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KU leaders speak out against gun law By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep

The Kansas University chancellor and 70 of the school’s distinguished professors have formally spoken out against the concealed carry of guns on campus. Chancellor Bernadette GrayLittle addressed the issue in her

Chancellor still stresses need for compliance chancellor’s message to KU faculty and staff on Monday. “I want to be clear that I am not in favor of allowing concealed carry on university campuses,” Gray-Little wrote. “I also realize that not everyone at KU or across the state will agree with my opinion. I appreciate

that, and as always, I encourage you to share your perspectives with state lawmakers.” The KU distinguished professors’ statement, dated Friday, followed a similar one from professors at Kansas State University. Please see KU, page 2A

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The cost of moving to a new facility in 2012, coupled with a slow fundraising environment, caused the Lawrence Community Shelter’s drastic revenue shortfall this year that led to the nonprofit requesting emergency funding from the city and county to stay afloat. Findings about the shelter’s financial instability are outlined in a performance audit that will be presented to the Lawrence City Commission today. City Auditor Michael Eglinski was tasked with looking into the revenue shortfall in July after the shelter received more than $100,000 in emergency funds from Lawrence and Douglas County. Please see SHELTER, page 6A

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MATTHEW SURMACZEWICZ, A SEVENTH-GRADER AT RAINTREE MONTESSORI SCHOOL, sings with the Lawrence Civic Choir members Monday evening as they rehearse for their holiday concert at the Lawrence Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave. The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the church. See a video of the choir rehearsing at LJWorld.com/makewejoy.

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atthew Surmaczewicz loves to sing — whether it’s for a crowd of 20,000 at the International Choral Festival in Missoula, Mont., or at home in Eudora, singing, the 13-year-old soprano says, makes him “joyful.” He’ll share that joy Saturday evening at the Lawrence Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave., where the Lawrence Civic Choir is staging its 41st annual holiday concert, aptly titled “Make We Joy.” “That’s really what this is all about,” says David Ice, the choir’s president. “This is a joyous season, and

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If you go “Make We Joy” is slated for 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lawrence Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave. Tickets are $15, and can be purchased at the door or from a member of the Lawrence Civic Choir.

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we want to make joyous music to commemorate the season.” The theme takes its name from one of the pieces in this year’s program, which also features

favorites such as “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” “Auld Lang Syne” and the night’s crown jewel, Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms.” Matthew, a seventh-grader at Lawrence’s Raintree Montessori School, will accompany the choir as a guest soloist during the notoriously difficult piece (it’s

sung entirely in Hebrew). “The work the individuals in the Civic Choir have put into this to master the Hebrew and also the notes, of course, is a real effort,” Ice says. “Most civic choirs like ours or nonprofessional choirs don’t touch this piece.”

Preliminary designs and cost estimates for the county’s potential jail expansion and mental health crisis intervention center projects may be ready early next year, it was revealed at a town hall meeting Monday evening. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, county officials and community partners held the meeting in the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St.,

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ansas University is the most Instagrammed place in the state of Kansas, according to Time magazine. “The most Instagrammed places in America,” posted this month on time.com, analyzed geo-tagging data from the popular photo-sharing app to determine the most-photographed place in each state. The feature notes that Instagram shared the data exclusively with Time.

Besides KU, campuses were the top locations in four other states: Mississippi State University in Mississippi, University of North Dakota in North Dakota, Brown University in Rhode Island and the University of Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium in Alabama.

— This is an excerpt from Sara Shepherd’s Heard on the Hill column, which appears regularly on LJWorld.com.

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In Kansas, we have no Disneyland (most-Instagrammed spot in California) or Times Square (No. 1 in New York). Nor do we have any professional sports arenas (Fenway Park is the most Instagrammed place in Massachusetts, and Wrigley Field the most popular in Illinois). But KU does have Allen Fieldhouse, a beautiful campus and a whole lot of young people posting mirror-selfies and party pix and such.

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G. RobeRt “bob” butell Memorial mass for G. Robert “Bob” Butell, 82, Baldwin City, KS are pending and will be announced by Warren-McElwain Mortuary. He died Dec. 7, 2015.

Marvin E. Copp Sr. Graveside services for Marvin E. Copp Sr., 77, Lawrence, are pending at Rumsey-Yost. Marvin died Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, at LMH. rumsey-yost.com

Quentin A. Holmes Quentin A. Holmes, 91, of Linwood, KS died Sun., Dec. 6, 2015. Visit. 6-8pm, Thur., Dec. 10, at the AldenHarrington Funeral Home in Bonner Springs, KS.

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“We agree that universities should have ‘the authority to restrict firearms if they believe them incompatible with the function and mission of their campus,’” the KU professors wrote. Professors wrote that they “strongly support” granting universities the right to continue restricting weapons. Signatories include current and emeritus distinguished professors from the KU Medical Center and Lawrence campuses, as well as outgoing KU Provost Jeff Vitter, who is a distinguished professor in the electrical engineering and computer science department. Under state law, Kansas universities must

Info session The University Senate at Kansas University is planning an informational session about changes in the law that will allow concealed weapons on campus. KU students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the event from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. today in 120 Budig Hall.

allow concealed weapons on campus beginning July 1, 2017. Schools will develop policies for implementing concealed carry on their respective campuses following the adoption of a broader statewide policy by the Kansas Board of Regents. The Regents have drafted a policy,

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Kansas wheat —2 cents, $4.62 See more stocks and commodities in the USA Today section. expected to be approved in January. Gray-Little said that unless legislators change the law — which she called “unlikely” given the wide margin by which it was passed — KU must prepare to comply with it. “That’s why we all need to work together over the next year to determine how to be in compliance with this law on our campuses,” she said. Gray-Little encouraged KU employees to attend today’s weapons on campus information session and respond to a weapons survey that was emailed last week to all KU faculty and staff. She said to expect more opportunities as KU works to develop a policy for implementing the concealed carry of weapons on campus. — KU and higher ed reporter Sara Shepherd can be reached at sshepherd@ljworld.com or 832-7187.

