co-writer Evan Goldberg (“Pineapple Express”) and director and “Saturday Night Live” vet Akiva Schaffer (“Hot Rod”) cook up around them. R. Lee Ermey shows up to cuss, call the watchers girly names and wave a shotgun around. Billy Crudup practically oozes as a new neighbor a little too appreciative of Evan’s physical fitness. There’s an orgy, so look for “SNL” cameos in that. And Rosemarie DeWitt, who broke out with “Mad Men,” does the sexually voracious thing as Evan’s hot-toget-preggers wife. The graphic violence — played for gooey laughs — and the flat-footed way the movie stops any time a special effect is needed (there are aliens, after all) cripple “The Watch.” The post-Trayvon Martin subject matter doesn’t have quite the bad timing of “Step Up Revolution,” which has dance scenes with smoke bombs and gas masks that take us to Aurora, Colo. But if we can’t laugh at beer-swilling trigger-happy Neighborhood Watchers, what’s the point of moving to the ‘Burbs?

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Locally made “Gone” will premiere Friday.

World premiere ■ “Gone” — Directed by Wichitan Nicholas Barton, this locally-made TV pilot follows a man named Ronin, who two years after the disappearance of his fiancee, Ashlynn, creates a vigilante private investigation firm to search for missing people. While he continues his search for Ashlynn, he accepts a job from a local entrepreneur whose daughter is missing. The premiere event starts at 6:30 p.m. Friday with music and cocktail hour at 7 at the Century Plaza Banquet Hall (Second Floor), 111 W. Douglas. The film starts at 8. A social event follows to interact with cast and crew. Tickets are $10. For more information, go to www.prestigiousfilms.com.

Special screenings ■ Kids First! Film Festival — This traveling showcase of short films comes to the Murdock Theatre, 536 N. Broadway, on Sunday and Aug. 5. Short film programs suitable for ages 6-12 will be shown from 1 to 2 p.m.; films suitable for ages 13-19 will be shown from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Snacks will be served during the break. Tickets are $9. For a full lineup of films, go to www.murdocktheatre.com.

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MOVIE GUIDE ★★★★ The Avengers (PG-13)

★★ 1⁄2

A team of superheroes including Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) unite to save the world. Reviewed by Rod Pocowatchit of The Eagle. A mild drug reference, intense sci-fi action/violence. (2 hr 23 min) Landmark-Starlite: Fri-Sat at 2:30. Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 1:30, 4:40 & 8. Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 1:45, 5:10 & 8:45.

★★★

★★★ OPENING TODAY

For updated listings across Kansas, go to www.kansas.com/movies

Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG)

The Intouchables (R) A box office phenomenon in its native France, this bouyant, very funny crowd pleaser follows the unlikely friendship between a millionaire crippled in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects who becomes his caretaker. Touching and joyous. (In French with English subtitles.) Reviewed by Rod Pocowatchit of The Eagle. Language, some drug use. (1 hr 52 min) Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 12:50, 3:40, 6:40 & 9:45.

The New York CIty zoo animals are still trying to get home, but take a detour to Europe where they join a traveling circus. Reviewed by Minneapolis Star Tribune. Some mild action, rude humor. (1 hr 25 min) Northrock 14: Daily at 1:05, 4:05, 7:05 & 9:15; Tue-Thu at 10:05. Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 1, 3:50, 6:30 & 9.

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Magic Mike (R) Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh helms this tale inspired by star Channing Tatum’s real-life experiences, following an experienced male stripper (Tatum) who takes a young dancer (Alex Pettyfer, “I Am Number Four”) under his wing. Good performances from Tatum and Matthew McConaughey, but the story is thin and Pettyfer’s character is blandly underwritten. Reviewed by Rod Pocowatchit of The Eagle. Pervasive sexual content, language, some drug use, brief graphic nudity. (1 hr 50 min) Chisholm Trail 8 (Newton): Daily at 4:35 & 7:10; Fri-Sat at 9:40; Sat-Sun at 2:10. Landmark-Starlite: Daily at 11:15. Northrock 14: Daily at 4:25, 7:25 & 9:50; Fri-Mon at 1:25. Warren Old Town: Daily at 3:45, 7 & 9:50; Sat-Sun at 12:45. Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 1, 4, 7:15 & 10:15. Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 & 10:05.

★★★★ Brave (PG) A headstrong young princess defies an age-old tradition and unleashes chaos in her kingdom. Reviewed by Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Some scary action, rude humor. (1 hr 40 min) Chisholm Trail 8 (Newton): Daily at 4:45; Sat-Sun at 2:15. Derby Plaza: Daily at 1:30, 4, 7 & 9:20. Movie Machine: Daily at 3:40 & 6:40; Fri-Sat at 9; Sat-Thu at 1. Northrock 14: Daily at 4:20, 7:20 & 9:45; Fri-Mon at 1:20. Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 1:10, 3:50, 6:30 & 9:20. Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 11:10, 1:45, 4:30 & 7:10.

★★★★ The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) It has been eight years since Batman, in collusion with Commissioner Gordon, vanished into the night. Assuming responsibility for the death of Harvey Dent, Batman sacrificed everything for what he and Gordon hoped would be the greater good. However, the arrival of a cunning cat burlgar and a merciless terrorist named Bane force Batman out of exile and into a battle he may not be able to win. Director Christopher Nolan swings for the moon here. Saddled with the impossible expectations surrounding the final chapter in his trilogy of Batman movies, Nolan surprises by one-upping you. He gives you something even grander and more fantastic than you expected. Reviewed by McClatchy-Tribune. Language, some sensuality, intense violence, intense action. (2 hr 45 min) Augusta Theatre: Fri-Sat & Mon-Tue & Thu at 7:30; Sun & Wed at 2. Chisholm Trail 8 (Newton): Daily at 4:30 & 7; Fri-Sat at 9:30; Sat-Sun at 2. Derby Plaza: Daily at 1, 1:30, 4:20, 7 & 7:45. Landmark-Starlite: Daily at 9:10. Movie Machine: Daily at 11:30, 3 & 6:25; Fri-Sat at 9:50. Northrock 14: Daily at 12, 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4, 5, 7, 7:30, 8:30 & 10:30; Fri-Sat at 11; Sun-Thu at 10. Warren Old Town: Daily at 2:45, 3:15, 3:30, 6:30, 7:30, 10 & 10:20; Sat-Sun at 11:30 & 12:15. Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 11, 11:45, 12, 12:30, 1:15, 2:50, 3:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:50, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15 & 10:30. Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 11:30, 3:15, 7, 8:45 & 9:45. IMAX: Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 2:45, 6:30 & 10:15; Fri & Sun-Thu at 11.

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★★★ 1⁄2 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (PG)

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG-13) A group of British retirees move to India, and find their new home not as nice as advertised. Reviewed by McClatchy-Tribune. Sexual content, language. (2 hr 4 min) Chisholm Trail 8 (Newton): Daily at 7:20; Fri-Sat at 9:50. Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 2:10, 5 & 8.

