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Public hearing to be held on extra tax for parking garage Rochelle Valverde rvalverde@ljworld.com

An extra tax to fund more parking near the Lawrence Public Library will gets its last official review before downtown property owners are asked to pay their half of the $915,000 bill.

City commissioners at The tonight’s meeting will hold a public hearing to receive purpose of written and oral objections the hearing, to the special taxing district. The Library Parking then, is to Garage Benefit District was make sure established in 2012, and the to answer final assessment amounts any concerns are now known and each downtown property own- that the ers’ tax bill was recently process sent out. itself, that City officials say the hearing is a chance for the notices downtown property own- and the legal ers to provide feedback on steps and the the process. publications “Now that we know the exact amounts, then were all done we apply it against those correctly.” proportions that were already established,” said — Bryan Kidney, Finance Director Bryan finance director Kidney. “And the purpose of the hearing, then, is to make sure to answer any concerns that the process itself, that the notices and the legal steps and the publications were all done correctly.” > HEARING, 2A

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MEGAN JONES, A UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MASTER’S STUDENT IN ENGLISH LITERATURE, won second place in the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest for her collection of books about the 1927 trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian immigrants and anarchists convicted in a double-murder case in Massachusetts. Jones is pictured with her collection on Dec. 27, 2016, in her Lawrence apartment.

Sacco and Vanzetti book compilation nabs national honor for KU student

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egan Jones first saw a picture of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in a high school history textbook, but moved on after being told they wouldn’t be on the test.

As a sophomore at Indiana University, assigned to write about something in the university’s rare book library, she came across the intriguing figures again. This time she dug in, calling up the holding and writing about the library’s collection of letters the two men

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A PHOTOGRAPH from the 1920s showing supporters of Sacco and Vanzetti.

Legislature to start live audio streaming of committee hearings

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Topeka — For the last several years, people have been able to listen live over the internet whenever the Kansas House or Senate met in session. But starting in this month, they’ll have even more access as com-

mittee rooms in the Kansas Statehouse go live with streaming audio.

But there are no immediate plans to begin streaming video, something that state officials say would be too costly.

“Based on current funding, the answer to your question about video is defi-

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Former corrections officer pens book about frontier jails

By Steve Fry The Topeka Capital-Journal

Topeka (ap) — The fact Gary Bayens wrote “Frontier Kansas Jails” is a natural fit.

“I’m just a jail guy,” said Bayens, a former corrections officer and administrator. “It just gets in your blood. I enjoyed working there. It’s a tough place to work.”

Bayens worked in the Shawnee County Jail when it was operated by the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office and was housed on two floors in the Shawnee County Courthouse.

“I worked in that jail for years,” Bayens said. At times, he worked weekend shifts when five deputies were in charge of 100 prisoners.

Bayens made the move to the jail’s location at 501 S.E. 8th, where it was administered by the newly formed Shawnee County Department of Corrections.

Overall, he worked in law enforcement and the county corrections department for 22 years. In the jail, he worked as a jailer, supervisor, manager and deputy director of the county corrections department. Bayens and Earl Hindman, the first director of the county corrections department in 1986, aided in designing the new jail, Bayens said.

In 1996, Bayens started at Washburn University, where he has been a faculty member and is now associate dean of the university’s school of applied studies. He earned a doctorate in criminal justice.

“Frontier Kansas Jails” covers city and county jails from 1850s in the Kansas territorial

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IN THIS DEC. 22, 2016 PHOTO, “Frontier Kansas Jails” author Gerald J. Bayens holds a copy of his book while speaking in Topeka. The book written

by Bayens, a former corrections officer and current associate dean at Washburn University, looks at the living conditions in 19th century Kansas jails.

days to 1890.

The jails evolved from wooden structures to concrete and limestone or native stone buildings to jails that were near the sheriff’s residence, both being housed in county courthouses, Bayens said.

Early jails were built to keep the inmates locked inside and the mobs seeking to lynch them outside, Bayens said. Lynchings in Kansas numbered in the hundreds, particularly in the state’s early years, according to Kansas historical records.

Colorful characters populate the book.

They include a young William “Wild Bill” Hickok, who was a constable in Monticello, a thriving Johnson County township, and later city marshal in Abilene, where he accidentally fatally shot the jailer.

In pre-Civil War Lecompton in Douglas County, abolitionists were incarcerated in the town’s first jail, a frame house, but the prisoners could walk outside the building, then return, Bayens said.

Living conditions in 19th century Kansas jails were basic.

“You got adequate care for that time period,” Bayens said.

“You got fed, and if you did what they asked you to do, you were taken care of.”

On the other hand, an earlyday jail was noisy, isolated, the toilet was a bucket, temperatures were too cold or too hot, standards didn’t exist for inmate care, and “the weak got preyed upon,” Bayens said.

Lawrence carries the distinction of building the first “iron jail” in the West. It was considered the strongest jail in the Kansas Territory and was a haven for prisoners fearing lynch mobs, Bayens said.

Leavenworth, the first city to have a city jail, was nicknamed “Prison City” because the state prison, the military prison and the federal prison were built there, Bayens said.

Two frontier Kansas jails that are favorites of Bayens are the Chase County Courthouse Jail in Cottonwood Falls and the Nemaha County Jail in Seneca. The two-story brick Nemaha County Jail operated for 97 years as a jail, but now

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wrote from prison before being executed.

Now, Jones has her own collection of about 40 books about Sacco and Vanzetti, for which she recently won second place in this year’s National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest.

She traveled to Washington, D.C., in October to receive her award at the Library of Congress, which included a $1,000 cash prize for herself and $500 for KU Libraries.

Jones, from Yukon, Okla., is currently working on her master’s degree in English literature at the University of Kansas.

To qualify to enter her collection in the national contest, Jones first won the graduate division of KU’s annual Snyder Book Collecting Contest in spring 2016.

She said she wrote her undergraduate thesis at Indiana about Sacco and Vanzetti, and that’s what she’s writing her master’s thesis on, too.

“Most of these books I’ve gotten because I needed them,” she said. “Some of them you could find in libraries. Some of them are a lot harder to find.”

“Now if I go to a used book store and I find one I don’t have, I just buy it.”

Sacco and Vanzetti, both Italian immigrants and known anarchists, were convicted of a 1920 double-murder and rob-

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The benefit district charges a new assessment to downtown property owners to fund the $915,000 project that added another level of parking to the garage next to the Lawrence Public Library at

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organization not run by the city — has made a presentation to the commission.

Ted Boyle, a member of the committee, said the update is meant to inform commissioners on the local effort to get a fullservice grocery to locate downtown. Boyle said he

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NICOLA SACCO, LEFT, and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, right, are seen here in this undated file photo, which in 1997 was part of an exhibition on loan from the Boston Public Library commemorating the 70th anniversary of the execution of the two Italian anarchists, in Cambridge, Mass. bery in Massachusetts. They lost their appeals and ultimately were executed — via electric chair — in 1927.

Between the time of their convictions and executions, a defense committee formed, the men wrote letters from prison proclaiming their innocence, celebrities spoke and wrote on their behalf, and their cause attracted international attention.

Advocates continued writing about their case decades after Sacco and Vanzetti died, with an additional flurry after Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis declared the trial unfair and reopened the case in 1977, the 50th anniversary of their executions.

“They were executed for a crime that they may or may not

have committed,” Jones said.

“They kind of became a martyr for the general, leftist workingclass cause.”

Jones has a four-volume series of books containing the entire court trial transcript, publications of the men’s letters from prison, and multiple books written by people attempting to prove their innocence. She does have at least one book by someone attempting to prove their guilt, and another arguing that Sacco is guilty but Vanzetti isn’t.

Jones has Sacco and Vanzetti books in Italian (she can read them with a dictionary) and one in French (she hasn’t read that one).

There’s even fiction: “The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti”

houses the Nemaha County Historical Society.

“When you see those, (they’re) what a jail is supposed to look like for the mid-1800s: steel walls and bars,” Bayens said.

Perhaps the most novel jail design was the Sedgwick County Jail, which was a “rotary jail,” also known as the “squirrel cage.”

Built in Wichita, the rotary jail was a circular structure subdivided into 20 wedge-shaped cells on two tiers and mounted on a central shaft, the Bayens book said. The whole structure rotated to add prisoners to cells or remove them, Bayens said.

Each tier had one door to enter and leave each cell as the cell rotated to the door, the book said.

The city of Wichita thought the rotary jail was the most secure jail built, Bayens said.

But it did have a safety problem.

Some overheated prisoners would lean their arms through the cell bars to try to cool down only to have them severed when the jail rotated, catching an arm between a bar and the immobile wall it was passing.

“Some people lost arms,” Bayens said.

Prohibitionist Carry Nation, who used a hatchet to wreck saloons in Topeka and Wichita, spent time in the rotary jail in Wichita, Bayens said. The first prisoners entered the rotary jail in October 1888, but by 1916, the jail had flaws, the book said, and the squirrel cage was dismantled in 1924.

Bayens knows of 32 frontier jails in Kansas, and “I understand there may be more.” is a historical novel about the case, and the creative “Sacco and Vanzetti Must Die!” is a modern interpretation of them as vaudeville performers, Jones said.

Her most special book, she said, is a pamphlet written by novelist John Dos Passos and published by the defense committee, “Facing the Chair: Story of the Americanization of Two Foreignborn Workmen.”

It belonged to KU professor emeritus of English Melvin Landsberg, who died in March, and Jones got it from his estate manager. Landsberg was considered the world’s leading expert on Dos Passos, and the copy of “Facing the Chair” is a 1927 original, Jones said.

“Even in a technological age, the love of books and reading is at the heart of learning for many disciplines,” KU Libraries dean Kevin Smith said in a news release. “We are delighted to support this love with the Snyder Book Collecting Contest and are very pleased that Megan’s collection, which exemplifies the diverse and varied interests of KU students, placed so highly in the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest.”

Jones said that, yes, she did use some of her cash award to buy more Sacco and Vanzetti books.

“Of course, I couldn’t not,” she said. “I keep adding.”

— KU and higher ed reporter Sara Shepherd can be reached at 832-7187. Follow her on Twitter: @ saramarieshep

Seventh and Vermont streets. The extra level provided about 70 additional parking spaces to the garage.

Without the extra level, the garage was slotted to have about 250 spaces, which were covered by the $18-million, 20-year bond issue approved by voters in 2010 to renovate and expand the library.

Downtown property owners are responsible

for paying about 47 percent of the cost of the additional level of parking, with the city paying the remainder. The amount was assessed against the properties in the benefit district equally per square foot and totals about $430,000.

The benefit district encompasses dozens of properties in the city’s downtown, including addresses along much of

Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and parts of Kentucky streets.

The district wasn’t approved without some pushback, and commissioners made adjustments to the deal in 2012 to address several issues. One of those was exempting downtown churches, nonprofits and properties that provide for their own parking — the city’s portion of the payments now

include those assessments.

Kidney said downtown property owners can prepay the entire amount they owe or pay principal plus interest over a period of 10 years.

The City Commission will convene at 5:45 p.m.

Tuesday at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St.

plans to give a historical overview of the committee.

“The only thing we are doing is bringing the City Commission up to speed on what we have been doing for the last four years and why this grocery store is needed,” said Boyle, who is also the North Lawrence Improvement Association president.

The committee meets weekly and has representatives from several

neighborhoods surrounding downtown, including East Lawrence, Brook Creek, Old West Lawrence and North Lawrence. Boyle said that two residents from those neighborhoods also plan to speak as part of the committee’s update.

In addition, Boyle said information will be provided about the city’s food deserts, which include downtown and some of the adjacent neighborhoods. Citywide, more

than one-fourth of all Lawrence residents live within a federally designated food desert, a lowincome district where the majority of residents live more than one mile from a full-service grocery store.

A local development group has been working on the concept of a downtown grocery store for years, but a project has yet to make a development filing with the city. The current plan

— led by Lawrence businessmen Doug Compton and Mike Treanor — is to convert the former Borders bookstore site at Seventh and New Hampshire streets into a multistory residential and commercial building that would house a grocery store on the ground floor.

The upper stories would house apartments.

The committee has been in contact with the developers and grocers related to the potential

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By Elvyn Jones

Whether you’re trying to get votes for a bond project or asking for donations, you are selling the need as much as anything. I think the need is great.”

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The Eudora Public Library has tapped someone familiar with leading successful community campaigns to head fundraising efforts for a new library.

Carol Wohford, Eudora library director, said former Eudora school district superintendent Don Grosdidier has been selected to chair a steering committee charged with raising money for the construction of a new library with an estimated price tag of $3 million. The announcement comes as the library has quietly started soliciting donations for a new library and plans are being made for a more public fundraising campaign that will start next year.

Fundraising currently is in a “quiet” stage of approaching a number of large donors for contributions, Wohford said.

It’s part of a step-by-step approach to raising the $500,000 to $1 million that a feasibility study completed in the summer indicates could be raised through a capital campaign, she said.

The fundraising efforts will become much more

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the Information Network of Kansas, an agency that was set up in the early 1990s to help public entities launch e-government services.

When the session starts in January, only three of the 13 Statehouse rooms used for committee hearings will have live audio, but they are rooms that host the most high-profile committees.

The remaining 10 will go online in phases, but all should be wired for live audio before the end of the 2017 session.

One of the first rooms is on the first floor of the Statehouse and hosts the House Appropriations, Education and Judiciary committees.

A second room on the fifth floor hosts the Senate Commerce, Assessment and Taxation, Ways and Means, and Utilities committees, as well as meetings of the Senate Republican caucus.

The third room, also on the fifth floor, hosts the House Taxation, Energy and Environment, Utilities and Telecommunications, and Transportation committees.

People will be able to access the audio streams by going to the Legislature’s website, clicking on the “Committees” tab and looking up the particular committee they are interested in.

Ron Keefover, president and CEO of the Kansas Sunshine Coalition for Open Government, which has long advocated for live streaming of

— Don Grosdidier, former Eudora school district superintendent

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DON GROSDIDIER, former Eudora school district superintendent, is pictured in this 2014 file photo.

Grosdidier has been tapped to chair a steering committee charged with raising funds for a new Eudora library. public with the start of a broader public fundraising drive. Wohford said that would start when a quarter of the public money was raised through the quiet campaign. With the fundraising efforts cranking up, Grosdidier was named to head a steering committee to head the capital campaign.

Grosdidier, who stepped down as Eudora superintendent in June 2015, helped build support for two large community bond issues. As Eudora High School principal, he was on the campaign committee

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That’s a very easy way to make more transparency at the Kansas Legislature.

It’s a good move in the right direction, but we would prefer to have all of the meetings video streamed if possible.”

— Ron Keefover, president and CEO of Kansas Sunshine Coalition for Open Government

the Legislature, called the move to audio streaming a good first step.

“That’s a very easy way to make more transparency at the Kansas Legislature,” he said. “It’s a good move in the right direction, but we would prefer to have all of the meetings video streamed if possible.”

Keefover is a retired spokesman for the Kansas Supreme Court, where he directed the effort to launch live video streaming of Supreme Court hearings. He said that system, which includes two cameras and a control board that can switch between the two, was installed for less than $15,000.

Miller said there is one room in the Statehouse, the Old Supreme Courtroom, that was set up for video streaming a few years ago as a pilot project, and it is still available to committee chairs or legislative leaders who want their events webcast.

“But it’s an as-requested kind of thing at this point,” he said.

— Statehouse reporter Peter Hancock can be reached at 354-4222. Follow him on Twitter: @LJWpqhancock

that built support for the 2003 bond issue that financed construction of Eudora High School. As assistant superintendent, he played a similar role in the 2007 campaign in support of a bond issue for the Eudora Elementary School, he said.

