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Bill for farming out inmates tops $523,000 By Conrad Swanson Twitter: @Conrad_Swanson

The Douglas County Jail, which has been at capacity for the past year and a half, is now spending an average of $90,000 each month farming out its inmates to other area jails. As of Thursday, the end of its 2015 fiscal year, the county had spent more than twice the amount budgeted Weinaug for out-of-county prisoner care, said County Administrator Craig Weinaug. For 2015, the county set aside $250,000 for out-of-county prisoner care, Weinaug said. To date it has spent more than $523,000. Please see JAIL, page 8A Nick Krug/Journal-World Photos

PICTURED ARE MEMBERS OF A MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY TENNIS GAME that has been played regularly for about 30 years. At top is Van Grant, 84. Second row, from left, is Doug McKay, 74, Ted Eubanks, 74 and Rick Ostrander, 65. Bottom row, from left, is George Smith, 76, Bob Wells, 78 and Alan Sanders, 86.

heir serves may not carry the same velocity as Novak Djokovic’s, and none of their backhands come close to resembling Stefan Edberg’s, but some of the on-the-court bickering of a Lawrence morning tennis group could make a guy like John McEnroe proud. “Geezer tennis” is the nickname George Smith, 76, says he uses when talking about his regular game with friends. For about 30 years, a group of about 10 or so, mostly retirees, have been meeting for doubles matches at the Lawrence High School tennis courts on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Even when the ball isn’t quite clearing the net, the zingers are always flying. One Monday in October, Ted Eubanks, 74, sat along the rock wall just adjacent to a doubles match that was heating up on the near court. Uncertainty arose

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when a ball landed on or near the sideline. Nobody seemed rock solid on what to call, but naturally, one side believed the ball was in while the other wanted to call it out. “Ted, you gotta watch these lines,” requested Doug McKay, 74. “We don’t need an argument every time.” “I would if I had two good eyes,” Eubanks cracked. “There are disputes about every game,” said longtime player Bob Wells, 78, while laughing. “Some of these

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guys just refuse to buy Eubanks smashed a hard glasses.” return across the net, On another Monday in catching Mike Pearlman off December, with temperaguard and nearly grazing tures in the low 40s and the 71-year-old. Pearlman, nary a cloud in sight, eight smiling and a bit relieved players showed to have been up dressed in missed, asked There are fleece, sweats, Eubanks if the disputes about sock hats and hit was intenevery game. windbreakers. tionally directed Most agreed that Some of these at him. somewhere in “I told him guys just refuse I would the high 30s or only to buy glasses.” try to hit him if low 40s is usually the cutoff he made some these days. smart-(expletive) — Bob Wells, 78 McKay said he remark,” said remembered Eubanks. playing with Smith when it Most members of the was 27 degrees. group are in their early to After about 10 minutes of mid-70s, with a couple of getting warmed up, Smith exceptions in Alan Sandtook a moment to remove ers, 86, and Van Grant, 84. one of his protective layers. The late Bob McEldowney, “Uh oh. It looks like whom the group credits George means business,” his with organizing their regular teammate Wells remarked game, stopped playing tento their competitors on the nis just shy of 90 years old. other side. Please see RACKET, page 2A On the next court over,

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Topeka — Lawrence-area lawmakers say they have low expectations for the 2016 session that starts Jan. 11, despite a large number of significant issues awaiting them. Among the issues facing lawmakers this year: a projected $175 million budget shortfall for the fiscal year that begins July 1; the need to write a new LEGISLATURE school finance formula to replace the one lawmakers repealed in 2015; Medicaid expansion; funding for the state’s court system, which has been thrown into question by a recent Kansas Supreme Court decision; and addressing problems in the state’s foster care system, which has been

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Gordon Wayne BaldridGe Died Sunday, December 27 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Memorial Service will be at the Lawrence Free Methodist Church, January 10 at 2:30 pm.

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Topeka (ap) — A Kansas Juanita Fisher, 92 of Wellsville, passed Dec. 31. Graveside 11:30AM, Jan. 5 at Wellsville Cem. Visitation program that waives state prior at Wilson’s. Memorials to OMC Hospice House. laws and regulations for participating schools will remain its current size in 2016. aniel oseph enke No school districts applied to join the Coalition of Services for Daniel Joseph Menke, 34, Olathe, are Innovative School Districts pending. Mr. Menke died Fri., Jan. 1, 2016 at Olathe in 2016. The Legislature created the Coalition of InnovaHospice House. Condolences at Rumsey-yost.com. tive School Districts in 2013 as a deregulation program meant to remove barriers to better school performance. The coalition includes six districts, while up to 20 percent of the state’s 286 public school districts can join. Sen. Steve Abrams introduced the legislation creating the program and says the low participation rates aren’t cause for concern. Among the program’s critics is the Kansas National Education Association, which says the program doesn’t address the real obstacle to innovation in Kansas schools, which KNEA says is insufficient state funding.

ROADWORK Northbound Michigan remains closed at Sixth Street Lawrence: l As part of a waterline replacement project, construction is ongoing on Michigan Street north and south of West Sixth Street. The northbound lane of Michigan Street north of Sixth Street will be closed as this work continues until approximately Jan. 15, and at times, westbound Sixth Street may be reduced to one lane.

Mary ann Hayward Mary Ann Hayward passed away the 28th of December 2015 quietly in Tonganoxie, KS, surrounded by her three children. Mary Ann was born October 10, 1937 in Yates Center, KS, at home to Robert and Lillie (Watkins) Garr. She was the 6th of 10 children. Mary Ann met the love of her life, Louis Carson Hayward in 1954 where she followed him in his military career through traveling. Her joy of traveling led to many trips with her husband in their motorhome during their retirement. Mary Ann enjoyed reading, which led to her love of researching her ancestry. As an accomplished quilter, family members enjoyed the many quilts she made them. Mary Ann was

preceded in death by her husband and her daughter, Shelli Stimach. Mary Ann is survived by her daughter, Debbie Smith (Blaine); 2 sons, Larry Hayward (Chelley), all of Tonganoxie and Roger Hayward (Megan) of McLouth; 3 sisters, Norma Keller, Alma Adcock and Ruth Hedden (Charles) and one brother, David Garr (Dottie); 9 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. A celebration of life will be planned in the future. Memorials to the American Cancer Society. Condolences may be left for the family at www.quisenberryfh.com . Please sign this guestbook at Obituaries. LJWorld.com.

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LAWRENCE PHOTOGRAPHER JOHN CLAYTON REVIEWS AN IMAGE DURING A PHOTO SHOOT with legendary Lawrence figure Dennis Abbott at the Lawrence Community Photo Studio, 720 E. Ninth St., Suite 6, on Dec. 17. Clayton has been photographing Abbott for years in a variety of Lawrence settings.

The Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence has announced the final candidates for its annual Youth of the Year competition. Three Lawrence high school students have been named for the annual scholarship and recognition program: Marcya’ Floyd, a senior at Free State High School; Jazmyne McNair, a junior at Lawrence High School; and Verneisha Jackson, a senior at Lawrence High School. The final candidates were selected from about a dozen nominees, said

Alissa Bauer, the club’s director of marketing and communications. Club participants ages 14 to 18 are nominated for the competition by either a high school teacher or staff member of the club. Bauer said nominees represent the club’s mission of creating productive and caring citizens. “A lot of times, if teachers nominate the student, they are typically a good student who shows dedication not only to their homework but also to being a good friend or a good classmate,” Bauer said. The winner of Please see YOUTH, page 5A

‘Friends of Dennis’ photographer John Lawrence Arts Center Clayton finds beauty in fleeting moments expands STEAM learning

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Dennis Abbott is a model — at least today, anyway. It’s about a week before Christmas, and the legendary local personality is busy at work at the Lawrence Community Photo Studio, where he and longtime friend John Clayton are collaborating on their annual holidaythemed photo shoot. Clayton may be the photographer, but make no mistake, he says: Abbott’s

the one in charge here. Abbott, dressed in a Santa suit complete with beard and glittery hat, isn’t particularly concerned about working around his client’s schedule. He also has his own ideas about art direction (he wants to wear the costume’s boots, but Clayton, reminding Abbott that his feet won’t show up in the final product, convinces him otherwise) and charges a steep fee for his services. “Big ol’ 10 bucks for that,” Abbott instructs Clayton after wrapping

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ABBOTT AND CLAYTON CONVERSE while reviewing shots. the photo shoot in just with a hot dog and the more than five minutes. friendly carhops at Sonic. He has another appointPlease see FRIEND, page 4A ment to make, this time

Over the past few years, the Lawrence Arts Center’s STEAM education program — which integrates the arts with science, technology, engineering and math concepts — has grown from a 10-week camp to a yearround program. The arts center first held the camp in 2012 and has gradually expanded its offerings to involve hundreds of students ranging from

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Clayton says he only has $7. Abbott looks dubious, but takes the payment anyway, leaving his friend the Santa costume before heading out into the crisp late-December air, his signature cart and Sheryl doll — well, one of them, anyway — in tow. “This is a crucible in which you really learn how to shoot,” Clayton, 54, says afterward. “Everything about him is in the moment. If you’re not present, you get nothing.” John Clayton is the mastermind behind The Friends of Dennis Facebook page, which for three and a half years has documented the zany outfits and everyday interactions of Lawrence’s “sweetest grouch and most brilliant stylist.” Most of the photographs are Clayton’s, though the page’s many followers sometimes contribute their own snapshots of Dennis making crafts with

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of a STEM-based curriculum, Weisbrod Morris saw it as an opportunity. “STEAM is just another word for arts integration,” she said. “This whole STEM movement was a golden opportunity to push arts integration as a very effective way to teach kids complicated concepts.” One of the reasons for the emphasis on STEMbased learning is that the number of such careers has been on the rise. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, STEM jobs in the United States have grown at three times the pace of non-STEM jobs in the past 10 years. Susan Tate, CEO of the arts center, said the STEAM lessons are developed by scientists working

in conjunction with artists. The center developed its STEAM curriculum and expanded its programming with support from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. Weisbrod Morris said she thinks that STEAM learning is not only effective in teaching STEM concepts because of how kids’ brains work, but also because it helps get them interested in the first place. “If you’re trying to teach kids very complicated things, and you’re dealing with a large group of kids with different learning styles, it’s a very effective way to do that,” she said. “It kind of honey-coats the pill, and kids have fun when they’re doing it.” The arts center offers

a preschool program as well as after school, summer and School’s Out classes for students in grades sixth through 12th. Tate said that no matter the level, she thinks what’s happening in an art or dance studio is a natural extension of what’s happening in the public school curriculum. “It’s the chemistry of a ceramics studio — mixing glaze and understanding the firing process, the physics and movement in a dance studio or the perspective of line drawing,” she said. Weisbrod Morris said one of her favorite examples of a STEAM project was the construction of a Rube Goldberg machine during a recent School’s Out camp, in which the

students made a painting machine. “There’s engineering in that, scientific method and design thinking — as well as forces and mechanics of engineering like pulleys and gears,” she said. As the center has expanded ARTspace, it is also taking steps to include a wider group of students. Weisbrod Morris said the ARTspace after school program is visited by members of the Boys & Girls Club, which runs after school programs at all of the Lawrence school district’s elementary schools. The center also offers financial aid, funded in part by the city of Lawrence, individual donors and fundraising events, Tate said. As ARTspace begins

its fourth year of operation, the center is working on ways to evaluate it. Throughout the past year, the center has worked with the Kansas University School of Education to develop a learning assessment to measure how well the program teaches STEM concepts, Weisbrod Morris said. The center piloted the assessment this summer and has hired an evaluator to help implement the results. Students can enroll in ARTspace or any of the upcoming School’s Out camps on the arts center’s website, lawrenceartscenter.org. An upcoming wine tasting event is scheduled for Jan. 16 to raise money for the center’s financial aid fund.

a local Boy Scout troop at the fairgrounds, for example, or ringing bells downtown with Salvation Army volunteers. The Friends of Dennis originated in summer 2012, when Abbott’s beloved Sheryl mannequin (the Lawrence native is a big fan of Sheryl Crow) went missing. Clayton and a photographer buddy created the page to mobilize search efforts, but even after Sheryl’s safe return, Clayton kept up with the project. It’s since grown tremendously, and, as of press time, Dennis’ “friends” are numbering around 6,000. But Clayton’s not surprised by the fandom, if you want to call it that, surrounding The Friends of Dennis. “Not at all. Because if you know him, you know he can be difficult, he can be awkward, but he’s a sweetie,” Clayton says of his muse. “He’s one of the most genuine, enjoyable, fun people I know. And anybody who works downtown and has gotten to goof around with him and see how he is when

The women of Foxy by he’s teasing and playful and happy … you love Proxy burlesque revue are some of Clayton’s most rethat. You feed off that.” curring subjects. They’ve ‘All you gotta do is ask’ had Clayton shoot their Perhaps Abbott isn’t promotional images and much different from the performances for several clouds, butterflies and years now, and their porother fleeting creations traits line the walls of the of Mother Nature that in- Lawrence Community spired Clayton to pick up Photo Studio. photography nearly a de“He’s just very genercade ago — “He’s kind of ous and available and a like a flower,” Clayton awesome to work with,” says. “He just blooms ev- says Jen Young, who perery day in some weird way forms with Foxy by Proxy or another.” under the name Scarlet In 2008, Clayton was Harlot. “He’s printed the running a care agency for only stuff that we have people with disabilities that’s actual physical copin Kansas City when he ies of our on-stage imaglost most of his vision to es. Otherwise it’s all digia form of cataract. The tal stuff floating around ensuing surgery allowed on the Internet.” him to see the world, litOther favorites include erally, through new eyes Card Table Theatre pro— or lenses, really — and ductions, the Lawrence Clayton, upon receiving a Old-Fashioned Christcamera from longtime girl- mas Parade, Busker Fest, friend Shala Stevenson, set dance performances at out to capture it all. the Lied Center (StevenClayton has since quit son is the creative directhe nonprofit world (he tor there), and “anything still has a few private cli- cool that’s going on” ents in Lawrence, fami- around town. lies with grown children Right now, that would who need assistance) and be Dennis Abbott in his devotes most of his time Santa suit. these days to photography. Abbott, as those who

have interacted with him might realize, most likely lives with some type of intellectual difference. Clayton won’t specify more than that, perhaps because he’s trying to protect his friend or because he doesn’t know — but, as Clayton points out, it doesn’t really matter. Oftentimes, the folks who misunderstand Abbott simply don’t know him, Clayton says. The dolls, outlandish outfits and general quirkiness set Abbott apart from the crowd, so when someone tells Clayton that his photographs have “humanized” the iconic Lawrence figure, he’s touched. “Those kinds of comments make me feel good about it,” he says. “The ones that really frustrate the hell out of me and make me angry are, ‘Thank you for taking care of him.’ No, I’m not taking care of him. That’s not my job. That’s everybody’s job.” Abbott, Clayton says, doesn’t receive assistance from the state. Instead, he gets help — from Clayton and countless others in

Lawrence and beyond. “When he has a specific need I can identify, that’s what the Facebook page is for,” Clayton says. “If I put on that Facebook page, ‘I need X amount of money for Dennis,’ I would have it within an hour.” Earlier this year, for example, when Abbott needed dental work, Dr. Jeff Larkin (coincidentally, a brother of Lawrence Community Photo Studio owner Jay Keim’s landlord) offered his services, free of charge. After some pro-bono assessments and X-rays, Abbott now has a shiny new set of teeth. Sometimes, Clayton says, “all you gotta do is ask.” For him, it’s not about the Facebook “likes.” Clayton doesn’t believe he has any special talent or gift. “It’s the subject matter. It’s the fact that I know some incredibly interesting, amazing, creative people who do really cool stuff, including Dennis, and the fact that I can capture them,” he says. “It’s like a snowflake. It’s only there for a minute and then it’s gone.”

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Lawrence Youth of the Year qualifies to participate in the state competition. State winners each receive a $5,000 scholarship and advance to regional competitions, where they can potentially win a four-year, renewable scholarship of $10,000, and go on to the national competition, according to the club website. The three Lawrence candidates have participated in community service projects as well as weekly work sessions since October to prepare for the competition, Bauer said. At the work sessions, the candidates work with

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accused of failing to adequately protect children in state custody and of systematically discriminating against same-sex couples when it comes to placing children. “Given that it’s an election year, and given that the budget is in bad shape, and given that the school finance formula is a complex thing, I just don’t think we’re going to see much movement on some of these things that, one way or another, people want to see some movement on,” said Rep. John Wilson, D-Lawrence. Rep. Tom Sloan, RLawrence, said he agrees that most of the tough decisions facing the Legislature will likely be pushed aside until after the 2016 elections. “If taxes are to be revisited, it’ll be 2017,” he said. “If Medicaid expansion is to be revisited, it’ll be 2017. If it’s the fact that the highways are falling apart, it’s 2017. I think it’s a failure of leadership, but I’m sure that my colleagues on the other side of the issues would say that it’s just good fiscal management, that the economy will improve and we won’t need to worry about revenues.” Still, some area lawmakers said they plan to push ahead on issues important to them, such as tightening the state’s open meetings and open records laws; lobbying and campaign finance reform; and issues affecting local governments.

Budget, revenues During the 2015 session, lawmakers passed a two-year budget covering the fiscal years that end on June 30, 2016 and 2017. In November, however, state officials lowered their estimates of how much revenue the state could expect to collect over that time, prompting Gov. Sam Brownback to make immediate budget cuts and other measures to prevent the state from going into a financial hole during 2016. The outlook for 2017, however, remains bleak, and, according to official estimates, the state needs to find at least $175.6 million, either in new revenues or spending cuts, to avoid red ink in fiscal year 2017. The state faced an even larger budget hole during the 2015 session, a shortfall many blamed on the massive income tax cuts Brownback and Republican leaders pushed through in 2012 and 2013. Lawmakers responded last year with big increases in state sales and cigarette taxes to cover the shortfall. But Brownback has stated publicly that he does not want another tax debate this year, and Lawrence-area legislators said it’s unlikely one will happen. “Most of the people who voted for the largest tax increase in state history don’t want one either,” said Sen. Tom

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club staff to complete a short-answer questionnaire, write three essays and develop their speech for the competition. Bauer said that regardless of who wins, the participants — who also work with various community members for speech coaching and mock interviews — gain tangible skills. “It’s really amazing to see the transformation of them being able to write more efficiently and speak in a more captivating way,” she said. “They really start to take ownership of who they are, and though they are only in high school, they can really start to impact the youth around them.” As part of the competition, each candidate will give a public speech that describes their personal

background, their experience with the Boys & Girls Club and their vision for America’s youth, Bauer said. “I really think that they learn that people do really take note and listen to what they have to say,” she said. “They learn that what they think really matters and that they really have the ability to make a difference.” A panel of judges will interview the candidates and decide the winner of the Lawrence competition. After the panel interviews, the public program will include speeches by the three candidates before the winner is named. The program is free and open to Jason Dailey/Contributed Photo the public and begins at 7 p.m. Jan. 14 at Liberty Hall, JAZMYNE MCNAIR, MARCYA’ FLOYD AND VERNEISHA JACKSON have been named the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence Youth of the Year finalists. 644 Massachusetts St.

Holland, of Baldwin City, the ranking Democrat on the Senate tax committee. “It just brings the issue back up again.” Those tax policies had no support within the Douglas County delegation when they were passed, and local legislators continue to be harshly critical of them today. Rep. Barbara Ballard, of Lawrence, ranking Democrat on the Social Services Budget Committee, said she worries the revenue shortfall will lead to harmful spending cuts. “You’re going to have to go to parts of the budget that have the most money, and that’s education and social services,” she said. “After that, we really don’t have money in too many other places. And of course they’ve just tapped transportation so often that it truly has become that bank of KDOT. Regardless of what we think, we always end up going back there, so I would think they’re going to hit that again too ... and at some point I think that can’t hold true because you’re going to run out of needed funds there.”

making a stronger push. I think they’re too late,” Sloan said. “Unless the governor is going to present something, or say ‘I will sign this bill,’ whether it’s the one that came out of my committee or something else, the only way we get a debate is if we can find some bill that a Democrat or a House moderate (Republican) could go down and do an amendment on. But the speaker is pretty careful about making sure none of those show up.” Some observers think there may be more opportunity in the Senate this year, especially after the closure in October of a community hospital in Independence, hometown of Senate Vice President Jeff King. Sen. Marci Francisco, D-Lawrence, who serves on the Senate Ways and Means Committee, said she is cautiously optimistic there can at least be a debate on the issue. “It’s always possible to have a discussion on the floor, and I know they’ve been careful about even what legislation is discussed to see whether or not there can be an amendment,” she said. “But we are going to have to be discussing budget proposals this year, and the Medicaid expansion is certainly part of any budget discussion.”

Medicaid expansion In 2015, there were several attempts to force a vote on measures to expand Medicaid as allowed under the Affordable Care Act, a move that would extend health coverage to an estimated 185,000 uninsured Kansans, but GOP leaders in the House blocked any votes from happening in the full chamber. The one committee that actually advanced a bill was the House Vision 2020 Committee, chaired at that time by Sloan. But after the session, House Speaker Ray Merrick, of Stilwell, removed Sloan as chairman of that committee, a move Sloan says was in retaliation for the Medicaid expansion bill, and he thinks GOP leaders will continue to block any votes in 2016. “I know the (Kansas) Hospital Association is

School finance formula Another major act of the 2015 Legislature was to repeal the per-pupil based school finance formula that had been in place since 1992 and replace it for two years with a system of block grants to school districts, giving lawmakers that much time to develop a new formula. The block grants are in place for the current academic year, and for the 2016-17 term. That means there is no immediate need to pass a new formula this year, although some think that would be preferable so the formula will be in place in the 2017 session, when lawmakers have to

adopt the next two-year budget. “Do we really want to be trying to discuss the formula in the same year we’re trying to set the budget for it?” Francisco asked. “I don’t think it makes sense, and I don’t think the block grant is a reasonable interim solution, and I certainly don’t want to see it extended.” Lurking in the background of that issue, however, is a constitutional lawsuit pending before the Kansas Supreme Court. Early this year, the court is expected to rule on one portion of the case, challenging whether the block grant system treats poor school districts equitably. And later this spring, the court will hear oral arguments on the much larger questions of whether the block grant system is constitutional, and whether the overall amount of money being put into the system is sufficient to meet the Kansas Constitution’s requirement for “suitable” funding. Rep. Boog Highberger, D-Lawrence, said he doesn’t think lawmakers will try to tackle such a thorny issue in 2016. “Someone who’s been around the Statehouse longer than me might have a better guess, but I think they’ll just let it go because it’s an election year,” he said.

Court funding Highberger, who serves on the House Judiciary Committee, said one issue lawmakers will have to deal with in 2016 is funding for the judicial branch. In 2015, lawmakers passed a two-year budget for the judiciary, but inserted a provision that if the courts overturned a 2014 law scaling back the Supreme Court’s administrative authority over lower courts, that funding would become null and void. In September, a lower court did just that, and on Dec. 23, the Kansas Supreme Court unanimously upheld that decision.

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Meanwhile, another lower court judge blocked enforcement of the law stripping the courts of funding, giving lawmakers until March 15 to address the issue. “The stay the other court has given gives us time to fix the bad law that we made,” he said. “I hope the Legislature comes to its senses and doesn’t provoke a constitutional crisis.

Pet projects Despite their pessimism that the Legislature will tackle very many of the big issues, most area lawmakers said they plan to work on a number of pet projects of their own. Holland said he has a number of what he calls “good government” bills that he plans to push in 2016. “Things like taking us to 60-day (instead of 90day) paid legislative sessions, both years of the term,” he said. “We spend way too much time in Topeka.” He also said he will introduce a bill barring

the private insurance companies that manage KanCare, the state’s privatized Medicaid system, from making campaign contributions to members of the KanCare Oversight Committee. Ballard said she plans to introduce a bill to permanently extend to colleges and universities an exemption from having to allow concealed-carry handguns on campuses. Francisco said she’ll introduce a bill to amend the Kansas Open Meetings Act to require governing bodies to give a more detailed explanation of the issues they discuss when going into executive session. And Highberger said one of his pet projects of the year will be a bill that would allow local governments to make small loans to residents to help them buy or install energy-efficiency improvements to their homes. — Statehouse reporter Peter Hancock can be reached at 354-4222 or phancock@ljworld.com.

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Don’t keep pet alive in pain for selfish reasons Dear Annie: “Michael” and I have been dating for two years, and I’m pretty sure that he’s the one. He’s smart, funny and sensitive, and we agree on most things. One thing that we do not agree on, however, is my 15-year-old Pomeranian, “Clover.” Clover has had a number of surgeries lately and for the past eight months, has needed a catheter. Michael believes that I should put Clover down, because she is in a lot of pain and the veterinarian claims that things are not likely to get better. I appreciate Michael’s sympathy. I really do. I just wish that he would put himself in my shoes. I’ve had Clover since she was a puppy. I consider her to be one of my dearest friends. We have been through so much together that I cannot lose her if I don’t have

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to. How do I explain to Michael that I want to hold onto my friend as long as possible? — Confused and Torn Dear Confused: We know you love Clover and want her around forever. But you are hurting her terribly. She is in constant pain. She is not going to get better. In fact, her pain may become unbearable. A true friend does not insist that her loving companion stay alive for her sake. We realize that

‘Downton’ seems a tad dowdy Good news: The sixth and final season of “Downton Abbey” on “Masterpiece Classic” (8 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) wraps up in the 1920s and not the 1930s. At least we won’t have to watch our favorite lords and ladies palling around with the “Cliveden Set,” the British aristocrats who took a shine to Hitler and used political influence to appease him. Sadly, “Downton” has not wrapped up quickly enough to avoid seeming a tad dowdy. The younger characters, particularly Mary and Edith, who were in the flower of marriageable youth when “Downton” began in 1912, are well into their 30s now. And in the 1920s, that was considered distinctly middle-aged. “Downton” doubles down on “mature” concerns with a great deal of attention paid to the domestic woes of the crabby Mr. Carson and his bride, Mrs. Hughes. A prolonged spat between the Dowager Countess and Isobel over the direction of the local hospital board is just about as exciting as it sounds. And with the scheming Thomas depressed and contrite, and O’Brien long gone, the melodrama lacks a clear villain or heel. Mary’s horrid treatment of Edith can only entertain us for so long.

The first new shows of the year are often the worst. Clearly inspired by the malingering “Hangover” franchise, “Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life” (7:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) concerns a group of “bro” friends for whom every day brings a new bachelor party. Narrated by the smug title character (Jack Cutmore-Scott), it unfolds in flashbacks intended to display the passage of a decade’s pop culture. That’s difficult to achieve when every character is a thin stereotype engaged in contrived shenanigans that in no way resemble real life.

Elizabeth McGovern (“Downton Abbey”) hosts a second season of “Million Dollar American Princesses” (7 p.m., Sunday, Smithsonian). The four-episode season recalls the marriages of Grace Kelly, Rita Hayworth, Gloria Swanson and Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy to a titled set. Tonight’s other highlights

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Set in the era when knighthood was in flower, the musical comedy “Galavant” (7 p.m., ABC, TV-14) returns for a second season. I described its first as “medieval torture.”

The Packers and Vikings meet in NFL action (7:20 p.m., NBC).

Shoplifters unmasked on “Undercover Boss” (7:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

Now in its eighth season, “Finding Bigfoot” (8 p.m., Animal Planet) will never find Bigfoot because he does not exist.

you don’t intend to be so cruel to Clover simply because you aren’t ready to say goodbye. Please talk to the veterinarian. Ask whether there is someone who can help you make the decision that is best for Clover, and perhaps have Michael come with you so he, too, can be a source of support. Dear Annie: This is for “Mike,” who asked why women expect their retired husbands to take on household chores, but the women won’t clean the gutters or mow the lawn. I have been married for 50 years. For 45 of those, I worked a fulltime job, raised two great kids, cooked, washed clothes and cleaned the house. During this time, my husband also worked full time, but did little around the house, so he had time for golf,

fishing and getting together with the boys. My husband retired five years ago and I still work full time. I asked him to help with the housework, since he’s home so much. Instead, he hired a cleaning person. I asked, “Would you mind doing some of the laundry?” So he washes his clothing but not mine, which is OK. He even cooks now and then. And for those gutter cleanings and fix-it projects? He hired a yard guy and a handyman. Life is good. — A Happy Wife Dear Happy: We say, whatever works. If you can afford to hire the help you need, by all means, do so. It’s better than feeling stressed.

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For Sunday, Jan. 3: This year you express an unusual amount of intensity and a strong desire to achieve an important goal. You are willing to fight for what you want. If you are single, you are likely to meet someone through your immediate circle who might be the right person for you! If you are attached, the two of you will join forces to make a goal a reality. 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’ll focus on a certain individual who seems to be rather difficult. Disagreements are possible. Tonight: Stay out of trouble! Taurus (April 20-May 20) You may want to let someone else run the show in order to let him or her see what your responsibilities feel like. Tonight: Just listen; say little. Gemini (May 21-June 20) You might want to come to terms with a situation in your daily life. Tonight: Squeeze in a walk. Cancer (June 21-July 22) You could experience an element of disruption at home. This irritation might have surfaced with a child. Tonight: Think “tomorrow.” Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Whatever triggers a disagreement might not be as relevant as you think. Try to schedule some time away to relax. Tonight:

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Catch some zzz’s. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Balance your checkbook before spending any money in 2016. You need to know where you stand. Tonight: Go for a walk. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You could feel as if you have to repeat a lot of what you’ve already done. A partner might disagree with you about a purchase. Tonight: Avoid arguments. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) The timing is perfect for starting an exercise program. A friend could be sarcastic. Tonight: Do what you want. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Do as much as you can in the morning, when you naturally relate to others more easily. Tonight: Take some personal time. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You could be at a point where you can’t make sense of what is going on with a boss or older relative. Tonight: Budget wisely. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Make calls in the morning, and allow yourself to daydream. Tonight: A force to be dealt with. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) You have a tendency to wonder what to do when others become very demanding. Tonight: Surround yourself with great music.

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ACROSS 1 Muhammad or Laila 4 Tequila plant 9 Desert growths 14 Big racket 15 Plant root 16 Once more 17 Disappoints and then some 20 In ___ of (substituting for) 21 Cookie brand 22 Shuns 26 Hambletonian entrant 31 Match part 32 ___ and aahs 34 In one’s abode 35 Historical records 37 Derriere 38 Serves as a reminder 42 Nat King or Natalie 43 It has its ups and downs 44 Boxer’s fake-outs 47 Where a scene is seen? 48 San Diego tourist mecca 51 They make the man, it’s said 53 Tuft of grass 55 Lamb mothers 57 Think tank nugget 58 Is inherited

65 Willow twig 66 Well-___ machine 67 It’s more bitter than beer 68 Spanish snacks 69 Word with “truth” or “ambition” 70 El ___ (Spanish hero) DOWN 1 Confuses 2 Be a go-between 3 Six-legged crawler 4 Roses-red connector 5 What some cars guzzle 6 Word in a Shakespeare comedy title 7 Ristorante beverage 8 Put forth, as effort 9 Collusion 10 Years ___ (in the past) 11 Upper limit 12 Winnerless contest 13 Walk-___ (clients without appointments) 18 “Say what?” 19 Red Cross collection 23 Billion-year stretches 24 “___ you be my neighbor?” 25 Former leaders of Iran

27 Lose on purpose 28 Take the show on the road 29 Small-screen award 30 Bodybuilder’s unit 33 What a new parent may lack 35 Mulder of “The X-Files” 36 Herring cousin 38 Billy the “Piano Man” 39 Spiced stew 40 Jacob’s twin, in the Old Testament 41 “Say hey!” sayer 42 Ozonedepleting compound, for short 45 His and hers

46 Stitched together 48 Collection of signs 49 Peacockfeather spots 50 Gave the go-ahead to 52 Determined to carry out 54 Scrooge player Alastair 56 Actor LaBeouf 58 Become decayed 59 Home of about 300 million 60 Wee bite 61 Large body of water 62 Benevolent Order member 63 Finder’s reward 64 Say a bit more

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KanCare concerns Complaints voiced last week about the state’s private Medicaid system demand the attention of state officials.

he state’s privatized Medicaid system is drawing considerable criticism, and Kansas lawmakers and agency officials need to get to the bottom of the situation. Local residents should be particularly interested in last week’s testimony by Lawrence Memorial Hospital officials to a joint legislative committee that oversees KanCare, the name given to the Kansas Medicaid system. The LMH officials said the three private insurance companies that operate the KanCare system routinely deny legitimate claims to hold down costs. LMH also claims that the companies don’t meet deadlines and often deny they have given authorization for treatment when hospital records indicate that authorization was received. That triggers a costly and time-consuming appeals process that LMH says it has had to hire additional staff to handle — with lackluster results. LMH officials say only about 35 percent of the appeals result in claims being paid, compared to a success rate of about 90 percent with Medicare appeals. Predictably, officials of the three insurance companies — UnitedHealthcare, Sunflower Health Plan and Amerigroup — disputed the LMH claims. Although it’s hard to see why LMH officials would lie about or misrepresent this situation, maybe there is some honest miscommunication or misunderstanding that could be corrected. Right now, there appears to be a standoff on a reimbursement issue that could have a serious impact on LMH and an even greater impact on smaller hospitals that can’t afford to hire enough staff to pursue payment appeals. One thing that might help is for the state to finally hire an inspector general for the KanCare program. This position, which was created to serve as a watchdog over the private Medicaid system, has been vacant for nearly two years. The inspector general is supposed to investigate fraud, waste and misconduct in the Medicaid system, and, for the last two years, no one has been doing that job. Is it any wonder that complaints are surfacing? Susan Mosier, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, told lawmakers last week that the agency hadn’t been able to hire a qualified inspector general. The salary has been raised, she said, but still no luck. This is a totally unacceptable situation. The state put private, for-profit insurance companies in control of its Medicaid system and then failed to provide the required oversight to make sure those companies were operating in an efficient and ethical manner. Maybe there are no significant problems, but without an inspector general on the job, it’s pretty hard to tell. So far, the governor and legislative leaders have been unwilling to consider accepting federal funds to expand Medicaid in Kansas. That already is placing a hardship on both Kansas hospitals and individuals in need of care. The least state officials can do is make sure the private Medicaid system they already have put in place isn’t making those problems even worse.

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Washington — Soon, voters will have the opportunity and impertinence to insert themselves into the 2016 presidential conversation that thus far has been the preoccupation of journalists and other abnormal people. The voting will begin in Iowa, thanks to Marie Jahn. When, after 38 years as recorder for Plymouth County in northwest Iowa, Jahn decided to retire in February 1975, local Democrats decided to throw her a party. When it came to attracting a speaker, the best they could entice from their party’s national ranks was a former one-term governor of Georgia. According to Steven Hayward in “The Age of Reagan: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order”: “Carter’s obscurity was confirmed when he appeared on the syndicated TV game show ‘What’s My Line?’ He stumped the panel, which not only didn’t recognize him, but failed to guess he was a state governor. When pollster George Gallup drew up a list of 38 potential Democratic presidential candidates in 1975, Carter’s name was not on the list.” Eleven months after the fete for Jahn, Jimmy Carter finished second in the hitherto obscure Iowa caucuses, behind “undecided.” This semi-triumph became his springboard to Olympus. The caucuses would never again be obscure. The moral of this cautionary tale is that voters can be startlingly disruptive.