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This fourth installment finds Manny, Sid and Diego adrift on an iceberg separated from the herd. They’re desperate to return home, but a pirate and his ragtag crew stand in their way. It’s all sight gags and action beats, which tends to cover the shortcomings these assembly-line farces are infamous for. Reviewed by McClatchy-Tribune. Mild rude humor, action/peril. (1 hr 27 min) 2-D: Chisholm Trail 8 (Newton): Daily at 4:40 & 7:05; Fri-Sat at 9:35; Sat-Sun at 2:05. Derby Plaza: Daily at 1:40, 3:55, 7:15 & 9:30. Movie Machine: Daily at 12:30, 2:45, 5 & 7:15; Fri-Sat at 9:30. Northrock 14: Daily at 1:15, 1:40, 4:15, 4:40, 7:15, 7:40, 9:55 & 10:20; Tue-Thu at 10:15 & 10:40. Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 11, 1:10, 1:45, 4 & 4:30. Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 11:15, 1:30, 2, 4:30, 6:15, 7:20 & 10:10. 3-D: Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 7:15 & 9:50. Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 11:45, 2:30 & 5.

★★★ 1⁄2 The Amazing Spider-Man (PG-13) This re-boot of the franchise based on the comic books re-introduces Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), who after being bitten by a strange spider, begins a transformation that wields him super powers. Reviewed by Rod Pocowatchit of The Eagle. Sequences of action & violence. (2 hr 16 min) 2-D: Chisholm Trail 8 (Newton): Daily at 6:55; Fri-Sat at 9:45; Sat-Sun at 2:25. Derby Plaza: Daily at 1:20, 4:10, 7:05 & 9:55. Landmark-Starlite: Daily at 12:15. Movie Machine: Daily at 12:45, 3:45 & 6:45; Fri-Sat at 9:40. Northrock 14: Daily at 1:35, 4:35 & 7:35; Fri-Mon & Wed-Thu at 10:35; Sun-Thu at 10:35; Tue at 10:30. Warren Old Town: Daily at 3, 6:30 & 10; Sat-Sun at 11:30. Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 11:30 & 2:50. Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 11:30, 2:45, 6:15 & 9:30. 3-D: Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 6:15 & 9:40. Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 12, 3:30, 6:55 & 10:15.

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Moonrise Kingdom (PG-13) Wonderfully quirky director Wes Anderson (“The Royal Tenenbaums,”“Fantastic Mr. Fox”) brings us this wistful, wry comedy set in 1965 on a remote island off the coast of New England, following a pair of young lovers who decide to run away together, prompting a search party to find them before a violent storm arrives. This is unmistakably Anderson in tone and writing, but here he injects a sense of danger into his unique world. Entertaining and engrossing — but not for those who can’t bear his distinct filmmaking style. Reviewed by Rod Pocowatchit of The Eagle. Smoking, sexual content. (1 hr 34 min) Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 2:10, 4:45, 7:20 & 9:40. Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 12:50, 3:50, 7 & 9:40.

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People Like Us (PG-13) When his estranged father dies unexpectedly, a fast-talking salesman (Chris Pine) returns home to help put things in order and is shocked to discover he has an older sister he never knew about. It takes some patience, but this turns out to be a film you want to lean into, that you want to be there for, whatever kind of movie hybrid it turns out to be. Reviewed by McClatchy-Tribune. Language, brief sexuality, some drug use. (1 hr 55 min) Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 6:45 & 9:30. Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 12:15, 3:40, 6:45 & 9:45.

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★★★ 1⁄2 Safety Not Guaranteed (R) This film festival hit (that won Sundance’s screenwriting award) stars Aubrey Plaza (TV’s “Parks & Recreation”) as a deadpan unpaid intern who tags along with a reporter looking for a guy who claims he can time travel. The crackling script is funny with lots of zingers. Filmmakers keep us guessing along the way, but this is an oddball charmer, wondrous and inventive. And the surprising ending will have you soaring. Reviewed by Rod Pocowatchit of The Eagle. Some sexual references, language. (1 hr 24 min) Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 11:15, 2:30, 5, 7:30 & 10.

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Savages (R) Three small-time Southern California pot dealers — a laid-back Buddhist (Aaron Johnson), an ex-Navy Seal (Taylor Kitsch) and a beautiful slacker (Blake Lively) who is their shared girlfriend — run afoul of a Mexican drug cartel. Reviewed by McClatchy-Tribune. Nudity, strong brutal/grisly violence, some graphic sexuality, language throughout, drug use throughout. (2 hr 10 min) Landmark-Starlite: Fri-Sat at 1:10. Northrock 14: Daily at 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 & 10:15; Sun-Thu at 10:10. Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 12:30, 3:45, 7 & 10:10. Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 12:05, 3:20, 6:45 & 10.

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Step Up Revolution (PG-13) This fourth film in the series follows an aspiring dancer who movies to Miami and falls for the leader of a local dance crew. Together they battle a wealthy developer. Reviewed by Washington Post. Some suggestive dancing, language. (1 hr 38 min) 2-D: Northrock 14: Daily at 1:05, 4:05, 7:05 & 9:30; Tue-Thu at 10:05. Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 1:30 & 4:10. Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 11:10 & 3:55. 3-D: Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 7 & 9:45. Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 7:25 & 10:05.

Ted (R) Seth MacFarlane (TV’s “Family Guy”) brings us this comedy about a grown man (Mark Wahlberg) who has to put up with his ever-present teddy bear, which was brought to life by a childhood wish and has remained by his side ever since. MacFarlane gleefully mocks our obsession with celebrity (Norah Jones, Ryan Reynolds and Tom Skerritt all make extremely strange cameos); and our politically correct anxieties when it comes to talking about race and sexuality. Reviewed by McClatchy-Tribune. Some drug use, pervasive language, crude and sexual content. (1 hr 46 min) Chisholm Trail 8 (Newton): Daily at 4:55 & 7:30; Fri-Sat at 9:55; Sat-Sun at 2:30. Derby Plaza: Daily at 1:40, 4:10, 7:15 & 9:45. Landmark-Starlite: Daily at 9:05. Northrock 14: Daily at 1:20, 4:20, 7:20 & 10:10; Tue-Thu at 10:20. Warren Old Town: Daily at 4, 7:30 & 10:10; Sat-Sun at 12:30. Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 1:15, 4:15, 7:10 & 10:10. Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 1:15, 4:25, 7:20 & 10:10.

Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection (PG-13) After being set up as the fall guy for a mob-backed Ponzi scheme, a mild-mannered investment banker enters the federal witness protection program with his family and heads to the South, to take refuge with aunt Madea. Brief drug references, some crude sexual remarks. (1 hr 54 min) Northrock 14: Daily at 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 & 9:40; Tue-Thu at 10:10. Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 12:50, 3:50, 6:45 & 10. Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 11:40, 3:25, 7:05 & 10.