His role is still evolving, as is the library fundraising steering committee, which will be ran by a group whose members have not all been named yet, Grosdidier said. He was comfortable with leading the library capital campaign and approaching donors for money

because he believes the community supports building a new library and understands the need, he said.

“Whether you’re trying to get votes for a bond project or asking for donations, you are selling the need as much as anything,” he said. “I think the need is great.”

He was familiar with the new library project from the district’s redevelopment of the old middle school property at 10th and Main streets. The Eudora Public Library Board purchased part of the old middle school grounds across Ninth Street from the current library as the site for a future 10,000- to 12,000-square-foot building.

Eudora residents recognize the community has outgrown the current 40-year-old, 2,500-square-foot library, which is inadequate for the service and program-

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Topeka (ap) — Big questions about taxes and spending will shape the Kansas Legislature’s work after its annual session opens Jan. 9.

But the biggest question might be how much GOP moderates work with conservatives and how often they seek deals with Democrats on tax and budget legislation to protect funding for education and other programs.

Here’s a look at the 2017 session’s biggest questions.

Current budget gap How will Republican Gov. Sam Brownback propose to eliminate the projected shortfall of more than $345 million in the current budget?

Brownback and his aides haven’t hinted at how he will seek to close the gap, but options are limited.

Legislators can’t raise taxes quickly enough to provide much new revenue before the current fiscal year ends June 30. That suggests spending cuts are likely, though Brownback has ruled out state worker furloughs and acrossthe-board budget reductions.

Senate President Susan Wagle, of Wichita, and other Republicans have criticized Brownback for not imposing some immediate spending cuts. They haven’t outlined their own proposals.

Brownback and legislators are likely to look for stopgaps to avoid such cuts.

Longer-term shortfalls How much appetite do Brownback and his fellow Republicans have for increasing taxes?

The state is facing projected gaps of nearly $1.1 billion in fund-

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Kansas has struggled to balance its budget since GOP legislators slashed personal income taxes in 2012 and 2013 at Brownback’s urging in an effort to stimulate the economy. Even some GOP voters last year came to see the experiment as a bust.

Cuts in income tax rates in 2013 were tied to policies reducing deductions and a sales tax increase to fill budget gaps.

Lawmakers boosted sales and cigarette taxes in 2015. A tax increase this year would be the third in five years — something that normally would make legislators wary.

But new House Minority Leader Don Hineman, a Dighton Republican, said: “Let’s do a longterm structural solution to this imbalance that we’ve been dealing with annually for some time now. There’s an appetite for getting that behind us.”

Political Context Elections last year left the Legislature less conservative, with both GOP moderates and Democrats making gains. So who will moderate Republicans work with the most?

Top conservative Republicans appear to have recognized the shift to the center. Both Wagle and incoming House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr., of Olathe, gave key committee chairmanships to moderates. Hineman’s election as House majority leader was another sign of moderates’ ascendancy.

If Republican lawmakers maintain the early harmony, they could pass legislation without Democratic votes.

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ming its patrons demand, Grosdidier said.

As part of the multifaceted capital campaign, grants also would be explored as the library looks to whittle down as much as possible the amount of any bond financing required to build a new library, Wohford said.

“There are several grantors in the country who like to pick up the last bit of capital campaign,” she said.

“We will be working with grantors. I have a thick red folder on my desk of grant possibilities.”

The library would start building awareness next month on the plans and the need for the new building. Wohford said there would be a series of town hall meetings starting this month on the new library. In conjunction with those meetings, library staff is encouraging residents to view the preliminary renderings for the new library, which

Eudora architect Kurt Von Achen developed, so they can make suggestions for reconfigurations, Wohford said.

Von Achen’s initial renderings include the expected library shelving and reading areas, as well as a community room/art gallery with adjacent kitchen, children’s library, adult quiet area, small “coffee spot,” work rooms and study rooms.

The library has also started investigating the legal requirements of a bond referendum, Wohford said.

The Eudora Public Library is one of the rare township libraries remaining in Kansas, and any bond issue requiring mill levy support to retire debt could require a referendum of Eudora Township voters.

Wohford said it would be a year before any referendum was scheduled.

“I think if it’s 2017, it would be late in the year,” she said. “At the very least, it would be 2018. We’re not going to continue a capital campaign past 12 months.”

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If the GOP starts to split, moderates could form coalitions with Democrats on budget and tax issues, as they have in the past.

Such a coalition would be more aggressive in seeking to roll back past income tax cuts, pushing for new education spending and resisting spending cuts.

School funding What will lawmakers do about public school funding, the single biggest item in the state budget?

Republican lawmakers in 2015 junked a per-student formula for distributing more than $4 billion a year in aid to public schools, in favor of predictable “block grants” to the state’s 286 local districts. The block-grant law is set to expire June 30.

While the state’s fiscal woes would seem to preclude additional funds for public schools, lawmakers in both parties are talking about ensuring that their budget fixes raise enough new revenues to allow higher spending on education.

That’s because the Kansas Supreme Court is expected to rule early this year on whether the state is spending enough on its public schools overall to ensure a suitable education for every child. Four districts sued the state in 2010.

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning, an Overland Park Republican, predicted that the court would accept a year’s extension of the block-grant law if lawmakers solve the state’s budget problems.

But new House Minority Leader Jim Ward, a Wichita Democrat, said, “That’s like a guy who shows up for his DUI sentencing drunk.”

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Security needed The Lawrence Community Shelter should do everything possible to enhance safety of its residents.

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he Lawrence Community Shelter is right to limit access to the facility by adding electronic security for

doors.

Most important was limiting access between the separate areas that shelter families and the shelter’s single residents. One of the most important roles the Community Shelter plays is to provide safe shelter for children of homeless families.

A newly installed electronic lock system is in place for one section of the facility, said Executive Director Trey Meyer.

The new system allows doors to be unlocked by key fobs and it syncs with the shelter’s security system. It allows staff greater control over who can go where in the building.

The shelter can accommodate 125 guests in two sections — one for families and one for single guests. Those staying in the single side know they are not supposed to go into the area for families, and staff frequently patrol the area to make sure the rules are enforced. There also are security cameras in place. Still, prior to the new door security system’s installation, incidents did occur.

“The goal is to make sure people can get to where they need to be while being as safe as we possibly can be,” Meyer said.

On Dec. 25, a 56-year-old man was arrested at the shelter after he was accused of sexually touching two people in their 20s and battering a third person. The alleged incident took place on the single side of the shelter.

The new lock system could have an impact on such incidents, by keeping guests from entering restricted areas as well as keeping those who have been banned from entering the building. The key fobs also identify who has entered doors and what time the access occurred.

The Community Shelter, which has faced financial struggles as it tries to keep pace with meeting the needs of the area’s homeless population, still needs to install the security system on six doors at the shelter. The shelter is seeking donations of funding or materials to help finish the effort. Estimates are that it would cost about $6,000 — $1,000 per door — to finish.

The shelter’s staff is to be commended for taking a proactive approach to implementing increased security at the facility. Here’s hoping the community contributions come through to complete the task.

Trump’s tweets will only stir pot Two things became clear on a nine-day trip to China, as I traveled from smoggy Beijing to glitzy Shanghai, from high-tech Shenzhen to reinvent-yourself Guangzhou in China’s southern rust belt.

First, the air pollution is as awful as its reputation.

Beijing skyscrapers were nearly invisible as my plane descended and the hacking cough I acquired from pollution particles has yet to calm down.

Second, the relationship between China and the United States will become increasingly tense if President-elect Trump continues to publicly challenge Beijing without any apparent rationale behind his tweeting or broadsides. During my travels a new U.S.-Chinese contretemps erupted almost daily.

Yes, there is justification for a firmer U.S. stance toward China on trade imbalances and freedom of the seas and Beijing’s reluctance to squeeze North Korea. But berating the Chinese with no strategy behind the bluster won’t work to America’s advantage, as I heard repeatedly from Chinese officials, academics, and think tankers, as well as from American businessmen in China.

Nor do tweets convey toughness to the Chinese.

Indeed, Trump’s modus operandi is more likely to provoke Chinese retaliation than produce a great deal.

China initially saw the Trump win as advantageous because he appeared ready to pull back from U.S. alliances and overseas involvements in order to focus on domestic issues.

Then the president-elect startled Beijing by taking a phone call from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.

The call was controversial because it broke decades of

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Bluster and impulsive behavior can’t substitute for tough, firm, and consistent diplomacy with China. Nor is negotiating with Beijing the same as deal-making in Atlantic City.” precedent: Since 1979, when the United States recognized China and broke relations with Taiwan, Washington has “acknowledged” China’s territorial claim to Taiwan. This is known as the One China policy — and is at the core of China’s relations with Washington.

The United States maintains informal but close ties with Taiwan’s democratic government, but their top leaders don’t meet or greet.

However, Beijing initially downplayed the controversial call, pointing out that Trump was not yet president. So long as the One China policy itself wasn’t challenged, the episode was manageable and Trump had made his point. Indeed, if his goal was to further warm ties with Taiwan or even upgrade U.S. sales of defensive weapons to Taiwan, he could have taken calculated steps to do so over time, and probably succeeded.

Instead, Trump followed his phone call with provocative tweets and an open

challenge to the One China policy on Fox TV. The president-elect said he saw no reason to be bound by the policy unless China made a deal on “other things, including trade.”

Rather than scaring China into concessions, Trump’s challenge is more likely to have the opposite effect.

The One China policy is the third rail of Chinese foreign relations. “If Chinese leaders believe Trump really wants to change the One China policy they will respond strongly,” says Wu Xinbo, director of Fudan University’s Center for American Studies. “My concern is that Trump may overplay his hand.”

Already, Beijing is blaming — and punishing — Taiwan for Trump’s behavior (more about this in another column, following my visit to Taipei). China’s recent seizure of a U.S. drone in international waters was a taunt to Trump. In the same vein, it has just sent its only aircraft carrier on a “routine exercise” through the contested South China Sea. Chinese scholars say Trump’s open challenge to the One China policy is likely to make it harder for Beijing to make concessions on other issues — including trade.

“It takes all the oxygen out of (China-U.S.) bilateral relations,” says Chen Dongxiao, the president of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies. “If this was an effort to (get China to) take a more aggressive policy on North Korea, Trump’s behavior has stopped it,” says his colleague Shao Yuqun.

Indeed, progress on the issues on which Trump seeks bargains from Beijing require a strategy far more complex than “the art of the deal.” That strategy will

have to include the kind of hard diplomatic slog and strengthening of alliances in which Trump has so far shown no interest at all.

For example, to push back against China’s buildup and militarization of artificial islands in the South China Sea — a long-term threat to freedom of navigation — Trump will need to rally Southeast Asian nations on the sea’s borders. He will have to convince those nations that Washington is still a steadfast ally.

President Obama’s weak response to the Chinese buildup — and the drone seizure — has made those nations dubious about America’s staying power.

But so has Trump’s cavalier attitude toward Asian allies, including Japan and South Korea, whose waters are also under Chinese challenge. And so has his abandonment of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal, in which many Asian leaders had invested much political capital. (That trade deal was also meant as a strategic hedge against Beijing).

China’s President Xi Jinping clearly wants to minimize problems before next year’s communist party conference, but could be driven into a corner if Trump continues to publicly challenge the One China formula.

“If Xi is advised by hawkish generals things can go wrong,” warns Shen Dingli, associate dean at Fudan University.

Bluster and impulsive behavior can’t substitute for tough, firm, and consistent diplomacy with China. Nor is negotiating with Beijing the same as deal-making in Atlantic City. It’s time for the president-elect to get serious and put a cap on his lip and his tweets.

— Trudy Rubin is a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News.

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Do your homework before calling for Energy Department’s death

By Noah Smith Bloomberg View

When you hear the name Rick Perry, you might recall that time during the 2012 Republican presidential primary race where he forgot the name of a government agency he wanted to eliminate. After saying he wanted to ax the Department of Commerce and the Department of Education, he blanked on the third. Later in the debate, he said that his forgotten target for destruction was the Department of Energy.

A responsible leader doesn’t forget the name of a government agency that he wants to shut down. A responsible leader studies the department in detail, learning all of the things that it does, and thinks about how things would change if the department were abolished.

And so for Perry, that “oops” moment was enough to persuade voters that he lacked the firm grasp of the facts needed in a presidential candidate. He soon abandoned the race.

But it seems like in the Re-

publican Party of 2016, leaders are not rewarded for being responsible and informed.

Instead, the party’s leaders are rewarded for finding new targets, justified or not, for the outrage of their voter base.

Unfortunately, this impulse for wanton destruction seems to be present at the intellectual level as well. In a recent op-ed in the Washington Examiner, economist Peter Grossman of Butler University called for the Energy Department to be closed. Unlike Perry, Grossman can at least remember his target; he’s written a book calling U.S. energy policy a failure. But the case he lays out is weak and unpersuasive.

Grossman views the Energy Department as a panicked response to 1970s-era theories of looming fossil-fuel scarcity: “The DOE was conceived in dark and pessimistic beliefs and forecasts that have proven totally wrong. …The original legislation justified a Department of Energy because…we were (supposedly) rapidly running out of fossil fuels, especially oil and natural gas.”

In reality, the department was created in an effort to increase government efficiency by combining of a bunch of existing agencies. One of these was the Energy Research and Development Administration, the successor to the Atomic Energy Commission, which itself grew out of the Manhattan Project. That agency managed the U.S.’s nuclear weapons programs. This is still one of the Energy Department’s jobs — it includes the National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees the safety of the U.S. nuclear stockpile.

Let that sink in a moment.

Grossman is proposing to abolish the agency that keeps U.S. nuclear weapons safe. He doesn’t appear to have thought very carefully about who would take over that task, or whether valuable experience and knowledge would be lost in the hand-off. He also doesn’t seem to have thought about what would happen to the department’s extensive system of national labs, which research all sorts of next-generation

technologies.

But even if we forgive these oversights, Grossman’s story doesn’t add up. The Energy Department’s roots in nuclear energy also show that it wasn’t simply a response to high oil prices. Government support for nuclear power boomed in the 1950s, when oil was cheap.

The goal wasn’t to avert a fossil-fuel crunch, but to give humanity even cheaper sources of power.

That’s still the department’s goal. As Bloomberg New Energy Finance reports, solar energy is now cheaper than coal power in many places, even without government subsidies, and is getting cheaper still. As a partial result of this technological improvement, coal is on the wane, while solar is booming. Scaling plays a huge part in this process.

Solar’s rise hasn’t come because of a fundamental technological leap, but because of learning curves. As production rises, prices tend to fall. Here, via BNEF, is a graph of how this has worked for solar panels:

That means the Energy Department’s subsidy programs, which encouraged solar growth back before the economics made sense, probably had a hand in jump-starting the era of abundant energy that we now see stretching before us.

Grossman doesn’t acknowledge this. He writes that “the only energy breakthrough of the last four decades has been fracking.” That’s a bit like saying that the only new piece of consumer electronics in the last four decades was the flat-screen TV. So no, we shouldn’t heed Grossman’s call to abolish the department. More to the point, we should just stop rewarding intellectuals and politicians for casually calling for the abolition of government agencies in the absence of understanding what they actually do.

No doubt, my call is likely to fall on deaf ears, at least while the Trump administration is in power. Perry has been nominated to head the Energy Department.

— Noah Smith is a Bloomberg View columnist.

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Columbia, Mo. (ap) — A small study using Photovoice to let sexual assault survivors reclaim their own stories through photography shows promise for recovery from posttraumatic stress disorder.