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Given the pandemic distaste for today’s politics, it is consoling to remember that things change.” Perhaps they are somewhat less likely to be so today. Surprises might be more difficult to spring now that there is saturation journalism about presidential campaigns that are in high gear a year before the first votes are cast. But American politics often has had quirky aspects, as historian Morton Keller demonstrates in his “America’s Three Regimes: A New Political History” (2007). The Republican Party, Keller says, became known as the Grand Old Party in the 1880s, when it was about 25 years young. In 1840, when William Henry Harrison, scion of wealthy Virginia planters, ran for president as the hardscrabble “log cabin and hard cider candidate,” the resulting paraphernalia included glass log

cabins containing whiskey from Pittsburgh’s E.C. Booz distillery, which enriched American slang. The Era of Good Feelings, the decade after 1815, was, Keller says, more an Era of No Feelings: In the 1820 presidential election, Richmond’s 12,000 residents produced 17 votes. Only 568 of Baltimore’s 63,000 residents voted. Nine percent of those eligible in New Jersey voted. No one will ever call 2016 part of an Era of Good Feelings. If, however, Donald Trump’s vitriol pumps up the number of voters, this will at least lay to rest the canard that high voter turnout is a sign of social health. Given the pandemic distaste for today’s politics, it is consoling to remember that things change. In the late 19th century, Robert Ingersoll, aka “The Great Agnostic,” was the nation’s most outspoken atheist and a leading Republican, a combination unlikely today. In the third decade of the 20th century, even a politician with national aspirations could be proudly parochial: The Democrats’ 1928 presidential nominee, New York Gov. Al Smith, reportedly said he would rather be a lamppost on Park Row than the governor of California, and when asked his thoughts about the problems of states west of the Mississippi, he supposedly replied, “What are the states west of the Mississippi?” In 1952, the Democratic presidential nominee,

Adlai Stevenson, dismayed by the mainstream media’s conservatism, fretted about “a one-party press in a twoparty country.” Today, there is a sense in which there are few two-party states. In the presidential election 40 years ago, Carter against President Gerald Ford, 20 states were won by five points or less, including the six most populous states: California, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Illinois, Ohio. (Note the absence of Florida, now the third-most populous state.) In 2012, just four states were decided by five points or less (North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Virginia). Today, Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics identify just seven states they consider “superswingy”: Colorado, Florida, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia, all of which voted for George W. Bush and Barack Obama twice, and Iowa and New Hampshire, which have voted Democratic in three of the last four elections. But, again, things change. “One session of the Connecticut Legislature in the 1790s,” Keller writes, “devoted itself primarily to imposing a tax on dogs. The next session was given over to discussing whether or not to remove that levy.” This was, of course, long ago, before government became ambitious, caring and reviled. — George Will is a columnist for Washington Post Writers Group.

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Pondering life’s mysteries Albert Einstein submitted his theory of relativity 100 years ago. According to physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf, it was “perhaps the greatest achievement of a single human mind.” The theory opened the door to mysteries such as “black holes that tear stars apart” and “cosmic gravitational lenses that distort images of faraway galaxies, as if seen through a funhouse mirror.” Thanks to Einstein, scientists have uncovered 13.8 billion years of cosmic history in the last 100 years. Most of this is beyond my grasp. I still can’t understand why we’re not upside down half the time or why we don’t fall off the Earth. But I understand enough to be impressed by Einsteinderived pronouncements such as, “Matter tells space how to curve and space tells matter how to move.” Or this: A small percentage of the static on a blank television screen is caused by light particles from the beginning of time. Or this: All of the “stuff” of the universe — including the Earth, the sun and us — makes up just 4 percent of the total. The rest is made up of “dark energy” and “dark matter.” It’s wonderful — but what does it mean? Most of us must take science the way we take religion — on faith. Speaking of religion, one scientist suggests that our universe could be “a sort

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confidently about God’s “plan?” Can religion and science co-exist? After the release of the latest “Star Wars” epic I heard a panel of grown-ups discussing what the movie series has meant to them. One woman said that when she saw the first episode, she had a powerful sense that “The Force” was within her and that if she concentrated hard enough she could find and harness it. Others said that “Star Wars” had changed their lives, awakened a sense of spirituality and love for the Earth. Is “Star Wars” the new secular religion? Is “The Force” the same as “Dark Energy?” If it takes a multi-million dollar sci-fi fantasy to inspire spirituality, so be it. But does “Star Wars” teach compassion, thanksgiving, forgiveness and love? Regardless of the revelations of science and religion, I insist that this world is real. I can prove it, like Samuel Johnson did, by kicking a stone. When I go outside and look up at the stars I’m glad I’m here rather than there. I don’t think there is a “better place.” And in spite of all the sins our species is guilty of, I’m thankful that I’ve experienced life as a human being rather than as an angel or a worm.

of holographic image projected from some higher reality.” In other words, what we take for reality isn’t really real. This sounds suspiciously like religious metaphysics. And it raises an interesting question: Are science and religion destined to wind up on the same page? Is the “higher reality” another name for God? And is science heading towards the mystical notion that God alone exists, that only God is real? According to Dijkgraaf, the most important new discovery since Einstein is the knowledge of what we don’t know. That’s a valuable kind of knowledge, a check on hubris. But how do you reconcile enlightened unknowing with religious certainty? — George Gurley, a resident of What are we to make of people who say they “know” rural Baldwin City, writes a regular column for the Journal-World. God or preachers who talk

From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Jan. 3, 1916: years “The epidemic ago of grippe which IN 1916 has been sweeping over Kansas has hit the University of Kansas especially hard and many letters have been received at the offices of the deans from students who will be unable to reenter school this semester on account of the disease. ‘We received six letters from students who are out on account of the grippe this morning,’ said Mrs. Esterley, secretary to Dean Templin, of the college, today, ‘and some of them will not be back until February.’... ‘The losses are usually heavy after the Christmas holidays,’ said Registrar Geo. O. Foster, today, ‘but this year is one of the worst that I have ever seen. I suppose that the grippe epidemic is to blame.’ Many of the students who returned to Lawrence today to reenter school after their vacation report that they spent most of the time at home nursing the dread malady which is more serious in the state this season than ever before.” “‘Aunt Jane’ Dixon and Arch Sperry were today found guilty of maintaining a nuisance at 737 Pennsylvania street, where city police officers seized a quantity of liquor Christmas Eve.... The judge imposed fines of $100 each and jail sentences of thirty days.... Between the dates of December 1 and December 14, the records in the county clerk’s office showed that ten and a half gallons of liquor had been delivered at the address at 737 Pennsylvania street. Further evidence was brought in to show that drunken men had been seen about the house and in the yard.” — Compiled by Sarah St. John

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Consent agenda • Receive minutes from various boards and commissions: • Homeless Issues Advisory Committee meeting of 07/14/15. • Approve all claims. The list of claims will be posted by the Finance Department on Monday prior to the meeting. If Monday is a holiday, the claims will be posted as soon as possible the next business day. • Approve licenses as recommended by the City Clerk’s Office. • Approve appointments as recommended by the mayor. • Bid and purchase items: a) Award bid for Bid No. B1554, Clinton Water Treatment Plant Phase 1 Taste and Odor Improvements Project (UT1209), to the low bidder Crossland Heavy Contractors in the amount of $3,879,000 and authorize the Interim City Manager to execute the construction contract. b) Authorize Interim City Manager to execute Supplemental Agreement No. 2, in the amount of $205,284, with George Butler Associates, Inc. for Project UT1402 City of Lawrence Flow Monitoring Program for 2016 sanitary sewer flow monitoring services. c) Authorize payment to Meera, LLC, in the amount of $35,000, for the Kaw Transmission Main waterline easement acquisition at 1010 N. 3rd Street. • Approve vacation of utility easement, for The Reserve at Alvamar No. 5, associated with Minor Subdivision, MS-15-00628, located at 1621 and 1617 Cog Hill Court.

Submitted by Landplan Engineering, for Ann Warren and David and Sarah Favreau, property owners of record. • Approve a request to rezone, Z-15-00522, approximately 5,500 SF from IG (General Industrial) District to CS (Strip Commercial) District, located at 239 Elm Street and 311 N. 3rd Street for the Levee Cafe. Submitted by Paul Werner Architects, for Lawrence Kansas Rentals, LLC and Jon Davis, property owners of record. Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9193, to rezone (Z15-00522) approximately 5,500 SF from IG (General Industrial) District to CS (Strip Commercial) District, located at 239 Elm Street and 311 N. 3rd St. • Approve a request to rezone, Z-15-00523, approximately 1.04 acres from UR (Urban Reserve) District to RMO (Multi-Dwelling Residential-Office) District, located at 4111 W. 6th Street for Freestate Dental. Submitted by Paul Werner Architects, for Freestate Dental Building, LLC, property owner of record. Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9194, to rezone (Z15-00523) approximately 1.04 acres from UR (Urban Reserve) District to RMO (Multi-Dwelling ResidentialOffice) District, located at 4111 W. 6th St. • Accept the LiveWell Community Wellness Grant funding to purchase and install 74 additional bicycle parking spaces downtown: 30 spaces of on street bicycle parking spaces in bike corrals replacing two on street parking spaces and 44 spaces at inverted U racks on

existing pavement on the sidewalk. Proceed with a public comment process for final bike corral parking locations before a final City Commission decision. • Accept the LiveWell Community Wellness Grant funding of $4,383 and commit local match of $1,461 and staff time to install bike repair stands and pumps at Burroughs Creek Trail parking on 15th Street, the North Lawrence Levy Trail Head parking lot, Rotary Arboretum Trail parking for SLT, and the Library Plaza near the parking garage. • Authorize the Interim City Manager to execute the Memorandum of Agreement with the University of Kansas or University participation in the construction cost for the Sunnyside Drive Waterline Improvements. • Receive Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center 2015 2nd Quarter Performance Report. • Authorize the Mayor to sign the mortgage Subordination Agreement for Dylan A. and Carletta K. Bassett, 2521 Maverick Lane.

Regular agenda • Conduct public hearing to consider the vacation of the 10-foot utility easement on the east side of 1918 E. 23rd Street, as requested by the property owner Cornerstone Plaza, LLC, Mike and Donna Hultine. • Consider approving a Preliminary Development Plan, PDP-15-00529, for Bauer Farm, located at the NE corner of 6th Street and Wakarusa Drive. The plan proposes revisions to the remaining undeveloped commercial and multi-dwelling residential areas

The city proposed in October installing 22 inverted U racks on downtown sidewalks and replacing two vehicle parking spaces — one at the intersection of Eighth and Massachusetts streets and one at 100 East Ninth St. — with “bike corrals,” each holding up to 10 bikes. A third bike corral is proposed for an unallocated space in front of the

Lawrence Public Library at 707 Vermont St. LiveWell awarded the project an $8,900 grant in November. If the grant is accepted, the bicycle parking locations will be discussed during a public comment period and agreed upon by the city’s Bicycle Advisory Committee before they’re brought back to the City Commission for final approval.

of Bauer Farm. Submitted by Treanor Architects PA for Free State Holdings, Inc., Bauer Farm Residential LLC, Free State Group LLC, property owners of record. • Consider the following items related to KTEN Crossing (formerly known as Southpoint): a) Consider approving Comprehensive Plan Amendment, CPA-15-00335, to Horizon 2020 Chapter 6 to change the designation from Auto-Related Commercial to Regional Commercial, and Chapter 14 (Revised Southern Development Plan) to revise the future land use designations from open space and auto-related commercial uses to open space and commercial use at the southeast corner of the intersection of South Lawrence Trafficway and US-59.

b) Consider approving a request to rezone, Z-15-00327, approximately 59.798 acres from RS10 (Single-Dwelling Residential) District to CR (Regional Commercial) District, located at the southeast corner of the South Lawrence Trafficway and US-59. c) Consider approving a request to rezone, Z-1500328, approximately 6.706 acres from RS10 (Single-Dwelling Residential) District to OS (Open Space) District, located at the southeast corner of the South Lawrence Trafficway and US-59. • Consider motion to recess into executive session for the purpose of consultation with attorneys for the City deemed privileged in the attorney client relationship.

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At its fullest, the jail can hold 186 inmates, said Sgt. Kristen Dymacek with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. When that limit is reached, the jail is forced to contact other counties — such as Jefferson, Anderson, Allen, Leavenworth, Johnson, Jackson, Lyon and Chase — to see whether they can house any excess inmates. The jail has been at full capacity for around 18 months, said Capt. Eric Spurling with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. But for much of that time the jail had only a small number of extra inmates. Over the past five months, however, the inmate population has increased dramatically, Spurling said. Since this summer, the county has been forced to find housing for between 60 and 70 inmates at any given time. At a high point, those numbers have spiked into the 80s. The average daily cost of housing an inmate in the Douglas County Jail is $47, Spurling said. Sending inmates to an outside jail can range anywhere from $35 to $85 a day, with a daily average of $63.50. “And there is an extra cost associated with it, too,” Dymacek said. “We have to transport inmates to and from those jails. Every time we have to transport back and forth, back to court and back for release, we’re also taking deputies from the jail to transport those inmates. “There are costs associated that we would not have if we did not have to transfer them,” she said. Although the out-ofcounty prisoner care budget item is more than $273,000 in the red, Weinaug said he’s confident

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THE DOUGLAS COUNTY JAIL is now spending an average of $90,000 each month farming out its inmates. that under-expenditures elsewhere in the county’s $77 million budget will be able to cover the loss.

Causes and predictions In the past five years, the county’s total expenditures for out-of-county prisoner care have increased more than 160 times. The actual amount spent for each of those years is: l 2011: $3,260 l 2012: $42,420 l 2013: $30,538 l 2014: $219,600 l 2015: $523,190 (This number is not yet finalized and is expected to increase slightly, Weinaug said.) In researching the increasing costs over the past five years, Weinaug said the county is looking into whether the inmate population will peak and drop back down, plateau, or continue to rise. To do that, the county needs to examine the underlying reasons why the inmate population has increased so dramatically, Weinaug said. Much of that research is tied to the ongoing work with the potential jail expansion and mental health crisis intervention center projects. “If the causes are something that we can control locally, then I can say we’re hopeful we can get

this fixed,” he said. “If it’s something we can’t control locally, then we’ve got to figure this isn’t a spike or a plateau, it’s something we’ve got to plan for in the future.” Speculation on some of the causes seem to suggest that part of the overcrowding issue in Douglas County is out of the control of the local governing bodies, Weinaug said. Mandatory sentencing laws, low state funding for the judiciary system and pending legislation that may force counties to take in state prison inmates all affect either the average length of stay per inmate or the total number of inmates within the jail, Weinaug said. The average length of

stay for an inmate in 2011 was 7.8 days, Spurling said. Estimates for 2015 show that number has increased to around 11.6 days. Another factor that has increased the jail’s population is a change in the types of crimes committed over recent months, Spurling said. “Our bookings have not gone up that dramatically, but the length of stay has,” he said. “The number of felonies has slightly increased, not necessarily violent felonies, but that, in turn, increases the length of stay with our inmates.” Those unexpected costs are also out of the county’s hands and are a part of the nature of the criminal justice system,

Weinaug said. “We can’t tell a judge, ‘Don’t sentence this murderer for X number of years because it’s not in our budget,’” he said.

Potential solutions Because the 2016 budget was set in early July, just before the jail’s overcrowding issue increased so dramatically, the total allotted for out-of-county prisoner care remained constant at $250,000, Weinaug said. “And I can tell you we’re going to blow that number,” he said. Hopefully other underexpenditures in the general budget will allow for the county to absorb that loss with relative ease while it decides whether it needs to prepare for a significantly larger budget expenditure

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for 2017, Weinaug said. In the meantime, the ongoing jail expansion and mental health crisis intervention center projects should help alleviate the issues significantly, Spurling and Weinaug agreed. Although the county is still in the designing phase, it soon hopes to recommend a 120-bed expansion to the jail, which will help accommodate the increasingly female population and allow for better categorization and housing of all other inmates, Weinaug said. The addition of a mental health court and crisis intervention center could also help divert current inmates outside of the jail. In July, one researcher projected that this year around 140 people within the Douglas County justice system could fit the description of seriously mentally ill and qualify for treatment alternatives to jail. There may be a number of other approaches to the jail’s ongoing population problem, Weinaug said. But until the county knows the underlying issues causing the crowding, it’s difficult to say what those might be. “That’s the milliondollar question,” Spurling said.

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Sharp price fluctuations, especially seasonal, still expected Paul Davidson USA TODAY

Consumers reaped a windfall from cheap gasoline in 2015. And that’s likely to continue in 2016 as a global crude oil glut is likely to ease only marginally. Unleaded regular gas averaged $2.40 a gallon this past year, about 94 cents less than in 2014 and the lowest since 2009, AAA said Thursday. Each driver saved an average $550 in fuel costs compared with 2014. Gas was a bargain despite strong U.S. demand. Americans were on pace to drive the most miles ever in 2015, AAA says, because of both low fuel costs and a healthy economy.

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Gas prices are lowest in Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Arkansas and Tennessee, averaging $1.72 to $1.75 a gallon. They’re highest in California, Hawaii, Nevada, Washington and Alaska, at $2.47 to $2.85 a gallon. Nationally, per-gallon prices should average $2.25 to $2.45 in 2016, the motor club estimates, roughly similar to the past year. But they likely will fluctuate sharply. Prices could fall as low as $1.79 a gallon this month as a result of the slow winter driving season and the oversupplied global oil market, says Tom Kloza, chief global analyst for the Oil Price Information Service. Even sharp cutbacks in U.S. drilling have yet to affect supplies because of the increased efficien-

cy of existing wells. “There is a glut of oil, and that’s not going away anytime soon,” AAA spokesman Michael Green says. U.S. prices, however, should begin to climb in February as domestic refineries shut down or scale back operations for a maintenance season that lasts through May, Kloza says. Prices should remain around $2.55-$2.80 as demand surges through the summer driving season. Crude prices should drift toward $55 a barrel in the second half of the year as U.S. production cuts finally begin to show visible effects, Kloza says. That likely will DANIEL ACKER, BLOOMBERG put a floor under U.S. pump A glut of oil that will take time prices, but they still should fall to about $2.20 a gallon by the end of to recede is likely to keep gas the year as driver demand eases. prices at 2015 averages.

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Heart transplants unite long-lost brothers “It was destiny, as they say in the movies.” Kenneth Arnold Catlett

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aron Arnold lay in a hospital bed, tethered to machines and gripped by fear, waiting for a new heart. Heart transplant coordinator Donna Dennis hoped to allay his concerns by having a former patient talk to him, and heart recipient Kenneth Arnold Catlett was happy to oblige. But as soon as Catlett opened the door, the recognition on Arnold’s face was immediate, and everyone realized this was no ordinary meeting between patients. “Hey, I know this guy,” Arnold exclaimed. “It’s my brother!” The two men hadn’t seen each other in about 20 years, having grown up apart, met as young adults and lost touch. They soon learned that they not only shared a father but also the same medical condition — heart failure caused by dilated cardiomyopathy, which affects the lower and upper chambers of the heart. And that chance meeting at the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital — where both got new hearts a year apart — led to a renewed bond, a deeper spirituality for both of them and a bigger sense of family. “Not only did we give them new hearts,” Dennis said. “We gave them each other.”

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Both men grew up in Lexington, sons of different mothers. Neither of their moms was married to their father, although Catlett said his mother came close. Family members said their dad is now in his 80s, and they don’t have current contact information for him. Neither brother knew of the other while growing up. Arnold, 56, grew up with two siblings but never spent time with his father as a child. Catlett, 55, also grew up with two siblings but saw his father occasionally when his mom brought him to a local pool hall for visits. Over time, each brother said they saw subtle clues of each oth-

Brothers Kenneth Catlett, left, and Aaron Arnold had heart transplants at the University of Kentucky a year apart and were reunited after not seeing each other for 20 years when a nurse unknowingly brought them together.

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Alleged terrorist-recruitment video exploits Trump clip Candidate’s call for Muslim ban edited in

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Dec. 7 remarks on a ban on Muslims traveling to the U.S. is combined with archives from nowdead top recruiter Anwar alAwlaki, SITE reports.

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A recruitment video purportedly released by a major al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group and aimed at American Muslims includes a clip of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S., the SITE Intelligence Group reported Saturday. The video weaves together

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Trump’s remarks, delivered at a campaign appearance Dec. 7 in South Carolina, with archival video of now-dead top al-Qaeda recruiter Anwar al-Awlaki calling on Muslims in the West to either leave or “stay and fight.” In the clip, the U.S.-born alAwlaki, who was killed in a 2011 drone strike in Yemen, calls on Muslims in the West to “learn from the lessons of history.” “There are storm clouds gathering on your horizon,” al-Awlaki says, noting America’s history with slavery and the Ku Klux Klan. “Tomorrow it will be a land of religious discrimination and concentration camps.”

The 51-minute video shows Trump saying: “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what the [expletive] is going on.” His use of the word “hell” is bleeped out. The video comes two weeks after a heated exchange between the Trump camp and that of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, who said during a Democratic candidates’ debate last month that Trump’s remarks about Muslim immigrants made him the “best recruiter” for the Islamic State.

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Nearly 200 fired over prayer dispute at Colo. meat packer Mostly Somali immigrants say policy changed last month Blair Shiff and Nick McGill KUSA-TV, Denver

About 190 workers, most of them immigrants from Somalia, have been fired from a Colorado meat-packing plant after walking off the job during a dispute over workplace prayer. The workers at Cargill Meat Solutions in Fort Morgan, Colo., walked out last month. Jaylani Hussein of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says that depending on the season, the Muslim workers prayed at different times of the day. The workers say that earlier in December the plant’s policy toward allowing them to pray on the job was changed, which made some of them unable to pray at all. Hussein said Minnesota-based Cargill on Tuesday fired most of the workers who walked out. “Prayer is the first priority to every Muslim. We can sustain without a job, but we cannot sustain without prayer,” said Khader Ducal, who is assisting the Somali workers file for unemployment. Cargill told KUSA-TV that its attendance and religious accommodation policy had not changed. “In the Fort Morgan plant, a reflection area for use by all employees to pray was established in April 2009 and is available during DENVER

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Some Somali workers, through a translator, say a policy change made some of them unable to pray at work. Cargill Meat Solutions says the policy is the same as implemented in 2009. work shifts based on our ability to adequately staff a given work area,” Cargill said in a statement. “While reasonable efforts are made to accommodate employees, accommodation is not guaranteed every day and is dependent on a number of factors that can, and do, change from day to day,” the company said. The company maintains that the workers were fired due to a violation of company policy for not reporting to work for three consecutive days without calling to explain why.

“Prayer is the first priority to every Muslim. We can sustain without a job, but we cannot sustain without prayer.” Khader Ducal, who is assisting the Somali workers file for unemployment

According to Cargill, the first shift at the Fort Morgan plant was fully staffed, but the second shift was short due to about 200 Somali employees not reporting to work. Cargill spokesman Mike Martin said multiple attempts were made to communicate to employees who did not show up for work that their jobs were in jeopardy. According to the company, plant management and union representatives met with Somali leaders early last week. “Multiple attempts were made to discuss the situation with local Somali employees without a successful resolution, including a Tuesday meeting at the plant management’s request,” the Cargill statement reads. It was at that point that Cargill decided per its work policy to terminate about 190 people. Under federal law, employers must provide employees with reasonable accommodation for religious practice, as long as it doesn’t create an undue hardship for the company. Legal experts say those terms are often hard to define and left up to the courts to decide. A spokesperson for the Council on American Islamic Relations said in a media conference Wednesday night that a possible deal is being brokered to allow the fired workers to reapply for their jobs sometime this week. Contributing: The Associated Press

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er’s existence. Arnold’s grandmother on his father’s side hinted to him that her son may have had other children. And acquaintances sometimes asked Catlett if he was related to members of the Arnold family because they looked similar and because Catlett’s middle name is Arnold. Catlett put it all together after meeting Arnold’s sister at a Christmas parade around the mid-1990s. When he told her his dad’s name, he said, “She had this recognition on her face.” The brothers met just after that and kept in touch until life pulled them in different directions. Catlett, who was in the Army, moved around a lot, and at one point settled in Alabama to be with his only son, whose mother he had separated from, before eventually coming back to Lexington and working various jobs in hotels. Arnold, a former factory worker, said he never married or had children but stayed in Lexington and kept to himself most of the time. Corrections & Clarifications USA TODAY is committed to accuracy. To reach us, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones at 800-8727073 or e-mail accuracy@usatoday.com. Please indicate whether you’re responding to content online or in the newspaper.

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So when Catlett became the first of the brothers to get sick, Arnold never knew. FAILING HEARTS

At first, Catlett’s only symptom was occasional leg swelling, along with the feeling that each leg weighed about 80 pounds. UK cardiologist Navin Rajagopalan first began caring for Catlett after shortness of breath brought him to another hospital’s ER, and a chest X-ray showed his heart was enlarged. Rajagopalan said he did pretty well for a few years, but eventually came to the university hospital in shock and needed ventricular assist devices for both his left and right ventricles — and a long hospitalization. When Rajagopalan told him he needed a heart transplant, he said Catlett was resistant at first. “That was a world shaker,” Catlett said. “I’d never had major surgery. ... It was a devastating blow, mentally as well as physically. It was just a mind-blowing experience to know your life hangs in the balance.” He came through the eighthour-plus operation in Septem-

ber 2014 and recovered well, experiencing no problems with the anti-rejection drugs he must now take for the rest of his life. In fact, he felt so good — and thankful to his doctors and nurses — that he began making regular trips to the hospital as a “patient ambassador.” He visits with other patients whenever he stops to pick up his medicines or see his doctors and nurses. He wears a mask around crowds to keep from catching a virus but otherwise has returned to normal activities, even renovating a family home. “He had the desire to be better,” said Dennis, a registered nurse. “That’s half the battle: The desire to want to be better.” Arnold came to Rajagopalan through his nurse practitioner. He had been diagnosed with heart failure years earlier and began slowly getting worse in December 2014, requiring an intravenous medicine that he could take at home through a port in his body and eventually needing a left ventricular assist device. Like Catlett, he was reluctant about the idea of a new heart but came around and went on the

transplant list in late winter. His condition worsened this summer, landing him in the hospital in August. Eventually, Dennis told him a heart had become available — leading to the hospital room meeting with his half brother, Dennis’ way of preparing him for the surgery. “It was destiny, as they say in the movies,” Catlett said. FULL HEARTS

That first heart didn’t work out for Arnold. When the doctors saw the organ, Rajagopalan said it didn’t look right, so they rejected it. But they accepted the next match that became available, and Arnold received his new heart Sept. 12, becoming one of 49 adults who had heart transplants last year in Kentucky. Catlett visited Arnold throughout his recovery, which Dennis said helped immensely because “the only thing that can help you through (this) is a strong support system.” You couldn’t have anyone better than your own brother,” Arnold said.

IN BRIEF BUMPERS, EX-GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS, DIES AT 90

Dale Bumpers, a former Arkansas governor and U.S. senator who drew national attention for his defense of Bill Clinton during the president’s impeachment trial, has died, the Associated Press reported. His son, Brent Bumpers, says the former lawmaker, who was 90, died Friday night in Little Rock. Bumpers was a little-known lawyer from Charleston when he defeated former governor Orval Faubus for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1970, then defeated incumbent Republican Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller in the general election, the AP reported. Four years later, he defeated incumbent U.S. Sen. J. William Fulbright in the Democratic primary and won the seat. Bumpers delivered an impassioned defense of Clinton in 1999. HAWAII BECOMES FIRST TO RAISE SMOKING AGE

Hawaii has become the first state to raise the smoking age to 21. The new law — which went into effect Friday — bans those under 21 from buying tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes. Most smokers start smoking before age 21, and about half become daily smokers before 18, the Hawaii State Department of Health said in a news release.

BRIGHT WELCOME TO NEW YEAR

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Minstrel bands compete in the Tweede Nuwe Jaar (second new year) parade Saturday in Cape Town, South Africa. An annual carnival dates to when slaves received a holiday each Jan. 2. While smoking has decreased greatly in Hawaii, use of e-cigarettes is on the rise. The Health Department release said 22% of high school students have tried ecigarettes, compared with 5% in 2011. — Brooke Metz GOVERNORS OF FLOODED STATES TOUR HARD-HIT AREAS

Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri and Gov. Bruce Rauner of Illinois toured flood-ravaged areas Saturday as near-record crest predictions of the Mississippi River and levee breaks threatened more

homes, the AP reported. Although the worst of the dangerous, deadly winter flood had passed in the St. Louis area, the situation farther south was getting worse. Two levees succumbed Friday, bringing to at least 11 the number of levee failures, according to the AP. The flood, fueled by more than 10 inches of rain over a three-day period that began last weekend, is blamed for 24 deaths, the AP reported. Searchers were still looking for four missing people — one teenager in Illinois, two men in Missouri and a country music singer in Oklahoma.

Outrage over Saudi executions of prisoners 47 men convicted of terrorism, including Shiite cleric, killed Gregg Zoroya USA TODAY

Saudi Arabia’s execution of 47 prisoners convicted of terrorism, including al-Qaeda militants and a prominent Shiite cleric who protested for political reform, prompted backlash Saturday from Muslim nations as well as human rights and advocacy groups. The mass executions — by beheading or shooting — “only further stains Saudi Arabia’s troubling human rights record,” Sarah Leah, Middle East director for the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, a non-profit group, told the Associated Press. The execution of cleric Nimr al-Nimr, 56, and a handful of other Shiite activists could incite sectarian unrest in the Middle East, where tensions remain high between Sunni AFP/GETTY IMAGES and Shiite Nimr al-Nimr Muslims. Saudi Arabia is a predominantly Sunni nation. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of the Interior issued a statement that the 47 condemned men “were involved in a score of terrorist attacks which resulted in deaths of innocent lives and destruction of private, public and military properties,” according to the Saudi Press Agency. Amnesty International, another human rights organization, decried the death sentences for al-Nimr and other Shiite activists in November, saying “Saudi Arabian authorities are using the guise of counterterrorism to settle political scores.” In Iraq, Shiite political leader and cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called for demonstrations across the Gulf states to protest the execution of al-Nimr, Reuters reported. Protests sprang up in multiple countries in the wake of the cleric's execution. Hundreds of his supporters took the streets in his hometown of al-Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia and in neighboring Bahrain, where police responded with tear gas and bird shot, according to AP. A Saudi consulate in the Iranian city of Mashhad was attacked by demonstrators, with parts of the building set on fire, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported. Al-Nimr was a vocal critic of Bahrain’s monarchy, which forcibly suppressed protests in 2011 with the help of Saudi troops. Popular among disgruntled Shiite youth in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, al-Nimr never denied the political charges against him, but maintained he never carried weapons or called for violence, the AP reported. Jaberi Ansari, foreign ministry spokesman for Iran, a Shiite-majority nation, said the Saudi government “confronts domestic critics with oppression and execution. ... (It) will pay a high price for these policies,” according to media reports. Yemen’s Houthi sect, closely linked with Iran, described al-Nimr as a “holy warrior.” In Lebanon, leading Shiite cleric Abdul-Amir Kabalan condemned al-Nimr’s execution, calling it “a grave mistake that could have been avoided with a royal amnesty that would have helped reduce sectarian tensions in the region,” the AP reported. Kabalan is deputy head of the influential Supreme Shiite Islamic Council that is the main religious body for Lebanon’s 1.2 million Shiites. The Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah issued a statement calling al-Nimr’s execution an “assassination” and “ugly crime.” Of the 47 executed, 45 were Saudi nationals, one was from Chad and another from Egypt. Four were Shiites. Al-Nimr’s nephew, Ali al-Nimr, a juvenile when arrested, also faces execution but wasn’t on the list released Saturday. Amnesty International has complained about juveniles facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia.

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ON POLITICS Cooper Allen

@coopallen USA TODAY

A political year to remember came to an end as the 2016 presidential field looked ahead to the final weeks before the Iowa caucuses. Top news from the world of politics:

CATCHING THE POLITICAL BUG FROM THIRD GRADE TO MIDDLE AGE Susan Page l USA TODAY

On USA TODAY’s Capital Download, we’ve been asking newsmakers when they first thought about running for office, or about running campaigns. The answers ranged from the third grade to middle age. Some caught the political bug running for the student council. Others first pursued careers as doctors, lawyers and wrestling coaches. Here’s what 10 of them told us. SCOTT OLSON, GETTY IMAGES

TRUMP ENDS YEAR ON THE ATTACK Donald Trump has spent much of his presidential campaign taking pointed shots at rivals, and his last campaign rally of 2015 was no different. Addressing thousands of supporters in Hilton Head, S.C., Trump took aim at the Democratic front-runner, Hillary Clinton, saying it was fair to address “her husband’s situation” in light of her charges of sexism against him and accused former president Bill Clinton of “tremendous abuse” of women. Trump also took on Jeb Bush, a frequent target who trails well behind Trump and others in polls. “He’s down in the grave. ... He’s nowhere,” Trump said of the former Florida governor. The New York billionaire who has topped GOP polls for much of the campaign also said he was preparing “to start spending a lot of money” in his bid for the nomination. “I’m looking to win everything — we want to run the table,” he said. OBAMA TOPS MOST ADMIRED MAN POLL, TRUMP SECOND President Obama was the top choice in Gallup’s annual poll of Americans on which man they most admire. The president was the choice of 17% of respondents. Coming in second was quite the pair: AFP/GETTY IMAGES Trump and Obama Pope Francis, each the choice of 5% of those polled. “Trump’s surprisingly strong and often controversial presidential campaign has made him a prominent news figure this year and, thus, top-of-mind for many Americans,” Gallup reported. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton topped the list of most admired woman for the 14th consecutive year and 20th time since 1993, when she became first lady.

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Arizona Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee:

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, a former Montgomery County councilman:

“When I came home from prison in Hanoi. We saw a country that was very, very much at odds with each other. There had been the turmoil of the Vietnam War — it had just concluded, and I thought that I had something to offer in the experience and background that I had.”

“That was something from a very young age, sort of the working in public-interest work that I wanted to do. The running-for-office aspect of that wasn’t always on the list, because I was able to make a really big difference in the executive branch. But sometimes life throws you curveballs, and on Jan. 20, 2001, at about noon I found myself unemployed and reflecting on how can I make the greatest difference in my community. And that was when I first really began thinking in earnest about running for office in Maryland.”

Contributing: David Jackson, USA TODAY; Kim Norvell, The Des Moines Register

“I was in either third or fourth grade. I mean, I’ve known that I wanted to be in public service since I was a child.”

Republican strategist Karl Rove: “Since I was a teenager, I’ve wanted to do something in politics. I mean, when you’re 14 years old, or 15 years old, and you are interning for the summer at the Wasatch County Clerk’s Office, you’re a little bit weird.”

Ben Carson, retired pediatric neurosurgeon and 2016 Republican presidential candidate: “After the National Prayer Breakfast in 2013 and people started clamoring for me to do it. I thought it was kind of ridiculous, and I said just ignore it; it will go away. But it didn’t go away and it kept building. And I kept running into people, particularly elderly Americans, who said they had given up on America and they were waiting to die; I heard that so many times, and it really struck me. And that’s when I really started thinking, should I be listening to these people? I waited for several months. I wanted to be sure this was really something the American people wanted me to do. I finally just said, Lord, you know, this is not something I particularly want to do. I was really looking forward to retirement. But if you really want me to do it — all the pundits say it’s impossible — you’ll need to open the doors. And if you open the doors, I’ll walk through them.”

Former New York governor George Pataki, 2016 Republican presidential contender who ended his bid Tuesday: “First time I thought of running for office? You know, I thought about it in college. I was at a college where John Kerry was a year ahead of me and George Bush was a year behind me. And everybody was involved in politics, and I thought about it. But when I first decided, I went to a great law school and then started on Wall Street and then I went home, to my little hometown of Peekskill, N.Y. And my family had a farm there. And my wife and I took over running the farm from my father, and I had a little office in downtown Peekskill and I was very unhappy with the direction of my hometown. So sat down with my family and said you know, I’m thinking about running for mayor of Peekskill, N.Y. A noted steppingstone to the presidency!”