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The Watch (R) In the town of Glenview, Ohio, four friends (Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade) form a neighborhood watch group. Of course, while they’re out patrolling the streets, they enjoy some of the perks that come with the territory, such as drinking and goofing off. But when the guys find a gooey tentacle and a device that emits a destructive beam of energy, they realize they’ve stumbled onto something more than just a prowler on the loose. Sometimes ponderous, sometimes explosively funny comedy. Reviewed by McClatchy-Tribune. Some strong sexual content, violent images, sexual references, pervasive language. Chisholm Trail 8 (Newton): Daily at 4:50 & 7:25; Fri-Sat at 9:50; Sat-Sun at 2:20. Derby Plaza: Daily at 1:35, 4, 7:20 & 9:45. Movie Machine: Daily at 11:45, 2:05, 4:35 & 7; Fri-Sat at 9:25. Northrock 14: Daily at 1:25, 4:25, 7:25 & 9:50; Tue-Thu at 10:25. Warren Old Town: Daily at 4, 7, 7:15 & 9:50; Sat-Sun at 12 & 12:15. Warren Theatre (east): Daily at 12:15, 1:20, 3:15, 4:20, 6:15, 7:10, 9 & 9:50. Warren Theatre (west): Daily at 12:15, 1:30, 3:20, 4:20, 6:40, 7:15, 9:20 & 9:55.

SPECIALS/ALTERNATIVE VENUES Palace West Kellogg & Ridge Road $3 all shows ($1 on Tuesdays) Battleship (PG-13) (2 hr 11 min) American and Japanese forces must work together to find a way to save the planet from alien invaders. Daily at 1:45, 4:35, 7:15 & 9:50; Wed at 11:05. Dark Shadows (PG-13) (1 hr 52 min) An 18th-century vampire wakes in 1972 after two centuries in his underground tomb. Daily at 1:25, 4:20, 6:45 & 9:05; Fri-Sat at 11:25; Sat & Tue at 11:05. Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax (PG) (1 hr 26 min) To win the heart of Audrey, Ted delves into the story of the Lorax, once the gruff guardian of the forest, and the Once-ler, who let greed overtake his respect for nature. Daily at 2, 4:10, 6:30 & 8:30; Fri-Sat at 10:30; Wed at 12. For Greater Glory (R) (2 hr 23 min) In late 1920s Mexico, a retired general leads a ragtag band of rebels against religious persecution. Daily at 1:15, 4:15, 7:20 & 10:05.

Exploration Place Dome Theater 300 N. McLean Blvd. $5 for ages 12-64; $4 for ages 65-up; $3 for ages 4-11; free for children under 4. Ages 17-up admitted to Pink Floyd shows. For tickets, call 316-660-0600. Chirpie’s Amazing World Adventure Fri-Sat & Mon-Thu at 10:30. Exploring Galaxies Near and Far Daily at 1, 1:30, 3 & 3:30; Fri-Sat & Mon-Thu at 11 & 11:30. Pink Floyd: The Wall (1 hr 39 min) Sat at 5. Wildest Weather in the Solar System Daily at 2 & 4; Fri-Sat & Mon-Thu at 12.

Kansas Cosmosphere IMAX Theater 1100 N. Plum, Hutchinson. $8.50 adults, $7.50 for children, seniors over 60 and military; children 3 and younger free if sitting in parent’s lap. Visit cosmo.org or call 620-662-2305, ext. 347, for titles and show times. Air Racers (40 min) Elite pilots fly through Nevada’s “Valley of Speed” during a championship air race. Daily at 1, 3 & 5. Born to Be Wild (G) (40 min) Morgan Freeman narrates this documentary about two dedicated preservationists who care for elephants and orangutans before they are introduced back into the wild. Daily at 2 & 6; Fri-Sat & Mon-Thu at 11. Tornado Alley (40 min) Two missions seek to encounter the birth of a tornado. Daily at 4; Fri-Sat & Mon-Thu at 12.

Murdock Theatre 20th Century Center, 536 N. Broadway. Films, $8. For other ticket prices and event times, visit Courtesy of Lionsgate murdocktheatre.com. Kids First Film Festival (1 hr 30 Elizabeth Banks, left, and Jennifer Lawrence star in “The Hunger Games.” min) Collection of family-friendly short films. Sun at 1 (ages 6-12) and 3 (ages The Hunger Games (PG-13) (2 hr 22 13-19). min) The Capitol of Panem maintains its hold on its 12 districts by forcing them Kiddie Shows each to select a boy and a girl to compete in a nationally televised, brutal Dolphin Tale (PG) (1 hr 53 min) survival challenge. Daily at 1, 2:15, 4, Tue-Thu at 10 & 12:30. Northrock 14, 5:10, 7, 8 & 10; Fri-Sat at 11; Wed at free. 11. Surf’s Up (PG) (1 hr 25 min) TueThe Pirates! Band of Misfits (PG) Thu at 10.Derby Plaza, $2. (1 hr 28 min) A pirate captain dreams of besting his rivals in a quest to win the coveted title of Pirate of the Year. Daily at 2:10 & 4:40; Wed at 11:35. Rock of Ages (PG-13) (2 hr 3 min) The songs of Journey, Bon Jovi, Def 3900 S. Hydraulic. Adults $8. ChilLeppard and other artists underscore a dren 5-11 $2. Children 4 and younger tale of big dreams in Hollywood. Daily free. at 1:50, 4:30, 7:10 & 9:55; Wed at Screen 1 – The Dark Knight Rises 11:10. (PG-13) Daily at 9:10, The Amazing What to Expect When You’re ExSpider-Man (PG-13) Daily at 12:15, pecting (PG-13) (1 hr 50 min) ChalThe Avengers (PG-13) Fri-Sat at 2:30. lenges of impending parenthood turn Screen 2 – Ted (R) (1 hr 46 min) the lives of five couples upside down. Daily at 9:05, Magic Mike (R) Daily at Daily at 6:50 & 9:15; Fri-Sat at 11:30. 11:15, Savages (R) Fri-Sat at 1:10.

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Yvonne (Anne Le Ny) and Driss (Omar Sy, right) help Philippe (Francois Cluzet) prepare for a date in "The Intouchables."

