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Medicaid expansion bill introduced in Kansas House Republican-controlled Congress repeals the federal Affordable Care Act that makes the expansion possible. In fact, although supporters believe the idea has more than enough support to pass the 125seat Kansas House, all

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Topeka — A bill to expand the state Medicaid program has been introduced in the Kansas House, but lawmakers may have to rush in order to pass it before the

of whose members were just elected in November, the state’s entire delegation in the U.S. House is on record supporting repeal of the federal law, even though they were all re-elected on the same ballot. “What we heard during

the campaign season was that there are a lot of Kansans who want us to talk about this,” said Rep. Sue Concannon, R-Beloit. Concannon, who asked for the bill to be introduced, is vice chair of the Health and Human Services Committee that

is scheduled to hold hearings on it in early February. Last week, both chambers of Congress took initial steps toward repealing the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. Three of Kansas’ four U.S. House

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members and both of the state’s senators voted in favor of the measure. “Today, I joined my House colleagues in taking the first step in repealing the president’s flawed health care law

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Regents’ policy allows stun guns, gun storage on campus By Sara Shepherd sshepherd@ljworld.com

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EUDORA HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER NATE ROBINSON IS BACK in his computer and video editing classroom after a first semester in which he was in the hospital for 20 days from heart complications and ended up having surgery to place an artificial valve in his heart. During winter break, Robinson learned he won $50,000 in an online contest.

Fortune takes big turn for teacher after long health ordeal juniors Haley Hoffman and Lindsey Fry on how to improve their video preejones@ljworld.com sentations. It was a job he here was little indica- loved and was extremely tion Wednesday of the fortunate to have, Robinson ordeal teacher Nate said. Robinson endured in He had another reason to the first semester of smile. On New Year’s Day, his eighth year at Eudora he learned he had won a High School. $50,000 online contest ofAfter the last bell of the fered by dbrand.com, an onday, he sat smiling, workline marketer of cell phone ing before a computer with and laptop accessories. BY ELVYN JONES l l l

Although at first he thought he was being pranked, Robinson eventually responded to an email to claim the money while solving a required tricky math problem with the help of EHS math teacher Scott Keltner. That good fortune followed five months of heart problems that made the self-described “high-energy person” something of a zombie.

“He was really not himself for a while,” Hoffman said. “He would be curled up in a blanket at his desk. I remember we had an evening political debate we were videotaping. He stretched out on the floor the whole time.” He got spider bites while on the floor, Robinson said. They were part

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Topeka — The Kansas Board of Regents tweaked its statewide guns on campus policy to respond to issues that arose as individual universities drafted their policies. First, for people who don’t want to or can’t legally carry a concealed handgun but do want a form of self-defense, the statewide policy now says universities can allow BOARD OF REGENTS stun guns. Second, for people who do carry concealed guns, the statewide policy now allows universities to permit storage in additional secure places. Such storage locations are envisioned to avoid gunwearers having to run to their cars or residences to lock up their guns each time they move from an area where concealed carry is allowed to an area where it’s prohibited, according to the Regents policy proposal. “Whether a particular university will choose to provide or authorize additional secure storage locations will be up to each individual university,” said Julene Miller, an attorney for the Regents. The Board first approved its new statewide policy a year ago, then OK’d individual universities’ policies last month.

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Kansas legislators leery of budget fix, yet moving toward it KANSAS BUDGET DIRECTOR SHAWN SULLIVAN discusses an accounting move proposed by Gov. Sam Brownback to cover a projected $342 million shortfall in the current state budget during a meeting of the House Appropriations Committee Wednesday at the Statehouse in Topeka.

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Topeka — Kansas legislators on Wednesday slammed Gov. Sam Brownback’s accounting move to mask a hole in the state budget, then signaled they may approve it anyway. The House and Senate budget committees began their review Wednesday of the Republican governor’s budget plan, which doesn’t include widespread spending cuts that some

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projected $342 million hole in the budget for current fiscal year before it ends June 30. As an alternative to cuts in aid to public schools and further reductions in other spending, Brownback proposed a plan to shuffle funds to push immediate budget problems into the future. “We’re kicking the can down the road. Pretty soon, there won’t be no more cans to kick,” said Sen. John Doll, a Garden City Republican who serves on the > BUDGET, 2A

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and transitioning to a patient-centered health care system,” said Rep. Lynn Jenkins, who represents the 2nd District of eastern Kansas, including Lawrence. Also voting in favor were Reps. Kevin Yoder, of Overland Park, who represents the 3rd District, and Roger Marshall, of Great Bend, who represents the 1st District. Fourth District Rep. Mike Pompeo, who has been nominated to become the next CIA director in the Trump administration, did not vote but has said in the past that he supports repealing the Affordable Care Act. “Canceled policies, difficulties in identifying new plans, massive premium increases, sky-high deductibles and limited options for doctors — the new normal for many American families under

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Obamacare,” Sen. Jerry Moran said in a statement Thursday after the Senate vote. “This vote gives us the opportunity to begin repairing the damage.” Gov. Sam Brownback also spoke out against expanding Medicaid, known in Kansas as KanCare, during his State of the State address Jan. 10. Kansas Rep. John Wilson, D-Lawrence, the ranking Democrat on the committee that will hear the expansion bill, said he believes there is a disconnect between Topeka and Washington. “I think our congressional delegation, by and large, seems to want to put ideology over the practical policies that help people’s lives,” Wilson said. Wilson also said he’s not confident that Congress will be able to repeal the federal law quickly. “We’ve never relied on the federal government to act swiftly, so I don’t know why we’d suddenly pretend it now,” he said.

LAWRENCE • STATE “I think regardless of what the incoming administration decides to do, we need to at least have a thorough discussion about the needs of 150,000 Kansans who don’t have health insurance, and we need to get a sense of what it would cost us should we want to provide coverage for them if it’s in a different form than under the Affordable Care Act.” Wilson also said he believes the bill has enough bipartisan support to pass out of the Kansas House. Currently, Kansas has one of the strictest eligibility requirements for Medicaid of any state in the country. It is available only to pregnant women, children, disabled adults and seniors who meet certain income guidelines, typically between 100 and 150 percent of the 2016 federal poverty level. For working-age parents and caregivers, the income guidelines are much stricter: $7,644 per year for a family of three, or 38 percent of the 2016 federal poverty level.

Childless adults under age 65 are not eligible for Medicaid in Kansas. The bill would expand eligibility to all adults under age 65 with incomes up to 133 percent of poverty level, or $26,720 a year for a family of three. Under the Affordable Care Act, as it currently stands, the federal government would pay 90-95 percent of the cost of insuring those people in the expansion group. The bill also authorizes the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to refer any adult in the expansion group who is unemployed or working fewer than 20 hours per week to a workforce training program or work-search resources, but it would not impose a specific work requirement on individuals, nor would it charge them a premium for the insurance. It is estimated that full expansion of Medicaid would extend coverage to about 150,000 Kansans who currently don’t have health insurance. Concannon said she introduced the bill on

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After a week in the hospital, Robinson returned — Eudora High School teacher Nate Robinson to his Eudora home, where he learned on New Year’s CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A Day he won the online cash prize. His health ordeal of an incredible run of — the out-of-synch beating made impossible any immade his winning a great bad medical fortune he mediate surgery, Robinof heart valves — he has story for dbrand. So good, experienced during the son said. To combat the fought his entire life. He in fact, the dbrand CEO first semester, which bacterial growth, Robinhad an ablation in July to was doubtful it was true. corresponded with his son was put on a 24-hour correct the irregular heart “Everybody would five-month health-related rhythm. antibiotic drip delivered probably tell him they were “Walking Dead” imperto his blood system from Then, just as school really deserving winners,” sonation, the EHS combottles contained in a was starting in August, Robinson said. “I don’t puter skills and video black bag strapped to his health quickly started think he believed me until editing teacher said. His him constantly. spiraling downward, he visited some of my sobattle with heart condiAnd in the middle of Robinson said. It would be cial media accounts.” tions, a constant drip of two months before a series his six-week antibiotic Robinson said it was an antibiotics and a series of of blood tests revealed that treatment, Robinson had a indication of how emotionodd setbacks left him with he had a centimeter-long dangerous reaction to one ally drained he and his wife little energy and so cold of his medications, which bacterial growth eating were from the past five he brought to his classmade his heart race at an away on the leaf of a heart months that he announced room an electric blanket even greater rate. microvalve, which had in a neutral, unemotional to fight off chills. “On Halloween night, caused enough damage it way that he had won “It was terrible,” he said. couldn’t completely close. I was driving down In$50,000 and she responded “I couldn’t walk 100 feet. terstate 35 in the middle The medical term for his with the same flat affect. Walking up steps would ex- condition was endocarditis. lane at 70 mph to get to During the roller-coaster haust me. I was completely “It’s one of those things St. Luke’s Hospital when ride of fortune the last six exhausted when I got my vision contracted to that when you tell people month, one thing that rehome. I had to take one day at the hospital you have it, a pinhole,” he said. “One mained at a constant high of work off a week.” they go, ‘Oh my,’” he said. drug made my heart rate level throughout was the Although his condition “Once I had a name for my go so crazy.” support he and his family may have left him listless, condition, things turned There was one more received from the Eudora his heart was working complication before his the corner a little bit.” community, Robinson said. overtime. It pumped at a scheduled surgery when Robinson would “A gentleman who rate of 120 beats per mineventually learn the root Robinson needed a second brought a meal to the house ute at rest and sped up to of the heart bacteria was ablation to address a heart one night said, ‘When I had 165 from minimal exertion. probably a drug he took flutter. Two weeks later, on cancer, we didn’t make a “When your heart is Dec. 19, he had the surgery. years earlier to treat ulmeal for six months. This beating that fast, you can’t cers. It was one of those At that point, Robinson’s town will take care of you really think,” he said. “If drugs advertised on tele- bad luck began to change. if you let it,’” he said. “He is you looked at me, you vision with a slew of pos- He knew his surgeon absolutely right. This town would know there was sible side effects quickly planned a less invasive surwill absolutely overwhelm something wrong with me. mentioned near the end gery that accessed his heart you with resources.” In October, I turned gray. from his right side rather of the commercial. His Refuge Christian I lost 25 pounds. I was than cracking his sternum, “One of the possible Church congregation and having night sweats. I’m but his surgeon confided side effects is a compropastor were also very talking so bad we had to in him as he was being mised immune system,” supportive, as were his change the sheets and pil- Robinson said. “It is a prepared for the procedure students, fellow faculty and low case every morning.” that wasn’t a guarantee. bacteria we all have in Eudora school district adRobinson’s story traces our gut. With my weakHe woke to find himself in ministrators, Robinson said. to medical complications ened immune system, the a lot of pain but with his Superintendent Steve Splithat have long plagued bacteria leaked out of my chest unopened. chal and EHS Principal Ron him, starting with atrial “People said even intestines and landed on Abel visited him his first fibrillation — the out-ofone of the worst places it though they go through day in the hospital. Abel’s synch beating of heart the ribs, there is still could have landed.” personal interest continvalves — he has fought his intense pain,” he said. “I Doctors also knew ued when he returned to entire life. He had an abla- bacteria started growdidn’t realize how much school, Robinson said. tion in July to correct the pain there would be. But ing on his heart valve “I don’t know how irregular heart rhythm. it got better every day. sometime after his July many times my principal ablation because tests His condition was It’s amazing how fast the would check on me,” he performed on him before body can regroup. harder on his wife, Abby, said. “He’d poke his head because she was forced to that procedure would “I’m still not where I through the door two or have caught the growth, be a single mother to the want to be, but I’m getting three times a day to ask couple’s sons, Reid, 4, and Robinson said. there. My doctor said your how I was doing. I can’t tell His cardiologist knew Wes, 2, Robinson said. heart needs time to reyou how special that was.” the heart valve needed to build itself after working He got to that point be repaired or replaced, from a couple of medical that hard for that long. I’m — County reporter Elvyn Jones can be but the possibility of the looking forward to taking complications that have reached at 832-7166. Follow him bacteria spreading durlong plagued him, startlong walks again with my on Twitter: @ElvynJ ing the delicate operation kids and my wife.” ing with atrial fibrillation

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chamber’s budget committee. But it’s one thing for lawmakers to talk about cutting spending enough to close the gap and another for them to do it. Several legislators acknowledged that despite their concerns about Brownback’s plan, it may be their best option. Brownback’s plan calls for liquidating a state investment portfolio to raise cash that would back $317 million in internal borrowing, with the state paying itself back over seven years. States often shuffle funds or use

billion through June 2019. Some Republicans in the GOP-controlled Legislature argue that the state needs to make “structural” budget changes — and cut spending immediately. They’re wary of Brownback’s internal borrowing proposal, viewing it as delaying a permanent fix. Several legislators said lawmakers would have to reduce aid to public schools — with a lawsuit over education funding before the state Supreme Court. The House Appropriations Committee plans to review data on how each of the state’s 286 local school districts would be affected, which is likely to create uncomfortable questions for lawmakers. “Are you willing to go

home and say, ‘We had another option that we could have used, but we decided to cut, and these are the services that suffered the ramifications,’?” said Chairman Troy Waymaster, a Bunker Hill Republican. During the House committee’s briefing Wednesday, legislators in both parties criticized Brownback’s proposal. State Treasurer Ron Estes, a Republican who has been involved in discussions about the idea, declared that he would remain neutral as he assisted lawmakers with their decisions. Even Shawn Sullivan, the governor’s budget director, called the proposal “a bad alternative” but better than other options.

“I think it’s a horrible idea,” said Sen. Laura Kelly, of Topeka, the ranking Democrat on her chamber’s budget committee. “But we’re all out of good ideas — there are no good ideas.”

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accounting maneuvers to get past a shortfall midway through a fiscal year, but Brownback’s plan is a twist. “You don’t have time to raise revenues,” said John Hicks, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers. “You’ve got three basic other solutions. One is to reduce spending. The other is to dip into a rainy day fund and the third is the example like this one.” Kansas has eaten through its cash reserves and struggled to balance its budget since GOP legislators slashed personal income taxes in 2012 and 2013 at Brownback’s urging. Tackling the shortfall in the current budget is a first step toward closing projected gaps totaling $1.1

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etsy DeVos, a school choice advocate and President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, faced tough questions during her confirmation hearing Tuesday from many senators on the Health Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, but not from Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts. Instead, Roberts steered entirely clear of all K-12 education issues during his five minutes of questioning and focused solely on federal regulations affecting higher education. Recalling a meeting he’d held recently with higher DeVos education officials in Kansas, including, apparently, Johnson County Community College,

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Roberts held up a chart that he’d evidently printed off of a computer. Roberts remarked on the large volume of federal programs and regulations that officials at Kansas public colleges and universities told him they deal with. “These are 34 topics or areas of federal regulation; some of them very, very, very important,” Roberts said. “But the collective judgment was that they were so intrusive, so

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U.S. SEN. PAT ROBERTS OF KANSAS QUESTIONS Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos during confirmation hearings Tuesday before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. expensive, so time-consuming that they had to get an office of compliance just to look at the federal regulations, and then they assign bad-news bearers

to go tell all the various departments that make up the Johnson County Community College.” Roberts went on to say that the sheer volume

Court sets date for abortion lawsuit appeal By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

Topeka — The Kansas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on March 16 in a case that challenges a 2015 law banning a certain type of abortion procedure commonly used in second-trimester abortions, a procedure that abortion opponents call “dismemberment” abortions. The Office of Judicial Administration confirmed that date Wednesday after Chief Deputy Attorney General Jeff Chanay announced it during a legislative committee hearing in which lawmakers were briefed on the status of three ongoing abortionrelated lawsuits. The case challenges a 2015 law that bans a procedure formally known as dilation and evacuation, or D&E. The case is being watched closely, both in Kansas and nationally, because the plaintiffs

challenging the law are asking the court to find that the Kansas Constitution guarantees the same privacy rights as the U.S. Constitution does. Those privacy rights were the basis of the landmark 1973 decision Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide. That’s a critical question in states around the country as the U.S. Supreme Court has become more conservative, and with incoming President-elect Donald Trump promising to appoint justices who will overturn Roe v. Wade. The lawsuit was filed by Hodes & Nauser MDs, P.A., a father-daughter medical practice in Johnson County that specializes in obstetrics and gynecology. In June 2015, Shawnee County District Judge Larry D. Hendricks ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and granted a temporary injunction to block the law from taking effect, pending a trial on the merits of the case. The state then asked the

Classrooms cleared after student uses pepper spray Southwest Middle School staff are in the process of filing a police report after a student used pepper spray during class Wednesday morning. The student sprayed pepper spray into the air, not directly at any individual person, district spokeswoman Julie Boyle said in a news release. No

Supreme Court to take the case on direct appeal, but the high court declined and referred it to the Kansas Court of Appeals. In an unusual move, the appeal was heard by the entire 14-judge Court of Appeals, and in January 2016, the court split evenly, 7-7, on the question of whether the Kansas Constitution guarantees the same privacy rights as the U.S. Constitution. The effect of that decision was to leave Judge Hendricks’ injunction in place while the case was appealed to the Supreme Court. In April, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, but in a year when 5 of the 7 justices were up for retention and antiabortion groups in Kansas were campaigning against four of them, the court did not set a date for oral arguments until Wednesday. Hodes and Nauser are also the plaintiffs in two other lawsuits pending in

state courts challenging other Kansas abortion laws. One of those cases challenges a 2011 law that would have required abortion clinics to be licensed and comply with a host of other regulations. But those regulations were put on hold when Shawnee County Judge Franklin Theis issued a temporary injunction until the case was decided. Litigation in that case is ongoing. The other lawsuit challenges a 2013 law that prohibited abortions under certain circumstances and declared within Kansas law that human life begins at fertilization. A trial court declined to issue an injunction in that case, so that law is currently in effect. But the litigation has been put on hold pending the outcome of the constitutional case now before the Supreme Court. — Statehouse reporter Peter Hancock can be reached at 354-4222. Follow him on Twitter: @LJWpqhancock

BRIEFLY one was hurt in the incident, but the affected classroom was evacuated and ventilated afterward. Staff also temporarily relocated a neighboring classroom as a precaution, Boyle said. In addition, the school nurse monitored students and staff for health concerns, though none was reported. The school notified the parents of the student involved and initiated disciplinary action in accordance with

Lawrence school board policy. School staff also informed all Southwest parents of the incident and asked for assistance in “reminding students that pepper spray may not be brought on school grounds,” Boyle said. Boyle also said that although Southwest staff would file a police report about the incident, “whether any further action is warranted would be up to the authorities.”

of regulations indicated to him “that we need to work together to eliminate many of these burdensome regulations that hinder the institutions of higher

education’s main goal, to educate our students effectively and efficiently.” Roberts wasn’t specific about which regulations he wants to repeal. Among the federal regulations that apply to higher education institutions are Title IX regulations that ban gender-based discrimination, along with a host of financial regulations relating to federally funded research and federal student financial aid programs. While Roberts was almost alone in focusing attention on the Department of Education’s role in higher education, most of the other senators focused their questions on K-12 education and, in particular, DeVos’ support for charter schools and voucher programs that use public funds to pay tuition costs at private and parochial schools.

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Obama commutes life sentence of former KU basketball player’s dad By Conrad Swanson cswanson@ljworld.com

10-year term of supervised release. It is not clear if his commuted sentence also includes a term of supervised release. Traylor applied for clemency in 2016 through The Clemency Project after Obama’s administration announced it would seek applications for hundreds of inmates. Traylor’s sentence was commuted alongside those of 208 other people. Obama also pardoned 64 people on Tuesday. Jamari Traylor played for KU from 2012 to 2016, averaging 3.6 points and 3.2 rebounds in 143 games. He now plays for Austria’s Redwell Gunners Oberwart.