Photovoice, a process where people present their photos and share their stories through conversations, can help sexual assault survivors recover from PTSD, Abigail Rolbiecki found from her research. Rolbiecki, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Missouri’s School of Medicine, has worked for MU’s Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center on campus for three years and later conducted the study with three other researchers.

The study, “’Waiting for the Cold to End’: Using Photovoice as a Narrative Intervention for Survivors of Sexual Assault,” was published in August in the journal Traumatology, the Columbia Missourian reported.

Rolbiecki, the lead researcher in the study, said the nine participants — each armed with a camera — photographed the triggers in their lives, their experiences trying to obtain justice and their relationships with significant family members and counselors.

“The gold standard for treating survivors who have PTSD is to use interventions that have cognitive and behavioral elements,” said Rolbiecki, who also has degrees in public health and social work. “Photovoice has both of the elements. It includes cognitive reframing, collective storytelling, individual and group meaning-making, and encourages participants to expose themselves to memories and triggers that increase post-traumatic reactions.”

Rolbiecki thinks while traditional treatments for PTSD are valuable, Photovoice serves as a supportive and necessary tool for overall healing.

The experiment had four phases. After recruiting nine university students who are sexual assault victims ages 18 to 25 and giving them infor-

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The gold standard for treating survivors who have PTSD is to use interventions that have cognitive and behavioral elements. Photovoice has both of the elements. It includes cognitive reframing, collective storytelling, individual and group meaning-making, and encourages participants to expose themselves to memories and triggers that increase posttraumatic reactions.”

— Abigail Rolbiecki, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Missouri

mation about the study, Rolbiecki asked them to take pictures in their dayto-day lives for about a week.

Next, the participants shared and discussed the photos in three closedgroup meetings. Then, the participants designed a private exhibit and invited key stakeholders such as campus police and administrators to bear witness to their photo narratives. The participants also held a public event in spring 2015 to educate university students about sexual assault.

To conclude the study, Rolbiecki conducted indepth interviews with the participants to discuss their Photovoice experience.

Confronting triggers is a path to recovery, Rolbiecki said, citing evidence that the more people are exposed to their triggers, the more the post-traumatic reaction can be reduced.

One example cited in Rolbiecki’s paper involves a 19-year-old woman — called Sara by the researcher to protect the woman’s confidentiality — who photographed one of her triggers, a fraternity house on campus, the sight of which produced feelings of shame and anxiety. She titled the photo “Powerless” and said Photovoice helped her express those feelings.

“It’s going to be a part of my everyday life . I have to convince myself that (not fighting back) was the way my body wanted to deal with the trauma,” she said.

Paralysis is a relatively common stress reaction in sexual assault victims, according to several studies, and may be an adaptive response — akin to “playing dead” to be spared by a predator in certain circumstances.

The study showed that

the exposure reduced Sara’s feelings of shame and anxiety.

Another participant shot a photo of a tree in winter, saying that for her it illustrated that “a tree may go through a dark time in winter... But with time it will grow leaves and become healthy again.”

Rolbiecki described the outcomes of the experiment as profound. It was not only because participants had a safe space to express themselves but also because they talked in a group of mutual support.

“To be able to have a supportive network is incredibly useful,” she said, especially being with people who have similar experiences. “It’s very significant.”

Although the topic of sexual assault is very emotional, Rolbiecki noticed the tone in which participants discussed their experiences changed over time. Through Photovoice, many of them were able to acknowledge what they were feeling and find meaning in their experiences.

“Some probably still end in being angry, but they have set of tools to help navigate their anger,” Rolbiecki said.

Participants told Rolbiecki that Photovoice allowed them to regain control of their own narrative, in contrast to the societal narrative of sexual assault, and re-enter society as a survivor.

Meanwhile, the open presentation of the projects helped the students who attended comprehend how significant the issue of sexual assault is and how profound its impact is.

“It’s such a taboo topic.

People don’t like to talk about it,” Rolbiecki said.

“They were able to kind of see that, through the power of stories.”

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GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE , N. D. Military chiefs are prepared

to give President-elect Donald Trump the options he wants to intensify the fight against the Islamic State, including the possibility of granting commanders greater leeway to use secret cyberwarfare and space weapons, the top Air Force leader said.

“We’ve heard him loud and clear that he’s going to be looking for options,” Gen. David Goldfein, the Air Force chief of staff, told USA TODAY. Goldfein said the recommendations may center on permitting field commanders more flexibility to deploy an array of weapons against the militants, who wage a terrorism campaign beyond their bases in Iraq and Syria.

“If we want to be more agile, then the reality is we are going to have to push decision authority down to some lower levels in cer-

tain areas,” Goldfein said during a trip to this air base in December.

“The big question that we’ve got to wrestle with … is the authorities to operate in cyber and space.”

Capabilities in those two areas are among the military’s most closely held secrets, and their use generally requires approval at the highest levels of government.

The military has the ability to use cyberweapons to shut down terrorist websites and disrupt communication, but it is cautious about authorizing such actions because of unanticipated effects beyond its intended targets, such as disrupting legitimate websites and servers.

The military has the ability to shut down terrorist websites, but it is cautious about authorizing such actions because of unanticipated effects beyond its intended targets.

Last May, Defense Secretary Ash Carter urged the military space community to “join the fight” against the Islamic State, though he declined to describe how. The Air Force controls satellites for GPS and communication.

Cybercapabilities are already in use against the Islamic State, also called ISIL or ISIS. “We’re ... using cybertools to disrupt ISIL’s ability to operate and communicate over the virtual battlefield,” Carter said in February.

Delegating authority to generals in the field would allow for a faster response to opportunities that arise to strike militant leaders or their operations or disrupt their communication.

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Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel KNOXVILLE , TENN. Officials should have doused a 11⁄2-acre fire in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park days before high winds created a megafire that swept into Gatlinburg, Tenn., former U.S. Forest Service firefighters say.

At the very least, say retired employees with nearly 200

years of firefighting experience, officials in the national park should have summoned every resource available when alerted Nov. 26 of the expected high winds.

“I’ve written for years that the best way to keep fires from becoming megafires is to attack them with overwhelming force, both on the ground and from the air,” says Bill Gabbert, who writes a blog about wildland fires and aviation resources to battle fire.

“People say that is very expen-

sive, but it is not as expensive as losing 14 lives and $500 million in lost structures.”

Gabbert has written three articles on wildfiretoday.com about the Gatlinburg fires, providing technical data about fire conditions and aerial resources available to firefighters.

Four other former U.S. Forest Service firefighters agreed park officials didn’t pay attention to the severe drought, low humidity that provided a tinderbox for flames, available options to quell the slow-moving fire before winds made the flames uncontrollable, and alarming weather forecasts.

National Park Deputy Superintendent Clay Jordan says all the options outlined by park Fire Management Officer Greg Salansky, who oversaw the Chimney Tops 2 fire, “made sense to me.”

“There was no way the fire could have been extinguished before the winds came,” Jordan says.

When the winds came, the fire expanded beyond Salansky’s containment plan.

“Much to our surprise, it had spotted across Newfound Gap Road to Bull Head Ridge a halfmile to a mile away,” Jordan said. v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B

SpaceX plans its first launch since September explosion Fueling procedures will be changed James Dean Florida Today

MELBOURNE , FLA . SpaceX plans a return Sunday to flight of its Falcon 9 rocket from California, where the company will adjust fueling procedures suspected to be responsible for an explosion that destroyed a rocket and satellite on its launch pad in Cape Canaveral Sept. 1.

A four-month investigation pinpointed failures in the system

that uses cold helium gas to pressurize propellant tanks filled with super-chilled liquid oxygen, SpaceX said.

Investigators found that buckles had formed in the aluminum lining of helium tanks that are about as large as a person.

When the system was pressurized, the buckles trapped pools of liquid or solid oxygen between the linings and an outer layer of carbon wrap. That buildup of oxygen probably created friction or caused carbon fibers to break, SpaceX said, which ignited the oxygen in the rocket’s upper stage during a countdown rehearsal at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Launch Complex 40.

The Falcon 9 and Spacecom’s $200 million Amos-6 commercial communication satellite, which Facebook had hoped to use to extend Internet access in Africa, were lost, and the launch pad was severely damaged.

In an update posted online early Monday, SpaceX, which is led by Elon Musk, said the helium tanks would be redesigned but did not specify when that longerterm change would be implemented.

The company said that to prevent buckling for now, it would revert to “a prior flight-proven configuration” for loading helium, including loading the gas at a warmer temperature. Those pro-

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes on the launch pad Sept. 1 during a test at Cape Canaveral.

cedures have worked safely more than 700 times, SpaceX said, but take more time.

The planned launch Sunday from Vandenberg Air Force Base will carry the first 10 of at least 70 communication satellites SpaceX is contracted to launch for Iridium Communications.

The explosion Sept. 1 was the second time in 14 months that a Falcon 9 suffered a catastrophic failure. In June 2015, another breach in the upper-stage liquid oxygen tank doomed a Dragon mission to the International Space Station about two minutes into flight. SpaceX said that problem, attributed to a failed strut, was unrelated to September’s explosion.

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military commanders 30 days from taking office to come up with a plan for soundly defeating the Islamic State.

Goldfein did not go into detail about the new options. Marine Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said it is important to keep such advice to the president confidential.

President Obama’s strategy has centered on backing ground forces in Iraq and Syria to destroy the militant’s so-called caliphate.

The administration supplied the ground forces with weapons and ammunition and supported them with airstrikes and advisers.

Analysts said it is unlikely Trump would approve the deployment of large numbers of U.S. conventional ground forces in the Middle East or expand bombing if that puts civilians at risk. The U.S.-led coalition air campaign is extremely precise and among the most tightly controlled military operations in history.

“There might be some who say let’s just unleash this military and let them just go,” Goldfein said.

“If that unleashing results in us backing away from our values, then the longer-term consequences … will outweigh any short-term value.

“We go to war with our values,” Goldfein said.

One way to intensify the campaign against the militants would be to broaden airstrikes beyond those that support the ground forces in Iraq and Syria.

The current approach has been successful in pushing the Islamic State out of most of Iraq, and it is making headway in Syria, where a collection of irregular forces are closing in on Raqqa, the Islamic State’s de facto capital.

Since the military launched that campaign in 2014, the militants have lost at least 20% of the territory they captured in Syria and about half what they controlled in Iraq. The U.S.-led coalition estimates it has killed about 45,000 Islamic State fighters since the air campaign began.

Analysts said the current strategy misses opportunities to target the Islamic State’s global organization and leadership.

David Deptula, a retired threestar Air Force general who has been critical of the administration’s strategy, said Obama’s approach is too closely tied to the ground wars in Iraq and Syria, and its airstrikes are “anemic.”

“The first and most promising option is to put in place an overwhelming and focused set of attacks to crush the Islamic State in a matter of weeks — not episodic, antiseptic bombing,” he said.

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Islamic State says it was behind attack that killed 39 American played dead to survive Istanbul rampage John Bacon @jmbacon USA TODAY

The Islamic State claimed responsibility Monday for the shooting rampage at a packed Istanbul nightclub that left 39 dead and scores wounded, including an American who said he played dead to avoid additional gunshots.

Turkish authorities detained eight people in connection with the attack that rocked the city in the early hours of New Year’s Day, but a manhunt for the gunman continued. A raid Monday night on an apartment in Istanbul didn’t result in any arrests, according to the Associated Press.

Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said authorities were close to identifying the gunman after obtaining fingerprints and a description of his appearance, the AP reported.

The bloodshed was revenge for Turkish military involvement in Syria, the jihadist group said in a statement released through Aamaq News Agency, which has ties to the militant group.

“The apostate Turkish government should know that the blood of Muslims shed with airplanes and artillery fire will, with God’s permission, ignite a fire in their own land,” according to the statement, as translated by Reuters news service.

The gunman killed a police officer and a civilian outside the Reina club shortly after midnight.

He then entered the crowded club amid the New Year’s Eve rev-

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elry, firing at will with a long-barreled weapon. Reports said more than 500 people were packed into the venue.

Some of the attack was captured on video, which shows the gunman dressed in black and carrying a backpack as he shoots the officer.

Social media posts in support of the attack drew outrage from the Turkish government.

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım called for “responsible” social media use, warning on Twitter that praising terrorism could have “criminal consequences.”

Kurtulmus said more than 300 social media accounts determined to “sow discord” were under investigation, Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily News reported.

Turkish Bar Association head Metin Feyzioğlu said her group would file complaints against all people who praise terrorism on social media.

The U.S. Embassy in Ankara defended itself from social media attacks after the blast, saying U.S. officials had no knowledge of any

“I was with nine people. Seven of us were shot. All I can say is it’s a massive tragedy.”

William Jacob “Jake” Raak, businessman from Greenville, Del.

specific target when it issued a general warning about travel to Turkey days before the blast.

“Contrary to rumors circulating in social media, the U.S. government had no information about threats to specific entertainment venues, including the Reina Club,” the embassy said in a statement.

More than half the victims were from other countries, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported. James Piazza, a Penn State professor and Middle East expert, said Reina could have been targeted by Turks who view Reina as a symbol of Western elitism.

The Islamic State’s role in the

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Fire driven by high winds spreads to both sides of Highway 441 near The Spur Nov. 28 outside Gatlinburg, Tenn.

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A video shows a gunman entering a club in Istanbul. Authorities detained eight people in connection with the attack.

tragedy is unclear, he said.

“Did the Islamic State help plan and execute the attack? Or rather, did it just serve as an ideological motivator for the attack?”

Piazza said.

Among the injured was a businessman from Greenville, Del. William Jacob “Jake” Raak, 35, was visiting friends in Istanbul, where he went to celebrate his 35th birthday. NBC News obtained video of Raak, on a stretcher, being placed in an ambulance at the scene.

“I was shot in the (expletive) leg, man,” Raak says. “These crazy people came in shooting everything!”

Later, Raak said he was on the ground when he was shot.

“I just let him shoot me,” he said. “You just have to stay as calm as you can ... I took a bullet.”

His brother, Michael, told the TV station Jake probably avoided more serious injury because the bullet initially hit Jake’s cellphone.

Jake Raak spoke briefly at the airport before flying home.

“I was with nine people. Seven of us were shot,” he said. “All I can say is it’s a massive tragedy.”

Turkey has been a prime target for terrorist attacks for months.

More than 40 people, most of them police officers, were killed in twin bombings in Istanbul three weeks ago. A Kurdish militant group claimed responsibility for that attack.

The Islamic State is suspected in a blast in August at a wedding near the Syrian border that killed more than 50 people and an attack in June at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport that killed more than 40.

Turkey has been a key member of the U.S.-led international coalition combating the Islamic State.

“Our fire manager has never seen fire spot that far. It was unheard of around here.”

An investigation by the Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel found: uNear extreme drought conditions and low humidity levels, even without a high-wind forecast, should have prompted immediate action to extinguish the Chimney Tops 2 fire when first discovered Nov. 23. uAlthough National Park officials said they established a 410acre containment zone around the 11⁄2-acre wildland fire, no one turned the first spade of dirt for several days. uA hazardous-weather outlook from the Morristown office of the National Weather Service two days before the disaster warning of wind gusts of more than 60 mph should have been “a call to action” for firefighters, but no direct attack on the fire was begun. uPark officials should have requested additional firefighters before Nov. 27 to increase the chances that enough of the fire could be extinguished before winds carried embers miles toward Gatlinburg.

uWhen additional firefighters were requested, officials thought 27 would suffice to control the fire, but eventually, nearly 800 firefighters joined the battle. uIn an apparent breach of policy, no one monitored the Chimney Tops 2 fire when high winds swept flames to other ridges a mile away. uThe first direct attack on the fire didn’t occur until it had grown to 35 acres four days after it was discovered, and that suppression started late Nov. 27, which limited the number of airborne water dumps on the flames.