RUTH FREMSON, BLOOMBERG

SANTORUM OK WITH POLL NUMBERS The former Pennsylvania senator may be languishing in polls, but he’s still confident about his chances in Iowa. Santorum, who won the 2012 caucuses, told an audience in Waukee, Iowa, on Tuesday that he wanted to lead off by discussing the “elephant in the room” (his negligible polling numbers) and said they were due to the fact that undecided voters were still “sorting through” the large GOP field. “I’m counting on Iowa to do what they did four years ago. And that is lead, not follow,” he said, according to The Des Moines Register. In the most recent Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll, Santorum received 1% support.

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake:

Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley, 2016 Democratic presidential candidate: “I suppose I thought that in fourth grade, when I ran for class president. And then as I got older I thought maybe my job that I was good at (was) helping other people run for office. And then after being a prosecutor in Baltimore for a couple of years, being frustrated in that job, I decided to try to make a bigger difference by actually running for office myself.”

Former vice president Dick Cheney: “I had a grant to study Congress while I was working on my Ph.D. at Wisconsin, and working in the Congress and around people like (former representatives) Bill Steiger and Jerry Ford and Don Rumsfeld and so forth. I had the great good fortune to be involved with them in the early parts of my career. I compared that to what I had been doing in the academic world, and it looked like it was a lot more interesting and a lot more fun. The point came where I had to make a choice and I opted for politics. Then after the Ford administration ended and we lost the election in ’76, I decided what I really wanted to do was go home to Wyoming and run. That was the moment where I said, OK, not only did I shift my focuses, but that was when we packed up the family and the U-Haul and moved back home to Wyoming and ran for office.”

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan: “I was assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State, and I had done that for eight years, and you’re at a point in your career where it’s either time to try to be a head coach in the Big Ten or do something else. Polly and I, we had our four kids and you get tired of government taking your money, telling you what to do. And I was starting to get interested in politics and I was looking for a way to compete a little bit. And a state rep announces he’s going to retire in 1994, 21 years ago — wow. I decided I was going to run for state rep. No one gave me a chance but we had a bunch of people work hard and we won.”

Liz Cheney, 2014 contender for Wyoming Senate seat: “You know, I don’t remember a moment thinking that. Growing up in this family, what I do remember is just from such an early age recognizing that this was important and fun.”

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STORIES THAT ROCKED LATIN AMERICA

VOTERS TURN ON LEFTIST LEADERS

That economic collapse contributed to an anti-incumbent wave throughout South America. In December elections, Venezuela’s ruling socialist movement, founded by Hugo Chávez, lost control of the National Assembly for the first time since 1999. In Argentina, Mauricio Macri won the presidency, ending 12 years of rule by the left-wing Kirchner family. And Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, dealing with a struggling economy and a growing corruption scandal, is facing impeachment proceedings. While some have seen that wave as a signal of trouble for progressive policies in Latin America, Winter said voters aren’t calling for an end to populist programs. “People have not decided that leftist rule is wrong, per se,” he said. “They’ve decided that their current rulers are not getting the job done.”

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MIAMI If there was a common theme in Latin America in 2015, it

was one of big changes. Voters rebuked their leaders in Venezuela and Argentina. Prosecutors indicted a sitting president in Guatemala. Plummeting commodity prices slowed many economies. And peace drew near in the Southern Hemisphere’s longest-running armed conflict. The biggest change: Cuba’s new relationship with the United States took root with a flurry of political, economic and cultural activity not seen since before the two countries brought the world to the brink of nuclear war during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. “It was the most dramatic, positive change in the relationship between Washington and Latin America in a long time,” said Brian Winter, vice president of policy at the Americas Society and Council of the Americas, a New York think tank. Winter and other Latin American experts pointed to the decision by President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro to re-establish diplomatic relations after five decades of enmity as the most transformative development of the year. Secretary of State John Kerry presided over the reopening of the U.S. Embassy in Havana and applauded the reopening of the Cuban Embassy in Washington. The two sides agreed to restart regular mail, long-distance phone service and commercial flights, and U.S. businesses started forging ties with Cuba. Just as important is how the opening with Cuba removed the biggest negotiating obstacle between the U.S. and all other countries in the region. “It was the thing that prevented other conversations from happening,” Winter said. “Now that elephant is gone.” HERE’S A LOOK AT OTHER TOP EVENTS THAT SHOOK LATIN AMERICA IN 2015:

CARLOS VILLALBA R, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

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A Salvadoran mother and toddler surrender to border agents.

MERIDITH KOHUT, BLOOMBERG

COMMODITY PRICES PLUMMET

When China was gobbling up metals and other commodities during the prior decade, South American countries were riding an economic boom that allowed populist government countries such as Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina to pass on many of the gains to lower-class citizens. But commodity prices plummeted 14% from February to October, according to the International Monetary Fund. That contributed to shortages of basic items in Venezuela and economic slowdowns throughout the region. “The end of the commodities boom exposed the distortions and the contradictions in the economic policies in some of these countries,” said Frank Mora, director of the Center on Latin American and Caribbean Center at Miami-based Florida International University.

THE NEW FACE OF MIGRATION

Mexicans, long the biggest drivers of legal and illegal immigration to the U.S., started heading back home in 2015. They were largely replaced by Central Americans fleeing gang violence, Cubans fleeing the communist government and others seeking safety, unlike Mexicans seeking better economic opportunities. The shift appeared to catch the U.S. government off guard. The Obama administration is now facing lawsuits over its treatment of unaccompanied minors and mothers who overwhelmed the border and have been held in federal detention centers.

The newly opened U.S.Cuban ties was “the most dramatic, positive change ... in a long time.” Brian Winter, vice president of policy, Americas Society and Council of the Americas

ESTEBAN BIBA, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina arrives to a court in Guatemala City.

In Caracas, food shoppers take a number, marked on hands.

Protesters rally against Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff in Sao Paulo on Oct. 19. Several opposition movements took to the streets of six Brazilian cities demanding her impeachment.

STANDING UP TO CORRUPTION

Corruption in Latin America is not new, but corrupt leaders facing consequences is. Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina and several top officials were removed from power and indicted for their role in a corruption scheme. A corruption probe into Brazil’s largest oil producer led to the arrest of a billionaire, a senator and dozens of others. Similar investigations are underway from Honduras to Chile. “I don’t think we’ve ever seen in Latin America the independence of prosecutors and the judiciary to go after, investigate, prosecute and convict so many high-level people,” said Shannon O’Neil, senior fellow for Latin America at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, left, makes peace with the FARC leader.

PEACE POSSIBLE IN COLOMBIA

The Western Hemisphere’s longest-running armed conflict was closer than ever to an official cease-fire. Colombian officials came to an agreement in September with the FARC rebel group over punishment for crimes committed during four decades of violence between the two sides. That has been the most difficult hurdle in negotiations and could clear the way to a peace accord in 2016.

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2015: AN EXTREME YEAR IN U.S. WEATHER Examples of critical weather events across the USA in 2015:

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A firefighter douses flames of the Rocky Fire along Highway 20 near Clearlake, Calif., in August. Wildfires in the western United States have made 2015 the country's most devastating fire year since at least 1960.

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DROUGHT AND WILDFIRES California entered its fourth year of drought in 2015. In April, the state’s survey of Sierra snowpack, a source of drinking water, found bare grass and no snow on Echo Summit. In Washington, more than 1 million acres and 170 homes burned in the state’s largest-ever wildfire. A federal emergency was declared in August. Wildfires also struck California in November, burning 300,000 acres.

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February was one of the coldest months on record in the Midwest. It was Ohio’s second-coldest February. South Dakota recorded its driest January-to-April period, with precipitation 58% below average for spring. In June, rain began falling, giving Illinois, Indiana and Ohio their wettest June on record. Rainfall records were set in Fort Wayne, Ind., and Rapid City, S.D., and other cities.

Extreme snowfall in January caused power outages and travel delays in Maine, Connecticut and New Hampshire. Massachusetts was pummeled by high winds and coastal flooding. About 64 inches of snow fell on Boston in February, making it the snowiest month in the city’s history. The snow didn’t fully melt until July. By May, the weather turned hot and major cities set heat records. Boston set a Christmas Eve record of 66 degrees, only a few degrees cooler than July 4.

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Extreme drought gripped northern Oklahoma, central and western Texas and the Panhandle from January until spring. In May, record rainfall and Tropical Storm Bill’s arrival in June combined to cause widespread flash flooding and river floods. Rain in El Campo, Texas, peaked at 13.2 inches.

IN 2015: July was the warmest month ever recorded, according to NOAA. May was the warmest month recorded for Alaska, with temperatures 8.1 degrees Fahrenheit above average. Late-season winter snowstorm Venus dropped 24 inches of snow on Fort Robinson, Neb., on May 11. The strongest Atlantic hurricane was Joaquin, a Category 4 storm and the first to hit the Bahamas in October since 1866. May was the month with most tornadoes, with 414 reported. The U.S. Forest Service spent a record $243 million in one week fighting the Butte Fire and Valley Fire in Northern California in September. On two separate days, towns in Washington tied heat records with Death Valley. Temperatures hit 104 degrees and 107 degrees.

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Heavy machinery piles snow at a “snow farm” in a parking lot in Boston in February.

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Residents check on a home flooded by waters from the Big River, near High Ridge, Mo., on Wednesday.

Large swells on Oct. 5, 2015, in Long Beach, N.Y., could be attributed to Hurricane Joaquin.

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BUSINESS SURVEILLANCE HEALTHY JOBS SNAPSHOT uIn a nutshell: More Americans requested unemployment benefits last week, but the level remains near historic lows in a positive sign for the job market. uThe lowdown: The Labor Department says applications for jobless aid jumped 20,000 to a seasonally adjusted 287,000. The less volatile four-week average climbed 4,500 to 277,000. Despite the increase, jobless claims have stayed below the key level of 300,000 for nearly 10 months. uThe big picture: Unemployment last month held at a sevenyear low of 5%. Employers have added a healthy 210,000 jobs a month through November.

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Sen. Ed Markey displays the culprit GM ignition part.

ON THE FRONT BURNER JURY TO HEAR GM CASE General Motors is headed to trial Jan. 11 after a judge rejected the automaker’s motion Wednesday to dismiss a case against it involving its defective ignition switches, Reuters reported. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in New York ruled that plaintiff Robert Scheuer showed enough evidence to merit putting the case before a jury. Scheuer is suing GM over injuries he received in 2014 when his 2003 Saturn Ion crashed. “Today’s ruling paves the way for the jury to have an unfettered and full view of GM’s behavior in covering up this defect,” says Scheuer’s attorney, Bob Hilliard.

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It wasn’t a happy year in 2015 after all for Wall Street, as stocks didn’t perform with the gusto that bulls thought they would. At the start of 2015, top Wall Street strategists called for the broad Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index to finish the year up around 8%. Instead, the benchmark index ended down 0.7%, or virtually unchanged. The sideways price action, however, doesn’t reflect the volatility and wild price swings — as the S&P 500 hit an all-time high of 2130.82 in May and then in August suffered its first 10%-plus price correction in four years when it tumbled 12.4%. The bulls’ upbeat forecast was derailed by five major headwinds. The stock market, which on Aug. 24 included a brief free fall of more than 1,000 points on the Dow Jones industrial average that Bespoke Investment Group described as a “huge whoosh,” basically finished the year pretty much where it started. The five main culprits that strangled the market in 2015.

RATE-HIKE HYSTERIA

In 2015, the Federal Reserve finally pulled the trigger and hiked interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. But he Fed didn’t announce liftoff until Dec. 16 — in essence, causing a year-long bout of uncertainty. The pushing back of its rate-hike timetable confused investors. The mere thought of higher borrowing costs kept a lid on risktaking, as many stock investors cited the Fed’s easy-money policies as a key driver of the stock market’s nearly 7-year-old bull run that began in March 2009.

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CRUDE REALITY

The oil patch got slippery indeed for investors in 2015. A global supply glut caused by overproduction and slowing global growth has sent the price of a barrel of U.S. crude down more than 30% from year-ago levels, according to Trading Economics, putting a big dent in

MARKET PERFORMANCE How the markets ended 2015, by annual percentage changes: NASDAQ

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Mainland China’s stock market also spooked Wall Street. The big scare came Aug. 8, when Beijing devalued the yuan. shares of energy stocks. U.S.-produced crude closed at nearly $37.04 a barrel Thursday, a far cry from its peak of more than $145 a barrel in July 2008. Energy was the hardest-hit S&P 500 sector in 2015, tumbling nearly 24%. Individual energy stocks, such as Chesapeake Energy, Consol Energy and Southwestern Energy, were among the index’s biggest losers, plunging around 75% in 2015.

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CHINA SYNDROME

The world’s second-biggest economy was the financial world’s No. 1 worry in 2015. China’s economic growth slowed more than expected and below the key 7% mark Beijing was shooting for. The sluggish growth caused Wall Street to fret over the possibility of a hard landing. Mainland China’s stock market also spooked Wall Street. After a massive run-up early in 2015 that pushed prices up more than 150%, the Shanghai composite stock index made waves with crash-like sell-offs, including a nearly 6% one-day drop in early July and an even bigger 8.5% plunge in late July, its worst since 2007. The big scare came Aug. 8, when Beijing officials surprised global markets by devaluing its currency, the yuan, in an attempt to stimulate its ailing economy. The move exacerbated fears of a more serious slowdown.

DOLLAR DOMINATION

A strong greenback is a sign of economic strength.

But a rising dollar against other foreign currencies acts as a headwind for many stocks. The reason: A strong dollar makes U.S. companies that do a lot of business abroad less competitive because the products they sell become more expensive. And that crimps sales and, more important, earnings of U.S. multinationals. In 2015, for example, The Wall Street Journal dollar index rose more than 8% vs. a basket of foreign currencies.

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Corporate profits are the lifeblood of the stock market. And in 2015 flat profit growth crippled stocks. After the S&P 500 grew profits at an 8.3% pace in 2014, profit growth stalled in 2015, with profits coming in flat at 0%, according to earningstracker Thomson Reuters. Wall Street analysts had been expecting profits to grow 8.1%. The actual dollar amount of S&P 500 earnings for 2015 is estimated at $117.20, which is a tad below the $118.78 earned in 2014. If the current estimate holds, it would mark the first year of negative profit growth since 2009, when the economy was exiting the Great Recession. Add up these five big downers — plus other shocks such as the spring meltdown of biotech stocks, the near-meltdown of the Greek economy this summer —and the terror attacks in Paris and California later in the year, it’s clear why the stock market could not rally in a major way.

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With performance numbers for tech stocks now in the books for 2015, and the tech valuation tables reshuffled, several trends have emerged that investors would do well to avoid fighting in the first half of 2016. In the just-ended year, investors poured money into Amazon and Alphabet (formerly Google) and, to a lesser-but-still-impressive degree, into Facebook and Microsoft. For pure stock-price appreciation, Netflix (NFLX) and Tencent Holdings were also among the best.

The 139% surge in Netflix shares put it among the 25 most valuable tech firms for the first time. Apple’s (AAPL) valuation, meanwhile, slipped 4.5% over the past year, even though the company added billions of dollars in cash to its balance sheet. Although Alphabet holds $130 billion less in cash than Apple (as of their third-quarter financial reports), Alphabet (GOOGL) is now valued at just $70 billion less. The fourth quarter confirmed a trend we first signaled here: that the stand-alone operations of Google-parent Alphabet — excluding all cash — are now valued more richly by the stock market than Apple’s. Apple’s valuation of $587 billion is down 4.5% from a year ago, while Alphabet’s 49% surge has driven its valuation to $537 billion. Given these trajectories and Apple’s much-slower revenue growth estimates, Alphabet will overtake Apple in valuation by the end of 2016. At the turn of the year, Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook are

TECH GAINERS AND LAGGARDS IN 2015 TOP TECH GAINERS IN MARKET VALUE Company 1. Alphabet (tie) Amazon 3. Microsoft 4. Facebook 5. Tencent

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At the turn of the year, Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook are the favorites among large-cap growth investors in tech. the favorites among large-cap growth investors in tech. One important caveat here: their high price-to-earnings ratios (a subject we’ll revisit in early February, after first-quarter tech earnings) should label them as cautionary for those also concerned with value. I think tech stocks as a whole

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are overpriced by 10% — 20%, as measured by the Nasdaq. (Look at a 20-year chart to see why.) If you agree, all of these names should be bought on 5%-10% dips only, not when the broader market is testing both near-term and historic highs, as it is at the start of 2016. That includes income investors, who should own Apple, since it’s paying a dividend and is expected to post year-over-year revenue growth in the mid- to high-single digits for its fiscal year ending in September. Having said all that, aggressive tech investors who believe the market has already discounted any pessimism should also be

buying Netflix and Tencent -- on dips. Shareholders at those two companies enjoyed gains that put them in the top five, as measured by stock-price appreciation only: Netflix stands to benefit as more entertainment goes digital, a thesis that investors bought with two fists this past year. Tencent’s gains are interesting because they came the same year that $40 billion came out of Alibaba’s post-IPO bubble. Both companies compete in the Chinese Internet market. Alibaba (BABA) shares fell 21%, putting it nearly atop the board of laggards. The biggest laggard of the year, however, was Qualcomm (QCOM), which lost roughly one-third of its value after it began having issues in China. Bidu (BIDU), also based in China, joined Alibaba on the list of laggards, which also included venerable U.S. giant IBM (IBM). Shinal has covered tech and financial markets for more than 15 years at Bloomberg, BusinessWeek,The San Francisco Chronicle, Dow Jones MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal Digital Network and others.

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WHAT RETIREES SHOULD DO AS INTEREST RATES INCH UP The wait is over. The Fed has made its move. Now you can revisit your retirement plan and, best case, tweak it or, worst case, overhaul it. And what you do might depend on the degree to which you already prepared for the Federal Reserve raising interest rates, as it did a little more than a week ago, from near zero, to a range of 0.25% (one-quarter of 1%) to 0.50% (one-half of 1%). Robert Powell is editor of Retirement Weekly and contributes regularly to USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal and MarketWatch. Got questions about money? Email Bob at rpowell@allthingsretirement.com.

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If you prepared for this day, which everyone knew would come, there are just a few adjustments that you have to make to your assets and liabilities. Here’s what experts suggest:

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DO NOTHING. Steven Gattuso, a senior portfolio manager at Courier Capital in Buffalo, advises against making any major changes to your portfolio. “But do keep your eye on the Fed to determine if investment changes should be made to take advantage of higher rates,” he says. Others agree. The markets have fully digested the anticipated rate increase, says Thomas Warschauer, a professor of finance, emeritus at San Diego State University. Given that, “I wouldn’t change stock holdings much on that account,” he says. Warschauer does, however, recommend tweaking your stock portfolio. “Uncertainty regarding growth in Europe and commodity price deflation is more troublesome, and I would lighten up securities dependent upon those,” he says.

DON’T WORRY. “It wasn’t a meaningful rate hike, and I seriously doubt the fed funds rate will get to any ‘normal’ level for years,” says Vahan Janjigian, chief investment officer of Greenwich Wealth Management in Greenwich, Conn. “I also don’t think the rate hike will have any significant effect on the long end of the yield curve.”

CONSIDER MORE STOCK. Others, however, suggest increasing the percentage you allocate to stocks. “They cannot rely on bonds to the same degree they’ve been used to over the last several decades,” says Jerry Miccolis, founder of Giralda Advisors in Madison, N.J. “The 30-year bull market in bonds is officially over. In my view, the next generation of the standard 60-40 portfolio might look more like 80-20, where the 80 component contains equity investments that have explicit downside risk management built in.”

BUY DOWNSIDE PROTECTION. Speaking of downside protection, another expert suggests buying insurance for your portfolio. “Though a bit advanced, I would like to think many retirees would start to utilize options to generate additional portfolio income and cushion downside risks,” says Jonathan Masse, an options strategist with Masse Capital Markets Consulting (MC)Squared in San Ramon, Calif. In essence, you would do this by selling against the stocks you own. A call is an option to buy assets at a specified price on or before a particular date. When you sell a call, someone is paying you money to buy your stock at that agreed-upon price. This strategy, often referred to as writing a covered call, provides income and locks in the price at which you would sell your stocks. Now you might ask, “Why would I want to sell away my upside?” The answer, Masse says, is that upside is overpriced. “Sell it and capture the income,” he says. “Over the long run and through a vast many market cycles ... the covered strategies — both calls and puts — give you long-term equity returns at twothirds the risk. Therefore, if you like money and sleep, it should appeal to an investor.” Visit the CBOE’s website to learn some strategies.

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Some workers will be getting a little something extra in their stockings this year. But spending that end-of-year bonus on holiday goodies — or even plowing it all into the stock market — may not be the best use of that extra cash. “I’d want people to ... take a step back and look at their entire financial landscape,” says Jessie Doll, wealth management adviser with TIAA-CREF. “Figure out ... what’s the best next step for me and my family.” According to a survey by Accounting Principals, which seeks out and places workers in the fields of accounting and finance, 67% of hiring managers said their businesses intended to give holiday bonuses this year. The average will be $858 per worker. Gifts of cash can be good business. “Everyone likes to feel appreciated, and your employees are no exception,” Kim Gottschalk, senior regional vice president for Accounting Principals, said

LADDER CDS, BONDS AND ANNUITY CONTRACTS. Stagger the purchase of annuity contracts, preferably over a period of years if possible, and ladder bonds and defined-maturity bond funds, suggests Charles Rotblut, vice president of the American Association of Individual Investors. Also, ladder CDs or — at the very least — pay close attention to the penalties for early withdrawals. “Depending on the interest rates, it might make more sense to use the flexibility of a money market account rather than a CD,” Rotblut says.

INVEST CAUTIOUSLY IN REAL ESTATE. “Real estate is another matter,” Warschauer says. “Some regions are very interest sensitive, while other markets are not particularly interest sensitive. Retirees shouldn’t be in real estate unless they know that much about their markets.”

via email. “Giving your employees holiday bonuses or perks provides your employees with the appreciation they deserve and the motivation to hit the ground running in the new year.” It can also be a way to recruit, and hold on to the best, in a given field. “In a competitive, candidatedriven market, employers are more likely to attract and retain talent if they look beyond the salary and offer other benefits, such as holiday bonuses, extra paid time off around the holidays and flexible work schedules,” Gottschalk says. Still, another recent report was less optimistic about how generous employers are going to be this year. Bankrate.com found in a survey that only 22% of working Americans were counting on getting a holiday bonus. But of those who thought they were going to get a bonus or raise, 35% said that they would use the extra cash to bolster their savings, and 22% said they would try to put a dent in their debt. They’ve got the right idea, Doll says. Building a firm financial foundation should be a priority.

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STEP ONE. Look at paying off credit card debt. “Those interest rates will eat into someone’s ability to build their own wealth over time,” Doll says, “It’s kind of like a leak in your boat. You clean up what’s on the floor, but water keeps coming in, so you can never get ahead.” STEP TWO. Consider directing bonus money toward an emergency fund that can cover at least six months of living expenses, from the mortgage to groceries to health care costs.

FIX OR ELIMINATE DEBT COSTS. According to Warschauer, some HELOCs (a home equity line of credit) come with an option to fix the interest rate at any time at current rates. If you have this option, do so. And, if you haven’t done so already, and it makes sense, refinance your mortgage. You’re about to run out of time for that option, Warschauer says. As for credit card debt, Warschauer says retirees have no business holding balances at any time. If you are carrying balances, consider using a calculator such as those found at BankRate.com or Vertex42.com to determine the best way to pay down your debt.

STEP THREE. Maximize contributions to your retirement accounts. “This can be especially important for Millennials and people who are younger in the workforce, (for whom) retirement planning doesn’t seem as necessary,” Doll says. Make sure to put enough into the retirement plan to get the company’s match. The maximum contribution that can be made to a 401(k) or 403(b) in 2015 is $18,000, with those 50 and over able to put in an additional $6,000 for a “catch-up” contribution, Doll says. Those limits stay the same going into 2016.

If those basics are taken care of, employees can come up with other plans for their bonus money. “Look at saving for college for children, making a dent in their home payments and giving to charities,” she says. With college tuition accelerating faster than many other goods and services, a 529 college savings plan may be the way to go. And 34 states, as well as the District of Columbia, offer a full or partial tax credit or deduction on 529 plan contributions. When it comes to your mortgage, consider using some of your bonus money to make a lump-sum payment on the principal, or, when making a current mortgage payment, tack on the next month’s principal. “The goal with both of those is to reduce the amount of interest that

you are paying over time,” Doll says. If your bonus is substantial, possibly pushing you into a higher tax bracket, think about asking your employer to spread the payout over two years to reduce the potential tax ramifications. But in the end, if you’ve earned a bonus, workers should also enjoy it and use some of the money for a little splurge. “It’s very important to treat yourself,” Doll says. “Financial planning is not just about the numbers, it’s about finding a balance between our emotions and those numbers on the page and making both sides work together toward our goals. Budgeting a part of this bonus check for something fun, something that you don’t need, should be part of the plan.”

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Wayne Selden Jr.’s mom, Lavette Pitts, pumped her left fist and smiled as her son backpedaled on defense after hitting his career-hightying fifth three-pointer with 101⁄2 minutes left in Kansas University’s 102-74 Big 12-opening victory over Baylor on Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse. “That I knew they were going to go in,” Pitts said, asked what went through her mind in the stands as her son attempted (and hit)

his first seven shots en route to 18 points the first half and 24 overall. Mom’s confident attitude is certainly shared by Wayne, who averages a team-leading 15.5 points a game off sizzling 55.5-percent shooting for the No. 2-ranked Jayhawks (12-1). The 6-foot-5 junior has made 36 of 65 threes for 55.4 percent. “He’s confident, and he’s mature. He’s been playing D-I ball for three years. That adds something to you. Playing in the Big 12 ... he’s been getting better every

year,” Pitts said, explaining the skyrocketing of Wayne’s numbers from 9.4 points a game and 38.2 percent shooting in 2014-15. “He’s grown up,” added Pitts, who has seen the change up close and personal after moving to Lawrence from Roxbury, Massachusetts, in August with her son, Anthony Selden, a 6-foot-3 sophomore basketball player at Lawrence High. “He’s 21 years old and knows what he has to do in order to compete, and he’s figured it out. He’s making

his own choices. He knows what he has to do and what he wants to do.” It should come as no surprise Selden — who was joined in double figures Saturday by Perry Ellis (17 points), Devonté Graham (15) and Frank Mason III (11) — shares his mama’s reasoning for his stellar play. Selden is definitely on the same page as Pitts, whom he calls his “hero in life.” “I’ve grown up a lot here (at KU). I came here as a kid, a boy. I’ve grown into Please see KANSAS, page 4C

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Even members of a Kansas University fan base that sets expectations for its basketball team higher than Andrew Wiggins ever dreamed of soaring sported expressions of disbelief at the way the Jayhawks overwhelmed a nationally ranked opponent at the outset of Saturday’s Big 12 opener.

Looking so fast, so unselfish, so skilled, Kansas never gave No. 23 Baylor a chance en route to an impressive 102-74 showcase of why KU will be ranked No. 1 when the Associated Press college basketball poll is released Monday. By the time just 6 minutes, 24 seconds had

elapsed, Kansas already had a 24-4 lead that turned the happy crowd wild. “We were energetic throughout the whole run, and it was just fun,” sophomore guard Devonté Graham said. As usual, the spotlight didn’t shine directly on Graham, because a team-

mate, in this case Wayne Selden Jr., had an even better game. Yet, as usual, Graham was right there in the middle of everything Kansas did well, which on this day was everything. Coach Bill Self’s decision to start games with Graham

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Playoff-bound Chiefs still playing to win today Kansas City, Mo. (ap) — Andy Reid likes to point to the DNA of his team when Who: Raiders (7-8) vs. asked about its remarkChiefs (10-5) able turnaround, from a ragtag 1-5 bunch to a group When: 3:25 that has won a franchisep.m. today record-tying nine straight Where: Argames. rowhead Asked about today’s game Stadium against Oakland, his own DNA showed through. TV: FOX “If you have an opportu(WOW! channels 4, 204) nity to win the AFC West,”

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Reid said, “I think that’s important.” You see, the Chiefs (10-5) are already headed to the playoffs after a one-year absence and might be best served to play a lesser opponent on the road as a wildcard team. But if they beat the Raiders (7-8) and Denver loses to San Diego in a game happening at the same time, the Chiefs would win the AFC West and get a po-

tentially tougher opponent at Arrowhead Stadium. That’s why it might be tempting for Reid to rest his starters, as he did in Kansas City’s finale two years ago — though the possibility of a division title wasn’t at stake back then. “We’re planning to win the game. That’s how we go,” Reid said. “I just know we have to play this one and everyone is getting ready

to do that, and that’s how we’re focused.” Every coach says they take one game at a time. So do most players. That’s how the statement has become such a cliché, a part of locker room vernacular in just about every sport. But the Chiefs had no alternative after their lousy start. They couldn’t think about the playoffs with one victory six weeks into the

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Lopsided games and playing the College Football Playoff semifinals on New Year’s Eve for the first time led to a 13 percent drop in TV ratings for the New Year’s Six Bowls from last year. The Rose Bowl on Friday drew its lowest rating (7.9) since it became part of the BCS in 1999. But don’t expect any changes to future College Football Playoff schedules based on the oneyear dip. The overnight ratings for the big New Year’s Day bowls were announced Saturday by ESPN, which broadcasts all the games. Overall, the ratings for the six major games played Thursday and Friday, including the semifinals in the Orange and Cotton bowls Thursday, averaged a 7.1 overnight rating, down from 8.2 last season, when the first playoff games drew record-breaking audiences to ESPN. “That decline, frankly, is not much of a surprise, and it’s modest,” College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock said. “It’s too soon to know how much was due to the lopsided games or how much what I think we all thought would be an inevitable decline from the excitement of the first year or the semifinals on New Year’s Eve. I suspect it’s a combination of those three, but I don’t have any idea what the weighting is. ESPN is studying the numbers and we’ll learn a lot more in the next few months.” The average margin of victory in the New Year’s Six games was 24.2 points. All three of Friday’s major bowls were blowouts. The Fiesta between Ohio State and Notre Dame, earned a 6.2 rating. That was up 35 percent from last season’s Arizona-Boise State game. The Buckeyes beat the Fighting Irish 44-28. Stanford beat Iowa 45-16 in the Rose Bowl on Friday. The previously lowest-rated Rose Bowl since 1999 was the 2012 game between Stanford and Wisconsin, which drew a 9.4. The Sugar Bowl, which Mississippi won 48-20 against Oklahoma State, drew a 5.3 rating. That was the lowest Sugar Bowl since the Bowl Championship Series was established in 1999. ESPN did see big increases in digital viewers who streamed the game online through WatchESPN. ESPN said the New Year’s Six averaged 776,000 unique viewers and 43,871,000 total minutes for the six games, up 54 percent and 67 percent, respectively, from last year. “The College Football Playoff is a long-term, multiplatform play for us,” Burke Magnus, ESPN executive vice president of programming and scheduling, said in a statement. “With that said, there are many variables that impact ratings results including what happens on the field and the numbers this year were obviously impacted by the unbalanced scores of these games.” Last season’s College Football Playoff semifinals, played on New Year’s Day, drew a record number cable viewers, and ratings that edged past 15 for both the Oregon-Florida State Rose Bowl and the Ohio State-Alabama Sugar Bowl. Total viewership for the semifinals played Thursday between Michigan State and Alabama in the Cotton Bowl and Clemson and Oklahoma in Orange Bowl plunged 34.4 percent, from 28,271,000 in 2015 to 18,552,000. “What that tells me is many, many fans found a new way to watch the games,” Hancock said.

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Spectators injured before Dakar start Rosario, Argentina — Organizers say four spectators at the Dakar Rally have been injured after a Mini Cooper plowed into the crowd before the start of the race in Argentina. The accident occurred Saturday at kilometer 6.6 of the prologue to the Dakar 2016, which starts between Buenos Aires and Rosario. Organizers say that they have suspended Saturday’s special stage. A statement from organizers says the injured spectators would be taken to local hospitals. It does not provide details on their injuries. The statement says the vehicle that veered off the road was No. 360, which belongs to Guo Meiling. Guo is the first Chinese woman to compete in Dakar. It was unclear if she or other drivers were injured. Competitors were participating in a special stage to determine today’s opening-day order. OLYMPICS

’76 boxing champ Davis dies Miami — Olympic champion boxer Howard Davis Jr. has died in Florida. He was 59. His wife says his diagnosis of stage 4 lung cancer in February, just before his birthday, came as a shock, because Davis had never smoked. Karla Guadamuz-Davis tells the Associated Press that her husband died Wednesday evening in her arms in their Plantation home. In the 1976 Olympics, Davis was voted the outstanding boxer, out-polling such champions as Sugar Ray Leonard. His mother died three days before the Montreal Games began, and he considered withdrawing from competition. Instead he stayed, and he dedicated his gold medal to his mother’s memory. Davis went on to train mixed martial arts fighters as a boxing coach, and he and his wife promoted mixed martial arts fights through their Florida-based company. NBA

Nets Jack out with injury Boston — Brooklyn Nets guard Jarrett Jack had to be helped off the court after injuring his right knee in Saturday’s game against the Boston Celtics. Jack was on a fast break when he crumbled to the ground and grabbed his leg in pain. A Nets’ trainer came over, and the rest of his teammates surrounded him before he was helped to the locker room, without putting any weight on the leg. The team said he had a sprained knee and wouldn’t return. Earlier in the game, Jack got into a shouting match with Boston’s Jae Crowder after Boston forward Jared Sullinger had a hard foul on Brook Lopez. Jack and Crowder had to be separated and were both given technicals. Jack is averaging 13.2 points and 7.3 assists per game. NFL

Penn State QB turning pro Jacksonville, Fla. — When it came to being loyal to Penn State, few football players who have passed through Happy Valley showed that quality more than quarterback Christian Hackenberg. It was that loyalty that had Nittany Lions fans hoping he would return for his senior year. But in the end, after 38 consecutive starts, two offensive systems, countless hits, and opinions over whether he regressed after a great freshman year, Hackenberg did what most people expected. He said he will declare for the NFL Draft, announcing the decision Saturday after the Lions’ 24-17 loss to Georgia in the Tax Slayer Bowl, a game that Hackenberg left for good early in the second quarter due to a sprained right (throwing) shoulder. Also after the game, fourth-year junior defensive tackle Austin Johnson said he would come out for the draft.

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Hackenberg leaves the Nittany Lions as their all-time leader in passing yards (8,457) and touchdowns (48). He also was durable, having endured 82 sacks the last two seasons and playing hurt, as he did Saturday when he threw four passes in obvious pain after injuring the shoulder. While Hackenberg consistently had sidestepped questions about his future, saying he was “only focused on Georgia,” he admitted he made his decision during game preparations after talking with his family. “I think, right now, I’m going to declare for the draft,” Hackenberg, his arm hidden in a sling under his jacket, said outside the Penn State locker room at EverBank Field. “I want to thank (former) Coach (Bill) O’Brien for bringing me here and his staff. There’s a lot of really good people on that staff. It’s tough to say, but I think without him, I wouldn’t have been here. He’s what this place is all about.” Hackenberg was the first player to commit after O’Brien took over as head coach. He stuck with the program after the NCAA imposed harsh sanctions in July 2012 related to the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal, sanctions that included a four-year bowl ban and a reduction in scholarships.