French film â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Intouchablesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; deserves its cult-hit status BY ROD POCOWATCHIT The Wichita Eagle

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to see why â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Intouchablesâ&#x20AC;? is a box-office phenomenon in its native France. The film is a rousing crowd-pleaser, moving and very funny. Based on a true story, it follows the unlikely friendship between Philippe (Francois Cluzet), a wealthy paraplegic, and his streetwise caretaker, Driss (a beaming, brooding Omar Sy, who won Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oscar equivalent for best actor for this role). The film starts as Driss is waiting to be interviewed for the caretaker job along with several other candidates. But Driss is merely there to get a form signed so that he can collect welfare. Tired of waiting, he barges in and confronts Phillippe and his assistant. Driss is brash, politically incorrect and arrogant. But this appeals to Phillippe, who tells Driss to come back the next day to get his form signed. When he does, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s informed he actually got the job. And a quick tour of his new quarters in Phillippeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sprawling mansion wins him over. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just gotten out of jail and is running away from family problems, which is apparent after an abrupt confrontation with his mother at their tiny home the night before. Driss slowly learns how to care for Phillippe, his large size and build proving beneficial for lifting Phillippe out of bed or into a car. They slowly become good friends, despite Phillippeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s colleague warning him that â&#x20AC;&#x153;these street guys have no pity.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I want,â&#x20AC;? Phillippe replies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No pity.â&#x20AC;? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exactly what he gets from Driss, who cracks paraplegic jokes

REVIEW â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Intouchablesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (In French with English subtitles) â&#x2DC;&#x2026;â&#x2DC;&#x2026;â&#x2DC;&#x2026; Rating: R for some language and drug use and hits on the female staff members. Before long, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s giving advice to Phillippeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teenage daughter and generally policing Phillippeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. He even livens Phillippeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dull birthday party by dancing to Earth, Wind & Fire. Yeah, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fun guy. Eventually, things get complicated when Driss pushes Phillippe to meet a pen pal in person, and when Drissâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wayward, trouble-prone younger sibling shows up. Driss is forced to make a choice to return to his old life or stay where he is now comfortable. Overall, the film is warm and inviting. There are many laugh-outloud moments, mostly due to Drissâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; unpolished manners. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sort of fish-out-of-water story as buddy comedy. The film does touch on some social and race issues, but it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dwell on them. Its stereotypes are glossed over. And yes, it does seem a little unrealistic â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Driss is too likable. Would an impoverished, street-wise ex-con be this charming? Maybe not. But it makes for a great story (which is made all the more moving by showing the real Phillippe and Driss at the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end). It does teeter into sentimentality, but the performances earn it, particularly Syâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. The film has made more than $300 million outside the U.S. already, and it deserves its cult-hit status. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Intouchablesâ&#x20AC;? is quite touching, indeed.

Ongoing through September Historical Exhibit: WSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Olympic oak and the 1936 games 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 8 a.m.-noon Friday Special Collections/University Archives Ablah Library, WSU campus Cost: Free. Call (316)978-3590. Ongoing Tony Feher: Extraordinary Ordinary Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection New public art installation temporarily installed by acclaimed artist Tony Feher, organized by the Ulrich Museum of Art. For information, call (316) 978-3664 or go to wichita.edu/ulrich. Aug. 2 Art for Your Ears: The Mudbugs Cajun & Zydeco Band 7-9 p.m. McKnight Art Center outdoor plaza west of Ulrich Museum of Art Cost: Free. Call (316) 978-3664. Aug. 11 ACT Test Prep Workshop 8 a.m.-noon WSU Main Campus Cost: $28. Call Testing and Counseling Center at (316) 978-3440 or go to www.registerblast.com/wsu. Aug. 12-13 Astronomy: Perseid Meteor Shower 11 p.m.-2 a.m. Lake Afton Public Observatory, 39th St. S. and 247th St. W. Cost: $5 adults, $3 ages 6-12, free under age 6; family rate available. Call (316) 978-7827 or go to wichita.edu/lapo.

Aug. 14 2012 Business Matchmaker Conference with Phil Ruffin, keynote speaker 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 5015 E. 29th St. N. Cost: $35, includes box lunch. For registration information, call (316) 978-6621 or (316) 978-5209, or email innovation.stuasst@wichita.edu. Aug. 20 Fall semester classes start For information, go to www.wichita.edu/admissions or call (316) 978-3085, and www.wichita.edu/register2012 or call (316) 978-3055. Aug. 23 Senior citizen registration for fall classes 8:15 a.m.-5 p.m. Jardine Hall, WSU Main Campus; West Campus; South Campus Free tuition for students at least 60 years old who want to take classes for noncredit. For information go to www.wichita.edu/register2012 or call (316) 978-3055. Upcoming College of Fine Arts/ Ulrich Museum of Art 2012-13 season events online Find out whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening in the College of Fine Arts and the Ulrich Museum of Art from their first events in September 2012 through the 2012-13 season by checking the fine arts online calendar at www.wichita.edu/finearts.

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Wichita African Union to host African Union Day on Saturday The Wichita African Union will host the first African Union Day at 4 p.m. Saturday at Beech Activity Center, 9710 E. Central. Various African and U.S. dignitaries will speak about African culture. The Wichita African Union aims to unify Africans in Wichita, creating a family atmosphere for African students. Dinner begins at 5 p.m. and costs $30 for adults and $12 for children 12 and younger. For more information, contact Daisy Kabagarama at 316-214-2292 or dkabagarama@yahoo.com.

Silent auction at Wichita Children’s Theatre More than 70 items will be auctioned at the Heather Muller Black Box Theatre Silent Auction from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Wichita Children’s Theatre and Dance Center, 201 S. Lulu. The items include a diamond necklace, tickets to “Rock of Ages,” a helicopter ride with the Wichita Police Department and Wichita State University baseball tickets. Two Brothers BBQ will provide brisket, and various other businesses will serve pulled pork, meatballs, potato puffs, cake pops and cookies. Beer, wine and soft drinks will be served. Cast members from the Black Box Theatre will perform short pieces. Some items will be auc-

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Glass artists team up for exhibit BY JASON DILTS Eagle correspondent

For Vernon Brejcha and Scott Hartley, glass blowing is a natural extension of their professional pursuits. The enthralling objects they craft by melting glass are artistic expressions of deep emotion. On Friday, the two men will exhibit several pieces at Artworks in a show that represents the tradition and evolution of the art of glass. “Scott’s pieces are just beautiful to look at in terms of design and color,” Artworks owner Reuben Saunders said. “Vernon’s are so organic and original. These two men work on entirely different directions, and that’s what makes this show so interesting.” Many consider the 70-year-old Brejcha to be one of the pioneers in the modern glass movement. He grew up on a farm in Ellsworth and majored in art education at Fort Hays State University. After that, he taught high school for five years just outside Wichita. In 1968, the Wichita Art Association brought in the first glass show, and he was mesmerized by the works. “I went back every Sunday for the next month and just looked at that glass,” he said. “At the end of the school year, I quit my teaching job and just went to Wisconsin to study.” He graduated in 1972 with an master of fine arts from the University of Wisconsin and began his career as a professor, creator and exhibitor. Now retired after being an associate professor of design at the University of Kansas for more than 30 years, Brejcha’s works have been included in the exhibitions or collections of the Smithsonian Institution, the Wichita Art Museum and others, including museums throughout Europe and Asia. He counts among his most noteworthy achievements the success of his students. Hartley, 37, began his venture into the world of glass 13 years ago. Before that, he had been a college basketball player and majored in biology education. Though his background is in science, he broke away from teaching to focus on creating after spending time with Rollin Karg at his studio in Kechi. In doing so, he found a unique merging of two seemingly unrelated fields. “There aren’t many arts where you need a physicality to do them, but glass is one of them,” he said. “It’s a mix of art, science and physicality. It’s perfect for me. You’re constantly pushing yourself physically to see what your body can handle,

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Artist Scott Hartley, who was inspired by Rollin Karg, will have his glass art on display at Artworks through Aug. 27.