“It bears looking at how those decisions were made, not to blame somebody, but to avoid issues in the future,” says Barry Hicks, a retired U.S. Forest Service smokejumper with 41 years of service.

FLAMES MARCH ON

Flames jumped from ridgetop to ridgetop during the night of Nov. 27. Firefighters were assigned to stop flames threatening the picnic area below Chimney Tops, but by 11 a.m., the fire covered about 500 acres.

Salansky’s containment lines had failed.

Chimney Tops 2 blaze would be done.

“A team will be appointed by the NPS’ Division of Fire and Aviation Management, which reports to the associate director for visitor and resource protection,” the park service said.

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Cars are swallowed by flames at the main entrance of the Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort in Gatlinburg Nov. 29.

By 11:30 a.m., fire had spotted to the Twin Creeks science and visitor facilities about 11⁄2 miles from the park’s boundary.

“For a fire to do that, it has to hop a ridge, burn and create embers to hop to the next ridge,” Jordan says. “For a fire to move 3 miles in a few hours is impressive.

“None of our firefighters have ever seen a fire hop like that in the Southeast in such a short time.”

The fire was responsible for 14 deaths, 191 injuries, damage or destruction to more than 2,460 structures, and more than $500 million in damage.

The National Park Service announced late last week that an “individual fire review” of the

The National Park Service will not launch the review of the fire until the agency is sure the examination will “not interfere with the criminal investigation underway.”

The agency will coordinate the beginning of the review with the U. S. Attorney’s Office and the 4th Judicial District Attorney General, which is prosecuting two teens who are accused of starting the fire.

The News Sentinel submitted four pages of questions and requests for clarifications about the fire to Jordan and park spokeswoman Dana Soehn and asked whether Salansky could be interviewed.

“Thank you for reaching out to us with your questions and requests for clarifications,” Soehn responded. “We appreciate your ongoing efforts to provide accurate information in your articles.

“At this time, we are unable to fully respond to your request for information related to the Chimney Tops 2 Fire due to the active, ongoing investigation related to the two juveniles charged with arson.”

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The S&P 500 finished at 2239 in 2016. Several stock analysts were asked to project where the S&P 500 would finish at the end of 2017. The average was a projected gain of 5.5% to 2363.

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Investors who want to cover all the bases when it comes to market risk might want to consider the very worst-case — and best-case — scenarios for stocks in 2017.

Wall Street’s predictions for the new year are out. The “base case” is for a gain of around 5% for the stock market in 2017.

But a deeper dive into stock strategists’ 2017 outlook reports unearthed bearish scenarios that envision the U.S. stock market potentially declining between 10% and 30%. There’s

also a bullish vision that sees stocks streaking 20% higher in the new year.

Year-end 2017 price targets for the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index from strategists at 15 Wall Street firms see the large-cap stock gauge climbing to 2363, on average. That equates to a 5.5% gain from Friday’s 2016 year-end close of 2239.

This middling, mid-singledigit call is built on the premise that the economic recovery and corporate profit growth will gain speed, helped by renewed investor optimism after the election of Donald Trump and high expectations for the president-elect’s growth-friendly platform. Trump’s call for lower corporate taxes, less regulation

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of businesses and sizable spending on infrastructure has spurred a positive upturn in investor sentiment.

But the “bear case” — or worst-case scenario — laid out by a handful of strategists suggest the S&P 500 could end 2017 down as much as 10%, which adds up to a “correction.” Or perhaps plunge as much as 30%, which would put it well into bear-market territory, defined as a 20%-plus drop.

In its “Year Ahead Report,” UBS Wealth Management Americas highlighted a key lesson from 2016: “Don’t confuse a base case with a done deal. The past year has been ignominious for base-case forecasts. Donald Trump won the U.S. election.

The U.K. voted to leave the EU. And central banks were forced to ease policy more than previously thought necessary.”

Here’s how the “bear” case and “bull” case of Savita Subramanian, equity and quant strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, differ from her “base” case of the S&P 500 finishing 2017 at 2300, or about 3% higher than 2016’s close. Her base case is dependent on policymakers’ ability to “deliver growth next year.”

But if that doesn’t happen, look out below, warns Subramanian.

In her “bear case,” she won’t rule out a drop to 1600 for the S&P 500, which equates to a sell-off of nearly 30%.

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the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week will showcase many sons and daughters of Alexa?

The twist? New robots on display at the world’s largest trade show in 2017 will have legs and virtual eyes, move around the house, and perhaps have even more smarts than Alexa, which sold out at Christmas.

Robots are expected to be a huge trend at CES, which kicks off Tuesday with more than 25 exhibitors showcasing home personal assistants. (The trade show floor opens Thursday, but the action begins earlier.)

“You’re seeing a lot of companies taking advantage of the technologies that have been made cheaper by smartphones and video games,” says Kaijen Hsiao, chief technology officer for Mayfield Robotics, which will debut a new home robot at CES. Society has come a long way from Rosie, the personal robot in the 1960s era sci-fi cartoon The Jetsons.

“We can now finally have the robots of our dreams,” Hsiao says.

What the companies look to improve upon Alexa is “bringing personality” to the robot, says Steve Crowe, managing editor for news site Robotics Trends. “Part of the problem in-home robots have is that people don’t get attached to them because there’s no personal connection.”

Look for robots in all shapes and sizes at CES. Companies come to the show to make a splash with investors, the press

“We can now finally have the robots of our dreams.”

Kaijen Hsiao, Mayfield Robotics

Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute will showcase a new chessplaying super robot at CES 2017.

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and other customers. Some make it, most won’t, but perhaps a handful of these robots will show up sometime in 2017 at a store near you.

Elsewhere at CES, look for innovations in: uCars. Many of the top auto manufacturers, including Nissan, Honda and Hyundai, will be at CES showing off new forms of intelligence and driverless technology along with products that make the cars smarter, says Tim Bajarin, president of market researcher Creative Strategies.

“The car is now the biggest connected device we own,” he says. “Manufacturers use CES to

make a statement” to tech dealers, government and auto dealers, he adds. uTVs: As with past CES shows, TVs will dominate in a big way. They’re the largest product category on display and dominate many of the booths, especially ones named Sony, Samsung, LG and TCL. The past few years have given us higher-resolution 4K TVs, and CES 2016 showed one example of an 8K TV with even richer colors.

Next week, we’ll see many more 8K models, says Bajarin, as the industry looks to move consumers to 8K by 2020 for the Tokyo Olympics. (As with the first 4K

sets, expect to pay a hefty premium at first for the increased resolution.)

You’ll also see a rerun of many of the top product categories from last year’s CES again, including consumer and industry drones, virtual-reality headsets and 360-degree cameras.

CES started in 1967 as a showplace for new radios, TVs and phonograph players, attracting 17,000 people in 100,000 square feet of exhibit space.

In 2017, Consumer Technology Association CEO Gary Shapiro expects around 175,000 people, in a show with 2.5 million square feet of space and 3,800 exhibitors.

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Dear Annie: I moved out and started living on my own several years ago, and I have fallen in love with living independently. However, over the years, my parents’ insistence that I move back near home has increased.

Despite being only an hour away by plane (about 300 miles), they insist that I “need to be within driving distance in case anything happens.”

My parents are both still working and by no means need to be cared for. If they do need to be cared for when they’re older, I will probably move back closer to them. I’m an only child.

But right now, the guilt tripping is getting out of hand, and it makes me enjoy my phone calls with them less. Lately, I don’t feel like calling them much, but that bums me out, too. How do I let my parents know that I need to be on my own without

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hurting their feelings?

— Child Forever Dear Child: As annoying as it might be, you will always be their little girl, and I’m sure they are just missing you. Don’t let them make you feel guilty. You might point out to them that they did such a great job raising you that you have the self-confidence to live independently and start your own life. You’re only 300 miles away — which, by the way, is driving distance — so perhaps plan a few more trips home this

Nobody to root for on ‘The Mick’ ‘‘The Mick’’ (7:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) assumes its regularly scheduled slot after debuting on New Year’s Day. Kaitlin Olson stars as Mickey, a degenerate alcoholic shoplifter who thinks nothing of using and abusing friends. She inherits a posh setting and the care of three spoiled children when her sister and rich brother-in-law become fugitives from justice.

If Mickey were merely a rebellious free spirit like ‘‘Uncle Buck,’’ this classconscious comedy might be bearable.

But there are no characters to root for, except perhaps Alba (Carla Jimenez), the maid. She is shown bonding with Mickey, presumably because she is less uptight than her former bosses. But it hardly follows that a woman who cares for children would side with a selfish, drunken woman who puts the children’s lives in danger. Just because Alba is working class, it doesn’t follow that she’d find common cause with someone like Mickey.

Like the Jane Lynch comedy ‘‘Angel From Hell,’’ this comedy treats a serious drinking problem as a laughing matter. ‘‘Angel’’ bombed on CBS and I see no reason why ‘‘The Mick’’ won’t tank on Fox. O The new series ‘‘Kiss Bang Love’’ (9 p.m., FYI, TV-14) follows people who submit to ‘‘a social experiment’’ (a fancy name for a reality show) that calls for them to kiss strangers while blindfolded. Apparently, the reality TV version of ‘‘Spin the Bottle’’ has not yet been created.

Tonight’s other highlights

O A tech tycoon faces a diffi-

cult jury on ‘‘Bull’’ (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

O ‘‘Bones’’ (8 p.m., Fox, TV14) enters its 12th and final season with the gang searching for Brennan, last seen kidnapped by her former assistant, Zack Addy (Eric Millegan).

O A friend of Pride is engaged to a major suspect on ‘‘NCIS: New Orleans’’ (9 p.m., CBS, TV14).

O An illusionist wows celebrities on ‘‘David Blaine: Beyond Magic’’ (9 p.m., ABC, r, TV-14).

O ‘‘Frontline’’ (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) presents ‘‘President Trump,’’ expanding on a profile presented in ‘‘The Choice’’ that aired in October.

O The Discovery documentary series ‘‘Killing Fields’’ (9 p.m.) enters a second season.

Cult choice An impressive cast (William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Heather Graham, Lacey Chabert, Jack Johnson, Gary Oldman and Matt LeBlanc) appears in the 1998 adaptation of the 1960s fantasy ‘‘Lost in Space’’ (7 p.m., Syfy).

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year. And who knows? If you decide to have kids someday, you might want to be close to home so Grandma and Grandpa can help with baby-sitting.

Dear Annie: This is in response to last month’s letter from “Dog Lover,” who wants to get another dog but can’t because his wife has refused. I can understand the wife’s position. I have been married for over 53 years and have had many cats and dogs as pets in the household.

Granted, I have been the one to bring them home, but I have also been the one who has done all the caretaking. My animals have always been trained and well-treated. My husband has enjoyed them all but has never put the time in. I have to do the work necessary to have a healthy, happy pet.

A dog is like a child.

Someone has to train it (which most people

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Tuesday, Jan. 3: This year you might be overly demanding. As a result, you will learn to temper your requests by incorporating some charm and warmth. If you are single, you could meet someone on the way to work or through a respected authority figure. If you are attached, learn to respect each other’s views.

The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) +++ You have so much energy that you inadvertently could push someone away. A boss or higher-up can be very manipulative. Tonight: Do more listening and less talking.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) +++++ Someone who can be quite assertive might be pushing his or her views. Tonight: Hang out wherever your friends are.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) ++++ You might be forced to take control of an uncomfortable situation. Be serious in dealings with a partner. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ++++ Reach out to someone at a distance. Understand what is happening with a loved one. Tonight: Put your feet up.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ++++ Though normally you are easygoing, right now you could be offended by someone else’s rhetoric; know that it’s not worth it. Tonight: Do only what you want.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

don’t even know how to do) feed it, give it quality time, clean up after it, take it to see a doctor, be prepared to expend large amounts of money on it if necessary, groom it, keep it clean and, most of all, love it like a family member.

Many people get pets and then, after a while, totally drop the ball, ignoring or even abusing it. Then it’s off to the pound or thrown out of a car on a back road.

I suggest that this man volunteer at a shelter.

When the right animal comes along, he can invite his wife to meet it, and they can decide together whether they want the responsibility of a pet and discuss who would be responsible for what.

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++++ Defer to others. You might want to let someone else run with the ball. Tonight: Head home early.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) +++ Fatigue might force you to revise your plans. Understand what is happening with a family member. Tread carefully. Tonight: Off to the gym.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ++++ Your resourcefulness will come through for you despite a power play that might temporarily squash your vision of what is possible. Tonight: Express your playfulness.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) +++ You have a strong sense of what is going on, but you might not be able to describe exactly what is involved in the process.

Tonight: Don’t push so hard.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ++++ Speak your mind, and allow greater give-and-take between you and a sibling or neighbor. Tonight: Hang out.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) +++ Be aware of your spending, and don’t become excessive.

You might want to revise your thinking as well. Tonight: Run errands on the way home.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ++++ If you could hear yourself, you would be put off. Tonight: All smiles.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy Parker January 3, 2017

ACROSS 1 Spanish house 5 Signal from a third base coach, sometimes 10 Hemingway’s nickname 14 Jungle sound 15 Brief moment 16 Metal for a blacksmith 17 “Meet Me ___ Louis” 18 Had better 19 Hanukkah dough 20 Where unheralded people work 23 What pupils participate in 24 Gray with age 25 “And for my final point ...”

28 Mashhad’s country 30 Wrinkly tangelo 31 Goatish deity 33 West of old Hollywood 36 Summer Olympics sport 40 Telepathy relative 41 Flip-chart stand 42 Date of terror for Caesar 43 Lowest female voice 44 Lamb’s coat

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46 Small pharmaceutical bottle (Var.) 49 Kind of wrench 51 Have enjoyed euphoria 57 Sheet of matted cotton 58 Bypass a vowel 59 Object some revere 60 Prefix for “septic” or “social” 61 “American Idol” winner Studdard 62 Sheepskin holder 63 Eyelid impediment 64 Faithful one 65 Camera shop purchase DOWN 1 Mobile site 2 Primo 3 Broad belt relative 4 Aesthetically pleasing, e.g.

5 Hidebound 6 Consequences alternative 7 Popular skating figure?

8 Dull pain 9 Permits 10 “Carrier” bird 11 One place for a sporting event 12 Gondolier

13 Full of nervous energy 21 Score of zero, in soccer 22 Characterized by great caution 25 Auto service job, for short 26 Grows older 27 Openhanded hit 28 “___ do” (faint praise) 29 Bread type 31 Middlin’ 32 Bloke buzzer 33 Created 34 Guinness of films 35 “So, what ___ is new?”

37 “Is anybody home?”

38 Dyer’s tub or tank 39 Occurring every other year

43 Mame on Broadway 44 Well-versed in a language 45 Was the front-runner 46 Arafat’s successor 47 “I never ___ to hurt you” 48 Kind of cash or theft 49 Evidence of innocence, sometimes 50 Rich mine deposits 52 Dweeby, bookish type 53 Crossword hint 54 Run a car without moving 55 Part of a sentence 56 Hardwood sources

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TreeCycling Collection, before 6 a.m., regularly scheduled trash day, Lawrence.

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., Community Building, 115 W. 11th St. Lawrence Breakfast Optimists, 7-8 a.m., Brandon Woods Smith Center, 4730 Brandon Woods Terrace.