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“Chichester Psalms,” which Bernstein scholars note as a blend of Jewish liturgical tradition CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A and vocal composition associated with church And yet, since Septem- music that acted as a plea ber, the choir’s approxifor peace in Israel during mately 100 members the country’s turbulent have rehearsed the infancy, specifically calls modern classic every for the part of the counweek in preparation for tertenor to be performed this weekend’s concert. by either a countertenor Matthew started work or a boy soprano. about a month ago. Some explain BerA four-year veteran of nstein’s decision as the Lawrence Children’s a suggestion that the Choir, Matthew was cho23rd Psalm, a “Psalm of sen for the job by his vocal David” from the Hebrew teacher and choir director Bible, was to be heard as Carolyn Welch. Together, if sung by a young David they’ve been working to himself, Ice says. perfect his Hebrew proWhen he’s not at nunciation and intonation. lessons with Welch,

Matthew tries to get in at least 15 minutes of practice time each day. “Some of the words are kind of confusing,” he admits, but overall, he’s enjoying the preparation for his first major solo performance. “I think sometimes I feel nervous getting up in front of a bunch of people and singing, but once I get up on stage and start singing, it’s a lot of fun,” Matthew says. “I kind of go off in my own world when I sing. And I like doing it to help people and make people happy.” In the final days before the concert, Matthew is feeling confident. After all, he’s been singing since his toddler days and will

probably continue after he ages out of the Lawrence Children’s Choir. For now, Matthew is happy making others happy, including his extended family down in Florida. They’ll be rooting for him (at least in spirit) when he takes the stage Saturday night, says Cindi Surmaczewicz, Matthew’s mother. “He gets it from God, that’s for sure,” jokes his mom. “I’m really excited for him and I’m really proud of him.”

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deputies with a designated area to ensure the classification process runs as smoothly and efficiently as possible. In addition, a classification unit could be outfitted to handle any slight fluctuations in the inmate population rather than forcing the jail to build an entirely new housing unit, he said. “A classification unit would allow staff to review these people for 72 hours so they can be properly classified,” he said. Currently, all inmates booked into the jail are classified in the medium-security pod, which “creates unsafe conditions in the medium unit because it mixes people who weren’t intended to be mixed,” he said. Additional beds for women are meant to accommodate for a recent uptick in female inmates, Rowe said. When the jail opened in 1999, there were 28 female inmates; currently there are 44, Rowe said. Female inmates the jail does not

have room for are then outsourced to other jails in the region that have room. The architecture team will continue its work to narrow down design options, which will also allow officials to begin estimating the cost of the project, Rowe said. This January, County Administrator Craig Weinaug said the county hopes to have a recommendation ready for Douglas County commissioners on a designer for the potential crisis intervention center project. The crisis intervention center, which would potentially be located north of the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, would be a place where people with serious mental illnesses can go for treatment whether they’ve been arrested or not, Weinaug said. Another town hall meeting will be scheduled in January to provide further updates on the potential projects, Weinaug said.

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where they outlined several of the group’s conclusions from their work so far and detailed some of the area’s needs. The group also took time to answer questions and hear feedback from local residents about the project. About 75 people attended the meeting. This summer, criminal justice consultants Huskey & Associates said their research within the county indicates that 18 percent of jail bookings are people classified as seriously mentally ill, or SMI. In addition, less than 20 percent of that SMI population had been convicted of a violent crime. With those numbers in mind, many SMI inmates may qualify for treatments alternative to jail, the consultants said. Those alternatives may include opting

to go through a mental health court, receive aid through private intervention, crisis intervention and more. Looking further into the development of a mental health court, a crisis intervention center and a jail expansion, local officials involved in the potential projects visited crisis centers, substance abuse centers, jails and mental health courts in Lexington, Ky., Washington, D.C., San Antonio and Topeka. During Monday’s meeting, Dan Rowe of Treanor Architects detailed the jail’s need to build classification units, establish more beds for women and find a way to accommodate inmates classified as SMI but who do not qualify for mental health court. When an individual is booked into the jail, they are immediately examined and classified by the amount of security they will need within the jail, Rowe said. A classification unit would provide

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percent of their statefunded general fund budgets. The purpose of the cap was to ensure some level of equity in the quality of education available between rich and poor school districts. In March 2011, U.S. District Judge John

The Lawrence school board decided to delay the decision on whether it will hire an executive firm to assist in its search for a new superintendent until the board is able to interview the prospective firms. At a special meeting Monday to review the process for hiring a superintendent and consider whether to hire an outside firm or do the search in house, the main concerns expressed by board members were the time that an in-house search would demand of the district’s human resources personnel and the breadth of the search they would be capable of. “I do have a concern about the impact to your workload, about us asking you to do this rather than hiring someone to do it,” school board President Vanessa Sanburn told David Cunningham and Anna Stubblefield, of the district’s human resources department. Cunningham and Stubblefield presented a summary of the procedures and search options for hiring a superintendent. As part of their considerations, Cunningham and Stubblefield spoke with administrators from Auburn-Washburn School District of Topeka, who

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KARA PERRY, OF LAWRENCE, HANGS UP CHILDREN’S CLOTHES MONDAY for the Salvation Army’s Christmas Joy Shop. Distribution at the Joy Shop will be 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m.-noon. Friday. Perry was one of the volunteers helping set out gift items at the Douglas County Fairgrounds Building 21.

Chief justice steps down from judicial selection suit By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock

Topeka — Kansas Chief Justice Lawton Nuss agreed Monday to recuse himself from hearing a case involving the state supreme court’s own power to supervise lower courts in the state. But the six other justices on the court declined to do so.

The lawsuit, filed by Judge Larry Solomon of Kingman County, challenges the consti- Nuss tutionality of a 2014 law enacted by the Legislature that strips the Supreme Court of its authority to name chief judges in the dis-

trict courts and instead to have chief judges elected by the other judges in their district. The court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in that case Thursday. In a 35-page order released late Monday, Nuss acknowledged that he had made public statements against that bill, both before and after it was signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback.

