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BY CAROL D. LEONNIG, SARI HORWITZ AND ANNE GEARAN Washington Post

WASHINGTON — A federal investigation of how David Petraeus’s biographer obtained numerous classified records is focusing on whether the retired general’s staff gave her sensitive documents at his instruction, according to federal officials familiar with the inquiry.

Petraeus and other top commanders often tasked Petraeus’ aides and other high-ranking military officials to provide military records and other documents to Paula Broadwell for her work as Petraeus’s biographer, former staff members and other offi-

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Broadwell, a married Army reservist, frequently visited Petraeus in Afghanistan when he was chief of U.S. Central Command and in charge of the war there. She repeatedly sought records that she said Petraeus wanted her to have, Please see PETRAEUS, Page 3A

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Kansas Supreme Court disbars ex-Navy lawyer

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Charlie Schwarz serves tea to the Alvarez family from Planeview at the Lord’s Diner on South Hillside on Wednesday.

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The Kansas Supreme Court on Wednesday disbarred a former Navy lawyer who revealed the identities of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, the federal government’s holding facility for suspected terrorists.

The lawyer, Matthew Diaz, now a resident of New York, argued that he was trying to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling granting the detainees access to U.S. courts when he smuggled the list out of the

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Dee Rayford gets some food at the south-side Lord’s Diner with her nieces Tink, 7, and Tootie, 9, on Wednesday.

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Diaz earned his law degree at Washburn University and was admitted to the Kansas Bar in 1995. He joined the Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s office and served as a lieutenant commander with the JAG Corps at Guantanamo, court records said.

A response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Guantanamo has been used since 2002 for the interrogation and confinement of people suspected of

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Study: Mammograms not helpful motherapy that they don’t really need.

“We’re coming to learn that some cancers – many cancers, depending on the organ – weren’t destined to cause death,” said Barnett Kramer, a National Cancer Institute screening expert. However, “once a woman is diagnosed, it’s hard to say treatment is not necessary.”

He had no role in the study, which was led by H. Gilbert Welch of Dartmouth Medical School and Archie Bleyer of St. Charles Health System and Oregon Health & Science University. Results are in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine.

Breast cancer is the leading type of cancer and cause of cancer deaths in women worldwide. Nearly 1.4 million new cases are diagnosed each year. Other countries screen less aggressively than the U.S. does. In Britain, for example, mammograms are usually offered only every three years and a recent review there found similar signs of overtreatment.

The dogma has been that screening finds cancer early, when it’s most curable. But screening is only worthwhile if it finds cancers destined to

cause death, and if treating them early improves survival versus treating when or if they cause symptoms.

Mammograms also are an imperfect screening tool – they often give false alarms, spurring biopsies and other tests that ultimately show no cancer was present. The new study looks at a different risk: Overdiagnosis, or finding cancer that is present but does not need treatment.

Researchers used federal surveys on mammography and cancer registry statistics from 1976 through 2008 to track how many cancers were found early, while still confined to the breast, versus later, when they had spread to lymph nodes or more widely.

The scientists assumed that the actual amount of disease – how many true cases exist – did not change or grew only a little during those three decades. Yet they found a big difference in the number and stage of cases discovered over time, as mammograms came into wide use.

Mammograms more than doubled the number of earlystage cancers detected – from 112 to 234 cases per 100,000 women. But latestage cancers dropped just 8

percent, from 102 to 94 cases per 100,000 women.

The imbalance suggests a lot of overdiagnosis from mammograms, which now account for 60 percent of cases that are found, Bleyer said. If screenings were working, there should be one less patient diagnosed with latestage cancer for every additional patient whose cancer was found at an earlier stage, he explained.

“Instead, we’re diagnosing a lot of something else – not cancer” in that early stage, Bleyer said. “And the worst cancer is still going on, just like it always was.”

Researchers also looked at death rates for breast cancer, which declined 28 percent during that time in women 40 and older – the group targeted for screening. Mortality dropped even more – 41 percent – in women under 40, who presumably were not getting mammograms.

“We are left to conclude, as others have, that the good news in breast cancer – decreasing mortality – must largely be the result of improved treatment, not screening,” the authors write.

The study was paid for by the study authors’ universities.

“Based upon the number and nature of respondent’s violations and criminal convictions, the conclusions of the military From Page 1A courts, the decision of the Judge Advocate General permanently revoking respondent’s certificaterrorism-related offenses. tion as a lawyer in the naval Critics say that indefinite service, respondent’s admitted detention as practiced at selfish reasons for the clandesGuantanamo flies in the face tine disclosure of classified inof constitutional guarantees formation, and the (American of due process. Supporters of Bar Association standards for the controversial facility argue that terrorist suspects are lawyer discipline), we conclude disbarment is the appropriate not entitled to protection sanction,” the court wrote in its under U.S. law. majority opinion.

Diaz was convicted in a military court and served a The opinion noted, “A misix-month sentence for several nority of this court would crimes related to obtaining impose the lesser sanction of and mailing the list of detain- indefinite suspension,” but no ees to a civilian lawyer, who minority opinion was issued. was seeking to file court petiNeither Diaz nor his lawyer, tions to allow the detainees to Jack Focht of Wichita, could challenge their detention. be reached for comment.

To get the list out through In a written answer to the the tight security at Guantadisbarment complaint filed in namo, Diaz cut the paper into June, Focht argued that Diaz strips and mailed them out had acted “in good faith, inside a large valentine card. without a selfish motive, and He told his trial court he acted in defense of others” when he surreptitiously because he did smuggled the detainee list out not want to harm his career as of Guantanamo. a Navy lawyer.

“The United States Supreme In disbarring Diaz, the Kan- Court had ruled that Guantasas Supreme Court turned namo detainees were entitled aside a state disciplinary pan- to challenge their detention el’s recommendation for a by bringing writs of habeas light penalty and deemed corpus in the federal courts,” Diaz unfit to practice law.

Focht wrote. “The federal

government, however, wrongly refused repeated requests for the names of the detainees from lawyers wishing to represent them.”

Diaz’s action “does not reflect (his) lack of fitness as a lawyer, but instead demonstrates a heightened sense of justice and integrity that is becoming of a lawyer,” Focht wrote.

Diaz developed strong feelings about habeas corpus proceedings after his father, a nurse, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death for poisoning 12 hospital patients when Diaz was a teenager, according to the Kansas Supreme Court ruling.

The execution was delayed by a habeas corpus action and

Diaz’s father died in prison of natural causes in 2010, the ruling said.

In disbarring Diaz, the state Supreme Court went well beyond the recommendation of the disciplinary hearing panel, which had recommended a three-year suspension. Because Diaz had already been suspended for more than three years, he could have rapidly been reinstated to practice law, court records indicated.

Diaz now works in a nonattorney role for a parent advocacy organization in New York, assisting families involved in the criminal justice system, records said.

BY MARILYNN MARCHIONE Associated Press

Mammograms have done surprisingly little to catch deadly breast cancers before they spread, a big U.S. study finds. At the same time, more than a million women have been treated for cancers that never would have threatened their lives, researchers estimate.

Up to one-third of breast cancers, or 50,000 to 70,000 cases a year, don’t need treatment, the study suggests.

It’s the most detailed look yet at overtreatment of breast cancer, and it adds fresh evidence that screening is not as helpful as many women believe. Mammograms are still worthwhile, because they do catch some deadly cancers and save lives, doctors stress.

And some of them disagree with conclusions the new study reached.

But it spotlights a reality that is tough for many Americans to accept: Some abnormalities that doctors call “cancer” are not a health threat or truly malignant.

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who have been briefed on them said they were mostly schedules and PowerPoint presentations classified as From Page 1A “secret.”

In piecing together how Broadwell came to possess the according to the former staff material, FBI investigators members and officials, who have sought to determine spoke on the condition of whether it was provided by anonymity because the inaides to Petraeus when he quiry is ongoing. was head of Centcom in TamThe focus on the role of military staff members adds a pa from 2008 to June 2010 or new chapter to the complicat- when he was commander of U.S. and international forces ed ethics scandal that led Petraeus to abruptly resign as in Afghanistan from July 2010 to July 2011. He resigned CIA director on Nov. 9. His affair with Broadwell also has from the Army to become CIA put the personal communica- director in September 2011.

Some former Petraeus staff tion of Marine Gen. John R. members said in interviews Allen, Petraeus’s successor as that they were annoyed by commander of the Afghan and concerned about Broadwar, under scrutiny by the well’s requests for informaPentagon. tion, which sometimes inPetraeus and Broadwell volved sensitive material. At have told FBI investigators the time, she was working on that Petraeus did not provide her book about Petraeus, her with classified information, law enforcement officials which was published in January. She also maintained a said. “top secret” security clearance Attorneys for the two deas an officer in the Army reclined to respond to specific serves. questions for this article, as One former Defense Departdid Broadwell’s spokeswomment official said that when an, Dee Dee Myers of the staff members at the InternaGlover Park Group. FBI offitional Security Assistance cials also declined to comForce headquarters in Kabul ment. questioned Broadwell’s access The investigation of the to certain classified records, origins of classified material she assured them that Pein Broadwell’s possession traeus had approved her seebegan in the summer as part ing the material. of a routine FBI inquiry into “Even if he did not directly harassing e-mails sent to a give her classified informawoman in Tampa, Fla. The messages warned the woman, tion, he was allowing his name to be used,” said the socialite Jill Kelley, to stay away from Petraeus and were former official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to traced to anonymous acdiscuss the matter freely. “I counts set up by Broadwell, according to law enforcement would be surprised if anyone would raise a question for officials involved in the case.

The investigation uncovered e-mails between Petraeus and Broadwell that exposed their affair and led to his resignation.

The inquiry also turned up questionable e-mails between Kelley and Allen, who, like Petraeus, had met the Tampa woman while serving at U.S. Central Command, known as Centcom.

The initial investigation focused on whether Broadwell’s harassment of Kelley constituted a crime. But the early e-mails showed that the sender had access to detailed schedules for Petraeus and Bernhardt Allen, which raised concern about possible national security violations.

Broadwell turned over her computer to the FBI in late summer, and agents discovered that it contained lowlevel classified material. On Nov. 12, the FBI searched her home in Charlotte, N.C., and carried away additional evidence that she had classified documents, law enforcement officials said.

The documents have been described as sensitive but relatively benign. Officials

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of Centcom, had a special ability to make electronic copies of sensitive material and transfer it to computer discs. A spokesman at Centcom in Tampa declined to comment.

Copying and e-mailing classified material is prohibited except on secure networks. A former colleague of Broadwell’s said last week that he received a disc from Broadwell that contained documents marked “secret,” including schedules for Petraeus and other high-ranking officers and military PowerPoints.

Two days after the FBI search at her home, the Army suspended Broadwell’s security clearance.

anything below ‘top secret.’ ” Those close to Petraeus’s inner circle said Broadwell could have easily collected classified briefing materials distributed during meetings that were not supposed to leave the secure facilities where such conferences take place. Because of her unusual status, she probably would not have been subject to search when leaving military offices, they said.

A former Petraeus associate said Broadwell could have obtained electronic copies of classified material from a little-known internal military research arm that had carte blanche to review and consolidate classified material. The research arm, which was part

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Little sign of Libyan probe U.S. Ambassador Rice defends into attack on consulate remarks on Benghazi attacks security pulled back from the â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were surprised that we

BY PETER JAMES SPIELMANN consulate and even what time were not summoned,â&#x20AC;? said the Associated Press the attack started, much less commander, Abdel-Salam althe bigger questions of wheth- Barghathi. â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;Ś At the very least, BENGHAZI, Libya â&#x20AC;&#x201D; After UNITED NATIONS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; U.S. er outside terror groups like they should ask the commander more than two months, LibAmbassador Susan Rice said al-Qaida had a hand. of the operation room.â&#x20AC;? yaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s investigation into the Wednesday that her early The FBI, which sent a team attack on the U.S. Consulate account of the attack that â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see anything on the in Benghazi appears in limbo. to Tripoli immediately after killed the U.S. ambassador to groundâ&#x20AC;? by way of investigaKey security commanders and the attack to work with LibyLibya and three other Amertion, he said. witnesses say they were never an investigators, has said icans in Benghazi was based Several witnesses reported questioned. No suspects have nothing about its findings. At on the initial intelligence seeing an Islamic militant comFBI headquarters in Washing- mander, Ahmed Abu Khattala, been named, and gunmen community assessments and ton, spokesman Michael Korseen participating in the aswas always subject to review help direct the attack. Abu Khattan on Wednesday declined to tala denies involvement but sault walk freely in the eastand updates. comment on the Libyansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ern Libyan city. admits he was at the scene to She said she respects RepubHanging over the probe is a conduct of the probe. help rescue men trapped in the lican Sen. John McCain, who fear of reprisals from extremconsulate. He has not been has been critical of her, but From the Libyan side, there ist militiamen. Farag al-Fazaquestioned by investigators, as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;some of the statements heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has been little sign of an inni, a young commander of a witness or a suspect. made about me have been vestigation. Numerous senior Libyan security force commis- security officials in the city apunfounded, but I look forward â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one from Ansar alsioned to protect the U.S. post proached by the Associated Press Shariah has been summoned, to having the opportunity at the at the time of the Sept. 11 appropriate time to discuss all knew nothing about the probe, or even told they are wanted,â&#x20AC;? attack, says he sees militants of this with him.â&#x20AC;? and none said they had been he said. he recognizes from that chaot- questioned by investigators. The Al-Fazani, the protection Her comments attributing ic night. commander of Joint Operation force commander, said Ansar the attacks to a mob enraged They recognize him, too.

Room who oversaw the security al-Shariah carried out the over an anti-Muslim video â&#x20AC;&#x153;I get death threats by forcesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reaction during the attack consulate attack, led by Abu posted on YouTube were phone (saying) you are an said he sent a report to the rulKhattala. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They divided themwidely denounced by Repubinfidel and spilling your blood ing General National Congress selves into two groups; one licans during the U.S. presiis permitted,â&#x20AC;? said al-Fazani. but received no feedback and stormed the place, and the dential campaign. The attack â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one can protect me. I see had not been contacted by insecond gave protection and came on the 11th anniversary them and they know me.â&#x20AC;? vestigators. supply,â&#x20AC;? he said. of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror The dangers in the city are clear. On Wednesday, the head of one of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s secuClosed today. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving rity agencies, National Security chief Col. Farag el-Dersi, with your family and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see you Friday! was shot to death by three attackers as he headed home from work. It was the latest in a string of killings of officials with no word on who is behind them, though there is no indication they are connected to the investigation.

U.S. and Libyan leaders have sworn to hunt down those who carried out the Sept. 11 assault, in which gunmen blasted their way into the consulate compound after nightfall and killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador, Chris Stevens.

Most officials and witnesses have blamed fighters from Ansar al-Shariah, an Islamic extremist militia in the city.

But much remains unexplained â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including the attackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motive, why Libyan

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attacks on the United States, and her critics said it was clearly a terrorist attack aimed at the anniversary.

U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed.

The focus has fallen on Rice because she is a longtime White House insider and is thought to be President Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first choice to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is not expected to stay on during his second term.

Rice told reporters outside the U.N. Security Council: â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a senior U.S. diplomat, I agreed to a White House request to appear on the Sunday shows to talk about the full range of national security issues of the day, which at that time were primarily and particularly the protests that were enveloping and threatening many diplomatic facilities, American diplomatic facilities around the world, and Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuclear program.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The attack on our facilities in

Benghazi was obviously a significant piece of this,â&#x20AC;? Rice said.

Hours before the Benghazi violence, a mob in Cairo attacked the U.S. Embassy there to denounce the videos as anti-Islamic blasphemy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When discussing the attack against our facilities in Benghazi, I relied solely and squarely on the information provided to me by the intelligence community,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I made clear that the information was preliminary, and that our investigations would give us the definitive answers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone, particularly the intelligence community, has worked in good faith to provide the best assessment based on the information available.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know the FBI and the State Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Accountability Review Board are conducting investigations as we speak. And they will look into all aspects of this heinous terrorist attack, to provide what will become the definitive accounting of what occurred,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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Bethany’s Famous Thick and Chewy Peppermint Bark Cookies 20-24 Cookies

By Beth Bower

Extremely quick, easy and yummy! These are perfectly made if just barely brown around the edges.

Everyone loves cookies! Whether they’re rolled in sprinkles, dipped in chocolate, cut into holiday shapes, loaded with nuts or dotted with sweet bits of fruit, there is a cookie style and taste for all.

Making cookies for the holidays is an honored tradition that began long before Christmas. Sailor’s biscuits and ancient traditions of preparing hard, flat rounds of grains and water to sustain travelers morphed into more elaborate concoctions using butter, spices and honey. By the 17th century, cooks everywhere were making — and sharing — their favorite treats.

Today, cookies can include just about any ingredient and cooks are forever creating new and inventive ways to tempt us.

This year’s cookie contest asked for your favorite cookie recipe and we were flooded with recipes for the delicious cookies you make and share with family and friends. It was hard to choose the top five; they were all amazing.

One thing we learned; everyone has a favorite cookie and usually a cookie story to go with it.

“I got the recipe (for Cowboy Cookies) from my mom,” said contest winner Rebecca Oberly of Derby. “When she was growing up in Fredonia the cooks in grade school used to make them to go with school lunches. (Mom) got the recipe from them and made them all the time when we were growing up.”

Now Oberly, mother of four, makes cookies for her family and calls her love of baking, cooking and eating — therapy.

Twelve-year-old Bethany Marcolesco found her recipe in a cooking magazine a few years ago. She liked it but kept making “variations” of the recipe. Eventually it turned into her winning recipe: “Bethany’s Thick and Chewy Peppermint Bark Cookies.” It’s just one of the cookies she has in her budding Bethany’s Cookies business.

Becky O’Connor said her winning recipe — Strawberry Shortcake Cookies — came about through “trial and error” as she kept tinkering with a recipe calling for fresh strawberries. O’Connor, a mother of two, said her mother made the best peanut butter cookies and she started making a famous cookie recipe and that started her cookie journey. “I’ve always loved making cookies,” she said.

One of my favorite cookies is a delicate apricot-filled crescent-shaped cookie rolled in powdered sugar. My aunt would make these every year for holidays and the day wasn’t perfect unless it involved a trip to “Aunt Dot’s” for many of these sweet treats. I liked them so much that once I left home, Aunt Dot would make them for me and mail them on birthdays and holidays.

Needless to say, her family was a little jealous. Now, I try to make them for special occasions for my family and friends.

Thanks so much to everyone who entered the contest — you’re all winners in my book. Special thanks go to the students and staff at Butler Community College Culinary Program who prepared the top recipes. And thanks to the judges who got to taste the cookies and choose the winners — Butler Community College Culinary Program’s Tiffani Price and Chef John Michael — and, lucky me. We had a great time tasting, and judging.

Thanks also to Hiland Dairy for sponsoring the contest.

1 cup butter (softened, but not melted) 1 ½ cups firmly packed brown sugar 2 large eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 ½ cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips 15 ounces coarsely chopped peppermint bark (homemade or store-bought)

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Grandma’s Potato Chip Cookies 1 c. butter or margarine 1 c. white sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. baking soda 1 (6 oz.) pkg butterscotch morsels

1 c. brown sugar 2 eggs 2 ½ c. flour 2 c. crushed potato chips

Cream together butter and sugars; add eggs, add vanilla and beat well. Sift flour and soda together; add to creamed mixture. Add coarsely crushed potato chips and butterscotch morsels. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 min. at 375 degrees.

In a bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and brown sugar until well blended. Beat in eggs and vanilla until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Set the bowl aside. In another bowl, mix flour, baking soda, and salt. Adding about one cup at a time, mix into the other bowl of wet ingredients until well incorporated. Stir in chopped up peppermint bark. Refrigerate dough until firm enough to roll into balls – about an hour. Preheat oven to 400 Fahrenheit. Roll about 2 tablespoons of dough into balls and place, 2 inches apart, onto buttered or greased 12- by 15-inch baking sheets. Bake in a 400 oven until cookies are lightly browned and no longer wet in the center, 6 to 8 minutes. With a wide spatula, transfer cookies to racks to cool. Once the cookies are cooled, melt 2 cups of semisweet chocolate chips in a microwave for about 30 seconds then take it out and stir it, then put it in for about 15 more seconds. Repeat until the chips are melted.

Drizzle chocolate over the top with a spoon to create festive chocolate stripes.

- Bethany Marcolesco

Strawberry Shortcake Cookie *For best results, make dough ahead of time & let it sit in the fridge for at least a couple of hours and then bake.

1 ¾ cups whole wheat pastry flour (or all-purpose) ½ tsp salt 2 Tbsp butter, softened 1 ¼ cups packed light brown sugar 1 Tbsp vanilla paste (extract will also work) 1 cup white chocolate chips

½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp cinnamon ¾ cup Crisco 1 egg 1 cup freeze dried strawberries, roughly chopped ½ - ¾ cup biscoff cookies, roughly chopped

Whisk together dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, salt & cinnamon). Cream together butter, Crisco & brown sugar until light & fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add in egg and vanilla and beat until well-combined. Slowly add in flour mixture until just combined. Stir in strawberries, white chocolate & Biscoff cookies. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight (see Becky’s notes at bottom). Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

For large cookies, scoop 4 Tbsp of cookie dough onto prepared pan. Bake for 10-12 minutes until VERY LIGHTLY brown. Allow cookies to cool for 2 minutes on cookie sheet then transfer to cooling rack.

For smaller cookies, scoop 1½ - 2 Tbsp of cookie dough onto prepared baking pan 2 inches apart. Bake until VERY LIGHTLY golden brown, about 8 - 10 minutes. Allow to cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes and then transfer to cooling rack.

Becky’s notes: Again, for BEST results, allow the dough to sit overnight before baking, if time doesn’t allow for the dough to sit, these cookies still taste great out of the oven but even taste better the next day, after the flavors have really come together.

- Becky O’Connor

Cowboy Cookies Cream together the following:

Once creamed through add the following:

1 Cup Stick Butter 1 Cup White Sugar 1 Cup Brown Sugar 1 Teaspoon Vanilla 2 Eggs

2 Cups Oatmeal 2 Cups Flour 1/2 Teaspoon Salt 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder

Stir through and through until very well blended then add 1/2 a package of Chocolate Chips and 1/2 package Peanut Butter Chips and chopped Pecans to your taste. Stir gently.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

For the first pan you will need to spray the pan with cooking spray but after that you will not because of the butter that is in the cookies. Use a 1.5 oz ice cream baller (the type with the easy release handle) to scoop the dough out of the bowl and place on the baking sheet. Place the remaining cookie dough in the fridge. Bake until the edge of the cookies are slightly brown...about 9 to 11 minutes. You do not want the edges to be to crispy, but you do want the centers to be done. Once they have cooled on the pan, place them on a paper towel to finish cooling before you put them in an airtight container. They will stay fresh for 2 weeks.

I always make a double batch, not only because they disappear so quickly, but because they freeze very well.

Six cookies fit easily in a plastic storage bag and are the right amount for a snack, your lunch or to cure your sweet tooth.

Note: If you do not like nuts, you may omit. For a change, you can substitute the Peanut Butter Chips for Butterscotch Chips.

-Rebecca Oberly

- Mary Ann Jones

Betty’s Sugar Cookies 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour ½ tsp. salt ½ tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. grated lemon zest 1 cup granulated sugar

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½ tsp. soda 2 tbsp. white vinegar 1 ½ tsp. lemon extract 1 cup shortening

Sift flour with soda and salt. Combine egg with white vinegar, lemon extract, vanilla and lemon zest. Cream shortening until fluffy. Add sugar and mix well. Add dry ingredients to shortening mixture and egg mixture. Mix well. Refrigerate for two hours. Roll very thin on lightly floured surface. Bake in 350 degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly brown. Cool on wire rack.

- Betty Parsons

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Panel: Put ‘Fast and Furious’ to courts

defer to the time-tested political process of stepping aside and letting Congress and the WASHINGTON — A House executive resolve their politipanel said Wednesday it becal differences. lieves federal courts have the authority to decide a dispute “Labeling a dispute ‘political’ is in which Attorney General not a legal argument; it is a Eric Holder refuses to provide talking point masquerading – Congress with Justice Depart- poorly – as an argument,” said ment documents about a the filing for the committee botched criminal investigation chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa, into gun-trafficking on the R-Calif. “Federal courts have Southwest border. been deciding cases regarding In a 65-page filing about the executive’s compliance with Operation Fast and Furious, subpoenas since the earliest days the House Oversight and of the Republic.”

Government Reform CommitIn the dispute over Operation tee said federal courts have Fast and Furious, President routinely reviewed the validi- Obama has invoked what is ty of congressional inquiries. known as executive privilege.

The lawyers for the House The Republican-run House in said Holder’s contention that June voted Holder in contempt courts cannot adjudicate of Congress for refusing to turn political disputes would perover subpoenaed records that manently shut the courthouse might explain what led the doors to virtually all disputes Justice Department to reverse between the executive and course after initially denying that legislative branches. federal agents had used a conIn court papers filed last troversial tactic called gun-walkmonth, the Justice Departing in the failed law enforcement ment said the courts must operation.

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“It is no exaggeration to say that if the courthouse door is closed to Congress in subpoena enforcement cases of this nature, the executive’s incentive to respond to congressional requests for information largely will disappear and, with it, effective congressional oversight of the executive branch,” the House’s court papers said.

In Fast and Furious, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives abandoned the agency’s usual practice of intercepting all weapons they believed to be illicitly purchased, often as soon as they were taken out of gun shops. Instead, the goal of the gun-walking approach was to track such weapons to high-level arms traffickers who long had eluded prosecution, and to dismantle their networks.

Federal agents lost track of many of the guns. The operation identified more than 2,000 illicitly purchased weapons, and some 1,400 of them have yet to be recovered.

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But in meeting after meeting after that, she watched him overcome obstacles to help Glick and the Catholic Look through a gallery of From Page 1A Diocese establish a Lord’s Planeview neighborhood Diner in Planeview that gives photos at Kansas.com. out 250 meals a day, seven past 100 degrees. days a week, many to chilJanet Johnson, a Wichita dren.

City Hall neighborhood assisHe did it at first in spite of tant, asked police to check the stretching from one building Glick’s resistance. The Chapel to another; when someone boy’s welfare. What they Hill Fellowship people came gets electricity shut off, a found at his home didn’t surto her just after northeast neighbor meets the need. prise her.

Wichita residents rejected a Median rent in Planeview, “Their water was turned off, according to the 2010 federal proposal to establish a sateland their electricity. He was lite Lord’s Diner there. Glick walking the water home to his census, is $524. was exhausted. “She looked The 2010 federal census little brothers and sisters, so upset I wouldn’t have been including a 1-year-old,” John- counted 4,383 residents in surprised if she’d resigned,” 1,305 households, one-third son said.

Schwarz said.

Planeview has many people of them living on less than But over the next few days, $15,000 annually. Twentywho lack water and food.

Schwarz and Pastor Jeff Gantwo percent of the adults are Some schoolchildren have non from Chapel Hill Fellowunemployed. ringworm that won’t heal.

Johnson, Atherly and others ship talked her into partMost Planeview students who try to help say it is unfair nering with them as they led qualify for free or reducedhundreds of congregation price lunches – 94 percent at to call the poor of Planeview members into Planeview to “takers.” Many of them are Jardine Technology Middle like Wendy Ratliffe, a mother help that area. Glick had told Magnet, and 97 percent at of seven who works two jobs. them that she felt like she had Colvin Elementary. Some an army in front of her, opchildren come in on Mondays In one of her jobs she works posing her attempt to help 35 hours a week with the and wolf down breakfast feed hungry people in northPre-K program at Colvin. “A because they’ve eaten little east Wichita. “She told us she lot of the parents are hardsince Friday school lunch, wanted an army behind her even though the Kansas Food working poor,” she said.

“Most of us aren’t slackers,” this time,” Schwarz said. He Bank gives backpacks of food and Chapel Hill Fellowship to send home with the kids on said Ratliff, who earns about complied, talking to people in $25,000 a year. “We pay our Fridays. School officials susthe neighborhood to build bills, but we struggle. We pect the families eat everyscrimp and save – and we eat support, making calls to find thing in the packs on Friday information. a lot of soup.” night, and starve for two Today, the satellite diner in Of people in Planeview, 42 more days.

Planeview feeds about 225 percent are under age 19; 34 For the Food Bank, school people a day, 30 to 40 percent staff have identified about 65 percent are under 14. of them children, said Jan Atherly feels despondent students at Jardine and nearly Haberly, who replaced Glick when she tries to get sports 50 at Colvin who don’t get as Lord’s Diner director. Kids shoes for her Jardine volleyenough food at home on who used to go hungry all ball team so they don’t have weekends. weekend have a place to eat to play in street shoes. There “It’s a never-ending tide of heartbreak down here,” John- are times when she and John- now.

“When they came to see me, son get mad when they find son said. She found a family I thought Charlie was this guy sleeping in their driveway one hungry children.

But then they talk to Charlie who sat in the back of the summer because the gravel room,” Glick said later.

Schwarz. felt cooler than the house.

But, she said, “I began to Johnson collaborates with realize it was Charlie who had Lura Atherly, the principal at A diner for Planeview the blueprints in his hands.”

Jardine who last year helped rescue a child from sleeping Wendy Glick remembers in a car in winter cold. The first meeting Schwarz when a Apprentices of Jesus boy’s homeless mother group from Chapel Hill Felworked a night shift at Dillons lowship United Methodist Before that happened, on and was scared to leave him Church came to the Lord’s Nov. 29, 2009, Gannon had alone at a shelter.

Diner in 2009 and asked her stood before his Chapel Hill to establish a diner in PlaneFellowship congregation and view. Schwarz was so quiet given a sermon he knew not Widespread need and blended in so well that everyone would understand.

Glick, who was executive Gannon modeled his talk on Planeview is 600 acres of Martin Luther King’s “Dream” poverty. Many dwellings were director, had no idea he had volunteered at the diner speech. built in World War II as tem“I have a dream that one porary housing. People today downtown for eight years. “I sometimes see electrical cords barely noticed him,” she said. day this congregation called

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Chapel Hill will rise up more fully than ever before and live out the true meaning of its mission,” Gannon said. “That Chapel Hill will welcome all people to experience and share the extraordinary grace and love of Jesus Christ.”

Gannon and some congregation members had trained with the Kansas Leadership Center, a nonprofit organization that trains congregations how to transform communities. Gannon told church members he wanted them to be “apprentices” of Jesus, not just “admirers.” Jesus had put his hands on poor people, fed, healed and comforted them.

“When you study the New Testament you see all these references to the poor,” Gannon said later. “It wasn’t that Jesus thought the poor were better. He just doesn’t want us to forget them.”

Gannon’s church sits near 13th Street and K-96, in wellto-do east Wichita. His congregation is mostly white and affluent. Average household income: $85,000. Some have houses worth $350,000 to $400,000.

He wanted to take them outside their comfort levels.

Ben Leader, a congregation member who had done charity work, suggested where to go.

“One of the valleys of our city to which we have been called by God is Planeview,” Gannon told them.

Among people who came along was a laid-off accountant named Charlie Schwarz.

Building a clinic Susie Schwartz runs the Hunter Health Clinic, which offers free or reduced-cost medical care.

Three years ago she obtained a $300,000 federal grant, but she had no way to stretch it to $650,000 for a new clinic she wanted to build in Planeview. Thousands of people were not getting care. The clinic’s satellite location was one room in a church building.

She thought she might lose the grant. But one day the Chapel Hill Fellowship people showed up, including a thin guy with white hair.

Charlie Schwarz didn’t talk much.

The odds of finding another $350,000 looked steep.

Charlie Schwarz said he would see what he could do.

To help Hunter Health, Schwarz knocked on doors.

“I got discouraged,” he said.

“I went to one foundation, and they just slammed the door. I did a lot of praying. I wondered at times, what path do I go down now? Did I bite too big a bullet? How many people will I let down?”

He went to a friend, architect Kerry Hunt. Hunt knew Schwarz had served on the Derby City Council and had learned nuts-and-bolts problem solving. He knew his humble nature was a manifestation of his faith.

Hunt invited Schwarz to his workplace: GLMV Architecture.

“Charlie’s quiet, but he’s a very inspiring guy,” Hunt said.

GLMV agreed to donate the architectural plans, work worth tens of thousands of dollars.

After that, Schwarz persuaded Professional Engineering Consultants to donate.

Then he went to Ben Hutton, president of Hutton Construction. One piece at a time, Schwarz built a list of donors willing to build a $650,000 clinic for $300,000.

“Charlie is very persistent,” Hutton said. “He figured out how it could be done, and was good at using his network of contacts.”

Hutton decided to build the clinic, at cost, and helped cut costs. Schwarz brought in retired construction workers donating time. Hutton found subcontractors willing to help.

“Subcontractors are hurting as bad as anybody in Wichita,” Schwarz said.

But they built that clinic.

In October alone, the clinic saw 1,431 patients, 328 of them children.

Church’s offerings Chapel Hill Fellowship helped hundreds of Planeview children and adults in the last three years, giving money and time.

Church members formed the Planeview Transformation

Coalition, coordinating help with Planeview residents, City Hall, and school leaders like Atherly, the Jardine principal.

When Planeview residents asked whether this was a feel-good flash in the pan, Gannon answered that his church was committed for 10 years.

Gannon said 150 members got involved actively. They established a sister relationship with a Planeview Church, Brookside, and handed over $30,000 to keep an associate pastor at Brookside.

“People from Chapel Hill gave us bags and bags of school supplies,” said Atherly.

“Chapel Hill easily gave school supplies to 40 to 50 children: composition notebooks, paper, markers, pencils, calculators, crayons.

Brand new clothes, or gently used. They volunteer in the classroom.

“If we have a need and mention it, we get what we need.”

The man who helped Schwarz still isn’t employed full-time. Every time he applies at an accounting job, 30 to 35 others apply.

Janet Johnson, Glick and others say it is ironic that a man who did so much for the poor is unemployed.

Hunt can’t understand this but said perhaps there’s a higher plan. “Maybe this is where he is supposed to be right now: helping people,” Hunt said.

In October, Johnson, the neighborhood assistant, helped with a clean-up. Some people in Wichita think so little of Planeview that they dump old sofas, refrigerators or broken TVs in the neighborhood’s ditches.

Among volunteers Johnson saw loading junk in the rain: Charlie Schwarz.

One day a month, at the Lord’s Diner he helped bring to Planeview, Schwarz ties on an apron and feeds poor people.

Contributing: Suzanne Perez Tobias of The Eagle Reach Roy Wenzl at 316-268-6219 or rwenzl@wichitaeagle.com.

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Morale slips among federal workers

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WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Salary freezes, tight budgets and a dim view of federal work held by many Americans have soured the motivation and commitment of many government employees, a survey released Wednesday found.

Federal employees still think that their jobs are important, and many are passionate and dedicated to their agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission. But increasing threats to their pay and benefits and criticism of their work that has percolated in the national debate over government spending have taken a toll on morale, results of the Employee Viewpoint Survey show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s federal leaders are facing significant challenges in keeping the workforce motivated and engaged in light of frozen salaries,

slashed budgets, and recent public sentiment toward federal employees,â&#x20AC;? John Berry, the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personnel chief, wrote in the introduction to the survey, which was posted on the Office of Personnel Managementâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website Wednesday.

Government-wide scores on leadership, pay, opportunities for advancement, innovation and other markers of how employees feel about their jobs dropped in almost every category over last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s survey. Many gains in satisfaction at the office between 2008 and 2011 have been wiped out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many will speculate about the reasons for this drop,â&#x20AC;? Berry wrote, citing an â&#x20AC;&#x153;environment of salary freezes, threats of government shutdowns, continued tight budgets, public opinion of government work.â&#x20AC;?

He said solutions may be â&#x20AC;&#x153;harder to formulate.â&#x20AC;? While

government still attracts talented people committed to public service, â&#x20AC;&#x153;federal leadership must focus on renewing and re-energizing their workforce.â&#x20AC;? About 687,000 workers responded to the survey, the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest.

Half of the employees surveyed said pay raises donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t depend on performance â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the highest percentage to respond that way â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and just 22 percent agree that those who do a good job are paid accordingly, grist for critics of a system that can reward longevity more than productivity.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s survey, conducted from April through June, is the most robust and potentially accurate measure to date of how federal employees feel about their jobs. For the first time this year, the census of the workforce was distributed to all permanent full- and part-time employees â&#x20AC;&#x201C; about 1. 6 million

workers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; compared with 266,000 in the 2011 sample.

About 46 percent responded.

This is also the first time that the survey has been conducted two years running; it had been done every other year since 2002. Federal managers, in theory, use the results to identify problems in the workplace and improve those areas where employees are unhappy. The Partnership for Public Service uses the survey to compile its â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Places to Workâ&#x20AC;? rankings, due for release in December.

While close to 90 percent of employees said the work they do is important, overall their satisfaction with their jobs and their pay, and the likelihood they would recommend their agency to others, decreased to 63 percent, the level in 2008.

The change came after gains in this area, which showed 67 percent were satisfied in 2010 and 66 percent last year.

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In announcing the moves, the of a mechanical problem with Navy said none are related to the the USS Nimitz, based in conflict between Israel and the Everett, Wash.

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U.S. abortions fall 5%, largest drop in a decade

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LOS ANGELES — The rate of abortions in the United States fell by 5 percent, the largest single-year decrease in a decade, researchers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.

The decline is outlined in the annual abortion surveillance data for the year 2009, the latest available. It was published in the CDC’s Mor-

bidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

About 18 percent of all pregnancies in the United States end in abortion, the CDC noted.