The life sentence of Jessie Traylor, father of former University of Kansas basketball player Jamari Traylor, was commuted on Tuesday by President Barack Obama, according to a report from the International Business Times. Jessie Traylor was convicted of a number of felony charges related to possession and intent to distribute cocaine in Illinois in 2009. He was sentenced to life in prison the next year. On Tuesday, Obama commuted Traylor’s sentence to a total of 20 years in prison on the condition that he enroll in a drug treatment program. — Public safety reporter Conrad He will now be released Swanson can be reached at 832-7284. from prison Jan. 8, 2030. Follow him on Twitter: Traylor’s original @Conrad_Swanson sentence also carried a

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High-schooler’s superstitions could be OCD Dear Annie: I’m a sophomore in high school. Lately, I’ve been having some anxiety. I can’t quite pinpoint it, but it’s this sense of impending doom, as if something very bad is about to happen. For example, I’ll be lying in bed and suddenly I’ll be overcome with dread, thinking the ceiling is about to collapse on me or just some vague bad thing is going to happen. Then I get this feeling that if I just complete some gesture — making the bed and then getting back in or turning the light on and then back off — I’ll prevent the disaster from happening. It’s bizarre, but I feel the need to complete these actions every time the anxiety flares up. So far, I have man-

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aged to keep these spastic episodes to myself; not even my close friends know. But lately, they’re becoming more frequent and intense. For instance, I work at a clothing store on the weekends, and the other day, I was ringing a woman up, removing the security tag off the blouse she was buying, when all of a sudden, that overwhelming feeling of panic crept up

‘Baskets’ dazzling, ridiculous ‘‘This Is Spinal Tap’’ taught us that there is ‘‘a fine line between stupid and clever.’’ The delicious comedy “Baskets” (9 p.m., FX, TV-MA) uses that very line in its high-wire act, dazzling us as it wobbles between the pretentious and the ridiculous. This Zach Galifianakis comedy doubles down on both concepts. His character, Chip, invested his dreams and meager savings in studying to be a French clown in Paris, only to be exploited by a scheming wife and sent home to humble Bakersfield where he faces humiliation as a rodeo clown. Season two sees Chip leaving town and vagabonding as a railroad hobo. This journey allows ‘‘Baskets’’ to play with slapstick sketches that echo the silent comedies of Buster Keaton. Chip’s efforts to evade railroad police, hop freight trains and even eat from a can of noodles without benefit of an opener, all unfold with wordless poignancy milked for maximum absurdity. From there, Chip finds himself in a squatter camp and we’re suddenly transported from ‘‘The Perils of Pauline’’ to ‘‘Portlandia,’’ as a suburban clown everyman has to try to figure out the feelings and pecking order among a troupe (or is it a cult?) of unwashed slackers. And just as we get used to that setting, Chip’s clown school training helps the hobos become more entertaining panhandlers, all before returning to scarier scenarios involving these sketchy strangers. Much like ‘‘Louie,’’ from ‘‘Baskets’’ producer Louis C.K., this series is never afraid to let the cinematography get visually ‘‘arty,’’ betraying a bedrock of sophistication beneath its goofy surface, a tale of a clown without a clue. Louie Anderson returns to his Emmy-winning role as Chip’s obese, salt-of-the-earth mom, Christine. And Martha Kelly portrays the deliriously glum Martha, loyal to a fault to Chip even while being pursued by Chip’s twin brother Dale (Galifianakis). The local go-getter’s bus ads and TV commercials for his self-help seminars offer a daily, public reminder of Chip’s failure. No wonder he followed the call of the freight train. Tonight’s other highlights O A race to secure ingredients on “Hell’s Kitchen” (7 p.m., Fox, TV-14). O Grim pronouncements on “Chicago Med” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-14). O Hints of pasta sabotage on “My Kitchen Rules” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14). O Zach makes Rayna a startling offer on “Nashville” (8 p.m., CMT, TV-PG). O LED lights illuminate “Project Runway Junior” (8 p.m., Lifetime, TV-PG). Copyright 2017 United Feature Syndicate Copyright 2016 United Feature SyndistributedbybyUniversal UniversalUclick. Uclick. dicate, distributed

on me, and I felt as if I absolutely had to put the security tag back on and then remove it again — four times. The woman kind of gave me a confused chuckle, and I tried to pretend it hadn’t happened. It wasn’t a big deal, but I worry I’ll do more stuff like that in the future. I know, of course, that my random gestures aren’t going to stop something bad from happening. But knowing that doesn’t make it any easier to suppress the urge. What’s going on? Is this normal stress? Am I crazy? — Feeling Neurotic Dear Neurotic: You’re not crazy, but it sounds as if you have obsessive-compulsive disorder. The kind of “magical thinking” you describe — think of it

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For Thursday, Jan. 19: This year you alternate between feeling very fortunate professionally or popular within your community and feeling discouraged by everything you have to do. If you are single, meeting someone exciting who can provide you with a meaningful relationship becomes most likely after summer. If you are attached, the two of you might decide to become more active within your immediate circle or take up a hobby together. 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 might go from feeling optimistic to wanting to withdraw. Tonight: Hook up with a loved one. Taurus (April 20-May 20) +++ Someone you consider a dear friend wants to get together. Tonight: Live in the moment. Gemini (May 21-June 20) ++++ Pace yourself and understand your limitations. Tonight: Be both naughty and nice. Cancer (June 21-July 22) ++++ You have been reserved about a personal matter and might wonder which way to go. Tonight: A dear friend moves in closer, as he or she cares a lot about you. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) +++ Remain anchored, despite how someone else expresses his or her feelings. Tonight: Decide to go with the flow.

as making up your own personal superstitions — attempts to provide some semblance of control over the external world. Many people who experience magical thinking were raised in chaotic, unstable households and developed obsessive-compulsive disorder as a coping mechanism. Visit the International OCD Foundation at https:// iocdf.org for more information, and talk to your parents, a school counselor and/or your physician about therapeutic treatments.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) +++ Make solid decisions for yourself, both financially and emotionally. Tonight: Live it up! Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) +++++ Someone you care for is about to become more visible in your life. Tonight: Dance the night away. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ++++ You will enjoy the company of a loved one or several friends. Tonight: Smile wherever you are. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ++++ A quarrelsome roommate, associate or family member can’t seem to let go of a recurring issue. Tonight: With friends at a favorite spot. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ++++ The particulars regarding a loved one will emerge, to your surprise. Tonight: Let your hair down. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) +++++ You feel a distinct change as the Sun enters your sign today. Tonight: Be with a friend, but make yourself your top priority. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) +++ Use the daylight hours to the max. Try to restrain an outburst of anger or sarcasm, as it will get you nowhere quickly. Tonight: Have a quiet chat over dinner. — The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

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ACROSS 1 Put down some chips? 6 Throw lightly 10 It may come out of a trunk 14 Weapon for a hawk 15 Woodwind with a conical bore 16 Bird of prey around a shore 17 Train times? 20 Easter container 21 Proverbially wealthy man 22 Be a generous kid 25 Brief conﬂict 26 Stat for Zach Britton 30 “Sesame Street” resident 32 Land and its buildings 35 Pals or compadres 41 One in the business of cultivating soil 43 Spoiled, as food 44 City in Texas 45 Clothing of a distinctive style 47 Resting on the highest point 48 Festive, luxurious affairs 53 Weasel family member

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46 Refugee’s request 48 Basketball position 49 Moved like a cannon ball 50 St. ___ (Windward island) 51 Ecstasy’s opposite 52 Total 54 Eruption stuff 55 Subdues 57 Gorillas, e.g. 59 Villainous 60 Recognizing the intentions of 61 Ticket part 62 Killers along the Nile 64 Intense anger 65 Fat farm creature

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Student health insurance rates to jump By Sara Shepherd sshepherd@ljworld.com

Topeka — Student health insurance premiums will go up more than 5 percent at state universities next year, following two years with no increases. The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved a 5.2 percent premium increase for all plans for the 2017-18 academic year. A studentonly plan will cost $1,464

for the year, or $72 more than before. No changes to plan benefits were recommended, according to Regents documents. “The proposed rate increase is lower than trend and is not unreasonable given no rate increases in the past 2 years,” according to a statement from the Regents’ health plan consulting firm, shared by the Regents. The insurance rate

increase was on the consent agenda at the Regents’ January meeting. Universities offer several plan options in addition to student-only. In 2017-18, plans for a student plus spouse, or student plus child, will cost $2,928 per year, an increase of $144. Plans for a student plus spouse and child, or student plus two children, will cost $4,392 per year, an increase of $216. Plans for a student

plus spouse and two or more children will cost $5,856 per year, an increase of $288. The student plans are currently offered through the nonprofit Midwestern Higher Education Compact’s MHECare program and are underwritten by UnitedHealthcare Student Resources. — KU and higher ed reporter Sara Shepherd can be reached at 832-7187. Follow her on Twitter: @saramarieshep

Hospital board approves strategic plan By Joanna Hlavacek jhlavacek@ljworld.com

Not long after Russell Johnson was brought on board as president and CEO of Lawrence Memorial Hospital last August, hospital staff embarked on a three-month intensive planning process known as Destination Health. On Wednesday morning, the LMH board of trustees voted unanimously to approve the new strategic plan, which charts the hospital’s course to become a “partner for lifelong health” in the Lawrence community over the next three to seven years. Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Johnson told his colleagues on the board, is in a unique position among health care providers because it has remained financially strong over the last several years. Still, he later told the Journal-World, “it’s not clear where health care is heading from a policy, payment and delivery system point of view,” and the hospital’s new strategic plan is mindful of that. “The new administration, President-elect Trump, has reiterated the view of many that we need to do something different with the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. What that is, is not known,” Johnson said. “... What we’ve tried to do in the strategic plan is to focus on the things that we know will serve us well and serve the community well, irrespective of what that change that might come down the pike is.” The plan’s “tactical steps,” for the most part, have yet to be mapped out. At the core of the plan, however,

are three imperatives: putting people first, working to improve provider alignment, and clinical integration and excellence. Under each category are approximately a dozen tasks, or “strategic milestones,” that LMH leaders hope to complete within the next three to seven years. People First is broad in its goals, ranging “everywhere from technology to understanding the consumer market better and a lot of things in between,” Johnson said. It includes the creation of a single patient registration system; the development of a longterm solution to improve parking; and an upcoming review of pricing. With health care shifting toward a more consumer-based model, the hospital realizes that folks may be “shopping around a little bit more,” Johnson said, “and we need to be transparent and engaged with consumers as they try to figure out where they get their health care.” The plan’s second category, provider alignment, looks at creating an “outstanding practice environment” for the 90 physicians and advancedpractice nurses working within the LMH organization — as well as building clinical service partnerships with other organizations in the region. Part of that is minimizing the time doctors now spend navigating electronic records, improving recruitment and retention by strengthening ties with medical schools and those “on the pathway” to medical careers, and building “a stronger capability” of clinical-information analytics that better serves clinicians and patients.

Clinical integration and excellence, Johnson said, involves the development of a “broad mental health tactical plan,” which would entail internally evaluating the services LMH currently offers and ultimately, better integrating behavioral health services into LMH’s primary care offices. To this end, hospital leaders want to work with local partners — among them the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, DCCCA and Heartland Community Health Center — to determine what needs exist locally, what role a crisis intervention center might play, and how LMH could help provide an “effective solution around behavioral health,” Johnson said. Also under the umbrella of clinical integration and excellence are plans to develop a telemedicine system at LMH; “looking more broadly” at ambulatory services and how they might better serve patients; and building upon relationships with community partners at the University of Kansas. There’s also an effort, Johnson said, to “better understand where this term of ‘population health’ is going,” and what that means for the hospital. Looking ahead, he wants LMH to focus less on treating individual patients for particular ailments, and more on effectively managing and improving the overall health of the population. Johnson said he believes the new strategic plan will serve LMH well, but he expects the plan to “almost certainly” undergo tweaks as years go by. — Reporter Joanna Hlavacek can be reached at 8326388. Follow her on Twitter: @HlavacekJoanna

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KU announces alumnus, former Marine as recipient of honorary degree By Sara Shepherd sshepherd@ljworld.com

Topeka — The University of Kansas will award an honorary doctoral degree at this spring’s commencement to alumnus William McNulty, a former Marine and co-founder of Team Rubicon. “William McNulty is an Iraq war veteran who has turned his experience into a global effort,” KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said Wednesday at a meeting of the Kansas Board of Regents, which approved the honorary degree. “The University of Kansas is very proud of Mr. McNulty’s service.” Team Rubicon is a national nonprofit agency that recruits military veterans to provide disaster relief and humanitarian aid around the world. The organization started after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, according to the Team Rubicon website. Together with six other veterans and first responders, McNulty and co-founder Jake Wood gathered funds and medical supplies from friends and family, flew into the

Dominican Republic, rented a truck and drove into Haiti. McNulty realized the organization could help veterans transition to civilian life, KU noted in an announcement about the degree. Today Team Rubicon has an army of 35,000 volunteers, 75 percent of whom are military veterans. McNulty also recently founded Team Rubicon Global, which focuses on exporting the Team Rubicon model of disaster relief service and veteran reintegration to 12 countries around the world. McNulty earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas and his master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University, according to KU. At KU commencement, scheduled for May 14 in Memorial Stadium, he will be awarded the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters for outstanding contributions to global humanitarian and relief efforts. — KU and higher ed reporter Sara Shepherd can be reached at 832-7187. Follow her on Twitter: @saramarieshep

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The Great Trumpkin is rising

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Kobach’s folly Kansas’ secretary of state is deeply misguided in continuing to pursue regulations that restrict voting.

ive Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach credit for doggedness. He isn’t giving up easily on his grand vision of making Kansas the most difficult place in the country to register to vote and cast a ballot. Kobach is now shopping a bill that would give him the authority to hold “bifurcated” elections. Such a law would allow some Kansas voters to cast ballots in federal elections but block them from voting in local and state elections. Thanks to Kobach, Kansas has one of the nation’s most stringent proof-of-citizenship requirements for new voter registration. The Kansas law, adopted in 2011, requires applicants to present a passport, original birth certificate or similar document in order to register to vote. The state law conflicts with the federal law that simply requires voter registrants to attest that they are U.S. citizens. Kobach insists the law is necessary to prevent voter fraud, particularly undocumented immigrants from voting in elections (despite the lack of evidence that this is happening). Opponents say the law unfairly targets the poor, elderly and young people. The courts have already struck down the Kansas law. First a judge in Kansas City, Kan., granted a temporary injunction blocking the state from enforcing the law. The court said Kansas could not use its citizenship requirement to block people from voting in federal elections. That ruling was upheld by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. Kobach responded by attempting to enact a new regulation to require anyone who had met the federal registration requirements — but not the stricter Kansas requirements — to cast provisional ballots so that only their votes in federal races would be counted. The American Civil Liberties Union challenged that in state court, and in September a Shawnee County District Court judge said Kobach had no statutory authority to hold a “bifurcated” election. Kobach has appealed the Shawnee County decision to the Kansas Court of Appeals, but he has no interest in waiting around for a ruling. Kobach said the new bill is needed to keep Kansas’ proof of citizenship law intact while the courts consider the appeal. It seems a foolish premise to pass legislation that legalizes something multiple courts have already blocked. Kobach should spend his time preparing his appellate case, while lawmakers should spend theirs on much more pressing matters.

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Jan. 19, 1917: l “Parting was a sorrow, years and not a sweet sorrow ago either, to I. W. Brewer when was told this morning that IN 1917 he he could no longer make his home at the city jail. Brewer stole some clothes from a cleaning establishment the other day with the avowed purpose of getting into jail where it is warm and cozy. He didn’t want to leave this morning, and said so, but the flinty hearted jailer insisted that he get out and make tracks toward Topeka. That is the place he said he came from.” — Reprinted with permission from local writer Sarah St. John. To see more, go online to www.facebook.com/DailyLawrenceHistory.

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Sometimes, you’ve got to go through it to get to it. That’s a personal motto with which I have occasionally consoled myself since I was a teenager. It means that for as much as we naturally seek to avoid the unpleasant situation, to find a way over or around it, there are times in this life when the only option is to go through it, to endure the unendurable thing and pick up the pieces on the other side.

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There is no disaster, up to and including a nuclear exchange, that would surprise me under the incoming administration.” That philosophy has succored me through breakups, deaths and career reversals. I find myself turning to it again to gird for the inauguration of the 45th president. For years, many of us have sought to avoid, to go over or around, the consequences of the Republican Party’s retreat from seriousness. Meaning its studied outrage, its practiced hysteria, its obstructionism, its bigotry, its withdrawal into a factsfree alternate universe, its embrace of human cartoons like Sarah Palin, Ben Carson and Herman Cain. But avoidance is no longer an option, and the impossible is upon us. The Great Trumpkin is

rising from the Trumpkin patch. Cliff Clavin just got the last laugh on the gang at “Cheers.” The most flagrantly unfit man in history is about to be sworn in as president. And for the first time in my life, I am not optimistic about America’s future — at least not its next four years. There is no disaster, up to and including a nuclear exchange, that would surprise me under the incoming administration. If you need a silver lining, I can offer only this: Assuming America survives the next four years in any recognizable form — by no means a foregone conclusion — I suspect Donald Trump’s debacles and the sheer tiresomeness of the man himself, will so thoroughly discredit this strain of Republicanism as to destroy it completely. Maybe then the country will be in a mood for serious people — Democratic and Republican — with serious

ideas again. That’s what passes for hope these days. Meantime, I have made a resolution: I will, at all costs, retain my capacity for outrage. Yes, that will be easier said than done. The capacity for outrage is like a physical muscle in the sense that it tires from being overworked. And certainly, Trump has worked our capacity for outrage like a drill sergeant. Shock upon shock, insult upon insult, falsehood upon falsehood, he has been a daily deluge of the unbelievable and the unthinkable until you don’t even know what to respond to first. Shall we answer the misogyny? But then, what about the bigotry? Shall we decry the incompetence? Will that leave us time to deal with the ignorance? The man is a white noise of badness. The danger is that it comes to seem normal, that you stop seeing how truly bizarre it is. One of the things that makes us human, after

all, is our resilient adaptability. Whether sickened by cancer, swamped by flood, broken by bankruptcy or savaged by war, we always find a way to accommodate ourselves to the new circumstance. With good humor and quiet courage, we accept the new normal. But I refuse to do that now. Doing it now would feel less like an act of courage and good humor than one of surrender, of forgetting that there was once a time dignity, intelligence, honesty and statesmanship were traits we desired and demanded in our leaders. But if we forget that, we forget us, and then we are well and truly lost. Love of country demands better. Martin Luther King once said he was “proud to be maladjusted” to the inequities and inequalities of his time. That works for me. So I am proud to be maladjusted to Donald Trump. — Leonard Pitts is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Miami Herald.