Holiday Happenings,

8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Holcom Park Center, 2700 W. 27th St. Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization Technical Advisory Committee Meeting, 1:30 p.m., Planning Conference Room, City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Lawrence City Commission meeting, 5:45 p.m., City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Books & Babies, 6-6:30 p.m., Lawrence

Public Library Readers’ Theater, 707 Vermont St. Lawrence All British Car Club, 6:30 p.m., Conroy’s Pub, 3115 W. Sixth St. Maker Meet-Up, 6:30 p.m., Lawrence Creates Makerspace, 512 E. Ninth St.

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TreeCycling Collection, before 6 a.m., regularly scheduled trash day, Lawrence.

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., Rock Chalk Sports Pavilion, 100 Rock Chalk Lane.

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ach year in the United States, pneumococcal disease kills thousands of adults — giving it the notorious distinction of being one of the top 10 leading causes of death.

However, most pneumococcal infections can be prevented through vaccination.

Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lungs that can be caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi or other organisms. As fluid accumulates in the lung, blood flow is reduced in the area and oxygen levels are decreased throughout other parts of the body. This can quickly escalate to life-threatening complications such as low blood pressure, kidney failure or blood infection.

Symptoms can vary from person to person and from mild to severe. However, sudden changes in breathing, such as shortness of breath, labored breathing or chest pain when breathing or coughing, are typical warning signs that require immediate medical attention.

Typically, pneumonia develops after another illness, like a cold or the flu, has weakened a person’s immune system. It also commonly strikes people currently in the hospital, living in a long-term care facility, with chronic medical conditions like diabetes, or who are over the age of 65. Since their body’s natural resistance is low, their immune system is more susceptible to pneumococcal infection and its complications.

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Schmidt, a primary care physician with Total Family Care. “Pneumococcal illness can cause severe health problems, including death. With new strains of the bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics, vaccination has become increasingly necessary.”

There are two pneumococcal vaccines recommended for adults. Talk with your health provider about your health history to determine which vaccine is best for you. Also discuss if you need to update your vaccination history. Immunizations generally recommended for seniors include: l Influenza (yearly) l Shingles l Diphtheria l Tetanus l Whooping Cough/ Pertussis l Pneumococcal disease “Of course you should also do other things to protect you from pneumonia,” Schmidt said.

“Get a flu shot; wash your hands frequently; quit smoking; eat a nutritious, well-balanced diet; and

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By Barbara Sadick Chicago Tribune

Elizabeth Klodas has been a practicing cardiologist in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area for 20 years. She spent the first 10 of those years putting people on medication and the last 10 trying to get them off.

“My patients’ cholesterol levels and blood pressure numbers were good, but they all looked and felt awful,” she said, “and I realized that what I was doing was just making numbers look good and not treating the underlying problems of diet and nutrition.”

In the United States, according to the American Heart Association, 78 million people have hypertension. The Centers for Disease Control says that 120 million, or half of the adult population, is diabetic or prediabetic, and based upon published eligibility criteria, it is estimated that 70 million people are candidates for statin therapy, which involves using prescribed drugs to help lower cholesterol in the blood.

Additionally, the CDC estimates that two-thirds of the population is overweight or obese. The number of people with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and full-blown cardiovascular disease continues to rise.

In 2014, according to a report

by the IMS Institute for Health Informatics, doctors prescribed a then-unprecedented $374 billion worth of pharmaceuticals. Added to that is $14,600 more a year per patient for a new class of injectable cholesterol-lowering drugs called PCSK Inhibitors.

These costs are not only unsustainable, says Klodas, but about 20 percent of patients who take cholesterol-lowering drugs or statins have side effects, including muscle aches, changes in mental acuity and liver function abnormalities. Statins have also been shown to increase the risk for diabetes, so although we are improving cholesterol numbers, we are creating other problems that can be worse, she says.

Richard Collins, a Denver cardiologist and the director at South Denver Cardiology Associates’ Dean Ornish Heart Reversal Program, made a similar decision to that made by Klodas. Instead of continuing to unblock arteries with angioplasty procedures to treat cardiovascular disease, Collins, who is also known as “The Cooking Cardiologist,” began to show his patients how they should cook to prevent heart disease.

“Americans love salt, sugar and fat,” says Collins, “but we need to promote the consumption of whole foods, such as fresh vegetables, whole grains and plant-based

proteins, in proper portions if we are going to take on and prevent the unsustainable growth of cardiovascular heart disease.”

When Klodas realized that no amount of medication could make up for the damage caused by eating an unhealthy diet, she began a personal crusade to find out as much about nutrition and diet as she could. She discovered that the critical nutrients for a healthy heart are fiber (fruits, vegetables, grains), omega-3 fatty acids (vegetable oils, nuts, seeds), antioxidants (fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts) and plant sterols (grains, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds).

Her company Step One Foods was created to deliver the health benefits from foods that pharmaceuticals deliver from medication.

The food is packaged in singleserve “doses” that help lower cholesterol, improve blood sugar levels and promote weight reduction, she said.

David Katz, president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, a field of medicine and health that promotes the use of lifestyle change based on nondrug modalities to prevent, treat and reverse lifestyle-related chronic diseases, says that a number of studies have shown that when one eats, exercises and lives optimally, the risk of chronic disease is cut by 80 percent.

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(First published in the Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Lawrence Daily Journal- (785) 843-6600 (785) 843-8405 (facsimile) World December 27, 2016) E-mail: lgutierrez@ IN THE DISTRICT COURT barberemerson.com OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, ________ KANSAS (First published in the In the Matter of Lawrence Daily Journalthe Estate of World December 20, 2016) Jack William Skeels, Deceased No. 2016 PR 000088 Division 1 (Proceedings Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59) NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by, Jennifer J. Nelson, duly appointed, qualified and acting Executor of the Estate of Jack William Skeels, deceased, requesting that Petitioner’s acts be approved; account be settled and allowed; the heirs be determined; the Will be construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; fees and expenses be allowed; costs be determined and ordered paid; the administration of the Estate be closed; upon the filing of receipts the Petitioner be finally discharged as the Executor of the Estate of Jack William Skeels, deceased, and Petitioner be released from further liability.

You are required to file your written defenses to the Petition on or before January 19, 2017, at 10:00 o’clock a.m. in the City of Lawrence in Douglas County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

Jennifer J. Nelson, Executor SUBMITTED BY: BARBER EMERSON, L.C, 1211 Massachusetts Street P.O. Box 667

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC. ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-AMC4, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE, Plaintiff, vs.

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Case No. 15 CV 81 Court No. Title to Real Estate Involved NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, in the case above numbered, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and Defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the Jury Assembly Room of the District Court on the lower level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, 111 E. 11th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 on January 12, 2017, at 10:00 AM of said day, the following described real estate situated in the County of Douglas, State of Kansas, to-wit: LOT ONE HUNDRED (100) ON NEW JERSEY STREET, IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS. (“Property”)

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Defendant Bonita Joy Should you fail to file your Yoder and all other alleged written defenses, judgowners and will be sold ment and decree will be without appraisal to sat- entered in due course isfy said Order of Sale. upon the petition. __________________ DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF

Otto Carl Abel Petitioner

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Calvin J. Karlin - 09555 BARBER EMERSON, L.C. 1211 Massachusetts Street P.O. Box 667 Lawrence, Kansas 66044 (785) 843-6600 Telephone (785) 843-8405 Facsimile ckarlin@ MARTIN LEIGH PC IS AT- barberemerson.com TEMPTING TO COLLECT A Attorneys for Petitioner _________ DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE (First published in the USED FOR THAT PURPOSE Lawrence Daily Journal_________ World December 20, 2016) MARTIN LEIGH PC /s/ Lauren L. Mann Beverly M. Weber KS #20570 Lauren L. Mann KS #24342 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

(First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld on January 3, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of Jackie L. Abel, Deceased.

Case No. 2016 PR 000235 Division 4 Proceeding Under K.S.A. Chapter 59 NOTICE OF HEARING The State of Kansas to all persons concerned: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in this court by Otto Carl Abel, heir at law of Jackie L. Abel, deceased, praying for determination of descent of certain property described in the petition on file in said estate matter, and all other property, real and personal, or interests therein, owned

by Jackie L. Abel at the time of her death and that it be assigned pursuant to the laws of intestate succession.

You are hereby required to file your written defenses to the petition on or before the 26th

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR CIM TRUST 2015-3AG MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2015-3AG, Plaintiff, vs.

MA DE LOS ANGELES A/K/A MA DE LOS ANGLES A/K/A MA. DE LOS ANGELES A/K/A MA. DE LOS ANGLES; DAVID LEE TRYON, et al., Defendants.

Case No. 16 CV 277 Court No. Title to Real Estate Involved NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, in the case above

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Opinions vary on KU rotation

By Matt Tait

Tom Keegan tkeegan@ljworld.com

Road to Big 12 crown could be tougher this year

S

o many years with so many false alarms have conditioned us all to think that giving any school other than Kansas a shot at winning an outright Big 12 basketball title rings hollow.

History has conditioned our brains. Remember, the best player in college basketball wore a Big 12 uniform for three consecutive seasons starting 10 years ago, Self and not one of them experienced a Big 12 regularseason championship.

Kevin Durant swept the national honors with good reason, but Texas did no better than third, two games behind the Jayhawks, one game in back of Texas A&M. In 2007-08, Kansas State’s Michael Beasley, unjustly beaten out for national player of the year honors by North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough, finished in third place, three games behind co-champions Kansas and Texas.

The next season, Blake Griffin’s Oklahoma squad finished a game behind outright champion KU. Somehow, Kansas always finds a way, so it becomes tougher to believe that anyone but the team that exploits its home-court advantage as no other school in the conference quite does will prevail.

But the truth is nothing rings hollow about Baylor, ranked No. 2 in the Associated Press college basketball top 25 poll released Monday, and West Virginia, ranked No. 7.

One-18th into the Big 12 season, both schools already made loud road impressions, Baylor slamming Oklahoma in Norman, 76-50, West Virginia burying Oklahoma State in Stillwater, 92-75.

If that didn’t make everybody realize what a close race appears to be ahead, it caught the attention of Kansas coach Bill Self, who didn’t need any convincing in the first place.

After praising Kansas State, Texas Tech and Iowa State for their play in conference-opening victories, Self said, “The two games that were most impressive to me were what Baylor did in Norman and what West Virginia did at Oklahoma State. We have always struggled at Oklahoma State and they go down there and control the game from start to finish.”

Baylor, which defeated four top 25 teams before conference play, took a 50-24 lead in Norman.

Do-it-all, 6-foot-10 forward Johnathan Motley totaled 19 points, 13 rebounds and

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There are no rules or requirements, nothing is set in stone and things certainly can change.

But there’s no disputing that the depth of this season’s Kansas men’s basketball team is on the minds of the players and coaches.

Down to just seven players with real rotation experience and two more after that who KU coach Bill Self has shown a willingness to put into the game, the Jay-

hawks so far have been forced to operate without the kind of depth the program is accustomed to having.

Lucas Whether that’s a good thing or bad depends at least a little on who you’re asking.

“It could be a good thing,” said senior forward Landen Lucas, who has been the lone big man to start for the

Jayhawks during the last two games. “Having a lot of guys could be good, but playing this way could be good, too, because everybody kind of understands their role, understands what their minutes are looking like.”

Nowhere is that more clear than up front, where Lucas and Carlton Bragg Jr., are the only current Jayhawks who played significant minutes a season ago.

Freshman forward Mitch Lightfoot, who right now is working as the Jayhawks’

eighth man, and junior forward Dwight Coleby, who is ninth, are playing just a fraction of the time that Lucas and Bragg are getting.

In fact, during last Friday’s win in the Big 12 opener at TCU, neither Lightfoot nor Coleby got off the bench.

Although Self said that was more about the situation than any statement about the performance of Lightfoot, he also emphasized that the third-ranked

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LAWRENCE HIGH’S E’LEASE STAFFORD, CENTER, SPLITS THE DEFENSE BETWEEN Notre Dame de Sion’s Anaiya Uhde, left, and Madline Dercher during a December 2016 game.

Lions’ Stafford returns from knee injury

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ess than a month following major knee surgery, E’lease Stafford was back in the weight room with a goal to prove people wrong.

A star player for Lawrence High’s girls basketball team, Stafford tore a ligament in her left knee in the team’s final regular-season game last

“

I had people tell me that it was going to take a year and you won’t be back. I was like, ‘Watch me be back in the summer. Watch me be back when the season starts.’”

— Lawrence High girls basketball junior E’lease Stafford year. She watched from the bench as the Lions fell one win short of a trip to the state tournament.

Instead of sulking in the offseason, Stafford was de-

termined to make sure she didn’t miss any more games.

Through the first five games of the season, the 5-foot-11 junior is averaging 11.8 points to lead the Lions to a 5-0

record and No. 4 ranking in Class 6A. “I had people tell me that it was going to take a year and you won’t be back,” Stafford said. “I was like, ‘Watch me be back in the summer.

Watch me be back when the season starts.’ Just using that as motivation. That pushed me because I wanted to be back when the season started.”

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Newest Jayhawks to arrive for spring semester

By Benton Smith basmith@ljworld.com

Now that January has arrived, the on-campus offseason preparation for Kansas football’s 2017 campaign will commence before the players know it. With the start of the new semester comes strength training, condi> KEEGAN, 3D tioning, video study and, in just

a few months, spring football practices.

While the majority of that work will be done by returning Jayhawks, third-year coach David Beaty is glad eight new members of the program will be a part of that growth, too. Each of the recruits KU signed in December is scheduled to be in Lawrence within

the next couple of weeks.

So junior quarterback Peyton Bender, sophomore cornerback Hasan Defense, junior defensive tackle J.J. Holmes, junior receiver Kerr Johnson Jr., freshman linebacker Kyron Johnson, junior defensive linemen Willie McCaleb and KeyShaun Simmons, and junior cornerback Shakial Taylor all can get ac-

climated to the program in the months ahead, rather than arriving in the summer.

“We’re really excited about this group,” Beaty said at his mid-year signing day press conference. “We think we got a lot of good ones in here, and the greatest thing for me is we have

> FOOTBALL, 4D

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TODAY • Men’s basketball vs. Kansas State, 8 p.m.

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Chiefs ready for week’s rest

It is difficult to understate The week off also gives the to handle it the right way. The how important earning a bye Chiefs more time to prepare coaches will handle it the right FREE STATE HIGH was for the Chiefs. for their divisional opponent way. And when we get back, TODAY Kansas City, Mo. — Alex Start with the health factor: in a game that will be played at we’ll handle the week the right • Girls/boys basketball vs. SM East, Smith has known all along that Kansas City limped CONFERENCE into the Arrowhead Stadium. way.”

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AMERICAN FOOTBALL he was going to report to the playoffs a year ago with a litAnd while they won’t know It’s not just the players that Kansas City Chiefs’ practice any of injuries and, while they who that will be until this are getting some time off this facility Monday, and he knew didn’t matter in a road victory weekend, Reid said that long- week, either.

EAST NORTH LAWRENCE HIGH SOUTH WEST pretty much down to the min- over Houston, they did in a loss time assistant Tommy Brasher Thanks to Brasher working TODAY ute what the rest of the day to New England the next week. already has compiled scouting ahead, Reid said he’s giving his • Girls/boys basketball vs. would entail. He didn’t know Now, the Chiefs (12-4) have reports on each possibility. coaching staff a few extra days AL EAST Leavenworth, 5:30 p.m. his plans for the rest of the a chance to give star pass Besides, the Chiefs already to spend with their families.