Factors from the availability of abortion providers, state laws, the economy and access to health services including contraception can all influence the abortion rate, according to the CDC. “Despite these multiple influences, given that unintended pregnancy precedes

nearly all abortions, efforts to reduce the incidence of abortion need to focus on helping women avoid pregnancies that they do not desire,” the survey states. “Providing women and men with the knowledge and resources necessary to make decisions about their sexual behavior and use of contraception can help them avoid unintended pregnancies.”

The CDC has been reporting annually on the number and rate of abortions since 1969.

The annual numbers are based on voluntary reports from states and some municipalities.

A few states, such as California, which is the most populous, do not report. That explains why the CDC said there were about 785,000 abortions in 2009, while other estimates put the number at more than 1 million.

To make comparisons possible, the CDC said it used the data from 43 states and two cities that have been reporting

the numbers each year for 10 years. Those areas account for 772,630 abortions in 2009, or about 98.5 percent of the total reported to the federal agency.

The abortion rate for 2009 was 15.1 abortions per 1,000 women of child-bearing years, defined as 15 to 44 years old.

The abortion ratio was 227 abortions per 1,000 live births. Those numbers represent a 5 percent decrease in the total number and rate of abortions from 2008 and the

largest single-year drop during the decade that began in 2000. There was a 2 percent drop in one year in the abortion ratio, the CDC said.

From 2000 to 2009, the total number, rate and ratio of reported abortions decreased 6 percent, 7 percent, and 8 percent, respectively, to the lowest levels at the end of the decade, it said.

Kansas had 4,987 abortions in 2009, or 9 per 1,000 women of child-bearing age, according to the report.

Ailing Jackson Jr. resigns from Congress

BY KATHERINE SKIBA AND RICK PEARSON Chicago Tribune

Associated Press

Smoke rises Wednesday from an Israeli forces attack at the central Gaza Strip as seen from a hill in southern Israel. Israel and the Hamas militant group agreed to end eight days of the fiercest fighting in nearly four years.

Israel and Hamas declare a cease-fire, promise Gaza talks began at 9 p.m. local time.

Within minutes, as it became obvious the cease-fire had gone into effect, residents of Gaza City poured into the streets to CAIRO — With last-minute celebrate, the sound of honkprodding from the United ing car horns blending with the States, Israel and the militant explosions of fireworks and group Hamas agreed Wednescelebratory gunfire. day to a cease-fire, ending Yet both Arabs and Israelis eight days of rocket fire and seemed dubious that Wednesnaval and sea bombardment. day’s agreement would lead to Secretary of State Hillary a sustained peace.

Clinton announced the agreeOne Gaza City resident, Samment during a news conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister er Mazar, said he would delay moving his family back into Mohammed Kamel Amr at the their home near the border presidential palace in Cairo. with Israel until he was certain The agreement ended more the cease-fire would hold. than a week of halting Egyp“We do not trust them when tian-led talks as the conflict in they say it is over,” he said.

Gaza teetered on the brink of “We have to see it first.” war.

Israelis also voiced skepti“This is a critical moment for cism, noting that Hamas has the region,” Clinton said.

After eight days of seemingly promised to halt rocket fire from Gaza aimed at Israeli constant Israeli bombing and artillery fire, an anxious silence cities before, only to resume fell over Gaza as the cease-fire the attacks.

BY NANCY A. YOUSSEF AND SHEERA FRANKEL McClatchy Newspapers

“This is a pause, not a peace,” said Ya’ara Menachem, 41, who lives in Sderot, a city in southern Israel that has been a frequent target of Gazalaunched missiles. “We don’t believe in cease-fires anymore.”

Senior Israeli military officials told McClatchy that the army had been told that its units should remain in place in case the cease-fire failed and hostilities resumed.

Still, attention turned to the next step, a second round of talks intended to confront longer-term issues such as the 5-year-old Israeli blockade of Gaza.

Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said those negotiations would begin Thursday, if the cease-fire holds.

“If the border is quiet, that enables us to be more forthcoming,“ he said in an inter-

view with CNN. ”The arrangements agreed with the Egyptians say we’ll start talking from tomorrow about a process to work on those issues.“ Clinton met for four hours longer than scheduled with Egyptian officials Wednesday, apparently unwilling to return to Washington without at least a framework for a deal.

President Obama also played a key role, apparently providing the final push to get Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to embrace the deal.

Obama also spoke with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, congratulating him on the way his government handled the talks. The United States does not recognize Hamas, which it considers to be a terrorist group. Instead, Egypt, whose Muslim Brotherhood leadership is close to Hamas officials, served as a proxy for Hamas’ interests.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., the ambitious political heir to a powerful Chicago family whose once-promising future collapsed amid federal ethics investigations and a diagnosis of mental illness, resigned Wednesday from the congressional seat he held for 17 years.

The Illinois Democrat’s downfall represents perhaps the last major political casualty in the long-running corruption scandal that sent former Gov. Rod Blagojevich to prison in March on charges he tried to sell the Senate seat that had been held by President Obama.

Jackson’s political star was on the rise until allegations surfaced in late 2008 that his supporters offered to raise as much as $6 million for Blagojevich in return for the governor appointing Jackson to the Senate seat. Though Jackson was never charged, a House ethics panel investigation into his actions was ultimately eclipsed by a federal criminal probe based in Washington, D.C., into alleged misuse of campaign dollars.

Jackson’s resignation letter to House Speaker John Jackson Boehner, R-Ohio, was Jackson’s first acknowledgment of the ongoing federal corruption investigation.

“I am doing my best to address the situation responsibly, cooperate with the investigators, and accept responsibility for my mistakes, for they are my mistakes and mine alone,” Jackson said in the two-page letter. “None of us is immune from our share of shortcomings or human frailties and I pray that I will be remembered for what I did right.”

Jackson’s Washington legal team, which recently added former federal prosecutor Dan Webb, indicated that while Jackson’s political fate has been settled, there’s more to come in court.

“We hope to negotiate a fair resolution of the matter but the process could take several months,” they said in the statement.

Despite admitting “my share of mistakes,” Jackson, 47, said his deteriorating health — and treatment for bipolar depression — kept him from serving as a “full-time legislator” and was the reason for his resignation.

Jackson’s decision came little more than two weeks after his re-election to another two-year term despite a lack of campaigning. He disappeared from the public eye in June after taking a medical leave from the House for what aides had initially described as exhaustion.

Art Ginsburg, TV’s Mr. Food, dies at 81 Ark. girl who was chained

BY JOHN TANASYCHUK Sun Sentinel

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Art Ginsburg — who as the lovable Mr. Food shared his kitchen wisdom on TV for more than three decades — died of pancreatic cancer Wednesday at his home in Weston, Fla. He was 81.

Two weeks ago, Ginsburg taped his last 90-second vignette, ending with a smile and his trademark: “Oooh, it tastes so good!”

Ginsburg’s homey cooking segments are seen on 125 TV stations, down from 150 at his peak. Mr. Food’s studio, test kitchen and business operations with 15 employees are headquartered in Fort Lauderdale.

Ginsburg’s TV career started in the mid-’70s in Troy, N.Y., where he grew up in the meat business. He and his wife, Ethel, ran a successful catering company, and he was active in community theater. His Mr. Food persona was born when he was asked to give quick cooking lessons on a local TV show.

From the beginning, Ginsburg was

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Art Ginsburg, also known as Mr. Food, is shown during rehearsal in 2010 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. the down-to-earth antidote to such high-brow TV chefs of the time as Julia Child and Graham Kerr. He believed in convenience products and recipes with no more than 10 ingredients. Over the years, Ginsburg sold 52 cookbooks and produced 230 vignettes annually. He also appeared

regularly on QVC. A few years ago, he was swarmed by fans at the annual South Beach Food & Wine Festival. “I watch all the Food Network stars for entertainment,” one fan told him. “But I cook your recipes.”

Ginsburg shaped many careers, including no less a personality than chef and TV talk show host Rachael Ray. “I have known Art for all of my adult life on television,” Ray told the Sun Sentinel in 2010. “His simple and satisfying food techniques have paved the way for so many cooks and chefs alike.”

Howard Rosenthal, chief operating officer at Mr. Food and a partner in the business for close to 20 years, said Ginsburg’s personality and outlook were infectious.

“He had a love for life and love for his family and a feeling that nothing was going to stop him from doing what he did,” said Rosenthal. “Over the years, people would always say: ‘When are you retiring?’ He’d say: ‘Why would I retire? I love what I do.’ ”

to dresser last year dies

the center’s executive director, Beverly Engle, said.

“There was a unique quality about Jersey,” she said. “A little LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Authorold soul, but such a delight.” ities on Wednesday were inEngle said Jersey was intervestigating the death of a 6-year-old girl whose father is in viewed last year at the center when the abuse allegations were prison for chaining her to a reported to police in nearby dresser last year in northwest Rogers. According to a court Arkansas. document, the girl told officers Jersey Bridgeman’s body was she slept on the floor in the same found in a nearby vacant house room as her father, David Bridgeabout 10 minutes after she was reported missing Tuesday morn- man, and her stepmother, Jana ing, Bentonville Police Chief Jon Bridgeman.

The father and stepmother Simpson said.

Police are treating her death as pleaded guilty in June to false imprisonment, permitting abuse a homicide, but they have not said how the girl died or released of a minor and endangering the the names of any suspects. Simp- welfare of a minor.

Jana Bridgeman is serving a son said autopsy results are 12-year prison sentence, plus pending. three years for a probation revoMore than 100 people gathcation, according to online Deered to mourn the child at a partment of Correction records. candlelight vigil Tuesday at the David Bridgeman is serving an Children’s Advocacy Center of Benton County near Bentonville, 18-year prison sentence.

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OPINION Give thanks for safe, plentiful food Founded 1872

Kim Nussbaum President & Publisher

Sherry Chisenhall Editor & Senior VP News

Phillip Brownlee Opinion Editor

Blessings to count

he holiday famous for first downs and second helpings arrives to find south-central Kansas richly blessed, even as it continues to shake off the Great Recession and deal with the disappointments of Boeing’s planned exit and Hawker Beechcraft’s ongoing bankruptcy.

As friends and loved ones gather together, there are some collective blessings to count this Thanksgiving Day 2012 in Wichita. Among them:

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Chicago Midway Airport and Las Vegas. Area businesses and wallets will benefit.

■ United Way of the Plains met its latest goal. By pledging $15.6 million, south-central Kansans ensured that the organization will be there for the 87 programs it helps fund at 35 agencies. What a way for the generous community to celebrate United Way’s 90th anniversary in Wichita.

■ The election that seemed as if it would never end finally did. It left scars and bitterness but also a new clarity regarding what needs to be done. Those offering holiday prayers might put in a good word for continuing good will, which will be essential given the fiscal challenges ahead for our leaders at the federal, state and local levels.

■ The economy is showing signs of real improvement at last.

Just the past few days have provided news of the decline in the state’s unemployment rate to 5.7 percent in October (compared with 5.9 percent in September and 6.6 percent in October 2011), and of the continuing trend of increased sales of area new and existing homes.

■ Southwest Airlines is coming to Wichita. Realizing a two-decade dream for Wichita Mid-Continent Airport and the region, the low-fare carrier announced Monday it will operate five daily flights as of June 2, with service to Dallas Love Field,

■ The Greater Wichita YMCA just keeps growing. On Dec. 10 it will open the new $23 million Robert D. Love Downtown YMCA, and it recently completed $5 million in renovations at the Richard A. DeVore South YMCA with plans to add fields, an indoor soccer complex and more at the site. In a further show of strength, the Y also wants to mobilize its 155,000 members to volunteer on behalf of youth and community health.

■ April’s EF-3 tornado hit hard but took no lives. The community was at its best during the aftermath, as first responders, government officials, utility crews, churches, charities and volunteers mobilized in Oaklawn and elsewhere. Spirit AeroSystems showed its resilience, sustaining heavy damage yet resuming production within days. Of the show of support, one resident concluded: “There is still some good in mankind.”

Amen to that.

And Happy Thanksgiving.

— For the editorial board, Rhonda Holman

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

As we gather with family and friends to count our blessings this Thanksgiving, the farmers and ranchers of Sedgwick County Farm Bureau are encouraging others to give thanks for the bounty we enjoy not just on this holiday, but every day.

The safe, plentiful food that is available to us – and the products used to produce the clothing, housing, medicines, fuel and other products we use on a daily basis – didn’t just appear in a store.

They are present thanks to a tremendous partnership of farmers and ranchers, processors, brokers, truckers, shippers, advertisers, wholesalers and retailers.

No group is more proud to provide the bountiful, quality and safe food than your Sedgwick County farmers and ranchers.

There are more than 12,000 members of Sedgwick County Farm Bureau. Of that number, 1,000 are voting members, meaning they own or have a vested interest in local land and livestock.

Seventy-nine percent of Sedgwick County’s acres are home to fields of wheat, soybeans, milo, corn, hay and pasture. Those acres are cared for responsibly and superbly by owners who have most likely done so for multiple generations.

Rural and urban communities working together have made the most of our rich agricultural resources and have made significant contributions to our health and well-being and to the strength of our nation’s economy. For this, are thankful.

KENT WINTER President Sedgwick County Farm Bureau Agricultural Association Mount Hope

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I’m thankful that our election is over, and that the unsuccessful party won’t lead an insurrection or military coup to gain power. (I’m also thankful that the robocalls and political ads have ceased. Pity the poor swing-state voters.)

I’m thankful that both parties will hold at least one branch of the government, as neither won a big majority of votes or can honestly claim a “mandate.” Furthermore, neither party has all the right answers. With a division of power, almost all citizens will have some representation in our legislature, and I believe better, more balanced legislation will be achieved.

And I’m thankful to hear the word “compromise” come from the lips of the leaders of both parties. There are many important issues to be resolved. Perhaps at last, progress will be made in formulating a reasonable strategy for leading our country forward.

CHARLES EBY Wichita

Restrict phones

If you are providing a cellphone or smartphone to your teenage children and I attended the Kansas Teacher of they are not the Year banquet Saturday where maintaining at Dyane Smokorowski of Andover least a 2.5 grade Middle School was selected the point average in winner for 2013. Kansas is blessed high school, you may be effectivewith having a multitude of winly paying for their failure. ners teaching in the classroom.

Many of the worst academic In spite of budget cuts and addiperformers are often outfitted tional burdens in measuring stuwith the best in cellphone technoldent performance, teachers conogy. Their attention span for the tinue the task of preparing our youths with passion and persever- school content that will enable them to succeed in postsecondary ance. Smokorowski is a shining education or the workforce is example of how inspiration and being stolen by the asinine chatter creativity can create a special of Facebook, Twitter and text learning environment for her messaging. students.

I teach in a high school, and not As we give thanks today, let’s a day goes by when I don’t have to remember to be thankful for coax a kid away from a glowing teachers, who many times are screen and back to the lesson at taken for granted. hand.

A lot of parents rationalize that ROGER A. ELLIOTT Wichita a cellphone is a necessity in case of an emergency. However, all schools still employ secretaries who will quickly relay important messages to students. Parents also I’m thankful that the Founding Fathers were both courageous and should consider enabling usage controls that can restrict text, data wise enough to create the first and calls from all but certain contruly democratic nation, one that tacts at certain times. A block from has been the pattern for many 10 p.m. at night until 3 p.m. each other countries over the past two day may result in a better-rested, centuries. We are all blessed by higher-functioning teenager. the freedoms they established.

If your children are not performI’m thankful that the Founding ing in school, consider doing them Fathers had the wisdom to estaband your wallet a favor by suslish many checks and balances so pending service until the grades that no person, or small group of people, could steal our democracy come up. You may be amazed at what an incentive this can be. from the people. The presidency has the responsibility to lead and KEVIN LOSS has veto power, but the House and Wichita Senate have the power to draft

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Special movie showing was a gift to families

building, I was met with controlled excitement by a large crowd of families and children excited to be there.

On Saturday, Warren Theatres Many of these families have never reached out to our community in a had the opportunity to take their tremendous way. The children out to the movies because of west-side Warren their children’s unique needs. For provided a sensorysome, movies are too loud. For othfriendly showing of ers, the sights, sounds, smells and the movie “Wreck-It activity are just too overwhelming.

Ralph,” so as to proOthers want to avoid the stares of vide an opportunity people when their child becomes for families of indioverwhelmed and expresses that with viduals with autism loud noises, dropping to the floor or or sensory needs to Erbert running away. access a typical famiThis was not the case Saturday. ly leisure activity.

The impact of this opportunity was Families were delighted to have the opportunity to connect with other huge. families, enjoy a family activity, and Those of us who work with these do so without the typical worries that exceptional families didn’t know accompany them to many community what to expect. How many families settings. would take advantage of such a The response was so overwhelming unique opportunity?

As I drove up 21st Street toward the that the families would not all fit into one theater. But management was theater, I was stunned to see a parking lot filling a good half-hour before prepared, and opened another theater. the movie started. As I entered the

BY CONNIE ERBERT

If all this wasn’t impressive enough, as we entered the theater there were adults at the back of the seating area ready to accommodate families that might need an extra hand. If a child needed to take a walk in the hallway and then return to the movie, these adults were ready to assist.

Right before the movie started, the manager entered the theater to welcome the families and invite them to let him know if they needed anything.

With the sound and lighting adjusted, the movie started.

Not only was the movie enjoyable, but the entire experience was just wonderful. I saw moviegoers highfiving, shaking hands and hugging afterward because this meant so much to them. Successfully accessing a community family activity meant the world to each and every one.

It is difficult to convey what it means to a family to have such an opportunity. Whether it is going to the grocery store, the mall, restaurants, the zoo or the movies, many

families have literally given up on many social outings that include their child with autism, because it is just too much.

Though accommodations and support can be provided for individuals with autism when accessing a public place, it was the collaboration shown by Warren Theatres that was such a gift to so many families and ensured a much more successful experience.

Owner Bill Warren deserves a huge “thank you” for opening up another door to the Wichita community that can be difficult for some families to enter. Thanks also to the theater staff for welcoming the autism community and other individuals with special needs.

Everyone is already planning for the next movie.

Connie Erbert is director of CARE (community of autism resources and education) and autism outreach at Heartspring in Wichita.

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■ ■ ■ The communist motto “Forward” that resonated with so many ignorant Americans will plunge us into many years of darkness from which we will never be able to recover.

■ ■ ■ Republicans think impeachment is a remedy for their failures in our democratic system. Duly elected is duly elected, so get over it. If you don’t like democracy, maybe America is not for you.

■ ■ ■ Democrats are so empathetic they are telling Republicans what to do to win elections, as if Democrats are giving Republicans some secret for defeating themselves.

■ ■ ■ I remember a few famous and not so famous Democrats threatening to leave this country if George W. Bush was re-elected. They never moved. Selective memory is a funny thing, isn’t it?

■ ■ ■ Four more years of fighting.

When will it end? When you lose, you do it in a way that is good for the people. You do not bad-mouth the winning party.

■ ■ ■ The rational, commonsense people of our country made a choice. The Obama haters need to quit crying in their beers and just get over it.

■ ■ ■ To all you people who tell me to stop whining because Mitt Romney lost the election: I’ll stop whining when you stop crowing.

■ ■ ■ I am proud to have voted for a presidential candidate such as Romney who is a man of integrity and truth, rather than for a president who is always promoting himself and avoiding the truth about his actions, such as on Benghazi.

■ ■ ■ Will you people just give it a break? The election is over.

Get outside and enjoy the fall weather. Do something. There is a life outside of politics.

■ ■ ■ Nothing says Thanksgiving in Wichita like turkey, liquor and a passive-aggressive mother-in-law.

■ ■ ■ I watched “The Dust Bowl” on PBS. Anyone who thinks we have it really hard now needs to recalibrate.

■ ■ ■ A huge “thank you” to Bill Warren and the staff at his west-side theater. I took my niece to the sensory-friendly showing of “Wreck-It Ralph,” and she had a blast. Best of all was seeing all the smiles on the faces of both parents and children. I hope this tradition continues.

■ ■ ■ David P. Rundle listed several people who have been leaders in the disability-rights movement in his commentary (Nov. 20 Opinion). He left out one of the most impressive leaders: David P. Rundle.

Thank you, David.

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God, on this Thanksgiving Day, we give thanks for the blessings of life, freedom, family and community, and pray for health and strength to make the most of your gifts to us. Amen.

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Now you know.

O’Donnell to leave City Council Dec. 31 District 4 for believing in me and allowing me to serve as their Kansas Sen.-elect Michael O’Doncouncil member, nell will resign his Wichita City and to serve as a Council seat on Dec. 4, effective Dec. state senator for 31, he announced Thursday. many of them,” O’Donnell’s resignation to take the he said in a preDistrict 25 state Senate seat creates pared release. a vacancy in the city’s District 4. It O’Donnell said could be filled in the April 2 municihe stepped aside pal election or earlier by a tempoO’Donnell before the first of rary council appointment. the year, because that will throw his Although O’Donnell is legally City Council seat open in April by allowed to hold the city and state law. Had he waited until his Jan. 14 offices simultaneously, he said he is swear-in date as a state senator, any leaving his city seat out of concern “for what’s best for the 4th District.” council appointment would have served the two-plus years remaining “I want to thank the residents of

BY BILL WILSON The Wichita Eagle

County OKs 2.5% raise pool for staff

on his term.

“It’s not fair to the district to not follow a procedure that will allow the district voters to choose someone quickly,” he said. “I wouldn’t support having someone in my seat not chosen by the voters for two years and some change.”

On Dec. 4, council members will decide whether to temporarily fill O’Donnell’s seat until the April election, or leave it vacant until then.

City officials said Thursday in a news release that any temporary member would be selected from a group of candidates who file petitions with the city clerk’s office.

O’Donnell said the District 4 advisory board will offer three poten-

tial successors for the position as well.

O’Donnell said he hopes the council will move quickly to fill the seat.

“There are several people on the council, like Lavonta Williams and Janet Miller, who came up as neighborhood activists and who I’m sure recognize the detrimental effects of no representation for the 4th District,” O’Donnell said. “I need to make sure that the district is represented.”

O’Donnell also said he doesn’t intend to exact a pledge not to run in April from any temporary successor, as Jim Skelton did in 2010 from Roger Smith. Smith took Skelton’s council seat temporarily when

Skelton won election to the Sedgwick County Commission. James Clendenin won the council seat in the general election.

Council member Jeff Longwell said potential votes that require a super-majority of the council, such as zoning cases, make it likely that the council will fill O’Donnell’s seat before the general election.

“By leaving it vacant, if we find ourselves taking up zoning cases, things that require a super-majority vote to move with a protest petition, then we could essentially find ourselves pushing that back until we have a full council,” Longwell said.

Turkey dinners on wheels

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Heroes Breakfast will honor good works

BY AMY RENEE LEIKER The Wichita Eagle

BY DEB GRUVER The Wichita Eagle

Sedgwick County employees will be eligible for performance-based raises next year after commissioners Wednesday approved implementing a 2.5 percent raise pool.

The raise pool means some employees won’t get any increase in their salary while others may get raises of up to 4 percent, County Manager William Buchanan said after the meeting.

He estimated the cost of providing raises at $3.3 million next year.

Commissioners Tim Norton, Jim Skelton and Dave Unruh voted to give employees raises based on performance. Commissioners Karl Peterjohn and Richard Ranzau voted against the raise pool, saying the economy still is too uncertain.

Ranzau urged the county to give out bonuses instead because they are a one-time expense. But that idea didn’t gain any traction.

Commissioners approved the raise pool in August, when they adopted the county’s budget for next year. But they asked Buchanan to come back later in the year with a report on how the county was doing before implementing raises.

The raises will go into effect Jan. 1. The average salary for county employees is $38,000.

The raise pool also helps offset a change in the county’s overall compensation plan that shifts more of the cost of healthcare to employees.

“The local economy is getting better,” Buchanan said.

Unemployment in the county decreased from 8 percent in July to 6.2 percent at last count, Buchanan said. The number of non-governmental employees has increased 2.2 percent in the past year, he said.

And collection of retail sales taxes is up 4.5 percent from last year, he said.

“So the local economy is showing some signs of improvement,” Buchanan said. “Sedgwick County finance, on the other hand, is in great shape.”

The county had projected to end this year with a $3.4 million deficit but will close the books about $923,000 in

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East Wichita Rotary Club member Rod Wedel prepares boxes of food in the Hillside Christian Church parking lot.

More than15 teams of drivers from the club delivered the turkey dinners to 80 families throughout Wichita.

East Wichita Rotary Club President Brian Burrus, center, puts boxes of food inside a car in the Hillside Christian Church parking lot.

At far left is Rotarian Don Baxter.

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WICHITA STORES START OFFERING BARGAINS TODAY Eagle staff

Thanksgiving Day

Once shoppers could snag bargains by getting up at 4 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving. Now they may find themselves pulling an all-nighter.

Sears, Toys R Us and Walmart start the holiday season at 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Day and Target kicks things off at 9 p.m. Towne East and Towne West malls open at midnight. This year, some stores are offering separate blockbuster specials just hours apart to get shoppers to hang around or come back. In what could become the longest lines of Black Friday, Cabela’s is giving away prizes ranging from $24 hoodies to a $799 rifle to the first 600 in line for its 5 a.m. Friday opening.

Here’s when advertised specials begin at some stores:

6 a.m.

Kmart 7 a.m.

Big Lots Dollar General 8 a.m.

Atwoods Family Dollar 9 a.m.

Gander Mountain Walgreens 4 p.m.

Michaels 8 p.m.

Kmart (new specials) Sears Toys R Us Walmart

9 p.m.

Target 10 p.m.

Walmart (new specials) Midnight Best Buy Dick’s Dillard’s Kohl’s Old Navy Shoe Carnival Sports Authority Ulta Beauty

Friday 4 a.m.

Sears (new specials) Target (new specials) 5 a.m.

Academy Sports & Outdoors Cabela’s Firestone Complete Auto Care Gordmans Home Depot Kmart (new specials) Lowe’s Menards Office Depot Steven Chrysler-JeepDodge Walmart (new specials) 6 a.m.

Atwoods (new specials) Bed Bath & Beyond Big Lots (new specials) Gander Mountain JCP Jo-Ann fabric and craft stores

Each spring, Wichita fire Capt. Jeff Toews organizes live crash scenarios at three or four area high schools right before prom.

Several emergency crews.

Two mangled cars. One drunken driver. One dead student.

Afterward, onlookers – mostly high school juniors and seniors – hug and wipe away tears.

It’s a graphic 30-minute show, Toews said. But the program – known as Operation Prom Night – offers an important lesson to teens: Don’t drink and drive.

“I’d love to say I’ve saved thousands of kids’ lives, but I can’t do that,” Toews said, noting the reenactments – modeled after a Colorado program – mimic real traffic accident scenes. Since 2002, he said he has reached 15,000 students with the help of local authorities, emergency crews, mortuaries and schools.

“But after watching the students, I do believe there’s an effect on them. All I can offer is a choice: That hey, there are consequences and this is what can happen.”

Toews, of Whitewater, is one of 10 south-central Kansans named 2012 Wichita Heroes by the American Red Cross Midway-Kansas Chapter. They are being recognized for extraordinary acts they performed or services to the community. The nonprofit on Please see HEROES, Page 3B

Northern Tool & Equipment Office Max Radio Shack Sheplers 7 a.m.

Ashley Furniture Store Furniture on Consignment Guitar Center Michaels (new specials) Pet Smart Sam’s Club (members only) Tgw.com, The Golf Warehouse World Market 8 a.m.

Damm Music Center Furniture Row Havertys Mattress Firm Salon Brands (Wholesale Beauty Club) Slumberland Furniture

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Computer glitches put changes to O’DONNELL Kan. motor vehicle system on hold woman Jeannine Koranda said. “Some of them overlap with the changes.”

TOPEKA — A Kansas agenKoranda said none of the cy is delaying fixing probsoftware problems are prelems with its motor vehicle venting clerks from processsystem as a software vendor ing titles and vehicle tags. implements changes under a “It’s process stuff,” Korannew state law. da said. “We’re not working The law that takes effect on workarounds yet, but Jan. 1 will change truck and they’re able to do what they permit fees and allow coun- treasurers’ offices. need to do.”

The problems caused ty treasurers to sell permits Because of the software conflict between several to access state parks. The problems, Kansas has withsoftware used by the state is counties and the Department of Revenue, particular- held $2 million of the provided by Minnesota$25 million that it owes 3M ly when some larger counbased 3M Co. for its contract until the The system to help drivers ties were forced to pay thousands of dollars in over- problems are resolved. The renew license tags and regDepartment of Revenue has time and hire new workers ister their cars caused long in response to the computer also spent $550,000 to redelays and lines at motor pay the counties for overglitches. vehicle offices across the time incurred because of the “We haven’t suspended state after it was introduced system’s problems. working on bugs,” Departin May, prompting anger Koranda said changing the ment of Revenue spokesfrom residents and county Associated Press

Kansas has withheld $2 million of the $25 million that it owes 3M until the problems are resolved.

software to incorporate the new laws will cost the state $417,770, of which $140,580 will be paid for by the Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism.

Marsha Ralston, deputy Shawnee County treasurer, said the county is reporting fewer problems and its staff has become accustomed to the new system, but there are still issues.

She said the county isn’t able to issue enough disabled tags to companies that provide transportation services in the county. In addition, the county hasn’t been able to issue refunds because of a discrepancy with the state.

“I get irate calls about that every day,” Ralston said.

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Vice Mayor Janet Miller said she’s weighing the options available to the council.

“I haven’t completely decided,” Miller said. “It worked well, I thought, when we immediately filled Skelton’s seat.”

Longwell said he agrees with O’Donnell’s decision to steer clear of an election pledge from his successor.

“That would be good,” he said. “I think the last time was a little unfair for everybody.”

Miller agreed.

“I think that temporary selection or no, that person ought to be able to run for the rest of the term if they choose,” she said.

the black, Buchanan said.

Rating agencies have given the county its highest grade: AAA. “We know our viability is judged by the private sector,” Buchanan said. “The private sector says we’re doing great.”

Ranzau said he still worries that the economy isn’t out of the woods yet.

He asked Buchanan if he could project the future of the local economy.

“If I could do that, you and I would be doing something else, buddy,” Buchanan countered.

Peterjohn said he would not accept a raise.

Many people in the community haven’t had raises — or have lost their jobs, he said.

“A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.”

Reach Bill Wilson at 316-268-6290 or bwilson@wichitaeagle.com.

Reach Deb Gruver at 316-268-6400 at dgruver@wichitaeagle.com.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2012 â&#x2013; THE WICHITA EAGLE 3B

CRIME IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WICHITA POLICE BEATS For police patrol and response purposes, Wichita is divided into geographic areas called police beats, identified by number on the map.

Beat 21 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1010 E. Douglas, QuikTrip, Nov. 18 Robbery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 400 block of N. St. Francis, Nov. 14 Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 300 block of N. Wabash, Nov. 14 Vehicle theft â&#x20AC;&#x201C; E. William and Emporia, Nov. 17 Beat 22 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1525 S. Broadway, A-OK Pawn, Nov. 14; 200 block of E. Dewey, Nov. 14; 1000 block of S. Market, Nov. 15; 1525 S. Broadway, A-OK Pawn, Nov. 17; 605 S. Wichita, Gander Mountain, Nov. 1 Beat 23 Aggravated assault â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 900 block of E. Harry, Nov. 16 Beat 24 Burglary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1800 block of S. Palisade, Nov. 15; 2600 block of S. Broadway, Nov. 15; 2100 block of S. Silver, Nov. 16 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 200 block of E. Pawnee, Nov. 15; 700 block of W. 33rd S., Nov. 16; 2000 block of S. Palisade, Nov. 17 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3600 block of Gold, Nov. 14; 100 block of E. 31st S., Nov. 18 Beat 25 Aggravated assault â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1700 block of S. Hydraulic, Nov. 14 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2300 block of S. St. Francis, Nov. 17 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1900 block of Lulu, Nov. 14 Robbery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2300 block of S. Emporia, Nov. 16 Beat 26 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1600 block of E. Tulsa, Nov. 15; 501 E. Pawnee, Wal-Mart, Nov. 16; 501 E. Pawnee, Wal-Mart, Nov. 18; 2424

S. Broadway, Dollar General Store, Nov. 19; 501 E. Pawnee, Wal-Mart, Nov. 19 Robbery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2400 block of S. Broadway, Nov. 16 Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 601 E. Pawnee, Galaxy Audio, Nov. 15; 1900 block of E. Pawnee, Nov. 18 Vehicle theft â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 500 block of E. Pawnee, Nov. 15 Beat 28 Burglary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 100 block of E. 43rd S., Nov. 14; 4300 block of S. Handley, Nov. 14; 4300 block of S. Handley, Nov. 16 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2100 block of W. MacArthur, Nov. 17 Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4300 block of S. Handley, Nov. 16 Beat 29 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5800 block of S. Broadway, Nov. 14 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5100 block of S. Hydraulic, Nov. 19; 5100 block of S. Hydraulic, Nov. 19 Beat 299 Aggravated assault â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2000 block of W. 35th S. Nov. 16 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3300 block of S. Elizabeth, Nov. 16; 2000 block of W. 35th S., Nov. 16 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3400 block of S. Meridian, Nov. 15; 2355 S. Edwards, Chemstation of Kansas, Nov. 15; 3211 S. Seneca, Dillons, Nov. 16; 3300 block of S. Vine, Nov. 17; 5600 block of W. MacArthur, Nov. 17; 3031 W. Pawnee, Arrest A Pest, Nov. 17; 2300 block of W. 33rd S., Nov. 17; 3211 S. Seneca, Dillons, Nov. 19; 3134 S. West St., A-Plus Logistics, Nov. 19; 2500 block of W. 27th S., Nov. 19 Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2411 S. Leonine, Kansas Carpet and Tile, Nov. 19

Beat 31 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 300 block of S. Holyoke, Nov. 15; 200 block of S. Minnesota, Nov. 19 Vehicle theft â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2900 block of E. First, Nov. 17; 400 block of S. Yale, Nov. 18 Beat 32 Aggravated assault â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4200 block of E. Menlo, Nov. 16 Burglary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 700 block of S. Fountain, Nov. 16 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 700 block of S. Estelle, Nov. 18

Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3310 E. Grand, Via Christi Inn, Nov. 14 Vehicle theft â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 600 block of S. Hillside, Nov. 14; 600 block of S. Chautauqua, Nov. 17 Beat 33 Aggravated assault â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1300 block of S. Ash, Nov. 18 Burglary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1700 block of S. Oliver, Nov. 15; 1940 S. Oliver, Gift Liquidation, Nov. 16; 1600 block of S. Erie, Nov. 17 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; E. Harry and Green, Nov. 15 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2007 S.

Estelle, Douglas Fry Roofing, Nov. 14; 1700 block of S. Elpyco, Nov. 15; 1700 block of S. Parkwood, Nov. 15; 3800 block of E. Harry, Nov. 17; 2200 block of E. Bayley, Nov. 18; 1717 S. Madison, Duling Construction, Nov. 19; 1600 block of S. Erie, Nov. 19 Robbery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5505 E. Harry, Walgreens, Nov. 19 Vehicle theft â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2200 block of S. George Washington Blvd., Nov. 14; 2127 E. Bayley, Service Master, Nov. 15

Beat 34 Aggravated assault â&#x20AC;&#x201C; S. Vassar and Roseberry, Nov. 16 Burglary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3300 block of E. Neely, Nov. 14; 2600 block of S. Cheyenne, Nov. 17 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2500 block of S. Twin Oaks, Nov. 17; S. Oliver and George Washington Blvd., Nov. 17 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2404 S. George Washington Blvd., Sav-A-Lot, Nov. 16; 3880 E. Cessna, Wright Career College, Nov. 19; 3100 block of E. Glen Oaks, Nov. 19

Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2760 S. Roosevelt, Brookside United Methodist, Nov. 17; 2200 block of S. Glendale, Nov. 19 Beat 35 Aggravated assault â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 800 block of S. Sylvan, Nov. 18 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 800 block of S. Sylvan, Nov. 18 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 900 block of S. Edgemoor, Nov. 14; 5500 E. Harry, Dillons, Nov. 19 Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 600 block of S. Fabrique, Nov. 14; 700 block of S. Sylvan,

Nov. 15; 1100 block of S. Waverly, Nov. 18; 1100 block of S. Waverly, Nov. 18 Beat 36 Burglary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1205 S. Rock Road, Jimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tire & Auto, Nov. 19 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; S. Rock Road and Lincoln, Nov. 16; 7200 block of E. Morris, Nov. 19 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 8800 block of E. Bedell, Nov. 14; 9400 block of E. Harry, Nov. 16; 8100 block of E. Kellogg, Nov. 18 Robbery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 913 S. Governeour, Papa

Father defends moving his three Kansas kids to live in Gaza Strip â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing is going to stop it.â&#x20AC;?

But such talk only heightens fears for the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safety from their already distraught A divorced Palestinian man mother, Bethany Gonzales. accused of illegally moving his three young children from their â&#x20AC;&#x153;How do you say to your kids, Overland Park home to the Gaza â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;If you die then it is OKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;? You Strip insists they are safe despite donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talk to your kids like that,â&#x20AC;? the ongoing bombings his Gonzales said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are sup9-year-old daughter describes posed to be encouraging and hearing while playing with her nurturing your kids and, you Barbie dolls. know, wanting them to grow up and have a future.â&#x20AC;?

Ahmed Abuhamda was Despite the recent bombings charged in Kansas with aggravated interference with paren- from Israel following Gazaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intensifying rocket attacks, Abutal custody after he took his hamda said his family is living in children overseas earlier this a part of the city he believes is year amid a custody dispute safer than the border areas. with their American mother.

He said that while he believes Israel and the Islamic militant the family is in no real danger, group Hamas agreed to a cease as a Muslim he has taught his fire Wednesday, ending eight children that everybody has to days of fighting. die one day.