Trump is the waterbeetle of politics He flabbergasts the Human Race By gliding on the water’s face With ease, celerity and grace; But if he ever stopped to think Of how he did it, he would sink. — Hilaire Belloc, on the waterbeetle

Washington — Leaving aside the missing element of grace and the improbability of his ever stopping to think, Donald Trump is the waterbeetle of politics. His feral cunning in manipulating the masses and the media is, like the waterbeetle’s facility, instinctive. The 72 days of transition demonstrated a stylistic seamlessness with his 511 days of campaigning, which indicates that the 1,461 days of his term that begins Friday will be as novel as his campaign was. Its theme was often a pronoun without an antecedent, his admirers explaining their admiration by saying that “he tells it like it is.” Fortunately, a theme of his transition has been a verbal shrug: “Oh, never mind.” He won by stoking resentments that his blue-collar base harbors about the felt condescension of elites. He has, however, transitioned with ease and celerity away from the most vivid commitments that made his crowds roar (prosecuting Hillary Clinton, making Mexico pay for the wall, banning Muslims from entering the country, deporting 11 million illegal immigrants within two years, restoring torture because “it works” but even “if it doesn’t work,” etc.). He shows an interesting disinclination to disguise his condescension toward those he effortlessly caused to roar by giving verbal prompts that he has now abandoned. Candidate Trump intimated a foreign policy less

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He won by stoking resentments that his blue-collar base harbors about the felt condescension of elites. He has, however, transitioned with ease and celerity away from the most vivid commitments that made his crowds roar.”

reliant on military measures than the policies of some recent presidential predecessors. But the most riveting moment of the transition received less attention than did Trump’s tweet snit about Meryl Streep. The moment was when Rex Tillerson, Trump’s designated secretary of state, told the Senate that China’s policy of building and militarizing islands in the South China Sea is “akin to Russia’s taking of Crimea” and that America should tell China that “your access to those islands also is not going to be allowed.” China might not quietly accept this U.S. Navy blockading of the islands. Tillerson might be right: China is directly challenging the fundamental U.S. interest in freedom of the seas. And Lord Curzon’s reported axiom for diplomacy is often correct: Know your own

mind and make sure the other fellow knows it, too. But combined with Trump’s tweeted promise to prevent North Korea from making good on its vow to test a ballistic missile capable of reaching the continental United States (“It won’t happen!”), Tillerson’s statement indicates that the Trump administration might soon be militarily active. A Trump campaign pledge that has survived the transition is his promise to revive manufacturing by imposing protectionism. Michael Froman, Barack Obama’s trade representative, notes that “95 percent of consumers, 80 percent of purchasing power and the fastest growing markets for our products are outside the United States,” so if other nations reciprocate U.S. protectionist measures, there could be “an outflow of manufacturing from the U.S.” The World Economic Forum that convenes every winter in Davos, Switzerland, will conclude Friday just as the Trump presidency begins. It has been wellsaid that Davos is where billionaires tell millionaires what the middle class feels. Chinese President Xi Jinping attended. He is advocating a Chinese alternative to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the U.S. initiative that probably was dying before Trump’s election killed it. The Communist leader offered an almost Thatcherite defense of free trade, which America’s president-elect opposes. The Washington Examiner’s Tim Carney reports that Trump’s choice to be secretary of commerce, Wilbur Ross, who was a registered Democrat until nine days into the transition, has

praised China’s central direction of its economy using five-year plans. Ross favors a U.S. “industrial policy” whereby government would “decide which industries are we going to really promote — the so-called industries of the future.” Ross’ confidence in government’s clairvoyance and planning dexterity might reflect the fact that, as Carney reports, he has done well by buying steel and textile companies which then profited from tariffs on steel imports and from textile import quotas. Perhaps these views are not shared by Trump’s choice to be director of the National Economic Council — Gary Cohn, another Democrat — or by Trump’s choice to be treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, whose party affiliation is not publicly known. As transitioning gives way to governing, Trump will continue to flabbergast. The past really is prologue, so we have been warned. — George Will is a columnist for Washington Post Writers Group.

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DeVos Meanwhile, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., tried to get DeVos to identify how much money she and her husband, billionaire Dick DeVos, who is heir to the Amway fortune, had contributed to political candidates over the years, a figure he estimated at about $200 million. “That’s possible,” DeVos said. Some of the sharpest questioning came from Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., who challenged DeVos’ knowledge and familiarity with fundamental issues confronting K-12 education, such as the question of whether the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP exams, should focus on measuring “proficiency” or student “growth.” “This is a subject that

Wichita will resign once he is confirmed as CIA director in President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration. Trump will be sworn into office at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 20, and Pompeo is expected to be confirmed almost immediately. “He’s just an outstanding individual,” Brownback said of Pompeo. “He’s brilliant. He’s tough, and at a time when we are highly dependent on intelligence information for conducting the war on terrorism and the efforts that we have, this is the right guy to do it.” With Brownback during the signing ceremony were Rep. Keith Esau, ROlathe, and Sen. Elaine Bowers, R-Concordia, who chair the House and Senate elections committees that handled the bill.

The bill cleans up language about when a special election will be called and how much time political parties have to nominate candidates, all to make sure there is enough time to mail out ballots to military and other federal service employees overseas at least 45 days before the election. It also reduces the threshold for petition signatures that independent candidates must gather from registered voters in the district in order to have their names listed on the ballot. Vacancies in U.S. House seats must be filled by special election because Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution says the House “shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several States.”

has been debated in the education community for years,” Franken said. “I’ve advocated growth, as the chairman and every member of this committee knows, because with proficiency, teachers ignore the kids at the top who are not going to fall below proficiency, and they ignore the kid at the bottom who, no matter what they do, will never get to proficiency. So I’ve been an advocate for growth, but it surprises me that you don’t know this issue.” Roberts, however, pointed out that the committee plans to work on reauthorizing the Higher Education Act in the coming months and that “regulations are one of the key areas this committee will focus on” during that process. “Will you be a partner in addressing many of these time-consuming regulations?” Roberts asked. “Yes, I can commit to you that if confirmed I will look forward to

working with you and this committee on that act and on the regulations you’ve referred to, and wanting to help free our institutions of higher learning to the greatest extent possible, to do what they do best,” DeVos replied. Wednesday afternoon, Democrats in the Kansas Legislature issued a joint letter to Roberts and Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas, criticizing her stance on charter schools and urging the senators to reject DeVos’ nomination. “She’s never attended public schools, taught or administrated, nor were her children educated in public schools,” the letter stated. “She is unqualified for the position of Education Secretary and her confirmation will imperil our students — particularly those most vulnerable.” — This is an excerpt from Peter Hancock’s Statehouse Live column, which appears on LJWorld.com.

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01.19.17 JACK GRUBER, USA TODAY

TRUMP STOKES HOPE, WORRY IN RUST BELT

DAN MACMEDAN, USA TODAY

EPA pick splits with Trump on climate Nominee says change is no hoax but leaves room for debate Erin Kelly

USA TODAY WASHINGTON President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that he does not agree with Trump that climate change is a hoax, but he stopped short of saying that human activity is the main culprit or that the United States must reduce its use of fossil fuels. Scott Pruitt, who has sued the EPA 14 times as Oklahoma attorney general, said he believes climate change is real, despite comments from Trump over the years — including during his presidential campaign — that climate change was a hoax perpetuated by the Chinese to reduce the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers.

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Randall Shelton, 63, a disabled autoworker in Allen Park, Mich., hopes Trump — an “angry white man” like him — will create jobs and crack down on illegal immigration.

Cecile Taylor, a college administrator from Canton, Mich., says “I’m desperately trying to find some light at the end of the tunnel we haven’t even started down. I’ve never been more anxious in my life.”

By flipping three states — Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — by a total of less than 80,000 votes, he won. Those three states together hadn’t backed a Republican nominee since Reagan in 1984. Trump’s victory wasn’t just about them: It was about Ohio and Iowa, which twice backed Barack Obama. It was about Indiana, which supported Obama in 2008 but now looks out of reach for Democrats. And it was about Kentucky, which voted for Hillary Clinton’s husband, Bill, twice in the ’90s but rejected her by 30 percentage points.

“I do not believe that climate change is a hoax,” Pruitt said in response to questions from Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. When pressed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Pruitt would not say human activity is the primary cause of climate change. Most scientists say the burning of oil, gas and coal to generate power is the main factor creating climate change. Oil and natural gas are major industries in Oklahoma. “Science tells us the climate is changing and human activity in some matter impacts that change,” Pruitt said. “The ability to measure and pursue the degree and the extent of that impact and what to do about it are subject to continuing debate and dialogue.” When Sanders asked Pruitt whether he believes the United

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Detroit Free Press WASHINGTON About 20 miles separate Randall Shelton’s and Cecile Taylor’s homes in Wayne County, Mich. It’s the gulf between their expectations for Donald Trump’s presidency that seems unbridgeable. Shelton, 63, a disabled autoworker in Allen Park, hopes Trump — an “angry white man” like him, he says — will create jobs and crack down on illegal immigration. Too much is given to people “who haven’t paid into the American pie,” he says.

Taylor, a college administrator from Canton, Mich., despairs over Trump’s election. She worries about what he’ll mean to race relations, to minority rights, to America’s place in the world. “I’m desperately trying to find some light at the end of a tunnel we haven’t even started down,” said Taylor, 52. “I’ve never been more anxious in my life.” Trump will take the oath of office Friday. Tapping into voter anger and Democratic disaffection not seen since Ronald Reagan, the president-elect won the election, aided by a near-sweep in the industrial Rust Belt, despite losing the popular ballot by nearly 3 million votes.

JACK GRUBER, USA TODAY

Scott Pruitt is nominated to lead the EPA, an agency he has sued several times.

The last time Earth was this warm was 125,000 years ago Doyle Rice

@usatodayweather USA TODAY

The planet sizzled to its thirdstraight record-warm year in 2016, and human activity is to blame, federal scientists announced Wednesday. The last time the world was definitely warmer than today? About 125,000 years ago, based on data from tree rings, ice cores, sediments and other measures of Earth’s history, NASA climate scientist Gavin Schmidt says. The average temperature across

land and ocean surfaces in 2016 was 58.69 degrees, 1.69 degrees above average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said. It was largest margin by which an annual global temperature record has ever been broken, the agency said. Although less than 2 degrees above average may sound small, it’s large in climate science, in which records are broken by tenths or even hundredths of degrees. A separate analysis from NASA concurred with NOAA’s findings. Most of the warming has happened in the past 35 years, and 16 of the 17 warmest years have occurred since 2001, NASA said.

“The science is clear and headed in one direction. ... Nature is sending a distress call.” Lou Leonard, World Wildlife Fund

CHANNI ANNAND, AP

A girl drinks from an irrigation tube last May in Jammu, India, during a record heat wave when temperatures topped 120 degrees.

Temperature records were set in 2016 on nearly every continent. No land areas were cooler than average. For eight straight months (January through August), each month recorded its warmest temperatures since record keeping began 15 years after the Civil War ended.

The warmth last year contributed to deadly heat waves in Asia and the Middle East, a “mega”-wildfire in Canada, record-low sea ice in the Arctic, and devastating coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef near Australia. The warmth was 80% to 90% the result of the longterm climate trend and 10% the result of the natural El Niño climate pattern, Schmidt says. Since the start of the 21st century, NOAA said, the annual global temperature record has been broken five times — 2005, 2010, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Looking ahead, Schmidt said 2017 probably will be a “top 5” warm year for the planet.

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States must transform its energy system away from fossil fuels to protect future generations from climate change, Pruitt said, “I believe the EPA has a very important role in regulating the (carbon) emissions.” Pruitt said he believes the EPA has a vital role to play in protecting public health and the environment. During the presidential campaign, Trump called the EPA’s work “a disgrace.” “I believe there is a very important role for the Environmental Protection Agency,” Pruitt said. Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware, the senior Democrat on the com-

mittee, questioned what giving senators vague, kind of environmental pleasant answers on consteward Pruitt would be troversial issues to get when the president-elect through his confirmation has attacked the EPA and hearing. talked about wanting to She said there was a get rid of part of the contrast between Pruitt’s agency. comments as Oklahoma Pruitt said the EPA is attorney general criticizUSA TODAY crucial in enforcing clean ing the federal renewable air and water laws across Scott Pruitt fuel standard and his state lines. promise during WednesDemocrats challenged his ties day’s hearing to carry out that to polluting industries, his skepti- mandate. The renewable fuel stancism about the man-made causes dard requires gasoline used by cars of climate change and the frequent and other vehicles to contain a cerlawsuits he has filed to block the tain amount of renewable fuels. EPA’s clean air and water rules. “Are you that Mr. Pruitt (who Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., criticized the standard) or the questioned whether Pruitt was Scott Pruitt today who is saying all

the right things at his confirmation hearing?” Duckworth asked. The agency was created in 1970 by President Richard Nixon to protect human health and the environment. Pruitt joined a coalition of state attorneys general to sue the EPA over its Clean Power Plan, which aims to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants that contribute to climate change. He sued the agency over regulations to reduce methane emissions — also linked to climate change — from the oil and gas industry. “Not a single American voted for dirtier air and drinking water, but if Mr. Pruitt takes the helm at

the EPA, that’s what millions of Americans and thousands of communities will face,” said Ken Cook, co-founder and president of the Environmental Working Group. “Every senator, regardless of party, should reject this nomination on behalf of their constituents’ health.” Pruitt’s supporters said he will help rein in an agency that has hurt farmers, ranchers and small businesses and the overall U.S. economy with burdensome and costly regulations. Nearly 40 livestock associations signed a letter to Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Carper urging Pruitt’s confirmation.

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In Trump, said G. Terry Madonna, director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., voters — especially white, working-class ones — heard an economic and cultural clarion call they hadn’t heard since Reagan: Their losses could be reversed. Trade deals could be torn up. Coal could be big again. Manufacturing could return. “These are people whose lives have been transformed over the last couple of decades, hitting them in their families and where they live. They don’t have the skills, they can’t pick up and go,” Madonna said. “These are people who had no expectation that their lives could be better until Trump.” They’re voters such as Ryan Wylie, 26, of Detroit, who is unemployed and supported the Republican despite the grief he says friends gave him in a city where Trump lost 95% of the vote to Hillary Clinton. He sees Trump as a strong leader capable of “bringing jobs back and just taking care of business.” In Brownsburg, Ind., Robin Maynard, 53, a union worker at Carrier, says Trump already saved his job by convincing the company not to move 1,000 slots to Mexico. Indiana backed Obama in 2008 but chose Trump by 19% this time around. In Luzerne County, Pa., Democratic County Council member Eileen Sorokas — who volunteered for Obama, voted for him twice and even named a couple of ducks after him and the vice president — voted for Trump and is confident he’ll be a great president. “He’ll handle himself pretty good,” said Sorokas, 69, who lives in a county where coal-mining jobs are gone and once-booming factories have long been shuttered. “I watched him on The Apprentice. … I think he’s a 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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businessman, and he’s going to do a good job. His livelihood is here.” For those living in this part of America, a Trump presidency means soaring hopes — and deepseated worries. You can find either almost anywhere, if you look. Sorn Sanh, 38, a Republican bank manager in York County, Pa., voted for Clinton. A single mother of Cambodian heritage, Sanh’s teenage daughter helped organize a unity rally after students were seen at a neighboring vocational school carrying a Trump sign and chanting, “White power.” “I think we are going backwards,” she said, noting she believes “the whole reason they thought they could do that” was because of Trump’s campaign rhetoric comparing Mexicans to rapists, criticizing Muslims as not doing enough to protect America and suggesting a ban on Muslims entering the country. “You talk about bullying, this is bullying,” she said. “Kids are looking up to this.” ‘GREAT THINGS’

Perhaps no message tapped into the heartland quite like Trump’s slogan to “Make America Great Again.” The job losses are staggering: In the seven Rust Belt states examined by the USA TODAY Network, more than 700,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost since 2000. Nationally, it’s about 7 million manufacturing jobs since 1980. Although unemployment is down steeply in the aftermath of the last recession and some manufacturing gains have been seen, wages have declined or stayed flat in current dollars. It’s a situation Trump’s supporters say he will change, despite global forces arrayed against him. In Macomb County, Mich. — which Trump won by nearly 12 percentage points after Obama won it by four in 2012 — St. Clair Shores plumber John Scalzo, 52, predicted that by securing the borders and lowering taxes, reducing government and getting rid of programs that stifle initiative, Trump’s “going to do great things.” IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN

It’s not just working-class voters who see better days ahead. Though Trump underperformed in many traditionally upscale Republican enclaves, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen 8% since the election. In Troy, Mich., Jeffrey Scott, president of Allan Tool and Machine, says anything that spurs construction — such as the lower tax rates proposed by Trump — will be a boost for his business. There is also a strong undercurrent of hope among Trump voters for returning to a more prosperous — and less culturally and ethnically diverse — time. Many say immigrants take jobs from citizens. In western Wisconsin, which swung toward Trump after backing Obama in the past two elections, Richard Zastrow, 54, a truck driver and part-time farmer in Arcadia, says Trump got his vote for more than promising to keep automakers from building cars in Mexico. It’s his belief that Trump will be tougher on immigration, too. “We didn’t want all these people coming into the country,” Zastrow says, taking a break from tending his 100-odd head of beef cattle and before heading off to his night job hauling chickens. In Aspers in south-central Pennsylvania, Jose Beltran, 49, is a farm crew supervisor and for-

SALWAN GEORGES, DETROIT FREE PRESS

Trump is a strong leader capable of “bringing jobs back and just taking care of business.” Ryan Wylie, 26, of Detroit

RICHARD SOROKAS

“I think he’s a businessman, and he’s going to do a good job. His livelihood is here.” Eileen Sorokas, 69, voted for Obama twice

mer migrant worker from Mexico who doesn’t have any fears of a Trump administration, or his talk of walls or anything else. Standing in 19-degree weather on a windswept hill, as he and a crew trim fruit trees for the next season, he asks, “Did you see any white guys on the way up? Who wants to do the job I do, working in winter?” THE END OF THE ACA

One likely outcome of the Trump presidency is clear: the end of the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. Joseph Bryant, 38, a tax adviser in affluent Fishers, Ind., north of Indianapolis, won’t miss it. A married, gay libertarian who adopted his two children after their mother was murdered, Bryant says the ACA has been a nightmare. He can’t find therapists for his children, and since he began buying insurance through the exchange in 2014, his premiums have risen from $3,000 a year to $8,400 — even as his outof-pocket expenses climbed to $7,000 last year. To make ends meet, the family has cut back on “frivolous” spending such as cable TV and eating out. He has little hope for Trump as

PAUL KUEHNEL, YORK DAILY RECORD

“You talk about bullying, this is bullying. Kids are looking up to this.” Sorn Sanh, 38, left, referring to students carrying a Trump sign and chanting, “White power” in front of a vocational school in York County, Pa.

president, but at least when there’s a Republican in office, he says, the ACA can be replaced with something better. In tiny Montmorency County, Mich., County Commissioner Albert LaFleche, 83, sees Obamacare far differently. A Democrat who voted for Clinton, he saw his county give nearly 70% of its vote to Trump, even though the ACA has cut the uninsured rate there from 24% to 8% — one of the largest declines in the state. His adult daughter has several cancers and has insurance, thanks to the ACA. “Everybody thinks they’re paying too much for it, but without it, my daughter — I don’t know where she’d be,” he says. “She couldn’t live because of the cost of the medicine.” That’s one example of how the Trump effect depends on where you stand. WHERE WILL RUST BELT GO?