He added, however, that those statements did not address the issue now before the court: whether the law infringes on the court’s constitutional authority to supervise the lower courts. “And when the written testimony to the House Appropriations Committee is considered with the rest of my involvement addressed in the court’s order, while I am not re-

quired to recuse in this case, I do so voluntarily,” Nuss wrote. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt filed a motion in the case in September asking all seven justices to recuse themselves, in part because they all have a direct interest in the outcome of the case. He asked that the Please see JUSTICE, page 4A

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear school finance appeal By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock

Topeka — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused, without comment, to hear arguments in the Shawnee Mission School District’s lawsuit that sought to overturn the state’s cap on how much money local school districts can raise through local property taxes. Monday’s decision means that lower court rulings upholding those

limits still stand. The case, Petrella v. Brownback, was filed in December 2010, about the same time four other school districts filed suit in state court, challenging the adequacy and equity of all K-12 school funding in Kansas. But the Petrella case was different. Instead of seeking more money from the state on behalf of all school districts, it sought only to free the hands of individual dis-

tricts by allowing budget of all school them to raise as districts on a permuch money as pupil basis, with they want through added weight aslocal property taxsigned to students es. in certain hard-toThat has long COURTS teach categories been a point of such as being from contention in the largely low-income or non-Engmiddle-class, suburban lish-speaking households. school district, which has Districts were also ala relatively high amount lowed to raise additionof property wealth com- al money beyond that, pared with other districts. through “local option At the time the case budgets,” or LOBs. But was filed, the state deter- the amount they could mined the general fund raise was capped at 30

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Alana Winner, mental health worker, Lawrence â&#x20AC;&#x153;The gazebo in South Park.â&#x20AC;?

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Topeka â&#x20AC;&#x201D; People who buy only the minimum required liability insurance for their automobiles may have to pay a dollar or two more each month in the future, under a bill recommended by a special legislative committee. The Legislatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Special Committee on Insurance voted Monday to raise the minimum coverage limit for property damage liability for the first time since 1981. But the joint Special Committee on Insurance balked at requests to raise other coverage limits, specifically for bodily injuries caused to the victims of car crashes, despite the skyrocketing increases in medical costs that have occurred over the last 35 years. That will come as a disappointment to people like Rodelio Gales, a Wichita resident who told the panel that his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life was turned

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Stephen Webb, landscaper, Lawrence â&#x20AC;&#x153;Probably KU. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the most-known area in the city.â&#x20AC;?

James Smith, investor, Lawrence â&#x20AC;&#x153;The train (in Watson Park), especially when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lit up.â&#x20AC;?

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BIRTHS Matt and Azure Stapleton, Lawrence, a girl, Monday Brooke Hesler Ramsey and Kyle Ramsey, Lawrence, a boy, Monday

recently did an in-house search for a superintendent. Stubblefield relayed to the board that AuburnWashburn administrators said that they had a good pool of 30 candidates, and that it was their opinion that Lawrence would probably have an even easier time attracting quality candidates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We could definitely do it internally,â&#x20AC;? Stubblefield told the board. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be time consuming and we would not have the connections of the national firms, so that would be one thing to consider.â&#x20AC;? In addition to the concerns of how much time the search would demand of HR, Sanburn said that the boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equity goals and conversations about race call for a specific candidate who would have to hold a particular viewpoint in order to ensure those efforts continue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do think quality candidates have to be specific kinds of qualify candidates,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I am leaning toward casting a wide net that can help us find that specific person.â&#x20AC;? Lawrence schools Superintendent Rick Doll announced on Nov. 23 that he will resign his position effective June 30.

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Lungstrum ruled against the Shawnee Mission district, saying the LOB portion of the funding formula could not be severed from the rest of the system. He also said that school districts have no independent taxing

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CORRECTIONS Tom Markus, a candidate for the Lawrence city manager position, is 64. An article in Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edition misstated his age.

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14-member Kansas Court of Appeals hear the case instead. But the other six justices said that was not enough, noting that the district court judge who presided over the trial of the case, as well as the Court of Appeals judges, also have a stake in the case. Since the law was

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Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really no amount you can raise enough to take care of the worst stories. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always going to have those horror stories where somebody got hit, and somebody ended up as a quadriplegic and there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough insurance.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rep. Scott Schwab, R-Olathe and chairman of the Legislatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Special Committee on Insurance upside down after his infant daughter was severely injured in a 2014 accident. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The medical bills were huge,â&#x20AC;? Gales said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After just two weeks in the hospital, Wesley (Medical Center) called my attorney and said the medical bills were in excess of $430,000. Her current medical care costs are in excess of $1 million.â&#x20AC;? Under current Kansas law, however, motorists are only required to carry liability insurance that pays up to $25,000 for bodily injuries to another driver, or $50,000 if there is more than one person in the other vehicle. And the minimum coverage

for property damage is set at $10,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; less than the average price of a new car. Gales was among several people who urged passage of a bill introduced in the 2015 session that would have doubled those limits, to $50,000 for a single injury, and $100,000 for multiple injuries. Advocates for that bill said it would result in an average $4.31 per month increase in premiums for those policies. But insurance industry officials argued that about 90 percent of all insured drivers on the road in Kansas carry more insurance than that. Those who only carry the minimum

Doll, 61, has accepted a full-time position as associate professor and executive director of the Kansas Educational Leadership Institute at Kansas State University. The district has not posted the position yet, as board members say that the posting would vary depending on whether it decides to hire a firm and which firm it selects. Cunningham previously said time is of the essence because other districtsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; application deadlines for superintendent positions are in mid-January. He urged board members to make those decisions as soon as possible so that the position could be posted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would not recommend delaying beyond the 14th in making the decision, because we are losing time,â&#x20AC;? he said. Cunningham distributed the contract proposals for four search firms for board members to consider, which ranged from about 25 to more than 75 pages each. Each proposal detailed the firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s search process and procedure, as well as its price range. The price range varied depending on the extent of the services selected by the board, but overall prices were lower than Cunninghamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original estimate of $30,000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was difficult to say this firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to charge X and this firms going to charge Y, because they all have different varia-

tions,â&#x20AC;? Cunningham said. The district requested proposals from about a dozen search firms and received proposals from four firms: School Exec Connect of Edina, Minn.; McPherson & Jacobson of Omaha, Neb.; Ray and Associates of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and Kansas Association of School Boards of Topeka. Based on the firmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; proposals, Cunningham now estimates the cost would range from about $18,500 to $25,000, with additional expenses possible if the board decided to involve consultants to a larger degree. Board members said they wanted more time to review the proposals and have a chance to talk to representatives from each firm before making its decision. The board tentatively scheduled a meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday in which each firm will have 30 minutes to present to the board and answer any questions. The meeting will be at the district offices, 110 McDonald Drive, and will be open to the public. At its regularly scheduled meeting on Dec. 14, the board plans to make the decision of whether it will hire a firm as well as which firm to hire in the event it decides to do so.