Eagles interview Duce Staley Philadelphia — The Eagles have interviewed running-backs coach Duce Staley for their vacant coaching position created when Chip Kelly was fired Tuesday. Staley interviewed for the job on Friday. He played seven seasons for the Eagles from 19972003 and ran for 1,000 yards three times. The 40-year-old Staley was an assistant on Andy Reid’s staff for two seasons and served under Kelly the past three. A 10-year pro, Staley spent seven seasons with the Eagles. His 4,807 rushing yards rank fifth in franchise history. He won a Super Bowl with the Steelers after the 2005 season. Staley is the first known interviewee since the team fired Chip Kelly on Tuesday. He is the Eagles’ longest-tenured coach. By interviewing Staley, the Eagles are already in compliance with the Rooney Rule that requires teams to interview at least one minority candidate for a head coaching vacancy.

Miami GM Hickey leaves team Miami — General manager Dennis Hickey has parted ways with the Miami Dolphins at the end of a disappointing season. Hickey’s departure after two years in Miami was announced Saturday on the eve of the season finale against New England. It’s part of an anticipated restructuring that will include a coaching search. The Dolphins went 8-8 last year and are 5-10 this season, largely because of unproductive draft choices and other unsuccessful acquisitions by Hickey. In statements released by the team, Hickey and executive vice president of football operations Mike Tannenbaum both said they had reached an agreement for Hickey to leave after having extensive conversations about his role going forward. TENNIS

Monfils out of Aussie tuneup Perth, Australia — Gael Monfils has withdrawn from the Hopman Cup mixed-team event due to an unspecified leg injury and will be replaced by French compatriot Kenny De Schepper. It was not clear whether the injury would prevent the 24th-ranked Monfils from competing in the Australian Open beginning Jan. 18 in Melbourne. Hopman Cup tournament director Paul Kilderry said “it’s unfortunate to hear Gael is unable to play in Perth ... we wish him well over the next couple of weeks ahead of the Aussie Open.”

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Sunday, January 3, 2016

COLLEGE BOWL ROUNDUP

Arkansas rips KSU in Liberty ————

TCU erases 31-point deficit, tops Oregon in 3OT The Associated Press

Liberty Arkansas 45, Kansas St. 23 Memphis, Tenn. — Just in case this ends up being his last college game, Arkansas’ Alex Collins made it one to remember. Collins ran for 185 yards and three touchdowns, and Arkansas capped its late-season surge with a victory over Kansas State on Saturday in the Liberty Bowl. Collins, who has rushed for over 1,000 yards each of the last three seasons, indicated after the game he hadn’t decided whether to return for his senior year or enter the NFL Draft. Ranked 18th to open the season, Arkansas stumbled through a 1-3 start that knocked the Razorbacks out of the Top 25. The Razorbacks (8-5) turned things around and won six of their last seven games. “We’ve been through our ups and downs, but at the end of the day, we wanted to finish strong,” Collins said. “I believe we accomplished that.” Arkansas snapped Kansas State’s three-game winning streak in front of a sellout crowd of 61,136, the fourth-largest crowd in the game’s 57-year history. Kansas State (6-7) finished a season below .500 for the first time since Bill Snyder began his second stint as coach in 2009. “Give credit to them,” Snyder said. “They came out and played their game. They didn’t do anything that we hadn’t looked at or hadn’t seen offensively or defensively. They just did it extremely well.” Arkansas’ Brandon Allen was 20-of26 for 315 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Kansas State’s Kody Cook, starting at quarterback for the first time, went 12-of-24 for 163 yards with a touchdown. Kansas St. 10 3 10 0 — 23 Arkansas 14 10 7 14 — 45 First Quarter KSt-Dimel 10 run (McCrane kick), 11:38. Ark-A.Collins 4 run (Hedlund kick), 8:15. KSt-FG McCrane 36, 3:50. Ark-Cornelius 13 run (Hedlund kick), 2:22. Second Quarter Ark-A.Collins 4 run (Hedlund kick), 13:05. Ark-FG Hedlund 26, 2:08. KSt-FG McCrane 21, :21. Third Quarter KSt-Dimel 48 pass from Cook (McCrane kick), 12:44. Ark-Sprinkle 4 pass from B.Allen (Hedlund kick), 7:54. KSt-FG McCrane 32, 1:46. Fourth Quarter Ark-A.Collins 4 run (Hedlund kick), 12:04. Ark-Walker 4 run (Hedlund kick), 4:46. A-61,136. KSt Ark First downs 13 30 Rushes-yards 22-79 42-254 Passing 163 315 Comp-Att-Int 12-25-1 20-26-1 Return Yards 3 8 Punts-Avg. 4-43.3 1-39.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 4-25 2-20 Time of Possession 22:30 37:30 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Kansas St., Jones 6-40, Cook 12-19, Dimel 1-10, Warmack 2-8, Silmon 1-2. Arkansas, A.Collins 23-185, Walker 11-56, Cornelius 2-27, Sprinkle 1-4, B.Allen 2-(minus 9), Team 3-(minus 9). PASSING-Kansas St., Cook 12-240-163, Hubener 0-1-1-0. Arkansas, B.Allen 20-26-1-315. RECEIVING-Kansas St., Burton 4-33, Reuter 3-27, Warmack 2-27, Dimel 1-48, D.Heath 1-15, Klein 1-13. Arkansas, Morgan 8-92, Henry 5-92, Sprinkle 4-81, Cornelius 2-35, Reed 1-15.

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ARKANSAS RUNNING BACK ALEX COLLINS, LEFT, SCORES on a 13-yard run against Kansas State. Arkansas defeated the Wildcats, 45-23, in the Liberty Bowl on Saturday in Memphis, Tennessee. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Oregon, Freeman 26-130, Brooks-James 3-50, Ta.Griffin 4-41, Buckner 1-10, Nelson 2-6, Benoit 2-5, Adams Jr. 4-(minus 8), Lockie 3-(minus 17), Team 3-(minus 31). TCU, Green 25-101, Kohlhausen 11-45, Turpin 5-16, Hicks 6-12. PASSING-Oregon, Adams Jr. 13-19-0197, Lockie 7-15-0-36, Wheeler 0-1-0-0. TCU, Kohlhausen 28-45-1-351, James 1-1-0-20, Sawyer 1-1-0-0. RECEIVING-Oregon, Carrington 7-107, Addison 5-29, Stanford 3-32, Freeman 2-23, Nelson 2-12, Baylis 1-30. TCU, Nixon 9-71, Turpin 5-65, Austin 4-67, Porter 4-53, Green 2-56, Stewart 2-39, Hicks 2-2, James 1-19.

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OREGON WIDE RECEIVER JEFF BIEBER, RIGHT, hauls in a touchdown pass against TCU safety Derrick Kindred during the Alamo Bowl on Saturday in San Antonio.

Alamo No. 11 TCU 47, No. 15 Oregon 41, 3OT San Antonio — Bram Kohlhausen’s eight-yard touchdown run in the third overtime carried TCU to a wild victory over Oregon in the Alamo Bowl as the Horned Frogs stormed back from a 31-0 halftime deficit behind a backup quarterback. The 31-point comeback to win tied the record for a bowl game, matching Texas Tech in the 2006 Insight Bowl against Minnesota. Oregon stormed to the big lead early behind quarterback Vernon Adams Jr., but he was knocked out of the game late in the second quarter after taking a hard hit to the head. Oregon gained only 18 yards in regulation in the second half. Kohlhausen started in place of TCU’s Trevone Boykin, who was suspended after a bar fight two days earlier. Kohlhausen passed for 351 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more scores. Kohlhausen, who had only seen spot duty this season, struggled as Oregon ran circles around the Horned Frogs in the first half. The Ducks were clicking behind the elusive Adams, who passed for 197 yards and a touch-

down, scrambled out of several sacks and marched Oregon to four straight touchdowns and a 28-0 lead. But Oregon stopped in its tracks when Adams was hurt on a rare called run for him. Adams knocked heads with TCU linebacker Derrick Kindred, left the game and never returned. Jeff Lockie drove Oregon to a field goal that made it 31-0 at halftime, but the Ducks stalled there. TCU scored on all of its possessions in the second half and overtime. The Horned Frogs started their march back with 17 points in the third quarter, twice scoring touchdowns on fourth down. Kohlhausen threw a touchdown pass to Jaelen Austin, then ran two yards for his first score. TCU was gaining confidence with each play while Oregon seemed stuck in neutral. Lockie, who had played in relief of Adams when he was injured earlier this season, couldn’t move the offense as the TCU-dominated crowd of more than 65,000 revved up. Jaden Oberkrom’s 22yard field goal with 19 seconds left tied it, and TCU scored first in the first overtime when Kohlhausen hit Emanauel Porter for a seven-yard TD. Oregon answered with

Royce Freeman’s third touchdown run. After the teams exchanged field goals in the second overtime, Kohlhausen sneaked around the right end on an option, and seemingly disappeared behind his blockers until he was in the end zone. TCU’s twopoint conversion pass attempt failed, but Oregon’s final chance to tie and keep the game going ended with an incomplete pass on fourth down. Oregon 21 10 0 0 7 3 0 — 41 TCU 0 0 17 14 7 3 6 — 47 First Quarter Ore-Carrington 37 pass from Adams Jr. (Schneider kick), 9:29. Ore-Freeman 4 run (Schneider kick), 5:12. Ore-Freeman 5 run (Schneider kick), :27. Second Quarter Ore-Brooks-James 5 run (Schneider kick), 13:30. Ore-FG Schneider 47, :32. Third Quarter TCU-FG Oberkrom 24, 10:52. TCU-Austin 26 pass from Kohlhausen (Oberkrom kick), 4:18. TCU-Kohlhausen 2 run (Oberkrom kick), :36. Fourth Quarter TCU-FG Oberkrom 34, 7:45. TCU-Green 2 run (Jones pass from Nixon), 3:32. TCU-FG Oberkrom 22, :19. First Overtime TCU-Porter 7 pass from Kohlhausen (Oberkrom kick). Ore-Freeman 1 run (Schneider kick). Second Overtime Ore-FG Schneider 44. TCU-FG Oberkrom 46. Third Overtime TCU-Kohlhausen 8 run (pass failed). A-64,569. Ore TCU First downs 21 27 Rushes-yards 48-186 47-174 Passing 233 371 Comp-Att-Int 20-35-0 30-47-1 Return Yards 1 11 Punts-Avg. 7-32.4 5-36.0 Fumbles-Lost 4-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-24 8-83 Time of Possession 24:18 35:42

Georgia 24, Penn St. 17 Jacksonville, Fla. — Terry Godwin threw a touchdown pass on a trick play and caught one later, helping Georgia beat Penn State. The Bulldogs (10-3) won their fifth consecutive game to close the season, this one under interim coach Bryan McClendon and with incoming coach Kirby Smart watching from the stands. Smart had to like what he saw. Despite a makeshift coaching staff, the Bulldogs turned in one of their most complete performances since September. Penn St. 0 3 0 14 — 17 Georgia 3 14 7 0 — 24 First Quarter Geo-FG Morgan 44, 7:02. Second Quarter PSU-FG T.Davis 34, 8:08. Geo-Mitchell 44 pass from Godwin (Morgan kick), 6:46. Geo-Godwin 17 pass from Lambert (Beless kick), :24. Third Quarter Geo-Michel 21 run (Beless kick), 4:15. Fourth Quarter PSU-Lewis 17 pass from McSorley (T.Davis kick), 14:53. PSU-Hamilton 20 pass from McSorley (T.Davis kick), 6:14. A-58,212. PSU Geo First downs 16 17 Rushes-yards 32-120 41-166 Passing 281 161 Comp-Att-Int 22-42-1 12-23-0 Return Yards 0 36 Punts-Avg. 6-36.5 7-38.1 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 6-39 5-45 Time of Possession 31:22 28:38 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Penn St., Barkley 17-69, McSorley 7-31, Polk 3-10, Hackenberg 1-4, Lynch 1-4, Scott 1-4, Schwan 1-0, Team 1-(minus 2). Georgia, Michel 20-85, Marshall 14-62, McKenzie 1-26, Godwin 1-(minus 3). PASSING-Penn St., McSorley 14-270-142, Hackenberg 8-14-1-139, Team 0-1-0-0. Georgia, Lambert 10-20-0-115, Ramsey 1-2-0-2, Godwin 1-1-0-44. RECEIVING-Penn St., Godwin 6-133, Hamilton 5-71, Barkley 5-13, Lewis 3-53, Blacknall 1-7, Ky.Carter 1-3, Polk 1-1. Georgia, Mitchell 5-114, Godwin 4-34, Blazevich 2-13, Michel 1-0.

Haskell women turn back Ottawa; HINU men fall J-W Staff Reports

Haskell women 80, Ottawa 67 Ottawa — Tyler Sumpter scored 28 points, and Cerissa Honena-Reyes added 16 points to propel Haskell Indian Nations University to an 80-67 women’s basketball victory over Ottawa on Sat-

urday. Haskell outscored Hannah Thomas scored Ottawa by 10 points in the nine points each. fourth quarter. 19 19 20 22 — 80 Kortney Meat added Haskell Ottawa 18 9 28 12 — 67 nine points, and Ember Haskell — Tyler Sumpter 28, Sloan scored eight for Brandi Buffalo 6, Kortney Meat 9, Cerissa Honena-Reyes 16, Arnetia Haskell (13-3). Begay 7, Ember Sloan 8, Tinaya Ashley Romig and Murphy 3, Justina Coriz 3. Ottawa — Ashley Romig 16, Madi Stewart scored 16 Morgan Grammer 5, Connor points apiece to lead Ot- Strader 2, Alexa Beck, Madi Stewart 16, Chelsea Hodison 2, tawa, which fell to 5-9. Williams 9, Callie Tucker 2, Kaylee Williams and Kaylee Hannah Thomas 9.

Ottawa men 74 and Tsalidi Sequoyah and Haskell 60 Ralston Moore scored 10 Ottawa — Marshon points apiece. Norfleet scored 21 points ,and Preston Oakes had 12 Haskell 22 38 — 60 30 44 — 74 points and 10 rebounds to Ottawa Haskell — Dallas Rudd 8, Tsalidi lead Ottawa’s men’s bas- Sequoyah 10, Keith moore 4, Ralston ketball team past Haskell, Moore 10, Joe Moudy 8, Wilber Everett 20. 74-60. Ottawa — John O’con 8, Hollis Wilber Everett to- Mitchell 11, Alex Hasty 2, Marshon taled 20 points and 12 re- Norfleet 21, Preston Oakes 12, Mike McKinney 3, Pat Jones 2, Zach Brown bounds for Haskell (3-10), 3, Logan Bullinger 10, Riley Falk 2.

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KANSAS WOMEN’S HOOPS PREVIEW When: 2 p.m. today Where: Allen Fieldhouse Who: West Virginia (113, 0-1) at Kansas (5-7, 0-1) Series: Tied 4-4 Television: Jayhawk Network (WOW! channels 37, 226) Big 12 eye-opener: The Kansas women’s basketball team’s first foray into Big 12 play under new head coach Brandon Schneider served as a reminder about how difficult it can be to win conference games. After Oklahoma handled the Jayhawks, 67-44, in Norman, Oklahoma, Schneider said KU showed its youth. “Well, I think with this particular team, regardless of time or score, you have to coach these young guys every possession,” KU’s coach said. “Every opportunity is a chance to get better. Jayde (Christopher, a freshman point guard) sometimes can get the ball up the court really quickly, and she just needs to make sure that everyone is in their spot before she gets us into a particular set.” Tough to score: Kansas (5-7 overall, 0-1 Big 12) hasn’t shot the ball well this season, overall. The Jayhawks have made only 38.8 percent of their field-goal attempts. Things won’t be any easier with West Virginia (11-3, 0-1) visiting Allen Fieldhouse. The Mountaineers have held opponents to 33.5 percent shooting, which ranks 17th in the nation. Streaking: WVU senior guard Bria Holmes enters today’s matchup shooting 53.2 percent from the floor and averaging 17.1 points per game. The 6-foot-1 senior, who is on the Wooden Award Top 30 List, has scored in double figures in 13 consecutive games. Slumping: KU has lost three straight games and five of its last six. Even the team’s leading scorer, sophomore guard Lauren Aldridge (11.9 points per game), finds herself in a shooting funk. Aldridge missed all seven of her tries at OU, shot 1-for-8 in a loss to Oral Roberts and has made just five total field goals on 28 attempts (17.9 percent) during KU’s three-game skid.

Probable starters Kansas (5-7 overall, 0-1 Big 12) G — Lauren Aldridge, 5-7, so. G — Jayde Christopher, 5-8, fr. G — Kylee Kopatich, 5-10, fr. F — Jada Brown, 6-0, fr. F — Caelynn ManningAllen, 6-4, jr. West Virginia (11-3, 0-1) G — Chania Ray, 5-8, soph. G — Katrina Pardee, 5-9, fr. G — Bria Holmes, 6-1, sr. F — Arielle Roberson, 6-1, sr. C — Lanay Montgomery, 6-5, jr.

Veritas rolls past CHIEF J-W Staff Reports

Manhattan — Tori Huslig scored 22 points, and Holly Scott added 10, and Veritas Christian defeated Manhattan CHIEF, 56-35, in high school girls basketball Saturday night. Veritas improved to 5-2. Veritas 16 12 15 13 — 56 Manhattan 9 6 13 7 — 35 Veritas — Titi Shepard 6, Holly Scott 10, Alyssa Krestan 6, Emma Wilson 7, Deleany Shelton 2, Chloe Holland 3, Tori Huslig 22.

Sunday, January 3, 2016

KANSAS 102, BAYLOR 74

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Drew: Jayhawks obvious No. 1 By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

Roughly 18 minutes after the final horn sounded on his team’s 102-74 loss at second-ranked Kansas University, Baylor coach Scott Drew tried to scoop the Associated Press voters whose weekly Top 25 ballots are due tonight. “I think there’s no doubt who the No. 1 team in the nation is,” Drew said in his opening statement to the media inside Allen Fieldhouse. “If they’re shooting like this, and they take care of the basketball (and) defend, it’s gonna be hard for anybody to beat ’em.” That certainly was the case for the Bears (10-3 overall, 0-1 Big 12) Saturday, when KU (12-1, 1-0) raced to a 24-4 lead and never looked back en route to becoming the first team to top 80 points against Baylor in 61 games. Entering Saturday, that was the Big 12’s longest streak of holding opponents to 79 points or fewer. But

BAYLOR COACH SCOTT DREW (WITH YELLOW TIE) AND THE BEARS watch the final moments of their sixth straight loss to the Jayhawks. given that KU shattered the mark by 23 points, the Bears surely left town feeling like the streak was a distant memory. “We thought if we could do what our zone did last year to ’em … ”

Drew began. “Slow ’em down a little bit, give ourselves a chance to make it a game, take the crowd out of it. ... (That) obviously didn’t happen.” Not even close. KU’s torrid start had

more than a little to do with that. Asked to explain what went wrong in the opening six minutes, when KU shot 75 percent from the floor and 85 percent from three-point range, Baylor’s Taurean

Prince remained silent, and senior guard Lester Medford gave it a shot. “They just hit some great shots, played good basketball, got on a good run and stuck with it the whole game,” said Medford, who scored 15 points in 34 minutes. “They’re a great team. Any time you come to Kansas, you know that they are going to bring it.” Saturday, in many ways, redefined “bringing it.” The Jayhawks topped 100 points for the third time this season and the first time against a Big 12 foe since 2013. In addition to being the most points ever scored by Kansas against Baylor, the 28-point victory also marked KU’s biggest beat-down of the Bears since 1998, when KU topped BU, 94-47, in Lawrence. KU junior Wayne Selden Jr. certainly looked like he was gunning for those types of numbers. Selden, KU’s leading scorer — who,

with 24 points on 9-of-16 shooting, has topped 18 points five times this season — fell one point shy of tying a career-high and left quite an impression on the Bears. “Much more mature player,” Drew said. “Confident. He can do more. You look out there, and he’s a man now. That’s what you get when you get juniors and seniors.” Added Prince: “He’s definitely improved his three-point threat, and he’s always been a good driver. So when you become a good three-point shooter, it opens up a lot for you. He put on a show today.” It may be crazy-early in the Big 12 season, but Drew seemed to leave Lawrence with the firm belief the Jayhawks remained the favorite to win conference title No. 12 in a row. “If anything,” he said, “they might be tough to coach because they’ve got too many options, too many weapons.”

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY GUARD BRANNEN GREENE (14) GETS TO THE BUCKET after a foul from Baylor guard Al Freeman (25) during the second half of the Jayhawks’ 102-74 victory on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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a man,” said Selden, who scored 11 points Saturday in KU’s game-opening 24-4 run. “I’m confident,” he added. “I feel every one (shot) is going to go in when I take it, before I even shoot it. I feel that’s the ultimate confidence. That’s what I need and what the team needs.” What he needs after every game is a nice oneon-one talk with his mom. “After he does media ... in an hour or two we’ll talk,” Lavette said Saturday after the final horn. “(I’ll say) ‘I love you. Great game.’ Then we’ll move onto the next (game). We don’t get stuck into celebration for too long.” “She always texts me: ‘I love you no matter what,’” Selden said, admitting he likes to see mom and brother in their seats in the players’ family section behind the visitors’ bench. “I’m happy. I’m excited. I’m glad they can get to the games. My little brother looks up to me.

KANSAS GUARD WAYNE SELDEN JR. (1) RAISES UP THE FIELDHOUSE next to Baylor forward Taurean Prince during a first-half KU run. I’m just trying to perform for him,” he added. Anthony Selden was as proud as a brother could be Saturday. “He played really well. He was dishing the ball (four assists, no turnovers), getting rebounds (five) and scoring,” Anthony said. “Coming from my brother is the fact he could have done even better. I love watching him,” he added. “Some-

times I’m not here, but I watch them at home. It gets too crazy in here (fieldhouse) sometimes,” Anthony added, smiling. KU coach Bill Self acknowledges the possibility Selden is playing so well because of his family being in town his junior season. “I don’t know,” Self said, “because he was good before they moved here in the summer

(starring for KU’s goldmedal winning World University Games team). I think it was great she stayed back (in Massachusetts) the first couple years and kind of let him find his way and grow up. I think having her around, he’s been happy with it. I think she loves it here. He’s come into his own, and certainly I think having family around helps.” Wayne’s take on the matter? “It helps. I’m not sure that’s the reason. I think it’s just me growing up,” he said. “It helps a little bit,” conjectured Lavette Pitts, who works for Shelter, Inc. “We moved to Lawrence in August to be a support for him and also for my other son. Actually, the main reason was to be a support for Wayne, and to be a support for Wayne is me going to the games.” There were other reasons for Selden’s success being tossed around after Saturday’s win, which sets up a huge game against Oklahoma (12-0) at 8 p.m. Monday in Allen. “Wayne feels like it’s his team. Other guys take

ownership. He feels he has a much bigger role than he’s ever had,” Self said. “He’s driving the ball to set up his shot as opposed to hoping to make shots. It goes to the hard work he’s put in. He’s put in a lot of time. He’s really playing at a high level.” Selden noted: “Playing with two small guards (Mason and Graham) makes it a lot easier for me and everybody else. They get in the paint. I’m just open and taking open shots. “I don’t know if I’ve become a complete player,” Selden added. “I’m trying to become aggressive. I’ve got to rebound the ball more and play better defense, just try to do things to help the team win.” There’s nothing better to do after a big win, of course, than raid mom’s refrigerator. Selden explained a final benefit of having mom around town. “She is a certified chef,” Wayne said. “She went to school for it.” Does she have any specialty dishes? “Everything,” he said. “Mac and cheese, soul food, just everything.”

BOX SCORE BAYLOR (74) MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Taurean Prince 22 2-6 12-12 2-3 3 17 Lester Medford 34 5-12 4-5 0-4 3 15 Rico Gathers 29 5-8 2-4 1-9 2 12 Ishmail Wainright 22 3-7 0-0 3-7 4 7 Al Freeman 32 2-10 2-2 1-4 2 6 Johnathan Motley 21 2-8 4-6 2-6 5 8 Jake Lindsey 19 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 King McClure 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 Terry Maston 8 3-4 1-2 1-1 2 7 John Heard 2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 Austin Mills 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 Totals 23-59 25-31 10-35 24 74 Three-point goals: 3-11 (Medford 1-1, Wainright 1-2, Prince 1-3, McClure 0-1, Mills 0-1, Freeman 0-3). Assists: 8 (Medford 3, Prince, Wainright, Freeman, Motley, Lindsey). Turnovers: 12 (Wainright 3, Medford 2, Freeman 2, Prince, Gathers, Maston, McClure, team). Blocked shots: 7 (Prince 2, Motley 2, Gathers, Wainright, Mills). Steals: 4 (Prince 2, Medford, Lindsey). KANSAS (102) MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Wayne Selden Jr. 34 9-16 1-2 0-5 1 24 Perry Ellis 24 6-12 4-4 1-6 3 17 Devonté Graham 32 6-8 1-1 0-2 3 15 Frank Mason III 28 5-9 1-1 1-5 3 11 Hunter Mickelson 17 2-3 3-4 3-6 4 7 Brannen Greene 18 2-6 3-4 1-3 1 8 Landen Lucas 11 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 2 Jamari Traylor 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 4 0 Carlton Bragg Jr. 10 2-4 1-2 1-3 1 6 Cheick Diallo 6 2-4 0-0 0-2 1 4 Svi Mykhailiuk 4 0-1 5-6 0-1 0 5 Lagerald Vick 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 Evan Manning 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 Tyler Self 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 team 2-3 Totals 36-67 19-24 9-38 23 102 Three-point goals: 11-19 (Selden 5-6, Graham 2-4, Bragg 1-1, Vick 1-1, Ellis 1-2, Greene 1-2, Manning 0-1, Mason 0-2). Assists: 20 (Selden 4, Graham 4, Mason 4, Ellis 3, Traylor 2, Mickelson, Greene, Manning). Turnovers: 7 (Mason 2, Lucas 2, Ellis, Mickelson, Greene). Blocked shots: 5 (Mickeoson 3, Diallo, Traylor). Steals: 8 (Graham 3, Selden, Mason, Mickelson, Greene, Lucas). Baylor 32 42 — 74 Kansas 46 56 — 102 Officials: Doug Sirmons, Ron Groover, Darron George. Attendance: 16,300.

KANSAS 102, BAYLOR 74

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Self: KU-OU to be ‘1 vs. 1’ was in great pain late in Saturday’s game after getting hit in the arm. Kansas University’s “It was my funnybone, 102-74 rout of Baylor and I think. I’m fine,” Greene Oklahoma’s 87-83 home said after the contest. l victory over Iowa State Mickelson shines: on Saturday combined to set up a really big ESPN Hunter Mickelson had Big Monday showdown seven points, six boards between the Jayhawks and three blocks in 17 minutes. and Sooners. “He was active. His “I think it’s more than that,” KU coach Bill Self length bothers people,” said of an 8 p.m. meeting Self said. “All our bigs between the likely Nos. contributed and did some 1- and 2-ranked teams in good things, all six. I felt the country. KU figures Hunter today was the best to move up from No. 2 to he’s played as a starter in 1 in the AP poll and Okla- the minutes he’s got.” l homa from No. 3 to 2 folNew intro video: KU lowing Michigan State’s unveiled a new video loss to Iowa. “I think it’ll be 1 vs. 1,” before the start of JaySelf added. “If Oklahoma hawk player introducwins (which Sooners tions. “The video was did), they’ll be No. 1 in the great. It’s the first time coaches poll (USA To- I’ve seen a video like day), and we’ll be 1 in AP. that,” said Frank Mason “It doesn’t happen of- III. “They did a great job ten when 1 plays 1,” Self of putting that together. Definitely with the enadded, smiling. This will mark the sec- ergy in the gym, it got ond time in history KU us pumped and ready to has played as the No. play.” l 1-ranked team vs. No. 2. This, that: KU has The top-ranked Jayhawks fell to No. 2 Missouri, 77- won 25 straight con71, on Feb. 13, 1990 in Al- ference openers. ... KU has won 31 in a row in len. “This sets up a pretty Allen and six straight fun night on Monday,” vs. Baylor. ... It marked KU’s first 100-point Self said. KU on Saturday night scoring effort in Big 12 indicated there has been play since scoring 108 at least one No. 1 vs. 1 at Iowa State (Feb. 25) game. A Feb. 25, 2007 in 2013. ... The Jayhawks contest matched No. 1 Wisconsin (AP) vs. No. went 11-of-19 (57.9 per1 Ohio State (coaches). cent) from three. The The last time 1 faced 2 11 treys were the most was Nov. 12, 2013 when in a conference game No. 2 Michigan State since 11 in an overtime beat No. 1 Kentucky, 78- game against West Virginia on March 2, 2013. 74. l ... Selden had 18 points He’s OK: KU junior the first half. His high Brannen Greene, who had in a half is 19 last season eight points in 18 minutes, against Iowa State. By Gary Bedore

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY GUARD FRANK MASON III (0) ELEVATES TO SWING A PASS TO THE WING past Baylor guard Lester Medford during the first half of KU’s 102-74, Big 12-opening rout of Baylor on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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and Frank Mason III in the backcourt and Selden as the third ball-handler has been a huge factor in KU’s terrific start. It’s enough to raise the question of whether the team would have been better a year ago with Kelly Oubre Jr. in a sixth-man role. Too late to worry about that. The lineup is clicking perfectly so far this year. It’s always a good sign when a team practices what its coach preaches, and Self forever paints the move into Big 12 play as a major step up, one that requires improved performances. Clearly, his players took that message seriously, and evidence of that started before the 16,300 witnesses could see the players. “First conference game,” Graham said afterward. “We were all in the locker room, hyped, jumping around, telling the young guys how it would be, like Carlton (Bragg Jr.), the crowd was going to be loud, we knew everybody would be excited for conference play, and we know we’ve got to step our game up for conference play, and we were just prepared.” Just 128 seconds into the game, Graham spread his winning style all over the court, sandwiching a pair of three-pointers around a steal to give Kansas an 8-1 lead. Graham celebrates his three-pointers and those of teammates, but does it in a way that pleases his coach. “Devonté’s a great complement to Frank, because Frank’s not like that,” Self said. “Frank, during introductions, a guy may have to nudge

KANSAS GUARD DEVONTÉ GRAHAM (4) PULLS UP FOR A THREE against Baylor guard Al Freeman. him to make sure he’s awake to go out there. He doesn’t show emotion like that, even though he’s a fierce competitor, as everybody knows. “But Devonté’s one of those guys who smiles and has personality, and this team needs that. I think that we can be a little bit stone-faced at times and not quite as enthusiastic. I think Devonté and Carlton, more than anybody else, bring that to us.” Graham matched his season high with 15 points and took just eight shots from the field. He also had four assists, three steals and not a single turnover. Graham knows how to pressure defenses by getting to the lane and puts even more pressure on ball-handlers and passers at the other end. It’s fairly unusual for a player to have more steals than turnovers, but Graham has 25 steals and just nine turnovers. In the past six games, he has 21 assists, three turnovers and 11 steals. (Mason, Hunter Mickelson and Evan Manning also have more steals than turnovers.)

Self said that so far Selden has been the team’s “best player, hands down, but it’s a lot easier to play when those two little guys are out there with him. And I do have confidence in those guys being able to guard the ball and those guys being able to make plays for others.” Graham also was a huge factor in another game in which Kansas raced to an amazing start. In a 92-73 victory against UCLA in Maui, a game in which Kansas took a 59-33 halftime lead, Graham held the Bruins’ Bryce Alford (17.4 points per game) to one field goal and a seasonlow six points. Graham appears to be loving every minute of his sophomore season and won’t let any pressure of a No. 1 ranking taint that. He chose the perfect words to discuss that hot topic: “We might as well be happy with it and know guys are going to be coming for us trying to get that No. 1 spot, and we’ve got to be humble and hungry and just keep going at it and grinding.”

KANSAS FORWARD CARLTON BRAGG JR., CENTER, IMITATES A BUCKET by teammate Brannen Greene while flanked by Jamari Traylor, left, and Frank Mason III in the second half.

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KANSAS BIG MAN CHEICK DIALLO (13) PUTS UP A SHOT over Baylor forward Johnathan Motley.

Nov. 4 — Pittsburg State (exhibition), W 89-66 Nov. 10 — Fort Hays State (exhibition), W 95-59 Nov. 13 — Northern Colorado, W 109-72 (1-0) Nov. 17 — Michigan State at Chicago United Center, L 73-79 (1-1) Nov. 23 — Chaminade at Maui Invitational, W 123-72 (2-1) Nov. 24 — UCLA at Maui Invitational, W 92-73 (3-1) Nov. 25 — Vanderbilt at Maui Invitational, W 70-63 (4-1) Dec. 1 — Loyola (Md.), W 94-61 (5-1) Dec. 5 — Harvard, W 75-69 (6-1) Dec. 9 — Holy Cross, W 92-59 (7-1) Dec. 12 — Oregon State at Kansas City Shootout, W 82-67 (8-1) Dec. 19 — Montana, W 88-46 (9-1) Dec. 22 — at San Diego State, W 70-57 (10-1) Dec. 29 — UC Irvine, W 78-53 (11-1) Jan. 2 — Baylor, W 102-74 (12-1, 1-0) Jan. 4 — Oklahoma, 8 p.m. Jan. 9 — at Texas Tech, 8 p.m. Jan. 12 — at West Virginia, 6 p.m. Jan. 16 — TCU, 1 p.m. Jan. 19 — at Oklahoma State, 6 p.m. Jan. 23 — Texas, 1 p.m. Jan. 25 —at Iowa State, 8 p.m. Jan. 30 — Kentucky in Big 12/SEC Challenge, Allen Fieldhouse, TBA Feb. 3 — Kansas State, 8 p.m. Feb. 6 — at TCU, 11 a.m. Feb. 9 — West Virginia, 6 p.m. Feb. 13 — at Oklahoma, 1 p.m. Feb. 15 — Oklahoma State, 8 p.m. Feb. 20 — at Kansas State, 5 p.m. Feb. 23 —at Baylor, 7 p.m. Feb. 27 — Texas Tech, 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. Feb. 29 — at Texas, 8 p.m. March 5 — Iowa State, TBA March 9-12 — Big 12 tournament at Kansas City, Mo.

Sunday, January 3, 2016

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Oklahoma slips past Cyclones No. 12 Providence 83, St. John’s 65 Providence, R.I. — Kris Dunn had 26 points, nine rebounds and six assists.