IF YOU GO Artist Reception with Vernon Brejcha and Scott Hartley

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Glass works by Vernon Brejcha will be featured in a show at Artworks through Aug. 27. but also what the glass can handle.” Hartley now has his own studio and gallery in Benton, where he works full time creating and selling. More recently, Brejcha has been working there, a partnership that Hartley said has allowed him to learn a lot more about the art of making glass. This will be the first show where the two are pairing their works. Brejcha’s creations show his farm roots, with prairie imagery such as posts, Kansas sunsets and thunderstorms. The newest works in this show are his prairie pod series. They represent seeds that are struggling. With-

When: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Works on display during normal business hours — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays — through Aug. 27. Where: Artworks, 7724 E. Central, in Piccadilly Square Cost: Free to attend. Works for sale. For more information, call 316-682-1481. in the coloration, he aims to show that the spark of life is in every seed. For Hartley, vivid colors and movement are central to the pieces he’ll be offering. Many of his works feature overlapping or conjoining parts that dance around each other. Neon colors of yellow and green intersect in some of the brighter pieces, while others feature an embrace of interlocking earth tones. Both artists convey meanings that redefine the depth of glass. “What is so wonderful about glass is the transparency, the depth,” Brejcha said. “You can put feelings into it. When you’re creating, time passes like magic. Glass is magic.”

MORE FINAL FRIDAY FUN TO EXPLORE 1..................................... Douglas Design District event: As part of its goal to become a premiere Final Friday destination, vendors in the Douglas Design District — an area along Douglas from Washington to a block east of Oliver — will be open Friday evening, and Pop and the Boys will play from 6 to 7 p.m. near Tanya’s Soup Kitchen, 1725 E. Douglas. Attendees are invited to bring Clark cars, bicycles, skateboards, motorcycles and other forms of transportation from 5 to 10 p.m. to cruise the avenue, said Maureen Masters, a spokeswoman for the area. At 7 p.m., the district will present artist Jonathan Clark’s mural, which he has been painting on a wall adjacent to the Donut Whole’s parking lot at 1720 E. Douglas. Read more about the Design District’s Final Friday plans through the end of the year and about Clark and his artistic family at Kansas.com/entertainment.

2..................................... Christmas in July at Blue Swallowtail Studio: Guests have the opportunity to make their own Christmas ornaments and glass pendants from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Friday at 1712 W. Douglas. Ornaments cost $10 to $15 to craft, depending on the quality and quantity of glass used. Pendants are $10 to make. All materials are supplied. People of all ages and skill levels are invited to participate. For more information, call 316-734-5452.

3..................................... Oil paintings at Mead Street Gallery: Work by members of the Kansas Academy of Oil Painters will be on display from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Friday at 121 N. Mead. Artists represented in the gallery will be on site to meet. Gallery co-operative artist Esther Blackburn also will exhibit her work at the show. The display will be up until Aug. 25. — Matt Riedl

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Gessler’s Pharmacy, 4817 E. Douglas (watercolor and oils by Joie Hall Vitkus)

Artist Central, 5014 E. Central (works by Kathleen Brown, Jeanne Ward, Stephanie Ward, Pamela Lamont, Bob Bayer and Jo Zakas); Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, 204 S. Main (“Furnishing the Atomic Era” exhibit opening)

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All events are Friday. Free admission unless otherwise noted; free trolley rides between most venues.

CityArts, 334 N. Mead (Arts Council annual juried show; photography by Neal Marcus); Springpark Gallery, 3555 E. Douglas (new work by American and European printmakers)

Douglas Design District: Vendors in the Douglas Design District — Douglas from Glendale to Washington — will be open. Pop and the Boys will play from 6 to 7 p.m. near Tanya’s Soup Kitchen, 1725 E. Douglas. Attendees are invited to bring cars, bicycles, skateboards, motorcycles and other forms of transportation from 5 to 10 p.m. to cruise the street. At 7 p.m., Jonathan Clark’s mural will be unveiled adjacent to the Donut Whole’s parking lot at 1720 E. Douglas.

GET IN THE GRID Here’s how to be included in future Final Friday listings: ■ Submit your listing for free on our GO! Events searchable calendar at events.kansas.com. ■ Be sure to include “Final Friday” in the event name. ■ You MUST include the event’s start and stop times, venue name, address and featured artist(s).

Douglas Photographic Imaging, 2300 E. Douglas (Riverfest Annual Photography Contest)

Sandbar Trading, 922 E. Douglas (Native American art and crafts)

Gallery Xll, 412 E. Douglas (“Crazy Eights” small works exhibit); Vintera Gallery, 412 E. Douglas (work by Tim Stone)

Artworks Gallery, 7724 E. Central (hand-blown glass by Vernon Brejcha and Scott Hartley); Watermark Books & Cafe, 4701 E. Douglas (“In Soles Amore” by Curt Clonts)

C.A.F.E. Gallery at Inter-Faith Ministries, 829 N. Market (works by Betty Hartman, Jozelle Wallace, Jay and Peggy Laessig, Ana Anderson, Ike Anderson and Marc Gribble); Mosaic, 216 S. Market (various artists)

Above & Beyond/Impressive Properties, 214 N. Washington (fractal art by Krystal Cole); Blue Swallowtail Studio, 1712 W. Douglas (ornaments and pendants)

Bob Schwan Studios, 111 Ellis (“Paradise Lost and Found” by Elly Fitzig); Fiber Studio, 418 S. Commerce (“Delicious Desideratum” exhibit by Jennie Becker and Novelene Ross); Murillo Studio & Gallery, 119 N. Mead (“Autoseries” photo exhibit by Johnny Sutton); Positive Directions/The Jones Gallery, 414 S. Commerce (works by Charlotte Martin, Chris Rogers and Ruthie Spriggs)

Mead Street Gallery, 121 N. Mead (artists from the Kansas Academy of Oil Painters; gallery member exhibit by Esther Blackburn); Prairie Vistas Gallery, 151 N. Rock Island (Kansas landscape photography by John D Morrison)

Center Gallery, 111 Ellis (“Vacate” photography exhibition); Mrs. O’Leary’s, 126 N. Mead (jewelry making)

Go-Away Garage Gallery, 508 S. Commerce (“Two Wheels Cheap Thrills Motorcycle Art Show”)

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Big & Rich make magic together BY DENISE NEIL The Wichita Eagle