authority of their own, and therefore overturning the law allowing them to levy for local option budgets would leave them with no taxing authority at all. Since then, however, Kansas lawmakers have repealed the old formula, although they left the LOB portion in place. The old formula was replaced for two years with a system of block grants that are based on how much

each district received under the old formula. The Shawnee Mission School District then appealed the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s court decision to the 10th Circuit, but that court rejected the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s argument in a ruling handed down in June.

enacted, the case has become even more entangled because in 2015, lawmakers passed another bill that said if the judicial selection law is overturned, all funding for the judicial branch of state government will also become null and void. Four judges, including Douglas County Chief Judge Robert Fairchild, have filed a separate suit challenging the constitutionality of that law. Schmidt, however, filed a separate action in Neosho County District

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required liability coverage, they said, tend to be younger drivers and those living on lower incomes. Even a modest increase in premiums for them would only increase the number of uninsured motorists on the road, industry officials argued. Rep. Scott Schwab, ROlathe, the committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chairman, said Kansas still ranks about in the middle of the pack for minimum coverage limits among states. And he said raising the limit on bodily injury costs probably wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help people like Gales who were victims of worst-case-scenario accidents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really no amount you can raise enough to take care of the worst stories,â&#x20AC;? Schwab said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always going to have those horror stories where somebody got hit, and somebody ended up as a quadriplegic and there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough insurance. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no amount of car insurance you want to set a liability limit on, unless

you only want the upper 3 percent driving on the road, and that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help anybody.â&#x20AC;? On raising the property damage limit, Schwab said, the cost to consumers should be minimal because most property damage claims from auto accidents are for less than $2,000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What this is going to help is when thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a car totaled, and you hit a car thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s over $10,000,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And this only affects people who are at minimum liability limits. So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really going to help them, because if they do (cause) that property damage, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to go against their credit until they pay for it.â&#x20AC;? The committee recommended introducing a new bill during the 2016 session to raise the minimum limits on property damage to $25,000. The 2016 session begins Jan. 11. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Statehouse reporter Peter Hancock can be reached at 354-4222 or phancock@ljworld.com.

BRIEFLY announced. Day, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been at KU since 2005, served as chair of the Spanish and PortuMore than 700 children guese department from are expected to be on the 2010 to 2015 and has held Kansas University campus a number of leadership Wednesday for the annual roles within the College of MILK Holiday Party at the Liberal Arts and Sciences Kansas Union. and the university, accordAlmost 200 KU student ing to KU. His main area of volunteers are expected teaching and research is to participate in the party, contemporary Latin Ameriplanned for noon to 6 p.m. can literature, with a focus in the ballroom. on theater in Mexico. The MILK (Mentors in KU Provost and Executhe Lives of Kids) protive Vice Chancellor Jeff gram within KUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center Vitterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last day at KU is for Community Outreach Dec. 31. He is leaving to recruits KU students to volbecome chancellor of the unteer alongside the Boys University of Mississippi. and Girls Club of Lawrence KU Chancellor Bernaat local elementary and dette Gray-Little has said junior high after-school hiring a new provost could programs, according to an take six to nine months. announcement from KU. The upcoming party not KU dean named to only offers KU students a chance to give back but MRIGlobal board also gives Boys and Girls Kansas University Club children a chance to School of Business Dean interact with the life and Neeli Bendapudi has been culture on the KU camnamed to pus, Jackie Entzminger, a the board coordinator for MILK, said of directors in KUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s news release. for MRIGlobal, MRIKU names acting Global has announced. senior vice provost KanKansas University has sas City, chosen someone to tempo- Bendapudi Mo.-based rarily fill the role of Sara MRIGlobal Rosen when she becomes is one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading interim pro- scientific institutes, pervost Jan. 1. forming contract research Also befor government and indusginning Jan. try, according to the organi1, acting zationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website. In addition senior vice to its own labs, MRIGlobal provost for operates research faciliacademic ties for the Department of affairs will Energy and the Department be Stuart of Defense. Day Day, associEach board term is three ate professor of Spanish years of service with a and director of Faculty maximum of three terms, Programs in KUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office of according to a press reInternational Programs, KU lease from MRIGlobal.

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Court where a judge put that law on hold, at least until March 15, giving the Legislature time to address the funding issue if the judicial selection law is overturned.

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Big opportunity Lawrence must work hard to put its best foot forward as it prepares to host a Junior Olympic event at Rock Chalk Park.

he selection of Lawrence as the site of the 2017 USA Track & Field Junior Olympic Championships is exciting news. The event, which will run July 23-30, 2017, is expected to bring about 9,500 athletes and 33,000 family members, coaches and spectators to Lawrence. It will be a huge undertaking for the community. The city’s visitors bureau, eXplore Lawrence, worked hard to attract this event, submitting a bid in mid-October and qualifying last month as a finalist, along with Des Moines. Lawrence’s selection was announced Saturday at the USA Track and Field convention in Houston. Now that its bid has been accepted, Lawrence faces a huge amount of preparation to handle the event and the crowds it will bring to the city. The competition will be held at Rock Chalk Park in northwest Lawrence. The potential economic impact of events like the Junior Olympics was what justified the city’s investment in infrastructure to support Rock Chalk Park, and a few successful events may help offset some of the concerns about how that project was approved and financed. The track and field event has generated between $17 million and $22 million in business for previous host cities. The impact of the event will stretch far beyond Lawrence. The bid was a joint project of eXplore Lawrence, its nonprofit subsidiary, the Lawrence Sports Corporation, and the Missouri Valley USA Track and Field Association. The 1,300 hotel rooms in Lawrence won’t be enough to accommodate all those who will attend the event, so work already has started to coordinate lodging in Topeka, Overland Park, Olathe and Kansas City. It’s vitally important that Lawrence put its best foot forward for the July 2017 event, which will set the standard for similar events in the future. A wellorganized meet that includes the necessary community planning and support could encourage other organizations to consider Lawrence and Rock Chalk Park for major athletic events. Lawrence is a great athletic town that will rally in support of the Junior Olympics meet. Much work lies ahead, but hosting an efficient and enjoyable event is an exciting opportunity for Lawrence.