Nine-year-old Jannah Abuâ&#x20AC;&#x153;The kids, they accept what- hamda said in a phone call ever is going on here and they from Gaza earlier this week know that if their time is that she could hear the barcoming, it is going to come no rage of bombings as she plays matter what,â&#x20AC;? Abuhamda, 40, with her Barbie dolls in her said in an interview Tuesday. fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home, but insists she

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is not scared. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is normal, like if I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to school,â&#x20AC;? Jannah said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I still do my homework. I study for my tests, even (with) bombings.â&#x20AC;?

Under the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2008 divorce decree, the children â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who in addition to Jannah include her brothers, 14-year-old Jehed and 11-year-old Edhem â&#x20AC;&#x201C; lived with the father and the mother had visitation rights. Last month, the mother was granted temporary sole legal custody and residential placement of the children, court documents show.

But Gonzales has limited political and legal means available to her in the Gaza Strip, a largely isolated and impoverished Palestinian territory ruled by Hamas. The Gaza Strip is a densely populated coastal enclave of 1.7 million people.

Gonzales said the U.S. State Department has told her it canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t send anybody into the Gaza Strip to do a welfare

check or get the children and has advised her not to go there to get them herself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It really, really bothers me that nobody can do anything about it,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are American kids â&#x20AC;Ś and nobody is helping me at all.â&#x20AC;?

A federal court filing alleges Abuhamda used his sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wedding in Gaza to convince his ex-wife to sign off on passport applications for the children. He picked up the three children from school Feb. 21, but instead of returning the children in March, he unlawfully kept them in Gaza, according to court documents.

The initial divorce decree allowed Abuhamda to move the children overseas, provided he had their motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s permission. Abuhamda has denied all wrongdoing and has steadfastly insisted that his ex-wife knew he was not returning with the children.

Gonzales said thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s untrue.

Historic Kansans to be portrayed at Lecompton the Lecompton Constitution was drafted in 1857. Delegates tried to develop a constitution that was acceptable to supporters and opponents of slavery. It failed, and the debate surrounding it became a political firestorm across the nation.

The play by J. Howard Duncan centers on the discussion of slavery as portrayed by Charles and Sara Robinson,

the first governor of Kansas and his wife; John Brown, leading abolitionist; Andrew Reeder, first territorial governor of Kansas; Clarina Nichols, frontier journalist, suffragette and abolitionist; David Atchison, Senate president-pro-tem who served as president of the United States for 231â &#x201E;2 hours; John Stringfellow, one of the first to settle in Territorial Kansas and who

supported slavery; Samuel Jones, Douglas County sheriff and pro-slavery supporter, and Mahala Doye, whose husband and sons were killed

by John Brown and his supporters.

For more information, call 785-887-6520, or visit kshs.org/constitution_hall.

The play is also scheduled for Jan. 6, March 3, April 7 and May 5.

and may be purchased at www.wichitaheroes breakfast.org.

Proceeds benefit the MidFrom Page 1B way-Kansas Chapter, which helped more than 80,000 people in the area in 2011.

Tuesday announced this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s award winners, chosen Last year the event raised $30,000. from a pool of more than 60 Other 2012 winners are: nominees who live in the â&#x2013; Jim and Lila Cunningchapterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service area. ham, NuStar Energy DisasToews, a husband and father ter Relief Heroes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The of four grown children, earned couple logged more than the Emprise Bank Firefighter 2,500 volunteer hours this Hero award for spearheading year, including responding to Operation Prom Night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;Ś heroes repre- 21 fires in July on the American Red Cross Disaster Servsent a wide variety of activices team. Since 2005, the ities that we feel embody Wichitaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s philanthropic spirit,â&#x20AC;? Cunninghams have helped with 17 disaster relief operRed Cross spokesman James ations nationwide.

Williams said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our heroes â&#x2013; Richard Dixon, BKD have saved lives. They have Community Hero â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The made their towns a better Wichita business owner is place to live, work and play.

And they really go above and recognized for repeatedly donating time and money to beyond their normal, everyday duties to try and make an local organizations and for his humanitarian efforts in the improvement in our commucommunity and his worknity.â&#x20AC;? place.

The heroes will be recogâ&#x2013; Zackary Goddard, Metnized at the third annual ro Xpress Youth Good SaWichita Heroes Breakfast on maritan Hero â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The East Dec. 12 at the Wichita MarriHigh senior mentors special ott, 9100 E. Corporate Hills needs students and helps Drive. Tickets are $30 each

coach their soccer and basketball teams. He regularly eats lunch with an autistic student who cannot dine in the cafeteria. â&#x2013; Officer Steven Jerrell, Intrust Bank Law Enforcement Hero â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Wichita police officer, who works on Beat 48, has developed both the Youth Corps and Safe Streets programs, which target children in the fight to reduce neighborhood crime. â&#x2013; Terry Maher, Spirit AeroSystems Good Samaritan Hero â&#x20AC;&#x201C; After surviving a hurricane in childhood, the now-grown Maher helped a Wichita Red Cross shelter resident recover following a tornado. â&#x2013; Phil Palmer, iSi Environmental Give Life Hero â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A co-worker challenged Palmer to donate blood 30 years ago; heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s given 125 pints to date and plans to continue the trend. â&#x2013; 1st Lt. Craig Van Praag, Capitol Federal Military Hero â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Air Force reservist saved a fellow airman from choking when he noticed the man couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t breathe during lunch at the McConnell Air

Force Base food court. Van Praag, a member of the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group, is currently deployed in southwest Asia. â&#x2013; T.J. Popp, Apex Engineering EMS Hero â&#x20AC;&#x201C; While acting as groomsman during a family wedding, the off-duty paramedic saved his grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life when she fell down a flight of stairs.

To read more about this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Red Cross heroes, go to the Wichita Heroes Breakfast website.

BY BECCY TANNER The Wichita Eagle

Historic Kansans from the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bleeding Kansas era will be portrayed Dec. 2 in a play called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kansas Territorial Characters.â&#x20AC;?

The event begins at 4 p.m. at Constitution Hall State Historic Site, 319 Elmore, in Lecompton.

Constitution Hall is where

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Reach Amy Renee Leiker at 316-268-6644 or aleiker@wichitaeagle.com. Follow her on Twitter: @amyreneeleiker.

Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Nov. 15; 9100 block of E. Harry, Nov. 15 Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 8800 block of E. Bedell, Nov. 14; 9100 block of E. Harry, Nov. 14; 900 block of S. Armour, Nov. 18; 600 block of S. Governeour, Nov. 19; 7100 block of E. Bayley, Nov. 19 Beat 37 Aggravated assault â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 110 S. Rock Road, QuikTrip, Nov. 18 Burglary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 800 block of N. Mission, Nov. 15 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 300 block of S. Edgemoor, Nov. 16 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7707 E. Central, Dillons, Nov. 14; 300 block of N. Rock Road, Nov. 15; 9333 E. Douglas, YMCA, Nov. 15; 7700 block of E. Kellogg, Nov. 15; 7700 E. Kellogg, JC Penney, Nov. 16; 7700 E. Kellogg, Von Maur, Nov. 17; 7700 E. Kellogg, Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Secret, Nov. 18; 7700 block of E. Central, Nov. 19; 100 block of S. Bonnie Brae, Nov. 19 Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7700 block of E. Kellogg, Nov. 16 Vehicle theft â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7700 block of E. Kellogg, Nov. 19 Beat 38 Aggravated assault â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 500 block of N. Oliver, Nov. 18 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; E. First and Bleckley, Nov. 14 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1002 N. Oliver, Adams Elementary, Nov. 14; 100 block of N. Pershing, Nov. 14; 6100 block of E. Central, Nov. 14; 1330 N. Oliver, Family Dollar, Nov. 15 Sex offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Nov. 15 Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 900 block of N. Dellrose, Nov. 14 Beat 39 Burglary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1800 block of N. Webb Road, Nov. 16; 1500 block of N. Terhune, Nov. 17; 12728 E. Central, The Pantry, Nov. 18; 11411 E. Kellogg, Wal-Mart, Nov. 18 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1800 block of N. Webb Road, Nov. 16 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11411 E.

Kellogg, Wal-Mart, Nov. 15; 11411 E. Kellogg, Wal-Mart, Nov. 17; 300 block of N. Old Manor Road, Nov. 19 Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2424 N. Greenwich Road, Firestone, Nov. 17 Beat 399 Burglary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 601 S. Greenwich Road, Verizon Wireless, Nov. 14; 9200 block of E. Funston, Nov. 16; 12200 block of E. Lynne, Nov. 18 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1625 S. Rock Road, Dollar General, Nov. 15; 10400 block of E. Fawn Grove, Nov. 15; 1625 S. Rock Road, Dollar General, Nov. 17; 2400 block of S. Cooper, Nov. 18; 1200 block of S. Greenwich Road, Nov. 18 Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2200 block of S. Rock Road, Nov. 14; 8607 E. Parkmont, Cox Communications, Nov. 15; 12600 block of E. Lynne, Nov. 18; 2200 block of S. Rock Road, Nov. 18; 13420 E. Pawnee, Sierra Hills Golf Club, Nov. 19.

Beat 41 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 500 block of N. Nims, Nov. 19 Robbery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 800 block of N. Market, Nov. 14; 1161 N. Broadway, KC Gas & Grocery, Nov. 16; 1400 N. Market, Food Mart, 20-year-old male, Nov. 18 Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 700 block of N. Market, Nov. 15 Vehicle theft â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 500 block of W. Central, Nov. 16 Beat 42 Aggravated assault â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 600 block of N. Topeka, Nov. 16 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1100 block of N. Broadway, Nov. 17 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1424 N. Mosley, Greenway Electric, Nov. 14; 1348 N. Cleveland, Automotive Electrical Specialists, Nov. 14 Robbery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1500 block of E. 15th, Nov. 17 Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1348 N. Cleveland, Automotive Electrical Specialists, Nov. 14; 1420 N. Emporia, Metlife Home

Loans, Nov. 16; 600 block of N. Broadway, Nov. 18 Beat 43 Aggravated assault â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 700 block of N. Minneapolis, Nov. 14; E. Ninth and Grove, Nov. 16 Burglary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1200 block of N. Volutsia, Nov. 15 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1300 block of N. Ash, Nov. 15; E. 13th and Minneapolis, Nov. 15; 1200 block of N. Volutsia, Nov. 15; 1200 block of Piatt, Nov. 18; E. Elm and Grove, Nov. 19 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3200 block of E. 12th, Nov. 14; 2000 block of E. Mossman, Nov. 16; N. Yale and Murdock, Nov. 16 Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 600 block of N. Volutsia, Nov. 15; N. Yale and Murdock, Nov. 16 Beat 44 Aggravated assault â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2000 block of N. Green, Nov. 17 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3000 block of E. 21st, Nov. 15; 3000 block of E. 21st, Nov. 17 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1700 block of E. 13th, Nov. 19; 1918 E. 13th, Dollar General, Nov. 19 Vehicle theft â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1500 block of N. Green, Nov. 18 Beat 45 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1700 block of N. Vassar, Nov. 16 E. 21st and Woodlawn, Spring Clean Laundry Mat, Nov. 16 Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4400 block of E. Vesta, Nov. 14 Beat 46 Burglary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3000 block of N. Rushwood, Nov. 14; 3000 block of N. Rushwood, Nov. 14; 4100 block of N. Plum Tree, Nov. 15; 3330 N. Rock Road, Midas, Nov. 17 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3561 N. Rock Road, Kohlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Nov. 15; 3100 block of N. Rock Road, Nov. 16; 3400 block of N. Rock Road, Nov. 17; 3505 N. Rock Road, IHOP, Nov. 18; 9400 block of E. 29th, Nov. 18; 7915 E.

Rockhill, Kindercare, Nov. 19; 3200 block of N. Rock Road, Nov. 19 Beat 47 Burglary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2700 block of N. Lorraine, Nov. 18 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2500 block of N. Estelle, Nov. 14; 5300 block of N. Hillside, Nov. 19 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2600 block of N. Ash, Nov. 16 Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4500 block of N. Broadview, Nov. 16; 2900 block of N. Oliver, Nov. 17 Beat 48 Burglary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1700 block of N. Ferrell, Nov. 18 Drug offense â&#x20AC;&#x201C; E. 21st and Broadway, Nov. 16; 2200 block of N. Fairview, Nov. 16; 1700 block of Woodland, Nov. 16; 1900 block of N. Waco, Nov. 18 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2300 block of N. Burns, Nov. 19 Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1800 block of W. McKee, Nov. 15; 819 W. 13th, Cloud Computers, Nov. 16 Vehicle theft â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 200 block of W. 21st, Nov. 14; 2100 block of N. Woodrow, Nov. 19 Beat 49 Aggravated assault â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2901 N. Broadway, Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market, Nov. 16; 3100 block of N. Park Place, Nov. 18 Burglary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3500 block of N. Fairview, Nov. 17; 3400 block of N. Fairview, Nov. 18 Larceny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3440 Amidon, Apria Health Care, Nov. 15 Rape â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Nov. 19 Vandalism â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1300 block of W. Brady, Nov. 16; 900 block of W. 33rd, Nov. 18 Vehicle theft â&#x20AC;&#x201C; E. 35th and Broadway, Nov. 15; 3500 block of N. Topeka, Nov. 19

AREA NEWS IN BRIEF high-volume shopping centers.

Director named for Ulrich Museum of Art

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Amy Renee Leiker

Robert Workman has been named director of the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University, the university said in a news release Wednesday.

Workman is the director of the Flint Hills Discovery Center in Manhattan.

Before arrivWorkman ing in Manhattan, he was executive director of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark. He also served as associate director of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth.

He will begin his work at the Ulrich on Jan. 20. Workman replaces Patricia McDonnell, who left the Ulrich to become the executive director of the Wichita Art Museum.

The Ulrich was founded in 1974. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Eagle staff

Fruit distributor recalls cherry tomatoes NORWALK, Iowa â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A central Iowa fruit and vegetable distributor is recalling several lots of cherry tomatoes after the grower notified the distributor that Salmonella was found in random sample testing by the Food and Drug Administration.

Capital City Fruit Inc., of Norwalk says the recalled cherry tomatoes from Rio Queen Citrus are packaged in one-pint containers as Capital Brand Clamshell Cherry Tomatoes.

They were shipped to retail stores from Nov. 14 to Nov.18 and sold in stores in Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

No illnesses have been reported. Capital City Fruit on Wednesday says it asked retailers to remove the product from store shelves.

Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

Police: Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t leave valuables in cars

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Wichita police and city officials are reminding people to safely store valuables in their vehicles during the holiday shopping season.

Through December, flashing message signs placed at busy shopping centers will encourage consumers to hide purchases and valuables, pocket keys and lock vehicles as they nab holiday deals.

The program, in its sixth year, offers the tips to help curb increased vehicle breakins usually seen as people focus on holiday gift buying, according to a news release from the city. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s put on by the Wichita Police Department and Wichitaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Public Works and Utilities Departments.

The signs, which resemble construction zone message boards, have been placed on Rock Road near Towne East Square and on Maple Street near Towne West Square.

As Christmas approaches, they will be moved to other

EL DORADO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Frustrated farmers in a south-central Kansas county are coping with a rash of hay bale thefts.

Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet has ordered his deputies to patrol rural roads, aiming to halt whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become an almost daily crime.

Herzet blames the thefts on the severe drought, which has tightened supplies of hay and driven up prices.

Butler County farmer Orville Carver said that someone cut the lock to his gate and stole nearly $500 worth of hay.

Authorities and some farmers have set up deer cameras, hoping to catch the thieves.

Herzet is also encouraging farmers and ranchers to move hay from their fields closer to their homes.

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TEACHING CHILDREN TO SHOW THANKS Lead by example by expressing gratitude at every opportunity

BY ROBERT NICKELL McClatchy-Tribune

hanksgiving Day prompts us all to be thankful for the wonderful things each of us has.

Throughout my 26 years of being a dad, I’ve learned to express thanks and gratitude for something every day, whether big or small. And I’ve tried hard to instill that same sense of thanks in each of my six children.

Teaching kids to be thankful is not always the easiest task, and it doesn’t happen overnight, but if you follow my tips, you’re sure to be headed in the right direction.

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First things first, it’s extremely important to lead by example. Allow your children to watch you express gratitude to a friend or a neighbor for their kind acts of generosity.

It’s also important to thank your child when they act in a positive way or do something special for you. Your acknowledgement will make them want to do more good things to receive those special thanks.

What are you thankful for?

Do nice things for others Doing nice things for other people is one of the greatest things we can do, as parents, to instill gratitude and thanks in our children. It’s the simple acts of kindness that allow us to experience thanks and gratitude from others.

Bake a loaf of bread for your nanny and make a special card your child can help decorate, let your child give the UPS man a bag of homemade cookies along with a “thanks for delivering our packages,” etc.

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For all our blessings, may we be truly thankful y son has reached the age where he prefers to say “thank you” on his own, thank you very much.

I can’t remember where we were recently – maybe at a store? talking to friends? – when someone gave Jack a small item or paid him some compliment, perhaps held a door open for him to pass through, and I said what most mothers say in such instances: “What do you say? …”

“Thank you,” Jack said, smiling at the person and then glaring at me.

Back in the car, Jack buckled his seat belt. “You don’t have to say that anymore,” he sighed.

“Say what?”

“You don’t have to tell me to say ‘thank you,’ ” he said. “I’ll do it on my own.”

“Oh, OK,” I said. “I just like to make extra sure you say it. But you’re right: You’re old enough to do that without a reminder.”

I apologized and pledged to tone down the Manners Patrol, and have since noticed that 12-year-old Jack does, in fact, thank people unprompted. Most of the time. So does his older sister.

The point is They even write thank-you having a mindset notes on their own, for the of gratitude. most part, once I give them the cards. And a pen. And a reminder, in list format, of each person who gave them a gift and what the gift was.

And some stamps. And assuming I address the envelopes. But you get the idea.

On this day devoted to giving thanks, I’m reminded of the need to teach and demonstrate gratitude beyond that simple, reflex “What do you say? …”

– to model true, sincere thankfulness.

With teenagers, that means thanking them for everyday kindnesses: cleaning a bathroom, helping carry groceries to the house, raking leaves, reminding me of an appointment, feeding the dogs, getting along.

Saying “thank you” without being asked.

Our family still laughs about the Greg Heffley thank-you cards – a fill-in-the-blank format made famous by the character from the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” books, who wanted to make his thank-you notes quick and easy: Dear _______, Thank you so much for the awesome _______. How did you know I wanted that for my birthday? I love the way the _______ looks on my _______! All my friends will be so jealous that I have my very own _______.

Thank you for making this the best birthday ever.

The danger of that simplified gratitude becomes clear when Greg’s aunt gives him a new pair of pants and he writes, “I love the way the pants looks on my legs! All my friends will be so jealous that I have my very own pants …”

Jack wrote a thank-you to his grandparents recently for a monetary gift and joked that he should use the Heffley format: “Thank you so much for the awesome cash. I love the way the cash looks in my wallet!”

He didn’t, of course, because Oma and Papa might not have gotten the joke. And he’s learned over the years that precise words and sentence structure aren’t the point.

The point is having a mindset of gratitude.

Appreciating what you have and what you’ve been given.

Feeling thankful and expressing it as a person, not a parrot.

I get that now. And I’m thankful for the lesson.

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Lead by example

Traditionally, families discuss things they’re thankful for around the dinner table on Thanksgiving. However, I would encourage each of you to expand this tradition outside of November. If it works for you to mention one thing you’re thankful for every day, that’s great. If not, make sure you make a special time for all family members to share what they’re thankful for once a week or once a month. Turning this Thanksgiving tradition into a routine will encourage your children to reflect more often upon what they’re truly thankful for.

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Demonstrating gratitude and expressing what you're thankful for will teach your children to do the same on Thanksgiving and throughout the year.

Brainstorm with your children ways in which they can do nice things for others and then work through that list together.

Encourage helping Having your child help around the house will ensure they don’t take you or Mom for granted. If you always clear the table or sort the laundry or pick up your children’s toys, then they won’t know what effort each activity takes.

Encourage them to help you with chores or give them a couple of their own chores — that way you can give thanks and appreciation for their help, and they will give you thanks and appreciation for all that you do to keep the house running smoothly.

Remember, teaching children to be thankful doesn’t happen overnight; it’s a process. Be patient and take it one day at a time trying to express gratitude at every opportunity you receive.

Reach Suzanne Perez Tobias at 316-268-6567 or stobias@wichitaeagle.com. Follow her on Twitter: @SuzanneTobias.

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‘Trapped’ on Broadway? R. Kelly is working on it Is Broadway ready for Twan, Sylvester, Pimp Lucius and “the package”? R. Kelly thinks so – and says he’s working to bring the wacky characters and plotlines in his even wackier “Trapped in the Closet” series to the Great White Way. The superstar announced that he’s had an offer to bring the cult classic to the stage, and he may even be in some performances.

“To transform it into a Broadway version, that’s what I’m working on,” he told a packed house Monday at the Sunshine Theater, where he unveiled the latest chapters in “Trapped in the Closet,” which will debut on the IFC channel on Friday.

Kelly gave no other details about a possible Broadway adaptation of the wildly popular video opera. It got its start from a stirring series of songs Kelly debuted in 2005, which ended with a cliffhanger. The songs captured so much attention that Kelly made an over-the-top video series about it that just got crazier and crazier as he added more chapters.

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few new faces, and like the others series, ends with a cliffhanger. While it’s taken Kelly five years to add these latest chapters, Kelly says he won’t take as long to produce more.

“I want everybody to know I’ve got 85 chapters of `Trapped in the Closet’ waiting in the studio for y’all,” he said. “The chapters that are coming – the show, we call it – is going to exceed every chapter that you have ever seen.”

Kelly capped off the evening with a rendition of one of his biggest hits, “I Believe I Can Fly,” for the audience.

vancy for Southern California Sustainability with a $10 million gift from Nicholas and Susan Pritzker, parents of a Pitzer graduate who support environmental causes.

Redford is a trustee of the college and serves as its special adviser on the environment.

The program’s aim is to create environmental communicators and advocates. Its centerpiece will be a 12-acre coastal sage scrub ecosystem, an endangered habitat where students can study problems and come up with solutions.

Redford teams up with California college

Today’s birthdays: Actor Robert Vaughn is 80. Comedian-director Terry Gilliam is 72. Actor Tom Conti is 71. Guitarist-actor Little Steven is 62. Bassist Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads is 62. Actor Richard Kind (“Spin City," “Mad About You") is 56. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is 54. Actress Mariel Hemingway is 51. Actress Scarlett Johannson is 28.

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R. Kelly says that he’s had an offer to bring “Trapped in the Closet” to the Broadway stage, and he may even be in some performances.

“Trapped” as an alien, and on Monday, he said: “I’m glad to be one of the astronauts to take this thing to the unknown.”

He thanked the enthusiastic crowd for accepting the series, and admitted that he always wanted to act: “Somehow, I landed ‘Trapped in the Closet’ from being silly.”

He also joked about the ridiculous nature of the series.

“I’m just having a lot of fun. I don’t have a job, so I sit in the studio all day and think of stuff to do and this is just something stupid I’ve done that’s been successful for me,” he said. “I’m having a lot of fun with it.”

The latest chapters introduce a

A California college is teaming up with Robert Redford to create a program where students can combine environmental studies with media and liberal arts.

The Los Angeles Times reports Tuesday that Pitzer College, one of the seven Claremont Colleges, is creating the Robert Redford Conser-

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In what ways are you grateful for your spouse?

BY JEFF HERRING AND MARITZA PARRA McClatchy-Tribune

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Make a list about why you’re grateful for your spouse and share it with him or her.

In this season of Thanksgiving and gratitude, have you ever considered what it would be like to show gratitude for your partner?

Interesting territory, huh?

Think about it though. One of the easiest and most damaging things to do in a relationship is to take your partner for granted, right? So why not counteract, or even prevent this by considering what you could be thankful for

about your partner?

So perhaps we should start with making a list. Start off by simply brainstorming, without editing, a list of things you are grateful for about your partner.

If you cannot think of a single thing about your partner to be grateful for, then I recommend two things: 1. If you absolutely had to think of something to be grateful for, what would that thing or those things be?

2. You might want to consider finding a good relationship coach with whom to chat

a bit.

OK, back to the main point.

Make a list of things about which you are grateful to your spouse. These could be big things or little things, old things or new things, etc.

Now one you have made your list, what in the world do you do with it? Well, here are two powerful ideas, the second a little more risky than the first: 1. Keep this list to yourself, and keep it handy. Pull it out on a regular basis to remind you of all the good things about your partner. This is a

Things to consider before your teen gets on Facebook

BY HEIDI STEVENS Chicago Tribune

Your 13-year-old wants a Facebook page. Facebook says OK. What should you say?

Before you decide whether your 13-year-old is ready for Facebook, consider how Facebook decided it was ready for him.

“It’s not a safety matter,” says Caroline Knorr, parenting editor at Common Sense Media. “It’s a matter of complying with the law.”

That law is the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, passed by Congress in 1998, which bars websites from collecting personal data from kids younger than 13 without their parents’ consent.

The site doesn’t get any more or less dangerous when a child passes over to the teenage years, she says.

“It’s a very personal decision, and we don’t want to legislate what we think is right,” says Knorr. “We do offer guidance, and we definitely suggest taking a look at your child’s own maturity level.”

Points to consider ■ Time commitment: “Facebook is a big time-suck,” Knorr says. “Especially because kids can access it on their phones.”

■ Blowback: Kids need to think through “the consequences of what they’re posting,” she says. “That’s hard for kids because their brains are not really developed enough to think beyond living in the moment.” Preach a “Before you post, pause” mantra.

■ Privacy matters: “We recommend parents talk to their kids about keeping private information private,” she says. For example, you don’t have to fill in every field in the profile, such as phone numbers.

■ Friending boundaries: “We recommend teens limit their network to people they know in the real world. Facebook gives you a lot of options because their goal is to maximize connections on their network.” A parent’s goal: limiting a child’s network to people the child knows.

■ Your status: “Kids know

The holidays definitely tend to center around food for most people, but if you’re pregnant, some dishes may not be so safe. For the inside scoop on what holiday foods to pass up, here are a few tips from dietitian and nutritionist Mary D. Brown, owner and founder of Budding Baby in Charlotte, N.C. ■ Watch the temp: According to Brown, the basic rule is that if a dish is generally eaten hot, be sure you’re eating it hot. And if it should be served cold, eat it cold.

Steer clear of anything that’s been sitting out long enough to waver toward room temperature. The truth is that your odds of food-borne illness are fairly low, but pregnancy isn’t the time to take chances.

■ Easy on the teas: “I recommend that people really stay away from hot tea, unless they’re sure it’s from safe sources,” Brown said. Most non-herbal teas are chock-full of caffeine, and the tough thing with herbal teas is that for the most part, they aren’t FDA-regulated — meaning you don’t truly know what’s in there.

■ Cut the caffeine: What’s a girl to do when the coffeepot starts making its rounds?

Consider going for decaf.

There are conflicting views when it comes to caffeine consumption during pregnancy, but Brown thinks it’s best to err on the side of caution.

“I say keep it to around 200 mg,” she said, pointing out that you might be consuming caffeine from other sources as well, like chocolate goodies, soft drinks and tea. (Even some coffee-flavored ice creams have as much caffeine as half a cup of instant coffee.)

■ Lose the booze.

■ Keep it cooked: If your holidays are ultra-chic, politely refuse the sushi and steak tartare. As for more traditional fare, try to keep an eye out for undercooked meats.

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they can block their parents from seeing their posts. Kids know the ins and outs of filtering their audience. If your kid says, ‘OK, I’ll friend you,’ or ‘No way, I’m not going to friend you,’ that shouldn’t really be your decision-maker.”

■ The upside: “Parents need to take into account the social value of kids having a Facebook page,” Knorr says.

“For some kids, all their friends are on it and they’re out of the loop if they’re not.

It’s important to understand that social networking is an essential part of teens’ lives.

“Not everything on Facebook is bad. Kids strengthen their relationships on Facebook. They can get homework assignments. It’s a huge com-

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great way to beat back the “taking for granted monster.”

2. Share the list with your partner…ACK! Really? Yes, really. Might take some guts, so put on your big-kid pants and do it. Reports from those who have tried this have included mentions of a very nice evening.

You can thank us later.

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Maritza Parra is a coach who teaches entrepreneurs how to create products.

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BY DAN VOORHIS The Wichita Eagle

It’s always hard to know the bottom of a recession until it’s well past.

But it’s pretty clear that the Wichita area is 12 months into a jobs recovery, based on the latest state employment figures, although that recovery remains weak.

After recurrent layoffs in 2009, 2010 and 2011, the job numbers appear to be rebuilding – somewhere between 2,000 and 5,000 jobs, depending on the month. That works out to about a 1 percent gain in the number of jobs over the last year.

Driving that recovery is a bit of a surprise. Aircraft manufacturing was up 2,400 jobs, or 8.3 percent, in October compared to October 2011, according to numbers from the state Department of Labor.

Another big gainer over the year Please see JOBS, Page 3C

Medical Society to install president

BY KELSEY RYAN The Wichita Eagle

Bart Grelinger, a neurologist with Neurology Consultants of Kansas, will be installed as president of the Medical Society of Sedgwick County during its annual membership meeting Dec. 4 at the Hyatt Regency hotel.

The Medical Society president is “a voice for the practicing physicians in our community,” said Jon Rosell, executive director of the group, which has about 1,280 members.

Grelinger “I don’t think you can find a better group of physicians than in our community,” Grelinger said.

In the upcoming year, he hopes to get area physicians more involved in Please see SOCIETY, Page 2C

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Carrie Rengers will return.

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Ross Way stands in front of one of his flex buildings at Northrock Business Park. The building has office and warehouse space. Way said he didn’t use any incentives to build that building and won’t with another building he plans to construct at Northrock next spring.

Wichita slowly adding spec industrial buildings

BY JERRY SIEBENMARK The Wichita Eagle

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Dean DeWitt of DeWitt Land Co. built this 20,000-square-foot spec industrial building near the northwest corner of K-42 and West Street earlier this year without seeking incentives.

Spec buildings, particularly those for industrial and warehouse use, have gotten a lot of attention lately.

Economic development officials say those kinds of buildings – speculative because they don’t have a waiting tenant – are key to luring large employers from outside the area.

Wichita’s problem is, they say, a lack of new industrial and warehouse buildings with lots of square footage and high ceilings, surrounding acreage and rail access.

They argue that a lack of such buildings and features is enough to get the city quickly booted from a site selector’s consideration as a place for a company to relocate.

“They’re not looking for a reason to keep you (on their list),” Dave Bossemeyer, managing director of business development for the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition, said of site selectors. “They are looking for a reason to get rid of you.”

To address the issue, the City Council in August approved tax breaks intended to spur development of speculative industrial Please see SPEC, Page 2C

Aerion Corp.’s supersonic business jet progresses their internal applications,” Barents said.

The transonic applications could be used in military and civil projAerion Corp. is heading into a ects. second round of high-speed test Those discussions have been flights in its development of a suongoing for the past year, Barents personic business jet. said recently.

“We continue to make what we Aerion, based in Reno, Nev., sells believe is very good progress, particularly on the technical side,” said or licenses its technology to other Brian Barents, Aerion vice chairman companies, or it can retain it for its own supersonic jet design. and former head of Bombardier “We have a number of worldwide Learjet in Wichita. patents on our technology, so we At the same time, Aerion is enare protected in the event that gaged with three planemakers on various projects. “We are looking at utilizing our technology on some of Please see AERION, Page 3C

Brian Barents, vice chairman of Aerion Corp., at Aerion’s exhibit at the National Business Aviation Association’s convention in Orlando earlier this month. Behind him is Aerion’s design of a supersonic business jet.

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Y O U R Moved Z Insurance Group has relocated from 645 N. Woodchuck to 616 W. Douglas, and is strategically working together with Wayne Wright Insurance.

The phone number remains 316-440-1790.

Recognized Foundation Financial Group has been named as one of the National Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in 2012.

Charity Bank of the West awarded a $50,000 grant to Kansas Children’s Service League.

Fundamental Learning Center received a $17,300 grant from Cox Communications for assistive technology to help children with significant reading, spelling and writing difficulties.

Kansas Food Bank has received 2,400 turkeys from Cargill for distribution through its Hungercare partners.

Emprise Bank will hold a companywide food drive from Dec. 3 to Dec. 8 with the Kansas Food Bank.

Emprise will collect canned and dry food donations internally and from the public at its 42 locations. Last year, Emprise employees across the state donated 1,650 pounds of food during the weeklong food drive.

H&R Block’s offices at the following locations are serving as drop-off sites for Toys for Tots: 2561 S Seneca, Suite 30, and 534 S. Rock Road, Suite 18A. The deadline for dropping off toys is Dec. 12.

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ment sales would rise about 5 percent for the fiscal year that began this month, and MINNEAPOLIS — Farm and would increase 10 percent in the first quarter. It expects construction gear maker Deere & Co. reported a bigger full-year 2013 net income of Bethel College in North fourth-quarter profit as it sold about $3.2 billion. That’s a little more than analysts are Newton said Wednesday that more equipment at higher a new scholarship will be prices, but results still missed expecting. funded by the estate of foranalyst expectations.

— Associated Press mer Halstead Bank banker Deere said its net income James A. Will. rose 2.7 percent to $687.6 The Will Family Scholarship million, or $1.75 per share, Assistant leaves state will provide $5,000 a year to for the quarter ended Oct. 31. insurance agency a student over four years. The Revenue rose 14 percent to scholarship will be offered $9.79 billion. Analysts surBob Tomlinson, the Kansas beginning next year. veyed by FactSet had been Insurance Department’s assisSeniors graduating from expecting earnings of $1.88 tant commissioner, is leaving Halstead High School and per share. A year ago, Deere’s to become director of the enrolled at Bethel will have net income was $669.6 milKansas Office of Administrafirst priority for the schollion, or $1.62 per share. tive Hearings, the state Insurarship.

Deere revenue got a boost ance Department announced The estate of Mr. Will, who from a 4 percent increase in Wednesday in a news release. died nearly a year ago at age prices, although some of that Tomlinson will begin his 77, also funded the James A. gain was offset by unfavornew job Dec. 3.

Will Family Academic Center able foreign currency exBefore joining the Insuron the Bethel campus, which change that hurt sales by 3 ance Department in 2003, he was dedicated last month. percent. served six terms in the state Equipment sales rose to House of Representatives, $9.05 billion, topping analyst where he served as chairman — Jerry Siebenmark forecasts of $8.93 billion. of the Insurance Committee.

Deere predicted that equipHis successor has not been

Estate funds scholarship at Bethel College

Sales power Deere’s quarterly earnings

named, Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger said in the release.

Leonard

— Kelsey Ryan

Wesley CEO named hospital group treasurer Hugh Tappan, president and CEO of Wesley Medical Center, has been elected treasurer for 2013 by the Kansas Hospital Association board of directors, according to a news release from the association.

The 21-member governing body oversees KHA’s strategies for the year.

KHA is a voluntary, nonprofit organization made up of 212 member facilities. It was founded in 1910.

— Kelsey Ryan

FCC calls hearings on storm-related outages

ALBANY, N.Y. — The Federal Communications Commission — Associated Press on Wednesday announced a

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Ronnie Leonard has been promoted to president and CEO of Balco, and Steve Cooper has been promoted to vice president for sales and marketing at Balco.

Aaron Alexander has been hired as a financial adviser for Commerce Brokerage Services, a subsidiary of Commerce Bank.

Cory Schrater has joined Emprise Bank as senior vice president and commercial banker.

Judy Morris with the east office of Prudential DinningBeard Realtors has earned the designation of Senior Real Estate Specialist from the National Association of Realtors.

C. Linda Mason with the east office of Prudential Dinning-Beard Realtors has earned the designation of Senior Real Estate Specialist from the National Association of Realtors.

Aron Dunn, vice president for assurance services at Allen, Gibbs & Houlik, has been installed as chairman of the Kansas Society of CPAs. Mark Dick, executive vice president of assurance, has been named a lifetime member of the KSCPA. And the firm’s tax supervisor, Jennifer Allen, graduated from the KSCPA’s “20 up to 40” young professional leaders program.

Nonprofits Kansas Elks Training Center for the Handicapped has announced the following new board members: Kelly Uran, vice president, Bank of the West; Emily Graf, assistant to the Sedgwick County manager; and Mike Thompson, senior vice president of Poe & Associates of Kansas.

Steffes

Joseph Steffes, landscape architect with GLMV Architecture, has attained the Construction Specification Institute’s certification of Construction Document Technologist.

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SALES Dan Sullivan, a salesman with Hanson Directory Service, has been recognized by the company as National Salesman of the Year.

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People You Should Know, compiled by Peggy Smith, reports new hires, promitions and accomplishments.

Items for the column can be mailed to The Eagle Business Team, 825 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS 67202 or e-mailed to psmith@wichitaeagle.com. E-mailed photos must be in JPEG format.

— Joe Stumpe

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STEPHEN STEWART

Stewart was serving as master of ceremonies for the annual Go Wichita Convention & Visitors Bureau luncheon last week when organizers gave him the distinguished service award.

“I had no idea,” Stewart said.

“I’m extremely pleased and certainly surprised.”

Stewart is finishing up his second year as chairman of Go Wichita.

When John Rolfe, the organization’s former president and CEO, left in February, Stewart headed up the search for a replacement.

Until Susan Santo was named to the post in August, Stewart also helped the Go Wichita staff when needed.

That was all in addition to his regular job running the Hyatt Regency.

“I couldn’t let that slip,” Stewart said of the latter. “That’s my paying job.”

“It was very busy, but I tell you, it was very gratifying,” he said. “It gave me some great insight into the staff at Go Wichita, who are some amazing people."

Stewart, 52, is an Akron, Ohio, native who has spent 30 years with Hyatt. He came to Wichita four years ago.