Some in the Rust Belt wonder what Trump’s election means next: Will it reinvigorate Democrats stunned by his victory? Or is the region on a path — like West Virginia, Kentucky and possibly Indiana — to being irrecoverable for the party? There’s no doubt Democrats

are soul-searching before 2018 and important gubernatorial and U.S. Senate elections across the region. Rusty Redenbacher, 46, a disc jockey for 93.9 The Beat in Indianapolis, voted for Clinton and openly worries about what Trump’s election means for race relations. His hope is that those across the region and across the USA can take the election as a call to meet each other, in person, to learn what each is about. “Twitter is cool. Facebook is cool. (But) people can get a little wicked and wild behind keyboards,” he says. “Come out and talk to people face-to-face, and we will work through this. We have survived bad things before, and I think we will l survive this guy.” Contributing: Chrissie Thompson, Jason Williams, Dan Horn, Jeremy Fugleberg and Mark Wert of The Cincinnati Enquirer; Mike Kilen and Jason Noble of The Des Moines Register; Alvie Lindsay and Chris Sikich of The Indianapolis Star; Joseph Gerth and Morgan Watkins of The Louisville Courier-Journal; Craig Gilbert and Rick Romell of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Rick Lee and Randy Parker of The York (Pa.) Daily Record; and Adrian Burns and Deirdre Shesgreen of USA TODAY.

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The post-election “Trump rally” ends Friday, when Donald Trump officially takes over power at the White House from Barack Obama. Since Trump’s election victory on Nov. 8, the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index has rallied 6.2%, which currently ranks fifth in the honeymoon period from Election Day through Inauguation Day since 1928, when President Herbert Hoover enjoyed a No. 1-best 13.3% gain, data from Gluskin Sheff show. So what do stocks tend to do after the transfer of power and in the first 100 days of a new president’s administration? Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at

financial firm CFRA, crunched the numbers. “Friday starts the clock on the newly inaugurated president’s ‘honeymoon’ with the American people,” Stovall said in a report. “It’s also known as the First 100 days, in which investors give the president a three-plus-month grace period enveloped in optimism toward the expected forward looking programs of his new administration.” More often than not, stocks go up. During the first 100 days of a president’s first term in office since 1953, the S&P 500 rose 1.6% on average and was higher at the end of 100 days 70% of the time. But performance differences by party were wide, as the S&P 500 fell 0.4%, on average, under the five new Republican presidents, vs. a 3.5% average gain for the six Democrats.

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YTD % Chg % Chg

Price

$ Chg

Target (TGT) Cuts forecast after weak holiday season.

66.85

-4.09

-5.8

-7.4

Mallinckrodt (MNK) FTC preparing monopoly charges.

46.53

-2.89

-5.8

-6.6

Northern Trust (NTRS) Fourth-quarter earnings fell short.

83.99

-4.16

-4.7

-5.7

Hanesbrands (HBI) 22.01 Reverses early jump as it announces earnings call.

-.85

-3.7

+2.0

CSX (CSX) Shares lower on fourth-quarter results.

36.88

-1.21

-3.2

+2.6

Under Armour C (UA) 25.35 Continues downtrend since negative company note.

-.85

-3.2

+.7

Fund, ranked by size Vanguard 500Adml Vanguard TotStIAdm Vanguard InstIdxI Vanguard TotStIdx Vanguard InstPlus Vanguard TotIntl Vanguard TotStIIns Vanguard WelltnAdm American Funds GrthAmA m American Funds IncAmerA m

NAV 209.79 56.95 207.01 56.93 207.02 15.14 56.96 67.97 43.41 21.90

Chg. +0.40 +0.14 +0.40 +0.14 +0.39 -0.05 +0.14 -0.10 +0.11 -0.03

4wk 1 +0.8% +0.8% +0.8% +0.8% +0.8% +3.3% +0.8% +0.6% +2.1% +1.0%

YTD 1 +1.6% +1.6% +1.6% +1.6% +1.6% +2.8% +1.6% +0.8% +3.3% +1.1%

-2.20

-2.8

+.2

Dentsply Sirona (XRAY) Northcoast cuts estimates, shares follow.

56.55

-1.62

-2.8

-2.0

Under Armour (UAA) Shares drop along with sibling stock.

29.35

-.79

-2.6

+1.0

Dollar General (DG) Dips along with peers in negative environment.

72.44

-1.89

-2.5

-2.2

SOURCE: BLOOMBERG AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SECTOR

PERFORMANCE DAILY YTD

Energy

-0.2%

23.8%

Industrials

0.4%

18.8%

Materials

0.6%

17.4%

Technology

0.3%

15.8%

Utilities

-0.1%

13.2%

Consumer discret. -0.2%

7.4%

Consumer staples 0.3%

3.8%

1 – CAPITAL GAINS AND DIVIDENDS REINVESTED

ETF, ranked by volume VanE Vect Gld Miners SPDR Financial Dir Dly Gold Bull3x Dirx Jr GoldMin Bull SPDR S&P500 ETF Tr Barc iPath Vix ST iShs Emerg Mkts CS VelSh 3xInvrsNGs US Oil Fund LP VanE Vect JrGoldMin

Ticker GDX XLF NUGT JNUG SPY VXX EEM DGAZ USO GDXJ

Close 23.01 23.14 10.01 8.35 226.75 21.31 36.46 3.84 11.16 36.69

Chg. -0.35 +0.19 -0.46 -0.85 +0.50 -0.08 -0.20 +0.20 -0.27 -1.22

% Chg -1.5% +0.8% -4.4% -9.2% +0.2% -0.4% -0.5% +5.5% -2.4% -3.2%

%YTD +10.0% -0.5% +31.0% +49.6% +1.4% -16.5% +4.1% +26.7% -4.8% +16.3%

INTEREST RATES

MORTGAGE RATES

Type Prime lending Federal funds 3 mo. T-bill 5 yr. T-note 10 yr. T-note

Type 30 yr. fixed 15 yr. fixed 1 yr. ARM 5/1 ARM

Close 6 mo ago 3.75% 3.50% 0.66% 0.40% 0.52% 0.29% 1.88% 1.14% 2.42% 1.59%

Close 6 mo ago 3.99% 3.40% 3.16% 2.66% 3.04% 2.82% 3.31% 2.91%

SOURCE: BANKRATE.COM

COMMODITIES

77.31

Jan.

MARKET PERFORMANCE BY SECTOR

TOP 10 EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS +6.2

79.27

2,250

2,271.89

+12.2

+3.1

Dollar Tree Stores (DLTR) Industry seen overestimated, dips premarket.

5,600

STANDARD & POOR’S 500

+8.7

+2.38

Company (ticker symbol)

5,555.65

TOP 10 MUTUAL FUNDS

Qorvo (QRVO) 59.17 Shares climb as company announces earnings call.

Vulcan Materials (VMC) Reverses early loss in growing industry.

Jan.

5,000

75.25

Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) Shares rise ahead of earnings call.

July NASDAQ COMPOSITE

Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) Shares up on Nestle takeover speculation.

Broadcom (AVGO) Positive company notes, shares up.

17,500

RUSSELL 2000 INDEX

CHANGE: +.5% YTD: +1.43 YTD % CHG: +.1%

Fastenal (FAST) Shares rise on fourth-quarter earnings beat.

LOSERS

$80

CLOSE: 2,271.89 PREV. CLOSE: 2,267.89 RANGE: 2,263.35-2,272.01

S&P 500’S BIGGEST GAINERS/LOSERS GAINERS

$83.94

The automaker says it will invest $1 billion in its manufacturing operations in the U.S. and create or keep 1,500 jobs and add another 5,000 jobs over the next few years. In addition, about 450 jobs will return to the U.S. from Mexico. Price: $16.05 Day’s high: $16.07

RUSSELL

RUT

COMPOSITE

CHANGE: +.3% YTD: +172.54 YTD % CHG: +3.2%

$100

The financial services firm was accused of discriminating against blacks and Hispanics, leading them to pay higher interest rates and fees from 2006 to 2009. The company denied the allegations and then announced a settlement of $55 million.

STANDARD & POOR'S

NASDAQ

COMP

JPMorgan Chase

General Motors

S&P 500

SPX

INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE

CHANGE: -.1% YTD: +42.12 YTD % CHG: +.2%

4-WEEK TREND

DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS

DOW JONES

DJIA

Price: $83.94 Day’s high: $84.23 Low: $83.03

Price: $37.47 Day’s high: $37.58 Low: $37.12

MAJOR INDEXES -22.05

ALL THE MARKET ACTION IN REAL TIME. MARKETS.USATODAY.COM

Commodities Close Prev. Cattle (lb.) 1.20 1.20 Corn (bushel) 3.65 3.66 Gold (troy oz.) 1,211.30 1,212.00 Hogs, lean (lb.) .65 .66 Natural Gas (Btu.) 3.30 3.41 Oil, heating (gal.) 1.61 1.65 Oil, lt. swt. crude (bar.) 51.08 52.48 Silver (troy oz.) 17.24 17.10 Soybeans (bushel) 10.75 10.69 Wheat (bushel) 4.31 4.34

Chg. unch. -0.01 -0.70 -0.01 -0.11 -0.04 -1.40 +0.14 +0.06 -0.03

% Chg. +0.6% -0.1% -0.1% -0.9% -3.2% -2.4% -2.7% +0.8% +0.5% -0.6%

% YTD +1.1% +3.7% +5.3% -1.4% -11.3% -5.6% -4.9% +8.2% +7.9% +5.6%

Close .8141 1.3240 6.8342 .9377 113.74 21.9303

Prev. .8067 1.3052 6.8728 .9338 112.66 21.5803

Close 11,599.39 23,098.26 18,894.37 7,247.61 46,360.63

3.4%

Health care

-0.1%

-2.2%

Financials

0.8%

-2.9%

CBOE VOLATILITY INDEX Measures expected market volatility based on S&P 500 index options pricing:

12.48

20 30

6 mo. ago .7541 1.2945 6.7073 .9035 106.12 18.3924

Yr. ago .7020 1.4552 6.5799 .9181 117.37 18.2034

Prev. Change 11,540.00 +59.39 22,840.97 +257.29 18,813.53 +80.84 7,220.38 +27.23 46,002.56 +358.07

%Chg. +0.5% +1.1% +0.4% +0.4% +0.8%

IN-DEPTH MARKETS COVERAGE USATODAY.COM/MONEY

7.5

YTD % +1.0% +5.0% -1.2% +1.5% +1.6%

SOURCES: MORNINGSTAR, DOW JONES INDEXES, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

+0.61 (+5.1%)

S&P 500 P/E RATIO The price-to-earnings ratio, based on trailing 12-month “operating” earnings:

FOREIGN MARKETS Country Frankfurt Hong Kong Japan (Nikkei) London Mexico City

-0.7%

FOREIGN CURRENCIES Currency per dollar British pound Canadian dollar Chinese yuan Euro Japanese yen Mexican peso

Telcom

20.87 22.5

0 SOURCE BLOOMBERG

+0.03 (+0.2%)

Beige book: Economy grew modestly in late 2016 Paul Davidson @Pdavidsonusat USA TODAY

The economy expanded modestly in most of the country late last year, with manufacturing rebounding and retail sales increasing, but the holiday shopping season was generally disappointing, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday. Growth was modest in the Philadelphia, Cleveland, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis

and Kansas City, Mo., Fed bank districts, the Fed said in its beige book, which provides an anecdotal summary of the economy. Gains were moderate in Richmond, Va., Dallas and San Francisco; “modest to moderate” in Boston; and flat in New York. The report, which covered late November through December, was largely similar to previous versions that tracked a modest pickup in activity in most areas. The good news is that manufacturers in most regions “reported increased sales with several citing a turnaround versus earlier

PAUL SANCYA, AP

Manufacturing in most regions had increased sales, the Federal Reserve data showed.

in 2016,” the beige book said. The rise in oil prices last year spurred

many crude producers to restart shuttered wells and ramp up orders for steel pipes and other materials. Although two districts cited weakness in coal production, “others reported improvements in coal, oil or gas activity,” the report said. That’s consistent with recent data that show gains in factory activity and output. Meanwhile, job growth grew at a “slight to moderate” pace as wages rose modestly. But many regions continued to struggle to find skilled workers in the tightening labor market, and several even faced hurdles “recruiting for

less skilled jobs.” Many districts said they expected the market to tighten further this year, “with wage pressures likely to rise and the pace of hiring to hold steady or increase.” Average monthly job growth slowed last year to 180,000 from 229,000 in 2015, largely because employers scrambled to find workers as the unemployment rate dipped below 5%. Meanwhile, average wage gains climbed to nearly 3% throughout 2016 from the roughly 2% pace that prevailed for most of the economic recovery.

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LIFELINE

SPORTS LIFE AUTOS LOUIE TRAVEL ANDERSON

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TELEVISION

MAKING WAVES When there’s a Will, there’s a way. Sparked by the response to the show’s viral pre-election reunion, NBC has announced it will bring ‘Will & Grace’ back for a 10-episode limited run in the 2017-18 season. And this groundbreaking sitcom is coming back with all four original stars — Eric McCormack, Sean Hayes, Debra Messing and Megan Mullally.

CHANNELS HIS MOM IN ‘BASKETS’ Bill Keveney

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STYLE STAR Accompanying her husband, Matthew McConaughey, to his ‘Gold’ premiere in New York was Camila Alves, whose glittering Marchesa gown perfectly matched the movie’s title. EVAN AGOSTINI, INVISION/AP

THEY SAID WHAT? THE STARS’ BEST QUOTES “I really believe that when you focus on a friendship, you have the opportunity to build a strong foundation for a relationship, and once you know you’re really great friends and you’re what we call ‘equally yoked,’ where you share the same values or the same outlook on life, it kind of sets the tone.” — Soon-to-be mom Ciara, explaining why she practiced abstinence with Russell Wilson until their wedding last summer.

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PASADENA , CALIF. Many people do loving imitations of their mother. Few walk away with an award for their efforts. But that was the case for longtime standup comic Louie Anderson, whose sweet, open and very funny portrayal of family matriarch Christine Baskets on the FX comedy Baskets (Season 2 premiere, Thursday, 10 ET/PT), earned him a supporting-actor Emmy last fall. When the gender-switching casting of Christine, a loving, plain-speaking Bakersfield, Calif., mom, was proposed by star Zach Galifianakis and executive producer Louis C.K., it didn’t faze Anderson. The Minnesota native has long incorporated the memory of his mother, Ora Zella Anderson, into his standup act. “I’ve been in training to play (Chip Baskets’) mother,” Anderson, 63, tells USA TODAY. Anderson is grateful for “the richest part I ever could have gotten,” which comes after 38 years in standup comedy, including a Tonight Show debut in 1984; a hosting gig on Family Feud; and an autobiographical animated series, Life With Louie, which won two daytime Emmys. Anderson’s mom, who died in 1990, and Christine — mom to twins Chip and Dale (both played by Galifianakis) and younger twins Cody and Logan (Garry and Jason Clemmons, respectively) — aren’t the same, but there are similarities. “Christine can be a little more mean,” Anderson says. However, his mother and five sisters — he’s the 10th child of 11 — inspired “all the nuances, all the little tics, all those facial things, that disapproving look.” Although Anderson barely

Standup comic has been training all his life for ‘richest role’ — endorsed by Emmy

DAN MACMEDAN, USA TODAY

PAMELA LITTKY, FX

Louie Anderson, who grew up with five sisters, finds comfort in gender-bending role.

“Whenever anyone puts lipstick on you, automatically you go, ‘Mmm, I look pretty good as a woman.’ ” Actor Louie Anderson

changes his voice to play Christine, physical elements help the transformation. “First, you put a dress on. … That changes you a little. Then, you put the makeup on (and) that wig on. Then, they finish with lipstick. Whenever anyone puts lipstick on you, automatically you go, ‘Mmm, I look pretty good as a woman.’ ” Anderson tries to keep the transformation from being a distraction. “My goal is that when you watch me, you might say, ‘That’s Louie Anderson,’ but within a few minutes I completely disappear and Christine completely emerges,” he says. The disguise worked during a location shoot at a bank. “I said, ‘Where are the bathrooms?’ and a (bank) guy pointed me toward them. I went in the men’s bathroom and he goes, ‘Hey, that’s the men’s bathroom!’ I go, ‘I know, I’m a man.’ And he goes, ‘Oh. …

Oh! … Ohhh!’ I heard three Ohs.” In the first season of Baskets, described as a “slapstick drama,” Christine encountered plenty of challenges, including dealing with Chip’s frustrations as an aspiring clown and her diabetes diagnosis. Season 2 continues that story and looks at Christine’s identity beyond her role as a mother. Executive producer Jonathan Krisel acknowledges that casting Anderson as a woman was a noisy “elephant in the room” and that producers didn’t realize how Anderson’s acting could help mold such a strong character. Sometimes, when writers are stuck on a line, Anderson “will say, ‘Give me a second. Let me think about what my mom would say.’ Usually, that’s what we go with.” Baskets has inspired Anderson, now doing a standup tour (schedule at louieanderson.com), to think about other opportunities. “I’m invigorated. I’d really love to do a dramatic part,” he says. “Maybe I’ll get a chance to play a man someday.”

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CAUGHT IN THE ACT Major key alert! DJ Khaled went bowling for a good cause at the PBA Celebrity Invitational, supporting the Chris Paul Family Foundation.

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USA SNAPSHOTS©

Top music downloads Shape of You Ed Sheeran

77,200

Castle on the Hill Ed Sheeran

75,600

Bad and Boujee Migos

71,800

I Don’t Wanna Live Forever Zayn, Taylor Swift 65,700 24K Magic Bruno Mars

63,000

SOURCE Nielsen SoundScan for week ending Jan. 12 MAEVE MCDERMOTT AND VERONICA BRAVO, USA TODAY

Chameleon connects in satisfying ‘Split’ Shyamalan explores dissociative disorder in new mind-bender The twists are always what everybody talks about afterward. The real secret, though, when it comes to M. Night Shyamalan’s best movies: a great acting performance, whether MOVIE it’s Haley Joel OsREVIEW ment’s OscarBRIAN TRUITT nominated haunted kid in The Sixth Sense, Mel Gibson’s ex-priest questioning his faith while dealing with aliens in Signs or Bruce Willis’ security guard coming to emotional grips with being nigh invulnerable in Unbreakable. Add James McAvoy to that list of characters — and in his case, he’s good for quite a few as a man with 23 distinct personalities in Split (eeeE out of four; rated PG-13; in theaters Friday), an eerie and intimate psychological thriller with Hitchcockian tones harking back to Shyamalan’s early 2000s run that put him on the filmmaking map. The writer/director also has a knack for turning an ordinary day very, very wrong for his

UNIVERSAL PICTURES

Little Hedwig, age 10, is one of the many personas populating Kevin (James McAvoy) in the psychological thriller Split. players. In Split, three teenage girls — popular pals Claire (Haley Lu Richardson) and Marcia (Jessica Sula) as well as shy Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy) — are kidnapped from a birthday party by a strange man and held captive in a windowless room. That guy, a stiff OCD brute named Dennis, is just one of the many identities of the mysterious Kevin (McAvoy), and soon the youngsters meet 10-year-old Hedwig and uppercrust “lady” Patricia who warn of an unrevealed 24th personality — “the beast” — coming to get them. Another, fashion-conscious

Barry, is the part of Kevin who mostly interacts with the outside world, specifically his psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley). She is fascinated by the expanse of her patient’s dissociative identity disorder though starts to become concerned about which part of Kevin is taking hold. McAvoy is superb in a taxing role. The Scottish actor proves himself a real chameleon. He fully inhabits each character, sometimes changing accent or wardrobe, while making clear they’re all part of the same person and not someone wildly dif-

ferent — for example, Patricia is very much a woman but doesn’t wear a wig to feminize Kevin’s shaved head. Just as key to the movie’s denouement, however, is TaylorJoy. After a remarkable breakout in last year’s The Witch, she has a thoughtful turn as a troubled but intelligent introvert whose important back story is gradually revealed. There’s a reason Casey seems better able to handle this frightening situation than the other girls, who are pretty much your stock horror freaking-out females. Split lags at times when it leans on stereotypical thriller tropes — of course there’s a vent in the ceiling and, of course, it goes nowhere — but the inevitable (multiple) reveals are satisfying mainly because of the performances. Shyamalan digs into the realworld question of whether or not the body chemistry of someone with a personality disorder can change with identity swings. Yet what resonates is his more subtle exploration of how people deal differently with trauma and the power of connection. That message — and a captivating McAvoy — will stick with you long past the thrills of a cool twist.