U.S. must fill ‘local forces’ void Washington — At the center of President Obama’s strategy for dealing with the Islamic State is an empty space. It’s supposed to be filled by a hypothetical “Sunni ground force,” but after more than a year of effort, it’s still not there. Unless this gap is filled, Obama’s plan won’t work. Otherwise, Obama made a reasonable case in his speech to the nation Sunday night. He’s right to argue for patience and persistence in fighting the Muslim terrorists, rather than “tough talk.” He’s correct that the United States shouldn’t feed the jihadists’ fantasies with “a long and costly ground war.” And he’s especially right that we’ll be safer at home and abroad if most Muslims are allies against the extremists. But there was a mysterious black box in the middle of Obama’s speech. Here’s how he tried to explain it: “The strategy that we are using now — airstrikes, Special Forces and working with local forces who are fighting to regain control of their own country — that is how we’ll achieve a more sustainable victory.” What “local forces” is Obama talking about? If he means Kurdish fighters in Iraq and Syria, yes, they’ve performed admirably. In Kurdish areas. They don’t want to clear and hold the Sunni heartland of the Islamic State, nor should they. If Obama is talking about the Shiite-led Iraqi military,

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Filling this Sunni vacuum with new selfconfidence will be the work of a generation, but it must start now, for it’s an essential part of defeating the jihadists.” their performance is still just barely adequate, even backed by American air power, and they’re disdained and mistrusted by the Sunnis of Ramadi, Fallujah and Mosul. If he’s talking about the Islamist brigades in Syria armed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar, it’s still not entirely clear whether they’re friend or foe. The disturbing fact is that a strong, reliable, indigenous Sunni ground force doesn’t exist yet in Iraq or Syria. The United States has been trying to fix this problem since the fall of Mosul in June 2014, with very little success. We’re like the joke about the starving economist on a desert island who wants to open a can of beans: “Assume we have a can opener!” Consider the false hopes and missed connections over

the past year: In Iraq, U.S. trainers were dispatched to Al Asad and Al Taqaddum air bases in Anbar province to train thousands of Sunni tribal fighters. The tribesmen mostly didn’t show up, and no wonder: The Shiiteled government in Baghdad still refuses to approve a Sunni “national guard” with real power. In Syria, Congress authorized a $500 million plan to train and equip a largely Sunni force to fight the Islamic State. Only a few hundred signed up, instead of the expected 5,000, and the first wave of fighters walked into a trap and was savaged by jihadists in northern Syria. Why have these efforts gone so badly, and what needs to be fixed? Basically, I’d argue that Sunnis don’t trust an America that turned their world upside down with the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. Tribal leaders have been our default Sunni strategy ever since: We’re trying now to use them as mercenaries against the Islamic State. But it’s a corrupt bargain on both sides. The Sunni no-show problem illustrates a deeper trauma. Across the Middle East, Sunnis are experiencing a kind of vertigo. The Sunni powerhouses — Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Libya — are in ruins. The people feel dispossessed and disillusioned, disgusted with the autocrats who ruled them before and the religious fanatics who want to rule them today.

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Filling this Sunni vacuum with new self-confidence will be the work of a generation, but it must start now, for it’s an essential part of defeating the jihadists. The West’s best think tanks should be working on this problem; the Arab world’s brightest young activists should be making plans for governance and economic development. Global institutions such as the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund should be developing plans for trusteeship, reconstruction and governance. It’s 1944 in the Arab world: Defeating the jihadists demands the creation of a healthy Sunni body politic. What would a revived Sunni heartland in Iraq and Syria look like? Well, you can get a pretty good idea by examining Iraqi Kurdistan. It flowered under a U.S. nofly zone known as “Operation Provide Comfort” that started in 1991. Under this protective cover, investment, security and political stability came together in a virtuous cycle. When we think about the future of Iraq and Syria, we should have in mind vibrant Sunni provinces that, like Kurdistan, are part of a loose federal state. In building a strategy for defeating the Islamic State, creating this “Sunnistan” will be the long pole in the tent. — David Ignatius is a columnist for Washington Post Writers Group.

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Climate politics

OLD HOME TOWN From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 8, 1915: “Pretty soon all the shoppers in Lawrence, those who meant years to do their shopping early and ago those who never intended to do IN 1915 anything of the kind, will wake up and find Christmas right upon them, but there is no evidence of any such awakening as yet. The Indian summer weather abroad in Kansas today has the effect of making folks think of anything rather than Christmas. Yet there are only 14 days left in which to do shopping early, late or not at all. The shops have only begun to don their Christmas decorations, and only a few of the extremely forehanded people of the town have done any Christmas shopping. Next week, it is expected, the shopping crowds will make their descent on the street and will then be in evidence up to Christmas.”

Rethinking holiday priorities By Gene A. Budig and Alan Heaps

It’s early December and the holiday season is in full swing. This late-year string of celebrations now extends a full two months, starting on Halloween and ending on New Year’s Day, with Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa sandwiched in between. These festivities all share laudable goals: the celebration of family and friends, the spreading of goodwill, and the appeal for international peace and prosperity. But along with the good cheer, camaraderie and generosity comes a healthy dose of consumer spending. The sales numbers tell the story. According to the National Retail Federation, this year consumers will spend $630 billion on retail items in November and December, up significantly from the $400 billion spent in 2002. This is 19 percent of the year’s total. According to a Gallup poll, this year, each adult will spend an average of $830 on Christmas gifts, up significantly from the $690 spent in 2002. One third will spend $1,000 or more, and 64 percent will spend $250 or more. All this consumption has created ambivalent feelings toward the holiday season.