Stewart and his wife, Christine, have a 9-year-old son, Collin, and a 21-year-old son, Matthew, who has just completed culinary school in Boulder, Colo.

Outside work, Stewart is a runner who recently completed the Prairie Fire Marathon.

“I enjoy running,” he said. “It’s one of my loves later in life now.”

series of hearings nationwide to try to find ways to avoid widespread loss of communications among first responders, emergency managers and the general public in disasters like Superstorm Sandy.

“This unprecedented storm has revealed new challenges that will require a national dialogue around ideas and actions to ensure the resilience of communications networks,” said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.

The hearings will begin early next year and will include ways to keep cellphone towers operating after storm damage and power losses.

One in four consumers in areas hit hard by Sandy lost service because of the storm.

The hearings also will examine how to keep Wi-Fi operating and discuss backup power sources for cellphone communications. A major focus will involve speeding the recovery of service.

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ARCHITECTURE

General manager, Hyatt Regency

B R I E F I N G

Allen Bell, the city’s director of urban development, said in an e-mail to The Eagle that only one developer, From Page 1C David Shannon, had applied for the exemption.

Shannon said Tuesday that and warehouse buildings. he didn’t have time to talk in So far, only one developer detail about the project. has taken advantage of the tax break, a city official said. According to city documents, Shannon’s project is a But in the meantime two 90,000-square-foot specother developers have built ulative warehouse/distributheir own spec buildings without a hand from the city, tion facility in the 2100 block of south West Street. and one of the developers Earlier this year, developer expects to build another next Dean DeWitt of DeWitt Land year — again without the aid Co. built a speculative indusof a tax break. trial/warehouse building at K-42 and West Street that he Building activity said is a little more than 20,000 square feet with The incentive the council 24-foot-high ceilings. approved on Aug. 14 pro“We built it; now we hope vides for industrial revenue we rent it,” he said. “It’s been bonds with a 100 percent sitting three months, and it property tax exemption for hasn’t rented yet.” five years to be issued for DeWitt said he didn’t seek speculative industrial buildany incentives to construct ings, according to city documents. But the buildings have his building.

Across town, Ross Way, a to be 50,0000 square feet or partner in Anderson Managelarger to qualify for the exment Co., built a 16,000emption.

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SOCIETY From Page 1C the community, he said.

“A lot of physicians get so busy with practices and business – and practices have become more businesslike –

that they’ve lost track of the fact that, in addition to practicing medicine, they need to take on leadership roles in the community and give back,” Grelinger said.

In addition to representing members, the president represents the board of directors and the four organizations under the umbrella of the

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HEALTH CARE Abbie Schuster, a fourth-year medical student at the KU School of Medicine-Wichita, is receiving clinical training in Great Bend at Central Kansas Family Practice.

Hannah Fisher, a fourth-year medical student at the KU School of Medicine-Wichita, is receiving clinical training in Newton at Via Christi Clinic.

Victoria Hahn, administrator, Wichita County Health Center, Leoti, has been named the 2013 chairwoman of the Kansas Hospital Association board of directors.

square-foot “flex” spec building earlier this year in Northrock Business Park near Rock Road and K-96. A flex building is a building designed to be used either as office or warehouse space. He said that building has since been leased.

“We were 95 percent occupied here in Northrock Business Park,” Way said. “With the 16 buildings we have, if anybody needed anything over 400 square feet we didn’t have it. It’s why we built the 16,000-squarefooter.”

Way said he didn’t use any incentives to build that building and won’t with an 18,000-square-foot building he plans to construct at Northrock next spring.

“We think by then we’ll probably be up to 95 percent occupancy in all the buildings,” he said of the plans for the 18,000-square-foot building, which will be the last one built at Northrock because the park will then be full.

Way’s company also has an

80,000-square-foot building under construction in Greenwich Business Park. That warehouse building is not spec. It is a build-to-suit for B/E Aerospace, he said.

GWEDC’s Bossemeyer said that even with the newer spec properties that have been built or are planned, the area could use additional new properties. The reason, he said, is that companies have differing needs. Some want new buildings with 24-foot ceilings with tens of thousands of square feet, access to a rail line, lots of parking and lots of surrounding acreage. Others might be OK with an older, used building but one that has been impeccably maintained.

“We really have a fairly limited inventory,” Bossemeyer said. “We do have buildings, just not the buildings the market is asking for.”

Marlin Penner, president and supervising broker of NAI John T. Arnold Associates, said the absence of new construction in industrial and

Medical Society.

Those organizations are the Central Plains Regional Health Care Partnership and the Wichita Health Information Exchange, which are nonprofit entities, and ProviDRs Care and Medical Provider Resources, which are for-profit entities.

Outgoing president is Tom

Estep, a cardiovascular thoracic surgeon at Wichita Surgical Specialists.

Grelinger, a member of the Medical Society since 1992, is a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Medicine and completed his residency and fellowship at the University of Colorado. His fellowship was in neuro-

warehouse buildings locally is a reflection of the lack of confidence most developers have had in the market in the past few years, born largely from the recession and the sluggish recovery.

“People around here will do spec if they believe they can lease it quickly,” Penner said. “This market hasn’t had quite that level of confidence.”

But Penner and other real estate officials said there may be some interest returning to the spec industrial market.

Scott Salome, an industrial specialist with Grubb & Ellis Martens Commercial, said the activity in spec industrial building could increase next year, partly the result of the city incentives for new industrial property.

“I have talked to a couple of people that may look to take advantage of that as well,” Salome said.

Reach Jerry Siebenmark at 316-268-6576 or jsiebenmark@wichitaeagle.com.

muscular disease.

Grelinger has been active with the Medical Society through ProviDRs Care. He is also a part of the Kansas Sports Concussion Partnership.

Reach Kelsey Ryan at 316-269-6752 or kryan@wichitaeagle.com.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2012 ■ THE WICHITA EAGLE 3C

5 Q U E STI O N S W ITH ...

SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT

K E LS EY M ETZ I N G E R

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle

Kelsey Metzinger is getting ready to celebrate her seventh holiday season in Delano with Bungalow 26, a shop that sells bath and body products, eclectic home decor and jewelry.

“I’ve tracked along really well with the rest of the country,” Metzinger said of sales.

Her first two years were “phenomenal,” she said.

Then the economy tanked and hit Metzinger like most everyone else.

“I didn’t know if I was going to be in business.”

She cut back on her merchandise and focused more on her interior design work.

Today, the shop is much healthier.

Metzinger said 30 percent of her merchandise is made by local artisans.

“That’s a big draw.”

What made you want to open your own place?

You know, I wanted to open a shop that I wanted to shop at. … There was kind of a lack in local shopping as far as things that I like. Affordable, eclectic.

From the beginning I had a really hard-core dedication to bringing specific brands and lines … that I’d seen in bigcity boutiques but that were affordable.

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Kelsey Metzinger owns Bungalow 26, a boutique in Wichita’s Delano neighborhood. culture in a city.

When you go to Kansas City or Chicago or Dallas … they’re really identified by what there is to do in a city, and shopping is a part of that.

How is it being in Delano and seeing it evolve?

Delano is just such a gem for the city. I still probably get five people in a day that maybe are from here and maybe have lived here forever and have never been to the area.

It’s been, it seems, like a very long time since the change started happening. …

The ball seems to be really rolling as far as development – retail, restaurants and business.

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A shop is more than a place to buy things to you, isn’t it?

You’re on the steering That’s such a huge culture committee for the 2nd in a city, and I really felt like I Saturday local shopcould add to that. Little ping initiative, which enshops … kind of identify a courages shoppers to

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AERION From Page 1C someone wanted to use our technology,” Barents said.

Working with manufacturers has meant creating relationships that could eventually lead to a partnership to build the supersonic jet from Aerion’s design.

“We are hopeful that at some point it will lead to that,’ Barents said.

Manufacturers continue to show interest, Barents said.

But the economy has affected progress.

“I would have to tell you, in this economic environment it’s a little difficult to gain traction on a program of that magnitude … but there continues to be good interest,” Barents said.

Despite the economy, Aerion has been able to maintain its $4 billion backlog of orders for the $80 million corporate jet that can fly faster than the speed of sound.

“I think it shows the strength of the program and the desire for companies to ultimately have an aircraft with the capability that we have designed,” Barents said.

In the meantime, Aerion is validating its technology It’s also working to increase revenue, and the company has a positive cash flow, Barents said.

“So the company is very viable,” Barents said. “We’re paying our way.”

Once Aerion officially

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What’s one thing few people know about you?

I’m food obsessed. I’m, like, so obsessed with food it’s not even funny. Any new restaurant, I have to try it.

When I travel, the only reason I go anywhere is to eat. I plan trips around, like, a hot dog stand. That kind of stuff.

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Reach Carrie Rengers at 316-268-6340 or crengers@wichitaeagle.com

launches the program to build the jet, it will take several years until delivery.

“It’s a five (to) five-and-ahalf-year program from the time we give a firm commitment and a firm launch,” Barents said. “That has stayed the same.”

Besides the capability to break the sound barrier in the Mach 1.4 or Mach 1.5 range, more than 1,000 miles per hour, the jet also will fly subsonic at about Mach 0.96, about 731 miles per hour, said Aerion chief operating officer Doug Nichols.

That’s faster than the fastest Cessna Citation X or Gulfstream 650.

“That’s a sweet spot in terms of range and efficiency right when the other guys are essentially running out of steam,” Nichols said.

F-15 to map high-speed air flow and validate computer modeling. The F-15 reached Mach 2.0.

The test was to calibrate the flow field under the F-15 “to see what was going on with the air,” Nichols said.

“We used that information to design this next test article.”

The new test article is more representative of Aerion’s wing.

The testing will look at factors such as manufacturing tolerances — how large the leading edge joint can be before air flow is disturbed or how large a rough spot from insect debris can get before problems begin, Nichols said.

After this round of testing, Aerion will complete another round to look at other kinds of roughness or manufacturing issues.

Aerion was formed from an advanced-engineering group The tests in 2002. Its research began The second round of testing more than 20 years ago.

Besides Barents, its board will be conducted in conjuncincludes Robert Bass, chairtion with NASA’s Dryden man and president of inFlight Research Center. The tests are to help define manu- vestment group Keystone Group; Richard Tracy, Aefacturing standards for surrion’s chief technology offiface quality and assembly tolerances, the company said. cer; Michael Henderson, principal scientist and In the tests, a 40-inch by Boeing’s former program 80-inch test article will be mounted underneath NASA’s manager for high-speed civil transport; Robert Morse, a F-18 research aircraft and partner at Oak Hill Capital flown at supersonic speeds.

Management; and James They will measure the Stewart, CEO of Mubadala “real-world robustness” of Aerospace’s maintenance, supersonic natural laminar repair and operations netflow, which is key to the dework. sign of the supersonic business jet, the company said.

The last round of testing in Contact Molly McMillin at mid-2010 used an instru316-269-6708 or mented flat plate under the mmcmillin@wichitaeagle.com.

Malcolm Harris, an economist and finance professor at Friends University, said he’s encouraged generally by the From Page 1C trend.

Spirit AeroSystems has grown, and the oil and gas has been the oil and gas boom has produced economindustry, which has added more than 1,000 jobs in the ic growth through a wide swath of the state.

Wichita area, about 7.5 In fact, he said, some studpercent. And the ripple effect of that oil and gas mon- ies show that the shale oil and gas drilling boom naey is creating jobs at law firms, accounting businesses tionally has produced about half of all jobs added in the and trucking companies.

Employment at temp agen- economic recovery.

“It’s remarkable, but it’s cies, a traditional bellwether also kind of scary because it for future employment means you’re not seeing growth, is up more than 14 much growth coming from percent from a year ago.

The biggest drag has been anywhere else,” he said.

He worries that the Obama cuts to local governments in the Wichita area, which have administration will implement more environmental shed about 3,500 jobs since regulations that will slow oil October 2011, according to and gas exploration. the state figures. State govThe good news nationally, ernment had no cuts, while the federal number dropped he said, is that the housing by 500 jobs, according to the industry is finally showing signs of a turnaround.

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shop local. How is that going?

It encompasses Douglas, Delano and Old Town, and we actually are getting all the museums on board. It kind of started off as a Douglas thing. Shop local, shop Douglas.

It’s kind of turned into this big thing. … Now people like the museums have started approaching us to be part of that.

Job growth is a clearer signal of economic health than the unemployment rate, which includes people who are unemployed but actively looking for work.

The Wichita area unemployment rate has been falling steadily since it peaked in the summer of 2009 at 10.6 percent, when more than 10,000 people suddenly started looking for work, likely to support a laid-off family member.

The unemployment rate in October was 6.2 percent.

But what’s worrisome, Harris said, is that the number of people seeking work continues to fall.

“Some are giving up,” he said. “Part of it is that some people have been out of work so long that it gets harder to find a job. And we do have a lot of people hitting retirement age and just retiring. It’s a definite loss for the economy.”

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Holly Cummins opened a Mr. Appliance franchise in Wichita last summer. Veteran repairman Gary Thomas is the company’s technician.

Franchise network key for appliance repair company

BY JOE STUMPE Eagle correspondent

For Holly Cummins, nothing illustrates the benefits of the franchise system better than the episode with the wine refrigerator.

Cummins runs a Mr. Appliance franchise. When she got a call to fix a wine cooler, her repairman, Gary Thomas, admitted he was unfamiliar with the device.

Cummins put out a request for help through the Mr. Appliance network, and a fellow franchisee from Miami telephoned a couple of hours later.

“He does them all the time down there,” Cummins said.

“He told us everything we needed to know to fix it.”

Cummins and her husband, Lane, started the Mr. Appliance franchise here in

Now you know MR. APPLIANCE Address: 4601 E. Douglas Phone: 316-448-399 Owner: Holly and Lane Cummins July. Mr. Appliance is part of Dwyer Group, based in Waco, Texas, which has 1,500 service-oriented franchises including Mr. Rooter, Mr. Electric and Glass Doctor.

Holly runs the business end of the franchise while her husband works full time for another company. She said she and her husband have always wanted to own their business but realized the potential pitfalls involved.

“Our concern was how would we get it started and have an efficient way of running it?” said Cummins, who has studied business at Butler Community College and Friends University before leaving to start a family.

“To do it through a franchise made more sense than to start yourself.”

She said her business services all major appliances, including washers, dryers, dishwashers, ranges and hoods. Although primarily a residential service company, Mr. Appliance does some commercial refrigeration repairs.

Cummins said the basic charge for a service call is $69. Most appliances can be fixed, she said. The exceptions are usually older appliances for which parts are no longer available, she said.

BUSINESS POLL What will be the effect on your business if Republicans and Democrats fail to reach a deal over the tax increases and spending cuts that are part of the “fiscal cliff”?

■ I would anticipate layoffs and other cut-backs.

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■ Taxes would go up, but I don’t see other impacts.

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BUSINESS PERSPECTIVES

Be thankful for Kansas agriculture’s economic power n 2008, the financial crisis that swept through the country left a tidal wave of financial stress.

Markets began to drop and unemployment rates began to skyrocket.

But some pockets of the country escaped the worst of the recession — places such as Ford County.

While everyone else was scrambling to find ways to avoid another Great Depression, Ford County managed to boast high employment numbers as well as strong returns on investments. Those investments

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were largely based on, and bolstered by, agricultural operations.

As we sit down at our plates today to revel in all that our country has to offer us, it behooves us to take the time to look back on where all these products come from.

A large part of them come from Kansas.

And while we’re busy being thankful that there are people who are dedicated to feeding the nation and the world, we should also be thankful that that same industry is what has largely buoyed Kansas’ econo-

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my during these rough years.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Kansas currently ranks sixth in farm product exports, valued at almost $6 billion in 2008 and $5 billion in 2010.

At 28.2 million acres, Kansas has the second-most cropland of any state, and it leads the country in grain sorghum production and wheat flour milling capacity.

We’re second in wheat flour milled, wheat production, and number of cattle and calves on farm. We’re third in cattle slaughtered and red meat production by commercial slaughter plants.

And with all that comes a need for labor.

According to the National

Bureau of Labor Statistics, the percentage of unemployed Kansans stayed below 7.6 percent between January 2002 and September 2012.

During that same period nationwide, unemployment pushed towards 10 percent and even now has dropped to only 7.9 percent, according to the most recent figures available.

Why? Well, agriculture played a large role in helping keep jobs in the state.

Author and speaker Brenda Schoepp once said, “My grandfather used to say that once in your life you need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, and a preacher. But every day, three times a day, you need a farmer.”

because so many of those who work in ag-related fields are “conservative and forward thinking when it comes to economic issues, and know that agricultural policies and commodity prices fluctuate cyclically.”

So as you sit down across from your family and friends, be thankful that you live in a state that has been largely protected from the poor economy by the power of agriculture.

This still rings true.

“Regardless of the economic climate in the United States, people still have to eat,” said Servi-Tech southwest territory manager Doug Cossey. “Agriculture in the Midwest provides the bulk of the food that is served at America’s dinner tables.”

Businesses in Ford County cater to the agricultural sector because of the influence of agriculture in the area, Cossey said, and this has led to many ag-related businesses, including Servi-Tech, growing in a time of overall economic recession.

Pete Kruse, Servi-Tech director of operations, credits agriculture for being a stabilizing factor for the larger economy

Mark Vierthaler is the director of communications for Servi-Tech Inc., the nation’s largest agronomic firm with agronomists in Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska and Iowa.

Contact him at markv@servi-techinc.com

Hostess to close down, sell brands Employers see savings in paying for travel to hospitals

BY MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED New York Times

procedure.

“You expect to see the hotel, airfare and car bunCarol and Ed Vogel enjoyed dled together on Expedia,” a weeklong all-expenses-paid said Susan Ridgely, a senior policy analyst at Rand Corp., trip to a Newport Beach, Calif., resort last month, and a nonprofit think tank in they’re scheduled to return in Santa Monica, Calif. “We want to stop paying by the a couple of weeks. widget in health care.”

The Nevada couple didn’t need frequent-flier miles or credit card rewards to get Voluntary programs free airfare and a hotel stay as well as $1,000 in spending By bringing a steady stream money. It was all because of of patients, the arrangement Carol Vogel’s ailing hips and can also be a good deal for the an employer’s frustration doctors and hospitals involved. with the high cost of U.S. Federal and state officials health care. are catching on as well.

Her husband’s employer, Medicare and some Medicaid newspaper publisher Steprograms are pushing for phens Media, sends employmore of these all-inclusive ees and their family members prices for the most common needing hip and knee reprocedures, from surgeries to placements to a handful of maternity care for low-inhospitals across the country come mothers, to eliminate that agreed to a low, fixed some of the huge disparities rate for surgery and scored in U.S. health care costs and well on quality of care. reward high-quality providThis year, grocery giant ers with more patients.

Kroger Co. has flown nearly These programs are genertwo dozen workers to hospially voluntary, so patients tals across the U.S. for hip, can still opt for care closer to knee or spinal-fusion surger- home, although it may cost ies in an effort to save money them more. and improve care. Starting in At Kroger, employees may January, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. pay 10 percent out of pocket if will offer employees and they choose one of the compadependents heart, spine and ny’s 19 select hospitals, comtransplant surgeries at no pared to 25 percent to 50 percost at six major hospital cent out of pocket for other systems across the nation, nearby medical centers. with free travel and lodging.

Carol Vogel, a 64-year-old It’s all part of a growing writer in Minden, Nev., said movement by employers fed she was skeptical about flyup with wildly different price ing to another state for surtags for routine operations. gery until the human reIn response, businesses are sources manager explained showering workers with how much she stood to save. generous incentives — inIn Newport Beach, “this was cluding waiving deductibles 100 percent paid for,” Vogel or handing out $2,500 bosaid. If she stayed closer to nuses — to steer them to these home in Nevada, “I would have top-performing providers been out $8,000 or $9,000, offering bargain prices. easy, on my insurance.”

Bundled deals are common She said she’s pain-free in for phone service, cable TV her left hip for the first time and travel. But an all-in-one in years, so she scheduled an price marks a radical deparimplant for her right hip later ture for the conventional this month, followed by a fee-for-service medical infree stay at Island Hotel, an dustry in which doctors, oceanfront resort in Newport hospitals, labs and other Beach. providers typically bill sep“This is like the honeyarately for each part of a moon we never had,” she

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said. “Are you kidding me?”

At Kroger, 21 patients have traveled for surgery this year, and none has experienced complications or been readmitted to the hospital, said Theresa Monti, a company vice president for employee benefits.

Surgery shopping “It’s a new concept, and some people have a hard time getting their arms around the idea of traveling for surgery,” Monti said. “We are looking for any opportunity we can to encourage the use of the highest-quality health care while holding the line on costs.”

BridgeHealth Medical Inc. in Denver is one of a handful of firms that assists employers, insurers and patients with the logistics of surgery shopping. Earlier efforts to persuade employers to send patients to India and other overseas destinations for cheaper care never took off.

So BridgeHealth now has negotiated fixed rates with about 45 U.S. hospitals.

Chip Burgett, an executive vice president at BridgeHealth, said employers still come out ahead financially, even after footing thousands of dollars in travel expenses.

His firm has negotiated rates on knee and hip replacements as low as $19,000.

Concern for patients Some consumer advocates have raised concerns about patients traveling long distances for surgery and taking them away from their regular doctors. Cindy Meyers, benefits manager for Stephens Media in Las Vegas, said it has been difficult in some cases to find local doctors to provide follow-up care for patients who traveled elsewhere.

But she said the overall experience has been positive for her company, which insures about 1,500 people across several states.

A federal bankruptcy judge has approved Hostess Brands’ plans to wind itself down, officially putting the Twinkies brand on the auction block.

In granting Hostess’ motion, Judge Robert D. Drain of the Southern District of New York cited the need for a quick and orderly shuttering of the company to avoid letting its assets molder. The alternative, a lessstructured Chapter 7 liquidation, would be far worse.

“This estate will suffer substantial diminution if this winddown plan is not quickly implemented,” he said. “It appears to me that the debtors have taken the right course.”

Drain’s motion spells the almost certain end of Hostess, which survived the Great Depression, numerous wars and countless low-carb diets. But the company, whose stable of sugary confections also include Ho Hos and Ding Dongs, struggled for more than a decade with the public’s increasing fondness for lower-calorie, less-processed snacks.

During a hearing that stretched for more than four hours, company executives and advisers espoused a simple message: Expedited sales of the failed baked goodsmaker’s brands will raise the maximum amount of money possible. And letting Hostess begin shutting its doors for good sooner would be kinder to employees.

Advisers sounded confident that the liquidation process, which is expected to take about a year, could yield big recoveries for creditors.

“Since we filed motion, we have received a flood of inquiries and think there can be a healthy competition,” Heather Lennox, a lawyer for the company, said at Wednesday’s hearing.

Hostess’ chief executive, Gregory Rayburn, testified in court Wednesday that he needed to lay off 15,000 of the company’s 18,500 employees that afternoon, so that they could begin applying for unemployment benefits. Such speed, he said, was necessary for maximizing the

value of what remained of the 82-year-old company.

“From this point forward, I need two things to happen,” he said. “I need to maximize the value of the estate, and I need to do the best thing for the employees.”

He also asked the court to quickly approve Hostess’ plans to liquidate, given that the value of its brands and assets had begun deteriorating since factory production lines shut down Friday.

“The longer you’re off the shelf, the less value you’re going to get,” Rayburn said.

An investment banker for Hostess contended that, at this point, the company could fetch significant sums for its line of sugary treats. Joshua Scherer of Perella Weinberg Partners testified that over the course of the 10-month-old Chapter 11 case, he had received six takeover bids, although none was acceptable.

Since Hostess announced its intentions to liquidate, it has received expressions of interest from a wide range of potential buyers. Without naming names, Scherer said that they ranged from regional bakeries to national competitors to retail customers along the lines of Wal-Mart Stores and Kroger.

The banker added that his firm plans to reach out to

approximately 145 financial firms, including private equity shops and liquidators, to gauge their interest. Investment concerns like Sun Capital Partners and C. Dean Metropoulos & Co., the owner of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, have already said that they are interested in buying some or all of Hostess’ remains.

Sun Capital has said that it would like to buy all of Hostess, not only preserving the company but also improving its toxic relationship with employee unions.

Scherer said he expects asset sales to reap “significant values,” perhaps more than $1 billion.

The hearing followed a last-minute mediation session between Hostess and its bakery employees union Tuesday.

That gathering, convened at the behest of Drain, was meant to resolve a nearly two-week-old strike that company executives said fatally crippled its operations.

But after several hours of negotiations, the mediation talks collapsed.

“I wanted to acknowledge the tragedy that’s taking place here,” Richard Seltzer, a lawyer for the Teamsters, one of the company’s major unions, said in court.

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On-time performance of airlines is getting better three minutes? How soon were bags loaded in the hold? Did boarding start 35 minutes before takeoff? Were ATLANTA — Next time you dawdle at the duty-free store the cabin doors closed three minutes ahead of schedule? or an airport bar, thinking So far this year, 83 percent you have a few more minutes until your flight is set to of all flights took off within 15 minutes of schedule, the go, know this: The plane’s highest level since 2003, doors might have already according to the U.S. Transclosed. portation Department, which There is a lot to complain compiled figures through about in air travel, particSeptember. But that average ularly during the holiday belies a wide range of airline season, with seats and overperformances. head bins filled to capacity Hawaiian Airlines, helped and the airlines charging by good weather for much of fees for everything from a few inches of extra leg room the year, topped the rankto a bite to eat. But there is a ings, with 95 percent of flights leaving on time. At US nugget of good news. The percentage of flights leaving, Airways, 89 percent of departures were on time in that and arriving, on time has period, while Delta had 87 improved significantly in percent. recent years.

The biggest laggard this That is partly the result of year has been United, which the airlines flying fewer flights. But it is also because is struggling with its merger with Continental Airlines. some airlines are focusing more on getting their planes The carrier has had three major computer problems out of the gate on schedule. this year, including two that “There has been a lot of crashed the airline’s pasfocus on improving perforsenger reservation system, mance across the industry,” stranding thousands of travsaid Peter McDonald, Unitelers and causing significant ed’s chief operations officer. delays and cancellations. Its With carry-on space at a premium, he said passengers on-time departure rate, as a are also eager to board early. result, was 76 percent this “There’s not a lot of hanging year, the industry’s lowest.

American Airlines, which is out at the bar until the last going through bankruptcy minute anymore.” proceedings and has been John Fechushak, Delta Air dealing with contentious Lines’ director of operations labor relations, has also perin Atlanta, compared the daily task to “putting togeth- formed poorly. It delayed or canceled hundreds of flights er a puzzle with different in recent months after pilots pieces every day.”

Here is a sampling of what called in sick or reported more mechanical problems.

Delta, for instance, looks at The airline also canceled each day for each flight. scores of flight after seats How many minutes did it were improperly bolted on take for a plane to reach its some of its planes. As a regate after landing? Was the sult, nearly 40 percent of cabin door opened within

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American’s flights were late in September.

Government statistics, however, do not provide the full picture: Smaller carriers, like ExpressJet and SkyWest Airlines, which operate regional flights for Delta, United and US Airways, generally have lower on-time performance than their mainline partners.

On-time statistics also vary widely by time of the year, with the worst months in August and January, when summer storms, holiday travel or winter weather cause more disruptions.

There are also single events that throw off the airlines’ performances: Statistics, for instance, will be skewed for October by Hurricane Sandy, which shut down air travel through much of the East Coast and led to more than 19,000 flight cancellations.

Carriers have strong incentives to get planes out on time. Airlines now operate schedules that leave little wiggle room. Airplanes typically fly to several places every day, so any delayed flights, especially early in the day, can cascade through the system like falling dominoes and cause headaches to flight planners all day. Airlines often have to burn more fuel to try to make up for lost time, or make new arrangements to accommodate passengers who miss connections.

Airlines have long padded flight times to make up for congestion at airports or delays caused by air traffic controllers. Even so, passengers still expect their flight to take off and land at the time printed on their ticket.

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China’s growth continues to slow

BY JOE MCDONALD Associated Press

BEIJING — Zhang Hanzhong, who supplies locks for auto manufacturers, is part of a swath of China’s economy that is lagging in a two-speed recovery.

Business for retailers, hotels, photo studios and other service industries is picking up as China limps out of its deepest slump since the 2008 global crisis. But exporters and manufacturers who drove its boom over the past decade are struggling.

Zhang’s sales are down 20 percent with no rebound in sight, while labor costs are up.

“The second half of the year is even harder than the first half,” said Zhang, who employs 60 people at his factory in Meizhou in Guangdong province near Hong Kong.

China is recovering, but the days of double-digit growth are gone. Faced with falling returns from a three-decadeold growth model fueled by exports and investment, Beijing is trying to rebalance the economy by promoting consumer spending, service industries and technology. It is a strategy that promises smaller but more sustainable gains.

That could have global repercussions by dampening voracious demand for iron ore, industrial equipment and other imports that drove growth for suppliers from Australia to Africa to Germany.

“The world has to get used to the idea that China will grow at a 7 or 8 percent pace, and growth will be far less investment-intensive over the next decade,” said Mark Williams of Capital Economics.

“So the projections for Chinese demand for commodities, capital goods, construction equipment and so on have to be revised down.”

Economic overhaul The Communist Party has committed in broad strokes to growth based on consumer spending and innovation in its five-year development plan that runs through 2015. A report in February by the World Bank and a Chinese Cabinet think tank said that to achieve that, the government will need to make politically daunting changes including curbing the dominance of state companies.

New leaders, including General Secretary Xi Jinping, who took power last week, are under pressure to deliver on the party plans to overhaul the economy. But how far they will go to rein in politically favored state companies and other vested interests is unclear.

Growth slowed to a threeyear low of 7.4 percent in the three months ending in September. That prompted concern the new leaders might

File photo

A visitor touches artist Arturo Di Modica’s “Charging Bull” statue, a version of his Wall Street “Charging Bull,” in Shanghai, China, in August. Continued growth in China will require rebalancing private and public sector involvement. feel compelled to boost spending on building bridges and other public works, setting back efforts to reduce reliance on investment. But retail sales and other indicators are improving, easing pressure for abrupt changes.

“The issue is how well they work together and whether they are able to overcome vested interests,” said Williams. “We really won’t know that until they’ve been in office for a little while.”

This year’s growth is explosive by Western standards but well below the 14.1 percent that China racked up in 2007 on its way to passing Japan as the second-largest economy in 2009.

Forecasters expected a Chinese recovery early this year.

As the slump deepened, the International Monetary Fund and others cut growth forecasts for the year to below 8 percent – the weakest since the 1990s. Even after a recovery, they see it rising to only about 8.5 percent by 2014.

Beijing has yet to take many of the steps analysts say are required to achieve its goals, including pumping money into health and other social programs to free up household budgets for consumer spending. But the impact in some industries is clear.

A monthly survey by HSBC Corp. of Chinese service companies has shown activity expanding steadily for two years, while a parallel survey of manufacturers has shown activity contracting this year.

Growing retail Already, retail spending is rising faster than overall growth as wages climb. In October, retail sales were up 14.5 percent over a year earlier.

In Huzhou, a city south of Shanghai in Zhejiang province, business is strong for entrepreneur’s Li Yong bedding factory. It employs 10 people and doesn’t bother to export because demand from Chinese customers is strong.

Costs for labor, rent and materials up but so are sales.

BANKRUPTCIES All bankruptcies are Chapter 7 unless otherwise noted and have been rounded to the nearest dollar.

Wichita Ables, Melanie Renee, aka Melanie Renee Dubendorf, liabilities $30,931, assets $12,475, Chapter 13.

Arellanes, Jessica Ann, liabilities $21,066, assets $14,840.

Atwell, Amanda M., liabilities $71,447, assets $15,115.

Bass, Gerie Rene’, aka Gerie R. Wiegand, liabilities $76,277, assets $26,213, Chapter 13.

Bohnert, Israel Dean, liabilities $72,621, assets $51,994.

Bowen, Joseph R., Kowonia D. Bowen, liabilities $196,286, assets $173,975.

Boykins, Cynthia Lynette, liabilities $31,093, assets $5,025.

Bush, Conard Gary Jr., Heidi Von Bush, liabilities $277,762, assets $189,670, Chapter 13.

Dusenbery, Kristi K., aka Kristi K. Williams, liabilities $289,097, assets $138,942.

Enloe, Dorothy Anne, liabilities $18,583, assets $6,650.

Erwin, Michael Patrick, Sarah Lynn Erwin, aka Sarah Lynn Snellen, liabilities $31,660, assets $10,230.

Guliford, Sheldon Charles, aka Sheldon C. Guilford, liabilities $135,851, assets $6,800.

Hernandez, Javier Antonio, Vanessa Marie Morehouse, liabilities $115,660, assets $58,370.

Hilton, Shelby W. Jr., liabilities $226,850, assets $11,238.

Hobson, Martha Jane, liabilities $73,312, assets $115,740.

Hunt, Earl Burnett, Lola Marie Hunt, aka Marie Hunt, liabilities $102,301, assets $41,117, Chapter 13.

Jaquez, Fernando Varela, Antonia Escalera, liabilities $53,148, assets $41,029.

Keller, Rashell Danette, aka Rashell Danette Harris, Scott Alan Keller, liabilities $361,810, assets $166,662.

King, Merel Ross, Deborah Jean King, liabilities $99,194, assets $66,950.

Nelson, Stuart Gray, Jean Ann Drake Nelson, liabilities $155,231, assets $13,535.

PERMITS The following applications for commercial building permits have been filed by contractors on the seventh floor of City Hall, 455 N. Main, and at the Sedgwick County Yard,

Seneca and Stillwell.

City Bell Properties, 817 W. Douglas, $15,000, repair, Hahner Foreman and Harness.

Build Wichita, 1435 S. Sierra Hills, $155,326, house.

“Our profits are up 10 percent this year from last year,” Li said.

Li buys all his materials in China, highlighting another trend that could blunt the payoff for its trading partners.

As local companies develop the ability to deliver more sophisticated goods and services, they are serving Chinese consumers from domestic resources, limiting demand for imported materials and technology.

“I will think about using imported materials in the future, but for now, both the customers and I cannot afford it,” Li said.

China’s slowdown was due largely to government controls imposed to cool an overheated economy and inflation following its quick, stimulusfueled rebound from the 2008 crisis.

At the same time, steelmakers and other heavy industry was under pressure from a government campaign to cut pollution and energy use by closing older facilities. Construction, a major source of jobs, was battered by a clampdown on land sales and building cool surging housing prices and stop speculation-driven investment.

Easing building curbs would be a quick way to generate jobs, but communist leaders resisted pleas from developers even as growth drifted lower, worried about setting back their rebalancing plans. Instead, the government is pushing companies to construct more low-cost housing, which the general public needs but that produces less profit and requires less imported steel for girders and copper for wiring.

Companies squeezed Weaker manufacturing and construction activity already have cut China’s demand for foreign goods. Imports of steel products fell 39.9 percent in October from a year earlier.

Copper imports were off 12.2 percent and those of raw wood were down 11.1 percent.

Olson, John Alan, Pamela Jeree Olson, liabilities $188,375, assets $362,576, Chapter 13.

Redick, Michael E., Angelica M. Redick, liabilities $292,713, assets $115,443.

Reida, Michael Jason Royce, liabilities $18,762, assets $2,524.

Shaver, Bradley Nelse, liabilities $297,812, assets $202,420.

Sheeler, George LeRoy, liabilities $105,509, assets $19,500.

Simon, Phyllis Ann, liabilities $41,432, assets $9,214, Chapter 13.

Spriggs, Julie K., liabilities $51,980, assets $7,004.

Wiley, Richard W., Bobbie L. Wiley, liabilities $220,702, assets $181,840, Chapter 13.

Williams, Wilma J., liabilities $51,296, assets $37,600, Chapter 13.

Anthony Renner, Eric Steven, Kristine Ann Renner, aka Kristine A. Stacy, liabilities $72,219, assets $17,469.

Arkansas City Johnson, Tanner Philip, Lacinda Ashley Johnson, liabilities $114,902, assets

$83,251.

McNinch, James Scott Jr., liabilities $67,678, assets $6,036.

Bel Aire Harris, Edward Dean Sr., aka Dean Harris, fdba Credit Resolution Services, liabilities $102,037, assets $42,132.

Clearwater Hinkle, Channing B., Shawna L. Hinkle, liabilities $150,012, assets $110,800, Chapter 13.

El Dorado Beattie, Marci Lynn, aka Marci Lynn Beattie-Torres, Marci Lynn Haag, liabilities $13,581, assets $8,891, Chapter 13.

Burnham, Thomas William, liabilities $147,615, assets $73,195.

Emporia Tatman, Timothy Wayne, Stephanie Angelique Tatman, aka Stephanie Angelique Christlieb, liabilities $149,294, assets $114,118.

Haysville Lewis, Nolan J., Dartha D. Lewis, liabilities $83,221, assets $49,946, Chapter 13.

Rogers, Cindy Faye, liabilities $63,615, assets $4,400.

Hoisington Lowe, Robert Ernest, Connie Lou Lowe, liabilities $154,381, assets $134,275, Chapter 13.

Hutchinson

Henderson, Michelle Dawn, liabilities $160,012, assets $6,700.

Hulse, Bradley Wendell, Kavetta Kay Hulse, liabilities $164,193, assets $31,056.

Kechi Raney, Stephanie Renae, Keith Alan Raney, liabilities $208,697, assets $243,873.

Marquette Krause, Hollie Marie, liabilities $78,238, assets $45,965.

Mulvane Humbolt, Susan Marie, aka Susan Meyer, liabilities $347,352, assets $161,038.

McCurdy, Lowell Edward, aka Mac McCurdy, Patricia Rose McCurdy, aka Patricia R. Melega, Patricia R. Melega-McCurdy, liabilities $119,441, assets $521,593, Chapter 13.