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Big 12 Men No. 3 Oklahoma 87, No. 11 Iowa St. 83 Norman, Okla. — Buddy Hield scored 22 points, and Oklahoma beat Iowa State on Saturday night to match the second-best start in school history at 12-0. Ryan Spangler had 20 points and 12 rebounds, and Isaiah Cousins scored all 15 of his points in the second half for the Sooners in the Big 12 opener for both teams. Oklahoma plays at No. 2 Kansas on Monday in what could be a No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown after No. 1 Michigan State lost to Iowa on Tuesday night. Oklahoma, the nation’s top three-point shooting team, made only three of 16 threes in the first half, but was 8-of-13 in the second. Georges Niang scored 29 points, and Deonte Burton had 14 of his 19 points in the second half for Iowa State (11-2). Oklahoma led by two with the ball in the final minute, but turned it over. Iowa State’s Monte Morris had a good look, but missed a three-pointer with 5.8 seconds to go. Hield made two free with 3.5 seconds remaining to put the game out of reach. Hield missed four of his first five shots as Iowa State took an 18-9 lead. The Cyclones pushed their lead to 26-15 behind 11 early points by Niang. Oklahoma’s Dinjiyl Walker provided a spark with seven points in a two-minute span to cut Iowa State’s advantage to 28-22. Iowa State held on to lead 41-37 at halftime. Hield made just two of his first eight shots in the first half, but made four of his last six to finish with 14 points before the break. A three-pointer by Jordan Woodard cut Iowa State’s lead to a point in the early minutes of the second half. The Sooners finally tied the score on a pair of free throws by Khadeem Lattin with just under six minutes to play, and the Sooners finally took the lead on a three-pointer by Cousins. A lob from Cousins for a layup by Spangler gave the Sooners an 81-77 lead with 4:08 to play, but Iowa State battled back and made it a game to the end. IOWA ST. (11-2) McKay 3-8 4-6 10, Nader 2-7 0-0 4, Morris 5-11 2-2 12, Thomas 3-11 0-0 9, Niang 13-18 2-3 29, Cooke 0-0 0-0 0, Burton 8-11 0-1 19. Totals 34-66 8-12 83. OKLAHOMA (12-0) Spangler 8-13 2-3 20, Woodard 5-9 2-2 14, Cousins 5-14 2-2 15, Lattin 1-4 2-3 4, Hield 8-23 4-4 22, Walker 4-9 0-0 10, James 1-3 0-0 2, Manyang 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-75 12-14 87. Halftime-Iowa St. 41-37. 3-Point Goals-Iowa St. 7-16 (Burton 3-4, Thomas 3-8, Niang 1-2, Nader 0-1, Morris 0-1), Oklahoma 11-29 (Cousins 3-6, Woodard 2-3, Walker 2-4, Spangler 2-6, Hield 2-9, James 0-1). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Iowa St. 39 (McKay 9), Oklahoma 40 (Spangler 12). AssistsIowa St. 9 (Morris 3), Oklahoma 14 (Woodard 7). Total Fouls-Iowa St. 12, Oklahoma 12. A-NA.

No. 19 W. Virginia 87, Kansas St. 83, 2OT Manhattan — Jaysean Paige scored 18 of his 25 points after halftime, Tarik Phillip connected on a floater with 4.5 seconds left in the second overtime, and West Virginia toughed out a victory over Kansas State in the Big 12 opener for both teams. Phillip finished with 14 points and five assists for the Mountaineers (12-1, 1-0), and Daxter Miles Jr. had 10 points. Two free throws by D.J. Johnson with 22 seconds left in regulation sent the game to overtime, where the teams traded scores but couldn’t break the tie. The Mountaineers then used eight free throws and the big-time floater from Phillip late in the shot clock to seal the victory.

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OKLAHOMA’S KHADEEM LATTIN, LEFT, GRABS A REBOUND over Iowa State’s Simeon Carter. OU defeated ISU, 87-83, on Saturday night in Norman, Oklahoma. Barry Brown led Kansas State (10-3, 0-1) with 20 points on 6-of-12 shooting, while Wesley Iwundu, Kamau Stokes and Dean Wade combined for 44 points on 14of-29 shooting. After the Wildcats extended their one-point halftime lead to six midway through second half, Paige pulled West Virginia even with 4:08 to play and then gave the visitors a 69-67 lead with 1:07 to play. Johnson forced overtime with two free throws with under 30 seconds remaining. West Virginia’s press went against Kansas State’s defensive-minded efforts on the perimeter in the first half. The result was 24 fouls and 15 turnovers in the opening 20 minutes, in addition to a handful of calls that left coaches Bob Huggins and Bruce Weber irate. Kansas State used an 11-1 run to take a 24-15 lead with 7:59 left in the first half. But West Virginia rattled off 12 quick points to retake the lead. A tough drive by Carlbe Ervin II gave Kansas State a 34-33 halftime lead. WEST VIRGINIA (12-1) Holton 2-8 1-2 6, Ahmad 1-5 2-4 4, Williams 2-3 3-4 7, Carter 2-9 2-2 6, Miles Jr. 3-8 3-3 10, Myers 2-2 0-0 4, Paige 9-17 6-10 25, Adrian 1-4 0-0 2, Phillip 6-8 2-4 14, Watkins 0-0 0-0 0, Macon 4-4 1-2 9. Totals 32-68 20-31 87. KANSAS ST. (10-3) Wade 4-6 5-8 13, Hurt 1-3 0-1 2, Stokes 4-11 6-9 15, Edwards 3-7 1-3 7, Iwundu 6-13 4-4 16, Ervin II 1-3 2-3 4, Johnson 1-3 4-7 6, Brown 6-12 6-8 20, Budke 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-58 28-43 83. Halftime-Kansas St. 34-33. End Of Regulation-Tied 69. End Of 1st Overtime-Tied 75. 3-Point GoalsWest Virginia 3-20 (Miles Jr. 1-3, Holton 1-4, Paige 1-5, Phillip 0-1, Adrian 0-2, Carter 0-2, Ahmad 0-3), Kansas St. 3-19 (Brown 2-6, Stokes 1-7, Edwards 0-1, Iwundu 0-1, Ervin II 0-1, Hurt 0-1, Wade 0-2). Fouled OutJohnson. Rebounds-West Virginia 43 (Paige 7), Kansas St. 35 (Wade 8). Assists-West Virginia 17 (Phillip 5), Kansas St. 15 (Edwards, Stokes 3). Total Fouls-West Virginia 29, Kansas St. 24. Technical-West Virginia Bench. A-12,270.

Texas Tech 82, Texas 74 Lubbock, Texas — Devaugntah Williams’ 23 points led Texas Tech past Texas, its first win in a Big 12 home opener since 2007 and 10th win in a row. Toddrick Gotcher scored 18 points, and Norense Odiase had 13 points for the Red Raiders (11-1). Zach Smith added 10 points. Texas (8-5) junior Isaiah Taylor led the Longhorns with a career-high 35 points. TEXAS (8-5) Taylor 11-22 13-14 35, Felix 5-9 0-2 13, Yancy 0-1 0-0 0, Lammert 2-5 0-0 5, Ibeh 0-1 0-2 0, Mack 3-10 0-0 9, Holland 0-1 0-0 0, Davis Jr. 2-6 0-0 5, Roach Jr. 1-4 1-2 4, Cleare 1-1 1-2 3. Totals 25-60 15-22 74. TEXAS TECH (11-1) Williams 5-11 13-13 23, Smith 5-7 0-0 10, Evans 1-6 0-0 2, Gotcher 6-9 2-2 18, Odiase 4-8 5-5 13, Thomas 1-3 2-3 4, Gray 0-2 0-0 0, Ross 2-3 4-4 9, Temple 1-1 1-3 3. Totals 25-50 27-30 82. Halftime-Texas Tech 35-24. 3-Point Goals-Texas 9-28 (Felix 3-5, Mack 3-9, Lammert 1-3, Roach Jr. 1-4, Davis Jr. 1-4, Holland 0-1, Taylor 0-2), Texas Tech 5-12 (Gotcher 4-6, Ross 1-2, Thomas 0-1, Williams 0-3). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Texas 30 (Ibeh 10), Texas Tech 33 (Odiase 7). AssistsTexas 8 (Taylor 6), Texas Tech 13 (Evans, Smith 3). Total Fouls-Texas 25, Texas Tech 19. A-NA.

Top 25 Men No. 1 Michigan St. 69, Minnesota 61 Minneapolis — Bryn Forbes scored 20 points, making three three-pointers in the second half to help top-ranked Michigan State stave off Minnesota for a victory in response to a loss at Iowa earlier in the week. Matt Costello contributed 17 points and 15 rebounds, both career highs, for the Spartans (14-1, 1-1) four days after they fell 78-63 to the Hawkeyes in their Big Ten opener to make this No. 1 billing in the Associated Press’ poll short-lived. MICHIGAN ST. (14-1)

Forbes 7-17 2-2 20, Costello 5-11 Oklahoma State 69, 7-9 17, Nairn Jr. 2-4 0-0 4, Harris 3-7 TCU 48 4-4 10, Schilling 3-4 2-2 8, Ahrens Stillwater, Okla. — 0-0 0-0 0, Bess 0-0 0-0 0, Ellis III 0-0 0, McQuaid 0-2 0-0 0, Davis 4-4 Jeff Newberry poured in 0-0 2-3 10, Goins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-49 a game-high 23 points, 17-20 69. (6-8) including 11 in a row dur- MINNESOTA Mason 5-17 3-4 16, Murphy 7-18 0-4 ing a three-minute span 14, Morris 2-8 3-4 7, Konate 3-4 0-0 of the second half, to lead 6, King 1-6 4-4 7, McBrayer 0-3 0-0 0, Dorsey 4-9 2-3 11, Gilbert 0-0 0-0 Oklahoma State. 0, Diedhiou 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-65 Newberry, who also 12-19 61. Halftime-Michigan St. 32-29. 3-Point had a game-high eight Goals-Michigan St. 4-13 (Forbes 4-9, rebounds, tallied 16 McQuaid 0-2, Harris 0-2), Minnesota 5-20 (Mason 3-7, King 1-4, Dorsey 1-4, points in the second half McBrayer 0-1, Murphy 0-2, Morris 0-2). to help Oklahoma State Fouled Out-King. Rebounds-Michigan 43 (Costello 15), Minnesota 33 (9-4, 1-0) break open a St. (Murphy 9). Assists-Michigan St. two-point game at half- 16 (Nairn Jr. 7), Minnesota 11 (King, time. With the Cowboys Mason 3). Total Fouls-Michigan St. 21, leading 45-33, the senior Minnesota 21. A-12,836. guard scored his team’s next 11 points to provide No. 4 Maryland 72, Oklahoma State with a Northwestern 59 Evanston, Ill. — Melo 56-36 cushion with 5:18 Trimble scored 24 points, to play. Rasheed Sulaimon added TCU (8-5) 16 points, and Maryland Brodziansky 2-4 1-2 5, Shepherd 0-3 0-1 0, M. Williams 2-6 0-0 4, Trent 4-11 beat Northwestern. 3-4 11, Parrish 0-5 0-0 0, Shreiner 1-2 1-1 3, Collins 2-7 6-8 11, Miller 1-3 0-0 2, Abron 0-2 5-6 5, Washburn 3-7 1-3 7. Totals 15-50 17-25 48. OKLAHOMA ST. (9-4) Hammonds 4-10 2-2 11, Allen Jr. 2-3 0-0 4, Evans 2-7 9-10 13, Newberry 8-13 4-4 23, Carroll 4-9 0-0 10, Stuen 0-0 0-0 0, Griffin 0-3 0-0 0, Burton 0-2 0-0 0, Shine 1-2 0-0 2, Ibaka 0-1 0-0 0, McElroy 0-0 0-0 0, Olivier 1-3 2-2 4, Lienhard 0-0 0-0 0, Solomon 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 23-56 17-18 69. Halftime-Oklahoma St. 26-24. 3-Point Goals-TCU 1-17 (Collins 1-5, Brodziansky 0-1, Shreiner 0-1, Parrish 0-2, M. Williams 0-3, Trent 0-5), Oklahoma St. 6-18 (Newberry 3-5, Carroll 2-5, Hammonds 1-4, Griffin 0-1, Shine 0-1, Evans 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-TCU 34 (Abron, Washburn 5), Oklahoma St. 39 (Newberry 8). Assists-TCU 4 (Brodziansky, Shepherd, Shreiner, Trent 1), Oklahoma St. 11 (Burton, Evans, Griffin 3). Total Fouls-TCU 17, Oklahoma St. 24. A-5,191.

MARYLAND (13-1) Layman 4-8 0-1 9, Dodd 0-0 0-0 0, Carter 3-12 2-6 8, Sulaimon 6-9 0-0 16, Trimble 8-16 3-3 24, Brantley 1-1 0-0 2, Nickens 1-8 0-0 3, Ram 0-0 0-0 0, Stone 4-4 2-2 10. Totals 27-58 7-12 72. NORTHWESTERN (13-2) Lumpkin 1-6 0-0 2, Falzon 1-4 6-8 8, Van Zegeren 3-3 2-7 8, Demps 4-16 0-0 9, McIntosh 7-16 3-4 17, Lindsey 2-5 2-2 7, Ash 0-1 0-0 0, Taphorn 0-2 0-0 0, Skelly 0-1 0-0 0, Pardon 4-5 0-1 8. Totals 22-59 13-22 59. Halftime-Maryland 40-20. 3-Point Goals-Maryland 11-31 (Trimble 5-12, Sulaimon 4-6, Layman 1-4, Nickens 1-6, Carter 0-3), Northwestern 2-20 (Lindsey 1-3, Demps 1-6, Taphorn 0-1, Skelly 0-1, Ash 0-1, Falzon 0-2, Lumpkin 0-3, McIntosh 0-3). Rebounds-Maryland 37 (Layman, Trimble 8), Northwestern 40 (Pardon 6). Assists-Maryland 21 (Trimble 8), Northwestern 11 (McIntosh 9). Total Fouls-Maryland 20, Northwestern 16. A-8,117.

ST. JOHN’S (7-8) Jones 3-9 1-1 7, Sima 6-9 2-5 14, Mussini 1-3 0-0 3, Balamou 4-11 3-4 11, Mvouika 1-4 0-0 2, Ellison 0-4 3-6 3, Alibegovic 4-9 2-2 10, Johnson 2-10 3-4 8, Yakwe 2-4 3-3 7. Totals 23-63 17-25 65. PROVIDENCE (14-1) Bentil 6-12 8-9 20, Bullock 5-8 2-4 13, Dunn 9-17 4-7 26, Lindsey 2-6 2-3 8, Lomomba 0-1 3-4 3, Woodring 0-0 0-0 0, Chambers 0-0 0-0 0, Council II 0-1 0-0 0, Cartwright 4-6 1-3 11, Edwards 0-2 0-0 0, Planek 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 26-53 22-32 83. Halftime-Providence 43-31. 3-Point Goals-St. John’s 2-13 (Mussini 1-3, Johnson 1-3, Balamou 0-1, Mvouika 0-1, Ellison 0-1, Alibegovic 0-4), Providence 9-23 (Dunn 4-7, Cartwright 2-2, Lindsey 2-6, Bullock 1-3, Edwards 0-1, Council II 0-1, Bentil 0-3). Fouled Out-Ellison, Johnson. Rebounds-St. John’s 34 (Sima 8), Providence 43 (Bentil, Dunn 9). Assists-St. John’s 6 (Balamou 3), Providence 16 (Dunn 6). Total Fouls-St. John’s 25, Providence 24. Technicals-Johnson, St. John’s Bench, Bentil. A-12,410.

No. 5 Virginia 77, Notre Dame 66 Charlottesville, Va. — Anthony Gill scored seven of his 14 first-half No. 13 Miami 64, points during a 21-4 run. Syracuse 51 Coral Gables, Fla. NOTRE DAME (9-4) Torres 1-2 0-0 2, Beachem 5-8 0-1 — Sheldon McClellan 10, Ryan 3-6 0-0 7, Farrell 0-0 0-0 0, Jackson 7-17 0-0 18, Burgett 0-0 0-0 0, scored 22 points. Auguste 0-2 1-2 1, Vasturia 6-11 0-0 14, Colson 5-10 4-4 14. Totals 27-56 5-7 66. VIRGINIA (12-1) Hall 2-4 0-0 5, Shayok 0-0 0-0 0, Tobey 5-9 5-5 15, Gill 7-10 7-11 21, Brogdon 9-14 4-6 24, Wilkins 1-3 0-0 2, Perrantes 1-5 0-0 3, Thompson 3-4 1-2 7. Totals 28-49 17-24 77. Halftime-Virginia 36-24. 3-Point Goals-Notre Dame 7-22 (Jackson 4-10, Vasturia 2-4, Ryan 1-4, Colson 0-1, Beachem 0-3), Virginia 4-11 (Brogdon 2-5, Hall 1-2, Perrantes 1-3, Thompson 0-1). Fouled Out-Torres. ReboundsNotre Dame 25 (Colson 8), Virginia 30 (Gill, Tobey 6). Assists-Notre Dame 8 (Jackson 6), Virginia 17 (Perrantes 5). Total Fouls-Notre Dame 17, Virginia 12. A-14,389.

SYRACUSE (10-5) Roberson 2-9 1-1 5, Gbinije 3-14 4-9 10, Cooney 2-7 0-0 5, Richardson 7-15 1-2 20, Coleman 2-4 0-0 4, Joseph 0-3 0-0 0, Lydon 2-4 2-2 7, Obokoh 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-56 8-14 51. MIAMI (12-1) Murphy 4-5 0-0 8, Jekiri 2-5 0-1 4, Reed 1-7 2-3 4, McClellan 5-11 12-14 22, Rodriguez 1-9 1-1 3, Newton 3-5 6-10 14, Lawrence Jr. 0-1 1-2 1, Palmer 1-3 1-1 3, Cruz Uceda 1-6 2-2 5. Totals 18-52 25-34 64. Halftime-Syracuse 25-17. 3-Point Goals-Syracuse 7-22 (Richardson 5-6, Lydon 1-3, Cooney 1-5, Joseph 0-1, Gbinije 0-7), Miami 3-25 (Newton 2-2, Cruz Uceda 1-5, Palmer 0-1, Reed 0-4, McClellan 0-6, Rodriguez 0-7). Fouled Out-Coleman. Rebounds-Syracuse 41 (Roberson 11), Miami 41 (Murphy 8). Assists-Syracuse 7 (Gbinije 4), Miami 9 (Rodriguez 4). Total Fouls-Syracuse 25, Miami 14. A-NA.

No. 6 Xavier 88, No. 9 Butler 69 Cincinnati — Remy Abell scored a careerhigh 21 points, and Xavier recovered from its first Iowa 70, loss of the season by beat- No. 14 Purdue 63 West Lafayette, Ind. ing Butler. — Jarrod Uthoff scored BUTLER (11-3) 25 points, Peter Jok had Etherington 1-2 0-0 3, Wideman 2-4 1-2 5, Martin 5-13 0-0 11, Gathers 1-5 11 points and nine re0-0 2, Jones 4-9 6-8 14, Lewis 3-7 3-3 bounds, and Iowa erased 10, Davis 0-1 1-2 1, Dunham 4-12 2-3 13, Bennett 0-0 0-0 0, Chrabascz 4-9 1-2 10, a 17-point halftime deficit. Fowler 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-62 14-20 69. XAVIER (13-1) Reynolds 5-6 2-4 13, Farr 4-9 0-0 8, Bluiett 5-12 2-4 13, Abell 7-8 4-5 21, Davis 4-8 0-0 11, Austin Jr. 1-2 0-0 2, Burgess 0-0 1-2 1, Bergen 0-0 0-0 0, Stainbrook 0-0 0-0 0, Gates 2-3 4-4 10, Coker 0-1 0-0 0, O’Mara 1-1 2-2 4, Macura 2-5 1-1 5. Totals 31-55 16-22 88. Halftime-Xavier 45-35. 3-Point GoalsButler 7-15 (Dunham 3-5, Chrabascz 1-1, Etherington 1-2, Lewis 1-2, Martin 1-3, Gathers 0-2), Xavier 10-21 (Abell 3-3, Davis 3-6, Gates 2-3, Reynolds 1-1, Bluiett 1-6, Macura 0-2). Fouled OutWideman. Rebounds-Butler 31 (Martin 7), Xavier 36 (Farr 10). Assists-Butler 14 (Jones 6), Xavier 18 (Davis 5). Total Fouls-Butler 21, Xavier 21. A-10,498.

IOWA (11-3) Uthoff 7-16 10-14 25, Woodbury 3-7 0-0 6, Clemmons 3-9 0-0 8, Gesell 2-5 2-4 7, Jok 5-13 1-2 11, Wagner 0-0 0-0 0, Ellingson 0-0 0-0 0, Uhl 2-5 0-0 6, Baer 3-3 0-0 7. Totals 25-58 13-20 70. PURDUE (13-2) Edwards 2-3 2-2 7, Swanigan 3-10 0-2 6, Haas 3-4 0-0 6, Thompson 0-4 1-2 1, Davis 1-7 1-2 4, Hill 1-6 2-2 4, Cline 1-2 0-0 3, Hammons 5-6 1-2 11, Stephens 4-9 2-3 12, Mathias 3-8 0-0 9. Totals 23-59 9-15 63. Halftime-Purdue 37-20. 3-Point Goals-Iowa 7-19 (Uhl 2-3, Clemmons 2-4, Baer 1-1, Gesell 1-2, Uthoff 1-3, Jok 0-6), Purdue 8-25 (Mathias 3-8, Stephens 2-6, Edwards 1-1, Cline 1-2, Davis 1-5, Hill 0-1, Thompson 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Iowa 37 (Jok 9), Purdue 38 (Hammons 7). Assists-Iowa 14 (Gesell 7), Purdue 17 (Edwards, Mathias, Thompson 3). Total Fouls-Iowa 16, Purdue 18. A-14,846.

No. 17 SMU 72, South Florida 58 Dallas — Nic Moore, Sterling Brown and Markus Kennedy each scored 13 points, and SMU beat South Florida in head coach Larry Brown’s first home game of the season. SOUTH FLORIDA (3-12) Perry 4-7 4-5 12, Nunez 2-12 2-2 6, Zeigler 5-7 1-2 12, Cousins 5-7 0-0 10, McMurray 7-16 0-0 17, Morillo 0-4 1-2 1, Bodway 0-0 0-0 0, Guerrero 0-1 0-0 0, Santos 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-54 8-11 58. SMU (13-0) B. Moore 3-9 6-6 12, Tolbert 2-5 4-6 8, Milton 3-10 2-2 9, Brown 5-6 0-0 13, N. Moore 3-11 5-8 13, Kennedy 5-7 3-4 13, Foster 2-8 0-0 4. Totals 23-56 20-26 72. Halftime-SMU 33-30. 3-Point GoalsSouth Florida 4-14 (McMurray 3-9, Zeigler 1-1, Morillo 0-1, Nunez 0-3), SMU 6-23 (Brown 3-4, N. Moore 2-9, Milton 1-7, Foster 0-3). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-South Florida 30 (Cousins 8), SMU 39 (B. Moore, Tolbert 10). Assists-South Florida 10 (Perry 4), SMU 17 (Milton 5). Total Fouls-South Florida 21, SMU 12. A-6,852.

No. 20 Texas A&M 92, Arkansas 69 College Station, Texas — Senior guard Jalen Jones scored a careerhigh 28 points, and Texas A&M beat Arkansas. ARKANSAS (6-7) Durham 2-5 0-0 4, Bell 5-13 2-2 16, Watkins 5-10 0-1 10, Kingsley 3-7 5-6 11, Miles 0-4 0-0 0, Thompson 1-3 4-5 6, Hannahs 3-5 3-6 10, Whitt 3-5 1-2 8, Beard 1-6 0-0 2, Kouassi 1-1 0-2 2. Totals 24-59 15-24 69. TEXAS A&M (11-2) A. Collins 2-4 0-0 4, Jones 9-13 6-7 28, Caruso 4-5 1-2 11, House 4-9 4-5 14, Davis 0-3 4-10 4, Hogg 3-10 0-0 7, Gilder 3-5 2-2 10, Trocha-Morelos 5-11 0-0 10, Aparicio 0-1 0-0 0, Byers 0-0 0-0 0, Dobbins 1-2 0-0 2, Distefano 0-0 0-0 0, Miller 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 32-65 17-26 92. Halftime-Texas A&M 47-26. 3-Point Goals-Arkansas 6-16 (Bell 4-9, Whitt 1-1, Hannahs 1-3, Durham 0-1, Beard 0-2), Texas A&M 11-26 (Jones 4-6, Caruso 2-2, House 2-4, Gilder 2-4, Hogg 1-7, Aparicio 0-1, Trocha-Morelos 0-1, A. Collins 0-1). Fouled Out-Miller. Rebounds-Arkansas 38 (Kingsley 7), Texas A&M 40 (Trocha-Morelos 10). Assists-Arkansas 16 (Durham 5), Texas A&M 20 (A. Collins 8). Total Fouls-Arkansas 19, Texas A&M 21. A-11,332.

No. 22 Cincinnati 76, Tulsa 57 Cincinnati — Farad Cobb had five threepointers and finished with 21 points as Cincinnati snapped a two-game losing streak by building a 24-point first-half lead and beating Tulsa. TULSA (8-6) Smith 3-5 1-2 7, Harrison 6-15 8-9 21, Taplin 1-4 0-0 2, Ray 1-4 0-0 2, Woodard 3-11 2-4 9, Birt 3-8 5-6 13, Curtis 1-4 0-0 2, Wright 0-2 0-0 0, Swannegan 0-1 1-4 1, Ezechinonso 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-54 17-25 57. CINCINNATI (11-4) Moore 2-5 2-2 8, Evans III 1-3 0-0 2, Ellis 2-3 2-3 6, Jenifer 2-3 2-2 7, Caupain 3-9 0-0 8, Clark 3-6 1-2 7, Cobb 8-14 0-0 21, DeBerry 2-3 2-4 6, Thomas 2-5 0-0 4, Johnson 2-8 1-2 7. Totals 27-59 10-15 76. Halftime-Cincinnati 42-28. 3-Point Goals-Tulsa 4-21 (Birt 2-4, Harrison 1-3, Woodard 1-7, Taplin 0-2, Curtis 0-2, Ray 0-3), Cincinnati 12-23 (Cobb 5-7, Moore 2-3, Caupain 2-4, Johnson 2-5, Jenifer 1-1, Thomas 0-1, Evans III 0-2). Fouled Out-Wright. ReboundsTulsa 31 (Birt 6), Cincinnati 39 (Clark 14). Assists-Tulsa 14 (Harrison 6), Cincinnati 20 (Caupain 7). Total FoulsTulsa 15, Cincinnati 24. Technical-Ellis. A-10,102.

No. 7 N. Carolina 86, Georgia Tech 78 Chapel Hill, N.C. — Joel Berry II scored a career-high 19 points and hit the go-ahead three- No. 15 Duke 81, pointer with 5:07 left to Boston College 64 Boston — Brandon Inhelp North Carolina beat gram had 25 points and Georgia Tech. nine rebounds to lead GEORGIA TECH (10-4) Duke over Boston ColMitchell 7-13 0-0 14, Jacobs 3-9 0-0 No. 24 S. Carolina 86, 6, Smith 7-15 0-0 20, Georges-Hunt 6-9 lege. Memphis 76 12-15 25, Heath 1-3 0-0 2, Lammers 1-5 3-4 5, White 1-3 0-0 2, Jorgenson 0-2 DUKE (12-2) Columbia, S.C. — 0-0 0, Stephens 1-3 0-0 2, Jackson 0-2 Ingram 9-18 3-4 25, Plumlee 0-0 1-4 Sindarius Thornwell 0-0 0, Heyward 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-64 1, Allen 5-8 7-8 17, Thornton 1-2 1-2 15-19 78. 3, Jones 5-10 3-5 16, Jeter 0-0 2-4 2, scored 18 points, Michael NORTH CAROLINA (13-2) Kennard 7-11 2-3 17, Pagliuca 0-0 0-0 0. Carrera had 16 points and Jackson 3-9 4-4 10, Johnson 6-12 Totals 27-49 19-30 81. 11 rebounds, and South 3-3 15, James 5-6 1-3 11, Berry II 5-11 BOSTON COLLEGE (7-7) 8-9 19, Paige 5-10 2-3 13, Hicks 5-7 2-2 Meznieks 0-3 0-0 0, Turner 2-4 0-0 6, Carolina outlasted Mem12, Pinson 0-2 1-2 1, Maye 0-0 0-0 0, Clifford 5-13 2-4 12, Robinson 6-11 3-3 Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Britt 1-2 3-3 5. Totals 15, Carter 7-16 3-4 19, Hicks 1-3 0-0 2, phis to improve to 13-0 30-59 24-29 86. Diallo 1-2 1-1 3, Owens 0-2 1-2 1, Milon and continue its best start Halftime-Georgia Tech 42-39. 1-1 0-0 3, Barnes-Thompkins 1-1 0-0 3. in 82 years. 3-Point Goals-Georgia Tech 7-15 (Smith 6-10, Georges-Hunt 1-2, Stephens 0-1, Jackson 0-1, Jorgenson 0-1), North Carolina 2-12 (Berry II 1-3, Paige 1-5, Britt 0-1, Pinson 0-1, Jackson 0-2). Fouled Out-Johnson, Mitchell. Rebounds-Georgia Tech 29 (Georges-Hunt, Lammers, Mitchell 6), North Carolina 39 (Johnson 11). Assists-Georgia Tech 16 (Heath 6), North Carolina 13 (Berry II 4). Total Fouls-Georgia Tech 25, North Carolina 18. A-17,392.

No. 10 Kentucky 83, Mississippi 61 Lexington, Ky. — Tyler Ulis had 20 points and 10 assists to help Kentucky beat Mississippi. MISSISSIPPI (10-3) Saiz 5-10 2-3 12, Gielo 2-5 1-2 6, Perez 2-5 1-2 5, Newby 1-2 3-4 5, Moody 6-9 9-9 23, Escobar 1-2 0-1 2, Davis 0-0 0-0 0, Hymon 1-4 2-4 4, Finley 0-1 0-0 0, Brooks 2-7 0-1 4, Fitzpatrick-Dorsey 0-2 0-0 0, Brutus 0-3 0-0 0, Coddington 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-50 18-26 61. KENTUCKY (11-2) Lee 6-9 1-5 13, Poythress 2-5 2-3 6, Ulis 8-13 3-4 20, Briscoe 2-8 2-4 6, Murray 7-17 0-0 18, Labissiere 4-7 1-2 9, Matthews 1-1 1-2 3, Humphries 0-1 0-0 0, Hawkins 0-1 0-0 0, Willis 3-4 0-0 8. Totals 33-66 10-20 83. Halftime-Kentucky 46-22. 3-Point Goals-Mississippi 3-14 (Moody 2-5, Gielo 1-3, Perez 0-1, Brooks 0-5), Kentucky 7-25 (Murray 4-12, Willis 2-3, Ulis 1-6, Poythress 0-1, Hawkins 0-1, Briscoe 0-2). Fouled OutLabissiere. Rebounds-Mississippi 27 (Saiz 6), Kentucky 41 (Poythress 9). Assists-Mississippi 7 (Brooks, Perez 2), Kentucky 18 (Ulis 10). Total Fouls-Mississippi 19, Kentucky 25. A-24,399.

Totals 24-56 10-14 64. Halftime-Duke 37-24. 3-Point Goals-Duke 8-23 (Ingram 4-9, Jones 3-7, Kennard 1-5, Thornton 0-1, Allen 0-1), Boston College 6-15 (Turner 2-3, Carter 2-6, Milon 1-1, BarnesThompkins 1-1, Hicks 0-2, Meznieks 0-2). Fouled Out-Carter. ReboundsDuke 35 (Allen, Ingram 9), Boston College 26 (Robinson 7). AssistsDuke 14 (Allen 5), Boston College 14 (Carter 5). Total Fouls-Duke 18, Boston College 25. A-7,963.

No. 16 Villanova 85, Creighton 71 Omaha, Neb. — Josh Hart scored 25 points, and Daniel Ochefu led Villanova’s powerful inside game with 19 points. VILLANOVA (12-2) Jenkins 1-3 0-0 2, Ochefu 9-10 1-1 19, Brunson 6-8 1-3 15, Hart 10-14 3-4 25, Arcidiacono 3-7 3-4 10, Booth 3-5 2-2 9, Bridges 2-3 1-2 5, Reynolds 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-50 11-16 85. CREIGHTON (10-5) Huff 5-11 3-4 13, Groselle 1-1 2-2 4, Thomas 1-6 0-0 2, Watson Jr. 6-13 3-6 15, Zierden 4-9 4-4 14, Harrell Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, Clement 0-0 0-0 0, Albert 1-2 0-0 2, Milliken 2-3 2-2 7, Hegner 2-6 0-0 6, Hanson 3-4 2-2 8. Totals 25-55 16-20 71. Halftime-Villanova 40-35. 3-Point Goals-Villanova 6-18 (Brunson 2-3, Hart 2-4, Booth 1-3, Arcidiacono 1-5, Bridges 0-1, Jenkins 0-2), Creighton 5-23 (Hegner 2-5, Zierden 2-7, Milliken 1-2, Watson Jr. 0-1, Thomas 0-3, Huff 0-5). Rebounds-Villanova 29 (Ochefu 7), Creighton 24 (Thomas 7). AssistsVillanova 20 (Jenkins 6), Creighton 12 (Watson Jr. 4). Total Fouls-Villanova 20, Creighton 18. A-17,375.

MEMPHIS (9-4) Burrell 1-7 0-0 2, Goodwin 3-10 7-7 13, Martin 2-5 4-7 10, K. Lawson 0-3 1-2 1, Tarrant Jr. 3-11 12-12 20, D. Lawson 2-7 1-2 6, Woodson 4-10 3-3 14, Crawford 3-7 2-3 8, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Marshall 1-1 0-0 2, McDowell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-61 30-36 76. SOUTH CAROLINA (13-0) Thornwell 4-8 9-14 18, Chatkevicius 2-6 5-6 9, Dozier 3-7 1-3 7, Carrera 4-11 6-9 16, Kacinas 2-7 4-4 8, Stroman 0-1 5-8 5, Gregory 1-1 0-0 2, Notice 1-8 12-12 15, McKie 0-0 0-0 0, Cobb 0-0 0-0 0, Silva 1-8 4-7 6. Totals 18-57 46-63 86. Halftime-Tied 42-42. 3-Point GoalsMemphis 8-22 (Woodson 3-9, Martin 2-2, Tarrant Jr. 2-5, D. Lawson 1-3, K. Lawson 0-1, Burrell 0-2), South Carolina 4-17 (Carrera 2-3, Thornwell 1-3, Notice 1-6, Chatkevicius 0-1, Dozier 0-1, Kacinas 0-3). Fouled Out-Burrell, Crawford, Goodwin, K. Lawson, D. Lawson. ReboundsMemphis 38 (Goodwin 9), South Carolina 53 (Carrera 11). AssistsMemphis 8 (Burrell 2), South Carolina 9 (Notice 3). Total Fouls-Memphis 41, South Carolina 27. A-13,035.

Big 12 Women No. 5 Texas 86, Texas Tech 62 Austin, Texas — Imani Boyette had 24 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks, and Texas beat Texas Tech to remain undefeated. Kelsey Lang added 13 points and eight rebounds for the Longhorns (13-0, 2-0 Big 12).

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Thunder 109, Hornets 90 Charlotte, N.C. — Kevin Durant had 29 points and 11 rebounds, and Oklahoma City pulled away in the second half to beat Charlotte. Russell Westbrook added 16 points for the Thunder, who put four other players in double figures in winning their fourth straight game. Kemba Walker scored 32 points, Jeremy Lin added 15, and P.J. Hairston had 10 for the Hornets, who made a run in the third quarter, cutting a 12-point Oklahoma City lead to two. Leading 66-54 at the break, Charlotte scored nine unanswered points to pull to 66-64 with 9:45 remaining in the third. But the Thunder responded with a 12-2 spurt to push their lead back to double digits. OKLAHOMA CITY (109) Durant 8-13 10-11 29, Ibaka 2-8 10-10 14, Adams 4-4 0-0 8, Westbrook 4-15 7-8 16, Roberson 0-1 0-0 0, Kanter 6-11 0-0 12, Collison 0-0 0-0 0, Waiters 4-10 1-3 10, Payne 3-5 1-2 7, Morrow 4-9 0-1 12, Singler 0-2 1-2 1, McGary 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 35-79 30-37 109. CHARLOTTE (90) Hairston 3-6 2-2 10, Williams 2-5 0-0 4, Zeller 2-5 3-4 7, Walker 10-24 11-12 32, Lin 5-15 4-6 15, Kaminsky 2-11 2-4 6, Lamb 3-12 2-2 9, Daniels 1-3 0-0 3, Hansbrough 1-1 2-4 4, Roberts 0-1 0-0 0, Harrison 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-84 26-34 90. Oklahoma City 34 32 21 22—109 Charlotte 22 32 22 14 — 90 Three-Point Goals-Oklahoma City 9-23 (Morrow 4-8, Durant 3-3, Waiters 1-3, Westbrook 1-3, Payne 0-1, Roberson 0-1, Ibaka 0-2, Singler 0-2), Charlotte 6-22 (Hairston 2-4, Daniels 1-2, Lamb 1-3, Lin 1-4, Walker 1-5, Harrison 0-1, Williams 0-1, Kaminsky 0-2). Rebounds-Oklahoma City 66 (Durant 11), Charlotte 48 (Williams 8). Assists-Oklahoma City 20 (Westbrook 7), Charlotte 18 (Walker 5). Total Fouls-Oklahoma City 27, Charlotte 27. Technicals-Lin, Walker. A-19,387 (19,077).