WEDNESDAY week until Sunday. rusher Justin Houston, who have faced all the potential opThey will reconvene later • Wrestling at Shawnee Heights, In the span of four sweet has missed the past two games ponents this season. in the week to begin putting 6:30 p.m. hours, Smith went from poten- because of knee inflammation, Then there is Reid’s almost together game plans, and then AL CENTRAL tially spending the entire week another week to get healthy. unassailable mark after a week watch the wild-card round ungetting ready for a road playoff Running back Spencer Ware off. He is 16-2 in the regular fold to see who they will face SEABURY ACADEMY game to having the rest of it off. has another week to rest his season after a bye, including on Jan. 15 at Arrowhead StaWEDNESDAY Coach Andy Reid said Mon- bruised ribs. And safety Eric a road win over Oakland this dium.

• Girls/boys basketball vs.

AL WEST “Last year, we felt like we day he was releasing his play- Berry has a week to rest a heel season, and was perfect in Pembroke Hill, 6 p.m. ers following their normal injury from the win over San three divisional games in Phila- left a lot of that on the field, not weekly meetings, a reward for Diego. delphia when his team earned a being able to secure the division and taking the wild-card their victory over San Diego Even Reid, who rarely uses first-round playoff bye.

VERITAS CHRISTIAN that, coupled with Oakland’s injuries as an excuse, discussed One of those seasons ended route, which is tough,” Chiefs TODAY loss at Denver, gave them the the importance of health on with the Eagles playing in the safety Daniel Sorensen said.

• Girls/boys basketball vs. KC East, SOUTH WEST “So that was our focus this AFC West title and a much- Monday.

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“We play really, really well kind of a credit to our division, a little bit going in, we didn’t league is different, every game TODAY in front of our fans and at I think, of how well they’ve have everybody and you’d like is different,” he said.

• Women’s basketball at been playing. Yeah, we took to have seen it,” he said, “but “I know the bye normally home,” he added. “We want to Cumberland, 1:30 p.m.

CENTRAL bring opponents into our place care of our end and obviously you don’t make excuses for it. doesn’t hurt you. It’s AL normally • Men’s basketball vs. Lincoln got some help from Denver, so We’re probably a little bit more a good thing to have if you han- and have the advantage and set Christian at Ozarks Classic, 3:30 p.m. it was pretty sweet when we healthy this year than we were dle it the right way. The play- us up for the next step of going saw the score there at the end.” last year.” ers, I have enough trust in them to the Super Bowl.”

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AP Sports Writer

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Cavaliers 90, Pelicans 82 Cleveland — LeBron James scored 26 points, and shorthanded Cleveland rallied past New Orleans on Monday night.

Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving missed his second straight game because of tightness in his right hamstring. Cleveland dressed only 10 players thanks to a rash of recent injuries.

After Buddy Hield hit two free throws to pull the Pelicans to 84-82 with 2:56 remaining, James scored six straight points and blocked a shot over a 1:47 stretch to seal the Cavaliers’ eight win in nine games.

Cleveland’s Kevin Love had 12 points and 11 rebounds despite playing only 24 minutes.

Channing Frye added 14 points for the defending NBA champions, who have won 13 of 15.

Anthony Davis scored 20 points with 17 rebounds for the Pelicans, whose four-game winning streak came to an end.

Cleveland erased a 10-point deficit late in the third quarter and took a 73-71 lead on a basket by rookie Kay Felder, who scored eight points in the fourth. Felder and Iman Shumpert each finished with 12 points.

James and Davis tumbled into the courtside seats chasing a loose ball late in the hotly contested game.

Cleveland was 6 of 26 from the field in the first quarter.

NEW ORLEANS (82) Cunningham 3-5 0-0 6, Hill 2-8 0-0 6, Davis 10-27 0-2 20, Holiday 4-11 1-2 11, Hield 6-13 4-4 20, T.Jones 2-5 2-2 6, Galloway 1-5 0-0 3, Moore 2-5 0-0 6, Evans 2-9 0-0 4. Totals 32-88 7-10 82.

CLEVELAND (90) James 9-21 8-10 26, Love 5-19 2-3 12, Thompson 1-2 0-0 2, Liggins 1-5 0-0 2, McRae 1-5 2-2 4, Jefferson 4-9 3-3 12, Frye 5-9 0-2 14, Felder 6-11 0-0 12, Shumpert 1-7 1-2 3, J.Jones 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 34-90 16-22 90.

New Orleans 22 21 26 13 — 82 Cleveland 15 29 23 23 — 90 3-Point Goals-New Orleans 11-26 (Hield 4-6, Holiday 2-3, Moore 2-3, Hill 2-7, Galloway 1-4, Davis 0-1, Cunningham 0-1, Evans 0-1), Cleveland 6-31 (Frye 4-7, J.Jones 1-2, Jefferson 1-4, Liggins 0-1, Shumpert 0-3, McRae 0-3, James 0-4, Love 0-7). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-New Orleans 45 (Davis 17), Cleveland 56 (Jefferson 12). Assists-New Orleans 26 (Holiday 13), Cleveland 16 (James 6). Total Fouls-New Orleans 18, Cleveland 13.

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reserve Elfrid Payton added half and 17 in the game’s final 13 points and 14 assists for the four minutes.

Women’s Basketball Time Net Cable Magic, who were routed in (111) Iowa at Penn St. 6 p.m. BTN 147,237 their previous two games but CHARLOTTE Kidd-Gilchrist 3-10 0-0 6, Williams 3-9 2-2 9, totally turned things around.

Hibbert 2-4 2-2 6, Walker 13-19 2-2 34, Batum KU at Baylor replay 9 p.m. FCS 146

Cheick Diallo, New Orleans Did not play (coach’s decision).

Markieff Morris, Washington Min: 33. Pts: 12. Reb: 8. Ast: 3.

Kelly Oubre Jr., Washington Min: 23. Pts: 0. Reb: 7. Ast: 0.

Paul Pierce, L.A. Clippers Late game.

Jeff Withey, Utah Did not play (coach’s decision).

Bucks 98, Thunder 94 Milwaukee — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 26 points and 10 rebounds, and rookie Malcolm Brogdon hit two free throws with eight seconds left, lifting Milwaukee over Oklahoma City.

With Milwaukee leading 9694, Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook drove the lane, but Tony Snell deflected the ball off the Thunder guard’s leg and the ball went out of bounds.

The referees initially signaled the ball went off Snell.

OKLAHOMA CITY (94) Sabonis 0-1 0-0 0, Adams 9-11 2-2 20, Westbrook 9-28 10-11 30, Roberson 0-2 0-0 0, Oladipo 7-12 0-0 18, Grant 2-4 0-2 4, Kanter 1-6 0-0 2, Lauvergne 1-2 1-2 3, Christon 5-6 0-2 11, Abrines 2-6 0-0 6. Totals 36-78 13-19 94.

MILWAUKEE (98) Antetokounmpo 10-19 5-10 26, Snell 0-2 0-0 0, Henson 6-7 0-0 12, Parker 7-17 3-4 19, Brogdon 3-12 5-5 12, Beasley 1-2 0-0 2, Teletovic 3-7 1-1 9, Monroe 7-10 1-4 15, Terry 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 38-79 15-24 98.

Oklahoma City 30 26 16 22 — 94 Milwaukee 22 28 29 19 — 98 3-Point Goals-Oklahoma City 9-27 (Oladipo 4-7, Abrines 2-4, Westbrook 2-10, Christon 1-2, Sabonis 0-1, Grant 0-1, Roberson 0-2), Milwaukee 7-19 (Parker 2-4, Teletovic 2-5, Terry 1-2, Antetokounmpo 1-3, Brogdon 1-4, Snell 0-1). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsOklahoma City 40 (Adams 8), Milwaukee 39 (Antetokounmpo 10). Assists-Oklahoma City 20 (Westbrook 6), Milwaukee 21 (Brogdon, Antetokounmpo 5). Total Fouls-Oklahoma City 20, Milwaukee 17. A-17,423 (18,717).

ORLANDO (115) Ibaka 10-20 0-0 22, Gordon 8-19 3-5 22, Biyombo 0-1 0-0 0, Augustin 2-4 0-0 6, Meeks 7-9 3-3 23, Green 3-10 3-4 10, Onuaku 1-1 0-0 2, Vucevic 7-11 0-1 14, Payton 6-12 0-0 13, Watson 1-4 1-1 3, Wilcox 0-0 0-0 0, Hezonja 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 45-91 10-14 115.

NEW YORK (103) Anthony 6-17 7-8 19, Thomas 4-8 1-2 10, Noah 3-7 2-4 8, Rose 8-15 2-2 18, Lee 6-11 1-1 14, Kuzminskas 3-6 0-0 9, N’dour 1-1 0-0 2, O’Quinn 0-3 0-0 0, Hernangomez 2-3 0-2 4, Jennings 4-9 2-3 12, Baker 0-0 2-2 2, Holiday 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 39-83 17-24 103.

Orlando 33 34 25 23 — 115 New York 32 27 21 23 — 103 3-Point Goals-Orlando 15-31 (Meeks 6-7, Gordon 3-10, Augustin 2-4, Ibaka 2-5, Payton 1-1, Green 1-3, Watson 0-1), New York 8-21 (Kuzminskas 3-3, Jennings 2-5, Thomas 1-2, Holiday 1-2, Lee 1-4, Rose 0-1, Anthony 0-4).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Orlando 39 (Vucevic 13), New York 46 (Noah 10). AssistsOrlando 35 (Payton 14), New York 18 (Rose, Jennings 4). Total Fouls-Orlando 20, New York 17. Technicals-Orlando defensive three second, Orlando team. A-19,812 (19,812).

Jazz 101, Nets 89 New York — Gordon Hayward scored 30 points and Rudy Gobert had 15 points and 16 rebounds, helping Utah pull away to beat Brooklyn.

UTAH (101) Hayward 9-18 9-9 30, Favors 3-7 0-0 6, Gobert 5-10 5-9 15, Mack 7-14 0-0 15, Hood 6-19 2-2 15, Ingles 2-6 0-0 5, Johnson 3-6 0-0 7, Lyles 0-4 0-0 0, Diaw 3-7 0-0 6, Neto 1-1 0-0 2, Burks 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 39-93 16-20 101.

BROOKLYN (89) Booker 6-14 4-4 17, Lopez 6-16 1-2 14, Whitehead 4-11 3-4 12, Kilpatrick 2-7 3-3 8, Bogdanovic 4-7 0-0 8, Hamilton 2-4 0-0 5, Dinwiddie 3-6 1-3 7, Foye 0-1 0-0 0, LeVert 0-2 0-0 0, Hollis-Jefferson 3-5 5-7 11, Harris 3-5 0-0 7. Totals 33-78 17-23 89.

Utah 24 26 20 31 — 101 Brooklyn 26 26 18 19 — 89 3-Point Goals-Utah 7-24 (Hayward 3-4, Johnson 1-3, Ingles 1-4, Hood 1-4, Mack 1-5, Diaw 0-1, Burks 0-1, Lyles 0-2), Brooklyn 6-27 (Hamilton 1-2, Kilpatrick 1-3, Harris 1-3, Whitehead 1-3, Booker 1-4, Lopez 1-6, Bogdanovic 0-1, Foye 0-1, Dinwiddie 0-2, LeVert 0-2). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsUtah 46 (Gobert 16), Brooklyn 44 (Booker 15). Assists-Utah 11 (Hayward 3), Brooklyn 13 (Dinwiddie 4). Total Fouls-Utah 19, Brooklyn 20. Technicals-Brooklyn defensive three second, Brooklyn team. A-15,634 (17,732).

7-17 4-4 19, Hawes 5-9 0-0 10, Kaminsky 2-5 2-2 6, Sessions 2-3 2-3 6, Lamb 4-7 6-7 15. Totals 41-83 20-22 111.

CHICAGO (118) McDermott 5-12 1-1 11, Gibson 3-8 0-0 6, Lopez 2-6 1-2 5, Carter-Williams 4-12 2-2 10, Butler 15-24 21-22 52, Felicio 2-2 0-0 4, Mirotic 4-10 2-2 12, Grant 4-10 0-0 9, Valentine 3-6 0-0 9.

Totals 42-90 27-29 118.

Charlotte 23 34 28 26 — 111 Chicago 25 33 24 36 — 118 3-Point Goals-Charlotte 9-19 (Walker 6-8, Williams 1-3, Lamb 1-3, Batum 1-3, Hawes 0-1, Kaminsky 0-1), Chicago 7-23 (Valentine 3-5, Mirotic 2-7, Grant 1-2, Butler 1-4, CarterWilliams 0-2, McDermott 0-3). Fouled Out-KiddGilchrist. Rebounds-Charlotte 35 (Walker 11), Chicago 44 (Butler 12). Assists-Charlotte 24 (Batum 5), Chicago 23 (Butler, Grant 6). Total Fouls-Charlotte 19, Chicago 17. TechnicalsCharlotte defensive three second, Charlotte team, Kidd-Gilchrist, Charlotte coach Steve Clifford, Chicago coach Fred Hoiberg.

Rockets 101, Wizards 91 Houston — Eric Gordon scored 31 points and James Harden had 23 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds to lead Houston.

Harden’s ninth triple-double of the season was a rocky encore to his brilliant New Year’s Eve performance, where he had 53 points, 17 assists and 16 rebounds against the Knicks and became the first player in NBA history with a 50-15-15 game.

WASHINGTON (91) Porter 4-12 0-0 8, Morris 5-11 2-3 12, Gortat 6-10 1-2 13, Wall 8-18 2-3 18, Beal 9-18 4-4 27, Oubre 0-4 0-0 0, Smith 2-3 0-0 4, Burke 1-3 0-0 2, Thornton 3-8 0-0 7. Totals 38-87 9-12 91.

HOUSTON (101) Ariza 4-10 0-0 10, Brewer 2-4 0-0 4, Harrell 6-11 2-3 14, Anderson 3-7 0-0 8, Harden 6-24 9-10 23, Dekker 0-2 0-0 0, Hilario 4-6 1-4 9, Ennis 1-4 0-0 2, Gordon 11-18 3-4 31. Totals 37-86 15-21 101.

Washington 29 24 17 21 — 91 Houston 14 27 37 23 — 101 3-Point Goals-Washington 6-26 (Beal 5-10, Thornton 1-3, Burke 0-1, Oubre 0-1, Wall 0-2, Morris 0-4, Porter 0-5), Houston 12-39 (Gordon 6-12, Anderson 2-5, Ariza 2-6, Harden 2-11, Ennis 0-1, Dekker 0-2, Brewer 0-2). ReboundsWashington 45 (Gortat 14), Houston 41 (Harden 10). Assists-Washington 23 (Wall 12), Houston 25 (Harden 10). Total Fouls-Washington 21, Houston 12. A-16,569 (18,055)

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Jayhawks (12-1 overall, 1-0 Big 12) need to find a way to get more minutes for their eighth man.

“I think seven’s not enough,” Self said. “I think eight’s our number with this team. Getting behind early and playing one man down, with Josh in foul trouble (against TCU), I just thought it was best in that situation to try to keep the guys that had been there before to get the majority of the minutes.”

Both Lucas and Self said foul trouble could play a key role in just how comfortable the Jayhawks can get with their substitutions.

“Immediately, that kind of came into play,” said Lucas when asked if he focuses more on avoiding foul troubles now that 7-foot freshman Udoka Azubuike is out for the season. “But I will say, as it is most years, the refs start to understand maybe the way I play a little bit better and I start to understand the way they’re calling it better. As the season goes along, I feel like it’s easier for me to stay out of foul trouble, so that’s definitely helpful.”