Newton Vance, Angel Lynette, liabilities $33,018, assets $23,285.

Wilson, Marni L., liabilities $85,656, assets $6,819.

Rose Hill Schriner, Susan Faye, liabilities $119,661, assets $84,912, Chapter 13.

Salina Hodges, Merle Alvadore, Nancy Jo Hutton Hodges, liabilities $678,299, assets $9,140.

Sedan Todd, Michael W., aka Mike Todd, Shelly K. Todd, liabilities $453,577, assets $159,986.

Topeka Metz, Vicky Jo, aka Vicky Jo McCullough, liabilities $45,313, assets $7,600, Chapter 13.

Udall Love, Earlene Marie, aka Earlene Marie Peabody, Earlene Love-Peabody, Elly Love-Peabody, Elly Love, Elly Peabody, liabilities $204,540, assets $130,525, Chapter 13.

Valley Center Francis, Scott E., Sidney J. Francis, dba Lytton’s Furniture, liabilities $350,123, assets $246,703.

Shockley, Jonathon W., Jennifer L. Shockley, aka Jennifer L. Larson, liabilities $204,442, assets $139,500.

Winfield Wilson, Melinda Maude, liabilities $29,428, assets $7,700.

Chapter 7, liquidation, business or personal; Chapter 11, business reorganization; Chapter 13, personal reorganization, DBA: doing business as; aka: also known as.

Build Wichita, houses: 1322 S. Horseback, $172,058; 13811 E. Watson, $217,750.

Chapman Custom Homes, houses: 1019 N. 119th W., $166,258; 14607 W. Hayden, $170,080.

Comfort Homes, 1257 N. Forestview Court, $197,954, house.

Daryl Catron Construction, 10921 W.

Maxwell Drive, $137,798, house.

Domino’s Pizza, 327 N. Hillside, $143,500, alteration, WHR Construction.

Episcopal Social Services, 1010 N. Main, $4,150,000, renovation, Dondlinger & Sons Construction.

Freddy’s Custard, 260 N. Rock Road, $173,000, renovation, Accel Construction.

Jeremy Spexarth Homes, 14501 W. Sheriac Court, $182,609, house.

Kurt Bachman Building, 2806 W. Bayview, $161,028, house.

LiquidDynamics, 2307 S. Edwards, $316,000, building, Superior Structures.

NetApp, 3718 N. Rock Road, $110,000, alteration, Commerce

Construction.

Verizon Wireless, 1755 N. Broadway, $70,000, repair, McGilton Construction.

Government pressure to raise wages has put more money in consumers’ pockets but is squeezing companies, especially in labor-intensive industries that employ millions of people making shoes, toys and other low-tech goods.

Chen Shuhai’s 5-year-old wig factory is the sort of laborintensive business that is being pushed out of China by higher costs.

Rent on his factory in Yiwu, a southern city famous for exporting buttons and other low-tech goods, doubled from 2009 to 2011. Monthly wages are up 10 percent this year to about 3,500 yuan ($550) for each of his 80 employees.

Chen said neighboring companies that exported to debtcrippled Europe have closed.

Others are moving to Vietnam, India and other lowerwage markets.

“There is not much room left in China for the wig industry,” Chen said. “I don’t know what will happen to my factory.”

Longer-term, the government’s effort to create a consumer-driven economy might turn China into a market for tourism, insurance, health care and other service companies.

“The issue is whether it can do this smoothly, in which case growth can remain strong,” said Williams. If it works, “over the next 10 years, it will be another group of economies that are able to ride China’s coattails.”

BUSINESS CALENDAR NOVEMBER 27

TU ESDAY Learning the Basics of Marketing, Management and Money Workshop, 10 a.m. to noon, Wichita State Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Oliver and 29th Street North. Cost: Free. To register, call WSU Kansas Small Business Development Center, 316-978-3193.

NOVEMBER 29

TH U RSDAY Quick Start Business Planning Workshop Workshop, 1 to 3 p.m., WSU Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Oliver and 29th Street North. Cost: Free. To register, call WSU Kansas Small Business Development Center, 316-978-3193.

DECEMBER 7

FR I DAY Learning the Basics of Marketing, Management and Money Workshop, 1 to 3 p.m., WSU Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Oliver and 29th Street North. Cost: Free. To register, call WSU Kansas Small Business Development Center, 316-978-3193.

The Wichita Eagle welcomes news of business events in Sedgwick, Summer, Harvey and Butler counties. Items should include a name and phone number and be submitted by Monday of the week before the event to Peggy Smith, The Wichita Eagle, 825 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS 67202; or psmith@wichitaeagle.com.

CONVENTIONS WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 28 Public Accountants Association of Kansas, Gear Up 1040 Tax Seminar, through Friday, Nov. 30.

Attendance: 177.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29 Kansas Livestock Association, 100th Annual Convention & Trade Show, through Friday, Nov. 30.

Attendance: 2,000.

For information, call Go Wichita, 316-265-2800.

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▲ DOW JONES 48.38, 12,836.89

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2012 ■ THE WICHITA EAGLE 7C

▲ S&P 500 3.22, 1,391.03

▲ NASDAQ 9.87, 2,926.55

▲ GOLD (HSBC) $1.00, $1,728.00

▼ SILVER (HANDY&HARMAN) $0.01, $33.11

OIL (KANSAS) unchanged, $76.50

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▼ KANSAS CITY WHEAT $0.01, $8.76

Stocks edge up on news of cease-fire agreement Associated Press

NEW YORK — The stock market crept higher Wednesday ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Major market indexes got a slight lift after news broke of a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The truce was announced

by Egypt’s foreign minister and confirmed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

Netanyahu. A week of fighting has killed more than 140 Palestinians and five Israelis.

The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 48.38 points to 12,836.89. Three of the most expensive stocks in the average – Boeing, IBM and United Technologies – each rose more than 60 cents.

Higher-priced stocks in the Dow carry more weight.

The Labor Department said that first-time applications for unemployment benefits

fell by 41,000 last week to 410,000. The figure remains temporarily high because of Superstorm Sandy and was in line with what economists had expected.

“The news today didn’t mess anything up,” said Harry Clark, CEO of Clark Capital Management, an investment advisory firm in Philadelphia. “With no bad news, this market will drift higher.”

That’s partially because

investors have stopped worrying as much about the “fiscal cliff” of tax increases and government spending cuts that are set to take effect Jan. 1, Clark said.

Over the past week, congressional Republicans and Democrats have made conciliatory remarks and raised hopes that they will reach a deal to stave off the full effect of the budget-tightening measures.

While the cuts would hurt

the economy gradually, they could be enough to push the U.S. back into recession next year, economists have warned.

“Both sides appear to have extended an olive branch,” said JJ Kinahan, chief derivatives strategist at TD Ameritrade. “The assumption now is that, it may not be pretty, but at the end of the day they’ll get some compromise worked out.”

In other Wednesday trad-

ing, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index gained 3.22 points to 1,391.03. Utilities fell the most, while telecommunication companies rose the most, but no category moved more than 0.6 percent.

The stock market will be closed Thursday for Thanksgiving and will close early Friday. Congress has the week off and will take up budget negotiations after its members return from the break next week.

Toyota’s latest safety recall: 150,000 Tacomas break and the tire can fall to the ground, Toyota said Wednesday in a statement.

DETROIT — Toyota is The plates weren’t treated recalling about 150,000 properly against corrosion, Tacoma midsize pickups the company said. because the spare tires can The problem has caused fall from beneath the two minor accidents and no trucks. injuries, Toyota spokesman The recalled trucks from Brian Lyons said. In each the 2001 to 2004 model case a tire fell and struck a years were sold or regisvehicle behind the pickups. tered in 20 cold-weather Dealers will inspect and states and Washington, D.C. It’s the latest in a string of may replace the plates at no cost to the owners. The safety recalls that have plagued the Japanese auto- company will start notifying maker in recent years. Earli- owners by mail in Decemer this month, Toyota recall- ber.

The recall affects Tacomas ed 2.77 million vehicles around the world, including in Connecticut, Delaware, the Prius hybrid and Corolla Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mascompact car, for water sachusetts, Michigan, Minpump and steering shaft nesota, New Hampshire, problems. In October, the company recalled 7.43 mil- New Jersey, New York, lion vehicles for faulty pow- Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, er-window switches that Wisconsin and West Virgincan cause fires. ia. All of those states use On the Tacomas, a plate salt to clear roads of ice and used to hold the spare tire snow. under the truck bed can Customers with questions rust after being exposed to road salt for a long time. In can call Toyota at 800-331-4331. some cases, the plate can Associated Press

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A helipad stands next to the port in the fishing village of Porto Moniz, in the Portuguese island of Madeira. The helipad cost $861,000 and locals say no helicopter has ever landed there. The EU’s aid policy allowed for the development of such projects, although audits have questioned their value in fostering economic development.

Imprudent spending exposes European Union’s economic errors million people pool financial resources in the EU’s sevenyear budget programs. TaxSpending on such projects payers in wealthier northern as roads, bridges and ports CABO GIRAO, Madeira members like Germany pay “seems like a quick fix in Islands — The president of the biggest amounts. Some of terms of trying to get the these Portuguese islands the money is set aside for employment figures up and turned out, as he almost also-called structural funds, to (make it) look like there is ways does, for a ribbon-cuthelp less prosperous areas development going on,” said ting ceremony at his governbring their standards of living Raoul Ruparel, head of ecoment’s latest showpiece incloser to the EU average. nomic research at Londonvestment: a panoramic steelIn the 2007-13 period, for based think tank Open Euand-glass viewing point example, funding for those rope, “but it’s not a sustainperched on what islanders policies amounts to able sort of economic modclaim to be Europe’s highest el … it won’t really help in the $446 billion. That represents cliff-top. a colossal 36 percent of the long term.”

The price tag for the plattotal EU budget for that periSouthern Europe, where form, parking lot and cafe was od and has long been the countries have gone from $3.2 million. That’s a hefty feast to famine, knows that all second-largest outlay after outlay for a near-bankrupt archipelago of about 250,000 too well. Greece and Portugal farm subsidies. The European Commission flagged it as “the people which has $8.1 billion have needed bailouts, and greatest investment ever in public debt, needed a Spain and Italy are floundermade” to support growth and $1.9 billion bailout last year ing as economic growth desjob creation. and has promised to be frugal. erts them.

But EU economic growth is But development funds from The European crisis, which the European Union, bankis choking global growth, was almost stagnant, living standards are sinking, and jobless rolled by the continent’s taxyears in the making. From rates are rising to unprecepayers, made it affordable by Portugal’s now discredited picking up $2.57 million of “politics of concrete” to ailing dented levels in the hardesthit countries. the tab.

Spain’s construction boom For years, European fiFor Alberto Joao Jardim, and bust, and highway and Madeira’s president for the railroad racketeering in debt- nancial watchdogs have complained about difficulties past 34 years of fast-rising heavy Italy, southern Europe tracking and assessing the official expenditure, the proj- for decades gorged on easy benefits of allocated money. ect was “fundamental” for the credit and hundreds of bilThe European Audit Court, tourism sector and the relions in EU cash taken mostly gion’s economic progress. For from the pockets of wealthier which oversees EU spending, critics, it was something else: northern European taxpayers. has repeatedly scolded offipart of the explanation of how The time of plenty has end- cials for lax accounting and inadequate oversight covering Europe dug itself into its cured, however. With money rent financial mess through short because of Europe’s debt a spider’s web of funds, organizations and acronyms genimprudent investments and crisis, and countries such as misguided economic policies. Germany vexed by what they erated by Brussels bureaucrasee as abuses of their generos- cy.

“Put simply, the Court ity by countries around the Dubious investments found too many cases of EU Mediterranean, EU leaders money not hitting the target are determined to change by The EU’s aid policy for less or being used sub-optimally,” well-off parts of the continent, the end of this year the rules Vitor Caldeira, president of on who gets how much monmeant to help bridge the the European Court of Audiwealth gap between rich areas ey and for what. tors, said this month, when of the bloc and poor, has done presenting the body’s report much to boost livelihoods. But Lessons learned on 2011 spending. the bonanza of easy money also bred political vanity projA two-day summit in Brusects, bridges to nowhere, lax sels starting Thursday looks Madeira’s windfall oversight and widespread set to bring a confrontation on corruption. Wiser investments the issue between opposing The windfall of aid money that might sustain long-term camps in the 27-nation bloc: produced notorious excesses growth were often neglected. wealthier northern European in the Madeira Islands.

Meanwhile, the requirecountries, which want an end But just two years ago, ment to supplement the aid to reckless spending, and less European Commission presiwith local funds, often from well-off countries eager to top dent Jose Manuel Barroso, a bank borrowing, helped grow their depleted budgets with former Portuguese prime the piles of debt that are at EU aid. minister, touted the region as the heart of Europe’s financial “I think we have learned a a model of EU growth. The crisis. lot of lessons,” Johannes aid for years delivered specAs leaders in Europe atHahn, the EU’s head of retacular returns, helping lift tempt to hammer out the gional policy, said in an inthe standard of living above bloc’s budget through 2020, terview. He said “a lot of that in Italy and just lower development funds promise changes” are being considered than in France. Thirty years to be at the center of what is to funding in the EU, the earlier it was one of the bloc’s likely to be an acrimonious world’s biggest economy. five poorest regions. debate on how to divvy up EU The glut of aid invited exmoney. travagance as Jardim, MadeiPooled resources ra’s president, rode a wave of Countries in the bloc of 505 popularity that has made him

BY BARRY HATTON Associated Press

‘Not sustainable’

one of Europe’s longest-serving political leaders.

The wisdom of Madeira’s lavish, EU-sponsored spending is now in question as it wobbles on the edge of its own fiscal cliff. White elephants include a new harbor that sits empty, its entrance full of silt; a business park built on a misty, remote hillside that lies barren; and an oceanside helipad where, locals say, no helicopter has ever landed.

Jardim is unapologetic. On the sidelines of the recent inauguration of the 1,900-feet cliff-top viewing point at Cabo Girao, he continued to preach the benefits of past EU policy and brushed off talk of financial folly.

European leaders, however, want to shift from what they see as unproductive economic policies. The new slogan for the 2014-20 budget period is “smart growth.”

That will likely translate into stimulus packages for the EU’s 23 million small businesses and more skill training – a “more targeted investment and better use of funds,” Regional Policy Commissioner Hahn said.

Consumer confidence holds at five-year high

gains in job growth in October.

But consumers were less WASHINGTON — Consum- upbeat about expectations for the future, signaling er confidence held at a five-year high in November, greater awareness and caution about a fiscal cliff of but there were signs that higher taxes and federal concerns about the “fiscal spending cuts at the start of cliff” are starting to weigh next year, unless lawmakers on sentiments.

The final November index take action to avert what most analysts believe will of consumer sentiment lead the nation into recesstood at 82.7 based on the sion. widely followed survey by The latest report comes Thomson Reuters/Universijust two days before the ty of Michigan. That’s a notch above the 82.6 read- traditional start of the holiday shopping season. Suring for October, but down veys suggest that the from the 84.9 preliminary Christmas retail season will index earlier in November. likely match last year’s Details of the report reperformance, but sales leased Wednesday showed could disappoint if consumconsumers’ mood about ers become increasingly current conditions brightnervous that the nation ened in November, most likely reflecting the improv- could go over the fiscal cliff. ing housing market and

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Now you know.

WSU takes Cancun title

BY PAUL SUELLENTROP The Wichita Eagle

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The Thunder’s Erick Lizon gets bowled over by Bloomington’s Aaron Dawson in the first period Wednesday at Intrust Bank Arena.

Thunder buries Bloomington 5-1

CANCUN, Mexico — Wichita State won the 1963 All-College Tournament in Oklahoma City.

63 Through the IOWA WICHITA STATE 75 years, it traveled to Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Kansas City and other places near and far to play holiday tournaments.

It took until Wednesday for the Shockers to win another one away from home. WSU defeated Iowa 75-63 in the championship game of the Cancun Challenge’s Riviera

Armstead

Early

Division at the Moon Palace Resort.

Cleanthony Early scored 15 first-half points on his way to 25 to lead the Shockers, who are 6-0 for the first time since 2006-07. WSU pulled away from Iowa (5-1) in the second half by locking down the

Hawkeyes and holding them to four field goals in the second half.

Malcolm Armstead added 14 points. Ehimen Orukpe played a major role in WSU’s defense, blocking five shots and altering others. He also grabbed eight rebounds. Early was chosen tournament MVP and Armstead joined him on the all-tournament team.

Aaron White led Iowa with 14 points. The Hawkeyes shot 12 of 45 from the field, 4 of 23 in the second half.

The Shockers opened up from behind the arc early in the second half. Evan Wessel’s three tied it 37-all. Arm-

stead made back-to-back threes. In between, Early drove baseline for a threepoint play. That run put WSU up 46-37 and got the Shocker half of the black-and-yellow crowd roaring.

WSU went up 48-40, then handed back the momentum with three turnovers. Iowa closed to within 48-46 before WSU went on another burst.

Tekele Cotton started the run by grabbing Ron Baker’s airball and saving it to Baker. He then curled into the lane for a runner and a 50-46 lead. Orukpe shocked everybody, including Please see WSU, Page 3D

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a power play to return control to the Thunder.

“We responded right away and that was big, especially Thunder forward Ian Lowe on a power play,” Thunder answered a goal with a goal in the second coach Kevin McClelland said.

“If things go wrong out there BLAZE 1 period on — they cut it down to a one THUNDER 5 Wednesday against Bloo- goal lead — stick with it for mington, a score that Wichita 60 minutes.”

The win was big for the needed.

“They scored that goal on us Thunder, which was trailing against our line and that kind Bloomington in the Central Hockey League standings. of hit home, so I think we Bloomington had already needed to get one back,” defeated the Thunder twice Lowe said. “Going up two this year, and the teams only goals instead of one is big. meet one more time after That helped us out.”

Wichita defeated Blooming- Wednesday.

“Going to keep an even keel ton 5-1, a game the Thunder here. We had a good result on dominated most of the the road (Tuesday night at night.

The Thunder led 2-0 behind Missouri), obviously, in a goals from Ryan Flanigan and tough environment,” McClelLes Reaney, before the Blaze’s land said. “We came back in David Gilbert put one home to here and played a pretty good game.” make it a contest.

Less than two minutes after that goal, Lowe answered on Please see THUNDER, Page 2D

BY AUSTIN COLBERT Eagle correspondent

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Hen-pecked

Andale’s Eck adds leadership duties ■ The senior wrestler hopes for another 4A team title.

BY PAIGE FEIKERT Eagle correspondent

Levi Eck’s progression his first three years of wrestling at Andale was consistent. His freshman year he placed third in Class 4A, his sophomore year he was runner-up, and his junior year he took a state title at 170 poounds with only one loss all season.

But as a senior, Eck has a new challenge. Instead of only focusing on attempting to retain his state title, Eck must also embody a leadership role.

“He can encourage some of the younger kids, tell them what a good job they’re doing, let them know that everyone started out where they are now, he didn’t wake up at the skill level he’s at. If he can do that I think everyone else can build,” Andale coach Brad Lies said. “They know he’s talented and I think they’ll listen to his experience.”

Eck helped Andale win the Class 4A teams titles in 2011 and 2012. His focus this season is on helping Andale win

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Andale wrestler Levi Eck is a defending 4A champion, and hopes to add another team title in his senior season. another team title.

“The team was my biggest motivation last year,” Eck said. “It was close last year in state and we ended up winning a few points, and just being there for my team is my biggest motivation because they’ve all worked just as hard Please see ANDALE, Page 4D

Kansas State’s Nino Williams, left, and Jordan Henriquez go for a rebound on a shot by Delaware’s Josh Brinkley (32) in the first half of their NIT Season Tip-Off semifinal game Wednesday at Madison Square Garden in New York.

K-State barely survives battle with Delaware

BY KELLIS ROBINETT The Wichita Eagle

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EW YORK — Before they arrived at Madison Square for the NIT Season Tip-Off, the Kansas State basketball team hadn’t been tested.

That changed during a

66-63 semifinal victory over Delaware on Wednesday.

The Blue Hens (2-2) pushed the Wildcats (5-0) much harder than the four nondescript opponents K-State pummeled on the way here. They made it fight until the final moments, when Will Spradling sank four straight free throws to clinch the game.

The Wildcats will play for the tournament title on Friday when they take on the winner of Wednesday’s late game between Pittsburgh and No. 4 Michigan.

“We did not play pretty,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said. “That was pretty obvious. It had been so good Please see K-STATE, Page 3D

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WSU volleyball set for tourney

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■ Bishop Carroll ■ Hutchinson ■ Both win ■ Neither win

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant scored 35 points, Russell West111 brook added CLIPPERS OKC THUNDER 117 23 and Oklahoma City’s All-Star tandem scored all of the Thunder’s points in overtime in a 117-111 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.

The Clippers, who came in tied for the best record in the Western Conference, had a six-game winning streak snapped.

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a 108-104 advantage.

Westbrook then answered DeAndre Jordan’s three-point play with a baseline jumper, and Oklahoma City was able to close it out from the foul line.

Blake Griffin led Los Angeles with 23 points and Jamal Crawford scored 20 in the meeting of Western Conference division leaders. Clippers starting forward Caron Butler missed the game with a strained right shoulder.

After trailing for the previous 44 minutes, the Clippers finally pulled even at 102 when Matt Barnes drove for a layup with 36 seconds left in regulation. Griffin denied Durant the ball on the Thunder’s ensuing possession, and Westbrook came up empty on a drive to the basket.

Chris Paul then dribbled out the rest of the clock before missing a turnaround jumper from the left elbow as the horn sounded.

Los Angeles was never able to pull ahead, failing in its bid to win at least seven games in a row for only the sixth time in franchise history.

Kevin Martin scored 20 points and Serge Ibaka chipped in 15 points and 12 rebounds for Oklahoma City before fouling out in overtime. Hasheem Thabeet also matched his career high with 10 points off the bench.

Barnes had 19 points for the Clippers. Paul was limited to nine points on 2-for-14 shooting, and he also had nine assists. Los Angeles had been tied with Memphis for the West’s best record at the start

From Page 1D The Thunder defense struggled early, getting outshot by the Blaze 7-1 after seven minutes of play.

After that the Thunder blistered Bloomington, and ended up outshooting them 18-12 in the first period.

Bloomington only managed 13 shots combined in the final two periods.

“We limited their opportunities other than the first (seven) minutes of the game,” McClelland said. “We clamped down after that.”

Reaney led the Thunder with two goals, doubling the number of goals he had entering the game.

“I just buried on my opportunities. I had a couple last night that didn’t go in the net.

Tonight I didn’t have to do

of the day but dropped behind Oklahoma City and San Antonio with the loss.

The Clippers, who won three out of four against Oklahoma City in a sometimes testy series last season, haven’t had a winning streak of seven games or longer since 1991.

The meetings last season included Griffin’s memorable throwdown over Kendrick Perkins in a Clippers win and Perkins’ retaliation with a hard foul to Griffin’s face as Oklahoma City won the rematch. Barnes had a couple scuffles with Ibaka and Perkins but nothing quite as noteworthy.

The Thunder pushed ahead with a string of eight straight made baskets in the first quarter. ey world is facing.

“This is a good league this year,” he said. “With the NHL being out, there are a lot of good players that are down here and there are a lot of good teams. There are a lot of good players still sitting around out there. It’s going to be a tough battle every night.”

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The Thunder’s Ryan Flanigan scores against Bloomington in the first period Wednesday at Intrust Bank Arena. much,” he said. “It’s nice if you get those opportunities.”

The Thunder has won two in a row after dropping three

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First period—1, Wichita, Flanigan (unassisted), 10:22. Penalties—Young, Wichita (hooking), 0:26; Dudas, Bloomington (roughing), 7:59; Dawson, Bloomington (holding), 17:35.

Second period—2, Wichita, Reaney (Inman), 10:52. 3, Bloomington, Gilbert (Townsend, Gron), 12:08. 4, Wichita, Lowe (powerplay) (Young, Lutz), 13:48. Penalties— Gilbert, Bloomington (goalie interference), 6:41; Boogaard, Wichita (check to the head), 6:41; Lowe, Wichita (goalie interference), 8:13; Dawson, Bloomington (hooking), 12:24; Dawson, Bloomington (cross checking), 12:24.

Third period—5, Wichita Reaney (Lizon, Wright), 2:50. 6, Wichita, Inman (Flath), 4:17. Penalties—Trebish, Bloomington (cross checking), 5:26.

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Power plays— Bloomington 0 of 2; Wichita 1 of 5 Shots—Bloomington 12-8-5—25; Wichita 18-9-9—36 Goalies—Bloomington, Festa 36 shots-31 saves; Wichita, Regan 25 shots-24 saves T—2:19. A—3,283.

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The Shockers are three weeks into a lineup change that they debuted in the Nov. 9 match against MSU at Koch No. 2 Northern Iowa vs.

Wichita State’s volleyball Thursday’s quarterfinals Arena. With right-side Sam WSU/MSU winner, 7:30 No. 4 Southern Illinois vs. players know there is one way Sanders out with a shoulder p.m.

No. 5 Illinois State, 5 p.m. to earn a party on Sunday. injury, Adney moved from left No. 3 Wichita State vs. No. Win three matches this week Saturday’s championship to right and freshman Katie 6 Missouri State, 7:30 p.m.

7:07 p.m. (FSKC, Ch. 34) in the Missouri Valley ConferReilly moved into the left. She ence Tournament and the Friday’s semifinals ■ NCAA selection show: 3 responded with 11 kills and a No. 1 Creighton vs. SIU/ISU p.m. Sunday (ESPNU, Ch. athletic department can send .458 attack percentage. Sandwinner, 5 p.m. invitations to watch the NCAA 244) ers missed three matches selection show. before playing sparingly last “We’ve been talking about weekend. selection show and be relaxed work they did prior wasn’t having a watch party instead “Sam was out and we had about it,” senior Emily Adney enough to get them there,” he of hiding in Lambo’s house,” said. “So it’s just this full body to retool this thing a little bit,” said.

WSU setter Chelsey Feekin Lamb said. “People have to WSU hasn’t won the tourna- of work sort of thing and we said. prepare for you differently. need to go into this conferment since 2004. It faces a Third-seeded WSU (20-8) But there’s a reason why you ence tournament with the tough road this season, startplays sixth-seeded Missouri weren’t like that in the first intentions of winning a conState (16-14), the host school, ing with the home team. A place. It’s probably not the Thursday. The Shockers enter win pits WSU against second- ference tournament champiway you play your best. So onship.” the tournament with a power seeded Northern Iowa, winwe’ve had to kind of learn The Shockers swept Misners of 10 straight over the ranking (RPI) at No. 44, how we can side out and souri State this season, winShockers. No. 21 Creighton, which is generally a solid score points standing in difning 3-1 both times. WSU’s position for an NCAA at-large the top seed, lurks on the ferent places and doing differmiddle blockers shone in other side of the bracket. spot. Nothing is guaranteed, ent roles.” both. In the first meeting, Lamb likes his non-conferso they much prefer to wrap The Shockers are 2-1 with ence schedule strength. WSU Elizabeth Field totaled 10 kills up the Valley’s automatic bid with a .366 attack percentage. that lineup, losing a heartin Saturday’s title game. Then is 2-6 against the RPI top 50 breaking five-setter to CreighAshley Andrade had 12 kills and 6-1 vs. teams ranked they can skip watching the 51-100. While great emphasis and a .455 attack percentage. ton. show in the protection of “We found some things that coach Chris Lamb’s house and is put on the tournament, it is In the rematch, Andrade had eight kills with Field matching are working,” Feekin said. “I not the entire story. invite fans to join them in like having Emily on the right “I also know there are teams her career high with 19. public.

“I’m sure they will be keyed side. She’s gained a lot of “It would be so much fun to out there that are going to confidence back there.” have a great last week and the in on them,” Feekin said. go out and sit and watch the

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bers of fans in the stands and on TV for the World Cup and Olympics, but women’s soccer Wichita State’s Aliphine has yet to find a foothold as a Tuliamuk-Bolton was named pro sport in the U.S. Missouri Valley Conference With a vested interest in Scholar-Athlete of the week. ensuring national team playTuliamuk-Bolton, a senior ers have somewhere to play from Kenya, finished fourth in the years leading up to the in the NCAA Championships VOLLEYBALL 2015 World Cup, U.S. Soccer on Saturday. She has 3.42 grade-point average in health Kansas beat Saint Louis 3-0 is stepping in this time to seek to create a viable ecoservices management and (25-16, 25-16, 25-12) in nomic model. The teams will community development.

Lawrence. KU junior libero Brianne Riley had 18 digs and still be privately owned, but the federation will pay for the broke the KU single-season BASKETBALL salaries of 24 national team digs record with 563. players.

Wichita State’s women U.S. Soccer also will fund begin play in the Cancun SOCCER the league’s front offices.

Challenge on Thursday after“We are subsidizing the Another pro women’s socnoon at 2:30 p.m. when they cer league will try to succeed private sector here to try to face Missouri in the first of where two previous attempts make it sustainable, to try to three games in three days. make the investments neceshave failed. This one will WSU will play Richmond on sary by the private sector Friday and James Madison on have a franchise in Kansas smaller,” U.S. Soccer PresiCity.

Saturday. Jessica Diamond dent Sunil Gulati said on a The currently unnamed (12.3 points) leads three Shockers averaging in double eight-team league will launch conference call. figures. WSU has won two in in the spring, U.S. Soccer announced Wednesday. The a row after losing its seasonHOCKEY clubs will be located in Bosopener 72-70 at LSU. ■ West Virginia’s Bob Hug- ton, Chicago, Kansas City, NHL talks quickly broke off New Jersey, Portland, Seattle, again Wednesday after the gins has received a contract western New York and Wash- players made a new proposal extension that includes the choice of moving into another ington. they said left sides separated The sport has repeatedly role or continuing his basketby less than $40 million anshown it can draw large num- nually over a five-year conball coaching duties beyond

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the 2017-18 season. Athletic director Oliver Luck said the 59-year-old Huggins will earn $3 million this season, including a base salary of $250,000. The contract runs through 2022-23.

tract and Commissioner Gary Bettman immediately rejected the plan, saying “we’re still far apart.”

On the 67th day of a lockout that already has led to the cancellation of more than a quarter of the regular season, the sides didn’t set a date to get back together.

“On the big things there was as of today no reciprocity in any meaningful sense, no movement on the players’ share, no movement on salary-arbitration eligibility, no movement on free agency eligibility, no agreement on a pension plan,” union head Donald Fehr said.

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The Jacksonville Jaguars placed quarterback Blaine Gabbert on injured reserve because of a significant forearm injury. Gabbert may have been able to return this season, but since he needs surgery to repair a torn labrum in his non-throwing shoulder, the Jaguars (1-9) figured it was best to get the procedure done and get his recovery started.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2012 ■ THE WICHITA EAGLE 3D

Scoring binge puts Grinnell guard on map

BY ZACH SCHONBRUN New York Times News Service

At some point in the second half of a 179-104 victory over Faith Baptist Bible on Tuesday night, Grinnell College coach David Arsenault Jr. looked toward the managers keeping score on the bench.

He asked how many points the 5-foot-10 sophomore guard Jack Taylor had scored. They had lost count.

When it was done, Taylor had scored 138, smashing the NCAA mark set in 1954

by Clarence Francis, better known as Bevo. By 10 p.m.

Eastern, Taylor’s name was trending nationally on Twitter.

After the game, he called his mother, Elizabeth, in Black River Falls, Wis., and told her she might consider clearing space on their DVR.

WSU From Page 1D his teammates, by swishing a 15-foot jumper. Then Cotton deflected an Iowa pass and the Shockers got Carl Hall a threepoint play on the break. His free throw made it 55-46 with 10:40 remaining.

The Shockers pushed the lead to 64-54 on Cotton’s steal and three-point play with 5:36 remaining.

Iowa’s press and changing defense slowed WSU’s of-

“You always dream as a kid of scoring a lot of points and setting records. For this dream to become a reality is really a cool thing.”

Grinnell’s Jack Taylor At 5:45 a.m. Wednesday, Taylor was preparing to appear on “Good Morning America” on ABC. “You always dream as a kid of scoring a lot of points and setting records,” Taylor said Wednesday. “For this dream to become a reality is really a cool thing.”

Taylor’s accomplishment put tiny Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, on the national map. fense and forced the Shockers to battle the shot clock in the first half. Early showed a three-point touch lacking until Wednesday. He made 3 of 4 in the first half, scoring 15 points, after entering the game 1 of 12.

WSU also got a lift from reserve Nick Wiggins, who sped past the defense for a dunk and a layup off long passes from Armstead.

Iowa made 7 of 8 threes in the first half, four by backup guard Josh Oglesby. The Hawkeyes led 35-33 at halftime, courtesy of a buzzerbeating three by Anthony

Researchers were sent scrambling for context. He played 36 minutes and attempted 108 shots. To put that in perspective, Syracuse took 103 shots and Connecticut attempted 106 in their classic six-overtime game in the Big East tournament in 2009.

“I kind of got in the zone where everything feels like it was going in,” Taylor said.

The national conversation was more deeply layered, with many questioning why an individual would attempt so many shots in a game that was clearly not a contest and whether Grinnell’s style of play makes the record dubious.

Since 1993, the Pioneers have employed a frantic, all-out scoring system that employs a 40-minute fullcourt press, hockey-like line shifts and rapid shooting,

Clemmons at the end of the shot clock.

The Hawkeyes led 29-23 late in the half before Early got on a roll. He scored seven of WSU’s final nine points in the half.

WICHITA ST. Min FG-A FT-A OR-TR A PF PT Hall 21 3-6 6-7 2-4 0 4 12 Orukpe 23 2-2 0-0 2-8 0 3 4 Armstead 30 4-12 3-5 2-5 5 4 14 Wessel 16 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 3 3 Baker 28 0-7 2-2 0-1 1 2 2 Lufile 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 Williams 17 0-1 0-0 0-1 3 2 0 Early 30 7-13 8-9 4-9 1 4 25 Wiggins 5 2-3 0-1 0-2 0 0 4 Van Vleet 8 0-1 1-2 0-0 1 1 1 Cotton 16 3-4 2-3 2-5 1 0 8 White 2 0-2 0-0 1-1 0 1 0 Totals 200 23-55 22-29 14-38 13 26 75 Percentages: FG .418, FT .759. 3-Point Goals: 7-20, .350 (Armstead 3-5, Early 3-6, Wessel 1-2, Wiggins 0-1, Cotton 0-1, White 0-1, Baker 0-4).

Team Rebounds: 1. Blocked Shots: 8 (Orukpe

with the intention of scoring as much and as quickly as possible.

On Tuesday, the Pioneers led 85-46 at halftime. Grinnell’s opponent, Faith Baptist Bible, is a 275-student college 50 miles to the west. Its 10-man roster includes eight underclassmen.

One of them, sophomore David Larson, scored 70 points Tuesday. The Faith Baptist Bible coach, Brian Fincham, did not take issue with Taylor’s performance and said his team attempted to double- and even tripleteam him at times.

“I will tell you, we tried,” Fincham said. “I’m not going to be cheap and foul or hit somebody. That’s not the type of program we’re going to be. But I’m proud of my guys and the effort they put in. Jack just had a great night.”

5, Hall, Lufile, Armstead). Turnovers: 12 (Early 4, Armstead 2, Williams 2, Hall 2, Orukpe). Steals: 9 (Armstead 4, Cotton 3, Early, Orukpe). Technical Fouls: None.

IOWA Min FG-A FT-A OR-TR A PF PT McCabe 13 0-3 0-0 0-1 0 4 0 White 35 1-4 11-12 0-3 1 3 14 Woodbury 17 0-3 1-3 1-1 1 3 1 Marble 36 4-12 1-2 3-4 2 2 11 Gesell 12 0-3 2-2 1-3 0 4 2 Olaseni 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Basabe 21 0-2 6-8 0-2 0 2 6 Oglesby 21 4-11 0-0 0-5 1 2 12 Clemmons 11 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 1 3 Ingram 8 0-1 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 May 23 2-6 9-10 2-6 0 1 13 Totals 200 12-46 31-39 10-30 7 22 63 Percentages: FG .261, FT .795. 3-Point Goals: 8-15, .533 (Oglesby 4-8, Marble 2-2, Clemmons 1-1, White 1-2, May 0-1, McCabe 0-1). Team Rebounds: 3. Blocked Shots: 5 (Oglesby 2, Woodbury, White, Basabe). Turnovers: 14 (Marble 5, Gesell 3, White 2, Oglesby, McCabe, May, Basabe).

Steals: 2 (White 2). Technical Fouls: None.

33 42 – 75 Wichita St. Iowa 35 28 – 63 Att.–902. Officials–Bill Ek, Darryl Smith, James Schipper.

WILDCAT REPORT Wednesday’s box score K-State 66, Delaware 63 DELAWARE Min FG-A FT-A OR-TR A PF PT Brinkley 29 1-4 3-6 1-1 0 3 5 Hagins 27 6-7 0-0 4-15 2 2 12 Threatt 30 1-8 3-4 1-5 0 0 5 Saddler 37 12-22 5-7 1-5 4 2 32 Anderson 33 1-4 0-0 0-2 1 2 3 Rogers 19 2-7 0-0 1-2 0 2 4 King-Davis 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Townsville 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Baptiste 20 1-2 0-1 2-2 1 5 2 Totals 200 24-54 11-18 11-34 8 16 63 Percentages: FG .444, FT .611. 3-Point Goals: 4-11, .364 (Saddler 3-5, Anderson 1-3, Threatt 0-3).

Team Rebounds: 2. Blocked Shots: 6 (Brinkley 2, Hagins 2, Saddler, Anderson). Turnovers: 15 (Threatt 6, Saddler 3, Rogers 2, Hagins 2, Baptiste, Anderson). Steals: 5 (Brinkley, Hagins, Anderson, Threatt, Saddler). Technical Fouls: None.