While Big and Rich were apart, they missed each other, even though they stayed plenty busy. Both expanded their families. Both worked on solo projects. “Big Kenny” Alphin had neck surgery. John Rich starred in — and won — last year’s “Celebrity Apprentice.” But getting back together to tour and to record their soon-to-be-released album, “Hillbilly Jedis,” was a big relief for the country duo that makes up Big & Rich, who will perform Saturday at Hartman Arena. The duo, best known for the 2004 hit “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy),” have a musical connection that makes them better together, Alphin said during a recent phone interview from his home in Nashville. (He was a tad late making the call because he was picking up his 6-year-old son, Lincoln, from hockey camp.) “We are loving being back together,” the 48-year-old Alphin said. “No one I’ve ever sung with or been around is more talented musically than John. Something magic happens with our voices. There’s not a melody or a harmony. It’s two guys singing their own melodies that create harmony. It’s almost like you’re hearing three voices. It’s a unique thing.” Big & Rich released their first album, “Horse of a Different Color,” in 2004, and it resulted in four top-40 hits including “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy).” Two more albums followed, one in 2005 and another in 2007, and the duo racked up a string of country hits, including its first No. 1, “Lost in This Moment.” The duo then went on a four-year hiatus, during which each of the artists recorded their own solo albums. Rich had two children and won a reality show. Alphin and his wife adopted a son, and he had a metal plate put in his neck, trying to cure the nagging pain from a 2001 car accident in which he was hit by a drunk driver. The two found their schedules would mesh again last year, and they met up to re-collaborate. They recorded “Fake I.D.,” a song for the soundtrack to 2011’s “Footloose” remake. The song included vocals from country star Gretchen Wilson,

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Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy will perform Tuesday at Botanica.

Summer concert series continues

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Big & Rich, made up of "Big Kenny" Alphin and John Rich, will perform Saturday at Hartman Arena. and buddies and mentors to us,” Alphin said. “They are two of the most down-to-earth guys I’ve run into in this business.” Big & Rich Though “Hillbilly Jedis” won’t be released until Sept. 18, it’s already When: 7 p.m. Saturday produced a hit single, called “That’s Where: Hartman Arena, 8151 N. Why I Pray.” The song is the fastest Hartman Arena Drive, Park City rising single of the Grammy-nominatTickets: $25 at stage1tickets.com ed group’s career, Alphin said. or by calling 316-927-3999 Their show is a high-energy event that includes all sorts of stage tricks, including the occasional fiery ignition with whom the two decided to tour. of a guitar, Alphin said. “We had a blast,” Alphin said. “We It also includes the group’s biggest started writing and putting out songs, hits plus samples from the new aland kaboom, here we go.” When it came time to record a new bum. Opening act Cowboy Troy joins the group on stage, which adds to the album together, Rich and Alphin entertainment value, Alphin said. called on help from another musical Bradley Gaskin, a rising star known duo they’d gotten to know. for his song “Mr. Bartender,” is anBon Jovi’s Jon Bon Jovi and his longtime guitar player Richie Sambo- other opening act. “The shows have been galactic, ra collaborated with Big and Rich on two songs from “Hillbilly Jedis.” (The dynamic, and a whole lot of fun,” Alphin said. “There’s a lot of energy foursome became pals when they coming off the stage.” co-wrote the song “We Got It Going On” for Bon Jovi’s 2007 album “Lost Highway.”) Reach Denise Neil at 316-268-6327 or at “Man, they’ve really been friends dneil@wichitaeagle.com.

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■ KEYN’s summer concert series continues Friday with a free performance by local band Big Fat Fun from 8 to 10 p.m. at the WaterWalk Commons, 515 S. Main. Guests can bring lawn chairs. Market Off Main, which features food and drinks, cooking demonstrations, a flower market and more, starts at 6 p.m. The series runs weekly through Aug. 10. ■ Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy, a local punk bluegrass band, will play as part of Tuesdays on the Terrace from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Botanica, 701 N. Amidon. The gardens are open until 8, and guests can bring picnics. Regular admission is charged for nonmembers ($7 for adults); members get in free. For more information, call 316-264-0448 or visit Botanica.org. The series continues through Sept. 25. ■ Self-described “instant party band” The Mudbugs Cajun and Zydeco Band will play a free show as part of the Ulrich Museum of Art’s “Art For Your Ears” series from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. The concert will be at the outdoor McKnight Art Center Plaza between the museum and the School of Art and Design at Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount. Guests can bring lawn chairs. The concert wraps up the museum’s summer concert series.

Phantom Blues Band at the Cotillion Texas-based Phantom Blues Band will play a show at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Cotillion, 11120 W. Kellogg. The band will feature keyboardist and vocalist Mike Finnigan, who has performed with artists as varied as Jimi Hendrix and Tracy Chapman. Psychedelic funk and soul band Monophonics will open. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $30 on Saturday and $25 in advance at www.thecotillion.com or by calling 316-722-4201.

The Yawpers at the Pumphouse The Yawpers, a Boulder, Colo.-based Indie rock and country band in the midst of a national tour, will play an outdoor show from 7 to about 9 p.m. Saturday at the Pumphouse, 825 E. Second St. There will be no cover for the concert. The band is touring to support its full-length album, “Capon Crusade.” For more information, visit www.theyawpers.com. — Matt Riedl

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GUIDE Mead Street Blues Henry Walker Trio Made From Scratch Trio

COUNTRY Betty’s Runway Lounge, 4000 S. Broadway Loft 150, 150 N. Mosley The Pumphouse, 825 E. Second St. Spirits Pub, 231 E. Main, Valley Center Step-N-Out, 1525 W. MacArthur Road

Haywired Bethany Pope The Yawpers Haywired Turnback Creek

The Pumphouse, 825 E. Second St.

Raleigh Hinman, Nick Wagner Michael “Dixie” Selter & Friends Drew Kelly

JAZZ Hereford House, 1400 Terradyne Drive Homewood Suites, 1550 N. Waterfront Parkway Keen Kutter Piano Bar, 830 E. First St. Larkspur, 904 E. Douglas Mead’s Corner, 430 E. Douglas Oscar’s Lounge, 11611 E. 13th St. The Pumphouse, 825 E. Second St.

Randy Zellers, Zach Lorenson Craig Owens, John Goering Joon Kim, Christian Vieyra Beau Jarvis Quartet Lisa Hittle Quartet M.I.M.E. Cindy Summers, Kurt Aiken

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Naughty Astronauts Orchids, Absalom, Switchpin

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Margarita’s Cantina, Fri. 7 p.m. 3109 E. Douglas Music Scene, River City Jam Tue. 9 p.m. 546 N. Andover Road, Andover Da Fever Port of Wichita, Thu. 6 p.m. 1548 S. Webb Road Mumblin Jones Pour Haus Restaurant & Poultry ‘N Motion Tavern, 1021 Maple Cathead Fri. 9 p.m., $3 The Pumphouse, 825 E. Second Robert Jon & The Wreck Fri.-Sat. 9:30 p.m., $5 Shot Time II, Ten Day Wish 3226 S. Exposition Sat. 7 p.m. Ya Ya’s Euro Bistro, Annie Up Sat. 9 p.m. 8115 E. 21st St. Mudbugs Cajun & Zydeco Band Fri. 9 p.m., $4

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Fri.-Sat. 9 p.m., Sun. 4 Artichoke, p.m., $3 811 N. Broadway Betty’s Runway Lounge, 4000 S. Broadway Fri. 8 p.m. Sat. 8 p.m. The Cave, Wed. 7 p.m. 3515 N. Broadway China Inn, 4605 E. Central Duke’s Bar & Grill, 1110 W. Harry Fri.-Sat. 6 p.m. Little Buster’s, 457 Baltimore, Derby Fri. 7 p.m. Loony Bin Comedy Club, 6140 E. 21st St. Fri.-Sat. 6 p.m. Mort’s Cigar Bar, 923 E. First St. Fri. 7:30 p.m. Sat. 7:30 p.m. Fri. 11 p.m.