Self said he, too, would have to be conscious of the way he reacts when Lucas or Bragg picks up early fouls.

“I do think you have to think about, if (Lucas) gets one early, get him out a little early and let Carlton play as much as he can before he picks up one or two,” Self said.

“Our substitution pattern, if you can call it a pattern, is different than what it would be if you knew you had five more fouls to give.”

That being said, nobody in the Big 12 Conference is going to feel sorry for any tough times experienced by the 12-time defending Big 12 champs, least of all Kansas State (12-1, 1-0), which will face the Jayhawks at 8 tonight inside Allen Fieldhouse.

“It happened kind of early in the season, that we kind of figured out a rotation it seems like,” Lucas said. “So we can grow off of that and learn what we need to work on going into the later part of the season.”

Jackson reaction Self said Monday he was not concerned that freshman Josh Jackson’s struggles against TCU — four points and five fouls in 12 minutes — would carry over into the Jayhawks’ second game in Big 12 play.

“I don’t think so,” Self said. “You know, you’ve gotta play and have some rhythm, but he missed two or three layups to start the game. That happens sometimes. I watch these games around the country and they say, ‘Well, it’s his first conference game. Guys react differently.’ They make such a big deal about things that are very trivial in my opinion. In this particular case, I don’t think it was nerves, I don’t think it was the fact that it was first conference game. I just think it was a bad game. I don’t really think there’s anything else to it.”

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Guards have to defend

Put the clamps on Wade

Kansas coach Bill Self called sophomore guard Kamau Stokes “the key” to K-State’s team. Add to that belief the fact that the Jayhawks’ backcourt is coming off of a defensive effort against TCU that left Self less than pleased both after the game last Friday and again on Monday, when he previewed the K-State match-up. Always one to pick the perfect time to issue his challenges, Self clearly is calling on Frank Mason III and Devonte’ Graham to be better defensively against the Wildcats than they have been maybe at any point this season. It’s not just Stokes that the Jayhawks have to worry about. Fellow starters Barry Brown and Wesley Iwundu, along with reserve Xavier Sneed and forward Dean Wade, all can make plays off the dribble. While stopping the K-State attack that is averaging 76 points per game will pose a challenge for the Jayhawks, it all will be easier if one of those KU guards can frustrate and contain Stokes. “I think they’re one of the most improved teams in the country,” Self said. “I really do. They’re sound defensively. They’re scoring more points and looking to score early, yet still very disciplined. They’re good on the wings, without question. To me, you can have a lot of guys that think they can play point and can play some point. But there’s very few out there that are points, and (Stokes is) a guy that makes ’em tick.”

Speed up the Wildcats

In three games against Kansas during his Bruce Weber’s squad tends to lean toward strong freshman season, K-State forward a slow-paced, frustrate-the-heck-out-ofDean Wade, a member of last season’s Big you type of game and figures to emphasize 12 all-newcomer team, struggled mightily. that style even more in the hostile environIn 23 minutes per game, Wade tallied just 11 ment known as Allen Fieldhouse. Because of total points and six rebounds while shootthat, look for the Jayhawks to extend their ing 3-of-11. For a player that nearly averaged defense high in the halfcourt and look to run those numbers per night, that kind of perout whenever possible in transition. Doing formance against the Jayhawks significantly so, history has proven, can encourage the hurt Kansas State’s chances each time and Wildcats to try to match that style and winds likely would again if KU is able to hold him up playing right into KU’s hands. K-State’s in check in this one. “We had a guy that was scoring defense ranks second in the Big 12 pretty good that he was guarding and that thus far, as the Wildcats are giving up just was playing against him,” Self said of former 58.8 points per game to opponents. KU, Jayhawk Perry Ellis. “Some of Perry’s best meanwhile, is scoring 86.5 per game and games came against K-State. We actually did that means that only one of these teams will a pretty good job on him last year, primarget its way tonight. “I’m looking forward to ily because we had active big guys. Perry it,” Lucas said. “It’s always a fun game. In my was an athlete and Jamari (Traylor) was an time here, I’ve learned more and more about athlete. And (Wade is) such a good pick-and- the rivalry, so to have it be the last time playpop guy and face-up guy, that we were able ing them at home will be fun.” to get to him some. He had a great freshman — Matt Tait year and he’s much improved this year.”

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KU forward Landen Lucas vs. K-State’s D.J. Johnson

After opening up their pursuit of a record-tying 13th consecutive conference title with a hard-fought, road victory last Friday at TCU, the Jayhawks return home for their Big 12 home opener against Sunflower State rival Kansas State. After sweeping three games from the Wildcats in 2015-16, the Jayhawks lead the overall series 191-93, including 52 wins in the last 57 meetings. Kansas has won nine straight over K-State in Allen Fieldhouse and three straight overall.

K-State’s last victory in the series came in February of 2015, a 7063 K-State win in Manhattan that was accompanied by the chaos of a wild court-storming. There will be no court-storming at Allen Fieldhouse tonight, but that same type of fire could be seen on the KU bench from Self if the Jayhawks are not better defensively than they were against TCU. Self has lamented this team’s defensive play throughout much of the season and desperately would like to see his team take steps toward bringing its defense up to match the level of its offense, which ranks 13th nationally in scoring offense. Still, the Jayhawks enter the game as 12.5-point favorites over a Kansas State team that has lost just once — a one-point loss to Maryland in the Barclays Center Classic in Brooklyn — but is ranked 62nd in the RPI and 33rd in the KenPom ratings.

Tonight’s marquee big man match-up will feature the eighth and ninth rated rebounders in the Big 12 and a couple of players with contrasting styles. In one corner, KU’s large and long Landen Lucas uses his size, strength and ability to lean on opposing players to create problems on the glass and in the lane. In the other corner, K-State’s D.J. Johnson uses quickness and all-out effort to pick up his production. Regardless of which style prevails tonight, it’s clear that Lucas and KU coach Bill Self have a ton of respect for Johnson, who averages 6.8 rebounds per game, just 0.2 boards per outing ahead of Lucas. “We’re prepared for a really hard-fought game,” Lucas said. “And I know, personally, I’m going up against a big who goes after everything.” Added Self: “(Lucas is) gonna have a challenge, obviously, in this game with Johnson, because he’s so active and he’s an undersized guy who can create some problems because he’s such a good athlete. Johnson’s one of my favorite players in the league. I love his energy and how he plays.”

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PROBABLE STARTERS No. 3 KANSAS G – Frank Mason III, 5-11, 190, Sr. G – Devonté Graham, 6-2, 185, Jr. G – Josh Jackson, 6-8, 207, Fr. G – Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, 6-8, 205, Jr. F – Landen Lucas, 6-10, 250, Sr.

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three blocked shots in 22 minutes against the Sooners.

“It was an unbelievable start to their conference season,” Self said.

“All it did was just prove what we already knew: league’s good, really good.”

Baylor coach Scott Drew has assembled a balanced roster as effective on the perimeter as it is inside, both offensively and defensively.

Mixing man-to-man and zone defenses, the Bears have limited opponents to .294 shooting on 3-pointers. Center Jo Lual-Acuil makes scoring near the hoop difficult as well. He leads the Big 12 with 3.8 blocks per game.

Miami, Fla., transfer Manu Lecomte, a smart point guard armed with a soft touch from long distance, is just the steadying influence the Bears needed to add.

They didn’t just defeat four ranked opponents.

They hammered them by an average of 12.5 points.

West Virginia’s strong start to the season, highlighted by a 32-point slaughter of Illinois on a neutral floor and a ninepoint victory at Virginia, hasn’t taken anybody by surprise.

Experienced guards Tarik Phillip, Daxter Miles and especially Jevon Carter create perpetual chaos for opposing ballhandlers.

Plus, these Mountaineers shoot better (.490 overall, .369 on 3-pointers) than many of Bob Huggins’ previous teams.

And, as always, they at-

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KANSAS STATE G – Kamau Stokes, 6-0, 165, Soph.

G – Barry Brown, 6-3, 195, Soph.

F – Wesley Iwundu, 6-7, 205, Sr. F – Dean Wade, 6-10, 235, Soph.

F – D.J. Johnson, 6-9, 237, Sr.

tack the offensive boards relentlessly.

Beyond the three schools anticipated to fight for the crown, no Big 12 member is ranked in the top 25, but Kansas State checks in at No. 30, Iowa State tied for No. 31, based on votes received in the poll.

UCLA fell from second to fourth after losing at Oregon at the buzzer.

Kansas remained third and Baylor went from fourth to second.

“I anticipated that,” Self said of Baylor leapfrogging KU. “I think they were (three) behind us going into this last weekend and they were far more impressive than we were, so that doesn’t surprise me at all. They deserve where they’re at. If anything, that won’t be motivation for us against K-State, obviously, but that will get our guys riled up.”

Just in time for KState, so in an indirect way, it certainly is motivation to do well against the Wildcats, no pushovers on any floor.

Self has talked for a while about how much he thinks K-State (12-1) has improved this season and did so again Monday.

It’s not a stretch to believe that every Big 12 school other than Oklahoma (6-6, 0-1) and Texas (6-7, 0-1) has the look of a team worthy of an NCAA tournament berth, although it will be difficult for eight to make it from a 10-team conference.

Human voters bunch the three top-tier schools closely, and so do computer rankings.

Kenpom.com has West Virginia fourth, Kansas fifth, Baylor sixth. Sagarin predictor has West Virginia first, Kansas

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fifth, Baylor ESPN’s BPI has West Virginia first, Kansas seventh and Baylor 10th.

Always one to get right to the point, West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said at Big 12 Media Day what it would take to topple KU from the throne: Someone is going to have to defeat the Jayhawks in Allen Fieldhouse. More to the point, it likely will take either Baylor or West Virginia sweeping KU to deny the Jayhawks at least a share of their 13th-consecutive regular-season title.

Kansas takes a national-best, 49-game, homecourt winning streak into today’s 8 p.m. tipoff against K-State at Allen Fieldhouse, site of 47 of the games during the streak. KU has won its last 32 conference home games, all in Allen Fieldhouse.

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USC rallies in Rose Bowl The Associated Press

Rose Bowl No. 9 USC 52, No. 5 Penn State 49 Pasadena, Calif. — Matt Boermeester kicked a 46-yard field goal as time expired, and Southern California rallied from a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter for a spectacular victory over Penn State on Monday night in the highestscoring Rose Bowl ever played.

Freshman Sam Darnold passed for 453 yards and five touchdowns while leading a jaw-dropping comeback for the Trojans (10-3), who won their ninth consecutive game.

Deontay Burnett caught a tying 27-yard TD pass from Darnold with 1:20 to play, capping an 80-yard drive in 38 seconds with no timeouts available.

Leon McQuay III then intercepted a long pass

by Penn State’s Trace McSorley and returned it 32 yards to the Penn State 33 with 27 seconds left to set up Boermeester, who missed two earlier field goals. The junior confidently drilled the Rose Bowl winner, sprinting

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Even with the motivation to return better than ever, that didn’t mean the rehab process was easy for Stafford, a first-team all-Sunflower League selection. When her summer-ball team was traveling across the region, she was forced to stay home.

The Lions played in team camps throughout the summer at Arkansas, Emporia State and Wichita State. Stafford, a wing who can score in the post or behind the 3-point line, traveled to all of them but couldn’t participate, instead spending her time coaching her teammates.

On a team with five returning starters, she was the only one who wasn’t playing.

“She’s in the huddle, she’s talking to players, she’s pumping them up,” Lawrence coach Jeff Dickson said. “That just had to kill her and yet she did those things. That’s why outside of all her God-given talent, she’s just a truly remarkable person.”

Despite sitting on the

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got ’em here already. So we got a whole semester with them before they have to get ready for fall camp and that’s terrific.

So I’m excited about that.”

Beaty and new quarterbacks coach Garrett Riley hope to develop Bender, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound QB who played in 2015 as a redshirt freshman at Washington State, into a possible starter for a Kansas offense that often couldn’t keep up with the rest of the Big 12 this past fall.

Johnson, a 5-foot-11, 180-pound target from Santa Rosa Junior College, will start learning from receivers coach Jason Phillips, and see if he can break into an Air Raid receiving rotation that includes Steven Sims Jr., LaQuvionte Gonzalez, Alabama transfer Daylon Charlot, Bobby Hartzog Jr., Keegan Brewer, Tyler Patrick, Jeremiah Booker, Chase Harrell and Evan Fairs.

away to celebrate amid pandemonium in the packed stadium.

Trace McSorley passed for 254 yards and threw two of his four touchdown passes to Chris Godwin for the Nittany Lions (11-3), whose ninegame winning streak ended in heartbreaking fashion.

Cotton Bowl

No. 7 Oklahoma 35, No. 17 Auburn 19 New Orleans — Baker Mayfield passed for 296 yards and two touchdowns, including one scoring pass to fellow Heisman Trophy finalist Dede Westbrook, and Oklahoma ended its season on a 10-game winning streak.

Sooners running back Joe Mixon heard repeated boos from Auburn fans who also shouted derisive comments regarding a recently publicized video of Mixon punching a woman in the face in 2014. Mixon, who has apologized for the assault, also drew cheers from crimsonclad Oklahoma fans with his play. His two short

touchdown runs were among the highlights of a performance in which he gained 180 yards from scrimmage — 91 rushing on 19 carries and 89 receiving on five catches.

Auburn (8-5), which wound up in the Sugar Bowl despite dropping its last two Southeastern Conference games to Georgia and Alabama, entered the game hopeful that it would be buoyed by the return of quarterback Sean White, who’d missed the Tigers’ final two games with a throwing shoulder injury. White led Auburn to a touchdown on its first series — Chandler Cox’s 3-yard run on fourth down — but the quarterback left the game for good in the first half with a right arm injury.

With John Franklin and Jeremy Johnson taking the remainder of the snaps, the Tigers’ offense was less consistent, increasing pressure on Auburn’s 20th-ranked defense to keep the Sooners’ fast-paced, high-powered attack in check.

That was bound to be a struggle.

Auburn Oklahoma

Florida Iowa

bench, it was an opportunity for Stafford to repay her teammates. They supported her when she suffered a season-ending injury and she wanted to cheer them on whenever she could.

“I showed them that I care and I still wanted to be a part of the team,” Stafford said. “At first, when it happened, I was a little depressed. I was like, ‘Oh, my career is over. I don’t get to do anything. What if I’m not as good again as I was?’

Then I had my team here to help support me.”

When Stafford wasn’t cleared by her doctors to jump at the start of the fall sports season, she opted to join the school’s cross country team. The previous year, she competed at the varsity volleyball level. Now she was running in junior-varsity and ‘C’ team races.

“I hated every day I went to practice,” Stafford said of the daily fivemile runs. “But I liked it at the end. It came in clutch for (basketball season). Saturday mornings were fun, getting up early and going to the meet and running.”

It was the first time Stafford ever ran cross

country. At the start of the season, she admitted she was “kind of slow,” relegated at times to jogging and walking.

All of it was done to prepare for the upcoming basketball season. And sure enough, she was back on the court for the first day of tryouts.

“She’s been an inspiration for everybody with how hard she’s worked at it,” Dickson said. “She didn’t feel sorry for herself for very long. She got right back to work.”

In the final game prior to winter break, Stafford scored a game-high 21 points in the City Showdown at Allen Fieldhouse, which included nine points in the fourth quarter. She added three rebounds, three assists and four steals in the team’s 47-42 victory over Free State.

It was full circle for Stafford, who injured her knee against Free State last season and plays with a big brace on her left leg.

She initially thought it was an ankle injury before she tried to stand up and felt a pain shoot into her knee.