KANSAS ST. Min FG-A FT-A OR-TR A PF PT Southwell 13 3-3 0-0 0-2 2 0 8 Irving 14 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 Williams 17 1-6 0-0 2-3 0 3 2 Lawrence 2 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 Rodriguez 33 3-9 6-7 1-4 5 2 12 Diaz 6 3-4 0-0 3-3 0 4 6 Henriquez 9 0-3 0-0 3-3 0 1 0 McGruder 25 4-14 0-0 4-5 2 1 8 Gipson 27 5-10 2-3 4-6 1 4 12 Johnson 21 2-6 0-0 0-4 0 3 4 Spradling 33 3-7 4-4 0-6 7 1 12 Totals 200 25-65 12-14 18-39 18 20 66 Percentages: FG .385, FT .857. 3-Point Goals: 4-12, .333 (Southwell 2-2, Spradling 2-5, McGruder 0-1, Rodriguez 0-4). Team Rebounds: 1. Blocked Shots: 1 (Spradling). Turnovers: 14 (Rodriguez 4,

Gipson 3, Diaz 2, Johnson, Lawrence, McGruder, Irving, Williams). Steals: 7 (McGruder 3, Spradling 2, Johnson, Williams). Technical Fouls: None.

25 38 – 63 Delaware Kansas St. 27 39 – 66 Att.–NA. Officials–Brian O’Connell, John Gaffney, Gene Steratore.

Enjoying New York K-State players arrived in the Big Apple on Monday.

Jordan Henriquez, a New York native, said he has taken his teammates on walking tours of Time Square, and will continue to show them the city. Rodney McGruder said his best moment of the trip came when he sampled an authentic slice of New York cheesecake. “I got to eat at Junior’s,” McGruder said. “Really good cheesecake.”

A new streak K-State’s victory over Dela-

ware marked its first victory at Madison Square Garden. The Wildcats were 0-5 in the famous arena before Wednesday. Their first visit to the venue came in 1948 with K-State losing to Holy Cross in the Final Four. Their most recent trip came in 2007. Notre Dame won that game.

Hard falls Will Spradling took a couple hard falls. The first came while he was diving out of bounds and crashed into the media table and fell in some soda.

He quickly bounced up and ran up court, but had to sling the liquid off on his way. The second came while going up for a rebound. He was shoved to the ground by a Delaware defender, and a foul was called. He showed no pain

K-STATE From Page 1D for us at home and we had defended so well and the games came easy. Now it didn’t come quite as easy. We missed a lot of easy shots and made some mistakes defensively, but we made a good run at the right time.”

A closer-than-expected victory over Delaware, a Colonial Athletic team that surpassed expectations by upsetting Virginia and making it to New York, might help prepare K-State for the championship game. It should be easier to respond to pressure now that they’ve won a tight game.

“Hopefully you get through one of those games,” Weber said, “and tomorrow we come back and play a little more relaxed and play the game of basketball the way we believe we can play.”

But one thing’s for sure: They will need to play better on Friday for that experience to make a difference.

Delaware held K-State to 30.3 percent shooting in the first half and Shane Southwell had to make a jumper to give the Wildcats a 27-25 lead at intermission. And every time the Wildcats tried to pull away in the second half, Devon Saddler hit a shot that kept the Blue Hens close.

Behind an impressive game from their leading scorer, who made 12 of 22 attempts while pouring in 32 points, and a fine effort from big man Jamelle Hagins, who scored 12 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, Delaware was in it the whole way.

Terrell Rogers made a runner in the lane with 27.6 seconds remaining to pull Delaware within 62-60 and

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Kansas State’s Angel Rodriguez knocks the ball from the hands of Delaware’s Jarvis Threatt in the first half of Wednesday’s game at Madison Square Garden.

Sadler hit another layup soon after to make the score 64-62.

But the Wildcats did respond to that well enough to pull out a victory on a neutral court. Spradling, a junior guard who scored 12 points while taking perfect care of the ball and dishing out seven assists, calmly stepped to the line and made key free throws every time his team needed him.

Spradling wanted the ball.

He attempts close to 100 free throws a day and refuses to leave K-State’s practice facility until he has made at least 40 in a row.

“It was two points every time they fouled me,” Spra-

dling said. “My teammates showed a lot of confidence in me and helped me get the ball. But we all showed a lot of confidence at the end there.”

K-State shook off an ugly half and played well for portions of the second half.

“We didn’t shoot the ball well at all to start the game,” Spradling said. “We were missing layups. That is something we normally will make.

You could tell that we were nervous. Once we settled down, we started playing.”

Angel Rodriguez and Thomas Gipson both added 12 points. The Wildcats did seem to be at their best when it looked like the Blue Hens

after either fall.

Worth noting K-State’s bench played a big factor in the victory. The Wildcats played 11 players, and tried to tire out Delaware’s smaller rotation. “You could easily tell that their players were really getting worn down tonight,” Spradling said.… Angel Rodriguez did a good job dishing out five assists, but struggled with four turnovers. Spardling’s assistto-turnover ratio was much nicer. He had seven assists and no turnovers.… Henriquez and Omari Lawrence didn’t play great in front of home crowds. Neither of the New York natives scored.

— Kellis Robinett

were threatening.

With about 12 minutes remaining, K-State clung to a 39-38 lead. It needed a big play. That’s when Southwell, a New York native, drained a three to spark a 15-5 run.

He gave the Wildcats momentum. Adrian Diaz made a layup, Rodriguez scored a driving layup through a foul for three points, Spradling made a floater and Gipson made a layup. Then Southwell hit another three to cap the run.

When the shot swished, he turned and screamed. He was excited, and so was the entire K-State team.

“It was a new feeling,” said Rodney McGruder, who scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds. “But we battled adversity and came out with the win. We are going to have more close games. Hopefully we can continue to handle it well.”

Things ended up closer than the Wildcats hoped when Delaware pulled to within one possession several times late. And coaches were displeased with Rodriguez fouling Sadler with 1 second remaining during a threepoint attempt, even though they were leading by four.

But those frustrations began to fade when players starting looking ahead to the tournament’s championship game. That game will reveal much more about K-State than even this one did.

“Coach told us before we came here that we needed a close game,” Rodriguez said.

“The games we had at home weren’t that hard. This is what we came for. We came to compete and prove ourselves.”

Check Kellis Robinett’s K-State blog at blogs.kansas.com/kstated.

Reach him at krobinett@wichitaeagle.com.

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Kentucky's Archie Goodwin, left, shoots under pressure from Morehead State's Angelo Warner (22) during the first half of Wednesday's game in Lexington, Ky.

Kentucky edges Morehead State Associated Press

Archie Goodwin scored a career-high 28 points, Alex Poythress added 20 and No. 8 Kentucky rallied past stubborn Morehead State, 81-70 on Wednesday night.

Their biggest contributions came at the foul line as the much-hyped freshmen combined to convert 20 of 25 free throws to help the Wildcats (3-1) fight back several times against the Eagles (3-2) before steadily pulling away in the second half.

Julius Mays added 11 points, and freshmen forward Nerlens Noel and Kyle Wiltjer each had nine. Noel also had 11 rebounds and three blocks.

Milton Chavis scored 23 points for Morehead State, which had runs of 16-0 in the first half and 11-4 to start the second. Maurice Lewis-Briggs added 13 points, and Drew Kelly had 10.

The Eagles committed 32 fouls, while the Wildcats – 31 of 41 from the line – had 12.

“We gave them all we had, but we just couldn’t hold on,” said Morehead State coach Sean Woods, who played for Kentucky from 1990-92.

TOP 25, MVC, BIG 12

MOREHEAD ST. (3-2): Kelly 2-7 6-7 10, Chavis 9-15 2-2 23, Holmes 0-3 2-2 2, Atkinson 2-4 0-0 4, Warner 1-4 0-0 2, Owens 2-5 0-0 4, Lewis-Briggs 5-10 2-3 13, Stokes 2-10 2-2 8, Turner 1-6 0-0 2, Posthumus 1-4 0-0 2, Reed 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-68 14-16 70.

KENTUCKY (3-1): Noel 3-4 3-7 9, Poythress 6-12 8-8 20, Wiltjer 4-8 0-0 9, Goodwin 8-13 12-17 28, Mays 2-7 6-7 11, Polson 0-0 2-2 2, Cauley-Stein 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 24-47 31-41 81.

Halftime–Kentucky 32-31. 3-Point Goals–Morehead St. 6-24 (Chavis 3-5, Stokes 2-7, Lewis-Briggs 1-5, Kelly 0-2, Warner 0-2, Turner 0-3), Kentucky 2-10 (Wiltjer 1-5, Mays 1-5). Fouled Out–Atkinson, Owens. Rebounds–Morehead St. 35 (Lewis-Briggs 6), Kentucky 37 (Noel 11). Assists–Morehead St. 12 (Stokes 5), Kentucky 11 (Goodwin, Noel 4). Total Fouls–Morehead St. 32, Kentucky 12. A–21,897.

Other Top 25 No. 6 Syracuse 73, Princeton 53 PRINCETON (1-3): Barrett 0-2 0-0 0, Hummer 3-7 4-5 10, Connolly 4-5 3-4 11, Bray 2-3 0-0 6, Clement 1-3 0-0 2, Wilson 5-11 0-0 15, Koon 2-5 4-4 9, Darrow 0-0 0-0 0, Brase 0-2 0-0 0, Garbade 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-38 11-13 53.

SYRACUSE (3-0): Fair 4-8 4-5 12, Christmas 5-6 0-0 10, Coleman 3-5 1-5 7, Carter-Williams 4-9 1-2 10, Triche 3-11 4-4 10, Grant 0-1 0-0 0, Hart 0-0 0-0 0, Cooney 0-4 0-0 0, Keita 1-2 0-0 2, Hoffmann 0-0 0-0 0, Lyde-Cajuste 0-0 0-0 0, DeRemer 0-0 0-0 0, Southerland 7-11 4-4 22. Totals 27-57 14-20 73.

Halftime–Syracuse 36-25. 3-Point Goals–Princeton 8-18 (Wilson 5-9, Bray 2-3, Koon 1-2, Barrett 0-1, Hummer 0-1, Clement 0-2), Syracuse 5-16 (Southerland 4-6, Carter-Williams 1-4, Cooney 0-3, Triche 0-3). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Princeton 23 (Connolly, Koon 4), Syracuse 31 (Carter-Williams, Coleman, Fair 6). Assists–Princeton 15 (Bray 7), Syracuse 14 (CarterWilliams 9). Total Fouls–Princeton 17, Syracuse 13. A–17,881.

No. 9 UNC 112, Chaminade 70 NORTH CAROLINA (5-1): Strickland 4-7 0-3 8, Paige 2-4 0-0 6, Johnson 7-8 2-3 16, Bullock 7-9 0-0

17, McAdoo 8-12 2-3 18, James 1-1 2-2 4, McDonald 6-12 2-2 17, Moody 1-2 0-0 3, Davis 1-1 2-2 5, Hubert 0-0 0-2 0, Hairston 3-7 2-2 10, Simmons 2-2 0-0 4, Tanner 0-0 0-0 0, Tokoto 1-3 1-2 4, Manor 0-1 0-0 0, Robinson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 43-69 13-21 112.

CHAMINADE (3-3): Cooks 0-4 0-0 0, Bailey 4-9 0-1 10, Murray 5-12 3-4 15, Murphy 3-6 0-1 9, Haskins 9-15 0-0 22, Harrison 2-3 0-0 6, Peterson 0-1 0-0 0, Vukasovic 0-2 0-0 0, Green 0-2 2-2 2, Hu 2-9 2-2 6, Coulibaly 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-65 7-10 70.

Halftime–North Carolina 62-33. 3-Point Goals–North Carolina 13-27 (Bullock 3-4, McDonald 3-8, Paige 2-4, Hairston 2-5, Davis 1-1, Tokoto 1-2, Moody 1-2, Manor 0-1), Chaminade 13-34 (Haskins 4-6, Murphy 3-6, Harrison 2-3, Murray 2-5, Bailey 2-6, Cooks 0-1, Coulibaly 0-1, Vukasovic 0-1, Green 0-2, Hu 0-3). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–North Carolina 41 (McAdoo 10), Chaminade 32 (Harrison, Haskins 6). Assists–North Carolina 26 (Davis 7), Chaminade 16 (Haskins 4). Total Fouls–North Carolina 13, Chaminade 20. A–2,400.

MVC Missouri St. 82, Malone 49 MALONE (2-1): Kazmierczak 1-9 0-0 3, Bates 3-6 3-4 9, Veldhuizen 4-10 5-11 13, Richardson 2-5 1-2 5, Elliott 0-5 2-4 2, Goodwater 4-7 1-2 10, Ja. Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Lodermeier 0-0 0-0 0, O’Daniel 0-0 0-0 0, Graves 1-4 0-0 3, Wise 2-3 0-0 4, Stone 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 17-50 12-23 49.

MISSOURI ST. (2-2): Pickens 3-6 0-0 6, Wilson 4-5 0-2 8, Thurman 1-5 1-2 3, Downing 5-10 1-2 15, M. Marshall 5-7 2-2 15, Simpson 1-7 0-0 3, Carmichael 0-2 0-0 0, Aromona 0-0 1-2 1, Williams 1-3 2-2 5, Scheer 1-4 0-0 2, B. Marshall 4-7 0-0 9, Kirk 7-10 1-4 15. Totals 32-66 8-16 82.

Halftime–Missouri St. 38-22. 3-Point Goals–Malone 3-18 (Goodwater 1-2, Kazmierczak 1-4, Graves 1-4, Ja. Miller 0-1, Richardson 0-1, Veldhuizen 0-2, Elliott 0-4), Missouri St. 10-21 (Downing 4-7, M. Marshall 3-3, B. Marshall 1-1, Williams 1-1, Simpson 1-5, Scheer 0-1, Carmichael 0-1, Thurman 0-2).

Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Malone 36 (Veldhuizen 7), Missouri St. 42 (Pickens 10).

Assists–Malone 10 (Elliott 4), Missouri St. 19 (Williams 5). Total Fouls–Malone 13, Missouri St. 14. A–3,712.

Big 12 Texas 69, Mississippi St. 55 MISSISSIPPI ST. (1-4): Thomas 2-10 5-5 10, Bloodman 2-6 3-4 9, Lewis 1-8 0-0 2, Johnson 7-12 4-9 18, Sword 1-5 1-2 3, Price 0-0 0-0 0, Ware 3-8 2-6 8, Cunningham 1-2 2-2 5. Totals 17-51 17-28 55.

TEXAS (3-2): Felix 2-7 3-4 7, Holmes 2-4 0-0 5, Lewis 6-10 0-1 15, Papapetrou 3-6 1-2 8, Ridley 3-5 2-6 8, McClellan 7-13 1-2 19, Holland 2-4 0-0 5, Lammert 1-2 0-0 2, Ibeh 0-1 0-1 0. Totals 26-52 7-16 69.

Halftime–Texas 38-20. 3-Point Goals–Mississippi St. 4-11 (Bloodman 2-2, Cunningham 1-1, Thomas 1-5, Johnson 0-1, Sword 0-2), Texas 10-18 (McClellan 4-5, Lewis 3-4, Holmes 1-1, Holland 1-1, Papapetrou 1-3, Lammert 0-1, Felix 0-3). Fouled Out–Sword. Rebounds–Mississippi St. 32 (Ware 7), Texas 41 (Ridley 12). Assists–Mississippi St. 11 (Thomas 4), Texas 15 (Felix 7). Total Fouls–Mississippi St. 19, Texas 20. A–2,400.

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4D THE WICHITA EAGLE ■ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2012

CITY LEAGUE WRESTLERS TO WATCH East: Thomas Burton, 113, so.; Damon Zele, 138, sr.; Will Burrows, 145, sr.; Isiah Hardeman, 170, sr.; Deonta Thomas, 195, jr.; Teryn Brown, 220, jr.; Gilmar Barrera, 285, sr.

Heights: Greg Jones, 120, jr.; Forlanda Parker, 145⁄152, jr.; Armond McCray, 113, so.; Sean Deshazer, 106, so.

Kapaun: Parker Howell, 113, jr.; Patrick Burrus, 132, jr.; Alex Mills, 145, sr.; Alex Schutz, 160, sr.; Nick Heiland, 170⁄182, sr.

North: Caleb Franklin, 220, jr.; Ricky Spangler, 145⁄152, sr.; Charley Adams, 113, sr.; Jon

Villanueva, 285, sr.

Northwest: Marc Guerro, 106, so.; Michael Lindlar, 113, sr.; Joey Alberts, 120, sr.; Dylan Brazzle, 132, so.; Saul Ortiz, 152, so.

South: Kalin Collins, 152⁄160, jr.; DeAndre Tipton, 160⁄170, sr.; Rakim Dean, 182, sr.; Seth Birkes, 220, sr.; Dillon Young, 285, sr.

Southeast: Larry Ford, 285, sr.; William Armstrong, 145, jr.; Alonzo Ross, 160, sr.; Sage Soell, 195, sr.

West: Coach chose not to provide information.

AREA WRESTLERS TO WATCH Andover: Griffin Bossingham, 106, fr.; Lucas Maki, 126, sr.; Jared Brown, 145, sr.

Andover Central: Zac Gentzler, 120, sr.; Ben Lightfoot, 126, sr.; Dalton Rodd, 182, sr.; Jay Page, 152, sr.; Paul Suhr, 145, jr.

Arkansas City: Logan Terrill, 106, so.; Marco Perez, 120, so.; Joey Defore, 113, jr.; Dalton Dietrich, 126, sr.; Cody Eastman, 138, sr.

Augusta: Jake Goldenstein, 106, so.; Jacob Hill, 170, sr.; Wright Bosley, 182, jr.; Colby Willis, 195, sr.; Chance Runnion, 285, sr.

Buhler: Kyle Miller, 126, sr.; Jake Gehring, 152, sr.; Scott Whitson, 160, jr.; Jon Yates, 220, jr.

Campus: Tommy Miller, 113, jr.; Joe Thompson, 145, sr.; Masen McCracken, 106⁄113, jr.; Tyler Bastian, 285, so.

Chaparral: Clay Wilcox, 285, sr.; Zack Duwe, 145, sr.; Chip Wannamaker, 195, jr.; Jaden Helms, 220, so.

Circle: Zeb Edson, 132, jr.; Ridge Walker, 170⁄182, jr.; Jordan Moore, 220, sr.

Derby: Cody McDonald, 113, so.; Jeffrey Morrow, 120, sr.; Jared Suppes, 138, sr.; Chandler Ayer, 152, sr.; Ben Becker, 160, sr.

Garden Plain: Austin Hoheisel, 126, sr.; Cory Rau, 145, sr.; Gunnar Gassmann, 106, so.; Travis Simon, 220, sr.

Goddard Eisenhower: KC Lindsey, 120, jr.; Logan Cressler, 132, jr.; Jake Jenkins, 152, so.

Goddard: Dakota Leach, 120, sr.; Christian Frame, 138, jr.; Devin Bultman, 182, sr.; Carter Gragg, 285, so.; Christian Bowen, 113, fr.; Brett Woodruff, 145⁄152, so.

Halstead: Alex Thibault, 160, sr.; Nic Johnson, 145, sr.; Ethan Hertzler, 106, sr.

Hillsboro: Tanner Jones, 160 ⁄170, sr.; Tyrell Thiessen, 285, sr.; Cody Delk, 138⁄145, jr.; Jesse Meier, 152⁄160, so.; River Cecil, 132 ⁄138, jr.

Hutchinson: Trey Barton, 285, jr.; Darryon Cushinberry, 160, jr.; Gilbert Galindo, 130, jr.; Dominique Hoover, 182, sr.; Dalton Luce, 195, jr.

Independent: Casey Kolbeck, 145, sr.; Carson Boorigie, 126, so.; Matt Medrano, 285, sr.; Drew Bonfiglio, 160, jr.

Maize: Landon Wood, 106, fr.; Cole Moses, 113, fr.; Brett Moon, 120, fr.; Jacob Wilgers, 126, jr.; Shane Brock, 132, fr.; Kyle Baldwin, 138, jr.

Maize South: Bryce Garcia,, 106, so.; Jaysten McClure, 126, sr.; Jesse Bashor, 120, sr.; Kevin Kissane, 132, so.; Rylan Kasitz, 106, fr.

McPherson: Kaden Kretzer, 120, sr.; Travis Steenson, 182, sr.; Alex Boswell, 132, sr.

Mulvane: Kolby Fennewald, 170, sr.; Levi Carver, 113, sr.; Tanner Cosick, 195, sr.; Elijah White, 126⁄132, jr.

Newton: Quinton Harrison, 120, sr.; Anthony Monares, 132, sr.; Garrett McEachern, 138, sr.; Dillon Archer, 195, sr.; Garret Lee, 285, sr.

Rose Hill: Jake Wilson, 126, jr.; Kyle Loecke, 138, jr.; Toby Gray, 126, so.; Nathan Lamb, 132, so.

Smoky Valley: Brandon Archuleta, 120, so.; Austin Cook, 170⁄182, so.; Kyle Ryan, 152, sr.; Spencer Bird, 160, jr.; Trevor Whittaker, 170, sr.

Valley Center: Chad Blair, 182, sr.; Luke Weldon, 220, sr.

120, then junior Dylan Eck at 126 after returning from a broken arm last season. There is a gap of no returning wresFrom Page 1D tlers until 160 with senior Kyle Armstrong who is a three-time state qualifier. as I have.”

New to the team this season Eck is a threat on the mat in more ways than one. Lies said is Isaac Taylor at 170. Eck will Eck’s flexibility and awareness wrestle at 182, senior Derrick Gates returns at 195, and Ben of where his opponent is are Walther at 285. factors that keep Eck from “We lost a few guys last getting into a bad position. year, but we have a few new Eck has two strong moves kids who are looking pretty from his feet, the head inside good and some kids who were single and the duck under, out a few years who are getmaking it difficult for his ting better. I think we could opponents to defend him. get them on the podium at Endurance was Eck’s main state, I’ll just have to be a weakness last season. leader,” Eck said.

“He’s got really good techThe next step in Eck’s pronique, he’s strong for his gression would be to finish weight class, just being able this season undefeated on his to wrestle all three periods, path to another state title. But last year his problem was getting to the third period and with Andale’s tough schedule, it will not be an easy task. getting a little gassed,” Lies “That’s always the goal, I said. “Hopefully he’ll work hard in the practice room and think it’s a little more realistic this year for him,” Lies said. not take a breath, that will “He’s gotten a lot stronger, help him build up stamina.” he’s become a better wrestler, The middle weights and hopefully he can put it all experience will be Andale’s together and have his best strengths. Two-time statematches on the best days.” placer Tyler Mies returns at

ANDALE

WRESTLING SCHEDULE November 29—South at Bishop Carroll, Southeast at East, Heights at Kapaun, West at North, Mulvane at Pratt, Newton at Pratt, Mulvane v. Newton at Pratt, Andover Central at Augusta, Campus at Augusta, Andover Central v. Campus at Augusta, Buhler at Smoky Valley, Abilene at Smoky Valley, Buhler v. Abilene at Smoky Valley, Eisenhower at Maize South, Salina South at Salina Central, Ark City at Derby.

December 1—Gardner Edgerton Invitational, Ark City Invitational, Valley Center Tournament, El Dorado Invitational, Pratt Tournament, Campus Invitational, McPherson Tournament. 6—Bishop Carroll at Kapaun, West at Northwest, East at South, North at Southeast, Eisenhower at Andover Central, Winfield at Mulvane, Goddard at Valley Center, Buhler at El Dorado, Maize at Salina South, Hutchinson at Campus, Newton at Derby, McPherson at Andale, Maize South at Andover.

7—Abilene Tournament, Andale Tournament, Eudora Tournament, Colby Tournament. 8—Andale Tournament, Colby Tournament, Eudora Tournament, Wellington Tournament, Douglass Tournament, Hesston Tournament, Shawnee Mission-Northwest Tournament. 13—Kapaun at East, North at Heights, Northwest at Bishop Carroll, Southeast at West.

14—Raytown South Invitational. 15—Raytown South Invitational, Bishop Carroll Invitational, Emporia Tournament, Rose Hill Tournament, Ottawa Tournament. 20—Mulvane at McPherson, Buhler at McPherson.

January 3—Hutchinson at Newton, McPherson at Newton, Andale at Circle, Campus at Salina Central, Rose Hill at Winfield, Andover at Valley Center, Maize at Goddard, Andover Central at Ark City, Augusta at Clearwater, Mulvane at El Dorado. 4—Derby Invitational.

5—North Tournament, Derby Invitational, Augusta Tournament, Salina South Tournament, Maize Tournament. 9—South at North. 10—Kapaun at West, East at Northwest, Heights at Southeast, Buhler at Mulvane, Wellington at Mulvane, Rose Hill at El Dorado, Fredonia

at El Dorado, Ark City at Eisenhower, Salina Central at Hutchinson, McPherson at Winfield, Goddard at Maize South, Campus at Derby, Andover Central at Andover.

11—Newton Tournament, Basehor-Linwood Tournament. 12— Newton Tournament, Kapaun Tournament, Basehor-Linwood Tournament, Clearwater Tournament. 16—Bishop Carroll at Heights. 17— Northwest at North, Southeast at South, West at East, Andale at Wellington, Clearwater at Wellington, Salina Central at Derby, Augusta at Winfield, Buhler at Rose Hill, Maize at Newton. 18—Hays Tournament, Blue Valley Northwest Tournament. 19—Hays Tournament, Council Grove Tournament, Holton Tournament, Goddard Tournament, Eureka Tournament. 23—Northwest at Heights. 24— Bishop Carroll at Southeast, South at Kapaun, Goddard at Eisenhower, Valley Center at Ark City, Maize at Hutchinson, Newton at Campus, Maize South at Andover Central, Derby at Salina South, McPherson at Rose Hill, Newton at Campus, Clearwater at Circle. 25—Garden City Tournament, Concordia Tournament. 26—Fredonia Tournament, Garden Plain Tournament, Shawnee Mission-North Invitational, Junction City Tournament, Garden City Tournament, Chanute Tournament. 30—East at Bishop Carroll, North at Bishop Carroll, East v. North at Bishop Carroll.

31—Heights at West, South at West, Heights v. South at West, Kapaun at Northwest, Southeast at Northwest, Kapaun v. Southeast at Northwest, Eisenhower at Valley Center, Newton at Salina Central, Winfield at El Dorado, Andover at Goddard, Derby at Maize, Hutchinson at Salina South, Maize South at Ark City.

February 1—Rose Hill Tournament, Circle Tournament.

2—Goddard Tournament, South Tournament, Circle Tournament, Rose Hill Tournament. 6—South at Northwest. 7—North at Kapaun, West at Bishop Carroll, Heights at East, Eisenhower at Hutchinson, Augusta at Andale, Rose Hill at Mulvane, Winfield at Buhler, Andover Central at Goddard, Valley Center at Maize South, Campus at Maize, Salina South at Newton, El Dorado at McPherson. 9—City League Tournament at Heights.

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Stovall returns to Carroll mat ■ Former coach hopes to reinvigorate Eagles.

BY PAIGE FEIKERT Eagle correspondent

The four team state titles listed on the wall of Bishop Carroll’s wrestling room reflect a time of domination.

Much of that success can be attributed to Mark Stovall, who led Bishop Carroll to its first state title in 2002.

Stovall returned to Carroll this season, bringing with him the hope to regain prominence.

“We talk about tradition and building a program, when people look at Bishop Carroll wrestling and where that program has been with the ups and downs, and having (Stovall) be here for the ups, people can kind of look at that and see that he knows what he’s talking about,” assistant coach Kevin Knapp said.

Stovall believes that this year’s team has the potential to regain it reputation in the state.

“I think we have the skill set and the talent that if they keep working hard they can get up there,” Stovall said.

Stovall coached at Bishop Carroll from 1998 until 2004, going 116-8 in duals, and undefeated in duals for three years. Stovall left Carroll to start the Newman University wrestling team.

Darian Eshelman, who coached Carroll to a 5A championship in 2008, is part of Stovall’s coaching staff.

“We’re definitely hoping that the kids see us and believe in us, if nothing else because of our track record, and if they believe in us maybe they’ll give us more,” Eshelman said. “They’ll work real hard not to disappoint us, to gain our respect as coaches, because they know we’ve been blessed to coach great

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Bishop Carroll wrestling coach Mark Stovall in their practice room at Bishop Carroll High on Friday.

Bishop Carroll wrestling coach Mark Stovall works with some of his wrestlers during practice Friday. wrestlers in the past.”

According to senior Luke Weber, the biggest difference from last season is Stovall’s practice structure. The agenda for practice is written on a board in the wrestling room.

When Stovall walks in, the team comes together to talk about the agenda, and then practice starts with very little conversation between the wrestlers.

“It’s a structured practice

without having to manage every minute of the practice,” Knapp said. “He can focus more on working with individuals rather than having to stay there with a stopwatch making sure we don’t go over time.”

Since Bishop Carroll has a young team this season, creating a winning mindset will be vital.

“Winning teams have an

atmosphere in the room that maybe other teams do not,” Eshelman said. “What we want to do as coaches is develop that atmosphere, but when we get to that point where these kids believe it, they believe in themselves, and they know that because of their hard work they do that it’s going to pay off and BC will be back where they’ve been in the past.”

Bishop Carroll returns five state qualifiers from last season including juniors Jay Pacha at 120, and Devin Moore at 152, along with sophomores Joel Sponsel at 138, Nick Nolting at 182 and Tommy Marquez at 195.

“I’m not missing any leadership, all the young men are leading. I think that’s one of the things I bring to this program is I teach them how to lead,” Stovall said. “I think with them being young they’re able to adapt to my style and the structure that I’m bringing, they’re able to adapt to that fairly easy.”

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2012 ■ THE WICHITA EAGLE 5D

A LOOK AT CLEARWATER

A LOOK AT SOUTHEAST Boys

Girls

Coach: Melvin Herring, first season Last season: 11-10 Ht. Yr. Top players E.J. Garnes 5-8 Jr. Reggie Smith 6-2 Sr. 6-5 Sr. Trevor Neloms Regan Owugi 6-3 So.

Coach: DeeDee Williams, second season Last season: 4-17 Ht. Yr. Pos Top players Cheyenne Bullock 6-1 Sr. F-C Moriah Plowden 5-10 Sr. F 5-4 Jr..

G Jazmann Brown Alex Arline 5-8 So. G

Pos G G-F F-C F

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Girls

Coach: Dustin Clevenger, third season Last season: 13-8 Top players Ht. Yr. Johnny Becker 6-2 Jr. Colin Frickey 6-4 Sr. Chad Reibenspies 6-4 Sr. Reed VanDeest 6-1 Jr.

Coach: Chuck Reitberger, 10th season Last season: 7-15 Top players Ht. Yr. Bryna Vogel 6-0 Jr. Brooke Winter 5-7 Sr. Kristen Babb 5-9 Sr. Lauren Akin 5-6 Sr.

Clevenger Herring

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Melvin Herring has big shoes to fill, that’s not disputable. Former Southeast coach Carl Taylor, over the course of 20 seasons, won more games than any coach in City League history, along with three Class 6A titles, before resigning in March.

But if you know anything about Herring and what he’s been through, maybe it’s not about trying to match what Taylor did “Nobody could replace Carl Taylor,” said Herring, who spent the last two seasons as an assistant at Southeast. “He created a huge legacy and is a legend in coaching in this state.”

But the task of replacing Taylor, however daunting, can’t match up with naval missions in the first Gulf War. Herring, who graduated from Heights in 1984 and played for Garden City Community College and Friends, saw action in the Persian Gulf with the U.S. Navy. On a guided missile cruiser with the mission to provide cover for amphibious assault teams and airplanes, Herring’s ship hit a mine during combat.

“It ripped through (the ship) like a tin can,” Herring said. “Our tail end hit the mine and the water was shallow enough that our tail end, the bottom bent our rudders and we were stuck there for about nine hours as they brought in minesweepers.

They finally came in and fished us out and pulled us to Bahrain.”

So, he’s been through some things that put basketball in perspective, and even with his military background, his style of coaching will be as different from Taylor’s as it was influenced by Taylor himself.

“I’m not as hard as Carl, he’s his own beast ... that’s Carl Taylor,” Herring said, referring to Taylor’s legendary, hard-nosed style. “But I am about discipline. I’m about character and accountability. In that sense, I am that disciplinarian like Carl was. I think that’s fair, I want them to reach that potential, that thing they think they can’t tap into.”

Southeast returns two players with varsity experience, junior point guard E.J. Garnes and senior guard-forward Reggie Smith.

“We’re young, but I have confidence in these kids,” Herring said. “I want us to be up tempo, I want us to play above the rim.

I’m not a real big fan of zone defense. I like one-on-one defense because I feel like that attack mode is what creates up-tempo play.”

With returning starters Cheyenne Bullock, Moriah Plowden and Alex Arline, Southeast should be better.

For their sake, at least.

“We better be (improved),” said secondyear coach DeeDee Williams. “I’m hard on them, all the way around ... about defense, about them giving me 100 percent. A lot of the team is new, so I’m on them about giving us everything they can possibly give us. I want to add on to what we started last year.”

All three returning starters bring something different. Arline brings backcourt experience and a calm demeanor. Plowden can play both forward spots. Bullock can play center plus both forward spots.

“Cheyenne is the rebounding queen, and her post moves have really improved,” Williams said. “I want her to improve on defense, but she knows that. Definitely I can see individual improvements, but as a team I also see our attitude and how we get a long with each other has changed, and I think that’s important.”

— Tony Adame

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Girls

For Clearwater to ascend to the next level, meaning a state berth, it will have to improve defensively this season.

Coach Dustin Clevenger knows last season ended too soon, in the first round of substate, and addressed the issue over the offseason.

“I’ve really made an emphasis on getting better defensively and we’re spending a lot of time cleaning some things up,” Clevenger said. “I think we have the ability and the talent to be really good defensively, it will just come down to effort.”

Last season, Chad Reibenspies was the team’s stopper, drawing the toughest defensive assignment each game. His selfless mentality will need to be emulated this season.

“I know a lot of the times defensive players don’t get their names in the paper, so it’s hard to convince these kids,” Clevenger said.

“But I think our guys get it. We have some good leadership on this team.”

That includes Colin Frickey, a four-year starter, and Johnny Becker, the team’s leading scorer.

As the program moves into Clevenger’s third year, players are comfortable and executing at a higher rate in the past. He’s also noticed more shots going in this preseason, which is encouraging for the offense.

If the defense improves, then Clearwater should maintain its winning ways and how far it can go will likely depend on how far Becker can take them running the offense.

“Johnny has the ability to make plays,” Clevenger said. “There are times where he realizes things that are going to happen before they even happen. That’s what makes a good player a great one in our league.”

Chuck Reitberger has been coaching at Clearwater for a decade and he’s never seen a talent like Bryna Vogel.

Last season, Vogel averaged 15 points and eight rebounds as a sophomore. Even though teams will surely key on her, Reitberger sees no reason why those numbers will not increase in her junior campaign.

“She just has this freakish athletic ability,” Reitberger said. “There are times where she will do something and I will turn to my assistants and be like, ‘Did you see that?’ ” After losing seven games when holding teams under 50 points, improving the offense has been the emphasis over the offseason.

While proven scorers are rare outside of Vogel, Reitberger feels at east with the cast returning.

Clearwater will have experience on its side, as five seniors — Brooke Winter, Kristen Babb, Lauren Akin, Chelsea Ast and Maddie Petersen — will see major minutes.

“It’s the first time in awhile I’ve had five seniors that can legitimately contribute,” Reitberger said. “I think if we continue to work at it, we can be a pretty balanced team.”

Reitberger even altered a fundamental principle in Clearwater’s offensive philosophy. No longer will they work through their sets and hoist up a long jump shot.

This year Clearwater will be in attack mode.

“I finally figured that out,” Reitberger said.

“We changed some things up and hopefully that will spark us a little, but it won’t matter if we can’t make our free throws. Bryna is going to get her points no matter what, but it’s going to have to be a team effort to win games.”

— Taylor Eldridge

Schedule December — 3, Valley Center; 7, at Chaparral; 8, at Cheney; 11, at Collegiate; 14, Circle; 18, Wellington.

January — 4, Andale; 8, at Augusta; 15, Mulvane (G); 16-19, at Chaparral tournament (B); 21-26, at Mulvane tournament (G); 25, Mulvane (B); 29, at Winfield.

February — 1, Rose Hill; 2, Kingman; 8, Collegiate;12, at Circle; 15, at Wellington; 19, at Andale; 21, Augusta.

A LOOK AT COLLEGIATE

Schedule November — 30, South.

December — 7, at Kapaun; 11, at West; 14, at North; 20, Carroll.

January — 5, vs. Derby at Hartman Arena; 8, Northwest; 11, at Heights; 15, East (G); 17-19, at Topeka tournament (B); 22, East (B); 24-26, at McPherson tournament (G); 29, at South.

February — 5, Kapaun; 8, West; 9, North; 12, at Carroll; 15, at Northwest; 19, Heights; 21, at East.

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Girls

Coach: Mitch Fiegel, 24th season Last season: 20-4 Top players Ht. Markus Phox 6-1 6-8 Riley Kemmer Taj Holt 6-1 Landon Root 6-2

Coach: Terrence Phox, eighth season Last season: 7-13 Top players Ht. Yr. Keli Dunn 5-9 Sr. 5-8 Sr. Jerica Skar Jordan Hull 5-7 Jr. Addison Root 5-10 Fr.

Yr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr.

Pos G G-F G F

Pos G G F F

BASKETBALL PREVIEW SCHEDULE The Eagle’s high school basketball previews for schools in the Wichita area began Sunday and lead up to the start of the season Nov. 30. See past stories at VarsityKansas.com. Here’s the schedule: Nov. 18: Kapaun, Andover Central, Eisenhower.