In 2013, the Pew Research C e n t e r surveyed Americans about their attitudes toward Christmas: Budig 69 percent said the part of the holidays they liked most was spending time with family and friends; 65 Heaps percent said the part they liked least was the commercialization, cost and seasonal shopping. This concern about commercialization is hardly new. Sixty years ago in his classic “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” Dr. Seuss, gave us the following words of wisdom: “And he puzzled and puzzled’ till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.” The worry that we have devalued the meaning of the holidays does not mean that we should automatically rearrange all our buying hab-

its. Few would argue that we should abandon all gifts: They are a powerful way of expressing love and appreciation. Few would argue that we are not entitled to creature comforts: No one wants a life of unnecessary chores. Few would argue that we should abolish the occasional extravagance: All of us deserve and appreciate a touch of luxury. But we need to be cognizant of and sensitive to the world in which we live. The gap between rich and poor is widening, middle class wages have stagnated, and, whether we like it or not, we have all become members of an increasingly close-knit global community (any activity in the part has an impact on the whole). For Halloween this year, Americans spent $6.9 billion on costumes, candy and decorations. This includes $350 million on pet costumes. In this new world in which we live, we should examine our individual and collective priorities. We may find that there is much need for more responsible thought and action. — Gene A. Budig was president or chancellor of three large public universities, including Kansas University, and president of Baseball’s American League. Alan Heaps served as vice president of the College Board in New York City.

To the editor: What is the objective of global warming (now “climate change”) programs? Two interesting statements by participants in the Paris climate change meeting provide a clue. The UN Climate Change Chief, Christiana Figueres, says we must do away with the economic model that we have had for “at least 150 years.” Bolivia was more blunt: “for a lasting solution” to climate change “we must destroy capitalism.” Some facts that will not be discussed in Paris: l NASA published a study (Journal of Glaciology) that between 1992 and 2001 Antarctic ice increased 112 billion tons per year. Between 2003 and 2008 the increase was 82 billion tons per year. The conclusion was that this decreased world sea levels. l The National Park Service published a map showing the positions of the major glacier (Grand Pacific Glacier) in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. From 1750 to 1925 the glacier receded about 65 miles. From 1925 to 1966 it has been essentially stationary, increasing only a mile or two. These two examples strongly negate the politically correct point of view. Figures don’t lie, but as you know, liars figure. The objectives of global warming programs are politically motivated to change the economy. This is the same group who warned us of the 10,000 year ice age that was upon us in the 1960s and ’70s to kill our atomic power program. Now they want to kill fossil fuels. The larger goal, of course, is to kill capitalism. Vincent U. Muirhead, Lawrence

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Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., Sports Pavilion Lawrence soccer field (lower level), 100 Rock Chalk Lane. 1 Million Cups presentation, 9-10 a.m., Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania St. Lawrence Public Library Book Van, 9-10 a.m., Brandon Woods, 1501 Inverness Drive. Lawrence Public Library Book Van, 10:3011:30 a.m., Arbor Court, 1510 St. Andrews Drive. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County volunteer information, noon, United Way Building, 2518 Ridge Court. Lawrence Public Library Book Van, 1-2 p.m., Babcock Place, 1700 Massachusetts St. Adornment Holiday Art Sale and Show, 1-5 p.m., Van Go Arts, 715 New Jersey St.

Find more information about these events, and more event listings, at ljworld.com/events. Community Shelter has a mission of providing shelter, food and other support services to all members of Douglas County. It’s governed by an 18-member board and has annual revenues and expenditures of about $1 million. Meyer told the city and county commissions in July that if the shelter didn’t receive emergency funding, it would have to cut the number of staff in half and allow for only 80 overnight guests. With the move to its new facility, the shelter’s total expenses had increased by 40 percent, according to the audit. Staff compensation increased by approximately $164,000 from 2012 to 2014 and utilities by $57,000. The shelter was also faced with monthly payments to the city of $1,848 to pay back a $725,000 loan for construction of the new shelter. Besides the 2012 expansion and a bad fundraising environment, Eglinski said that a high turnover of the shelter’s top management could have “hindered the organization’s ability to manage finances.” Eglinski said he would give the City Commission a presentation on his audit today and answer questions. The City Commission meets at 5:45 p.m. at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. — City Hall reporter Nikki Wentling can be reached at 832-7144 or nwentling@ljworld.com.

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Eglinski noted that the shelter had higher utilities and maintenance expenses at the larger facility at 3655 E. 25th St. than it did in its previous downtown location. The number of staff increased after the move, and the shelter grew in overnight capacity from 75 guests to 125. In spring of this year, the Internal Revenue Service informed the shelter that it owed $37,000 in back payroll taxes, the report states. “(The City Commission) had concern if this is emergency funding, is there some bigger feasibility issue?” Eglinski said. “The shelter expanded in capacity; that’s a really huge change. That’s why their costs went up.” In his report, Eglinski recommended the Lawrence Community Shelter improve its monitoring of revenues and expenses and build an operating reserve fund — actions the shelter’s executive director said it would work on. “We’re going to use it as a tool to improve,” the shelter’s executive director, Trey Meyer, said of the audit. “I felt like all the recommendations were reasonable and well thought-out and things we could probably get on board with. We’re going to use it as an opportunity to continue to get

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better at what we do.” Since receiving $50,000 each from the city and county in July, the shelter paid its back payroll taxes to the IRS and hired an accounting firm to provide financial reports and bill-paying services. Eglinski said that a lack of financial reporting may have impaired the shelter’s board to oversee the nonprofit’s financial condition. Meyer, who was named executive director in November after serving as the shelter’s director of operations, said the nonprofit is also working to better its fundraising and grantwriting efforts so it won’t have to ask the city and county for more funding. The audit found that donations “may not be growing sufficiently” to offset the shelter’s increased costs of services. The report states that the local economy’s slow growth may have led to lower fundraising. In his report, Eglinski compared how much the Lawrence Community Shelter receives in government support compared with 23 other similar shelters. He found that the Lawrence shelter received about 30 percent of its revenue from government grants. The average for the group of shelters was 33 percent. Eglinski said the finding indicated that the city and county contributions were “reasonable.” The Lawrence

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WASHINGTON Americans overwhelmingly oppose cutting off federal funds for Planned Parenthood, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, a debate that is likely to come to a head this week between the Republican-controlled Congress and the Democratic White House. By 58%-33%, those surveyed said the group’s funding shouldn’t be eliminated. Both the House and Senate have approved amendments to the budget reconciliation bill that would defund Planned Parenthood. The House is likely to consider the Senate version of the measure this week and send it to the White House, where President Obama has promised to veto it. Another amendment would repeal the Affordable Care Act. The findings underscore the political risks on the issue for Republican candidates, particularly for senators up for re-election next year in swing states, among them Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin

The Supreme Court’s refusal Monday to hear a challenge to a Chicago suburb’s ban on semiautomatic “assault” weapons keeps similar bans in place from Massachusetts to Hawaii — but not without complaint from two conservative justices. Acting days after an armed couple killed 14 people and wounded 21 others in San Bernardino, Calif., the high court declined to reconsider a lower court’s ruling that the ban was constitutional. The action, hailed by gun control advocates, signaled that the majority of justices agree with the lower courts, or at least feel it’s a matter to be left up to state and local governments. Similar bans are on the books in California, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut and Hawaii. The court denied a petition, backed by the Illinois State Rifle Association, that sought review of the ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in Highland Park, Ill. Such weapons have been used in several mass shootings across the country, including those in 2012 that killed 26 children and staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and 12 people at a Colorado movie theater. “We moved forward with this ordinance with memories of Sandy Hook in our minds,” Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering said after the court action. In the wake of San Bernardino, she said, “there is a need and an opportunity” for other communities to enact similar bans. Gun sales in the wake of mass shootings continue to climb. November marked the fifth straight month of rising background checks — 2.2 million — recorded by the FBI. Since the San Bernardino rampage, retailers reported another spike in sales. Lower courts have ruled that statutes such as Highland Park’s are not at odds with the Supreme Court’s rulings in 2008 and 2010 permitting handguns to be kept at home for self-defense. Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas said they would have taken this case. “The overwhelming majority of citizens who own and use such rifles do so for lawful purposes, including self-defense and target shooting. Under our precedents, that is all that is needed for citizens to have a right under the Second Amendment to keep such weapons,” Thomas wrote in dissent. WASHINGTON

DEFUNDING DEBATE Should federal funding for Planned Parenthood be eliminated?

No 58% Yes 33% Undecided 9% Source USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll of 1,000 likely voters taken Wednesday through Sunday. Margin of error +/- 3 percentage points. JANET LOEHRKE, USA TODAY

and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. Sens. Mark Kirk of Illinois and Susan Collins of Maine were the only Republicans to vote against the final version of the bill. In the presidential race, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton has denounced GOP efforts to

defund the group, which provides contraception and health services for millions of women, as well as abortion services. The Republican senators running for president — Ted Cruz of Texas, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Marco Rubio of Florida — all voted in favor of the provision. While Democratic voters are united in supporting Planned Parenthood funding, 89%-6%, Republicans are more divided, although most oppose it, 59%-28%. A 54% majority of independents endorse continuing federal spending for the group. Americans are inclined to hold heated political rhetoric partly responsible for the shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs last month that killed three people. The alleged shooter, Robert Lewis Dear, is likely to appear in court Wednesday to hear prosecutors specify the charges against him. Law enforcement sources have said he said “no more baby parts” in comments to officials after the shooting. That echoes words used by abortion opponents since an advocacy group released secretly recorded videos of Planned Parenthood officials discussing the harvesting of fetal tissue for medical research.

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Venezuela’s socialist ‘nightmare is ending’ after election Opposition wins big legislative majority Peter Wilson

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Venezuelans weary of 16 years of socialist rule celebrated a crushing election victory for opposition parties that was announced Monday. The opposition’s Democratic Unity coalition won at least 99 of the 167 seats in elections for the National Assembly against President Nicolás Maduro’s socialist party, which won 46 seats.

Maduro is the handpicked successor of the late Hugo Chávez, who took the country on a leftward, anti-American course when he came to power in 1999. “I went to bed last night, thinking we had a chance but not quite sure,” said Minerva Lopez, 42, a seamstress in Caracas who voted for the opposition. “And then this morning, I woke up to the news. What a relief. The nightmare is ending.” If the opposition wins 13 of the 22 races still undecided, it would hold a two-thirds supermajority required to rewrite laws and possibly start a recall referendum to oust Maduro before his term ex-

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Opposition leader Henrique Capriles’ finger was dyed after voting.

pires in 2019. Turnout for Sunday’s vote was 74%, the highest for legislative elections since the 1990s, when compulsory voting ended. “It’s a huge win for the opposi-

“May they manage this triumph well, and hopefully they will take into account the needs of millions of people.” President Nicolás Maduro

tion,” said David Smilde, a senior fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America. A somber Maduro said: “We accept the results. Today, the opposition hasn’t triumphed. No, it

is a victory for the counter-revolution. May they manage this triumph well, and hopefully they will take into account the needs of millions of people.” He blamed his party’s loss on an “economic war” being waged against his government by the country’s business elite that he called “parasitical bourgeoisie.” Opposition leader Henrique Capriles, governor of Miranda state, said on Twitter, “Venezuela won.” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry praised the vote: “Venezuelan voters expressed their overwhelming desire for a change in the direction of their country.”

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Administration admits, ‘We’re at war’ Jim Michaels USA TODAY

Last week, the Pentagon announced it was sending an additional 100 special operations troops to Iraq and was open to dispatching more advisers to Syria if there were opportunities to exploit success. These aren’t monumental numbers, but the message behind the announcement is a shift in attitude for this administration. President Obama and his national security officials have been good at explaining the limits on the fight against the Islamic State. They have not been as good at explaining how they will win. Wars are won or lost by what a country does, not what it avoids doing. Obama has taken pains to distance himself from President George W. Bush’s Iraq War. He has repeatedly said he won’t draw the United States into another major land war in the Middle East. “Let me now say a word about what we should not do,” Obama said in his Oval Office speech Sunday night. “We should not be drawn once more into a long and costly ground war in Iraq or Syria.” He and his national security team often go to absurd lengths to parse the difference between conventional “combat” forces and advisers. That might be changing, at least in the rhetoric coming from the Pentagon. “We’re at war,” Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told the House Armed Services Committee last week in announcing the expansion of the U.S. role in Syria and Iraq. Many in the U.S. military welcomed Carter’s frank admission.