Nets 100, Celtics 97 Boston — Brook Lopez scored a season-high 30 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, leading Brooklyn to a victory over Boston. Joe Johnson added 20 points, Thaddeus Young scored 16 with 10 rebounds, and Bojan Bogdanovic had 13 points for the Nets, who won for the third time in 11 games. Isaiah Thomas had 24 points, and Jae Crowder scored 16 for Boston. BROOKLYN (100) J.Johnson 9-19 0-0 20, T.Young 7-16 2-2 16, Lopez 11-24 8-8 30, Jack 0-5 2-2 2, Bogdanovic 4-11 4-4 13, Reed 3-6 0-0 6, Ellington 1-4 3-4 5, Larkin 0-3 2-2 2, Bargnani 2-3 0-0 4, Sloan 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 38-93 21-22 100. BOSTON (97) Crowder 5-13 4-5 16, A.Johnson 3-4 1-2 7, Sullinger 3-8 0-0 7, Thomas 10-22 2-2 24, Bradley 1-4 0-0 2, Olynyk 3-5 0-0 7, Turner 4-11 4-4 12, Zeller 0-3 3-4 3, Smart 3-7 5-7 11, Jerebko 1-6 2-2 5, Lee 1-5 1-2 3, J.Young 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-88 22-28 97. Brooklyn 31 25 25 19—100 Boston 29 26 16 26 — 97 Three-Point Goals-Brooklyn 3-18 (J.Johnson 2-7, Bogdanovic 1-4, Jack 0-1, Sloan 0-1, Larkin 0-2, Ellington 0-3), Boston 7-32 (Crowder 2-6, Thomas 2-9, Sullinger 1-2, Olynyk 1-3, Jerebko 1-4, Bradley 0-2, Turner 0-3, Smart 0-3). Rebounds-Brooklyn 56 (Lopez 13), Boston 60 (A.Johnson 11). AssistsBrooklyn 23 (Jack 9), Boston 17 (Thomas 6). Total Fouls-Brooklyn 21, Boston 24. Technicals-Jack, Crowder, Smart, Thomas. Flagrant FoulsSullinger. A-18,624 (18,624).

Kings 142, Suns 119 Sacramento, Calif. — Kings coach George Karl moved into a tie for fifth on the NBA wins list with 1,155 when DeMarcus Cousins had 32 points and nine rebounds to lead Sacramento over Phoenix, which lost its eighth in a row. Karl matched Phil Jackson with the milestone victory. The 63-year-old Karl is 1,155-795 in 27 seasons. PHOENIX (119) Warren 9-19 1-2 19, Tucker 1-5 2-2 5, Chandler 2-2 2-3 6, Knight 9-17 4-5 23, Booker 6-10 7-8 21, Len 0-1 0-0 0, Teletovic 6-12 0-0 13, Price 3-5 2-2 10, Leuer 3-6 4-4 11, Goodwin 1-2 1-2 3, Weems 2-2 0-0 6, Cotton 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 43-83 23-28 119. SACRAMENTO (142) Casspi 4-8 3-3 13, Gay 8-16 0-0 16, Cousins 11-15 9-11 32, Rondo 6-11 2-2 15, McLemore 0-3 3-4 3, Belinelli 7-11 3-3 19, Collison 7-10 5-6 21, Koufos 3-3 2-5 8, Anderson 2-3 0-0 5, Curry 2-2 0-0 4, Cauley-Stein 2-3 0-0 4, Acy 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 53-87 27-34 142. Phoenix 18 35 34 32—119 Sacramento 31 28 44 39—142 Three-Point Goals-Phoenix 10-29 (Weems 2-2, Price 2-3, Booker 2-5, Tucker 1-2, Leuer 1-3, Knight 1-4, Teletovic 1-4, Cotton 0-1, Warren 0-5), Sacramento 9-23 (Casspi 2-4, Collison 2-4, Belinelli 2-5, Anderson 1-2, Rondo 1-2, Cousins 1-2, McLemore 0-2, Gay 0-2). Rebounds-Phoenix 32 (Knight, Warren 5), Sacramento 54 (Cousins 9). Assists-Phoenix 27 (Knight, Price 5), Sacramento 30 (Rondo 15). Total Fouls-Phoenix 28, Sacramento 23. Technicals-Chandler, Casspi, Sacramento Coach Karl. Flagrant Fouls-Belinelli. Ejected-Chandler. A-17,317 (17,317).

Cole Aldrich, Clippers Min: 12. Pts. 8. Reb: 9. Ast. 1 Darrell Arthur, Denver Min: 17. Pts: 12. Reb: 4. Ast. 0 Mario Chalmers, Memphis Min: 12. Pts: 8. Reb: 0. Ast: 1. Nick Collison, OKC Min: 7. Pts: 0. Reb: 2. Ast: 0. Joel Embiid, Philadelphia Did not play, inactive Sasha Kaun, Cleveland Did not play, inactive Ben McLemore, Sacramento Min: 22. Pts: 3. Reb: 1. Ast: 3. Marcus Morris, Detroit Min: 36. Pts: 11. Reb: 2. Ast: 4. Markieff Morris, Phoenix Did not play (coach’s decision)

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OKLAHOMA CITY’S KEVIN DURANT (35) SHOOTS OVER CHARLOTTE’S FRANK KAMINSKY III (44) and Jeremy Lamb during the second half of the Thunder’s 109-100 victory Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina. Pacers 94, Pistons 82 Indianapolis — Paul George scored 21 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter to lead Indiana. George Hill had 18 points, and Monta Ellis added 14 for the Pacers (19-14), who snapped a two game skid. Kentavious CaldwellPope had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Ersan Ilyasova and Reggie Jackson each scored 12 points for the Pistons DETROIT (82) Morris 5-13 1-2 11, Ilyasova 6-16 0-0 12, Drummond 5-12 1-8 11, Jackson 5-19 0-1 12, Caldwell-Pope 6-16 3-3 16, Jennings 1-5 2-2 4, Johnson 2-6 2-3 6, Baynes 3-5 4-4 10, Tolliver 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-93 13-23 82. INDIANA (94) George 9-18 10-12 32, Allen 1-3 0-0 2, Mahinmi 0-2 1-2 1, G.Hill 7-8 3-4 18, Ellis 5-14 3-3 14, J.Hill 4-7 0-2 8, Miles 3-8 1-2 8, Stuckey 1-4 1-2 3, S.Hill 2-4 0-0 4, Turner 1-5 2-2 4. Totals 33-73 21-29 94. Detroit 20 22 17 23—82 Indiana 24 17 23 30—94 Three-Point Goals-Detroit 3-20 (Jackson 2-5, Caldwell-Pope 1-7, Johnson 0-1, Tolliver 0-1, Morris 0-1, Jennings 0-2, Ilyasova 0-3), Indiana 7-18 (George 4-7, G.Hill 1-1, Ellis 1-3, Miles 1-5, Stuckey 0-1, S.Hill 0-1). Rebounds-Detroit 63 (Drummond 18), Indiana 55 (George 14). AssistsDetroit 17 (Jackson 5), Indiana 11 (Ellis, George 3). Total Fouls-Detroit 18, Indiana 22. Technicals-Detroit Coach Van Gundy 2, Detroit defensive three second. Ejected-Detroit Coach Van Gundy. A-18,165 (18,165).

Cavaliers 104, Magic 79 Cleveland — LeBron James scored 29 points as Cleveland beat Orlando for a 13th straight game. The Cavaliers’ lead reached 31 points in the third quarter of their third win over the Magic this season — and it wasn’t even the most lopsided matchup. On Dec. 11, Cleveland led by as many as 40 in a 111-76 rout. ORLANDO (79) T.Harris 2-5 0-0 4, Frye 1-4 0-0 3, Vucevic 2-5 0-0 4, Payton 0-5 0-0 0, Fournier 2-5 4-4 9, Ja.Smith 3-3 2-2 8, Gordon 5-10 0-0 11, Nicholson 2-6 1-2 6, Oladipo 3-11 0-1 6, Hezonja 3-11 2-2 10, Dedmon 4-6 0-0 8, Napier 2-5 6-6 10. Totals 29-76 15-17 79. CLEVELAND (104) James 11-18 3-4 29, Love 2-5 5-8 10, Thompson 4-6 2-8 10, Irving 4-12 5-7 13, J. Smith 1-7 0-0 3, Dellavedova 1-6 0-0 3, Shumpert 1-3 0-0 3, Jefferson 2-5 0-3 6, Mozgov 2-4 3-3 7, Jones 3-6 3-3 10, Williams 2-6 3-3 8, Varejao 0-1 0-0 0, Cunningham 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 34-82 24-39 104. Orlando 13 19 21 26 — 79 Cleveland 29 26 26 23—104 Three-Point Goals-Orlando 6-25 (Hezonja 2-6, Gordon 1-2, Nicholson 1-3, Fournier 1-4, Frye 1-4, Oladipo 0-2, T.Harris 0-2, Napier 0-2), Cleveland 12-37 (James 4-7, Jefferson 2-4, Shumpert 1-2, Love 1-2, Jones 1-4, Williams 1-4, J. Smith 1-5, Dellavedova 1-5, Irving 0-4). Rebounds-Orlando 49 (Gordon 7), Cleveland 63 (Love 13). Assists-Orlando 16 (Payton 4), Cleveland 24 (Dellavedova 6). Total Fouls-Orlando 29, Cleveland 17. Technicals-T.Harris, Orlando defensive three second. A-20,562 (20,562).

Bucks 95, T’wolves 85 Minneapolis — Greg Monroe had 19 points and 10 rebounds to help Milwaukee overcome O.J. Mayo’s wild ejection in a victory over Minnesota. John Henson scored 15 points for the Bucks, and Khris Middleton added

13. Mayo was forcibly removed from the court by coaches and security staff after he picked up two technical fouls in the first quarter. Ricky Rubio had 14 points, seven assists and six rebounds for the Timberwolves, who led 22-5 in the first quarter. Andrew Wiggins added 19 points on 7-for-17 shooting. MILWAUKEE (95) Antetokounmpo 3-9 4-4 11, Parker 4-7 4-4 12, Monroe 7-13 5-5 19, CarterWilliams 1-7 3-4 5, Middleton 4-11 2-3 13, Mayo 0-2 0-0 0, Henson 6-7 3-6 15, Bayless 4-13 2-2 13, Vaughn 2-5 0-0 5, O’Bryant 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 32-75 23-28 95. MINNESOTA (85) Prince 2-4 0-0 4, Garnett 2-4 0-0 4, Towns 4-17 0-0 8, Rubio 4-8 4-5 14, Wiggins 7-17 5-9 19, Muhammad 5-11 1-3 12, Dieng 3-5 3-3 9, LaVine 3-9 0-0 6, Jones 2-6 2-3 6, Payne 0-2 0-0 0, Bjelica 1-1 1-1 3. Totals 33-84 16-24 85. Milwaukee 15 29 28 23—95 Minnesota 28 19 23 15—85 Three-Point Goals-Milwaukee 8-16 (Middleton 3-5, Bayless 3-6, Antetokounmpo 1-2, Vaughn 1-3), Minnesota 3-14 (Rubio 2-3, Muhammad 1-2, Prince 0-1, Garnett 0-1, Payne 0-1, LaVine 0-3, Wiggins 0-3). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsMilwaukee 53 (Monroe 10), Minnesota 54 (Towns 10). Assists-Milwaukee 20 (Carter-Williams 6), Minnesota 19 (Rubio 7). Total Fouls-Milwaukee 18, Minnesota 18. Technicals-Mayo 2, Milwaukee defensive three second, Minnesota defensive three second. Ejected-Mayo. A-14,107 (19,356).

Paul Pierce, Clippers Did not play (coach’s decision) Thomas Robinson, Brooklyn Did not play (coach’s decision) Brandon Rush, Golden State Did not play (hamstring) Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota Min: 35. Pts: 19. Reb: 6. Ast: 1. Jeff Withey, Utah Min: 32. Pts: 12. Reb: 10. Ast: 2. NEW ORLEANS (105) Gee 2-3 1-2 5, Davis 13-22 5-6 31, Asik 0-0 1-2 1, Cole 7-16 2-2 16, Gordon 6-14 2-2 16, Douglas 0-2 0-0 0, Perkins 0-0 0-0 0, Holiday 8-14 2-4 20, R.Anderson 4-12 6-6 16. Totals 40-83 19-24 105. DALLAS (98) Parsons 2-6 1-2 6, Nowitzki 8-21 6-8 24, Pachulia 6-11 2-2 14, Barea 3-10 3-3 10, Matthews 7-13 0-0 18, Powell 1-1 0-0 2, Williams 4-8 2-2 11, Felton 5-7 2-2 13, McGee 0-2 0-0 0, Villanueva 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 36-83 16-19 98. New Orleans 26 22 26 31—105 Dallas 25 22 19 32 — 98 Three-Point Goals-New Orleans 6-20 (Gordon 2-5, R.Anderson 2-6, Holiday 2-6, Douglas 0-1, Cole 0-2), Dallas 10-25 (Matthews 4-10, Nowitzki 2-5, Parsons 1-1, Williams 1-2, Felton 1-2, Barea 1-3, Villanueva 0-2). Rebounds-New Orleans 60 (Davis 14), Dallas 38 (Pachulia 9). Assists-New Orleans 19 (Holiday 5), Dallas 20 (Barea 5). Total Fouls-New Orleans 19, Dallas 17. Technicals-New Orleans Coach Gentry, Dallas Coach Carlisle. A-20,152 (19,200).

NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 21 13 .618 — Boston 18 15 .545 2½ New York 15 19 .441 6 Brooklyn 10 23 .303 10½ Philadelphia 3 33 .083 19 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 21 13 .618 — Miami 19 13 .594 1 Orlando 19 15 .559 2 Charlotte 17 16 .515 3½ Washington 15 16 .484 4½ Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 22 9 .710 — Chicago 19 12 .613 3 Indiana 19 14 .576 4 Detroit 18 16 .529 5½ Milwaukee 14 21 .400 10 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 29 6 .829 — Dallas 19 15 .559 9½ Memphis 18 17 .514 11 Houston 16 19 .457 13 New Orleans 11 22 .333 17 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 24 10 .706 — Utah 15 17 .469 8 Portland 14 21 .400 10½ Denver 12 22 .353 12 Minnesota 12 22 .353 12 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 31 2 .939 — L.A. Clippers 22 13 .629 10 Sacramento 13 20 .394 18 Phoenix 12 24 .333 20½ L.A. Lakers 7 27 .206 24½ Saturday’s Games Brooklyn 100, Boston 97 Sacramento 142, Phoenix 119 Indiana 94, Detroit 82 Oklahoma City 109, Charlotte 90 Cleveland 104, Orlando 79 Milwaukee 95, Minnesota 85 San Antonio 121, Houston 103 New Orleans 105, Dallas 98 Utah 92, Memphis 87, OT L.A. Clippers 130, Philadelphia 99 Golden State 111, Denver 108, OT Today’s Games Chicago at Toronto, 2:30 p.m. Atlanta at New York, 2:30 p.m. Miami at Washington, 5 p.m. Portland at Denver, 8 p.m. Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m. Monday’s Games Toronto at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Indiana at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Boston at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. Orlando at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. San Antonio at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. Houston at Utah, 8 p.m. Memphis at Portland, 9 p.m. Charlotte at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Big 12 Men

Big 12 Overall W L W L Oklahoma 1 0 12 0 Kansas 1 0 12 1 West Virginia 1 0 12 1 Texas Tech 1 0 11 1 Oklahoma State 1 0 9 4 Iowa State 0 1 11 2 Baylor 0 1 10 3 Kansas State 0 1 10 3 TCU 0 1 8 5 Texas 0 1 8 5 Saturday’s Games West Virginia 87, Kansas State 83 2OT Texas Tech 82, Texas 74 Kansas 102, Baylor 74 Oklahoma State 69, TCU 48 Oklahoma 87, Iowa State 83 Monday’s Games West Virginia at TCU, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Oklahoma at Kansas, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday’s Games Oklahoma State at Baylor, 7 p..m. (ESPN2) Kansas State at Texas, 7 p.m. (LHN) Wednesday’s Game Texas Tech at Iowa State, 8 p.m. (ESPNU)

College Men’s Box

Saturday at McPherson BAKER 83, McPHERSON 53 Baker 45 38 — 83 McPherson 26 33 — 59 Baker scoring: D. Young 13, T. Johnson 11, M. Barnes 10, C. Bolton 8, G. Easter 7, N. Wilson 7, C. Martin 6, N. Guscott 4, J. Gray 4, T. Parker 4, B. Mick 3, C. Sunderland 2, K. Bramble 2, K. Campbell 2. McPherson scoring: A. Bachura 19, C. Crook 11, C. Lowe 10, R. O’Hara 8, L. Parker III 3, K. Lakin 2, R. Martinez 2, J. Haury 2, J. Wiltfong 2.

Jazz 92, Grizzlies 87, OT Salt Lake City — RodSpurs 121, ney Hood scored a caRockets 103 reer-high 32 points, and San Antonio — La- Utah fought off stingy College Men EAST Marcus Aldridge had 24 Memphis. Albany (NY) 75, Cornell 70 points, Kawhi Leonard MEMPHIS (87) Bryant 88, CCSU 72 added 22, and the Spurs Bucknell 84, Army 76 Allen 5-9 2-3 13, Je.Green 3-10 0-2 6, Canisius 92, Marist 83 8-20 4-5 20, Conley 5-16 3-6 15, made a season-high 13 Gasol Dayton 66, Duquesne 58 Lee 5-9 5-6 17, Randolph 4-10 0-4 8, three-pointers, avenging Chalmers 3-5 0-0 8, Hollins 0-1 0-0 0, Duke 81, Boston College 64 Georgetown 80, Marquette 70 Carter 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-81 14-26 87. an earlier loss to HousHofstra 90, Towson 58 UTAH (92) ton. Houston 77, Temple 50 Hayward 5-10 3-4 14, Lyles 2-2 2-2 7, HOUSTON (103) Ariza 4-10 0-0 10, Capela 4-6 0-0 8, Howard 6-9 10-17 22, Beverley 3-8 3-6 10, Harden 6-10 3-3 17, Jones 3-7 2-2 8, Lawson 3-6 0-0 6, Brewer 4-10 2-3 11, Terry 3-5 0-0 9, McDaniels 0-1 0-0 0, Harrell 1-2 0-2 2. Totals 37-74 20-33 103. SAN ANTONIO (121) Leonard 8-12 4-5 22, Aldridge 10-16 4-4 24, Duncan 0-3 0-0 0, Parker 0-6 2-2 2, Green 6-9 0-0 18, Mills 3-10 0-0 9, Ginobili 2-5 4-4 8, West 5-6 0-0 10, Simmons 3-4 0-0 6, Diaw 8-13 2-2 20, Marjanovic 0-2 0-0 0, Anderson 0-0 2-2 2, Bonner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 45-86 18-19 121. Houston 27 28 17 31—103 San Antonio 29 31 36 25—121 Three-Point Goals-Houston 9-22 (Terry 3-5, Ariza 2-4, Harden 2-5, Beverley 1-1, Brewer 1-3, Jones 0-2, Lawson 0-2), San Antonio 13-24 (Green 6-8, Mills 3-9, Diaw 2-2, Leonard 2-2, Simmons 0-1, Parker 0-2). ReboundsHouston 48 (Howard 12), San Antonio 44 (Aldridge 9). Assists-Houston 26 (Beverley 7), San Antonio 31 (Parker 10). Total Fouls-Houston 20, San Antonio 22. Technicals-Houston defensive three second, San Antonio defensive three second. A-18,652 (18,797).

Pelicans 105, Mavericks 98 Dallas — Anthony Davis had 31 points and 14 rebounds, and New Orleans ended a six-game losing streak in Dallas. Ryan Anderson hit a tiebreaking three-pointer in the fourth quarter, and the Pelicans went on to only their fourth road win this season. They won at Dallas for just the third time in 25 games in franchise history.

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SCOREBOARD

NBA roundup The Associated Press

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Withey 5-9 2-4 12, Neto 1-7 0-0 2, Hood 10-20 7-8 32, Booker 0-1 4-6 4, Pleiss 3-4 0-0 6, Burke 3-13 3-4 9, Johnson 1-3 0-0 3, Ingles 1-6 0-0 3. Totals 31-75 21-28 92. Memphis 25 20 24 15 3—87 Utah 28 18 20 18 8—92 Three-Point Goals-Memphis 7-18 (Chalmers 2-2, Lee 2-3, Conley 2-6, Allen 1-1, Carter 0-1, Je.Green 0-5), Utah 9-27 (Hood 5-10, Lyles 1-1, Johnson 1-1, Hayward 1-4, Ingles 1-5, Burke 0-3, Neto 0-3). Fouled Out-Withey. Rebounds-Memphis 52 (Je.Green 10), Utah 59 (Booker 11). Assists-Memphis 17 (Gasol, Conley 4), Utah 17 (Hayward 4). Total Fouls-Memphis 24, Utah 24. Technicals-Utah defensive three second 2. A-18,455 (19,911).

Clippers 130, 76ers 99 Los Angeles — DeAndre Jordan led six players in double figures with 22 points and 13 rebounds. PHILADELPHIA (99) Sampson 4-8 0-0 9, Grant 3-8 1-2 8, Noel 6-9 1-3 13, I.Smith 2-9 0-0 4, Canaan 0-5 0-0 0, Stauskas 6-10 0-0 18, Okafor 10-14 3-6 23, Covington 1-3 0-0 2, McConnell 0-3 0-0 0, Marshall 1-7 0-0 3, Landry 4-7 3-6 11, Holmes 4-6 0-0 8. Totals 41-89 8-17 99. L.A. CLIPPERS (130) Mbah a Moute 3-4 1-2 7, Johnson 4-8 0-0 12, Jordan 9-10 4-7 22, Paul 4-12 6-6 15, Redick 6-11 0-0 16, Crawford 4-6 5-5 13, Rivers 11-16 1-1 26, Prigioni 1-1 0-0 2, Aldrich 4-6 0-0 8, Stephenson 2-3 3-4 7, Dawson 1-2 0-0 2, J.Smith 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 49-81 20-25 130. Philadelphia 29 23 22 25— 99 L.A. Clippers 31 38 34 27—130 3-Point Goals-Philadelphia 9-23 (Stauskas 6-8, Sampson 1-2, Grant 1-3, Marshall 1-5, Covington 0-1, Holmes 0-1, McConnell 0-1, Canaan 0-2), L.A. Clippers 12-23 (Redick 4-5, Johnson 4-7, Rivers 3-4, Paul 1-4, Stephenson 0-1, Crawford 0-2). ReboundsPhiladelphia 41 (Noel 8), L.A. Clippers 53 (Jordan 13). Assists-Philadelphia 30 (I.Smith 10), L.A. Clippers 28 (Paul 14). Total Fouls-Philadelphia 21, L.A. Clippers 17. A-19,212 (19,060).

Iona 78, Quinnipiac 66 James Madison 73, Delaware 63 Lehigh 81, Boston U. 73 Loyola (Md.) 81, Lafayette 78 Maine 98, Brown 92 Manhattan 72, Fairfield 66 Mount St. Mary’s 79, LIU Brooklyn 63 NJIT 86, UMBC 83 Navy 65, Holy Cross 60 Penn 80, Binghamton 45 Pittsburgh 92, Md.-Eastern Shore 58 Providence 83, St. John’s 65 Rhode Island 85, Saint Louis 57 Sacred Heart 69, Robert Morris 65 Seton Hall 78, DePaul 74 Siena 75, Niagara 63 St. Bonaventure 97, Davidson 85 St. Francis (Pa.) 73, Wagner 65 Stony Brook 69, Columbia 60 Yale 88, Hartford 53 SOUTH Alabama 68, Norfolk St. 49 Arkansas St. 89, South Alabama 67 Auburn 83, Tennessee 77 Chattanooga 84, The Citadel 78 Clemson 84, Florida St. 75 Coastal Carolina 82, Winthrop 63 E. Illinois 75, Jacksonville St. 64 E. Kentucky 79, Austin Peay 70 ETSU 82, W. Carolina 66 Elon 83, Drexel 78 Florida 77, Georgia 63 Florida Gulf Coast 68, Eckerd 57 Furman 85, VMI 57 Gardner-Webb 67, Longwood 66 Grambling St. 81, Alabama A&M 78, OT High Point 78, Charleston Southern 73 Houston Baptist 99, Northwestern St. 73 Jackson St. 68, Alabama St. 61 Kentucky 83, Mississippi 61 Lamar 79, Nicholls St. 67 Louisiana Tech 87, Southern Miss. 57 Louisiana-Lafayette 79, Appalachian St. 58 Mercer 69, Samford 50 Miami 64, Syracuse 51 Murray St. 62, Morehead St. 57 North Carolina 86, Georgia Tech 78 Northeastern 65, UNC Wilmington 63 Old Dominion 74, Charlotte 65 Presbyterian 70, Campbell 63 SC-Upstate 70, UMKC 68 Saint Joseph’s 77, Richmond 73 South Carolina 86, Memphis 76

Stetson 103, Webber 53 Tennessee Tech 86, SIUEdwardsville 63 UALR 67, Troy 61 UCF 71, East Carolina 68 UConn 75, Tulane 67 UNC Asheville 76, Liberty 69 VCU 71, George Mason 47 Virginia 77, Notre Dame 66 Virginia Tech 73, NC State 68, OT William & Mary 78, Coll. of Charleston 70 Wofford 87, UNC Greensboro 76 MIDWEST Akron 80, Lipscomb 73 Bowling Green 87, Oakland City 56 Cincinnati 76, Tulsa 57 Detroit 96, Youngstown St. 87 Evansville 76, Missouri St. 59 Green Bay 86, N. Kentucky 70 IPFW 126, Purdue-N. Central 95 Indiana 79, Nebraska 69 Indiana St. 73, Loyola of Chicago 58 Iowa 70, Purdue 63 Kansas 102, Baylor 74 Kent St. 104, Oberlin 58 Maryland 72, Northwestern 59 Michigan 79, Penn St. 56 Michigan St. 69, Minnesota 61 Missouri 81, Savannah St. 50 N. Illinois 91, Judson 48 North Dakota 79, E. Washington 71 North Florida 82, E. Michigan 77 Oakland 86, Cleveland St. 68 S. Illinois 75, N. Iowa 73 SC State 71, Miami (Ohio) 67 Tennessee St. 72, SE Missouri 66 Valparaiso 75, Ill.-Chicago 47 W. Michigan 76, Jacksonville 72 West Virginia 87, Kansas St. 83, 2OT Wisconsin 79, Rutgers 57 Wright St. 84, Milwaukee 82, OT Xavier 88, Butler 69 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 62, Cent. Arkansas 61 Alcorn St. 73, Prairie View 70 Georgia St. 58, Texas St. 46 Oklahoma 87, Iowa St. 83 Oklahoma St. 69, TCU 48 SMU 72, South Florida 58 Sam Houston St. 78, Incarnate Word 72 Stephen F. Austin 86, McNeese St. 57 Texas A&M 92, Arkansas 69 Texas Rio Grande Valley 89, Our Lady of the Lake 81 Texas Southern 88, Southern U. 66 Texas Tech 82, Texas 74 Texas-Arlington 92, Georgia Southern 72 FAR WEST Air Force 64, San Jose St. 57 BYU 81, Pacific 67 Boise St. 84, Colorado St. 80 CS Bakersfield 67, UC Riverside 48 Idaho 75, N. Colorado 70 Montana 83, S. Utah 66 Montana St. 74, N. Arizona 72, OT Nevada 71, Wyoming 68 Pepperdine 68, Loyola Marymount 65, OT Santa Clara 84, Portland 77 UC Davis 74, Holy Names 49 UC Santa Barbara 87, Point Loma 46 Utah Valley 88, San Diego Christian 79

Big 12 Women

Big 12 Overall W L W L Texas 2 0 13 0 Iowa State 2 0 10 3 TCU 2 0 10 3 Oklahoma 1 0 10 2 Oklahoma State 1 1 11 1 Baylor 0 1 13 1 West Virginia 0 1 10 4 Kansas 0 1 5 7 Kansas State 0 2 10 3 Texas Tech 0 2 9 4 Saturday’s Games TCU 87, Kansas State 73 Iowa State 49, Oklahoma State 42 Texas 86, Texas Tech 62 Today’s Games West Virginia at Kansas, 2 p.m. Oklahoma at Baylor, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Oklahoma at TCU, 6 p.m. (FSSW+) Oklahoma State at Texas Tech, 6:30 p.m. Iowa State at Texas, 7 p.m. (LHN) West Virginia at Kansas State, 7 p.m. (FCS Central) Baylor at Kansas, 7 p.m. (TWCSC)

College Women’s Box

Saturday at Baldwin City BAKER 81, SOUTHWESTERN 49 Southwestern 11 9 19 10 — 49 Baker 22 19 25 15 — 81 Southwestern scoring: T. Bleumer 10, K. Taylor 9, J. Reichenberger 8, K. Demel 6, K. Lovell 6, K. Blattner 3, M. Parker 2, B. VenJohn 2, M. Beck 1, M. VanGieson 1, J. Miller 1. Baker scoring: Wallisch 19, S. Hanson 14, J. Hodge 12, M. Cook 11, C. Modesett 6, S. Buchel 5, T. Chase 4, J. Zweifel 4, K. Larsen 2, E. Simpson 2, Team 2.

College Women

EAST Bucknell 79, Army 69 Fordham 51, Davidson 40 Holy Cross 57, Navy 49 Iona 67, Manhattan 56 Lehigh 73, Boston U. 66 Loyola (Md.) 66, Lafayette 65 Monmouth (NJ) 63, Quinnipiac 60 Richmond 60, La Salle 43 UMBC 85, Vermont 48 VCU 74, UMass 66 Yale 63, New Hampshire 46 SOUTH Austin Peay 94, E. Kentucky 66 Cincinnati 68, UCF 50 Florida Gulf Coast 64, Hartford 44 Furman 69, North Greenville 39 Grambling St. 75, Alabama A&M 56 Harvard 60, Samford 54 Howard 76, Cornell 74 Jackson St. 70, Alabama St. 69, OT Jacksonville 65, Savannah St. 52 Jacksonville St. 60, E. Illinois 52 Liberty 49, Radford 43 Longwood 63, Winthrop 60 Louisiana-Lafayette 60, Appalachian St. 51 Mercer 68, North Florida 54 Murray St. 83, Morehead St. 79 Nicholls St. 69, Lamar 59 Ohio St. 80, Maryland 71 South Florida 61, East Carolina 59 Southern Miss. 69, Louisiana Tech 59 Troy 78, UALR 71 UMKC 59, Morgan St. 50 UNC Asheville 72, Campbell 58 MIDWEST Ball St. 75, Toledo 69 Bowling Green 64, Miami (Ohio) 58 Cent. Michigan 81, Kent St. 61 George Mason 73, Saint Louis 63, OT Iowa St. 49, Oklahoma St. 42 N. Illinois 65, Akron 58 Ohio 73, W. Michigan 63 SE Missouri 75, Tennessee St. 65 SOUTHWEST TCU 87, Kansas St. 73 Temple 75, Houston 66 Tulsa 56, SMU 54 FAR WEST Arizona St. 57, California 49 BYU 79, Pacific 62 Colorado St. 68, Boise St. 64 Fresno St. 69, New Mexico 65, 2OT Gonzaga 53, Santa Clara 44 Idaho 66, N. Colorado 56 Loyola Marymount 79, Pepperdine 69 Montana 66, S. Utah 60 Montana St. 86, N. Arizona 77, OT Saint Mary’s (Cal) 73, San Diego 68 San Francisco 82, Portland 63 San Jose St. 81, Air Force 60 Seattle 62, CS Northridge 56 Stanford 59, Arizona 34 UCLA 80, Oregon 69 Utah 73, Washington St. 71 Utah St. 55, San Diego St. 36 Washington 76, Colorado 74 Wyoming 68, Nevada 53

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Temperature High/low 45°/18° Normal high/low today 38°/19° Record high today 67° in 1997 Record low today -16° in 1919

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OAKLAND (7-8) at KANSAS CITY (10-5) Today, 3:25 p.m., Fox (WOW! channels 4, 204) OPENING LINE — Chiefs by 7 RECORD VS. SPREAD — Oakland 7-8, Kansas City 8-7 SERIES RECORD — Chiefs lead 59-51-2 LAST MEETING — Chiefs beat Raiders 34-20, Dec. 6, 2015 LAST WEEK — Raiders beat Chargers 23-20, OT; Chiefs beat Browns 17-13 AP PRO32 RANKING — Raiders No. 15, Chiefs No. 5 RAIDERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (22), RUSH (25), PASS (15). RAIDERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (22), RUSH (9), PASS (27). CHIEFS OFFENSE — OVERALL (25), RUSH (7), PASS (28). CHIEFS DEFENSE — OVERALL (8), RUSH (12), PASS (12). STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Chiefs have won four of last five vs. Oakland. ... Raiders trying to finish 8-8, matching best finish since 2003. ... Raiders S Charles Woodson playing final game of 18year career. Played his first at Arrowhead Stadium on Sept. 6, 1998. ... Woodson is tied for fifth in NFL history with 65 interceptions, and tied with Rod Woodson and Darren Sharper for most defensive TDs (13). ... Raiders QB Derek Carr needs 207 yards passing for 4,000. That would give Oakland 4,000yard passer, 1,000-yard rusher (Latavius Murray) and 1,000-yard receiver (Amari Cooper) for first time in franchise history. ... Carr needs four passing TDs to break Daryle Lamonica’s franchise record (34). ... Cooper needs one TD reception to match Raymond Chester’s franchise rookie record (seven). ... Raiders LB Kahlil Mack needs two sacks to break Derrick Burgess’ franchise mark (16). ... Chiefs have won franchise record-tying nine straight after fivegame losing streak. ... Kansas City has outscored opponents by 144 points during win streak. ... Chiefs have 21 interceptions, second in NFL to Carolina (22). ... Chiefs’ Jeremy Maclin needs three receptions to break Dwayne Bowe’s season record for WR (86). ... Kansas City is plus-15 in turnover differential, second in NFL to Carolina (plus-19). ... Chiefs are fourth in NFL in opponent starting field position, averaging 24.6-yard line. ... CB Marcus Peters is tied for NFL lead with eight interceptions. Total is also tied for Chiefs rookie record. ... Alex Smith has 437 yards rushing, most in Chiefs history for QB. ... Fantasy Tip: Carr has five games of at least three TD passes, and needs that many to match Lamonica’s franchise record. With little else to play for, expect Raiders to air it out.

the veteran guys, they have that selfless example that gets set here, and it’s team first,” Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith said. “That is the focus here. And the focus is today, and it’s short-sighted and it’s this week and nobody’s thinking about anything else. I think all of those things are big factors in all of that.” The Raiders have nothing else to think about but this week. Not only would they love to send one of their biggest rivals into the postseason with a loss, they have a chance to match their best record since 2002. Finishing at .500 may be a small step, but it’s an important one for a team that went 3-13 last season. “Everything has been better than last year, so that’s nice,” Raiders quarterback Derek Carr said. “But at the same time, it’ll push you, because no matter what we finish, it’s not where we want to be. It’s not where I want to be, I know that.” As the Chiefs and Raiders prepare to meet, here are the dominant storylines: What a rush: The Chiefs hope to get Tamba Hali back after missing a game with a broken thumb, but OLB Justin Houston is still recovering from a hyperextended knee. Dee Ford has been replacing him, but he struggled in last week’s victory over Cleveland. Woodson’s goodbye: After an emotional final game at the Oakland Coliseum last week, 39-year-old Raiders safety Charles Woodson will end his 18-year career in Arrowhead Stadium — the same place where it began. Woodson is tied for fifth all-time with Ken Riley with 65 career interceptions, and is tied with Rod Woodson and Darren Sharper for the most defensive touchdowns with 13. Triplets: Carr needs 207 yards passing to

reach 4,000. That would give Oakland a 4,000yard passer, 1,000-yard rusher (Latavius Murray) and 1,000-yard receiver (Amari Cooper) for the first time in franchise history. The 1996 Patriots (Drew Bledsoe, Terry Glenn, Curtis Martin) are the only other team to have three players 25 or under reach those marks in the same season. Record chasing: Carr

needs three TD passes to match Daryle Lamonica’s single-season franchise record of 34 set in 1969, while pass rusher Khalil Mack needs one sack to tie Derrick Burgess’ team mark of 16 set in 2005. Speaking of records: The Chiefs have never won 10 straight games. The best they’ve done is nine wins three times, two of those coming in the past three years.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T y-Washington 8 7 0 Philadelphia 6 9 0 N.Y. Giants 6 9 0 Dallas 4 11 0 South W L T y-Carolina 14 1 0 Atlanta 8 7 0 Tampa Bay 6 9 0 New Orleans 6 9 0 North W L T x-Green Bay 10 5 0 x-Minnesota 10 5 0 Detroit 6 9 0 Chicago 6 9 0 West W L T y-Arizona 13 2 0 x-Seattle 9 6 0 St. Louis 7 8 0 San Francisco 4 11 0

Today’s Games Jacksonville at Houston, noon Washington at Dallas, noon Detroit at Chicago, noon N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, noon New England at Miami, noon New Orleans at Atlanta, noon Baltimore at Cincinnati, noon Pittsburgh at Cleveland, noon Tennessee at Indianapolis, noon Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, noon St. Louis at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m. San Diego at Denver, 3:25 p.m. Seattle at Arizona, 3:25 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 3:25 p.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 3:25 p.m. Minnesota at Green Bay, 7:30 p.m.