Nov. 19: Carroll, El Dorado Nov. 20: Northwest, Cheney Nov 21: South, Andover, Mulvane Thursday: Southeast, Collegiate, Clearwater

Friday: Andale, Augusta, Circle Saturday: West, Campus, Conway Springs Sunday: Independent, Valley Center, Trinity Academy, other area teams Monday: East, Goddard Tuesday: Derby, Rose Hill Wednesday: North, Maize, Garden Plain Nov. 29: Heights, Maize South, Newton

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS Class 6A Nov. 2 First Round Lawrence Free State 38, Olathe North 22 Olathe East 17, SM East 7 Lawrence 32, Gardner-Edgerton 32 SM West 34, BV Northwest 14 Derby 70, Wichita North 7 Dodge City 38, Manhattan 6 Topeka 42, Wichita Northwest 13 Hutchinson 42, Wichita Heights 7 Nov. 9 Quarterfinals Lawrence Free State 28, Olathe East 17 SM West 21, Lawrence 14 Derby 42, Dodge City 19 Hutchinson 42, Topeka 33 Nov. 16 Semifinals SM West 48, Lawrence Free State 21 Hutchinson 29, Derby 28 Championship Saturday at Yager Stadium, Topeka SM West (11-1) vs. Hutchinson (10-2), 1 p.m.

Class 5A Nov. 2 First Round St. Thomas Aquinas 50, Lansing 20 Blue Valley 17, Shawnee Heights 10 BV West 54, Topeka Seaman 21 Bishop Miege 41, Mill Valley 23 Bishop Carroll 52, Hays 27 Andover 31, Arkansas City 14 Emporia 55, Andover Central 27 Salina South 62, Goddard 21 Nov. 9 Quarterfinals St. Thomas Aquinas 23, Blue Valley 22 Bishop Miege 38, BV West 37 (2OT) Bishop Carroll 49, Andover 14 Salina South 35, Emporia 20 Nov. 16 Semifinals Bishop Miege 9, St. Thomas Aquinas 7 Bishop Carroll 45, Salina South 21 Championship Saturday at Welch Stadium, Emporia Bishop Miege (7-5) vs. Bishop Carroll (12-0), 1 p.m.

Class 4A Oct. 30 First Round KC Piper 34, Jefferson West 21 Baldwin 31, Spring Hill 14 Chanute 13, Paola 7 Girard 34, Columbus 7 Tonganoxie 35, Atchison 28 Eudora 13, DeSoto 0 Louisburg 17, Fort Scott 0 Coffeyville 57, Frontenac 26 Holton 57, Hesston 26 Wichita Collegiate 35, Winfield 10 Andale 58, Hugoton 27 McPherson 34, Clay Center 17 Maize South 14, Topeka Hayden 7 Mulvane 37, Rose Hill 14 Buhler 28, Ulysses 7 Concordia 50, Abilene 8 Nov. 3 Second Round

KC Piper 27, Baldwin 21 Chanute 53, Girard 6 Eudora 31, Tonganoxie 10 Louiisburg 23, Coffeyville 7 Holton 28, Collegiate 0 McPherson 42, Andale 36 Mulvane 7, Maize South 0 Buhler 45, Concordia 14 Nov. 9 Quarterfinals KC Piper 24, Chanute 22 Eudora 19, Louisburg 0 Holton 31, McPherson 27 Mulvane 15, Buhler 0 Nov. 16 Semifinals Eudora 21, KC Piper 7 Holton 28, Mulvane 6 Championship Saturday at Salina Central Eudora (12-1) vs. Holton (13-0), 1 p.m.

Class 3A Oct. 30 First Round Hiawatha 50, Nemaha Valley 34 Silver Lake 46, St. Marys 6 Wellsville 64, Burlington 15 Caney Valley 52, Galena 9 Sabetha 28, Riley County 8 Rossville 41, Pleasant Ridge 0 Humboldt 48, Central Heights 6 Pittsburg Colgan 34, Neodesha 20 Conway Springs 69, Wichita Independent 38 Garden Plain 49, Marion 14 Salina Sacred Heart 21, Norton 19 Scott City 55, Cimarron 6 Sedgwick 70, Chaparral 31 Hillsboro 34, Haven 13 Beloit 66, Ellsworth 0 Holcomb 28, Hoisington 7 Nov. 3 Second Round Silver Lake 63, Hiawatha 26 Caney Valley 28, Wellsville 6 Rossville 28, Sabetha 27 Pittsburg Colgan 63, Humboldt 28 Garden Plain 33, Conway Springs 28 Scott City 55, Salina Sacred Heart 7 Sedgwick 38, Hillsboro 34 Beloit 60, Holcomb 8 Nov. 9 Quarterfinals Silver Lake 40, Caney Valley 0 Rossville 17, Pittsburg Colgan 7 Scott City 49, Garden Plain 0 Beloit 52, Sedgwick 24 Nov. 16 Semifinals Silver Lake 35, Rossville 14 Scott City 42, Beloit 26 Championship Saturday at Gowans Stadium, Hutchinson Silver Lake (13-0) vs. Scott City (13-0), 1 p.m.

Class 2-1A Nov. 2 First Round Centralia 48, Jefferson North 7 Olpe 28, Onaga 20

McLouth 42, Jackson Heights 8 Lyndon 44, Wabaunsee 0 La Crosse 35, Ell-Saline 6 Oakley 14, Stanton County 12 Sterling 26, Smith Center 16 Meade 47, Oberlin 0 Nov. 9 Quarterfinals Centralia 28, Olpe 0 Lyndon 39, McLouth 6 La Crosse 20, Oakley 8 Meade 32, Sterling 14 Nov. 16 Centralia 34, Lyndon 14 Meade 34, La Crosse 12 Championship Saturday at Lewis Stadium, Hays Centralia (12-0) vs. Meade (11-1), 1 p.m.

8-Man I Oct. 30 First Round South Haven 52, Marais des Cygnes 22 Madison 48, Pike Valley 0 Marmaton Valley 60, Udall 14 Rock Hills 72, Peabody 26 Solomon 54, Kiowa County 42 Hodgeman County 50, Hoxie 12 Pretty Prairie 36, St. John 32 Ness City 50, Minneola 14 Nov. 3 Second Round Madison-Hamilton 66, South Haven 28 Rock Hills 76, Marmaton Valley 48 Solomon 22, Hodgeman County 18 Ness City 46, Pretty Prairie 0 Nov. 9 Semifinal Ness City 48, Solomon 0 Nov. 10 Semifinal Rock Hills 36, Madison-Hamilton 20 Nov. 17 Championship At Fischer Field, Newton Ness City 40, Rock Hills 8

8-Man II Oct. 30 First Round Baileyville 55, Goessel 8 Caldwell 50, Waverly 36 Hanover 48, Chase 0 Crest 66, South Barber 50 Thunder Ridge 58, Weskan 12 Otis-Bison 54, Rolla 0 Wallace County 56, Beloit St. John’s-Tipton 6 Fowler 17, Victoria 14 Saturday’s Second Round Baileyville 48, Caldwell 0 Hanover 80, Crest 30 Thunder Ridge 28, Otis-Bison 18 Wallace County 37, Fowler 0 Nov. 9 Semifinal Baileyville 50, Hanover 20 Nov. 10 Semifinal Thunder Ridge 44, Wallace County 22 Nov. 17 Championship At Fischer Field, Newton Baileyville 28, Thunder Ridge 6

Fiegel

M. Phox

Kemmer

T. Phox

Dunn

Skar

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When Collegiate coach Mitch Fiegel analyzed his team, he noted the senior leadership, high basketball knowledge, skill, unselfishness, size, and ability to play multiple styles.

“These guys, they have a lot of intangibles that you need,” said Fiegel, whose team played in the Class 4A tournament for the first time in March.

He’s been doing this too long to hand out accolades with nothing to back it up. Collegiate has talent.

Senior guard Markus Phox (7 points, 5 assists) is an athletic player, who also knows exactly what Fiegel wants each game. But Fiegel said he needs Phox to play at a high level consistently.

Then there’s Riley Kemmer (15 points, 5.8 rebounds), a 6-foot-8 senior who causes major matchup problems for opponents because of his ability to handle the ball and shoot from the perimeter.

“The great thing about him is, he’s ready to be a great player,” Fiegel said. “Put a smaller guy on him, and he’ll go and post him up in the paint.

Put a slow guy on him, he’ll drive by.”

Depth is Collegiate’s strength. Landon Root and Brody Dick transferred in midway through their sophomore years and will play key roles, although Dick has been battling a stress fracture.

Collegiate has more seniors in guards Taj Holt, Sam Brown, Vafa Behzadpour and forward Elliot Mann. Fiegel will also look to sophomore guards Jack Copher and Camron Chugg.

“We have a lot of guys who can score and two or three that really score,” Fiegel said. “We have guys that can hit the open looks, so teams can’t focus all their attention on a few guys.”

Collegiate coach Terrence Phox calls the 2011-12 season a perfect storm.

“It was rough,” said Phox, whose team won seven games a season after winning the Class 3A title. “We had some kids that could play, but when you only have 10 bodies in your program, there are a lot of things affected by it. You talk about the ability to get better in practice, but there’s only so many things you can do with 10 kids that challenges them.”

He used games as teaching opportunities, but that meant players were learning on the fly.

Phox hopes that because seniors Keli Dunn (12 points) and Jerica Skar (10), along with junior Jordan Hull stuck through last season’s difficulties, they will be eager for the upcoming season.

“I’m very confident that if Keli, Jerica and Jordan decide that as a team this is what they need to do to be successful, they can lead the young girls. They can set the tone,” Phox said.

Collegiate will be young, likely utilizing freshmen Addison Root, Alex Payne and Nia Tolbert.

“My only concern is that the three freshmen put higher expectations on themselves than I have,” Phox said. “Youth brings mistakes, and they’ll make mistakes…. But they’re very smart.”

Dunn and Skar will be keys offensively, and Phox believes they can average 12-15 points.

Hull will be vital inside, despite being only 5-foot-7.

“I expect us to work hard and get better every day,” Phox said. “The rest will take care of itself. Yes, it was a down year last year. But that was last year. … We’ll have to scratch our own identity.”

— Joanna Chadwick

Schedule December — 4, at Cheney tourney; 7, Hutchinson Trinity (Cheney tourney); 8, at Cheney tourney; 14, at Wellington; 18, at Augusta.

January — 4, Circle; 8, at Andale; 11, Clearwater; 15, Rose Hill (G); 17-19, at El Dorado tournament (B); 22, Rose Hill (B); 24-26, at El Dorado tournament (G); 29, at Mulvane.

February — 5, at Maize South; 8, at Clearwater; 9, Dodge City; 12, Wellington; 15, Augusta; 19, at Circle; 21, Andale.

6D THE WICHITA EAGLE

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Thursday, November 22, 2012

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Chiefs’ free-agents a major fail

BY ADAM TEICHER Kansas City Star

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Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III passes during a game against the Eagles on Sunday.

RG3 unfazed by Thanksgiving game

BY SCHUYLER DIXON Associated Press

IRVING, Texas — Robert Griffin III, the Texas-bred quarterback who won the Heisman Trophy at Baylor, comes to his home state for the first time as a pro for the most traditional of Thanksgiving rivalries – Cowboys vs. Redskins.

Hold on a minute with all that drama and emotion building for Thursday’s game. The Washington rookie grew up in Central Texas rooting for the Denver Broncos.

“It’s one game and that’s what we’ve got,” Griffin said.

“We’ve got the Dallas Cowboys, and that’s what I’m going to play like.”

Hold on another minute before deciding he is completely blowing off the pretty cool idea that he’s coming home for a big game on a unique stage. He gets it.

“It will be fun. I’ll see a lot of familiar faces,” Griffin said. “It’s Cowboys-Redskins or Redskins-Cowboys, whatever way you want to put it.

Me being a Texas kid, I know how big the rivalry is and I get my fair shot at it.”

Griffin has practical reasons for approaching Thursday’s game as one Washington needs to win. Dallas quarterback Tony Romo does, too.

The Redskins (4-6) kept themselves in the playoff conversation by coming off the bye with a 31-6 blowout of Philadelphia, sparked by 14 of 15 passing and four

touchdowns from Griffin. A win puts the Cowboys (5-5) a half-game behind the New York Giants in the NFC East five days after they risked ruining their season against last-place Cleveland before winning 23-20 in overtime.

“It started for us two weeks back,” Romo said. “We’ve been putting our head down and grinding, going forward and trying put together win after win.”

The Cowboys have played the Redskins more than any other team in their annual Thanksgiving home game, and Dallas has won all six previous meetings. The Cowboys also are trying to win their fourth straight against Washington, which would be the longest streak in eight years.

The Dallas running game is struggling through the extended absence of starter DeMarco Murray and an offensive line that is also battling injuries.

Murray is likely to miss his sixth straight game against the Redskins, and backup Felix Jones is battling a knee injury that could limit him.

Without those two, the Cowboys would have to rely on a pair of undrafted players in rookie Lance Dunbar and Phillip Tanner. In five games without Murray, the Cowboys have rushed for 100 yards once.

“We’ve shuffled guys through, but it hasn’t just been there, it’s been everywhere really,” Romo said.

“Our offensive line, we’ve had to move guys around and do different things.”

Oregon-OSU is study in contrasts

BY ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Separated by only about 45 miles, Oregon and Oregon State couldn’t be more different when it comes to football.

The flashy Ducks meet the more understated Beavers on Saturday in the 116th Civil War rivalry game, putting the spotlight on the contrasting programs.

With the help of megabooster and Nike co-founder Phil Knight, Oregon is known for its state-of-the-art facilities and a myriad of flashy uniform combinations.

The No. 5 Ducks have backed up their swagger in recent years by winning, going 44-7 under coach Chip Kelly.

On the other side is No. 16 Oregon State, nicknamed “Lunch Pail U” for the team’s hard-working blue-collar mentality – which has helped it stage a striking turnaround this season.

Beavers coach Mike Riley and his Oregon counterpart seem as opposite as their teams.

Kelly, a no-nonsense New Englander who runs his team almost like a business, closed his practices and made injuries classified information.

Known for his “Chipisms,” sayings like “Every game is our Super Bowl,” sometimes his approach is regarded as obstinate.

Riley grew up in Corvallis as the son of a former Beavers assistant coach and was a star quarterback at Corvallis High.

He lets reporters and boosters into practice, and he openly discusses injuries. If there’s a knock on him, it’s that he’s seen as too soft.

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Oregon State coach Mike Riley watches from the sideline during the first half of a game against Stanford on Nov. 10.

But there is a great deal of mutual respect among the two divergent programs.

“Oh gosh, I always think Mike Riley does a great job, I really do. It’s not lipspeak, not coachspeak, it’s not because it’s the right thing to say. I think he has a good offensive mind,” Oregon defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti said.

Riley often praises Kelly and points to the up-tempo Ducks as altering landscape of college football: “They’re talented and well-coached,” he said.

The Ducks (10-1, 7-1) appeared to be cruising toward a berth in the BCS championship game until a 17-14 overtime loss to Stanford last weekend at Autzen Stadium.

The loss – which toppled Oregon from the top of the AP rankings – kept the Ducks from clinching the Pac-12’s northern division for a spot in the conference title game on Nov. 30. Oregon has won the last three Pac-12 championships.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Romeo Crennel really wants to torture himself, he will let his mind wander back to the September afternoon in Buffalo when tight end Kevin Boss was hit in the head after making a catch. Boss suffered a concussion, ending his season, and the Chiefs have suffered when trying to pass the ball ever since.

“Sometimes I go down through the stats, and his pass-receiving average is up there and he really didn’t catch that many balls,” Crennel said. “When you’ve got a big target like that who can get down the field and make some plays, I think he would have definitely helped our offense.

“We hoped when we added him to the team that he would have been a big plus for us. I think he would have been had he been able to stay healthy.”

Perhaps losing Boss was bad luck or perhaps, given his history of concussions, the Chiefs should have anticipated problems for him. Either way, Boss isn’t the only member of this year’s free-agent class to come up empty for the Chiefs.

Cornerback Stanford Routt played in just seven games before being released after missing curfew before this month’s game in San Diego.

Peyton Hillis was supposed to be a key part of a backfield combination with Jamaal Charles, but an ankle injury and ineffectiveness have limited his playing time.

Quarterback Brady Quinn will return to the starting lineup in time for Sunday’s game against Denver at Arrowhead Stadium but can only hope he will play better than he did in his first two games this season.

Only right tackle Eric Win-

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Chiefs running back Peyton Hillis (40) tries to run past Steelers free safety Ryan Clark (25) and cornerback Keenan Lewis, bottom, during a game Nov. 12 in Pittsburgh. ston has been a productive player, but he hasn’t been a difference-maker, not with the Chiefs at 1-9 and last in the league in scoring.

What’s worse, Winston may be the only one of the group with the Chiefs next season.

Routt is already gone, Hillis and Quinn are on one-year contracts and it’s not wise to assume Boss, given his concussion history, will play again.

The Chiefs made lesser finds in free agency like Ropati Pitoitua, now starting on the defensive line in the absence of the injured Glenn Dorsey, and Edgar Jones, one of their better special teams players.

But the others were the acquisitions the Chiefs were counting on.

“Free agency can be a finicky thing,” Winston said. “It can be very hard to assimilate.”

Routt is perhaps the most dramatic case. The Chiefs knew when they signed him they would have to change

some of the habits Routt got into from his years with the Raiders. It obviously wasn’t happening as quickly as the Chiefs had hoped.

The circumstances for Hillis are far different, but the Chiefs haven’t received from him anything close to what they had hoped. They expected him to share the backfield duties with Charles but before and after the high ankle sprain that cost him three games, Hillis hasn’t played much.

He was on the field for six plays in last week’s game against Cincinnati. His signature play of the season was his goal-line fumble in Buffalo.

“We were expecting quite a bit out of Peyton and then that injury I think set him back,” Crennel said. “He missed several games with that injury (when) we could have used him. But injuries are part of this business and you have to deal with them and work through them.

Hopefully, he can get back up to speed that he was before

he was injured.”

Hillis didn’t sound optimistic that would happen.

“It’s pretty frustrating,” he said. “When you move teams, you never know how things will turn out, but it’s been a struggle. I feel I’m fully capable now. It’s nothing I can explain. If I could, I’d change it, try to fix it. But there’s something to this that I can’t figure out. It takes its toll on you. It’s hard sometimes to get out of that rut.”

Quinn has time to make his season a successful one. But the Chiefs have yet to score an offensive touchdown with him as their quarterback and, given the way things have gone for their offense, it seems unlikely he will be able to resurrect his career in the final six games.

That leaves Winston, whose comments critical of Chiefs fans aside, seems to have found a home in Kansas City.

The Chiefs signed him to plug a hole at right tackle and help pave the way in the running game for Charles and Hillis.

But because the Chiefs have been behind in so many games, they haven’t been able to use his abilities in the way they hoped. According to the statistic service Stats, Inc., Winston has allowed four sacks, highest on the team though not in the top 25 in the league.

“I like to think I’ve worked out reasonably well, but maybe some fans would disagree with that,” Winston said. “I feel like I’ve played pretty well. My sacks are lower than they’ve been in probably a year or two. My hurries are probably a little higher, but that’s a by-product of probably being behind in so many games. That’s tough sledding.

And let’s be honest. I’m not the prototypical (pass blocking) kind of tackle. I’m probably better in the run game and with play-action passing.”

Jets know Pats still go as Brady goes

BY DENNIS WASZAK JR. Associated Press

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — There were no sighs of relief, no jumps for joy when the New York Jets found out they wouldn’t have to worry about Rob Gronkowski this week.

Sure, the New England Patriots lost perhaps the league’s top playmaking tight end for a few weeks with a broken forearm. But Rex Ryan’s team knew better than to celebrate.

“I don’t know,” Ryan said, shaking his head. “They have five tight ends on their roster, so I don’t know if they’ll put another guy in that role. I’m not sure how they’ll do it.”

If Ryan has learned anything in his nearly four seasons as coach of the Jets, it’s that Bill Belichick usually finds a way to win no matter who’s out there – or isn’t – on the field for the Patriots.

Ryan also knows New England can change the personnel, but as long as it’s still Tom Brady’s bunch, it’ll be a tough task.

“When you look at him,” Ryan said, “you can almost say he’s a machine back there.”

And Ryan is right about the Patriots’ glut of tight ends.

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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady won’t have one of his largest targets, Rob Gronkowski, in Thursday’s game.

Aaron Hernandez could return for the game against the Jets (4-6) Thursday night at MetLife Stadium after missing the last three with a sprained right ankle, and New England also has Daniel Fells, Visanthe Shiancoe and Michael Hoomanawanui at the position.

“New England is so multiple, they give you sometimes it could be four wides, five wides, could be a bunch of tight ends and all that,” Ryan said. “So, we’ll see as the game goes how it affects them.”

Belichick was typically tight-lipped when asked if the loss of Gronkowski will change the offense for the Patriots (7-3).

“Well, we’ll see,” he said. “I don’t know. We’ll see.”

Sounds as though Belichick, one win from becoming the eighth NFL coach with 200 victories, has something up his hoodie. Just as he always does. Gronkowski or no Gronkowski, the Patriots still have Brady, of course, and that’s enough for anyone in New England to feel confident.

Brady was asked earlier this week if Gronkowski seemed to be in a decent mood when the two spoke.

“I haven’t been thinking about his spirits,” Brady said.

“I’ve been thinking about the Jets.”

Uh-oh.

A focused and determined Brady is certainly cause for concern for the Jets.

“He’s going to be Brady,” safety LaRon Landry said.

“He’s going to complete passes and he’s going to be great out there. We are going against a tough quarterback.”

Talk about an understatement.

Brady needs one touchdown pass to extend his streak with at least one to 43 straight games – third-longest in league history

behind Drew Brees (53 and counting) and Johnny Unitas (47). He has 51 career 300-yard passing games in the regular season, and one more would put him into tie for fifth place with Kurt Warner. Brady also needs 86 yards passing to move past Dan Fouts (43,040) for 10th place on NFL’s career list.

“The thing about him is he’s a machine, yet he’s passionate and a fiery leader and all that type of stuff, so you wish he was just a machine,” Ryan said. “His competitive side elevates his team as well.

That’s what you get in those once-in-a-generation type quarterbacks, that he’s just a special guy.”

The Jets know all about it, too. Brady is 4-0 with 10 TDs and one interception in his last four regular-season games against them. He’s 17-5 overall when playing New York, including New England’s playoff loss in the 2010 postseason.

The Patriots have also been dominant in the second halves of seasons since 2010, going a combined 18-0 so far – including 8-0 in both 2010 and `11, and 2-0 this season.

That doesn’t bode well for a Jets team trying to get back into the playoff hunt after a miserable start.

THURSDAY’S NFL GAMES Texans at Lions

Redskins at Cowboys

Patriots at Jets

When: 11:30 a.m., Ch. 12 Line: HOU by 3 Pick: HOU 31-24 Time: 12:30 p.m. EST on Thursday Day kicks off with Texans trying to return to form after last week’s overtime escape against Jacksonville and Lions trying to shake a disappointing season and also end an eight-game Thanksgiving losing streak. Detroit has played 73 of these; you’d think they’d have it figured out by now. The Battle of Johnson & Johnson is an interesting sidelight here, with Motown’s Calvin J. leading the NFL with 1,117 receiving yards and HOU’s Andre J. coming off that crazy 273-yard game. Give Detroit a medium upset shot but Houston just has too much balance (50.1 percent run, 49.9 pass), and also see a big defensive bounce-back that will force Lions into turnovers.

When: 3:15 p.m., Ch. 4 Line: DAL by 3 1⁄2 Pick: WAS 24-23 Upset! Or maybe it’s the Wild Turkey talking. I know Tony Romo is 5-0 on Thanksgiving. I know Washington is missing a few defensive starters. Also know the Boys are 6-0 vs. Skins all time on this holiday. Now here’s what I think: Romo will be hamstrung by his running back injuries. Robert Griffin III and Alfred Morris give D.C. better balance to attack. And Redskins will be pumped for their first T-Day game since 2002 and also are due some luck in this NFC East rivalry after losing three straight by combined eight points.

When: 7:20 p.m., Ch. 3 Line: NE by 6 1⁄2 Pick: NE 27-17 Tom Brady last week put up his fifth career 50-point game. Only Len Dawson (six) has had more. Injured TE Rob Gronkowski is a huge loss for Pats, yes, but Brady still has plenty left to outscore a modest NYJ offense. Also think a New England defense leading the AFC in takeaways (27) will remind Mark Sanchez he’s mistake-prone. Only concern here is that intangibles favor the Planes in this prime-timer. Rex Ryan lost to Patriots in OT in October and has lost 9 of 12 at home to Bill Belichick. Rex’d sell his soul to win this, but the presumption he has a soul left to sell is too big a risk.

— Greg Cote, Miami Herald

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Boxer ‘Macho’ Camacho critical in Puerto Rico

portant fight of his life,” Dr. Ernesto Torres, director of the Centro Medico trauma center SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico in San Juan, told The Associ(AP) – The family of Hector ated Press “Macho” Camacho tried to outside the decide Wednesday whether hospital in he should be removed from the Puerto life support after a shooting in Rican capital. his Puerto Rican hometown Doctors left the former boxing chaminitially had pion clinging to life and his said Camacho fans mourning the loss of a was in critdynamic and often troubled ical, but staathlete. ble condition Doctors at the Centro MedCamacho and expected ico trauma center in San Juan to survive after he was shot were conducting additional tests to determine whether he Tuesday night in the city of Bayamon. But his condition was brain dead, according to worsened overnight and his said Ismael Leandry, a longheart stopped at one point, time friend and former manTorres said. ager who has been at the The 50-year-old Camacho hospital with family members. was shot as he and a friend “He’s battling minute to sat in a Ford Mustang parked minute. This is the most imBY DANICA COTO AND BEN FOX Associated Press

outside a bar. Police spokesman Alex Diaz said officers found nine small bags of cocaine in the friend’s pocket, and a 10th bag open inside the car.

The specialists will then consult with other doctors and Camacho’s mother, who flew in Wednesday from New York, to discuss whether he should be removed from life support, said Ismael Leandry, a longtime friend and former manager who was also at the hospital.

“We just have to wait to see if `Macho’ gets better. It’s a hard battle,” Leandry told AP. Torres said Camacho’s mother, Maria Matias, spent about 20 minutes with her son, one of the most dynamic boxing personalities of his era, and was expected to return for a second visit on

Wednesday night.

“His mother came and she is devastated,” he said. “She knows the prognosis is not at all favorable.”

A godson, Widniel Adorno, said the family has discussed the possibility of organ donation but no final decision has been made.

Camacho’s friend, identified as 49-year-old Adrian Mojica Moreno, was killed in the attack. Police said two assailants fled in an SUV but no arrests have been made and no motive has been disclosed.

Camacho was rushed to Centro Medico, where doctors initially said the bullet passed through his jaw and lodged in his shoulder. Torres said the bullet damaged three of the four main arteries in his neck and fractured two vertebrae,

which could leave him paralyzed if he were to survive.

Steve Tannenbaum, who has also represented Camacho in the past, had been told earlier by friends at the hospital that the boxer would make it.

“This guy is a cat with nine lives. He’s been through so much,” he said. “If anybody can pull through it will be him.”

Friends and family members waited anxiously at the hospital, fondly recalling Camacho’s highenergy personality and his powerful skills in the ring.

“He was like a little brother who was always getting into trouble,” said former featherweight champion Juan Laporte, a fellow Puerto Rican who grew up and trained with Camacho in New York.

Camacho has been consid-

ered one of the more controversial figures in boxing, but also popular among fans and those who worked in the sport.

“The Macho Man was a promoter’s dream,” renowned promoter Don King told AP. “He excited boxing fans around the world with his inimitable style.

He was a nice, amiable guy away from the ring.”

King had promoted Camacho but was caught off guard by news of the attack on the former champion.

“What a tragedy this is,” he said. “I’m very sorry for Hector and his family. My prayers go out to him.”

The fighter’s last title bout came against then-welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya in 1997, a loss by unanimous decision.

SCOREBOARD BASEBALL MLB Free Agents The 148 remaining free agents (x-signing club, if different, would lose draft pick):

American League Baltimore (7) — Endy Chavez, of;Bill Hall, of;Nick Johnson, dh;Nate McLouth, of;Joe Saunders, lhp;Jim Thome, dh;Randy Wolf, lhp.

Boston (6) — Aaron Cook, rhp;James Loney, 1b;Daisuke Matsuzaka, rhp;Vicente Padilla, rhp;Scott Podsednik, of;Cody Ross, of.

Chicago (8) — Brian Bruney, rhp;Orlando Hudson, 2b;Francisco Liriano, lhp;Jose Lopez, c;Brett Myers, rhp;A.J. Pierzynski, c;Dewayne Wise, of;Kevin Youkilis, 3b.

Cleveland (4) — Travis Hafner, dh;Roberto Hernandez, rhp;Casey Kotchman, 1b;Grady Sizemore, of.

Detroit (3) — Anibal Sanchez, rhp;Jose Valverde, rhp;Delmon Young, of-dh.

Houston (1) — Chris Snyder, c.

Kansas City (1) — Joakim Soria, rhp.

Los Angeles (4) — Zack Greinke, rhp;Dan Haren, rhp;LaTroy Hawkins, rhp;Jason Isringhausen, rhp.

Minnesota (2) — Matt Capps, rhp;Carl Pavano, rhp.

New York (12) — Eric Chavez, 3b;Pedro Feliciano, lhp;Freddy Garcia, rhp;Raul Ibanez, of;Andruw Jones, of;Derek Lowe, rhp;Russell Martin, c;Andy Pettitte, lhp;Mariano Rivera, rhp;x-Rafael Soriano, rhp;Ichiro Suzuki, of;xNick Swisher, of.

Oakland (4) — Stephen Drew, ss;Jonny Gomes, dh;Brandon Inge, 3b;Brandon McCarthy, rhp.

Seattle (3) — Kevin Millwood, rhp;Miguel Olivo, c;George Sherrill, lhp.

Tampa Bay (6) — Kyle Farnsworth, rhp;J.P. Howell, lhp;Jeff Keppinger, 3b;Carlos Pena, 1b;Luke Scott, dh;x-B.J. Upton, of.

Texas (9) — Mike Adams, rhp;Ryan Dempster, rhp;Scott Feldman, rhp;x-Josh Hamilton, of;x-Mark Lowe, rhp;Mike Napoli, c;Roy Oswalt, rhp;Koji Uehara, rhp;Yoshinori Tateyama, rhp.

Toronto (5) — Jason Frasor, rhp;Kelly Johnson, 2b;Brandon Lyon, rhp;Carlos Villanueva, rhp;Omar Vizquel, 2b.

National League Arizona (3) — Henry Blanco, c;Matt Lindstrom, rhp;Takashi Saito, rhp.

Atlanta (10) — Jeff Baker, of;Miguel Batista, rhp;x-Michael Bourn, of;Matt Diaz, of;Chad Durbin, rhp;Eric Hinske, 1b;Reed Johnson, c;Chipper Jones, 3b;Lyle Overbay, 1b;Ben Sheets, rhp.

Cincinnati (5) — Jonathan Broxton, rhp;Miguel Cairo, 1b;Ryan Ludwick, of;Ryan Madson, rhp;Scott Rolen, 3b.

Colorado (3) — Jeff Francis, lhp;Jason Giambi, 1b;Jonathan Sanchez, lhp.

Los Angeles (9) — Bobby Abreu, of;Joe Blanton, rhp;Randy Choate, lhp;Todd Coffey, rhp;Adam Kennedy, inf;Juan Rivera, of-1b;Matt Treanor, c;Shane Victorino, of;Jamey Wright, rhp.

Miami (5) — Chad Gaudin, rhp;Austin Kearns, of;Carlos Lee, 1b;Juan Oviedo, rhp;Carlos Zambrano, rhp.

Milwaukee (3) — Alex Gonzalez, ss;Shaun Marcum, rhp;Francisco Rodriguez, rhp.

New York (7) — Tim Byrdak, lhp;Ronny Cedeno, inf;Scott Hairston, of;Ramon Ramirez, rhp;Jon Rauch, rhp;Kelly Shoppach, c;Chris Young, rhp.

Philadelphia (4) — Jose Contreras, rhp;Placido Polanco, 3b;Brian Schneider, c;Ty Wigginton, inf.

Pittsburgh (4) — Rod Barajas, c;Kevin Correia, rhp;Jason Grilli, rhp;Chad Qualls, rhp.

St. Louis (3) — Lance Berkman, 1b;Brian Fuentes, lhp;x-Kyle Lohse, rhp.

San Diego (1) — Jason Marquis, rhp.

San Francisco (8) — Aubrey Huff, 1b;Guillermo Mota, rhp;Xavier Nady, of;Angel Pagan, of;Brad Penny, rhp;Freddy Sanchez, 2b;Marco Scutaro, inf;Ryan Theriot, 2b.

Washington (7) — Sean Burnett, lhp;Mark DeRosa, of;Zach Duke, lhp;Mike Gonzalez, lhp;Edwin Jackson, rhp;x-Adam LaRoche, 1b;Chien-Ming Wang, rhp.

BASKETBALL College Men MVC League Overall 0-0 5-0 0-0 4-0 0-0 4-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 3-1 0-0 3-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-1 Monday Jacksonville 64, Missouri St. 58 Tuesday Wichita St. 75, DePaul 62 Indiana St. 68, Ball St. 48 South Florida 82, Bradley 63 Illinois St. 91, Fairleigh Dickinson 58 Southern Illinois 71, SIU-Edwardsville 55 Creighton 105, Longwood 57 Evansville 62, Tennessee Tech 50 Wednesday, Nov. 21 Missouri St. 82, Malone 49 Iowa vs. Wichita St. Thursday, Nov. 22 Northern Iowa vs. Louisville, 8:30 p.m.

Drake vs. California, 10:30 p.m.

Wichita State Creighton Illinois State Northern Iowa Southern Illinois Bradley Indiana State Evansville Missouri State Drake

Big 12 League Overall Kansas St. 0-0 5-0 Iowa St. 0-0 4-0 Oklahoma St. 0-0 4-0 Texas Tech 0-0 3-0 Oklahoma 0-0 2-0 Baylor 0-0 4-1 Kansas 0-0 4-1 TCU 0-0 4-1 Texas 0-0 3-2 West Virginia 0-0 0-1 Monday Kansas 78, Washington St. 41 Chaminade 86, Texas 73 Tuesday Kansas 73, Saint Louis 59 USC 59, Texas 53, OT TCU 47, Navy 45 Iowa St. 86, North Carolina A&T 57 Texas Tech 91, Grambling St. 56 Wednesday, Nov. 21 Texas 69, Mississippi St.55 Kansas St. 66, Delaware 63 Thursday, Nov. 22 Marist vs. West Virginia, 11 a.m.

UTEP vs. Oklahoma at Orlando, 6 p.m.

College Women MVC Northern Iowa Wichita State Bradley Creighton Evansville Illinois State

League 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Overall 2-1 2-1 2-2 2-1 2-2 2-2

Indiana State 0-0 Missouri State 0-0 Drake 0-0 Southern Illinois 0-0 Tuesday’s Games South Florida 60, Bradley 50 IUPUI 71, Indiana St. 67 Creighton 53, South Dakota 49 Murray St. 76, Evansville 62 Gonzaga 80, Missouri St. 66 Wednesday’s Games Missouri St. 83, UCF 75 Illinois St. 86, Illinois-Chicago 74 Thursday’s Games TBA vs. Mssouri St., TBA Missouri vs. Wichita St., 2:30 p.m.

2-2 2-2 1-1 0-2

Big 12 League Overall 0-0 4-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 4-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-1 Tuesday’s Games Texas 80, Jackson St. 53 Oklahoma St. 96, Texas-Pan American 42 Kansas St. 62, Tennessee St. 47 Friday’s Games Iowa St. vs. Loyola Marymount at Grand Bahama, 3:30 p.m.

Southern Utah at Texas Tech, 6 p.m.

Liberty at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Alabama A&M at Kansas, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma vs. Arkansas in Honolulu, 7 p.m.

West Virginia vs. tba in Miami, Fla., 7 p.m.