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Frances Emma Crocini Otten of Little Rock, AR, went home to be with her Lord on Friday, January 13, 2017 with family by her side. She had valiantly fought illness for the past several months. After several moves that included Manchester, CT, Memphis, TN, and Franklin Lakes, NJ, Fran and Al settled in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1969. During her time in Little Rock, Fran enjoyed playing tennis and bridge, but she truly enjoyed painting. Fran became an accomplished artist with a specialty in watercolors. She was a member of Midsouthern Watercolorists as well as the Arkansas League of Artists. She had several Memorial services for David Jon Hemphill, 65, Lawrence will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 23, 2017 at First Presbyterian Church. He passed away Monday, January 16, 2017 at his home. David was born February 21, 1951 in Lawrence, the son of Thornton and Elsie Fern (Bahr) Hemphill. David graduated from Lawrence High School and Pittsburg State University. He was a selfemployed rental property owner. Family was of utmost importance to David. He loved spending time with his children and grandchildren and followed their activities with pride. He enjoyed riding

Frances Emma Crocini Otten

exhibits and won many awards for her work. She also volunteered and provided art lessons to students at the non-profit, Lifequest. She even was a guest art teacher for her grandson’s elementary school. A loving soul, Fran always put God and others ahead of herself. Her selflessness and humility always stood as an example

for all to follow. She always tried to treat everyone fairly and equally and to see the good in everyone she ever encountered. Fran is survived by her brother, Charles Crocini (Helene Crocini) of Manchester CT, son Dr. James Otten (Vickie Otten) of Lawrence, KS, son Michael Otten of Little Rock, AR, daughter Susan Otten Marcantel (Mike Marcantel) of Los Angeles, CA, son Jack Otten (Lesa Otten) of Fayetteville, AR, grandsons John Mark Otten, Jr. and Matthew Otten of Fayetteville, AR, and Craig Evans (Christine Evans) of San Diego, CA, great granddaughter Lexi Evans of San Diego, CA,

David Jon Hemphill

his motorcycle around the country and would lead groups on rides. He loved living in the country and being outdoors. David could always be found in his woodshop working on his next creation. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church for many years and served several times as a Trustee. He had a big heart and loved

helping others. He married Carlotta Schmidt in 1978 in Lawrence. They spent many years together raising their family and sharing life’s experiences. They later divorced. Survivors include his daughter, Andrea Christenson, and husband, Ty, Overland Park, KS; his son, Jonathan Hemphill and wife, Megan, Leawood, KS; four grandchildren, Eli, Lena, Rory Hemphill, Brooks Christenson; two brothers, Richard Hemphill and wife, Jill, De Soto, KS; Roger Hemphill and wife, Sandy, Overland Park, KS; half-brother, James Hemphill and wife, Carolyn, Lawrence; and half-sister, Charlene

and seven nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, John and Philomena Crocini, brother Vincent Crocini, husband Albert F. Otten, Sr., and son, Albert F. Otten, Jr.. Ruebel Funeral Home (6313 W Markham St.,Little Rock, The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Autism Speaks, Stowers Institute For Medical Research, or University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Myeloma Institute. Please see her full obituary online at: h t t p : / / w w w . ruebelfuneralhome. com/obituaryindividual. php?id=2078 Fritzel and husband, Gene, Lawrence. The family will greet friends and family from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Sunday, January 22, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Memorial contributions may be made in his name to Habitat for Humanity or First Presbyterian Church and may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Online condolences may be posted to www. warrenmcelwain.com. Please sign this guestbook at Obituaries. LJWorld.com.

Services for Keith Leroy Thomas, 85, Lawrence, are pending at this time and will be announced by RumseyYost Funeral Home. Mr. Thomas died Sunday, January 15, 2017. rumseyyost.com

EDNA MAE RAY Services for Edna Mae Ray, 92, Edgerton, are pending and will be announced by RumseyYost Funeral Home. She died January 18, 2017, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. rumseyyost.com

JUNE DAUS PRESTON Services for June Daus Preston, 93, Lawrence are pending and will be announced by Warren McElwain Mortuary. June passed away Fri., Jan. 13th at Brandon Woods. warrenmcelwain.com.

MIKE JOE TAYLOR Mike Joe Taylor, 69, passed Jan. 16, 2017. Memorial service on Saturday Jan. 21, 2017, from 4PM6:PM at Ives Chapel Church, Baldwin City Ks. See www.chapeloaksne.com for obituary.

BEVERLY "JEANNE" JAMES 90, passed away January 14, 2017 in Wichita. She was born February 2, 1926 in Memphis, TN to Floyd and Helen Lake Tharpe. She was raised in Blytheville, Ak. Jeanne was a great wife, mother, grandma, and great grandma. Her entire family loved her dearly. She enjoyed traveling the world, the beauty of nature, the mountains and her house in Colorado. Jeanne volunteered for years with Meals on Wheels and at Wesley Hospital in the gift shop and she was a long time member of the Baptist Metropolitan Church. Jeanne met the love of her life at an USO dance during the war and they were married three months later. She was preceded by parents,

Floyd and Helen Tharpe; three brothers; and grandson, Alex James. Jeanne is survived by her husband of 72 years, John James; children, John T. (Donna) James of Houston, Susan (Darwin) Eakins of Lawrence; David (Melanie) James of Tempe. Also survivng are six grandchildren, Kira, Paul, Brent, Kristen, Laura 11 great and Austen; grandchildren and numerous cousins. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, January 21, 2017 at Resthaven Mortuary. Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation, 6405 Metcalf Ave., Ste. 204, Overland Park, KS 66202. Please sign this guestbook at Obituaries. LJWorld.com.

ANNOUNCING...

Ernest “Ernie” E. Greenwell Funeral Services for Ernest “Ernie” E. Greenwell, 93, Lawrence will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 21, 2017 at Miles Funeral Home in Winfield, KS. The family will greet friends from noon until service time on January 21. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery in Winfield. A family visitation also will be held from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Friday, January 20, 2017 at WarrenMcElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Ernie passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Ernie was born March 17, 1923 in Preston, KS the son of Walter and Alice (Reynolds) Greenwell. He was a 1940 graduate of Lawrence High School. Ernie served his country in the United States

Army Air Corp during WWII. He was a member of the VFW, and attended the Church of the Nazarene in Winfield, KS. Ernie loved his family, and enjoyed farming, gardening, traveling and ice cream. He retired in 1988 after 34 years of service as a postal clerk for the U.S. Post Office in Winfield, KS. He married Robinette “Robbie” DeFore on July 12, 1942 in Dexter, KS. She preceded him in

death March 17, 2007. Survivors include his daughter, Linda Robinson and husband, Scott, Lawrence; two sons, Michael Greenwell (Charleen), Derby, KS, Dr. Steven Greenwell (Hiangwoo), Highland, NY; six grandchildren, Kim Swartz (Mike), Mark Greenwell, Michael Todd Greenwell (Christie), Bret Robinson, Erin Robinson, Saige Greenwell; and six great grandchildren, Levi Swartz, Mercedes Swartz, Ocean Swartz, Journey Swartz, Lane Greenwell, Payten Greenwell; and one sister, Phyllis Thompson, Lee’s Summit, MO. He was also preceded in death by his parents; a son, Donald E. Greenwell; a daughter, Carol Finley; four brothers, Richard Greenwell, Wiley Greenwell, Roy

Greenwell, Robert Greenwell; and two sisters, Edna Wright and Elsie Mae Mitchell. The family wishes to extend their sincere appreciation to the staff at Bridge Haven and to the staff at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for their kind and competent care of Ernie. Memorials may be made in his name to Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association and may be sent in care of the Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Online condolences may be posted at warrenmcelwain.com. Please sign this guestbook at Obituaries. LJWorld.com.

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BRIEFLY Baldwin to allow used retail structures, he said. Council members said it car lots on US-56 would be up to the Baldwin

The Baldwin City Council approved a text amendment to the city zoning ordinance that will allow used car lots on the U.S. Highway 56 corridor. Ed Courton, Baldwin City community development director, recommended a continued ban on car lots because of the relative small size of lots could lead to the unsightly cramming of cars. That kind of development could discourage the more compatible development of office and

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Here is a list of recent Lawrence Police Department calls requiring the response of four or more officers. This list spans from 6:09 a.m. Tuesday to 4:58 a.m. Wednesday. A full list of department calls is available in the Lights & Sirens blog, which can be found online at LJWorld.com. Each incident listed only bears a short description and may not capture the entirety of what took place. Not every call results in citations or arrests, and the information is subject to change as police investigations move forward.

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League of Women Voters Hot Topic: City Manager Tom Markus, City Planning Commission to plans for Lawrence, 11:30 a.m.-1 assure the highway frontage’s p.m., Watkins Museum of History, aesthetics when considering 1047 Massachusetts St. Historic Resources Commission, car lot applications. DON’T MISS ON SATURDAY: 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Also approved was Boot Camp for New Dads, 9 Author Harriet Learner book signa text amendment that a.m.- noon, Lawrence Memorial ing, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, allows for the addition of accessory buildings on residential lots of up to 1,200 square feet. The amendment sets the height limit of a detached accessory building at the height of By Joanna Hlavacek could most use a boost. the lot’s residence unless jhlavacek@ljworld.com “I think we had 17 participating resapproved through a conditaurants in the first year, and we have tional use permit. Now may be a good time to hit 21 now, which is exciting because “pause” on those New Year’s resolu- we’ve had quite a few new restaurants tions. Downtown Lawrence Restau- that we added to downtown since rant Week is back and bigger than the last time we’ve done Restaurant ever, with more than 20 local eateries Week,” said Sally Zogry, director of expected to serve up special dishes Downtown Lawrence Inc. Tuesday, 7:34 a.m., four created in honor of the occasion. Among first-timers are Lucia Beer officers, disturbance, 1900 block of East 19th Street. Restaurant Week runs Friday Garden + Grill, Mass St. Fish House Tuesday, 11:44 a.m., five through Saturday, Jan. 28. And or- & Raw Bar, and Port Fonda. Some of officers, domestic disturganizers (Downtown Lawrence Lawrence’s more established eaterbance, 1300 block of West Inc. coordinates the proceedings) ies, including beloved chicken-wings 24th Street. are confident that 2017’s event will emporium Jefferson’s, are also making Tuesday, 12:04 p.m., four officers, disturbance, 700 be worth the wait for diners. their Restaurant Week debut Friday. block of Walnut Street. It was decided after the 2015 ResA handful of participants are creTuesday, 3:13 p.m., five taurant Week that festivities be ating prix fixe menus (think relativeofficers, warrant service, 1900 block of East 19th Street. moved from September, when folks ly upscale joints like 715 and Merare more likely to eat out anyway, to chants Pub & Plate) for the week, Tuesday, 8:39 p.m., four January, when downtown businesses while others are offering specialty officers, disturbance, 1000

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Lawrence man, woman arrested in connection with armed robbery

wo robbery suspects have been arrested while the search for others continue. One man and one woman, both of Lawrence and both suspected in a recent armed robbery, have been arrested, police say. John Timothy Baker, 33, was arrested after 6 p.m. Tuesday on suspicion of aggravated robbery, according to Douglas County Jail booking logs. Stacey Nichole Ballard, 23, was arrested Wednesday, also on suspicion of aggravated robbery for the same incident, the Lawrence Police Department said in a news release. Both Baker and Ballard were arrested without incident, the release said. Around 9:30 p.m. Jan. 8, two officers arrived near the intersection of West

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him in a black, single-cab truck as he was walking, threatened him with a gun and “demanded items from him,” Rhoads said. Baker is currently being held in the Douglas County Jail without bond. As of Wednesday afternoon, Ballard had not yet been booked into the jail. Sunday’s reported robbery was one of three rereported robberies. Conrad Swanson cently Of those reported crimes cswanson@ljworld.com Baker, Ballard and one other person — a boy — Campus Road and West have been arrested while Hills Terrace, where a other suspects remain at 23-year-old Lawrence man large. said he had been robbed A second robbery was at gunpoint, Lawrence reported around 7 a.m. on Police Sgt. Amy Rhoads Jan. 9 at a Phillips 66 gas said last week. station at 1801 W. Second The man told police that St., Rhoads said. There a a man and a woman — lat- man, armed with a hamer identified as Baker and mer, entered the business Ballard — pulled up next to and stole $300 in cash.

On Jan. 10, police released two photos of the suspect, asking those who might have information to call 832-7509. The third robbery was reported around 8:45 p.m. on Jan. 8 in the 4600 block of West Sixth Street, Rhoads said. At the scene, a 16-year-old girl told officers that two boys had threatened her inside a vehicle with a gun. The two boys escaped with cash, Rhoads said. One was later arrested and the second was questioned and released, though investigators will submit an affidavit with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office for a charging decision. — This is an excerpt from Conrad Swanson’s Lights & Sirens column, which appears regularly on LJWorld.com.

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In neck-and-neck thriller, KU falls to W. Virginia By Shane Jackson sjackson@ljworld.com

Just days after a lopsided loss to the second best team in the country, the Kansas women’s basketball team was tasked with yet another ranked opponent. KU responded by pushing No. 24 West Virginia to the brink, before falling, 62-51, Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse. With the loss, the Jayhawks have now lost seven straight games, including six by nationally-ranked opponents. “That’s the hardest our team has played since I’ve been the head coach here,” second-year coach Brandon

Schneider said. “I thought they played their tails off. I couldn’t be more proud of their effort. But that has to be the standard, because that’s something we can control.” Kansas (6-12, 0-7) has had a treacherous start to the conference slate as Schneider seeks his first Big 12 regular season victory. And for a brief moment, it appeared the Mountaineers might just give it to him. In the third quarter, junior guard Jessica Washington drove through the lane and kicked it out to a wide open McKenzie Calvert, who buried a baseline triple. The sophomore’s 3-pointer

gave Kansas a 35-34 advantage with 4:06 left in the third period. Calvert’s trey gave Kansas its first lead in a game since the team’s last victory, an overtime win against UC Riverside on Dec. 21. In fact, KU has only been tied with its opposition on four different occasions during this seven-game skid — one of which was against West Virginia. “In those situations, I’m not really thinking about having a lead in the third quarter,” Schneider said. “We are trying to have a lead where we can ice the

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Will face Wichita SE in a rematch of last season’s 6A state semifinals By Bobby Nightengale bnightengale@ljworld.com

During practice Monday, Lawrence High boys basketball coach Mike Lewis never brought up his team’s upcoming matchup against Wichita Southeast. But his players didn’t need to be reminded. The Lions will face Wichita Southeast in the first round of the Topeka Invitational Tournament at 3:15 p.m. today at Topeka High. It’s a rematch of the Class 6A state semifinals Returners last season, when the Golden Buffaknow they beat loes advanced to the us last year to state title game with go to the state a 74-61 victory. Both teams feachampionship ture vastly different game, so it lineups. But returnmeans a lot for ers from LHS didn’t forget the pain from us. It’s going the loss or the poto be a tough tential opportunity game. They are to avenge last year’s defeat. a really good Lawrence senior team. It’ll be a guard Jackson Maldogfight.” lory is the only LHS returning starter — Jackson Mallory, from last year’s semiLHS senior guard final game, while seniors Braden Solko, Kobe Buffalomeat, Austin Miller and sophomore Noah Butler played off of the bench. “With a new group, I don’t think they know it as much as we do,” Mallory said of his teammates. “Returners

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FSHS coach looks back at dinner with President Obama By Tom Keegan tkeegan@ljworld.com

Since today marks the final full day in office for the nation’s 44th president, many Americans may spend part of their day reflecting on Barack Obama’s eight years in office. Free State High boys basketball coach Sam Stroh’s memories will have a more concrete feel, compared to those of most in Lawrence. After all, he shot hoops with the president when they both were dressed to the nines. Then coaching at Blue Valley High, Stroh noticed a Tweet in 2012 from the Obama campaign team that offered donors a chance to attend an event with the president and several basketball stars, past and present, including Michael Jordan. It was called the “Obama Classic.” At the time, the campaign’s deputy national field director, Marlon Marshall,

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In 1974, 7-man rotation was enough for Kansas to reach Final Four

ometimes seven is enough, as the Kansas basketball team has shown so far this season and showed 43 seasons ago. The Jayhawks made it all the way to the 1974 Final Four with a seven-man rotation that included six players who played their high school ball in the state of Illinois. Ted Owens’ eighth man, Von Moore, appeared in just 13 of KU’s 30 games that season. Tom Kivisto and Dale Greenlee started at guard, Roger Morningstar and Norm Cook at forward and Danny Knight at center. Rick Suttle was the reserve big man, Tommie Smith the reserve guard. Knight, from Hutchinson, was the lone Kansas native. Kivisto, the captain, was the only senior in the rotation. Cook was a freshman and the other five players were juniors. “That was in an era when the game was starting to move from very deliberate Hank Iba kind of stuff into a more fastpaced, John McLendon kind of thing,” said Roger Morningstar, proprietor of Morningstar’s New

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ABOVE PHOTO: THE 1973-1974 KANSAS basketball team. Front row, from left: Paul Werner, Reuben Shelton, Dave Taynor, Nino Samuel, Jack Hollis, Bob Emery, Tommie Smith, Tom Kivisto and Dale Greenlee. Back row, from left: Dean Nesmith (trainer), Ted Owens (head coach), Roger Morningstar, Donnie Von Moore, Rick Suttle, Danny Knight, Norm Cook, Dale Haverman, Duncan Reid (assistant) and Sam Miranda (assistant). In front: Chuck Purdy (manager). PICTURED TOP LEFT AND AROUND CLOCKWISE ARE: JUNIOR CENTER Danny Knight, junior forward Tommie Smith, junior forward Roger Morningstar, junior guard Dale Greenlee, freshman forward Norm Cook, senior guard Tom Kivisto and junior center Rick Suttle.