NFL GLANCE AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T y-New England 12 3 0 N.Y. Jets 10 5 0 Buffalo 7 8 0 Miami 5 10 0 South W L T Houston 8 7 0 Indianapolis 7 8 0 Jacksonville 5 10 0 Tennessee 3 12 0 North W L T y-Cincinnati 11 4 0 Pittsburgh 9 6 0 Baltimore 5 10 0 Cleveland 3 12 0 West W L T x-Denver 11 4 0 x-Kansas City 10 5 0 Oakland 7 8 0 San Diego 4 11 0

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Clockwise from top le Rolf Petermann, co-f ft: ou Whatever Forever Ta nder of pes; Mary Doveton, of Theatre La Marlo Angell, center wrence; , Free State Festival film curator; Arneill, Lawrence’s di Porter arts and culture; an rector of d artist Dave Loewenst Lawrence ein

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his time last year, the Journal-World reached out to various leaders in the Lawrence arts community to gauge their hopes and predictions for the new year. At the time, Lawrence was on the precipice of several major changes, including the hiring of a new director of arts and culture and the development of an arts corridor with the East Ninth Project. With 2015 behind us, we checked in with some of those leaders (and one relatively new kid on the block) to reflect on the past year and gauge their thoughts on what’s ahead.

Rolf Petermann, Whatever Forever Tapes Rolf Petermann is a cofounder of Whatever Forever Tapes, a Lawrence DIY collective and music label that produces cassette tapes. Last year, the label settled in to its new home at SeedCo Studios,

which relocated to a renovated industrial building at 720 E. Ninth St. in September 2014.

His observations on the Lawrence music scene: I am especially excited to watch/hear the younger Lawrence musicians owning their sets and releases while the more established Lawrence musicians get deeper into their craft. They are able to build their fan base and hone their studio skills with the support of Lawrence’s expanding music-scene-infrastructure. The components of this infrastructure include KJHK, Love Garden, The Replay Lounge, DIY Venues (Decade Coffee, house shows, galleries), studios like (the one at the) Lawrence Public Library, SeedCo and other private studios, plus labels like Whatever Forever, Silly Goose Records and High Dive, to name a few. Lawrence’s reputation as a music/creative hub is growing regionally, as

exemplified by the heavytouring schedules of bands like Your Friend, Arc Flash, Psychic Heat, CS Luxem and Gnarly Davidson, to name the ones I’m most familiar with (there are many more). Many of these bands are also getting ready to release new fulllength albums, a testament to their work ethic when they aren’t touring. His hopes for Whatever Forever: The Whatever Forever musicians are focused on expanding their regional influence through continued cassette and digital releases, as well as by collaborating with other regional labels and artists. We are also dedicated to nurturing and further exploring our local scene by playing new venues, hosting touring performers and reaching out to students at Haskell, Kansas University and Girls Rock. Furthermore, we hope to expand into vinyl and more multimedia projects in 2016.

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Porter Arneill, city of Lawrence After Lawrence’s first director of arts and culture, Christina McClelland, unexpectedly left the post in December 2014, the city launched a search to fill the position. Porter Arneill, who formerly worked as the director/public art administrator of the Kansas City, Mo., Municipal Art Commission, took over the post in May. Arneill also serves as the city liaison to the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission and in August began facilitation of Final Fridays. The Art Walk has been put on hiatus for December and January, though Arneill notes that artists can still host events — the city just won’t be promoting Final Fridays officially during the holiday season. On his hopes for Final Fridays: Honestly, I feel like I just got caught up on Final Fridays. If we “stop” Final Fridays tomorrow, it’s pretty

clear things wouldn’t stop. They have a life of their own at this point. Right now, it’s on my shoulders primarily to get it promoted. Does it need fixing? I don’t know for sure if any (change) needs to occur. The Google map is giving me a sense that people are actively using it on Final Fridays — we’re getting an average of 1,200 hits on that map on Final Fridays and the couple of days before. Obviously, there’s a lot of activity. On his hopes for new leadership at City Hall: The first thought, quite frankly, is I’m curious to see who our new city manager is and in what direction that person might take a leadership position at City Hall. I want to get that person up to speed … I think the cultural plan is high on my radar. We’re working with Callahan Creek and a committee to figure out how Please see ARTS, page 2D

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that continues to flourish and we see even We’ve made some great strides this more stories emerging from all genders and year in diversity in the field of Lawrence CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1D various cultural and economic backgrounds. filmmaking with Women of Lawrence Film to best market that plan Dave Loewenstein, Since film is an expenand filmmaker Kevin Willmott co-writing visual artist and get the information sive medium to practice Dave Loewenstein is a out, including the implesometimes it can ‘Chi-raq’ with Spike Lee. I hope that continues with, muralist, writer, printmentation matrix and feel like the storytelling maker and founding goals that are included comes from a position to flourish and we see even more stories member of the Lawrence in that report. How can of privilege and the emerging from all genders and various we enhance and optimize Percolator. In 2014, he danger there is that it was selected as a “culturthings for the future? can lead to a homogcultural and economic backgrounds.” al agent” to spearhead the There’s a lot of focus on enized viewpoint of the downtown, which is ter- U.S. Department of Arts world. The more acces— Marlo Angell, filmmaker and Culture in Lawrence. rific, but there’s also the sible we make the tools The national movement is question of how we can of our craft, the more a band of artists dedireach out to the broader empowering it will be Marlo Angell cated to cultivating social in order to develop a community. I feel pretty to have cinematic exMarlo Angell is a filmchange through creativity. new, more equitable lucky that Artist Inc., periences that not only Last summer, Loewenthe Free State Festival, entertain but have the structure for supporting maker, writer and the digital media director at stein launched the Kansas the myriad of cultural the Lawrence Busker ability to transform and the Lawrence Arts Center. inspire. People’s History Project, Festival and all these workers and artistic She also serves as the film terrific things are already a statewide, multidisciOn her hopes for activities that may fly curator for the Arts Cenoccurring and seem to be plinary program that aims under the radar within the Free State Festiter’s Free State Festival to reconnect citizens with our community. growing. val: Free State Festival important-yet-overlooked On his hopes for the made huge leaps in proArt supply reuse and and is a co-founder of Women of Lawrence Film, gramming in 2015 with figures and events that East Ninth Project: At exchange program: a collective of local female guest artists such as have shaped Kansas’ the last East Ninth CitiThis is an idea with zen Advisory Committee, history. In lieu of revisitGeorge Clinton, Dennis great benefits, not only filmmakers who mentor youths. ing last year’s comments, Josh (Shelton, of the el Lehane and Tig Nofor artists but also the dorado inc. design team) Loewenstein has opted to environment, that I betaro. One of the goals I On trends in the loshare some of his hopes presented two possible had for FSF2015 was to lieve Lawrence would cal filmmaking comfor the arts community concept plans. Of those, have some professional embrace and support. munity: We certainly that didn’t make it into it seems like things may opportunities emerge Simply put, local busibe learning more toward the original Future of from this confluence nesses give their extra, saw a spike in film submissions to the Free of local and national Lawrence Arts story. a traditional approach. bound-for-the-landfill State Festival in 2015, I’m very intrigued to see artists, and it has been materials suitable for not only from Lawrence truly gratifying to see Encouraging Kansas where Jarrett Mellenartists to an organizafilmmakers, but nation- actual lifelong conbruch’s and James Wood- artists to engage with tion that makes them ally as well. I think part nections be made. For our pressing social and available for free or fill’s and Derek Porter’s of that is the increase in example, musician political issues: At this projects are heading, as close to free. Many challenging time for our communities across the production, but another Kliph Scurlock and well as the East Ninth aspect is an increased state, I believe citizen Artists’. ... The whole satirist Barry Crimmins country, like the Scrap awareness of the festithing is unfolding. We’re artists can play a powwere each inspired by Exchange in Durham, erful role in helping to in the process of finalone another’s work and N.C., are already doing val. We’ve made some izing a design with all the frame issues, support continue to communiit. I would love to see great strides this year calls for social and ecoartists’ aspects in it. cate about their respecthis happen and would in diversity in the field nomic justice, and shine be happy to partner One last thing: I’ve tive projects. That’s of Lawrence filmmaking the kind of synergy you been a member of Ameri- a light on intolerance, with others like the with Women of Lawcorruption and greed. cans for the Arts for can’t plan for. My job Habitat ReStore and With such a wealth of years now. Ironically, as a curator is to lay the the city’s new recycling rence Film and filmtalent here in Lawrence, program to think about maker Kevin Willmott when I left Kansas City groundwork for those co-writing “Chi-raq” I would be heartened to how to make this a I lost track for a couple opportunities and leave with Spike Lee. I hope see more artists workmonths. When I finally the magic for those late reality. caught up, it came to my ing in all media emattention that Americans ploying their skills and perspectives to address for the Arts is going to be implementing Art and our common hopes and challenges. Let’s put Economic Prosperity 5 our collective skills to (the study measures the work. There’s no lack of economic impact of the material, and we have nonprofit arts and culprecedents. Just think of ture industry). It immehow Langston Hughes, diately occurred to me, Grandma Layton and given all the work with Kevin Willmott, to name the cultural plan and all a few, have used their the work here related to work to address issues economic development, one thing I see missing is of the day. An Artists in Schools hard data relating to arts program: Lawrence and economic prosperis perfectly situated ity in Lawrence. My to establish and suphope and intention is to port a citywide Artists make sure we’re part of the research effort. That in Schools program. These programs vary in will be kicking off (this) their reach and focus, year, as a matter of fact. but most share a basic The ball gets rolling in January and goes through structure. Based within a nonprofit organization, March for the survey state or city arts council, aspect. Then we keep working with that though AIS programs serve as connectors or agents be2016, and I think they plan to have their results tween professional artists and schools. After in 2017. going through a rigorous Mary Doveton, application process, artTheatre Lawrence ists develop hands-on, Mary Doveton is the interactive workshops executive director of that complement and Theatre Lawrence, which enhance established moved to its new location curricula in science, at 4660 Bauer Farm Drive math, history and other in 2013. In its first full year subjects. Teachers then there, Theatre Lawrence’s choose the artists/proattendance increased by grams that best fit with about 65 percent, Doveton their plans. As I wrote in the told the Journal-World. Journal-World a couple Theatre Lawrence’s first production of 2016, “Girls’ years ago, “A Lawrence Artist in Schools proWeekend,” opens Jan. 22. gram would help keep talented young artists On her plans for Theatre Lawrence in the in town, boost our local economy by creating new year: At Theatre jobs, and most of all Lawrence, attendance fuel the creative young remains strong, and we minds that will soon beare especially pleased come the heart and soul to be reaching family of our community — a audiences with shows place we all hope to emlike “Disney’s The Little Mermaid.” We have been brace as a true city of the arts.” investing in some new Implementation of lighting equipment and our city’s new Cultural special effects to improve the quality of these Plan: In 2015, Lawrence went through the proshows, and audiences cess of developing its seem pleased. In the first-ever cultural plan. coming year, we will be experimenting with some But the plan is just that, a plan. Now it’s our job new programming ideas to figure out how to for both kids and adults. evaluate and implement On her hopes for the the research and obLawrence arts scene in servations the visiting the new year: The arts scene in Lawrence is bur- planners left with us. I geoning right now. We hope that we can look are so fortunate to have closely at how the city Porter Arneill as our new allocates its arts and director of arts and culculture resources, (inture. With his guidance, cluding our percentage we can really build on all for art programs, LCAC of the research and plan- artist grants, and the ning work that has been general fund, which redone throughout the city cently has been tapped this past year. I am parby arts organizations ticularly looking forward but isn’t accessible to to building on that work the majority of our and finding opportunities cultural community) to coordinate marketing and promotion with other organizations to better reach our entire community.

L awrence J ournal -W orld night post-festival conversations at The Bourgeois Pig. I can’t wait to see what connections are made in FSF2016, as to me, that is the very heart and soul of the festival: bringing people together to exchange ideas. On her hopes for the greater Lawrence art scene: In 2015, what I hoped for was greater intersection of art forms; (fewer) barriers between what makes one a visual artist, a performer, a filmmaker, etc., so there can be a greater cross-pollination of ideas. I finished my first full-length play this year, and I’m really proud of making that leap because it wasn’t easy. I think sometimes we put ourselves in our own box of skill sets and we get too comfortable. The art that tends to move me is the stuff that has an element of danger or risk to it. I loved seeing Arts Center visiting artist Valerie Campos come here from Mexico this year and make an animated film with filmmaker Derek Sellens. That was the perfect example of each artist trying something totally new to them. Derek, who primarily works in visual effects, stepped in the world of visual art, and Valerie, who had never made a film before, just dove right in. And something truly beautiful was made. That’s what I’d like to see even more of in 2016.

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Sunday, January 3, 2016

Six bands to watch in 2016

By Fally Afani

Special to the Journal-World

Last year saw a lot of electrifying activity in the Lawrence music scene. New bands came out of nowhere, roused all the ruckus, and revamped the scene with one mind-blowing set after another. Guitarists thrilled, rappers stimulated and screaming vocalists raised the hair on the back of everyone’s necks — and nearly all of them grew out of the DIY scene. It’s been an exciting year for music, but the past few months have really just acted as a buildup to what is sure to be a very showy 2016. Here are some bands that spent 2015 establishing their identities in Lawrence, and should be watched carefully over the next year.

Arc Flash You’d think a music scene would tire of a band that plays at least once a week (sometimes at the same venue, even). But Arc Flash is no ordinary band. The duo has produced some of the wildest, most outrageous performances of 2015. James Thomblison and Mark Osman have, together, united the scene in a confederation of calamity. Arc Flash isn’t a band that just gets up and plays a show — they throw the audience into a frenzy. What’s impressive is that the frenzy they conjure up at every show only grows stronger week after week. These guys could play a million times and nobody would get sick of them. Arc Flash shows are where scenesters go to let loose. They throw all their inhibitions away and assault every square inch of the venue. We’ve seen fans throw themselves onstage, beat on the drummer’s kit, and even throw both members into the crowd for some crowd surfing. The space punks spent 2015 touring nonstop and they’ve got big plans this year. You can expect to see them on some festival stages (like SXSW) at the very least. They’re completely

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Ebony Tusks Going to an Ebony Tusks show is like going to church. It’s where people go to get inspired. Marty Hillard plays the role of the preacher, delivering (shouting, actually) words of encouragement from every corner of the venue. He brings solidarity to a conflicted crowd while at the same time intimidating them. Hillard is by no means new to the music scene, but 2015 has been a year of buildups for Ebony Tusks. His onstage presence got considerably stronger, he actually ventured out-of-state to tour, and his shows are never short of audience members. The rapper has everyone in the palm of his hand right now. Since his every move is well-thought-out and calculated, we’re on the edge of our seats waiting to see what his next big maneuver will be.

Wides It was important to catch Wides early on. There are endless possibilities and Ailecia Ruscin/Special to the Journal-World turnouts that could happen From left, James Thomblison, Lewis Guillen and Mark Osman make up Arc Flash. with this act. The experimental band Sugar Britches Bonzo Madrid is fronted by Paper Bufunpredictable and insatiably From the moment they It’s been a little agonizfalo’s drummer (a band the hard-working. They turned ing waiting for CJ Calhoun scene sorely misses about Lawrence on its head last year. stepped their bare feet onto the stage, audiences positively to come around with his solo now). The man is an animal, Now it’s time to take over the adored Sugar Britches. act. The local musician has screaming his head off in an rest of the nation. The four (sometimes five) only been playing sparingly acceptably unnerving manReal Adults female folk musicians are as Bonzo Madrid, and generner while terrorizing his Real Adults is one of those clever, cheeky and (most imally played alone onstage. But guitar. bands that came together with portantly) quite crass. It feels once the crooner was satisfied The psych rock influences an all-star cast of locals (this was like fans come to their show with his product, he gathare there, as are the hardcore a running theme this year with just to blush at all their tales ered a band to back him up rock ones. But what’s fascibands like Debra and Psychic of drunken debauchery and at a Bottleneck show in early nating about Wides is that Heat’s recent lineup change). sexual innuendo. But it’s hard December. This resulted in a the band reminds every exYou can’t miss frontman Gar- not to fall for them as they’re breathtaking performance that perienced musician in town rett Marsh. The guitarist and vo- charming as heck. was well worth the wait. of themselves at early stages calist clocks in well over 6 feet These musicians can draw Calhoun’s talent is irritatingly in their musical careers. This tall and has been a driving force a crowd anywhere. We’ve stupendous. It’s hard to believe means there are any number behind the front-row excitement seen them rock venue stages, someone completely capable of of ways this act could go. of most local shows. He brings but sometimes their biggest writing perfect R&B songs wor- Will they snag the Whatever that same infectious energy to reactions come from crowds thy of radio play has been right Forever crowd? Perhaps his own act here, making wild that gather around them while under our noses for months they’ll be a Replay favorite? eyes and expressive faces at they’re busking on the street (years, really). It just took a Right now, they’re staying the audience while he noodles or playing unconventional little coaxing and the right opsuper underground, stickaround on the guitar. venues like the Community portunity for Calhoun to finally ing to DIY gigs and house Real Adults is a little more Photo Studio. The release of grace everyone with his impres- shows with punk bands. But their first album over the sum- sive musical presence. on the experimental side, with it’s the opportunity that lays mer saw a sizable crowd that a hint of psych rock and vocals His shows were few and ahead for Wides that has us that dabble in various yelps and overflowed the Replay at their far between in 2015, but the fascinated. There are several release show, and we don’t see ambition has built up enough noises. The band is enjoying its different yellow brick roads time free of boundaries, switch- them slowing down at all. The to get him on more stages. the band could go trotting town fell for these britches ing to any genre they please. You’ll want to come to see his down. Now, we watch and Their willingness to experiment hard in 2015. As a result, this wizardry in looping, but stay see which one they choose. year they’re going as far as without end could be what for his fascinating falsettos and — Fally Afani is a freelance writer their doting audience will keeps their audience highly completely enticing soulful and editor of iheartlocalmusic.com. carry them. intrigued this year. sound.

SHELF LIFE

How the library’s SOUND + VISION recording studio was born

hen I arrived in Lawrence, humbled and honored to be Lawrence Public Library’s new director, the library was in the midst of a building project. I was so excited be a part of this experience. With a new building, we could completely reimagine what a library could be for Lawrence. In my mind, this was a once-ina-career opportunity to do something meaningful for a city I love so much. When I got my first look at the floor plans, I saw three little rooms on the lower level labeled “Creative Center.” I asked what was going to go there — “don’t know yet” was the response. It was supposed to be “a place for people to make stuff,” but what was to be made there was not yet determined. I took some time to think about Lawrence and about what might be the best thing to do in that space, and I thought, why not a recording studio? With that notion, SOUND+VISION was born. Several public libraries have makerspaces or media labs with modest audio-visual capabilities, or areas where some small amount of audiovisual editing can happen, but there were few to no full-blown professional recording studios providing access to highfidelity digital recording to the public — for free! Lawrence seemed like just the right town to try this experiment. In our first year, we saw use of

SOUND+VISION flourish. In January 2015, we hired Ed Rose to manage the studio, and he has brought decades of experience that have helped up our game immensely. Plus, he radiates exactly the kind of positive energy a community recording studio needs. We help a lot of beginners, and Ed instills in them the confidence that they can accomplish what they’re setting out to do. In a recent conversation, someone asked Ed what’s in it for him, why he wanted to participate

in leading the space. He said, “I like running the studio because it also allows me to stay involved in music, recording and technology, and gives me the opportunity to pass on what I’ve learned over the years.” We expected to see young rock bands for sure, but use of the studio has been wonderfully diverse. People in our community from practically every age group have recorded everything from country, rock, gospel, hip-hop, jazz, spoken word, and pretty much everything

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in between. People have also used the space to tell stories, like when an 80-year-old woman recorded an interview with her 100-year-old mother about her life. This October, we gave SOUND+VISION a face-lift, constructing a new, expanded audio recording space. The recently finished tracking and recording room does a much better job containing sound, thanks in part to sleek wall paneling and an acoustic treatment. Additionally, we received endorsements from D’Addario

guitar strings, Evans drum heads, Presonus software, ProMark drumsticks, Rode microphones and Waves plugins, allowing the studio to offer even more professional-grade tools for its users. We also added a Behringer digital snake that can connect any room of the library directly to the studio. If you saw SOUND+VISION in its previous iteration, you definitely need to return to see the new and improved space. It’s more user friendly and beautiful than ever before.

SOUND+VISION is exactly what its name says, our library’s attempt to provide the Lawrence community the opportunity to express themselves through audio and visual means. So far, we’re doing really well with the SOUND part. This year, we’ll start expanding the VISION part with access to video creation and editing capacities. Stay tuned. — Brad Allen is the Executive Director of Lawrence Public Library and the former guitarist/bass player of the band Vitreous Humor.

Sunday, January 3, 2016

PERSONAL TECH • DATEBOOK

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Stronger screens, please: A 2016 tech wish list ple devices. And streaming devices made by Apple, Google and Amazon typically won’t play video bought from each other, at least not without using a backdoor relay feature such as AirPlay. So if you have Amazon video, you’re stuck with Amazon’s device. Amazon even stopped selling Apple TV and Google’s Chromecast on its website.

By Anick Jesdanun Associated Press

New York — This past year brought lots of new products, services and features — including a few that even managed to improve everyday life. For instance, a double tap of the home button on Samsung’s newest phones instantly launches the camera, so you’re less likely to miss that magical moment. TiVo has a smart way to skip commercials and speed up video playback so that you can watch TV shows and movies in half the time. But there’s plenty more for tech companies to do. Here’s a wish list for 2016:

Pick and choose online television In 2015, HBO and Showtime freed themselves from traditional television shackles. Both now offer app subscriptions directly to consumers — with no cable or satellite TV service required. It’s a start, but lots of worthy channels, including ESPN, remain locked up in packages filled with channels not everyone wants. Even though Dish’s Sling TV offers ESPN over the Internet — Sony’s PlayStation Vue will also do so soon — you can get it only as part of larger packages. I’d love to get AMC, ABC Family and Comedy Central as stand-alone subscriptions, for instance. Managing your shows With lots more online viewing options, we need better ways to keep track of what to watch and when shows expire from streaming services. I kept forgetting to watch that “Unauthorized Melrose Place Story” on Lifetime, and now it’s too late. Streaming TV devices from Apple, Roku, Amazon and Nvidia let you search multiple services at once to see what’s available, but you don’t have any way to add shows to a universal queue. Instead, you have to go to Netflix to see your list of flagged shows on that service, HBO to see its list, and so on. It’s as if you needed separate video recorders for each channel. TiVo comes closest to offering

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ABOVE: THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE MOTOROLA DROID TURBO 2, whose screen ditches glass for shatter-proof plastic. BELOW LEFT: Richard Plepler, the CEO of HBO, talks about HBO for Apple TV during an Apple event in San Francisco in March 2015. HBO and Showtime began offering app subscriptions to customers without cable or satellite service last year. BELOW RIGHT: A smartphone screenshot shows a map of the San Francisco Bay Area being downloaded during a demonstration of Google’s offline navigation option.

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a universal queue with across multiple services. Yahoo has an easier its OnePass feature, but it has relatively few stream- way to sign in to its services. Using Account ing TV apps. Key, you confirm who Enough with passwords you are through a text YaPasswords are diffi- hoo sends to your phone. cult to manage, which is Google is testing someone reason so many are thing similar. Other sertrivial to guess (“pass- vices tap the fingerprint word12345,” anyone?) and ID technology found on so many people reuse the iPhones and some highsame weak passwords end Android phones. A

touch of the home button bypasses the password by confirming you’re the one holding the phone. We need more such mechanisms that offer both simplicity and security.

Getting along Companies are getting better at acknowledging their rivals. Microsoft, for instance, made its

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Office apps for iPhones, iPads and Android before tackling its own Windows phone system. Samsung smartwatches now work with non-Samsung phones, while Apple made its music service available on Android. It’s a start. But animated photos taken with Apple’s new iPhones can be viewed only on other Ap-

Getting around with no Internet Google Maps for Android and iPhones now works without an Internet connection, so long as you download mapping data ahead of time. That’s helpful when you find yourself trying to leave a remote national park or an underground parking garage — both areas where cellular service is spotty or non-existent. But the offline feature doesn’t work with walking or transit directions, so it’s not as useful for wilderness hikes or in many subway stations. Speaking of maps, all services could do better at directing motorists to rental-car centers at airports. Typing in the three-letter airport code assumes you’re getting dropped off at the main terminals. The rental-car location might be miles away, perhaps off a different highway exit. It would be nice to see the rental-car location more prominent in map searches. Better yet, how about the closest gas station to refill your tank? Oops ... I dropped it again Motorola may have cracked the problem of shattered phone screens. Its Droid Turbo 2 phone ditches glass for shatterproof plastic. While the glass used in most leading phones is chemically strengthened, it will still crack if it hits a hard surface with enough force. In testing, the Turbo’s screen withstood normal drops, though plastic does make the device more prone to scratching. Sure, there’s a tradeoff, but it’s time to stop assuming that cracked screens are just something we have to learn to live with.

DATEBOOK CHAMPSS meal program orientation, 2 p.m., Lawrence Display of 80-plus ChristPublic Library Auditorium, 707 mas Trees, 1-4 p.m., Territorial Vermont St. Capital Museum, 640 WoodTake Off Pounds Sensibly son, Lecompton. (TOPS), 5:30 p.m., 2712 Pebble Drop In Tutoring, 2-4 p.m., Lane. 842-1516 for info. Lawrence Public Library, 707 Lecompton City Council Vermont St. meeting, 7 p.m., LecompIrish Traditional Music ton City Hall, 327 Elmore St., Session, 5:30-8 p.m., upstairs Lecompton. Henry’s on Eighth, 11 E. Eighth Baldwin City Council meetSt. ing, 7 p.m., Baldwin Public LiO.U.R.S. (Oldsters United brary, 800 Seventh St., Baldwin for Responsible Service) City. dance, doors 5 p.m., potluck 7:15-7:45 p.m., dance 6-9 p.m., Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Sixth 5 TUESDAY St. Red Dog’s Dog Days, 6 a.m., Smackdown! trivia, 7 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse, 1651 Naismith The Bottleneck, 737 New Drive. Hampshire St. Tech Drop-In, 5-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. 4 MONDAY Big Brothers Big Sisters City of Lawrence Christmas of Douglas County volunteer “Tree-cycling” pickup, place information, 5:15 p.m., United live-cut trees on curb or in alley Way Building, 2518 Ridge by 6 a.m. for collection. Court. Lawrence Public Library Lawrence City Commission Book Van, 9-10 a.m., Prairie meeting, 5:45 p.m., City Hall, 6 Commons, 5121 Congressional E. Sixth St. Circle. Douglas County Democrats Music with Michael, 10:30Happy Hour, 6 p.m., VFW, 1801 11:30 a.m., Lawrence Public Massachusetts St. Library, 707 Vermont St. Lonnie Ray’s open jam Lawrence Public Library session, 6-10 p.m., Slow Ride Book Van, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St., Presbyterian Manor, 1429 Kano cover. sold Drive. Maker Meet-Up, 6:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Lawrence Creates MakerBook Van, 1-2 p.m., Vermont space, 512 E. Ninth St. Towers, 1101 Vermont St. Gamer Night, 8 p.m., Burger Display of 80-plus ChristStand at the Casbah, 803 Masmas Trees, 1-4 p.m., Territorial sachusetts St., free. Capital Museum, 640 Woodson, Lecompton.

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1832 Massachusetts St. Dinner and Junkyard Jazz, Red Dog’s Dog Days work5:30 p.m., American Legion out, 6 a.m., Sports Pavilion LawPost #14, 3408 W. Sixth St. rence soccer field (lower level), Trivia Night, 8 p.m. The 100 Rock Chalk Lane. Burger Stand, 803 Massachu1 Million Cups presentasetts St. tion, 9-10 a.m., Cider Gallery, Team trivia, 9 p.m., Johnny’s 810 Pennsylvania St. West, 721 Wakarusa Drive. Lawrence Public Library Thursday Night Karaoke, 9 Book Van, 9-10 a.m., Brandon p.m., Wayne & Larry’s Sports Woods, 1501 Inverness Drive. Bar & Grill, 933 Iowa St. Lawrence Public Library Book Van, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Arbor Court, 1510 St. Andrews 8 FRIDAY Drive. Lawrence Public Library Big Brothers Big Sisters Book Van, 9-10 a.m., Clinton of Douglas County volunteer Place, 2125 Clinton Parkway. information, noon, United Way Lawrence Public Library Building, 2518 Ridge Court. Book Van, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Lawrence Public Library Wyndham Place, 2551 CrossBook Van, 1-2 p.m., Babcock gate Drive. Place, 1700 Massachusetts St. Lawrence Public Library Douglas County CommisBook Van, 1-2 p.m., Peterson sion meeting, 4 p.m., Douglas Acres, 2930 Peterson Road. County Courthouse, 1100 MasTeen Zone Cafe, 2:30-5:30 sachusetts St. p.m., Lawrence Public Library, City of Lawrence Pedestri707 Vermont St. an-Bicycle Task Force meetBingo night, doors 5:30 ing, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 6 E. p.m., refreshments 6 p.m., Sixth St. bingo starts 7 p.m., Eagles American Legion Bingo, Lodge, 1803 W. Sixth St. doors open 4:30 p.m., first games 6:45 p.m., snack bar 5-8 p.m., American Legion Post 9 SATURDAY #14, 3408 W. Sixth St. Red Dog’s Dog Days workConroy’s Trivia, 7:30 p.m., out, 7:30 a.m., parking lot in Conroy’s Pub, 3115 W. Sixth St. 800 block of Vermont Street. John Jervis, classical guitar, 8-11 a.m., Panera, 520 W. 7 THURSDAY 23rd St. Red Dog’s Dog Days, 6 a.m., Free First Time Homebuyer Allen Fieldhouse, 1651 Naismith Workshop, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 Drive. p.m., United Way Building, Cottin’s Hardware Farmers 2518 Ridge Court. Market — Indoors, 4-6 p.m., Tail Wagging Readers Cottin’s Hardware and Rental,

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(grades K-5), 10-11 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. (Call 785-843-3833 to register.) Jayhawk Audubon Society Winter Bird Seed, Book and Feeder Sale, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Lawrence Senior Center, 745 Vermont St. Auditions: “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and “La Fille Mal Gardee,” Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. (See details at http://lawrenceartscenter.org/auditionsperformance-opportunities/ ) Americana Music Academy Saturday Jam, 3 p.m., Americana Music Academy, 1419 Massachusetts St. LEGO Club (ages 5-11), 3:30-4:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Lawrence Bridge Club, 6:30 p.m., Kaw Valley Bridge Center, 1025 N. Third St. (Partner required; first two visits free; call 785-760-4195 for more info.) American Legion Bingo, doors open 4:30 p.m., first games 6:45 p.m., snack bar 5-8 p.m., American Legion Post #14, 3408 W. Sixth St.