Circle hosted by Wick Dead Friend Walking Battle of the Bands The Magic Jam C-Genius, K-Money, 5 Grand, Big Mike Leis Jeb Beck Jim McCann Craig Twister Steward Rick Gutierrez Dos Partytos Lip Survis Broch Alexander Uche Scott Knost Rachelle Coba JukeRoots

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Fri.-Sat. 6 p.m., free to all ticket holders 21 and older Newport Grill, 1900 N. Rock Road Mon. 6 p.m. Oeno Wine Bar, 330 N. Mead The Pumphouse, 825 E. Second St. Sat. 8:30 p.m.

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Fri. 5:45 p.m. include dates, times, cover charge, genre of music played, a daytime phone number and the name of Fri.-Sat 9:30 p.m., $5 the person submitting the information. There is no charge. Forms are available at Thu. 9:30 p.m. Kansas.com/entertainment/events or at The Eagle, 825 E. Douglas, and may be faxed to 316-268-6627.

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ROCK/POP Bite Me BBQ, 132 N. St. Francis Brickyard, 129 N. Rock Island

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FOLK/BLUEGRASS Artichoke, 811 N. Broadway

The Garage, 579 W. Douglas Jerry’s Bar & Grill, 630 N. Robin Road Lizard Lounge, 300 S. Greenwich Road

Nick McEwen and the 33, No Coast Refugees, The Woods Lotus, 7 Drake Macy

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Rockin’ Horse

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Bite Me BBQ opens downtown

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TWO OPENINGS AND A CLOSING 1 .................................................... Just opened: Anna Murdoc’s Cafe, 209 E. William, 316-771-5051: Downtown workers have a new spot to stop for breakfast and lunch. Anna Murdoc’s Cafe opened a little more than a week ago in the space that previously held the Daily Grind in Sutton Place. The cafe is owned by the Rodriguez family, which also has the Red Barn at Lake Afton. It’s run mainly by Gerard Rodriguez, and the attractive new awnings feature a sketch of Gerard’s children — Annalisa, Angelina (whose nickname is Murdoc), and Jack. The menu includes breakfast items such as burritos and biscuits and gravy, plus salads and sandwiches. The cafe also offers daily specials such as barbecue and smothered burritos. Hours are 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

BY DENISE NEIL The Wichita Eagle

In the summer of 2011, Bite Me BBQ was a little Goddard restaurant with a reputation for pretty good ’cue. A year later, it’s a cavernous downtown Wichita restaurant developing a new reputation for pretty good ’cue. Owner Coleman Lockett relocated his 8-year-old business to 132 N. St. Francis in April. He’ll celebrate his official grand opening with a party on Saturday featuring local band Rain. So far, the restaurant is drawing good lunch crowds, but like many downtown restaurants, it’s struggling to find evening diners. Recently, Lockett obtained a permit to offer live music and has been doing so on weekend evenings. Mead Street Blues plays there at 7 p.m. Friday. ■ ON THE MENU: Bite Me’s menu features all the barbecue standards, including ribs, brisket, pulled pork, smoked turkey, hotlinks and sides such as coleslaw, potato salad, corn on the cob and mashed potatoes. It also has a few unexpected offerings, including deep-fried lobster, mountain oysters and chicken fried steak. Bite Me also has a full bar, weekday lunch specials and nightly dinner specials, including burnt ends on Thursdays. ■ DON’T MISS DISHES: Many of the meats served at Bite Me stand up easily to other favorite barbecue restaurants in town. We maximized our sampling by ordering a threemeat combo, which was $12.99 and came with the choice of two sides. The best part about the plate was the juicy, succulent and thick-cut smoked turkey. The hotlink also was deliciously spicy and bursting with smoky, meaty flavor. Two disappointing parts of the meal were the sliced brisket, which was displeasingly dry, and the corn on the cob side, which was emaciated. But the sweet potato fries were as they should be — crunchy on the outside, squishy on the inside and not the least bit greasy. We also ordered the rib dinner, which featured three giant ribs and two sides for $10.99. (A half-slab is available for $9.75, or a full slab is $19, but neither comes with sides.)

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Bite Me BBQ’s three-meat dinner, with, clockwise from top, sweet potato fries, smoked turkey, sliced brisket, a hotlink and corn on the cob. eating them. They were a messy affair and came in a basket piled with pulled pork, chopped brisket, barbecue sauce, nacho cheese, letBite Me BBQ tuce, tomatoes and jalapenos. In this case, the sweetness of the sauce 1 played nicely off the saltiness of the ⁄2 out of four chips and cheese. Where: 132 N. St. Francis, We also opted to sample the deep316-729-2904 fried lobster as an appetizer. At Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays $14.99, it was the most expensive through Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 10 thing we ordered, but we can’t p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Closed strongly recommend it. The bits of Sundays. lobster came in a batter that tasted Type of food: Barbecue slightly of the Kansas State Fair and Alcohol: Full bar came with a big bowl of melted butWebsite: http://biteme-bbq.com ter on the side. (Some sort of zesty Grand opening party: The resRanch or remoulade would have taurant will celebrate its official grand been better.) The bites weren’t bad, opening from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 but they weren’t worth the price tag. a.m. Saturday with a party featuring ■ AMBIENCE: The dining room is the local band Rain. The kitchen will huge and has shiny concrete floors, serve smoked prime rib dinners until booths along the walls and tables 10 p.m. or 11 p.m. Admission is free. situated around a U-shaped bar. The space smells of new construction and The ribs were served dry fall-off-the- smoked meat — not a bad mix. bone tender with a nice salty/smoky ■ PRICE RANGE: Dinners mostly are $10.99, unless you opt for a rub. The flavor was so good, sauce deep-fried lobster dinner, which is wasn’t necessary. Both of Bite Me’s $19.99. Sandwiches are $8.49 to sauces — a spicy version and a “wimpy” version provided in bottles on the $9.49. Salads are $9.49. A la carte sides are $1.99 each. table — are super sweet. Lockett said he’s had requests from several diners ■ SERVICE: Our server was friendly and eager but not very well-infor “Carolina”-style sauce and is formed about the day’s specials. something he’s considering. The pulled pork in the pulled pork sandwich ($8.49) had an unusual Ratings reflect the critic’s judgment of the flavor and was somewhat dry, but it food, service and atmosphere in relation to was served on a buttery toasted ciathe price. If you would like to nominate a batta bun, which was a nice touch. restaurant to be reviewed, call 316-268-6327. We also ordered BBQ nachos ($6.99) Find additional Wichita-area restaurant as an appetizer and couldn’t stop reviews at Kansas.com/dining.