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air. “We were muddling around somewhere in the middle of all that.” Seasons are 10 games longer and played at an even faster pace now, so it’s a tougher task to make it through a season using seven players now than it was then. Since Udoka Azubuike went down with a season-ending wrist injury, Self has used a sevenman rotation, prompting

many to look at the team’s 17-1 record and No. 2 national ranking and say, “Self’s done a great job with this team,” to which Morningstar is quick to respond: “Name a team he hasn’t done a great job with.” Morningstar is the only Lawrence resident among the seven players who lost to Marquette

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New York — Bags and Rock and Pudge are heading to Cooperstown. After a vote that could prove By Jim Litke to be a turning point how SteAP Sports Columnist roids Era stars are viewed, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens Rodriguez Raines The takeaway from this could be joining them in the Bagwell LAWRENCE HIGH year’s Hall of Fame balloting next few years. SOUTH WEST TODAY is Barry Bonds and Roger CleJeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and So I think it kind of made them Raines, fifth in career stolen • Boys basketball vs. Wichita mens likely will get in within Ivan Rodriguez were elected look a lot at me a lot closer and bases, was a seven-time All-Star EAST I Southeast at Topeka Invitational the next five years. Shame it to baseball’s Hall of Fame on they looked a lot deeper,ALand and the 1986 NL batting chamcouldn’t be this one. Wednesday, earning the honor think the more they looked, I pion who compiled a .294 avertournament, 3:15 p.m. Because those two sharing as Trevor Hoffman and Vladi- think the better it turned out age and .385 on-base percentage. • Boys swimming at LHS the stage with former commis- mir Guerrero fell just short of for me.” He spent 13 of 23 big league seaInvitational, 3:30 p.m. AL CENTRAL sons with the Montreal Expos, sioner Bud Selig at induction the necessary 75 percent. Rodriguez , at 45 the young• Bowling at SM West triangular, ceremonies in Cooperstown Bonds and Clemens, their ca- est current Hall member, re- who left Canada to become the 3:30 p.m. this summer would have been reers tainted by allegations of ceived 336 votes (76 percent). Washington Nationals for the FRIDAY priceless, a photo worth more steroids use, were passed over “I’ve been having trouble 2005 season, and joins Andre • Boys basketball vs. TBA at than a million words. for the fifth straight year by the sleeping for three days,” he Dawson and Gary Carter as the AL WEST Topeka Invitational Tournament, That way, the next time Baseball Writers’ Association said. only players to enter the Hall 3:15 or 6:45 p.m. a kid asks about baseball’s of America but each received Rodriguez, the 52nd player representing the Expos. • Wrestling at Blue Valley “supersized” era, you just a majority of votes for the first elected in his first year of eliRodriguez, a 14-time All-Star Northwest Invitational, 4 p.m. show him the picture, make a time. gibility, joins Johnny Bench in who hit .296 with 311 homers serious face and say, “A clear “They were just awesome,” 1989 as the only catchers voted and 1,332 RBIs, was never disconscience might be overBagwell said. “Their demeanor, in on their first ballot. ciplined for PEDs but former SEABURY ACADEMY rated.” the way they went their Texas Jose staff; Canseco “Johnny Bench AFC TEAMabout LOGOS 081312: Helmet and team logoswas for themy AFCfateams; variousteammate sizes; stand-alone; ETA 5 p.m. TODAY In the same frame, you’d business, was just amazing, and vorite player growing up,” alleged in a 2005 book that he • Girls basketball vs. McLouth at have the greatest hitter and I respect them.” injected the catcher with stePudge added. McLouth tournament, 6 p.m. pitcher — and shameless opOn the ballot for the seventh Hoffman was five votes short roids. Asked whether he was portunists — of their generatime after falling 15 votes short and Guerrero 15 shy. on the list of players who allegVERITAS CHRISTIAN tion, together with the comlast year, Bagwell appeared on “Falling short of this class edly tested positive for steroids missioner who didn’t really 381 of 442 ballots for 86.2 per- is disappointing,” Hoffman during baseball’s 2003 survey, TODAY want to know how Bonds and cent. Players needed 332 votes said in a statement. “I am truly Rodriguez said in 2009: “Only • Boys basketball vs. Blue Valley Clemens and who-knows-how- this year. humbled to have come so close. God knows.” Southwest at Spring Hill tournamany-others got bigger and “Anxiety was very, very I hope to one day soon share a Rodriguez displaced Pedro ment, 3 p.m. better even as they got older, high,” Bagwell said. “It’s a Hall of Fame celebration with Martinez as the youngest of the • Girls basketball vs. Osawatomie until it was too late. weird thing to be a Hall of Fam- my family, friends, teammates record 74 living Hall members. at McLouth tournament, 6 p.m. Either way, all three will be er. I wrote it on a ball tonight. and all of San Diego.” Bonds, a seven-time MVP FRIDAY linked forever. Each played a It was kind of crazy, so it was Edgar Martinez was next at who holds the season and ca• Boys basketball vs. TBA, at big role in pulling the game cool.” 58.6 percent, followed by Cle- reer home run records, reSpring Hill tournament, TBA out of a rut the owners dug afIn his 10th and final year of mens at 54.1 percent, Bonds at ceived 36.2 percent in in 2013 ter canceling the remainder of eligibility, Raines was at 380 53.8 percent, Mike Mussina at and jumped from 44.3 percent 1994-95 season and the World (86 percent). He was just the 51.8 percent, Curt Schilling at last year. Clemens, a sevenSPORTS ON TV Series. They also got rich in fifth player elected in his fi- 45 percent, Lee Smith at 34.2 time Cy Young Award winthe bargain. nal year of eligibility after Red percent and Manny Ramirez at ner, rose from 45.2 percent last TODAY The message embedded in Ruffing (1967), Joe Medwick 23.8 percent. year. the 2017 Hall vote is fewer and (1968), Ralph Kiner (1975) and “Barry Bonds was the best College Basketball Time Net Cable Players will be inducted July 6 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 fewer people — fans, and not Jim Rice (2009). 30 during ceremonies at Coo- player I played against in my Maryland at Iowa Connecticut at SMU 6 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 just baseball writers — care to “Last night was probably the perstown along with former entire life,” Bagwell said. at Dayton 6 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 remember how. worst night I’ve had out of the Commissioner Bud Selig and A 12-time All-Star on the bal- Richmond Weber St. at N. Dakota 7 p.m. FCS 146 Top vote-getter Jeff Bag10 years,” Raines said. “I knew retired Kansas City and Atlan- lot for the first time, Ramirez Clemson at Louisville 8 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 well has been called a “steroid I was close, but I wasn’t sure.” ta executive John Schuerholz, was twice suspended for violat- California at Oregon 8 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 apologist,” which might be Raines started at 24.3 per- both elected last month by a ing baseball’s drug agreement. N.C.-Asheville at Winthrop 8 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 charitable considering some cent in 2008 and jumped from veterans committee. Some vot- He helped the Boston Red Sox Gonzaga at Santa Clara 10 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 10 p.m. FS1 150,227 of the opinions he’s shared on 55 percent in 2015 to 69.8 per- ers said the election of Selig, win World Series titles in 2004 Arizona St. at UCLA use of performance-enhancers. cent last year. He said modern who presided over the Steroids and ‘07, the first for the franchise Ivan Rodriguez, one of sevmetrics boosted his chances Era, transformed their view of since 1918, and hit .312 with 555 Women’s Basketball Time Net Cable eral ballplayers called out by from days when voters consid- whether tainted stars should home runs and 1,831 RBIs in 19 W.Va. at Kan. replay 6 a.m. TWCSC 37, 226 W.Va. at Kan. replay noon TWCSC 37, 226 former player and noted brag- ered primarily whether players gain entry to the Hall. big league seasons. Bagwell was a four-time Allgadocio Jose Canseco, got in had 3,000 hits, 500 homers or Several notable players will Michigan v. Maryland 5 p.m. BTN 147,237 at Indiana 7 p.m. BTN 147,237 Star for Houston, finishing with join them in the competition Purdue as well. 300 wins. Mississippi at S. Carolina 6 p.m. SEC 157 Last month, the veterans’ “I think social media played a .297 batting average, 401 hom- for votes in upcoming years: Texas A&M at Missouri 8 p.m. SEC 157 panel extended the honor a big role,” he said. “There are ers and 1,401 RBIs. Among 220 Chipper Jones and Jim Thome to Selig, now commissioner some things that I did that a lot Hall of Fame players, he is the in 2018, Mariano Rivera and Pro Basketball Time Net Cable emeritus but the office-holder of the guys that’s already in the 50th whose entire big league ca- Roy Halladay in 2019, and Der- Wizards at Knicks 7 p.m. TNT 45, 245 when the hanky-panky both Hall of Fame didn’t actually do. reer was with one club. ek Jeter in 2020. Timberwolves at Clippers 9:30 p.m. TNT 45, 245 commenced and likely tapered Pro Hockey Time Net Cable off. On Wednesday, Bonds and Clemens, punished or largely Capitals at Blues 7 p.m. FSN 36, 236 ignored by Hall voters through Golf Time Net Cable their first five years of eligibiliMitsubishi Electric 6 p.m. GOLF 156,289 ty, both crossed the 50 percent Singapore Open 9 p.m. GOLF 156,289 threshold this time around, a camera off the next time the “I wanted to give the fans By Will Graves roughly 10 percent increase. postgame locker room door is an intimate experience,” AP Sports Writer Tennis Time Net Cable Clemens finished at 54.1 closed. Brown said. Australian Open 2 a.m. ESPN2 34, 234 Pittsburgh (Ap) — Antopercent and Bonds at 53.8; “I guess you’ve got to wait Too intimate it turns out. Australian Open 10 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 nio Brown insists he didn’t and see,” Brown said. most of their peers who hit The livestream violated the mean to disrespect his coach that mark, especially in recent FRIDAY In a way it was “AB being league’s social media polor create a distraction when AB,” a phrase often repeated icy — a policy Brown said years, get welcomed inside at NBA Basketball Time Net Cable the All-Pro wide receiver by Brown’s teammates when- he wasn’t aware of — and some point. D-League: livestreamed the raucous ever the talented if occasion- opened him to discipline from We’ll never get credible Salt Lake City v. Iowa 11:30 a.m. ESPNU 35, 235 aftermath of the Pittsburgh ally overly exuberant star’s his head coach, who called numbers about how many D-League: Steelers’ playoff win over the antics cross the line from Brown’s decision to hit the players in their era were dopDelaware v. Greensboro 2 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 Kansas City Chiefs last week. harmless fun into something “live” button on his Facebook ing. The anecdotal evidence D-League: Austin v. North. Ariz. 5 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 The ever social media sav- they find themselves having app “foolish” and “selfish.” says plenty, since everybody Warriors at Rockets 7 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 vy Brown also didn’t rule out to explain. from power hitters to ragNot exactly how the SteelD-League: doing it again. armed relievers got nabbed as The past three days fell ers (13-5) expected their run Long Island at Raptors 905 7:30 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 Even as Brown apologized into the latter, with Pitts- up to the most important baseball patched the gaping Pacers at Lakers 9:30 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 for his decision to let his burgh’s preparations for its game of the season to go. holes in its dragnet. over 650,000 Facebook fans AFC championship meeting Some players benefited Quarterback Ben RoethGolf Time Net Cable in on a usually private mo- with New England taking a lisberger admitted he was more than others. 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Self says Jayhawks, at their best, as good as anybody

few hours after returning from his team’s Monday night victory in Ames, Iowa, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self appeared on The Doug Gottlieb Show on Tuesday and discussed everything from KU’s latest win to the Svi Mykhailiuk travel heard ’round the world, Joel Embiid and the Jayhawks’ fourguard lineup. Most of what was said and discussed was stuff you’ve heard. But at the very end, Gottlieb, the former Oklahoma State guard who pays close attention to Big 12 basketball and has great respect for the KU program, asked Self one simple question. “I’ve got 15 seconds,” Gottlieb said, announcing the upcoming end of the segment. “Do you have a nationalchampionship-caliber team? “I think that we have a team that there’s less margin for error than what we’ve had,” Self said. “But I think that, when we play our best, I think we can play as well as anybody.” The last 17 games certainly suggest that. Although the Jayhawks’ schedule has not been the murderers row of seasons past, it has included some quality teams and the Jayhawks have racked up four true road victories and four wins on neutral floors. According to kenpom.com, the Jayhawks’ strength of schedule currently ranks 17th in the country and Kansas has contributed to the strength-of-schedule ranking of five teams in the Top 25. A big reason for KU’s ability to navigate that schedule — made up mostly of strong challengers from mid-major programs in the non-conference — has been Self’s willingness (or is it necessity?) to abandon his traditional two-bigs lineup and play with four guards the majority of the time. Self and Gottlieb discussed the coach’s change of pace in this department and Self pointed out that while has played small in the past, everywhere from Tulsa to Illinois and even Kansas, it often has been done by playing a shorter player at one of the forward spots. This Kansas team is playing a taller

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know they beat us last year to go to the state championship game, so it means a lot for us. It’s going to be a tough game. They are a really good team. It’ll be a dogfight.” The Buffaloes (5-4) are

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in the national semifinal and then to UCLA in the consolation game in Greensboro, N.C. Knight died at the age of 24 from a brain aneurysm. Cook, who battled mental illness through much of his

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player (freshman Josh Jackson) in the 4 spot but utilizing him as a guard as opposed to asking him to play like a big. “It certainly is a different look and different style than we’ve ever played before,” Self told Gottlieb. Asked how he came up with the tweaks and strategies for employing such a system, Self pointed to a pair of familiar foes as the programs he and his staff have studied extra film of to get ready for the change. “I think we’ve stolen from other people,” Self said. “I thought Iowa State did an unbelievable job when they had Georges (Niang) doing some different things so we’ve watched quite a bit of tape on that. Jay (Wright has) played that way at Villanova for a long time and we played them last year, obviously, and I’ve watched quite a bit of tape with them.” “It’s totally different. We’re doing more false motion type things to try to get the ball back into different guys’ hands and spreading the floor with an open ball screen. We’re doing a lot of different things but that would be kind of what we run behind what we run.” While Jackson, Mykhailiuk and sophomore Lagerald Vick have been key in making the fourguard lineup work for the Jayhawks, the two players who make it go are senior point guard Frank Mason III and junior running mate Devonté Graham. “To see what they’ve done since they’ve been here,” Self began. “Two guys that play together and understand and are tough and competitive. Those guys do it about as good as anybody does.” And those two guys are a huge reason Self believes this team has the potential to play as well as any team in the country the rest of the way.

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FSHS wrestling takes down SMNW, 64-10 By Chris Duderstadt cduderstadt@ljworld.com

Free State wrestling coach Mike Gillman knew that his team had the experience factor over Shawnee Mission Northwest in Wednesday’s home dual against the Cougars, but there were still a few things that he was looking for regardless of the outcome. The Firebirds won 10 of the 12 matches to coast to a 64-10 victory over the Cougars, and Gillman was pleased to see that their work in the practice room translated over to the dual. “One thing that we always try to focus on is our conditioning. I thought that there were about five or six matches in there where our conditioning was far superior than them,” Gillman said. “That’s one of the things that we try to pride ourselves on is our conditioning — to be ready for every match. If it goes to the third period, then we need to be ready to go during that time so that was great.” Lou Fincher, Isaiah Jacobs, Charlie Bermel, Elijah Jacobs, Ben Hill, Elijah Denmark, Devin Beers and Nick Eddis all won by fall for the Firebirds, Bennett King and Tate Steele went on to win by tech fall. One of the marquee matches of the dual put

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FREE STATE’S ELIJAH JACOBS tries to stay on his feet during his match against Shawnee Mission Northwest’s Jackson Burnett on Wednesday during the Firebirds’ home dual against the Cougars. Jacobs won by fall to help the Firebirds notch a 64-10 victory over the Cougars. Free State 126-pounder Isaiah Jacobs up against Shawnee Mission Northwest junior Jerad Habben. The SM Northwest grappler is ranked No. 5 in Class 6A at 120 pounds, but wrestled up a weight class to take on Jacobs. Habben jumped out to a 2-0 early in the first period, but the Free State senior battled back to win by fall in the second. “He took me down early in the first period, and I knew that shouldn’t have happened,” Jacobs said. “I just had to come back and just get that dub (win).” Jacobs was pleased with the Firebirds’ overall performance, and the Free State wrestler who he was most impressed

with was one that didn’t win his match. Free State 113-pounder Garrett Bradley was facing the No. 1 wrestler in 6A in his weight class in SM Northwest sophomore Charles Brockmann. Although Bradley lost by major decision, 11-2, Jacobs thought that his teammate showed a lot of grit against Brockmann. “He didn’t do too bad,” said Jacobs of Bradley, who is ranked No. 6 in 6A. “Last time he wrestled the kid, he got pinned. This time it was just a major.” The Firebirds’ convincing win over the Cougars marked just the second time that they’ve wrestled at home this season.

Eddis closed out the dual with a first-period pin against Raian Hajmahmoud in the 220-pound match, and credited the Free State faithful for getting him amped up before taking the mat. “It’s always fun because we have one of the best home crowds of any high school in Kansas,” Eddis said. “It’s always a blast having all these eyes on you watching you.” While the adrenaline was running high for the Firebirds, Gillman said that still keeping composure was still critical for his wrestlers. During the 145-pound match, Elijah Jacobs was penalized a point for an illegal takedown against Jackson Burnett. Gillman was proud of Jacobs, though, for immediately apologizing to Burnett, and noticing that the takedown was excessive. “He had a slam there at the end, and he realized what he did. That’s the kind of kid he is,” Gillman said. “He learns, he evolves and he starts doing really good. His pin was great.” The schedule will start to pick up quickly for the Firebirds, as they will compete next in the Paola tournament on Friday and Saturday. “We have a lot of wrestling for the next two weeks,” Gillman said. “We wrestle like five or six times in the next two weeks.”

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wrote of the event in an email to donors: “Now stop dreaming and make it happen. You and a guest of your choice could join President Obama and some of the greatest basketball stars for a special night at the Obama Classic.” Stroh entered the contest. “I donated 15 bucks to the campaign and the campaign manager called me and interviewed me,” Stroh said. “They called back about three days later, put me on the speaker phone with the DNC and said, ‘Congratulations, you and your wife are being flown to meet President Obama and Michael Jordan.’ There were about 20 other NBA AllStars there.” Stroh said that the outgoing president was “about as normal a guy as can be. It was very cool.” Stroh said he shot hoops with the president, who he said “has a good lefty stroke.” NBA commissioner David Stern, former Georgetown and NBA star Alonzo Mourning and Arne Duncan, former Secretary of Education, were at the Strohs’ table. “You would have

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FREE STATE HIGH BASKETBALL COACH SAM STROH is pictured in 2012 at the Obama Classic with his wife, Molly, and President Barack Obama. thought we were bigtime, but we were just two teachers from Kansas City,” Stroh said. “Right when Obama finished speaking, he came right over and said, ‘Sam and Molly from Kansas City, great to see you.’ He was very graceful. You would have thought he was Joe Cool, just hanging out, shooting baskets, fitting in like anybody else. He kissed Molly on the cheek when

he said goodbye to us.” Stroh, a middle-school teacher in Leawood at the time and now teaching at Free State, said that for security reasons, he had to keep a low profile about the event until after it occurred. He did have to tell his principal. “When she asked me why I had to miss the time, I told her it was to have dinner with President Obama,” Stroh said. “She looked at me like,

‘Yeah, right.’ We had to keep it a secret.” The dinner took place Aug. 22, 2012, in New York City’s Lincoln Center. “I think it was $25,000 a plate, so when we came outside, the paparazzi was there and some guy behind the barracade yelled, ‘How was your $25,000 meal?’ I said, ‘It was only 15 bucks.’ It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

led by junior Israel Barnes, who is averaging 27.8 points per game, which leads the City League by more than 10 points. Barnes, a 6-foot-4 guard, scored 27 points against the Lions last year. Southeast will likely be without freshman guard Micah Jacques, who suffered a knee injury and missed a game last week. Jacques

averages 13.1 points per game. “Especially me, being more of defensiveminded guy, I love these kind of matchups,” Solko said. The Lions (7-1, ranked No. 4 in 6A) have strong history in the Topeka tournament. They’ve won two of the past three tournaments, winning both title games by one point.

It’s one of their highlights of the season, playing three games in three days. Along with Southeast, the tournament field includes Wichita East (6-3), Wichita South (6-3) and Vashon (10-2) out of St. Louis. “It’s a lot of fun,” Solko said. “Some of the best teams in the state come there, including

us. We know we have a target on our back because we’ve been winning it the past couple of years. People come and see Lawrence High and they want to give us their best shot.” For the Lions, on a fivegame winning streak, there’s a lot of pride involved with becoming one of the top teams in the tournament.