Oklahoma St. Kansas Kansas St. Texas West Virginia Iowa St. Baylor Oklahoma Texas Tech TCU

Major College Men TOURNAMENT Cancun Challenge-Mayan Championship Gardner-Webb 72, Austin Peay 62 Third Place W. Carolina 69, Howard 67 Cancun Challenge-Riviera Third Place W. Kentucky 70, DePaul 61 EA Sports Maui Invitational Third Place North Carolina 112, Chaminade 70 Fifth Place Marquette 72, Southern Cal 64 Seventh Place Texas 69, Mississippi St. 55 NIT Season Tipoff Semifinals Kansas St. 66, Delaware 63 EAST Boston College 50, Auburn 49 Bryant 68, Brown 61 Colgate 85, St. Francis (Pa.) 76 Duquesne 84, Youngstown St. 74 Manhattan 67, Hofstra 56 N. Dakota St. 66, James Madison 44 NJIT 69, New Hampshire 67 Seton Hall 76, Maine 49 St. John’s 65, Holy Cross 53 Syracuse 73, Princeton 53 Vermont 65, Yale 52 SOUTH Elon 65, South Carolina 53 Florida Gulf Coast 50, Alcorn St. 48 Florida St. 75, North Florida 67 Georgia Southern 62, Kennesaw St. 46 Georgia St. 75, South Alabama 73 High Point 93, St. Andrews 62 Kentucky 81, Morehead St. 70 Louisiana-Lafayette 76, Southern NO 66 Miami (Ohio) 72, William & Mary 59 Monmouth (NJ) 81, Tennessee St. 70 Radford 81, Brevard 53 Toledo 82, Samford 69 VMI 76, Old Dominion 71 MIDWEST Missouri St. 82, Malone 49 Nebraska 61, Tulane 57 Notre Dame 65, George Washington 48 Purdue 66, UNC Wilmington 40 Rochester (Mich.) 59, E. Illinois 56 S. Dakota St. 81, SW Minnesota St. 72 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 73, Cent. Arkansas 72 SMU 83, Rider 70 Sam Houston St. 65, UC Irvine 63, OT Southern Miss. 74, Liberty 56 Tulsa 86, Jackson St. 66 UALR 78, Jacksonville 56 FAR WEST Air Force 86, Montana St. 72 BYU 81, UTSA 62 Cent. Michigan 59, Wright St. 55 Utah 57, Idaho St. 46 Wyoming 69, N. Colorado 60

Major College Women TOURNAMENT Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout Championship Utah St. 67, Alaska-Anchorage 57 Third Place N. Dakota St. 61, Prairie View 56 Hardwood Tournament of Hope Semifinals Oregon St. 68, Winthrop 64 Semifinals Missouri St. 83, UCF 75 UC Santa Barbara 60, Mississippi St. 43 EAST Brown 55, Rhode Island 51 Bucknell 77, Niagara 69 Duquesne 64, North Dakota 38 Hartford 71, UMass 65 Rutgers 66, Temple 50 St. John’s 71, Iona 55 SOUTH Delaware St. 88, Wilmington (Del.) 46 George Washington 48, SC-Upstate 37 Jacksonville 78, Vermont 67 Kennesaw St. 72, Troy 65 Lamar 72, Louisiana-Monroe 50 Maryland 94, American U. 54 MIDWEST Illinois St. 86, Ill.-Chicago 74 Loyola of Chicago 77, N. Kentucky 65 Michigan St. 67, Albany (NY) 35 Northwestern 83, Yale 75 S. Dakota St. 59, N. Illinois 58 Saint Louis 51, Nebraska-Omaha 42 Washington 60, Wisconsin 55 Xavier 73, Morehead St. 58 SOUTHWEST Memphis 89, Texas-Arlington 76 UALR 79, Oral Roberts 47 FAR WEST Army 77, Weber St. 58

NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston Toronto Southeast Miami Charlotte Atlanta Orlando Washington Central Milwaukee Indiana Chicago

W 8 6 7 6 3 W 9 6 6 4 0 W 6 6 5

L 2 3 5 6 9 L 3 4 4 7 10 L 4 7 6

Pct .800 .667 .583 .500 .250 Pct .750 .600 .600 .364 .000 Pct .600 .462 .455

GB — 11⁄2 2 3 6 GB — 2 2 41⁄2 8 GB — 11⁄2 11⁄2

Cleveland Detroit

3 2

8 10

.273 31⁄2 .167 5

Western Conference Southwest W L Pct GB Memphis 8 2 .800 — San Antonio 9 3 .750 — Dallas 7 6 .538 21⁄2 Houston 5 7 .417 4 New Orleans 3 7 .300 5 Northwest W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 9 3 .750 — Denver 6 6 .500 3 Utah 6 6 .500 3 Minnesota 5 5 .500 3 Portland 5 5 .500 3 Pacific W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 8 3 .727 — L.A. Lakers 6 5 .545 2 Golden State 6 5 .545 2 Phoenix 4 7 .364 4 Sacramento 2 8 .200 51⁄2 Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 106, Toronto 98 New York 102, New Orleans 80 Brooklyn at L.A. Lakers Wednesday’s Games Cleveland 92, Philadelphia 83 Charlotte 98, Toronto 97 Indiana 115, New Orleans 107, OT Orlando 90, Detroit 74 Oklahoma City 117, L.A. Clippers 111, OT San Antonio 112, Boston 100 Atlanta 101, Washington 100, OT Miami 113, Milwaukee 106, OT Houston 93, Chicago 89 Denver 101, Minnesota 94 Dallas 114, New York 111 Portland at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Sacramento Brooklyn at Golden State Thursday’s Games No games scheduled Friday’s Games Atlanta at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

New York at Houston, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Denver, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at Portland, 9 p.m.

Tuesday’s Box Scores Thunder 117, Clippers 111, OT L.A. CLIPPERS (111)—Barnes 7-17 3-4 19, Griffin 9-16 5-8 23, Jordan 4-8 4-6 12, Paul 2-14 5-6 9, Green 3-6 0-0 8, Crawford 7-18 4-4 20, Odom 2-6 0-2 4, Hollins 2-2 1-1 5, Bledsoe 4-6 2-2 11, Turiaf 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-93 24-33 111.

OKLAHOMA CITY (117)—Durant 7-19 19-21 35, Ibaka 5-9 4-4 15, Perkins 0-1 0-0 0, Westbrook 8-20 4-6 23, Sefolosha 2-6 0-0 6, Martin 6-10 5-5 20, Collison 4-7 0-0 8, Thabeet 4-4 2-3 10, Maynor 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 36-79 34-39 117.

22 27 20 33 9 — 111 L.A. Clippers Oklahoma 28 31 17 26 15 — 117 City 3-Point Goals—L.A. Clippers 7-20 (Green 2-3, Crawford 2-4, Barnes 2-8, Bledsoe 1-1, Odom 0-1, Paul 0-3), Oklahoma City 11-23 (Martin 3-5, Westbrook 3-5, Sefolosha 2-5, Durant 2-6, Ibaka 1-1, Maynor 0-1). Fouled Out—Barnes, Ibaka. Rebounds—L.A. Clippers 55 (Jordan 10), Oklahoma City 55 (Ibaka 12). Assists—L.A. Clippers 19 (Paul 9), Oklahoma City 20 (Westbrook 9). Total Fouls—L.A. Clippers 27, Oklahoma City 24. Technicals—Westbrook, Oklahoma City defensive three second. A—18,203 (18,203).

Nuggets 101, Timberwolves 94 DENVER (101)—Gallinari 6-11 6-6 19, Faried 2-4 0-0 4, Koufos 3-6 0-0 6, Lawson 5-12 6-8 18, Iguodala 7-16 1-1 18, McGee 2-7 2-2 6, Hamilton 3-8 3-4 12, A.Miller 4-9 3-4 11, Brewer 3-6 1-1 7. Totals 35-79 22-26 101.

MINNESOTA (94)—Kirilenko 2-7 3-4 7, Love 12-25 8-14 34, Pekovic 4-8 2-2 10, Ridnour 3-8 1-1 8, Lee 1-8 0-2 2, Barea 4-12 0-0 12, Cunningham 2-4 0-0 4, Howard 2-6 2-2 7, Shved 3-9 0-0 8, Stiemsma 0-1 0-0 0, Amundson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 34-89 16-25 94.

Denver 15 29 25 32 — 101 Minnesota 26 32 15 21 — 94 3-Point Goals—Denver 9-21 (Iguodala 3-5, Hamilton 3-6, Lawson 2-5, Gallinari 1-2, Brewer 0-1, A.Miller 0-2), Minnesota 10-28 (Barea 4-7, Shved 2-5, Love 2-9, Howard 1-2, Ridnour 1-2, Kirilenko 0-1, Lee 0-2). Fouled Out—Faried. Rebounds—Denver 56 (Faried 14), Minnesota 56 (Love 14). Assists—Denver 16 (Lawson 9), Minnesota 19 (Ridnour 6). Total Fouls—Denver 24, Minnesota 21. Technicals—Faried, Love, Ridnour. A—16,879 (19,356).

Pacers 115, Hornets 107, OT NEW ORLEANS (107)—Aminu 6-9 2-3 14, Anderson 6-11 0-0 17, Lopez 3-17 15-17 21, Vasquez 7-15 0-0 14, Rivers 3-9 0-0 6, Smith 8-21 2-2 18, Thomas 1-1 3-4 5, Miller 0-0 0-0 0, Roberts 3-6 0-0 6, Mason 2-3 1-1 6. Totals 39-92 23-27 107.

INDIANA (115)—George 13-21 2-3 37, West 8-16 0-0 16, Hibbert 3-12 4-6 10, Hill 5-12 3-4 16, Stephenson 5-9 0-0 12, Young 1-7 1-1 3, Green 2-5 0-0 5, T.Hansbrough 1-5 9-10 11, Mahinmi 1-3 0-2 2, Augustin 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 40-92 20-28 115.

New 29 18 27 23 10 — 107 Orleans Indiana 21 22 32 22 18 — 115 3-Point Goals—New Orleans 6-10 (Anderson 5-5, Mason 1-2, Aminu 0-1, Vasquez 0-2), Indiana 15-27 (George 9-13, Hill 3-4, Stephenson 2-3, Green 1-3, Augustin 0-1, Young 0-3).

Fouled Out—Anderson, Hibbert. Rebounds—New Orleans 56 (Lopez 13), Indiana 61 (Hibbert 11). Assists—New Orleans 17 (Vasquez 8), Indiana 26 (Hill 7). Total Fouls—New Orleans 26, Indiana 24. Technicals—New Orleans Coach Williams, New Orleans defensive three second, Indiana defensive three second. A—12,633 (18,165).

Spurs 112, Celtics 100 SAN ANTONIO (112)—D.Green 3-8 2-2 10, Duncan 7-12 6-9 20, Blair 5-7 0-0 10, Parker 12-17 1-3 26, Neal 5-8 0-0 12, Ginobili 2-8 0-0 5, Diaw 2-5 0-0 6, Splitter 9-11 5-5 23, De Colo 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 45-77 14-19 112.

BOSTON (100)—Pierce 6-11 6-6 19, Bass 7-10 2-2 16, Garnett 7-14 0-0 14, Rondo 8-16 6-7 22, Terry 5-9 1-1 12, Wilcox 1-1 0-0 2, Sullinger 1-3 0-0 2, Lee 2-3 0-0 4, Barbosa 2-3 0-0 4, J.Green 2-7 0-1 5. Totals 41-77 15-17 100.

San Antonio 30 26 26 30 — 112 Boston 27 21 26 26 — 100 3-Point Goals—San Antonio 8-16 (Neal 2-2, Diaw 2-4, D.Green 2-4, Parker 1-2, Ginobili 1-3, De Colo 0-1), Boston 3-8 (Terry 1-2, J.Green 1-2, Pierce 1-3, Rondo 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—San Antonio 48 (Duncan 15), Boston 27 (Sullinger 7). Assists—San Antonio 26 (Parker 6), Boston 21 (Rondo 15). Total Fouls—San Antonio 17, Boston 18. Technicals—San Antonio Coach Popovich. A—18,624 (18,624).

Bobcats 98, Raptors 97 TORONTO (97)—McGuire 0-1 0-2 0, Bargnani 9-17 5-5 25, Valanciunas 8-11 0-0 16, Lowry 6-15 5-7 21, DeRozan 6-13 2-3 14, Johnson 0-1 1-2 1, Calderon 2-8 1-1 7, Ross 5-9 0-0 11, Davis 1-2 0-0 2, Kleiza 0-3 0-0 0.

Totals 37-80 14-20 97.

CHARLOTTE (98)—Kidd-Gilchrist 4-7 6-7 14, Mullens 4-14 2-4 10, Haywood 2-4 2-2 6, Walker 8-16 2-3 19, Taylor 4-8 2-2 11, Warrick 0-1 0-0 0, Biyombo 5-6 1-2 11, Sessions 5-19 4-4 14, Gordon 4-11 4-4 13. Totals 36-86 23-28 98.

Toronto 25 28 21 23 — 97 Charlotte 22 31 22 23 — 98 3-Point Goals—Toronto 9-23 (Lowry 4-7, Bargnani 2-3, Calderon 2-6, Ross 1-4, Kleiza 0-3), Charlotte 3-19 (Taylor 1-2, Walker 1-4, Gordon 1-5, Sessions 0-3, Mullens 0-5).

Fouled Out—Valanciunas. Rebounds—Toronto 46 (Valanciunas 10), Charlotte 58 (Mullens, Biyombo 8). Assists—Toronto 23 (Lowry 8), Charlotte 21 (Walker 7). Total Fouls—Toronto 25, Charlotte 21. Technicals—DeRozan, Taylor, Walker, Charlotte defensive three second. A—15,240 (19,077).

Magic 90, Pistons 74 DETROIT (74)—Prince 5-12 0-0 10, Maxiell 2-7 0-1 4, Monroe 5-11 9-11 19, Knight 3-11 1-3 8, Singler 1-6 0-0 2, Drummond 2-4 0-0 4, Stuckey 4-9 5-6 13, Maggette 0-2 0-0 0, Jerebko 1-6 0-1 2, Bynum 2-8 0-0 4, Villanueva 0-5 0-0 0, Daye 1-1 0-0 3, English 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 28-85 15-22 74.

ORLANDO (90)—Harkless 3-7 1-2 7, Davis 4-9 3-4 11, Vucevic 3-6 0-0 6, Nelson 3-7 2-2 10, Afflalo 5-13 2-4 12, McRoberts 2-5 0-0 5, Nicholson 7-9 1-2 15, Redick 4-13 2-2 11, Moore 1-4 0-0 3, Ayon 3-6 2-2 8, O’Quinn 0-1 0-0 0, Jones 1-3 0-0 2, Smith 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-83 13-18 90.

Detroit 27 21 8 18 — 74 Orlando 21 24 26 19 — 90 3-Point Goals—Detroit 3-17 (Daye 1-1, Knight 1-1, English 1-2, Maggette 0-1, Bynum 0-1, Prince 0-2, Singler 0-3, Villanueva 0-3, Stuckey 0-3), Orlando 5-20 (Nelson 2-5, Moore 1-1, McRoberts 1-3, Redick 1-7, Jones 0-1, Afflalo 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Detroit 52 (Monroe, Prince 8), Orlando 64 (Davis 14). Assists—Detroit 15 (Knight 5), Orlando 24 (Redick, Nelson 7). Total Fouls—Detroit 16, Orlando 23. Technicals—Orlando defensive three second. A—17,199 (18,500).

Cavaliers 92, 76ers 83 PHILADELPHIA (83)—Turner 5-13 2-3 12, T.Young 5-12 1-2 11, Brown 2-3 1-2 5, Holiday 6-16 2-2 16, Richardson 6-13 2-2 16, Hawes 2-5 0-1 4, N.Young 4-13 5-6 13, Ivey 0-2 0-0 0, Allen 0-0 0-0 0, Wright 1-7 4-4 6, Wilkins 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 31-86 17-22 83.

CLEVELAND (92)—Gee 5-9 0-0 14, Thompson 1-7 2-3 4, Varejao 3-10 4-5 10, Pargo 11-19 2-4 28, Waiters 7-22 0-0 16, Zeller 1-7 0-0 2, Miles 5-9 0-0 13, Casspi 2-3 1-2 5. Totals 35-86 9-14 92.

Philadelphia 15 20 23 25 — 83 Cleveland 28 19 21 24 — 92 3-Point Goals—Philadelphia 4-17 (Holiday 2-3, Richardson 2-6, Ivey 0-1, Turner 0-1, Hawes 0-1, N.Young 0-2, Wright 0-3), Cleveland 13-23 (Gee 4-6, Pargo 4-8, Miles 3-4, Waiters 2-5). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Philadelphia 51 (T.Young 11), Cleveland 65 (Varejao 19). Assists—Philadelphia 18 (Turner 7), Cleveland 17 (Waiters 6).

Total Fouls—Philadelphia 16, Cleveland 14.

Technicals—Varejao. A—16,743 (20,562).

Heat 113, Bucks 106, OT MILWAUKEE (106)—To.Harris 4-8 2-2 11, Ilyasova 2-7 0-0 4, Dalembert 4-7 1-1 10, Jennings 9-25 0-0 19, Ellis 4-16 0-0 9, Sanders 0-0 0-0 0, Udoh 3-6 1-2 7, Henson 7-12 3-4 17, Dunleavy 7-16 1-1 16, Udrih 3-6 0-0 6, Daniels 3-6 1-2 7. Totals 46-109 9-12 106.

MIAMI (113)—Battier 0-4 0-0 0, James 11-21 4-8 28, Bosh 9-14 5-6 24, Chalmers 3-7 2-4 9, Wade 11-21 6-8 28, Haslem 1-5 0-0 2, Allen 4-10 6-7 17, Cole 1-2 0-0 2, Miller 1-2 0-0 3, Anthony 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-86 23-33 113.

Milwaukee 15 29 29 25 8 — 106 Miami 29 17 25 27 15 — 113 3-Point Goals—Milwaukee 5-29 (Dalembert 1-1, To.Harris 1-4, Ellis 1-5, Dunleavy 1-7, Jennings 1-8, Daniels 0-1, Ilyasova 0-1, Udrih 0-2), Miami 8-18 (Allen 3-5, James 2-4, Miller 1-2, Chalmers 1-2, Bosh 1-2, Battier 0-3).

Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Milwaukee 56 (Henson 18), Miami 65 (Bosh 18). Assists—Milwaukee 18 (Jennings 6), Miami 25 (James 8). Total Fouls—Milwaukee 21, Miami 13. Technicals—Sanders 2, Udoh. Ejected—Sanders. A—19,971 (19,600).

Rockets 93, Bulls 89 CHICAGO (89)—Deng 7-20 4-4 19, Boozer 6-14 1-2 13, Noah 5-9 1-4 11, Hinrich 2-5 0-2 4, Hamilton 2-10 0-0 4, Butler 3-7 2-3 8, Gibson 4-7 1-2 9, Robinson 9-22 2-2 21, Belinelli 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-95 11-19 89.

HOUSTON (93)—Parsons 7-13 2-3 18, Patterson 8-16 3-5 20, Asik 2-8 0-2 4, Lin 2-9 0-0 4, Harden 8-14 9-13 28, Morris 0-3 0-0 0, Douglas 1-4 8-8 11, Smith 4-7 0-0 8. Totals 32-74 22-31 93.

Chicago 22 24 19 24 — 89 Houston 20 22 24 27 — 93 3-Point Goals—Chicago 2-16 (Deng 1-4, Robinson 1-7, Hinrich 0-1, Butler 0-2, Hamilton 0-2), Houston 7-19 (Harden 3-7, Parsons 2-3, Patterson 1-3, Douglas 1-3, Morris 0-1, Lin 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Chicago 62 (Boozer 15), Houston 54 (Parsons 13).

Assists—Chicago 20 (Hinrich 6), Houston 15 (Lin, Harden 3). Total Fouls—Chicago 22, Houston 18. Technicals—Robinson, Chicago defensive three second 2. A—15,950 (18,023).

Hawks 101, Wizards 100, OT WASHINGTON (100)—Beal 3-8 0-0 6, Vesely 0-1 0-0 0, Seraphin 10-21 1-2 21, Livingston 1-5 0-0 2, Crawford 4-8 0-0 9, Singleton 3-3 1-2 8, Webster 4-8 0-0 10, Price 6-11 1-1 14, Ariza 3-14 4-4 12, Nene 2-5 8-10 12, Okafor 2-5 2-5 6. Totals 38-89 17-24 100.

ATLANTA (101)—Korver 5-12 1-1 16, Smith 11-19 3-3 25, Horford 7-17 1-10 15, Teague 6-18 2-2 14, Harris 4-8 2-2 13, Williams 4-10 0-0 9, Pachulia 2-4 3-3 7, Stevenson 1-2 0-0 2, Morrow 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 40-92 12-21 101.

Washington 24 23 19 24 10 — 100 Atlanta 26 24 18 22 11 — 101 3-Point Goals—Washington 7-20 (Webster 2-4, Ariza 2-5, Singleton 1-1, Crawford 1-2, Price 1-3, Livingston 0-2, Beal 0-3), Atlanta 9-25 (Korver 5-12, Harris 3-6, Williams 1-4, Stevenson 0-1, Teague 0-2). Fouled Out—Beal, Smith. Rebounds—Washington 67 (Ariza 15), Atlanta 52 (Smith 12). Assists—Washington 20 (Price 7), Atlanta 30 (Horford 10). Total Fouls—Washington 27, Atlanta 25. A—11,338 (18,729).

Mavericks 114, Knicks 111 NEW YORK (111)—Brewer 1-3 1-2 4, Anthony 7-16 7-8 23, Chandler 8-9 5-7 21, Felton 8-17 0-0 18, Kidd 5-8 2-2 17, Smith 5-13 3-3 14, Novak 1-2 0-0 3, Wallace 4-9 0-0 11. Totals 39-77 18-22 111.

DALLAS (114)—Marion 3-6 0-0 7, Murphy 0-3 2-2 2, Kaman 5-10 0-1 10, Collison 7-11 4-4 19, Mayo 10-17 4-5 27, Brand 1-3 2-2 4,

Do.Jones 2-9 0-0 4, Carter 9-17 2-3 25, Crowder 4-6 1-2 12, Da.Jones 1-3 2-2 4. Totals 42-85 17-21 114.

New York 28 26 26 31 — 111 Dallas 24 25 35 30 — 114

Bethel (Minn.) (9-2) vs. Wisconsin-Oshkosh (11-0), noon North Central, Ill. (9-2) at Linfield (10-0), 2 p.m.

Cortland State (9-1) vs. Wesley (9-1), TBD

3-Point Goals—New York 15-31 (Kidd 5-8, Wallace 3-7, Anthony 2-4, Felton 2-6, Brewer 1-1, Novak 1-1, Smith 1-4), Dallas 13-29 (Carter 5-10, Crowder 3-5, Mayo 3-7, Marion 1-2, Collison 1-2, Murphy 0-3). Fouled Out—Anthony. Rebounds—New York 40 (Chandler 13), Dallas 49 (Brand 8). Assists—New York 25 (Felton 11), Dallas 22 (Collison 7). Total Fouls—New York 17, Dallas 18. A—20,157 (19,200).

NAIA Playoffs

FOOTBALL Big 12 League Overall Kansas St. 7-1 10-1 Oklahoma 6-1 8-2 Texas 5-2 8-2 Oklahoma St. 5-2 7-3 Texas Tech 4-4 7-4 TCU 3-4 6-4 West Virginia 2-5 5-5 Iowa St. 3-5 6-5 Baylor 2-5 5-5 Kansas 0-8 1-10 Thursday’s Games TCU at Texas, 6:30 p.m.

Friday’s Game West Virginia at Iowa St., 2:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Baylor vs. Texas Tech, 1:30 p.m.

Oklahoma St. at Oklahoma, 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 1 Kansas at West Virginia, TBD Oklahoma St. at Baylor, TBD Oklahoma at TCU, TBD Texas at Kansas St., TBD End regular season

First Round Saturday St. Francis (Ind.) 22, Baker (Kan.) 17 Cumberlands (Ky.) 42, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 24 Marian (Ind.) 42, Northwestern (Iowa) 32 Morningside (Iowa) 40, Montana Tech 35 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 31, William Penn (Iowa) 0 Southern Oregon 45, Saint Ambrose (Iowa) 28 Missouri Valley 56, Ottawa (Kan.) 21 Bethel (Tenn.) 45, Georgetown (Ky.) 44 Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 24 St. Francis (Ind.) (9-2) at Marian (Ind.) (9-1), noon Southern Oregon (9-2) at Morningside (Iowa) (11-0), noon Bethel (Tenn.) (9-3) at Missouri Valley (11-0), 1 p.m.

Cumberlands (Ky.) (10-1) at Saint Xavier (Ill.) (10-1), 1 p.m.

FCS Playoffs First Round Saturday, Nov. 24 Colgate (8-3) at Wagner (8-3), 11 a.m.

Coastal Carolina (7-4) at Bethune-Cookman (9-2), 1 p.m.

Eastern Illinois (7-4) at South Dakota State (8-3), 2 p.m.

Villanova (8-3) at Stony Brook (9-2), 2 p.m.

Second Round Saturday, Dec. 1 New Hampshire (8-3) at Wofford (8-3), 1 p.m.

Central Arkansas (9-2) at Georgia Southern (8-3), 1 p.m.

Coastal Carolina-Bethune-Cookman winner at Old Dominion (10-1), 1 p.m.

Illinois State (8-3) at Appalachian State (8-3), 1 p.m.

Cal Poly (9-2) at Sam Houston State (8-3), 3 p.m.

Eastern Illinois-South Dakota State winner at North Dakota State (10-1), 3 p.m.

Colgate-Wagner winner at Eastern Washington (9-2), 5 p.m.

Villanova-Stony Brook winner at Montana State (10-1), 6 p.m.

Division II Playoffs First Round Saturday Shippensburg 58, Bloomsburg 20 Indiana (Pa.) 27, Shepherd 17 Indianapolis 31, Midwestern St. 14 West Alabama 41, Miles 7 Lenoir-Rhyne 21, Fort Valley St. 6 Northwest Missouri State 35, Harding 0 Missouri Western St. 57, Minnesota Duluth 55 West Texas A&M 38, Chadron State 30 Second Round Saturday, Nov. 24 West Texas A&M (10-2) at Ashland (11-0), 10 a.m.

Indiana (Pa.) (11-1) at New Haven (10-0), 11 a.m.

West Alabama (9-3) at Valdosta St. (8-2), 11 a.m.

Lenior-Rhyne (9-2) at Carson-Newman (8-2), 11 a.m.

Shippensburg (11-1) at Winston-Salem (11-0), noon Northwest Missouri St. (10-2) at Minnesota St. Mankato (11-0), noon Missouri Western St. (11-1) at Henderson St. (10-0), noon Indianapolis (10-2) at Colorado State-Pueblo (11-0), 1 p.m.

Division III Playoffs First Round Saturday Hobart 38, Washington & Lee 20 Wittenberg 52, Heidelberg 38 Franklin 42, Adrian 10 Cortland State 20, Framingham State 19 Wesley 73, Mount Ida 14 Widener 44, Bridgewater State 14 Salisbury 17, Rowan 9 Johns Hopkins 42, Washington & Jefferson 10 Mount Union 72, Christopher Newport 14 Mary Hardin-Baylor 59, Louisiana College 20 St. Thomas (Minn.) 48, St. Norbert 17 Elmhurst 27, Coe 24 Bethel (Minn.) 24, Concordia-Chicago 23 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 55, St. Scholastica 10 Linfield 27, Pacific Lutheran 24 North Central (Ill.) 41, Cal Lutheran 21 Second Round Saturday, Nov. 24 Wittenberg (10-1) at Hobart (11-0), 11 a.m.

Salisbury (9-2) at Widener (10-0) vs. 11 a.m.

Johns Hopkins (10-1) at Mount Union (11-0), 11 a.m.

St. Thomas (Minn.) (11-0) at Elmhurst (10-1), noon Franklin (9-2) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (11-0) vs. noon

GOLF Double Eagle Terradyne Fred Deppner, Par 5, No. 11 (530 yards), 5-wood for second shot. Witnesses: Dale Downing, Bob Balmer, Ron Neufeld, Wayne Foster.

HOCKEY

Juco Salt City Bowl Sunday, Dec. 1 Iowa Central (6-4) at Hutchinson (8-3), 1 p.m.

Mississippi Bowl Sunday, Dec. 1 At Biloxi, Miss.

Copiah-Lincoln (9-2) vs. Garden City (6-4), TBA

Graphic Edge Bowl Sunday, Dec. 2 At Cedar Falls, Iowa Butler (11-0) vs. Iowa Western (11-0), 3 p.m.

Major College Schedule Thursday’s Game Louisville at Rutgers, 6:30 p.m.

Friday’s Game MAC Championship, N. Illinois vs. Kent St. at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s Games EAST Cincinnati at UConn, TBA Kansas at West Virginia, TBA San Diego at Marist, 11 a.m.

SOUTH Pittsburgh at South Florida, TBA Louisiana-Lafayette at FAU, 2 p.m.

SEC Championship, Alabama, LSU or Texas A&M vs. Georgia at Atlanta, 3 p.m.

ACC Championship, Georgia Tech vs. Florida State at Charlotte, N.C., 7 p.m.

MIDWEST C-USA Championship at TBA, TBA Texas at Kansas St., TBA Big Ten Championship, Nebraska or Michigan vs. Wisconsin at Indianapolis, 7:15 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Oklahoma St. at Baylor, TBA Oklahoma at TCU, TBA Middle Tennessee at Arkansas St., 2 p.m.

New Mexico St. at Texas St., 3 p.m.

FAR WEST Boise St. at Nevada, TBA Nicholls St. at Oregon St., 1:30 p.m.

South Alabama at Hawaii, 10 p.m.

string), LB Brandon Spikes (knee), T Sebastian Vollmer (back, knee), WR Wes Welker (ankle), LB Tracy White (foot). PROBABLE: WR Julian Edelman (hand), DT Kyle Love (knee), LB Jerod Mayo (elbow). Jets: QUESTIONABLE: CB Aaron Berry (quadriceps), DT Kenrick Ellis (knee), WR Jeremy Kerley (heel, hamstring), RB Joe McKnight (ankle), DT Sione Po’uha (low back), LB Bart Scott (toe), QB Tim Tebow (ribs). PROBABLE: TE Jeff Cumberland (wrist), DE Mike DeVito (finger), WR Clyde Gates (shoulder), WR Stephen Hill (ankle), S LaRon Landry (heel), C Nick Mangold (thumb), G Brandon Moore (hip, foot), LB Calvin Pace (shoulder), RB Bilal Powell (shoulder), QB Mark Sanchez (low back), G Matt Slauson (knee).

NFL American Conference East

W L T

Pct PF PA

New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami South

7 4 4 4 W

3 6 6 6 L

0 0 0 0 T

.700 .400 .400 .400 Pct

358 202 230 187 PF

225 241 299 205 PA

Houston Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville North

9 6 4 1 W

1 4 6 9 L

0 0 0 0 T

.900 .600 .400 .100 Pct

293 210 219 164 PF

180 260 311 289 PA

Baltimore Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland West

8 6 5 2 W

2 4 5 8 L

0 0 0 0 T

.800 .600 .500 .200 Pct

267 217 248 189 PF

206 190 237 234 PA

Denver San Diego Oakland Kansas City

7 4 3 1

3 6 7 9

0 0 0 0

.700 .400 .300 .100

301 232 208 152

212 221 322 284

National Conference East

W L T

Pct PF PA

N.Y. Giants Dallas Washington Philadelphia South

6 5 4 3 W

4 5 6 7 L

0 0 0 0 T

.600 .500 .400 .300 Pct

267 211 257 162 PF

216 224 254 252 PA

Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans Carolina North

9 6 5 2 W

1 4 5 8 L

0 0 0 0 T

.900 .600 .500 .200 Pct

270 287 287 184 PF

193 230 273 243 PA

Green Bay Chicago Minnesota Detroit West

7 7 6 4 W

3 3 4 6 L

0 0 0 0 T

.700 .700 .600 .400 Pct

263 249 238 236 PF

207 165 221 246 PA

San Francisco 7 2 1 .750 245 134 Seattle 6 4 0 .600 198 161 Arizona 4 6 0 .400 163 196 St. Louis 3 6 1 .350 174 237 Thursday’s Games Houston at Detroit, 11:30 p.m.

Washington at Dallas, 3:15 p.m.

New England at N.Y. Jets, 7:20 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Denver at Kansas City, noon Minnesota at Chicago, noon Oakland at Cincinnati, noon Pittsburgh at Cleveland, noon Buffalo at Indianapolis, noon Tennessee at Jacksonville, noon Atlanta at Tampa Bay, noon Seattle at Miami, noon Baltimore at San Diego, 3:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 3:25 p.m.

San Francisco at New Orleans, 3:25 p.m.

Green Bay at N.Y. Giants, 7:20 p.m.

Monday’s Game Carolina at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

NFL Injuries The updated National Football League injury report, as provided by the league: HOUSTON TEXANS at DETROIT LIONS — Texans: DOUBTFUL: WR DeVier Posey (knee, hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: LB Tim Dobbins (shoulder), CB Johnathan Joseph (hamstring), RB Ben Tate (hamstring). PROBABLE: NT Shaun Cody (back, ribs), DE Jared Crick (neck), TE Owen Daniels (back), S Quintin Demps (back), LB Bradie James (thumb), WR Lestar Jean (knee), CB Brice McCain (knee), C Chris Myers (back), LB Jesse Nading (foot), LB Darryl Sharpton (neck, knee, hip), DE Antonio Smith (ankle), G Wade Smith (ribs), QB T.J. Yates (right elbow). Lions: OUT: WR Titus Young (not injury related, knee). DOUBTFUL: T Jeff Backus (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: S Louis Delmas (knee), DT Nick Fairley (illness), CB Drayton Florence (concussion), CB Jacob Lacey (foot), DT Corey Williams (knee, illness). PROBABLE: DE Cliff Avril (knee), S Erik Coleman (eye), K Jason Hanson (left foot), DT Sammie Hill (knee), CB Chris Houston (ankle), WR Calvin Johnson (knee, thumb), LB Ashlee Palmer (chest), G Rob Sims (hamstring), DT Ndamukong Suh (knee).

WASHINGTON REDSKINS at DALLAS COWBOYS — Redskins: QUESTIONABLE: LB London Fletcher (ankle), WR Pierre Garcon (foot). PROBABLE: TE Logan Paulsen (hip), T Trent Williams (ankle, shoulder), CB Josh Wilson (shoulder). Cowboys: OUT: C Phil Costa (ankle), DE Sean Lissemore (ankle), WR Kevin Ogletree (concussion). DOUBTFUL: C Ryan Cook (knee), RB DeMarco Murray (foot).

QUESTIONABLE: RB Felix Jones (knee), S Danny McCray (hip), S Charlie Peprah (concussion), NT Jay Ratliff (groin), T Tyron Smith (ankle). PROBABLE: CB Mike Jenkins (back), TE John Phillips (ankle), RB Lawrence Vickers (knee).

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at NEW YORK JETS — Patriots: OUT: TE Rob Gronkowski (forearm, hip), DE Chandler Jones (ankle), G Logan Mankins (ankle, calf). QUESTIONABLE: DT Ron Brace (elbow), S Patrick Chung (shoulder, hamstring), G Dan Connolly (back), S Steve Gregory (hip), TE Aaron Hernandez (ankle), LB Dont’a Hightower (hamstring), WR Brandon Lloyd (knee), G Nick McDonald (shoulder), DE Trevor Scott (ham-

CHL GP W L OL Pts GF GA Allen 13 10 3 1 21 50 34 Arizona 15 8 4 3 19 42 41 Wichita 15 8 6 1 18 54 41 Bloomington 13 8 4 1 17 54 44 Rapid City 13 7 5 1 15 35 36 Tulsa 15 6 8 1 13 39 53 Quad City 13 5 5 3 13 36 41 Fort Worth 13 6 5 2 14 30 41 Denver 12 5 7 0 10 43 43 Missouri 13 4 7 2 10 40 50 NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Overtime or shootout losses are only denoted in the OL column, not the loss column.

Tuesday’s Games Wichita 3, Missouri 2 Fort Worth 3, Tulsa 1 Wednesday’s Games Wichita 5, Bloomington 1 Fort Worth 2, Quad City 1, OT Arizona 3, Allen 2, OT Denver at Rapid City Friday’s Games Bloomington at Tulsa, 7:05 p.m.

Fort Worth at Missouri, 7:05 p.m.

Quad City at Wichita, 7:05 p.m.

Allen at Arizona, 8:05 p.m.

Denver at Rapid City, 8:05 p.m.

SOCCER MISL W 5 4 1 2 1 1 1 Wednesday Rochester 16, Chicago 6 Friday Baltimore at Wichita, 7:35 p.m.

Saturday Chicago at Syracuse, 6 p.m.

Baltimore at Missouri, 7:35 p.m.

Baltimore Missouri Milwaukee Rochester Wichita Chicago Syracuse

L Pct. 0 1.000 0 1.000 2 .333 2 .500 3 .250 4 .200 4 .200

MLS Playoffs MLS CUP Saturday, Dec. 1: Houston vs. Western champion, 3:30 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL College MVC Conf.

Overall Creighton 17-1 26-3 Northern Iowa 15-3 23-8 Wichita St. 13-5 20-8 Southern Illinois 11-7 21-8 Illinois St. 11-7 17-11 Missouri St. 10-8 16-14 Evansville 4-14 9-22 Drake 4-14 5-24 Bradley 3-15 9-20 Indiana St. 2-16 4-24 MVC Tournament At Springfield, Mo. Quarterfinals Thursday No. 4 Southern Illinois (21-8) vs. No. 5 Illinois St. (17-11), 5 p.m.

No. 3 Wichita St. (20-8) vs. No. 6 Missouri St. (16-14), 7:30 p.m.

Semifinals Friday No. 1 Creighton (26-3) vs. SIU-ISU winner, 5 p.m.

No. 2 Northern Iowa (23-8) vs. WSU-MSU winner, 7:30 p.m.

Championship Saturday Semifinal winners, 7:07 p.m.

Big 12 Conf.

Overall Texas 15-0 23-3 Iowa St. 12-3 19-7 Kansas 11-4 24-6 Oklahoma 9-6 20-10 Kansas St. 8-7 21-7 Baylor 7-9 20-11 TCU 3-12 14-14 Texas Tech 3-12 14-17 West Virginia 0-14 8-20 Wednesday’s Matches Iowa St. 3, West Virginia 0 Baylor 3, Texas Tech 1 Kansas 3, Saint Louis 0 Oklahoma 3, TCU 1 Saturday’s Matches Texas Tech at Kansas, 1 p.m.

West Virginia at TCU, 1 p.m.

Baylor at Southern Methodist, 1 p.m.

Texas at Iowa St., 6:30 p.m.

Oklahoma at Kansas St., 7 p.m.

End Regular Season

TRANSACTIONS BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BOSTON CELTICS — Waived C Darko Milicic.

FOOTBALL National Football League KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed PK Matt Szymanski to the practice squad.

COLLEGE KANSAS — Named David Reed associate athletics director for compliance.

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