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2 .................................................... Opening soon: Jarhead’s: A new hot dog cart called Jarhead’s should roll into Wichita sometime next month. It will sell high-quality bratwurst, sauerkraut, Italian sausage, Polish sausage, hot dogs and possibly pulled pork. Keenan Poore, a former youth pastor and former member of the Marine Corps, is working now to get his new mobile-food business going, he said. He plans to start with a cart he’ll park various places around Wichita during lunch hours and in Old Town on weekend evenings.

3 .................................................... About to close: British Banger Cafe, 1713 W. Douglas, 316-258-9539: Owner Austin Newby has decided to close his Delano restaurant, which specializes in British food. He’s hoping to sell the restaurant as a whole or at least its equipment. He plans to stay open through the end of July. Earlier this year, Newby bought the restaurant from original owner Pete White, who first opened it in December 2010. But Newby’s fiancee was injured in a car accident, which caused him serious financial problems. The restaurant’s hours until it closes are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.

QUICK BITES Cocoa Dolce selling rare chocolate Cocoa Dolce Artisan Chocolates at 2132 N. Rock Road has started selling a line of chocolate made from rare beans cultivated in Peru. Owner Beth Tully is the only chocolatier in Kansas who has access to it. A friend discovered it while on a visit to Peru in 2007, when he came across a tree on a farm in Peru’s Maranon Canyon that was still producing rare white chocolate beans, growing in colorful football-shaped pods. The beans, called Pure Nacional, were once thought to be extinct. Tully has turned her stash in to “Fortunato No. 4” chocolate bars, which cost $5 apiece, and beautiful ganache-filled chocolates, which are $3.50 apiece or come in a package of six for $20. For more information, call 316-866-2906.

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MY ANSWER/BILLY GRAHAM Dear Rev. Graham: Do you have to belong to a church in order to be saved? If so, how can I be sure I’m joining the right one? I didn’t grow up in a religious family, and I’m afraid I find it all very confusing. But I know I need God. Dear Reader: Having fellowship with other Christians is important for us after we believe in Christ; we need their encouragement, and they need ours. We’ll also grow in our faith as we

learn together from God’s Word, and it’s also good for us to come together to worship God. But we aren’t saved by simply joining a church — important as it is to do so. Only Jesus Christ can save us, and our faith and hope must be in Him alone. You see, only one thing will keep us out of heaven, and that is our sin. And no matter how good we are, we’ll never be good enough to get into heaven on our own, because God’s standard is perfection. As the Bible says, "There is no one righteous, not even one" (Romans 3:10).

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY This year others often think of you as the personality among your crowd. What they miss is your depth. That quality will become more dominant as time goes on. ARIES (March 21-April 19) ★★★★★ You are intense about one issue after another. Tonight: Only with a favorite person. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ★★★★ You might wonder why someone is so pushy. Think again with detachment, and the answer will become evident. Tonight: Add more spice to your relationship. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ★★★ Fortunately, you are efficient and quick. Tonight: Where the gang is. CANCER (June 21-July 22) ★★★★ You have a natural charm that carries you through the most difficult of situations. Tonight: Don’t make it a late night. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★★ You might want to lay low once more. Tonight: Romp the night

away! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★★★ Remain clear about what you want, and ask for just that. Tonight: Make it early. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ★★★★ Balance the books to prevent a problem in the near future. Tonight: Out and about. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ★★★★★ Understand what needs to happen for you to finish a project before you relax. Tonight: Treat a pal to munchies. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ★★★ You might not want to reveal what is on your mind. Tonight: Nap, then decide. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ★★★★ Use the daylight hours to the max. Tonight: Happy to head home. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ★★★★ Pressure to perform at your highest ability could be more of a challenge than the activity itself. Tonight: Dance out the door. Get ready to paint the town red. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★★ Notice what someone might not be talking about. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

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Mothers of her son’s playmates resist friendship among adults DEAR ABBY: I have a son who has two good friends. They are at my house often and are really good boys. I enjoy them, and I’m glad my son is friendly with them. The problem is their mothers. Both these women are receptive to playdate invites, but when I see them in social situations, they say very little to me and almost act as if they don’t know me. Even when they pick up their kids, talking to them is awkward. — PLAYDATE ETIQUETTE DEAR PLAYDATE ETIQUETTE: I think you are expecting too much of these women. Because your son is friendly with theirs does not guarantee that the friendship must extend to the parents. If the only thing you have in common with them is the fact that their boys spend time with your son, then it may not be so much a matter of what you “deserve” but what they are comfortable with. DEAR ABBY: I have been widowed for four years and have had the good fortune to meet someone special. My mother-in-law, whom I am very close to, is still grieving the loss of her son. She says it is hard for her to see “Jerry” and me together. Does this mean I can’t invite him to any family events?

DEAR ABBY ABIGAIL VAN BUREN DEAR DOESN’T: Your mother-in-law will always grieve the loss of her son. The question is, is she willing to risk becoming distanced from you and the grandchildren? Talk to her about your relationship with Jerry and explain that you still would like to be a part of her life, but that it will require her to accept the new man in yours.

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BRIDGE/FRANK STEWART Bill Pollack was declarer in today’s deal (reported by Barry Rigal) from the North American Pairs at the Spring Championships. Pollack responded one spade to his partner’s opening bid. After West doubled, North’s jump to three spades had a preemptive flavor – she could have redoubled with great high-card strength – but Pollack had enough to go to game. West led a heart, and East put up the king. Pollack took the ace and figured that East had a high club since West would have had an easy club opening lead if he’d held the A-K. Since West’s vulnerable entry into the auction suggested opening values or more, he surely had the king of spades. 13 TRICKS So at Trick Two, Pollack led the ace of spades. When the king fell obligingly, he drew trumps, ran the diamonds and finished with 13 tricks for plus 710 and a fine matchpoint result. I will note, as I often feel compelled to do, that West would have done better to pass instead of indulging in an "it’s my turn" double.

Your bid? You hold: ♠ K ♥ Q 8 4 3 o 8 5 2 p A Q J 10 2. You open one club.

Your partner bids one spade. What do you say? Some players would have avoided this problem by not opening. A rebid of two clubs should show a longer suit. Bid 1NT to suggest a minimum balanced hand. If partner insists on spades, your lone king may suffice as support. With Q 7 6 5 3, K J 5 2, K 7 3, 4, he can bid two hearts next, but he would be obliged to pass two clubs with that hand. — Frank Stewart, Tribune Media Services The Hand

Lt North dealer Both sides vulnerable North ♠ J862 ♥ 10 6 2 o A K Q J 10 9 p None West East ♠ K ♠ 753 ♥ Q843 ♥ KJ9 o 852 o 643 p A Q J 10 2 p K876 South ♠ A Q 10 9 4 ♥ A75 o 7 p 9543 North East South West 1o Pass 1♠ Dbl 3♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass Opening lead – ♥ 3

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