And that pride is where Lewis and some of his players attribute their recent success. “We get excited about it,” Lewis said. “We’re energized about it. It’s important to us. I think as a coach and players, if you get excited and it’s important to you, you’re going to play your best — or at least, you’re going to try to.”

life, died in 2008. Morningstar keeps in touch with the others from the magnificent seven-man rotation that defied the odds by making it to the Final Four after going 8-18 the previous season. Morningstar reports that: Kivisto, an entrepreneur after whom the Memorial Stadium field was named in the wake of his $12 million

pledge, lives in Chicago. Greenlee lives and works in Indianapolis. Carter is retired and living in Topeka after a lengthy career in state government. Suttle had a long basketball career overseas and is back in East St. Louis living in the home in which he grew up. The Jayhawks were the surprise team of that Final Four, one in

which only Marquette used more than seven players. After losing to Marquette, the Kansas players watched one of the greatest games in Final Four history, featuring two of the most celebrated players college basketball ever has known. David Thompson’s North Carolina State team defeated Bill Walton’s UCLA squad, 80-77, in

double-overtime. NC State’s bench outscored the Bruins’, 4-2. Walton and Greg Lee, the point guard who fed him, played 50 minutes as did the Wolfpack’s guards, Monte Towe and Mo Rivers. The stars didn’t disappoint. Walton totaled 29 points and 18 rebounds and Thompson had 28 points and 10 boards for the

victors, but the details from that game aren’t burned in Morningstar’s memory. “We weren’t in much of a mood,” Morningstar said. These days, it’s difficult to imagine Roger, a friendly, laid-back man always up for talking Kansas basketball, being in a rotten mood, but losing will do that to a competitor.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Oklahoma shocks No. 7 W. Virginia 89-87 in OT The Associated Press

Big 12 Oklahoma 89, No. 7 West Virginia 87, OT Morgantown, W.Va. — Kristian Doolittle scored six of his 12 points in overtime and Jordan Woodard’s layup with 2.2 seconds left lifted Oklahoma to a victory over West Virginia on Wednesday night. Woodard scored 18 of his 20 points after halftime in his second start since missing four games with a leg injury. After scoring 27 points in a win over Texas Tech on Saturday, Woodard made a jumper with 3.1 seconds left in regulation that tied it at 77-77, then made two baskets in the final minute of overtime to send the Mountaineers (15-3, 4-2 Big 12) to their first home loss of the season. OKLAHOMA (8-9) Buford 1-2 1-2 3, Lattin 4-5 0-0 8, Odomes 4-10 5-5 13, McGusty 7-16 0-0 17, Woodard 8-17 3-5 20, Doolittle 4-9 4-5 12, Freeman 0-0 0-0 0, McNeace 6-6 2-4 14, Strong-Moore 0-2 0-0 0, James 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 35-71 15-21 89. WEST VIRGINIA (15-3) Watkins 2-6 1-2 5, Ahmad 3-6 0-2 6, Adrian 5-10 1-2 14, Carter 9-18 3-5 23, Miles 2-4 3-4 8, Konate 0-1 0-0 0, Bender 1-3 0-0 2, Macon 5-7 3-4 13, West 0-3 2-2 2, Myers 2-5 1-2 5, Phillip 2-8 4-6 9. Totals 31-71 18-29 87.

Texas Tech 75, TCU 69 Lubbock, Texas — Keenan Evans scored 20 points in Texas Tech’s win over Texas Christian.

TCU (14-4) Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Brodziansky 9-13 2-2 22, K.Williams 6-14 3-5 16, Fisher 1-3 0-0 3, Robinson 5-11 0-0 11, Shepherd 0-2 0-0 0, Washburn 0-0 0-2 0, Bane 3-7 0-0 6, M.Williams 2-3 0-0 6, B.Parrish 2-5 0-0 5. Totals 28-59 5-9 69. TEXAS TECH (14-4) Smith 7-13 5-6 19, Gray 5-9 7-10 18, Livingston 2-6 0-0 5, Evans 5-9 8-8 20, Thomas 2-4 3-3 8, Temple 0-0 0-0 0, Ross 1-4 2-2 5, Brandsma 0-0 0-0 0, Stevenson 0-2 0-2 0. Totals 22-47 25-31 75.

5-13 0-3 11, Rathan-Mayes 4-7 0-0 8, Mann 0-2 0-0 0, Allen 0-1 0-0 0, Cofer 1-2 0-0 2, Smith 3-6 4-7 10, Koumadje 1-1 0-0 2, Forrest 2-4 0-0 4, Walker 3-5 2-3 9, Angola-Rodas 0-1 0-0 0, Savoy 3-7 3-3 12. Totals 30-60 16-23 83.

Grade Boys throws shots with 40.3 Eighth Wednesday at Leavenworth Warren SOUTHWEST 56, WARREN 22 seconds to go. PJ Dozier SW highlights: Kaleb Sarver 11 pts; drove for South Caro- Cole Wheeler 10 pts; Zach Bloch 9 lina’s final basket and pts; Tre’Sean Jackson 8 pts; Miles Branch 7 pts; Justin Hicks 4 pts; Nate Florida fumbled it out of Pilakowski 3 pts; Jackson Dooley 2 bounds on its next pos- pts; Nick Edwards 2 pts; Alec Wilson 1 pt. session. SW record: 4-1. Next for SW:

76ers 94, Raptors 89 Philadelphia — Joel Embiid scored 26 points, Ersan Ilyasova added 18 and the resurgent Philadelphia beat Toronto on Wednesday night for their seventh win in nine games. Embiid, who was questionable because of the flu, surpassed 20 points in fewer than 30 minutes in his 10th straight game. TORONTO (89) Carroll 0-6 0-0 0, Siakam 1-2 0-0 2, Valanciunas 5-11 0-0 10, Lowry 5-13 11-16 24, DeRozan 11-21 3-4 25, Ross 3-10 0-0 8, Poeltl 0-0 0-0 0, Sullinger 4-10 0-1 8, VanVleet 1-2 0-0 2, Joseph 2-5 1-2 5, Powell 2-6 0-0 5. Totals 34-86 15-23 89. PHILADELPHIA (94) Covington 4-6 1-2 10, Ilyasova 7-14 1-2 18, Embiid 6-13 12-14 26, McConnell 4-6 2-2 10, Stauskas 0-2 0-0 0, Saric 3-9 1-2 8, Noel 2-6 1-2 5, Rodriguez 2-5 0-1 4, Luwawu-Cabarrot 1-6 2-2 4, Henderson 2-3 4-5 9. Totals 31-70 24-32 94. Toronto 21 23 21 24 — 89 Philadelphia 25 21 22 26 — 94

Wizards 104, Grizzlies 101 Washington — John Wall had 25 points and 13 assists, and the Wizards earned their 13th consecutive home win. MEMPHIS (101) Parsons 1-6 3-4 6, Green 6-7 1-2 15, Gasol 9-16 10-11 28, Conley 5-13 8-9 20, Allen 2-7 2-4 6, Ennis 3-10 2-2 8, Randolph 3-14 0-0 6, Harrison 0-1 0-0 0, Carter 4-9 1-2 12. Totals 33-83 27-34 101. WASHINGTON (104) Porter 9-12 1-1 25, Morris 6-16 5-5 17, Gortat 3-5 1-2 7, Wall 7-18 10-10 25, Beal 4-14 3-4 12, Oubre 1-3 1-1 3, Smith 3-8 2-2 8, Burke 2-3 1-1 5, Satoransky 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 36-80 24-26 104.

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game. I thought our team really trusted the message the last couple days, that if we would give tremendous effort, that we would have a chance.” The lead was shortlived, however, as the Mountaineers were able to respond just like any other conference contender should. WVU closed the period on a 5-2 run, including a 3-pointer by sophomore Tynice Martin in the closing seconds. Martin was one of three double-digit scorers for the visitors, leading the way with 21 points. West Virginia continued to force it in the interior in the final period, outscoring Kansas 23-14 in the final quarter to close it out. The win snapped a two-game skid

UMass 62, Saint Joseph’s 57 Virginia 71, Boston College 54 SOUTH Alabama 68, Missouri 56 Auburn 78, LSU 74 Florida St. 83, Notre Dame 80 McNeese St. 82, Cent. Arkansas 72 South Carolina 57, Florida 53 Virginia Tech 62, Georgia Tech 61 Wake Forest 96, Miami 79 MIDWEST Chicago St. 77, Roosevelt 57 Cincinnati 81, Temple 74 Drake 88, S. Illinois 84 IUPUI 85, S. Dakota St. 83 Illinois St. 69, Bradley 49 Missouri St. 73, Indiana St. 68 N. Iowa 72, Loyola of Chicago 69 Nebraska-Omaha 97, Denver 88 Ohio St. 67, Nebraska 66 SOUTHWEST Kansas St. 96, Oklahoma St. 88 Oral Roberts 90, South Dakota 80 Texas Tech 75, TCU 69 Tulsa 89, Tulane 82 FAR WEST Nevada 83, Air Force 76 UC Irvine 70, Cal Poly 48 UC Riverside 71, Cal St.-Fullerton 63 Utah 88, Washington St. 47 Wyoming 80, San Jose St. 70

No. 16 Virginia 71, Boston College 54 Boston — Devon Hall Thursday at Atchison. (14-4) scored 13 points and Isa- FLORIDA Leon 0-4 0-0 0, Robinson 4-11 0-2 8, WARREN 51, SOUTHWEST-B 30 iah Wilkins had 11 points Egbunu 2-3 3-7 7, Hill 5-8 1-3 11, Allen SW highlights: Ben Melvin 7 pts; and nine rebounds for 0-3 1-2 1, Stone 0-3 1-5 1, Hayes 2-3 2-2 Nick Edwards 7 pts; Andrew Theisen Kansas State 96, 6, Rimmer 1-2 0-0 2, Chiozza 1-4 2-2 6 pts; Noah Mitchell 4 pts; Lucas Virginia. Oklahoma State 88 4, Hester 0-0 0-0 0, Barry 4-13 5-5 13. Mullins 3 pts; Zach Goertzen 2 pts; Totals 19-54 15-28 53. None of the Cavaliers Joe Leuschen 1 pt. Stillwater, Okla. — SOUTH CAROLINA (15-3) SW-B record: 3-2. Barry Brown scored 22 played more than 25 minSilva 3-8 5-5 11, Kotsar 2-6 1-2 5, utes as they rested up Dozier 2-9 6-9 10, Thornwell 5-11 9-13 points to help Kansas State WEST 57, CENTRAL 46 Notice 0-2 0-0 0, Gueye 0-0 0-0 0, West highlights: Gage Callaghan 17 for next week’s games 20, defeat Oklahoma State. Keita 0-1 1-3 1, Blanton 0-0 0-0 0, McKie points, Thailand Simpson 12 points, against No. 15 Notre 1-3 0-0 3, Felder 2-11 1-2 7. Totals 15-51 Kris Daniels 10 points, Jainte Neal 9 KANSAS ST. (14-4) points. Dame and top-ranked 23-34 57. Wade 3-5 0-2 7, Iwundu 4-8 6-6 15, West record: 2-1. Next for West: Johnson 7-9 4-4 18, Stokes 4-10 4-6 Villanova. Virginia (14-3, Wednesday vs. South. 12, Brown 9-17 0-0 22, Maurice 3-3 0-0 4-2 Atlantic Coast Con- No. 20 Cincinnati 81, 6, Sneed 4-9 2-2 11, McAtee 0-0 0-0 0, West-B 27, CENTRAL 19 ference) beat BC for the Temple 74 Ervin 2-3 1-1 5. Totals 36-64 17-21 96. West highlights: Sun Rolf 6 points, Matt Cincinnati — Kyle Gabriel fourth straight time. OKLAHOMA ST. (10-8) 5 points, Chris Wilson 4 points, Lane Washington scored 10 of Luna 4 points. Solomon 3-6 4-4 10, Hammonds 4-6 NFL Playoff Glance 0-0 11, Evans 7-17 5-5 20, Forte 3-8 VIRGINIA (14-3) West-B record: 2-1. his 16 points in the second Wild-card Playoffs 3-4 12, Carroll 7-10 6-6 24, McGriff 1-5 Wilkins 4-7 3-3 11, Salt 1-2 0-0 2, half, rallying Cincinnati to Saturday, Jan. 7 0-0 3, Averette 0-1 2-2 2, Dziagwa 0-1 Perrantes 3-9 0-2 6, Hall 5-6 1-1 13, NBA Houston 27, Oakland 14 0-0 0, Waters 0-3 0-1 0, Dillard 2-4 0-0 Shayok 2-5 2-2 6, Reuter 2-5 0-0 4, its ninth straight win. EASTERN CONFERENCE Seattle 26, Detroit 6 4, N’Guessan 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 28-62 Diakite 1-2 2-5 4, Gross 0-0 0-0 0, Guy Sunday, Jan. 8 The Bearcats extended Atlantic Division 20-22 88. 3-5 1-3 8, Bartley 0-0 0-0 0, Thompson W L Pct GB Pittsburgh 30, Miami 12 4-6 2-2 12, Jerome 2-5 1-2 5. Totals their best winning streak Toronto 28 14 .667 — Green Bay 38, N.Y. Giants 13 27-52 12-20 71. 26 16 .619 2 in three seasons and com- Boston Divisional Playoffs BOSTON COLLEGE (9-10) New York 19 24 .442 9½ Saturday, Jan. 14 Top 25 Jeffers 0-2 1-2 1, Tava 3-9 5-5 12, pleted a series sweep of Philadelphia 14 26 .350 13 Atlanta 36, Seattle 20 Turner 1-6 0-0 3, Robinson 4-14 1-2 the Owls (10-10, 1-6). Brooklyn 8 33 . 1 9 5 New England 34, Houston 16 No. 10 Florida St. 83, 9, Bowman 3-6 0-0 7, Sagay 0-0 0-0 19½ Sunday, Jan. 15 Troy Caupain had 18 Southeast Division 0, Popovic 3-5 0-0 6, Owens 0-0 0-0 0, Green Bay 34, Dallas 31 No. 15 Notre Dame 80 Reyes 0-1 0-0 0, Chatman 6-9 2-2 16. points for the Bearcats, W L Pct GB Pittsburgh 18, Kansas City 16 Tallahassee, Fla. — Totals 20-52 9-11 54. 24 18 .571 — Conference Championships including seven free Atlanta Washington 22 19 .537 1½ Sunday, Jan. 22 Jonathan Isaac scored throws in the closing Charlotte 21 21 .500 3 NFC 23 points, including 17 No. 24 South Carolina Orlando 17 27 .386 8 Green Bay at Atlanta, 2:05 minutes. in the second half, as 57, No. 19 Florida 53 Miami 12 30 .286 12 (FOX) Shizz Alston, Jr., led Central Division AFC Florida State moved into Columbia, S.C. — Sindar- Temple with 25 points, W L Pct GB Pittsburgh at New England, a three-way tie atop the ius Thornwell scored 15 of matching his career high. Cleveland 29 11 .725 — p.m. (CBS) Indiana 22 19 .537 7½ Pro Bowl Atlantic Coast Confer- his 20 points in the second Milwaukee 20 21 .488 9½ Sunday, Jan. 29 ence at the one-third half for South Carolina. Chicago 21 22 .488 9½ At Orlando, Fla. TEMPLE (10-10) Detroit 20 24 .455 11 AFC vs. NFC, 7 p.m. (ESPN) mark in conference play. The Gamecocks (15-3, Enechionyia 5-9 0-1 11, Aflakpui 1-2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Super Bowl 5-0 Southeastern Confer- 0-0 2, Alston 9-15 2-2 25, A.Moore 2-3 Southwest Division Sunday, Feb. 5 NOTRE DAME (16-3) 0-0 5, Dingle 2-9 6-8 12, Williams 3-6 0-0 W L Pct GB At Houston Colson 3-8 3-5 9, Geben 1-1 2-2 4, ence) opened the second 7, Rose 5-7 0-0 12. Totals 27-51 8-11 74. San Antonio 32 9 .780 — TBD, 5:30 p.m. (FOX) Beachem 5-11 0-0 14, Vasturia 6-15 half with a 14-2 run and CINCINNATI (16-2) Houston 33 12 .733 1 2-2 18, Farrell 6-13 2-2 17, Ryan 1-1 held on down the stretch Clark 2-5 3-3 7, Washington 7-14 2-2 Memphis 25 19 .568 8½ 0-0 3, Torres 0-0 0-0 0, Gibbs 4-5 2-4 16, Johnson 6-10 1-2 16, Caupain 5-10 New Orleans 17 26 .395 16 12, Pflueger 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 27-58 when the Gators (15-4, 8-9 18, Evans 5-10 4-6 15, Scott 1-1 Dallas 14 27 .341 18 11-15 80. 5-1) drew within 54-53 0-0 2, Brooks 1-1 0-0 2, Jenifer 0-1 0-0 Northwest Division Wednesday FLORIDA ST. (17-2) 0, Cumberland 1-4 2-2 5. Totals 28-56 W L Pct GB BASEBALL Isaac 7-9 7-7 23, Ojo 1-2 0-0 2, Bacon on Chris Chiozza’s free 20-24 81. Utah 27 16 .628 —

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HOUSTON (111) Brewer 1-6 0-0 2, Ariza 2-8 0-0 5, Harrell 5-8 2-3 12, Beverley 5-10 0-0 12, Harden 14-25 6-6 38, Dekker 2-9 1-2 5, Hilario 2-3 1-2 5, Capela 2-3 1-2 5, Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Ennis 0-1 0-0 0, Gordon 9-20 0-0 25, McDaniels 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 43-95 11-15 111. Milwaukee 27 12 26 27 — 92 Houston 22 30 27 32 — 111

How former Jayhawks fared Joel Embiid, Philadelphia Min: 27. Pts: 26. Reb: 9. Ast: 2.

Knicks 117, Celtics 106 Boston — Derrick Rose matched his season high with 30 points, helping the Knicks win on the road.

Ben McLemore, Sacramento Min: 4. Pts: 0. Reb: 1. Marcus Morris, Detroit Min: 36. Pts: 14. Reb: 10. Ast: 7.

NEW YORK (117) Kuzminskas 6-12 3-3 17, Anthony 5-14 0-0 13, O’Quinn 1-3 0-0 2, Rose 13-24 4-4 30, Baker 0-0 0-0 0, Hernangomez 8-13 1-1 17, Plumlee 2-2 1-3 5, Jennings 3-7 3-4 11, Lee 4-8 0-0 9, Holiday 4-8 3-3 13. Totals 46-91 15-18 117. BOSTON (106) Crowder 7-13 5-6 21, Johnson 5-6 0-0 10, Horford 2-14 0-0 5, Smart 1-6 2-2 4, I.Thomas 12-25 10-10 39, Green 0-3 0-0 0, Brown 3-6 6-7 12, Mickey 0-1 2-2 2, Jerebko 2-3 0-0 4, Olynyk 2-6 0-0 4, Rozier 1-8 2-2 5. Totals 35-91 27-29 106. New York 31 32 25 29 — 117 Boston 34 20 29 23 — 106

Markieff Morris, Washington Min: 34. Pts: 17. Reb: 12. Ast: 2. Kelly Oubre Jr., Washington Min: 20. Pts: 3. Reb: 4. Ast: 3.