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PUZZLES

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THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD BINARY CODE By Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel Puzzles Edited by Will Shortz ACROSS 1 Savor, as a drink 6 Takes down a peg 12 Je t’aime : French :: ____ : Spanish 17 Sell at a discount, say 19 Female toon with a “dollink” Boris 21 Grackles and grebes 23 PP 25 Attic 26 Horror franchise beginning in 2004 27 Lasting for years and years 28 Dirt-road hazards 30 Melee 31 Street of film fame 32 You might take it out for a drive 33 Court, for short 35 Pile of stones used to mark a trail 36 DD 39 First antibacterial soap brand 40 “Oh, please, that’s enough” 42 Derisive sounds 43 Abbr. in many airport names 44 Jubilant 45 Portrait on Chinese renminbi bills 46 AA 48 Extra bed, maybe 51 Bad thing on a record 53 The Jedi and the Sith, e.g. 54 “Thursday Night Football” airer

55 Alaska tourist attraction 57 Director of 2015’s “Chi-Raq” 58 Capital with the Norsk Folkemuseum 60 Travel info source, for short 61 London cathedral 62 Volunteer’s response 64 WW 68 Historic German admiral Maximilian von ____ 69 Fizzy drink 71 Michael of “Saturday Night Live” 72 Cry to a husky 74 “When I was a ____ …” 75 Riot opportunist 76 Locale for cranberries 77 Very much 79 Uniform 81 See 114-Across 82 OO 85 Hodges who managed the Mets to a World Series title 86 Little Rascals boy 88 Tolkien tree creatures 89 Mars features, mistakenly 92 Befuddling 94 Peeps heard by Bo Peep 95 ZZ 97 When repeated, a Yale fight song 98 Playwright Clifford 100 “How ____!” 101 Modern TV feature, for short 102 Hazy memory 103 Grps. with the motto “Every child. One voice” 104 Conquest of 1953

107 Susan of “The Partridge Family” 108 Silas in “The Da Vinci Code,” notably 110 NN 113 Dances at the Tropicana Club 114 Santa Claus portrayer in 81-Across 115 Greet from behind the wheel 116 Witherspoon of “Legally Blonde” 117 Shot put and long jump 118 “Auld Lang Syne” and others DOWN 1 Figured (out) 2 Has an inspiration 3 Agricultural figure in “The Canterbury Tales” 4 Alley ____ 5 Pep Boys competitor 6 Whites, informally 7 Strips shortly after getting up in the morning? 8 Rate ____ (be perfect) 9 Spicy fruit beverage often used as a tequila chaser 10 Cornerstone abbr. 11 Singer Crow 12 Identifies in a Facebook photo 13 A Perón 14 Soaring cost? 15 RR 16 Like macho push-ups 18 Explore deeply 20 Calla lily family 22 “Gypsy” composer 24 Techies, stereotypically

29 Gasless car 1 2 3 4 5 34 Java order that packs less of a punch 17 18 35 What Brits call “red sauce” 23 37 Major-____ 26 27 38 Muse for D. H. Lawrence 31 32 39 Some lab samples 41 Assets for food critics 36 37 38 43 Put away 44 Annapolis grad. 42 46 It comes before one 47 Building beam 45 49 Susan who wrote 51 52 “The Orchid Thief” 50 Hit with a stun gun 57 58 59 51 “Chill out, will you” 52 FF 62 63 64 53 Wig out 56 Dorm V.I.P.s 69 70 57 Durable stocking fabric 75 59 Like courtroom witnesses 81 82 60 Floor 86 87 61 X-rated material 63 D.C. athlete 92 93 65 Pest-control brand 66 Sarcastic 97 “Wonderful” 67 Tori of pop/rock 102 103 70 Symbol of Middle America 108 109 73 Big name in 35-Down 113 76 Gaudy wrap 77 Industrious workers 116 78 Some TVs and smartphones 80 The Impaler 83 Fort Knox valuable 91 Morning-run time, maybe 84 To some degree 92 Arafat’s successor as 85 Beholds 87 It’s heard at a hearing Palestinian president 93 Budget alternative 89 West Pointer 94 Next to 90 Opposite of an early 95 Peers in a box adopter

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UNITED FEATURE SUNDAY CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Sugar amts. 5 Mars explorer 10 Masked superhero 16 Elvis’ “Don’t Be —” 21 Oodles (2 wds.) 22 Basketball venue 23 Guarantee 24 Hair rinse 25 Santa —, Calif. 26 Encircles 27 Gives way 28 Have being 29 They may get traded 31 Bronze or Iron 33 Jockey, often 35 Vt. neighbor 36 “Dave” actor 37 Dust devil 40 Get — of that junk! 41 Wk. day 42 Maple syrup base 45 911 responder 46 Score big 48 Formal vote 50 Least taxing 52 Cavort 54 Quick snack 55 Fashion magazine 57 Beauty pack 58 R2D2 or C-3PO 59 Fill the hold 60 Diet 62 Jaunty lid 66 Troubles, to Hamlet 67 Monarchs 69 Not genuine 71 Letter encl. 72 Firefly larvae 74 Yahoo! rival 76 Physicist — Bohr 78 — take forever! 79 Huron neighbor 80 Castle features 83 Said to be 85 Broncos great

88 Port near Hong Kong 89 Door or gate 90 1960s foursome 93 Tastes 95 Now, to Caesar 97 Canine command 98 Tugs hard 100 Wind dir. 101 Keeps a low profile (2 wds.) 106 Psyche’s beloved 108 Harangue 110 Unnerves 112 Globetrot 113 Units of force 115 Carpet thickness 116 Buys at auction 117 Chase the puck 118 Faint 120 Gloating 122 Johanson’s fossil girl 123 Engine part 124 Congenial 128 Biol. or astron. 129 Summer in Cannes 130 A fistful of dollars 131 Grad. class 132 High spirits 133 Strong soap 135 Batter ingredients 137 Wined and dined 139 Beak of a bird 140 Hull parts 142 Common abbr. 144 Ran a store 148 Chilling 150 Limited 153 Flee to the JP 155 “Primal Fear” star 156 Without warmth 157 Complete reversals (hyph.) 158 D.C. consumer advocate 159 Taverns

160 Hibachi sites 161 Envoy 162 Anagram for north 163 Cubbyhole DOWN 1 Scarlett’s mansion 2 Piggy-bank feature 3 Lavish 4 Hunt down 5 Joplin genre 6 China’s place 7 Chapter and — 8 Wrap up 9 Tabula — 10 Sang to the moon 11 Just — — thought! 12 Half a fly 13 Ponder 14 Inner fire 15 Tabloids “monster” 16 “Moonstruck” star 17 Oedipus — 18 One of a kind 19 Happens next 20 Most current 30 Go to the polls 32 Kind of pool 34 Red-waxed cheese 38 Go blond 39 Cheers 41 Ocean’s motions 42 Bit of holly 43 On — — (hot) 44 Cellist — Casals 46 Most spacious 47 Route for Ben-Hur 49 UFO pilots 51 Hoagie 53 Piece of cake! (2 wds.) 54 Liniment 56 Sewing kit 59 Decoy 61 Kassel’s river 63 Singer Bonnie —

64 Organic compound 65 Lingerie item 67 Vive le —! 68 Cheesecake brand (2 wds.) 69 Like a kilt 70 Flamenco shout 73 With dry humor 75 Fierce whales 77 Blow a paycheck 81 Ms. Thurman 82 Familiar digit 84 Opens the wine 85 Waned 86 Skeptical 87 Prairie schooner 91 Wolf, say 92 Save a coupon 93 Choir selections 94 Miner’s trough 95 Makes after taxes 96 — Enterprise 99 Mr. Kristofferson 102 A famous 500 103 Horned animals 104 Croc cousin 105 Shaman’s findings 107 Family car 109 Tied 111 Just touch 114 Close kin 117 Front of an LP (2 wds.) 119 Mme.’s daughter 121 Band’s booking 122 Perchance 123 Design 124 Epic by Virgil 125 Take to the cleaners 126 Silk or wool 127 Good-looker 130 Tearjerker 134 Privileged few 136 Migratory flocks 137 Tolkien hobbit 138 Begin eating (2 wds.)

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HERBS AT HOME Garden Variety

Jennifer Smith

Grow flavorful houseplants in the kitchen

ant fresh herbs to include in your favorite family recipe or the latest foodie dish? Until warmer weather arrives, try growing them in a sunny window right in your kitchen. All you need is love, bright light, good soil, and a little know-how. The first step is selecting a location. A south- or west-facing window that receives at least six hours of bright light per day is best. If you have the location but space is limited, consider building a shelf or setting a plant stand in front of the window. If your home lacks a sunny window, consider purchasing or building a small stand with grow lights. They are easy to find in garden centers and hardware stores in late winter for the many gardeners who like to start vegetable and flower plants from seed. Next, decide which herbs you want to grow. Parsley, chives, mint and thyme are good options and may survive in a window with less than ideal light. Basil, oregano, bay, rosemary and sage are also good options for indoors. Availability of plants and seeds might dictate this decision, but at least a few of these common herbs should be easy to find at year-round garden centers. While you are out shopping for plants, pick up suitable containers. Always look for pots that have a hole in the bottom to allow drainage even though it means also getting a saucer or tray to protect the surface on which pots will be sitting. Give each plant its own pot to maximize root space. Four- to 6-inch-diameter pots will be adequate for a few months in the kitchen. (Plants can be transplanted into larger pots outdoors in late spring to early summer.) The last thing on the shopping list is potting soil. As always, get a good-quality potting media or mix rather than garden soil. Potting media is specially blended for use in containers, and plants are less likely to become infected with root rot than when grown in a heavy garden soil.

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HERBS SUCH AS PARSLEY, CHIVES, MINT AND THYME are easy to grow near a sunny kitchen window. When you get home, fill pots almost to the brim with potting mix, then tap them a few times on a hard surface to get the potting mix to settle. Add more mix if needed until the soil surface is about a quarter of an inch from the top of the pot. Plant seeds according to package directions or transplant herb seedlings into the pots. Water plants by setting pots in the sink and gently adding water until it flows out the bottom

of the pot. Water this way every time, and allow the soil to almost completely dry out before each watering. This ensures adequate watering and will help to prevent salt buildup in the container. You may only need to water once a week or less, depending on the temperature and relative humidity of your home. The potting mix should include adequate nutrients to sustain plant life for several months, so supple-

mental fertilization is unnecessary this winter and spring. Once the herbs are growing strong, just clip stems as needed for cooking and enjoy! — Jennifer Smith is a former horticulture extension agent for K-State Research and Extension and horticulturist for Lawrence Parks and Recreation. She is the host of “The Garden Show” and has been a gardener since childhood. Send your gardening questions and feedback to features@ljworld.com.

Use pop rivets to permanently join materials together P op rivets are hollow, cylindrical connectors that have a long pin protruding past the rivet head. Using a manual pop rivet gun to install pop rivets is an easy way to permanently connect a wide range of materials together. Step 1: Pop rivets are available in several different lengths and diameters. Measure the total thickness of the materials to be joined together. Choose a pop rivet with a grip range equal to or slightly larger than the thickness of the material. Rivets with larger diameters have stronger tinsel and shear strengths. Step 2: Pop rivets are made out of a variety

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Linda Cottin of materials. Aluminum and steel rivets are the most common. Choose a rivet that is similar to the material being fastened. Use aluminum rivets for softer materials and steel rivets for harder materials. Using dissimilar metals together can cause rapid corrosion and joint failure. Step 3: Use a drill

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USING A MANUAL POP RIVET GUN to install pop rivets is an easy way to permanently connect a wide range of materials together. bit that is equal to or slightly larger than the outer diameter of the pop rivet shaft to drill a hole through the material to

be fastened. The closer the hole size is to the rivet size, the stronger the joint will be. When connecting soft materials

together, a washer can be used on the underside of the rivet to ensure the secondary head will not pull through the material. Step 4: Insert the rivet into the hole until the underside of the rivet head is flush with the top layer of the material. The bottom of the rivet should protrude slightly past the bottom of the material. If the grip range of the rivet does not match the thickness of the material, the rivet will not fasten properly. Step 5: Pop rivet guns typically have a variety of insert heads. Choose the insert that best fits the pop rivet pin diameter. Use the wrench that comes with the rivet gun to install the

proper head. Step 6: With the rivet in place, place the head of the gun over the rivet pin and slide the gun down the shaft until the face of the gun is resting on the rivet head. Step 7: Hold the material and gun firmly and squeeze the handles of the gun together. Step 8: Release the handles and squeeze them again. Continue to squeeze and release the gun handles until the pin pops, breaking away to leave the rivet firmly in place. — Have a home improvement question for the Fix-It Chick? Email it to Linda Cottin at features@ljworld.com.

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FEDEX ............................................. 25

MISCELLANEOUS ............................... 28

BRANDON WOODS ............................. 20

HOME INSTEAD SENIOR CARE .............. 20

MV TRANSPORTATION ......................... 15

CITY OF LAWRENCE ............................ 37

KU: FACULTY/ACADEMIC/LECTURERS .. 106

VALEO ............................................. 20

CLO ................................................ 12

KU: STAFF OPENINGS ......................... 73

WESTAFF .......................................... 25

COTTONWOOD................................... 11

KU: STUDENT OPENINGS .................. 136

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ..................5

LAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL .......... 12

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Behavioral Health Care

Medical Director

Valeo is a leader in providing mental health and substance abuse services for adults in the Topeka area. Our vision is to keep behavioral health care consumer driven, to close the gap on mental health needs and services offered, and provide early screening for mental health and substance abuse. Valeo is currently seeking a Medical Director. The essential function of the Medical Director is to provide outpatient medical/psychiatric services to consumers of Valeo. This would include being available for consultation and feedback. The Medical Director actively participates as a member of the Medical Services that provides collaborative treatment with numerous members of a treatment team outside of Medical Services. The Medical Director works with Valeo staff to support the mission, vision and values of Valeo Behavioral Health Care. Valeo will offer a competitive salary and generous benefit package. This position requires a medical degree from an accredited school of medicine and completion of four years of postgraduate training in psychiatry in an accredited program. The Medical Director must also possess a State of Kansas medical license and be Board Eligible in psychiatry. In addition, the Medical Director must have knowledge of psychiatric, diagnostic, and pharmacological and other treatment principles and practices and must have the ability to gain the support and cooperation of practicing physicians, psychiatrists, employees, consumers and the general public. The position also requires knowledge and support of community-based psychiatric services.

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to Valeo Behavioral Health Care, Human Resources, 5401 SW 7th Street, Topeka, KS 66606 or email to apply@valeotopeka.org. Valeo gives an incentive for Spanish speaking applicants. Valeo is an EOE.

For a complete listing of this position, please visit our website: valeotopeka.org.

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse The University of Kansas Watkins Health Services has an immediate opening for a full time Advanced Practice Registered Nurse to provide medical care on a contemporary, culturally oriented college campus of about 25,000 students.This unclassified professional staff position is responsible for providing primary care in the health center’s stimulating academic environment with an emphasis on patient education.The position requires graduation from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program; licensed or eligible with the State of Kansas; Board certified or eligible in Adult/Family Practice; DEA registration; and current ACLS certification.

The University of Kansas is committed to providing our employees with an enriching and dynamic work environment that encourages innovation, research, creativity and equal opportunity for learning, development and professional growth. KU strives to recruit, develop, retain and reward a dynamic workforce that shares our mission and core strategic values in research, teaching and service. Learn more at http://provost.ku.edu/strategic-plan

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Application deadline is 1/25/2016. For additional information & to apply, go to: http://employment.ku.edu/staff/5038BR

KU is an EO/AAE. All qualiﬁed applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, genetic information or protected Veteran status.

325 Maine Street • Lawrence, Kansas • 785-505-5000

Brandon Woods at Alvamar offers part and full-time positions in an environment focused on resident directed care. We are looking to add a few caring, qualified associates. Come see us if you are interested in any of these key positions:

LPN Full and Part Time

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• LPN Charge Nurse • CMA, CNA • Admissions/Move-In Coordinator (part-time) • Cook, Dietary Aide, Server • Housekeeper and Laundry Aide We offer competitive wages. Benefits such as direct deposit, an excellent orientation program, tuition reimbursement, employee assistance program and a discounted meal program are special services our Team Members can enjoy.

Why Work Anyplace Else? We are an upscale retirement community offering opportunities for new experiences and advancement. Why work anyplace else? Come see us at Brandon Woods!

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Have a desire to work with people? Retired? Attending college? Looking for a 2nd job?

Valeo Behavioral Health Care is in need of PRN Mental Health Technicians to work with adult clients that have mental health issues within our Crisis Diversion Services program- which includes residential and In-Home Support Services. The primary function of the Mental Health Technician involves one-to-one support for mental health clients by assisting them toward maximizing opportunities to become more self-sufﬁcient over time in meal preparation, laundry and cleaning, transportation, psychosocial skills, and other personal care needs. Flexible work schedule, 16-40 hrs. p/week, as coverage is needed 24/7. Training provided and incentive after 6 months. A valid Kansas Driver’s License and proof of auto insurance is required, as the position requires providing transportation to clients. Must be at least 18 years of age or older and be able to pass pre-employment background checks and KDADS adult/child abuse registries.

For a complete listing of these positions, please visit our website: valeotopeka.org.

Behavioral Health Care

Director of VRC

Valeo Behavioral Health Care is hiring a Full Time Director of our Valeo Recovery Center. The Director is responsible for managing Valeo’s substance abuse programs and services to adults who are requiring evaluation and/or treatment. These programs include twenty-four hour residential services, outpatient, evening treatment and life integration services. This position, in partnership with the CEO, participates in the coordination and procurement of funding, and interaction with community and state agencies. This position requires a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Addiction or a Mental Health related field. Qualified candidates must also be a licensed substance abuse counselor, with experience in substance abuse, minimum of five years experience in program management and other administrative experience in substance abuse services. The candidate must also have an understanding of the current State funded system including managed care experience. Must have reliable personal transportation, a valid Kansas Driver’s license and proof of auto liability insurance. For a complete listing of our open positions, please visit our website: valeotopeka.org

For a complete listing of these positions, please visit our website: valeotopeka.org.

Think Fast. Think FedEx Ground. Interested in a fast-paced job with career advancement opportunities? Join the FedEx Ground team as a part-time package handler.

Package Handlers - $11.70/hr. to start Qualiﬁcations Must be at least 18 years of age Must be able to load, unload and sort packages, as well as perform other related duties All interested candidates must attend a sort observation at our facility prior to applying for the position.

HIRING IMMEDIATELY! Drive for KU on Wheels or Lawrence Transit System

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS OVERNIGHT SHIFT:

Monday night, 11PM -Saturday morning 3AM

We offer ﬂexible part-time schedules, 80% company paid employee health insurance for full time, career opportunities- MV promotes from within!

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Tuesday – Saturday, 4AM-7:30AM *Times are approximate

To schedule a sort observation, go to www.WatchASort.com 8000 Cole Parkway, Shawnee, KS 66227

Starting rate is $11.50/hr after paid training, must be 21+ with a good driving record.

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University of Kansas Administrative Assistant Watkins Health Services at the KU Lawrence campus has an immediate opening for an Administrative Assistant to work full time in the Business Office on filing insurance claims, with a high level of detail work on a computer. For more information, a complete position description with required qualifications, and to apply, please visit: http://employment.ku.edu/ staff/5012BR. Application deadline is 1/6/16.

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EOE

Operations Specialist

The University of Kansas seeks an Operations Specialist to serve with Housing Ofﬁce Administration and Operations.

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Milkweed Grant Coordinator

KS Biological Survey seeks a Milkweed Grant Coordinator to provide grant support and outreach activities for the Monarch Watch milkweed conservation initiative.

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http://employment.ku.edu/staff/5016BR Application deadline 01/13/2016. KU is an EO/AAE, full policy at http://policy.ku.edu/IOA/nondiscrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, genetic information or protected Veteran status.

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Dental Hygienist Full time position: Mon/Wed/Fri, 8-5; Thur 8-7pm; 2 or 3 Sat. per month from 8-noon. Dentrix & Dexis experience preferred. Must be licensed in the state of Kansas, caring, compassionate and committed to providing excellent care to our patients. Benefits incl. health insurance; retirement plan; vac & continued education. Salary commensurate with experience. Apply by January 8, 2016 to: Office Manager kdavis.wsadds@sunflower.com PO Box 442228, 66044

A Job that Nurtures the Soul! Enhance the life of a senior through non-medical companionship, and home helper services. Help seniors remain safe and independent in their homes. HHAs encouraged to apply. Apply online at: homeinstead.com/584 & Click on “Become a CAREGiver”

HUMOR is good medicine. I must be destined to become a fireman—it’s the only job that might appreciate how many times I’ve been fired.

Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board

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TWO DAY AUCTION: Saturday & Sunday January 9th & 10th, 2016, 9:30 A.M. Both Days Dg. Fairgrounds 2110 Harper Bldg. 21, Lawrence, KS ONE-MINUTE Kellog Iowa Service Station Shammy stand/washer(RARE!!!); 30 in.Texaco lighted button sign; double sided Valvoline Motor Oil & Smith Oil Service signs; 24 & 36 in. Texaco Petroleum signs; Scorpion & Mor-Power Muffler signs; Coke & AC-Delco signs; several highway marker signs; Falcon/Swift/Mother Penn/Cen-Pe-Co oil cans; metal oil can display stand; Golden Acres Seeds rain gauge; license plate signs; Pro-Tex cord winder; Winchester brass emblem; Mechanical Duck Decoy w/manual; vintage duck decoys; Salesman Sample ducks; Large Quaker Oats collections; Confection gumball machine; Dazey 4 qt. Sunflower Top butter-churn; 1 qt. butter churn; large Carousel Horse & stand; Simplex ironer; EASY Syracuse copper washer & Maytag vintage electric washer; cream separators; wooden printer boxes; 1930’s Popeye wind-up toy; Frankie remote control toy & Indian Joe battery operated toy both w/boxes; Wyandotte/Auburn/Marx/Nylint toys; pedal tractor; metal slide sleds; wagons/tricycles; Jay-Mar child’s toy piano; vintage pull-type toys; dolls in trunks; Wolverine child’s set (washer/sink/stove/refridge); Hot-Wheels; several NIB die-cast cars/trucks; salesman sample fainting couch; quilting feed-sacks; Pendleton blankets; oil lamps; vintage globes/lights; marbles; VERY LARGE AMOUNT Sterling & Costume Jewelry; several Turquoise Tie Bolo’s; Aladdin lamps; lead lamp; several styles of pedestal lamps; Bradford Exchange figurines; Venetian glass flowers; Brass Items: Fire Nozzle/sledge hammer/hose nozzles; Stanley plane w/box; Keen Kutter axe; pocket knives; several sizes of crocks; stereoscope & optics; fishing lures; advertising items; pipes; postcards; stamp album; 1985 KC Royals pictures; Sports- Cards; 2008 KU Jayhawk framed picture; 1986 Final Four & Pay Heed All Who Enter framed pictures; 600 lb. Fairbanks scales; wash-tubs; metal buckets; cream cans; saw blades; sewing machine stands; Lawrence milk box; woven baskets; 1976-2008 National Wild Turkey Federation Medallion Collection; vintage Remington/Winchester/Peters ammo in paper boxes; Vintage Furniture: table w/marble center, seven drawer triple dresser w/oval mirror, gold velvet chair w/Flemish scroll, five shelve decorative bookcase, side table, telephone table, coffee table w/glass ball eagle feet; steamer trunks; wooden beds; vanity’s/dressing cabinets; oak bookcase w/glass doors; oak dining table w/chairs; plant stand; end tables; smoke stand; Pfaltzgraff Blue stoneware place setting; lighted water fall picture; oriental large framed picture; Norman Rockwell pictures; several vintage pictures/ frames; glassware/ pottery; Beanie/ McDonalds toys; large amount household items; Large Amount of Unlisted Items!!! **Auction Note: This is outstanding collection of items from several area Consignors & the Quality is HIGH! Feel Free To Call To Verify What Day A Specific Item May Sell!! Come & enjoy both days of the climate controlled bldg. & the start our 22nd Year Serving Your Auction Needs! KS Sales Tax Applies

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CNA & Personal Care Attendant wanted. Full or Part-Time positions. Call 785-842-3301 Professional Sitters Home Health.

Water/ Waste Water Plant Operator Eudora, Kansas, population 6,300, seeks responsible applicants with knowledge of the operation and maintenance of a city owned water treatment and waste water treatment plants. Certification preferred but not required. Salary range is $31k to $44k. Position reports to the Public Works Director and will be responsible for running the water plant, producing quality water and treating wastewater per KDHE requirements. Valid Kansas Drivers License is required.

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Family Medicine and Urgent Care of Basehor LPN or MA FT with benefits, PTO, sick leave, competitive pay. Must be CPR certified. Excellent opportunity. Apply in person or Fax resume to: 913-774-3366 or email: hr@jcmhospital.org www.fwhuston.com 408 Delaware Winchester, KS 66097

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NIGHT CUSTODIAL SPECIALIST Kansas Athletics Routine custodial duties including sweeping, cleaning and assisting with set-up/tear down of athletic events. High school diploma or equivalent; valid driver’s license; ability to lift and carry heavy objects; ability to work assigned sporting events including days and week-ends. Working hours 7:00 p.m. - 3:30 a.m. Position open until filled. Apply on-line only: www.kuathletics.com Equal Opportunity M/F/D/V

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**PAWN SHOP AUCTION** Saturday, January 6, 6 PM 4795 Frisbie Rd Shawnee, KS Preview items at NOON -Great selection of recreational items from hunting, laptops, game systems, tools, coins, jewelry AND MORE! Metro Pawn Inc 913.596.1200 metropawnks.com Lindsay Auction Svc. 913.441.1557 lindsaysauctions.com

FOR SALE 2 Igloo Dog Houses Large and medium. Best offer. 785-841-3947

TWO DAY AUCTION Saturday January 9th & Sunday, the 10th, 2016 9:30 A.M. Both Days Douglas Co. Fairgrounds 2110 Harper Bldg. 21 Lawrence, KS Vintage Automotive signs, Antique furniture, Costume jewelry, Brass tools, Antique Toys & Vintage Hotwheels, SO much MORE! Check web! Elston Auctions 785-594-0505| 785-218-7851 Full list & pics online: www.KansasAuctions.net/elston

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Pioneer PLl-990 Stereo Turntable Never used, still in packaging! Built in equalizer. Fullauto operation makes it easy. Low-mass tone arm is sensitive for excellent tracking. Precision DC servo motor provides smooth rotation. Two- speed stereo turntable ensures high-quality sound. Pitch Control. Retails at $150 NOW PRICED $130 Please leave a message 785-841-7635

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PIANOS • H.L. Phillips upright $650 •Whitney Spinet - $500 • Cable Nelson - $500 • Gulbranson Spinet - $450 Prices include tuning & delivery

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Lawrence Large 2BR, garage, deck, CH/CA, street level in fourplex, no stairs. Newly remodled. No smoking. $650/mo. Avail. NOW! 913-593-8088

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(First published in the grandparent or any other Lawrence Daily Journal- party to the proceeding may file a written reWorld December 27, 2015) sponse to the pleading IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF with the clerk of court. DOUGLAS COUNTY, Each parent has the right KANSAS to be represented by an atDIVISION SIX torney. A parent that is not financially able to hire an IN THE INTEREST OF: attorney may apply to the court for a court appointed L. B. DOB: 02/03/2010, a female attorney. A request for a court appointed attorney Case No. 2014-JC-000133 should be made without delay to: Clerk of the DisTO: Michael Bullen trict Court; ATTN: Division 6; 111 East 11th Street; NOTICE OF HEARING Lawrence Kansas (K.S.A. Chapter 38) 66044-9202. Kerrie Lonard COMES NOW the State of of Kansas Legal Services, Kansas, by and through an attorney in Topeka, counsel, Emily C. Haack, Kansas, has been apAssistant District Attorney, pointed as guardian ad and provides notice of a litem for the child. hearing as follows: All parties are hereby noA petition pertaining to the tified that, pursuant to parental rights to the child K.S.A. 60-255, a default whose name appears judgment will be taken above has been filed in against any parent who this Court requesting the fails to appear in person Court to find the child is a or by counsel at the hearchild in need of care as de- ing. fined in the Kansas Code for the Care of Children. If /s/Emily C. Haack a child is adjudged to be a Emily C. Haack, #23697 child in need of care and Assistant District Attorney the Court finds a parent to Office of the District be unfit, the Court may Attorney permanently terminate Douglas County Judicial that parent’s parental Center rights. The Court may also 111 East 11th Street make other orders includ- Lawrence, KS 66044-2909 ing, but not limited to, re- (785) 841-0211 quiring a parent to pay FAX (785) 330-2850 ehaack@douglas-county.com child support. _______ On the 20th day of January, 2016, at 4:15 p.m. (First published in the each parent and any other Lawrence Daily Journalperson claiming legal cus- World December 27, 2015) tody of the minor child is required to appear for an IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Adjudication and DisposiDOUGLAS COUNTY, tion Hearing in Division 6 KANSAS at the Douglas County Law DIVISION SIX Enforcement and Judicial Center, 111 E 11th Street., IN THE INTEREST OF: Lawrence, Kansas. Each grandparent is permitted A. N. but not required to appear DOB: 05/25/2015, a male with or without counsel as Case No. 2015-JC-000066 an interested party in the proceeding. Prior to the TO: Unknown Father and proceeding, a parent, any relatives

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ATTN: Division 6; 111 East 11th Street; Lawrence Kansas 66044-9202. Craig Stancliffe an attorney in Lawrence, Kansas, has been appointed as guardian ad litem for the child.

Lawrence (contract purchaser). Kansas/Nebraska Association of Seventh Day Adventist Inc. is the property owner of record.

COMES NOW the State of Kansas, by and through counsel, Emily C. Haack, Assistant District Attorney, and provides notice of a All parties are hereby nohearing as follows: tified that, pursuant to A petition pertaining to K.S.A. 60-255, a default the parental rights to the judgment will be taken child whose name appears against any parent who above has been filed in fails to appear in person this Court requesting the or by counsel at the hearCourt to find the child is a ing. child in need of care as defined in the Kansas Code /s/Emily C Haack for the Care of Children. If EMILY C HAACK, 23697 a child is adjudged to be a Assistant District Attorney child in need of care and Office of the District the Court finds a parent to Attorney be unfit, the Court may Douglas County Judicial permanently terminate Center that parent’s parental 111 East 11th Street rights. The Court may also Lawrence, KS 66044-2909 make other orders includ- (785) 841-0211 ing, but not limited to, re- FAX (785) 330-2850 quiring a parent to pay ehaack@douglas-county.com _______ child support. On the 24th day of February, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. each parent and any other person claiming legal custody of the minor child is required to appear for an Adjudication and Disposition hearing in Division 6 at the Douglas County Law Enforcement and Judicial Center, 111 E 11th Street., Lawrence, Kansas. Each grandparent is permitted but not required to appear with or without counsel as an interested party in the proceeding. Prior to the proceeding, a parent, grandparent or any other party to the proceeding may file a written response to the pleading with the clerk of court. Each parent has the right to be represented by an attorney. A parent that is not financially able to hire an attorney may apply to the court for a court appointed attorney. A request for a court appointed attorney should be made without delay to: Clerk of the District Court;

(First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld January 3, 2016) NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC The Lawrence/Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Commission will hold their regularly scheduled monthly meeting on January 25, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. in the Commission Meeting Room on the first floor of City Hall, 6 E. 6th Street. The Planning Commission will consider the following public hearing and non hearing items at their Monday, January 25, 2016 meeting: Z-15-00609: Consider a request to rezone approximately 4.038 acres from RS7 (Single-Dwelling Residential) District to RM15-PD (Multi-Dwelling Residential with Planned Development Overlay) District, located at 5325 W 6th St. Submitted by Landplan Engineering PA on behalf of Village Cooperative of

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PDP-15-00610: Consider of Preliminary Development Plan for Village Cooperative of Lawrence, located at 5325 W 6th St. The plan proposes the construction of a 3-story structure containing 52 assisted living units, underground & surface parking and site improvements, including the construction of Branchwood Drive north to W. 6th Street. Submitted by Landplan Engineering PA on behalf of Village Cooperative of Lawrence (contract purchaser). Kansas/Nebraska Association of Seventh Day Adventist Inc. is the property owner of record. Z-15-00602: Consider a request to rezone approximately 25 acres from County A (Agricultural) District to RSO (Single-Dwelling Residential-Office) District, located SW of intersection of N 1750 Rd and E 902 Rd (extended). Submitted by BG Consultants, Inc. on behalf of Garber Enterprises, Inc., property owner of record. Replaces Z-14-00162. PC recommended denial on 6/23/14, City Commission returned to Planning Commission on 12/8/15. Z-15-00603: Consider a request to rezone approximately 15 acres from County A (Agricultural) District to RS5 (Single-Dwelling Residential) District, located SE of intersection of N 1750 Rd and E 902 Rd (extended). Submitted by BG Consultants, Inc. on behalf of Micah Garber, contract purchaser, and Robert & Jan Maxwell, Trustees, property owner of record. Replaces Z-14-00164. PC recommended denial on

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6/23/14, City Commission section of N 1750 Rd and E returned to Planning Com- 902 Rd (extended). Submitmission on 12/8/15. ted by BG Consultants, Inc. on behalf of Garber EnterZ-15-00617: Consider a re- prises, Inc., property quest to rezone approxi- owner of record. PC recmately 11.6 acres from ommended denial on County A (Agricultural) 6/23/14, City Commission District to IL (Limited In- returned to Planning Comdustrial) District, located mission on 12/8/15. SW of intersection of N 1750 Rd and E 902 Rd A-14-00163: Consider an (extended). Submitted by Annexation request for apBG Consultants, Inc. on be- proximately 15 acres lohalf of Garber Enterprises, cated north of Rock Chalk Inc., property owner of Park. Submitted by BG record. Replaces Consultants Inc on behalf Z-14-00165. PC recom- of Micah Garber, contract mended denial on 6/23/14, purchaser, and Robert and City Commission returned Jan Maxwell Trust, propto Planning Commission erty owner of record. PC recommended denial on on 12/8/15. 6/23/14, City Commission Z-15-00618: Consider a re- returned to Planning Comquest to rezone approxi- mission on 12/8/15. mately 61.3 acres from County A (Agricultural) CPA-14-00005: Consider a Plan District to RS5 Comprehensive to Horizon (Single-Dwelling Residen- Amendment tial) District, located SE of 2020 Chapter 7: Industrial N 1750 Rd and E 902 Rd Land Use, and Chapter 14: (extended). Submitted by Specific Plans - K-10 & BG Consultants, Inc. on be- Farmer’s Turnpike Plan, to half of Garber Enterprises, revise the Future Land Use Inc., property owner of Map and include adjacent record. Replaces parcels for additional resiZ-14-00164. PC recom- dential land use sections mended denial on 6/23/14, into the K-10 & Farmer’s City Commission returned Turnpike Plan. Submitted to Planning Commission by B.G. Consultants, Inc. PC recommended denial on 12/8/15. on 6/23/14, City CommisZ-15-00619: Consider a re- sion returned to Planning quest to rezone approxi- Commission on 12/8/15. mately 0.8 acres from County A (Agricultural) Z-15-00608: Consider a reDistrict to RS5-FP quest to rezone approxi(Single-Dwelling Residen- mately 6.178 acres from tial with Floodplain Over- County B-3 District to lay) District, located SE of County B-2 District, lointersection of N 1750 Rd cated in the 1400 block of E and E 902 Rd (extended). 900 Rd. Submitted by BG Submitted by BG Consult- Consultants, Inc. on behalf ants, Inc. on behalf of of Fairway LC, property Garber Enterprises, Inc., owner of record. property owner of record. Replaces Z-14-00204. PC SUP-15-00521: Consider a recommended denial on Special Use Permit for ap6/23/14, City Commission proval of a neighborhood returned to Planning Com- commercial shopping area mission on 12/8/15. that includes buildings to house Fast Order Food, A-14-00161: Consider an Drive-in, located at 4300 W Annexation request for ap- 24th Place. The plan proproximately 97.8 acres lo- poses 31,625 sq. ft. of comcated south of the inter- mercial development in

Lawrence five buildings with four drive-thru uses indicated. Two drive-thru uses are for Fast Order Food. Submitted by Paul Werner Architects, for RPI, LLC, property owner of record. CUP-15-00613: Consider a Conditional Use Permit for Calico Village, an Athletic Field complex for youth soccer on approximately 80 acres, located at the intersection of E 1750 Rd & N 1300 Rd. Submitted by Jambars Futbol Club Inc, on behalf of John Pendleton for Lorita H Pendleton, Trustee, property owner of record. (Joint meeting with Eudora Planning Commission.) TA-15-00571: Consider a Text Amendment to the Zoning Regulations for the Unincorporated Territory of Douglas County, Kansas to add Wind Energy Conversion Systems. Initiated by County Commission on 10/21/15. Legal descriptions for public hearing properties listed above are on file in the Planning Office for review during regular office hours, 8-5 Monday - Friday. to the Communications Commission: Written comments are welcome and encouraged on all items to be considered by the Planning Commission. The Commission has established a deadline for receipt of all written communications of no later than 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 25, 2016. This ensures your transmittal to the Commission can be received and read prior to their meeting. Sheila M. Stogsdill Planning Administrator www.lawrenceks.org/pds/ ________

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