One difference in her play is her emotion. In

Southern Cal Penn St.

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Sugar Bowl

On the defensive side of the ball, an already talented group of linemen — featuring All-Big 12 end Dorance Armstrong Jr., Daniel Wise, DeeIsaac Davis, Isi Holani, Josh Ehambe and Isaiah Bean — gets an influx of depth.

Holmes (6-3, 335-pound tackle from Hutchinson Community College), McCaleb (6-2, 235, from Northwest Mississippi Community College) and Simmons (6-2, 285, from Pearl River Community College) have a chance to learn from D-line coach Michael Slater while competing alongside some of the best players on the roster.

Unique to the midyear arrivals, Johnson, a 6-1, 200-pound freshman, graduated early in order to get a head start on his college career. Instead of spending the next several months with friends and family while attending Lamar High, in Arlington, Texas, Johnson will be at KU learning from linebackers coach Todd Bradford and looking to get on the field early in his career, while working with returning lineback-

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ers Joe Dineen, Osaze Ogbebor, Denzel Feaster and Keith Loneker Jr. No other spot on the roster needs more help than the secondary, so getting corners Defense (5-11, 185, from Kilgore College), and Taylor (6-0, 175, from Mesa Community College) on campus immediately to work with cornerbacks coach Kenny Perry could prove crucial for the 2017 season.

Beaty said having all those newcomers in place for the start of the spring semester was ideal.

“If you don’t get all your needs addressed, then sometimes you have to look at May if you really think you need a junior college guy,” the coach added, hinting at the possibility of more juco players joining ahead of preseason camp. “But, yeah, for us, the No. 1 priority is always to get them here in January if you can.”

The rest of the support for next season won’t get to Lawrence until June, at the earliest. Beaty said other team needs would be addressed on college football’s National Signing Day, Feb. 1. That’s

No. 8 Wisconsin 24, No. 12 W. Michigan 16 Arlington, Texas — Wisconsin tight end Troy Fumagalli made a leaping 8-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter, and the Badgers won the Cotton Bowl to deny Western Michigan an undefeated season.

W. Michigan Wisconsin

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Outback Bowl

SCOREBOARD AP Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 1, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25thplace vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv 1. Villanova (59) 14-0 1619 1 2. Baylor (6) 13-0 1532 4 3. Kansas 12-1 1503 3 4. UCLA 14-1 1406 2 5. Gonzaga 14-0 1357 7 6. Kentucky 11-2 1280 8 7. West Virginia 12-1 1179 11 8. Duke 12-2 1090 5 9. Louisville 12-2 1063 6 10. Creighton 13-1 1015 10 11. Virginia 11-2 954 12 12. Florida St. 14-1 902 20 13. Wisconsin 12-2 865 14 14. North Carolina 12-3 785 9 15. Oregon 13-2 771 21 16. Xavier 12-2 634 17 17. Arizona 13-2 613 18 18. Butler 12-2 477 13 19. Saint Mary’s (Cal) 12-1 416 19 20. Purdue 12-3 405 15 21. Virginia Tech 12-1 293 — 22. Cincinnati 12-2 258 23 23. Notre Dame 12-2 250 24 24. Florida 10-3 193 25 25. Indiana 10-4 74 16 25. Southern Cal 14-1 74 22 Others receiving votes: Minnesota 56, Clemson 23, Miami 16, Maryland 6, Kansas St 5, Iowa St. 3, Seton Hall 3, Northwestern 2, VCU 2, UNC Wilmington 1.

Northeastern 53, Hofstra 51 Quinnipiac 82, St. Peter’s 47 Rider 85, Iona 65 Siena 71, Niagara 53 Syracuse 54, Virginia 49 William & Mary 60, Delaware 49 SOUTH Duke 58, Louisville 55 Elon 70, Coll. of Charleston 57 Florida Gulf Coast 89, Savannah St. 40 Grambling St. 60, Alabama St. 45 Incarnate Word 85, SE Louisiana 76 Jackson St. 64, Alabama A&M 54 James Madison 73, UNC-Wilmington 51 NC State 70, Florida St. 61 Nicholls 74, Texas A&M-CC 54 Notre Dame 55, Georgia Tech 38 Southern U. 86, Prairie View 72 Stephen F. Austin 96, McNeese St. 65 Texas Southern 57, Alcorn St. 53 Virginia Tech 76, North Carolina 68 Wofford 78, Kennesaw St. 49 MIDWEST Butler 79, Seton Hall 58 Creighton 83, Marquette 63 DePaul 61, Providence 56 Rio Grande 68, Texas Lutheran University 52 St. John’s 65, Xavier 48 SOUTHWEST Cent. Arkansas 76, Northwestern St. 43 Houston Baptist 61, Sam Houston St. 51 MVSU 73, Ark.-Pine Bluff 63 Texas A&M 77, Vanderbilt 72 FAR WEST Penn 71, UC Riverside 55

No. 20 Florida 30, No. 21 Iowa 3 Tampa, Fla. — Austin Appleby threw for 222 yards and two touchdowns, helping Florida end a two-game losing NBA streak.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Mark Thompson USA Today Top 25 Atlantic Division scored on an 85-yard W L The top 25 teams in the USA Today 23 10 pass play in the first half men’s college basketball poll, with Toronto 20 14 votes in parentheses, Boston and Appleby, a graduate first-place 16 18 records through Jan. 1, points based New York 8 24 transfer who spent the on 25 points for a first-place vote Philadelphia 8 25 one point for a 25th-place Brooklyn past four seasons at Pur- through Southeast Division vote and previous ranking: Pts Pvs

Record

W L due, tossed a 6-yard TD Villanova (30) 14-0 774 1 Charlotte 19 16 pass to DeAndre Goolsby 1.

2. Kansas (1) 12-1 723 3 Atlanta 18 16 to break the game open 3. Baylor 13-0 718 4 Washington 16 17 Gonzaga 14-0 666 6 Orlando 16 20 late in the third quarter. 4.

5. UCLA 14-1 655 2 Miami 10 25 Chauncey Gardner Jr. re- 6. Kentucky 11-2 600 8 Central Division W L turned the first of his two 7. West Virginia 12-1 555 12 Duke 12-2 510 5 Cleveland 26 7 fourth-quarter intercep- 8.

9. Louisville 12-2 493 7 Milwaukee 17 16 10. Creighton 13-1 453 9 tions 58 yards.

Indiana 17 18

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11. Wisconsin 12-2 439 14 12. Virginia 11-2 397 11 13. Florida State 14-1 383 20 14. Oregon 13-2 348 21 15. Xavier 12-2 347 17 16. North Carolina 12-3 342 10 17. Arizona 13-2 321 18 18. Butler 12-2 250 13 19. Saint Mary’s 12-1 241 19 20. Purdue 12-3 190 15 21. Notre Dame 12-2 150 24 22. Cincinnati 12-2 144 23 23. Virginia Tech 12-1 88 NR 24. Florida 10-3 80 NR 25. Indiana 10-4 77 16 Others receiving votes: Southern California 49; South Carolina 23; Miami (Fla.) 19; Minnesota 9; California 7; Kansas State 7; Clemson 4; New Mexico State 4; North CarolinaWilmington 4; Maryland 2; Nebraska 1; Oklahoma State 1; Seton Hall 1.

when the following preps — and possibly others — are expected to officially join the program as Class of 2017 signees: Free State linebacker Jay Dineen, Wichita offensive linemen Joey Gilbertson, Oklahoma kicker Liam Jones, Louisiana athlete Travis Jordan, Wichita linebacker Cooper Root, Derby receiver Kenyon Tabor, Chicago defensive back Robert Topps, Texas 5A all-state running back Dominic Williams and New Orleans receiver Takulve Williams.

“Our football coaches did a terrific job,” Beaty said of the recruiting efforts over the past several months, “and not just them. I thought our support staff, (director of personnel) Jeff Jordan and his group, did a terrific job of turning over rocks all over the place — all over the place — to make sure that we could Women give ourselves the best College EAST pool of players to choose American U. 68, Colgate 57 Boston College 60, Clemson 48 from, because that’s how Boston U. 69, Lehigh 64 we’re gonna get this thing Bucknell 60, Army 56 Canisius 62, Manhattan 57 turned around. You do it Drexel 58, Towson 48 through recruiting and Loyola (Md.) 60, Lafayette 55 Miami 82, Pittsburgh 50 you do it through develMonmouth (NJ) 79, Marist 69 oping.”

Navy 57, Holy Cross 56

GB — 3½ 7½ 14½ 15

Pct GB .543 — .529 ½ .485 2 .444 3½ .286 9

Pct GB .788 — .515 9 .486 10 Chicago 17 18 .486 10 Detroit 16 20 .444 11½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 27 7 .794 — Houston 27 9 .750 1 Memphis 22 14 .611 6 New Orleans 14 22 .389 14 Dallas 10 24 .294 17 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Utah 22 13 .629 — Oklahoma City 21 14 .600 1 Denver 14 19 .424 7 Portland 15 21 .417 7½ Minnesota 11 23 .324 10½ Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 29 5 .853 — L.A. Clippers 22 14 .611 8 Sacramento 14 19 .424 14½ L.A. Lakers 12 25 .324 18½ Phoenix 10 24 .294 19 Monday’s Games Cleveland 90, New Orleans 82 Milwaukee 98, Oklahoma City 94 Orlando 115, New York 103 Utah 101, Brooklyn 89 Chicago 118, Charlotte 111 Houston 101, Washington 91 Denver at Golden State, (n) Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, (n) Today’s Games Minnesota at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Utah at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Toronto at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Miami at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Denver, 8 p.m.

Memphis at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Atlanta at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Miami at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m.

Portland at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Brooklyn at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Utah at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Atlanta at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Houston, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Denver, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Portland, 9:30 p.m.

her first two seasons, she was always calm. There were times when she wasn’t as assertive as her team needed her to be.

But in the City Showdown, there was one play in the third quarter where Stafford converted on a layup-and-thefoul bucket to tie the Big 12 Men score. She responded League Overall 1-0 13-0 by letting out a scream Baylor Kansas 1-0 12-1 of joy.

Kansas State 1-0 12-1 1-0 12-1 “It brought tears to my West Virginia Iowa State 1-0 9-3 eyes to see her excite- TCU 0-1 11-2 ment and see how bad Texas Tech 0-1 11-2 State 0-1 10-3 she wanted that,” Dick- Oklahoma Oklahoma 0-1 6-6 son said.

Texas 0-1 6-7 Physically and mental- Today’s Games Kansas State at Kansas, 8 p.m. ly, Stafford feels as good Oklahoma at TCU, 8 p.m.

West Virginia at Texas Tech, 8:15 as ever. Since her sophomore year, she’s tried to p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 4 Iowa State at Baylor, 7 p.m. take a leadership role on Oklahoma State at Texas, 7 p.m. the team.

Dickson said she’s only Big 12 Women scratching the surface of League Overall 2-0 13-1 her full potential. Plus, Baylor Oklahoma 2-0 11-3 there’s no questioning Texas 2-0 8-4 West Virginia 1-1 13-1 her commitment to doing State 1-1 11-2 anything to help the team Oklahoma Kansas State 1-1 11-3 Texas Tech 1-1 9-4 win.

Iowa State 0-2 9-4 “I would say I’m not TCU 0-2 8-5 0-2 6-7 a different player, I just Kansas Wednesday, Jan. 4 have a different mindTexas at Kansas, 7 p.m. set now,” Stafford said.

Iowa State at Texas Tech, 6 p.m.

Baylor at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

“Now I want it more beKansas State at Oklahoma, 7 p.m. cause sitting out for nine Oklahoma State at TCU, 8 p.m. months wasn’t fun. Now every game that I get to College Men NFL Playoffs Wild-card Playoffs play, I don’t want to take EAST Albany (NY) 69, Cornell 59 Saturday, Jan. 7 American U. 67, Colgate 64 it for granted. I want to Oakland at Houston, Boston U. 75, Lehigh 61 give it my all.”

(ESPN) Bucknell 84, Army 76 Canisius 82, Siena 79 Coll. of Charleston 65, Delaware 56 Columbia 98, Maine 73 Fairfield 93, Iona 87 Holy Cross 51, Navy 50 Lafayette 78, Loyola (Md.) 69 Marist 90, Manhattan 88 Md.-Eastern Shore 90, Valley Forge 65 New Hampshire 95, Wheelock 50 Northeastern 75, Drexel 70 Quinnipiac 81, Niagara 78 St. Peter’s 71, Monmouth (NJ) 61 Vermont 82, Harvard 71 William & Mary 95, Hofstra 93 Yale 88, Hartford 72 SOUTH Alabama St. 73, Grambling St. 69 Furman 71, Mercer 69 James Madison 64, Towson 44 Kennesaw St. 76, Tennessee St. 73 Marshall 89, FAU 72 McNeese St. 69, Stephen F. Austin 54 North Florida 102, Palm Beach Atlantic 67 Old Dominion 55, North Texas 48 Rice 89, Charlotte 70 SE Louisiana 74, Incarnate Word 63 Samford 70, W. Carolina 65 South Alabama 76, Troy 75 Southern U. 59, Prairie View 57 Stetson 95, Ave Maria 72 The Citadel 104, Wofford 103 UNC-Greensboro 73, Chattanooga 68 UNC-Wilmington 79, Elon 63 W. Kentucky 69, FIU 66 MIDWEST SC-Upstate 84, UMKC 75 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 76, Louisiana-Monroe 45 Coastal Carolina 60, Texas State 53 Louisiana-Lafayette 69, UALR 52 Texas-Arlington 84, Appalachian St. 69 FAR WEST Utah Valley 102, University of Antelope Valley 63

Pct .697 .588 .471 .250 .242

3:35 p.m.

Detroit at Seattle, 7:15 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Jan. 8 Miami at Pittsburgh, 12:05 p.m.

(CBS) N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 3:40 p.m.

(FOX) Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 14 Seattle, Green Bay or N.Y. Giants at Atlanta, 3:35 p.m. (FOX) Houston, Oakland or Miami at New England, 7:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 15 Pittsburgh, Houston or Oakland at Kansas City, 12:05 p.m. (NBC) Green Bay, N.Y. Giants or Detroit at Dallas, 3:40 p.m. (FOX) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 22 AFC TBD NFC TBD Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 29 At Orlando, Fla. AFC vs. NFC, 7 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 5 At Houston TBD, 5:30 p.m. (FOX)

Kansas City Chiefs

Sept. 11 — vs. San Diego, W 33-27 OT (1-0) Sept. 18 — at Houston, L 19-12 (1-1) Sept. 25 — N.Y. Jets, W 24-3 (2-1) Oct. 2 — at Pittsburgh, L 43-14 (2-2) Oct. 9 — Bye week Oct. 16 — at Oakland, W 26-10 (3-2) Oct. 23 — vs. New Orleans, W 27-21 (4-2) Oct. 30 — at Indianapolis, W 30-14 (5-2) Nov. 6 — vs. Jacksonville, W 19-14 (6-2) Nov. 13 — at Carolina, W 20-17 (7-2) Nov. 20 — vs. Tampa Bay, L 19-17 (7-3) Nov. 27 — at Denver, W 30-27, OT (8-3) Dec. 4 — at Atlanta, W 29-28 (9-3) Dec. 8 — vs. Oakland, W 21-13 (10-3) Dec. 18 — vs. Tennessee, L 19-17 (10-4) Dec. 25 — vs. Denver, W 33-10 (11-4) Jan. 1 — at San Diego, W 37-27 (12-4) Playoffs Jan. 15 — vs. Houston, Oakland or Pittsburgh, 12:05 p.m.