Hornets 107, Trail Blazers 85 Charlotte, N.C. — Memphis 24 27 26 24 — 101 Kemba Walker scored Washington 30 36 17 21 — 104 23 points, Roy Hibbert provided a huge boost off Rockets 111, Bucks 92 the bench, and Charlotte Houston — James stopped a five-game slide. Harden had 38 points, eight assists and six re- PORTLAND (85) Harkless 4-10 0-0 9, Aminu 2-7 2-2 7, bounds, powering the Plumlee 3-6 2-2 8, Lillard 7-18 5-5 21, McCollum 7-18 2-2 18, Layman 0-0 0-0 Rockets to the win. MILWAUKEE (92) Snell 3-6 0-0 8, Antetokounmpo 13-20 5-6 32, Parker 5-15 5-7 15, Henson 2-3 0-0 4, Brogdon 3-12 0-0 7, Beasley 6-14 0-0 14, Maker 1-2 1-1 3, Teletovic 0-5 0-0 0, Plumlee 0-1 0-0 0, Monroe 1-4 0-0 2, Terry 0-2 0-0 0, Dellavedova 2-6 0-0 5, Vaughn 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 37-93 11-14 92.

0, Vonleh 2-10 0-0 4, Leonard 2-8 0-0 5, Napier 0-1 0-0 0, Connaughton 0-1 0-0 0, Crabbe 2-7 0-0 5, Turner 4-8 0-0 8. Totals 33-94 11-11 85. CHARLOTTE (107) Kidd-Gilchrist 3-7 3-4 9, Williams 3-9 0-0 8, Zeller 3-7 0-0 6, Walker 8-14 3-5 23, Batum 6-15 4-4 17, Kaminsky 4-10 0-0 11, Hibbert 7-8 2-2 16, Roberts 0-0 0-0 0, Sessions 2-8 0-0 4, Graham 0-1 0-0 0, Belinelli 5-8 2-2 13. Totals 41-87 14-17 107.

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MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Teana Muldrow 34 5-12 0-0 2-2 6 12 L. Montgomery 37 6-8 3-4 2-13 4 15 Tynice Martin 36 5-20 9-12 1-5 4 21 Chania Ray 34 2-4 2-2 0-2 3 7 Katrina Pardee 19 0-5 0-0 0-0 1 0 Alexis Brewer 24 2-5 0-0 0-3 3 5 Kristina King 13 1-3 0-0 5-8 2 2 Anja Martin 4 0-0 0-0 0-2 1 0 Team 3-4 Totals 21-57 16-20 17-52 20 62 3-point goals: 4-12 (Muldrow 5-12, Martin 2-4, Ray 1-3, Pardee 0-3, Brewer 1-2). Assists: 10 (Muldrow 6, Ray 3, Brewer 1). Turnovers: 25 (Muldrow, Montgomery 5, Martin 2, Ray 7, Pardee 3, Brewer 2, King 1). Blocks: 9 (Muldrow 1, Montgomery 6, King 2). Steals: 9 (Muldrow 0, Martin 3, Ray 2, Pardee 3, King 1). KANSAS (51) MIN FG FT REB m-a m-a o-t Sydney Umeri 19 0-3 0-0 2-5 J. Washington 35 7-22 8-13 1-6

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for WVU, which has a road meeting with No. 2 Baylor this weekend. “Give Kansas a lot of credit, they played harder,” West Virginia coach Mike Carey said. “It wasn’t a real pretty game.

J. Christopher 26 0-3 0-0 1-2 1 0 Chayla Cheadle 23 0-7 0-0 1-4 3 0 Kylee Kopatich 27 2-6 0-0 1-4 3 5 Chelsea Lott 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 M. Calvert 22 3-10 4-4 0-1 4 12 Jada Brown 17 0-1 2-2 1-3 2 2 A. Robertson 12 1-2 0-0 0-1 2 2 C. Manning-Allen 17 3-4 0-0 2-5 0 6 Team 1-1 Totals 16-58 14-19 10-32 20 51 3-point goals: 5-21 (Washington 2-9, Cheadle 0-1, Kopatich 1-3, Calvert 2-6, Brown 0-1, Robertson 0-1). Assists: 10 (Umeri 1, Washington 3, Christopher 4, Brown 1, Robertson 1). Turnovers: 16 (Umeri 1, Washington 4, Christopher 3, Cheadle 2, Kopatich 2, Calvert 1, Brown 1, Caelynn Manning-Allen 2). Blocks: (Washington 1, Calvert 1, Brown 1, Manning-Allen 2). Steals: 13 (Umeri 1, Washington 4, Christopher 1, Cheadle 2, Kopatich 2, Lott 1, Calvert 2). W. Virginia 20 11 8 23 — 62 Kansas 10 14 13 14 — 51 Technical fouls: None. Officials: Beverly Roberts, Lisa Mattingly, Billy Smith. Attendance: 1,833.

We had a lot of turnovers, I don’t understand it. But give them credit, they pressured us to turn it over. Kansas has gotten a lot better.” Kansas’ effort was perhaps even more impressive

Portland Charlotte

26 20 26 13 — 85 23 31 25 28 — 107

Pistons 118, Hawks 95 Auburn Hills, Mich. — Reggie Jackson scored 26 points to lead the balanced Pistons to the win. ATLANTA (95) Bazemore 4-10 1-2 10, Sefolosha 0-3 0-0 0, Millsap 7-17 6-9 21, Howard 1-1 2-2 4, Schroder 5-11 3-3 13, Prince 2-5 6-6 10, Bembry 1-2 2-5 4, Scott 0-3 0-0 0, Humphries 4-5 4-4 13, Delaney 1-5 1-2 4, Hardaway Jr. 4-8 0-0 10, Neal 0-4 4-4 4, Dunleavy 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 30-78 29-37 95. DETROIT (118) Morris 5-13 3-4 14, Harris 7-12 1-2 19, Bullock 6-11 1-2 15, Drummond 6-15 1-6 13, Jackson 10-20 4-4 26, Johnson 3-5 0-0 7, Hilliard 0-2 2-2 2, Ellenson 1-1 0-0 2, Baynes 3-5 6-8 12, Marjanovic 1-2 0-0 2, Smith 3-5 0-0 6, Caldwell-Pope 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 45-91 18-28 118. Atlanta 18 27 23 27— 95 Detroit 42 27 25 24 — 118

Pelicans 118, Magic 98 New Orleans — Anthony Davis had 21 points and 15 rebounds, and New Orleans cruised past short-handed Orlando. ORLANDO (98) Gordon 6-13 1-3 14, Ibaka 5-10 0-0 11, Vucevic 4-9 2-2 10, Payton 5-10 2-2 14, Meeks 2-6 1-1 5, Green 5-10 2-2 13, Rudez 0-2 0-0 0, Biyombo 2-4 0-0 4, Watson 3-5 1-1 9, Augustin 4-14 0-0 10, Hezonja 3-5 0-0 8. Totals 39-88 9-11 98. NEW ORLEANS (118) Hill 2-7 0-0 5, Cunningham 7-11 0-0 14, Davis 9-17 3-4 21, Holiday 6-13 0-0 14, Hield 4-11 0-1 10, Motiejunas 0-0 2-3 2, Jones 3-6 0-0 7, Frazier 0-1 0-0 0, Galloway 5-8 4-5 18, Moore 4-7 0-0 9, Evans 6-12 2-2 18. Totals 46-93 11-15 118. Orlando 29 23 21 25 — 98 New Orleans 32 33 27 26 — 118

after falling behind double-digits in the first four minutes of action. The Jayhawks were able to keep the deficit at 10 at the end of the first period, before cutting it to four points late in the first half. The Mountaineers then took advantage of a turnover, hitting a 3-pointer on the other end to go into the intermission up, 31-24. Washington led the way with 24 points for the Jayhawks on 22 shot attempts. She was one of two starters to score. Calvert finished with 12 points. “I thought we were really tentative,” Schneider said. “Coming off playing Baylor, where you are hesitant any time you attack. We had to remind them tonight that we are not playing Baylor. We might have a few more opportunities in the paint.” Kansas will travel to TCU at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Oklahoma City 25 19 .568 2½ Denver 17 23 .425 8½ Portland 18 26 .409 9½ Minnesota 14 28 .333 12½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 36 6 .857 — L.A. Clippers 29 14 .674 7½ Sacramento 16 25 .390 19½ Phoenix 13 28 .317 22½ L.A. Lakers 15 31 .326 23 Tuesday’s Games Miami 109, Houston 103 Toronto 119, Brooklyn 109 Dallas 99, Chicago 98 San Antonio 122, Minnesota 114 Denver 127, L.A. Lakers 121 Wednesday’s Games Charlotte 107, Portland 85 Philadelphia 94, Toronto 89 Washington 104, Memphis 101 New York 117, Boston 106 Detroit 118, Atlanta 95 Houston 111, Milwaukee 92 New Orleans 118, Orlando 98 Golden State 121, Oklahoma City 100 Indiana 106, Sacramento 100 Today’s Games Phoenix at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Dallas at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Washington at New York, 7 p.m. Denver at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Milwaukee at Orlando, 6 p.m. Portland at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Toronto at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Brooklyn at New Orleans,7 p.m. Chicago at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Golden State at Houston, 7 p.m. Sacramento at Memphis, 7 p.m. Utah at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Portland at Boston, 4 p.m. Washington at Detroit, 5 p.m. Brooklyn at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Phoenix at New York, 6:30 p.m. Houston at Memphis, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at Utah, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Denver, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Chicago, 8 p.m.

College Basketball Scores

Wednesday EAST American U. 71, Lafayette 57 Bucknell 76, Loyola (Md.) 63 Colgate 67, Boston U. 58 Fordham 69, VCU 67 George Washington 65, Duquesne 63 Holy Cross 85, Army 76 Indiana 78, Penn St. 75 Navy 75, Lehigh 72 Oklahoma 89, West Virginia 87

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regarding their likely inclusion in the Hall, it’s this: They might have cheated the game, but they absolutely cheated themselves. Either might have staked a claim to being among the greatest of any era and instead, they’ll always be defined by the era they dominated — a suitable asterisk to be sure. For some others, the stain may be indelible. Sammy Sosa still can’t muster enough votes to be the janitor at the Hall, and won’t be climbing up the ranks anytime soon. Mark McGwire’s 10th and last year of eligibility has passed and the veterans’ committees — while giving Selig a pass — tend to have a longer memory.

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American League BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with OF Brian Bogusevic and RHPs Kyle Kendrick on minor league contracts. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with OF Brandon Guyer on a two-year contract. DETROIT TIGERS — Acquired OF Mikie Mahtook from Tampa Bay for a player to be named or cash considerations. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with OF Kole Calhoun on a three-year contract. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Designated RHP Zach Neal for assignment. Agreed to terms with INF Trevor Plouffe on a one-year contract. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with OF Jose Bautista on a oneyear contract. National League PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with 1B/OF Joey Terdoslavich on a minor league contract. American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed INF John Holland. KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed OF Daniel Rockett. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Named Kelly Skipper running backs coach. NEW YORK JETS — Named Dennard Wilson defensive backs coach. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed LB Jeff Knox to a reserve/future contract. Canadian FootballWINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Agreed to terms with QB Matt Nichols on a multiyear contract. SOCCER Major League Soccer ATLANTA UNITED — Renewed its partnership with Charleston (USL) for the 2017 season. DC UNITED — Re-signed M Jared Jeffrey. LA GALAXY — Signed M Jermaine Jones. MINNESOTA UNITED — Named Ian Fuller and Mark Watson assistant coaches and Marius Rovde goalkeeping coach. SEATTLE SOUNDERS — Signed F Seyi Adekoya and M Henry Wingo. North American Soccer League JACKSONVILLE ARMADA — Signed M Jack Blake. COLLEGE DELAWARE — Named Mike Barroqueiro women’s soccer coach. FURMAN — Named Rod Wilson linebackers coach. IOWA — Announced RB Derrick Mitchell Jr. will transfer.

It’s rough justice, to be sure, but it’s better than none at all. It does a disservice to anybody who played clean, too. But fans have been picking and choosing their way through the record book since there was one. Blacks and Latinos were excluded from the game for decades. Amphetamine use was rumored to be widespread in the 1960s and ‘70s. Who’s in a position to factor any — let alone all — of it into a mix. In that sense, the 2017 ballot wasn’t all that different. The voters were simply reflecting the softening position of fans — especially younger ones — on the subject of performance-enhancing drugs. No one can say with certainty how much cleaner baseball is now. What’s clear, though, is that people worry about it a lot less.

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(First published in the sell the entire contents of Lawrence Daily Journal- rental spaces at the folWorld on January 19, 2017) lowing locations to the highest bidder on Thursday, January 26, 2017 at OFFICIAL NOTICE OF CANCELLATION 9:30AM. The undersigned will sell personal property Public Hearing for including furniture, clothVariance Request ing, tools, vehicles and/or other household items. The City of Eudora hereby 2223 Haskell Avenue cancels a public hearing Lawrence, KS: for a variance request Case ID 100-16 - that was G0A18 Enclarde to be held at 7:00 p.m. on G0C21 Holdman January 30, 2017, with the G0D23 Freed Eudora Board of Zoning G0D27 Hoyt Appeals, City Hall, 4 East G0F20 Dilegge 7th Street, Eudora, Kansas. _______ ____________________ Pam Schmeck (First published in the City Clerk Lawrence Daily Journal_______ World January 19, 2017) (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld on January 19, 2017)

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Case No. 16CV400 Court Number: 5 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Lower Level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center of the Courthouse at Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, on February 9, 2017, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate:

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filed a Petition in the (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World above court on the 30th on January 12, 2017) day of December 2016, requesting a judgment and IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS order changing her name DIVISION SIX from Kayleigh Rene Furrow to Kayleigh Rene Paul. IN THE INTEREST OF: The Petition will be heard in Douglas County District Court, 111 E. 11th Street, Lawrence, Kansas, on the 27th day of February, 2017 at 9:00 a.m.

M. T. DOB: 3/14/2003, a female

If you have any objection to the requested name change, you are required to file a responsive pleading on or before February 15, 2017 in this court or appear at the hearing and object to the requested name change. If you fail to act, judgement and order will be entered upon the Petition as requested by Petitioner.

NOTICE OF HEARING (K.S.A. Chapter 38)

/s/Kayleigh Rene Furrow Petitioner, Pro Se Kayleigh Rene Furrow 1301 W. 24th St., Apt. G19 Lawrence, KS 66046 501-574-2137 _______

TO: MONICA M. PICKENS Case No. 2016-JC-000113

On February 7, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. each parent and any other person claiming legal custody of the minor child is required to appear Adjudication and Disposition Hearing in Division 6 at the Douglas County Law En(First published in the forcement and Judicial Center, 111 E 11th Street., LawLawrence Daily Journalrence, Kansas. Each grandparent is permitted but not World January 12, 2017) required to appear with or without counsel as an interested party in the proceeding. Prior to the proceeding, Lots 7 and 8, in Block 36, IN THE DISTRICT COURT a parent, grandparent or any other party to the proin the City of Eudora, in OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, ceeding may file a written response to the pleading Douglas County, Kansas, KANSAS with the clerk of court. commonly known as 1036 Walnut Street, Eudora, KS In the Matter of Each parent has the right to be represented by an 66025 (the “Property”) the Estate of attorney. A parent that is not financially able to hire an attorney may apply to the court for a court appointed to satisfy the judgment in GEORGE F. PALEY, attorney. A request for a court appointed attorney the above-entitled case. Deceased should be made without delay to: Clerk of the District The sale is to be made Court; ATTN: Division 6; 111 East 11th Street; Lawrence without appraisement and Case No. 2016-PR-000023 Kansas 66044-9202. Craig Stancliffe an attorney in Lawsubject to the redemption Pursuant to K.S.A. rence, Kansas, has been appointed as guardian ad litem period as provided by law, Chapter 59 for the child. and further subject to the NOTICE OF HEARING approval of the Court. For All parties are hereby notified that, pursuant to more information, visit THE STATE OF KANSAS TO K.S.A. 60-255, a default judgment will be taken against www.Southlaw.com any parent who fails to appear in person or by counALL PERSONS CONCERNED: sel at the hearing. Kenneth M McGovern, You are notified that on Sheriff Douglas County, January 5, 2017, a Petition /s/Emily C Haack Kansas was filed in this Court by Judy Gerling Paley and EMILY C HAACK, 23697 Prepared By: Dalton M. Paley, heirs, de- Assistant District Attorney SouthLaw, P.C. visees, legatees and Office of the District Attorney Kristen G. Stroehmann named fiduciaries in the Douglas County Judicial Center (KS #10551) Last Will and Testament of 111 East 11th Street 13160 Foster, Suite 100 George F. Paley, deceased, Lawrence, KS 66044-2909 Overland Park, KS dated July 8, 2015, request- (785) 841-0211 || FAX (785) 330-2850 66213-2660 ing Informal Administra- ehaack@douglas-county.com (913) 663-7600 tion and to Admit the Will _______ (913) 663-7899 (Fax) to Probate. Attorneys for Plaintiff (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal- World (195414) You are required to file on January 12, 2017) _______ your written defenses to (First published in the the Petition on or before IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Lawrence Daily Journal- February 2, 2017, at 10:00 DIVISION SIX a.m. in this Court, in the World on January 5, 2017) City of Lawrence, in DougIN THE INTEREST OF: las County, Kansas, at IN THE 7TH which time and place the JUDICIAL DISTRICT L.H. cause will be heard. DISTRICT COURT OF DOB: 09 /12 /2016, a female Should you fail to file your DOUGLAS COUNTY, written defenses, judgKANSAS Case No. 2016-JC-000086 ment and decree will be entered in due course IN THE MATTER OF TO: Wallace Butts, Lannie Henry, upon the Petition. THE PETITION OF Unknown Father, and all relatives Judy Gerling Paley, Kayleigh Rene Furrow Petitioner NOTICE OF HEARING To Change Her Name To: (K.S.A. Chapter 38) Kayleigh Rene Paul Dalton M. Paley, Petitioner Case No. 2016CV000533 Div. No. 1 PURSUANT TO K.S.A. CHAPTER 60 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL WHO ARE OR MAY BE CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that Kayleigh Rene Furrow,

BROWN & VOGEL, CHARTERED 2035 East Iron Avenue, Suite 101; P.O. Box 2177 Salina, Kansas 67402-2177 Telephone:(785) 826-2525 Facsimile: (785) 826-2588 E-Mail: steve@ brownvogellaw.com Steven W. Brown, Sup. Ct. No. 10213 Attorney for Petitioners _______

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COMES NOW the State of Kansas, by and through counsel, Emily C. Haack, Assistant District Attorney, and provides notice of a hearing as follows: A petition pertaining to the parental rights to the child whose name appears above has been filed in this Court requesting the Court to find the child is a child in need of care as defined in the Kansas Code for the Care of Children. If a child is adjudged to be a child in need of care and the Court finds a parent to be unfit, the Court may permanently terminate that parent’s parental rights. The Court may also make other orders including, but not limited to, requiring a parent to pay child support. On the January 30, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. each parent and any other person claiming legal custody of the minor child is required to appear Adjudication and Disposition 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; ATTN: Division 6; 111 East 11th Street; Lawrence Kansas 66044-9202. Juanita Carlson an attorney in Lawrence, Kansas, has been appointed as guardian ad litem for the child. All parties are hereby notified that, pursuant to K.S.A. 60-255, a default judgment will be taken against any parent who fails to appear in person or by counsel at the hearing.

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EMILY C HAACK, 23697 Assistant District Attorney Office of the District Attorney Douglas County Judicial Center 111 East 11th Street, Lawrence, KS 66044-2909 (785) 841-0211 || FAX (785) 330-2850 ehaack@douglas-county.com _______