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Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland meets with Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a recent visit to Iraq. Pilots are risking their lives every day over Iraq and Syria. An American commando, Master Sgt. Joshua L. Wheeler, died in October during a daring joint Kurdish-U.S. raid that freed dozens of hostages held by the Islamic State. It’s an important acknowledgment for another reason. Talk of exit strategies, “degrading” the enemy and restrictive rules of engagements may reassure a nervous American public, but they do little to convince the enemy about America’s commitment to victory. It is little understood in Washington, but on the battlefield, war often comes down to a contest of wills. That’s why good leaders can make a difference. In 2006, Col. Sean MacFarland arrived with his brigade in

Wars are won or lost by what a country does, not what it avoids doing. Ramadi, which was among Iraq’s most dangerous cities. Al-Qaeda in Iraq had declared the city the capital of its caliphate, and militants had the run of the streets, terrorizing what few civilians remained in their homes. An unassuming officer, MacFarland drew inspiration from Ulysses S. Grant, who helped lead the Union army through dark days to victory. “Grant was an understated guy who had this self-confidence about where he wanted to go despite the setbacks that occurred,” MacFar-

land told me in 2009, when I was researching a book on his brigade’s success in Ramadi. “The more time I spent in Ramadi, the more I began to identify with U.S. Grant,” he said. Today, MacFarland is a threestar general who recently assumed command of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. It’s a different war. The United States has about 3,500 troops in Iraq, but the main fight is being waged there and in Syria by local forces. The United States doesn’t have the luxury of imposing its will directly with American forces. MacFarland has made some changes since assuming command. He launched an air campaign targeting the Islamic State’s oil infrastructure, taking

a major source of funding from the terror organization. Americans have begun teaching Iraq’s forces breaching techniques to help break through the ring of defenses that surround Ramadi, which again has fallen into the hands of brutal extremists. The situation was dire when MacFarland arrived in Ramadi in 2006. An intelligence report had concluded that American forces would not be able to defeat al-Qaeda in Ramadi and surrounding Anbar province in western Iraq. The main focus of the U.S. military was an effort to secure Baghdad. Ramadi was a sideshow. “The conventional wisdom was this war is unwinnable,” recalled Tony Deane, a retired Army colonel whose battalion fell under MacFarland’s command. Previous units in Ramadi had kept a lid on the city, but MacFarland was intent on defeating the enemy. He laid out a plan. MacFarland and his team pursued a risky strategy but one that ultimately worked: He sent U.S. soldiers out into the neighborhoods to protect civilians, and he teamed up with courageous sheiks, who became convinced his brigade would prevail over al-Qaeda. He took the fight to al-Qaeda in every corner of the city, not accepting that some neighborhoods were off-limits to U.S. forces. Under MacFarland’s leadership, Ramadi went from one of Iraq’s deadliest cities to its most secure. “MacFarland came there and said, ‘We’re here to win,’ ” Deane said. It’s an attitude that will need to be embraced by the nation and its top leadership if the United States is to prevail against the Islamic State. Michaels is a military writer at USA TODAY.

Trump’s call for ban on Muslims called ‘unhinged’ Immigration remarks once again draw fire from both parties David Jackson USA TODAY

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Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez announces that charges will not be filed against Chicago police officer George Hernandez in the shooting of Ronald Johnson.

No charges for cop in Chicago shooting State’s attorney cites evidence victim had a gun Aamer Madhani USA TODAY

CHICAGO No charges will be filed against a Chicago police officer in the death of a 25-year-old man who was shot by a detective days before the Laquan McDonald shooting. Detective George Hernandez shot Ronald Johnson, a father of five who lived on the city’s South Side, on Oct 12, 2014. The shooting came eight days before the ofshooting of ficer-involved McDonald, which has set off nearly two weeks of protest since the city was forced by court order to release disturbing police dashcam video of the confrontation. Police said after the Johnson incident that he had pointed a gun at officers. Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez on Monday said her office’s review of the case confirms that Johnson had a weapon when he was running away from police and was shot. Johnson’s family has alleged in a wrongful death lawsuit that police planted a weapon at the scene after the fact. Alvarez said

DNA evidence on the weapon re- a jugular vein and exited from his covered at the scene, interviews eye socket. with a friend of Johnson who was “The physical evidence, the poat the scene as well as police radio lice radio transmissions and minutes after the shooting of dashboard video recordings reJohnson suggest he did have a veal that, at a minimum, it could gun. not be proven beyond a reasonAlvarez said the grainy video able doubt that Officer Hernanwasn’t Hollywood quality but dez’s actions in firing his weapon backs up Hernandez’s at Johnson were unjusticontention that he was fied,” Alvarez concluded. acting in a reasonable Oppenheimer accused manner. Alvarez of ignoring evi“I’m looking at this and dence damaging it appears he has an obHernandez. ject in his hand,” Alvarez “This is a joke,” Oppensaid as she presented heimer said after Alvarez dashcam video of the inannounced her decision. cident to reporters on “This is the blind leading AP Monday. the blind.” Ronald Johnson Johnson was killed afAlvarez pushed back ter attending what family attor- against Oppenheimer’s allegation ney Michael Oppenheimer that the weapon was planted. described as a memorial gather“This allegation is not supporting for a friend who had recently ed by any of the evidence in this been killed. Police arrived on the case,” Alvarez said. “All of the eviscene after the car that Johnson dence we have points to that Mr. was riding in had a window shot Johnson did indeed have a gun.” out. Johnson tried to run from The driver of the car that police and was chased by officers. Johnson had been in before his Hernandez pulled up on the confrontation with police also pursuit of Johnson in an untold investigators that he heard marked squad car. He fired on Johnson loading a weapon in the Johnson five times as the young back seat of the car, Alvarez said. man was running away, striking Following Alvarez’s announcehim in the back of the knee and in ment, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the back of the shoulder, accord- Independent Police Review Auing to Oppenheimer. One of the thority would resume its investitwo shots that hit Johnson struck gation of the Johnson shooting.

Donald Trump took his plan for tightening the nation’s borders to a new level Monday — and drew condemnation from Republican opponents as well as Democrats — by calling for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” The ban should apply “until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on” with regard to the attitudes of Muslims toward Americans and terrorism, said a statement from the Trump campaign. During an appearance Monday night in South Carolina, Trump read his campaign's statement to the crowd and, to cheers, said, "we have no choice." He added: "We have to figure it out — we can't live like this." Trump’s call was criticized by members of both parties, including his opponents in upcoming Republican presidential primaries. “That’s a ridiculous position and one that won’t even be productive,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said. Former Florida governor Jeb Bush tweeted that Trump “is unhinged. His ‘policy’ proposals are not serious.” Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton also blasted Trump’s plan on Twitter, calling it “reprehensible, prejudiced and divisive.” She said, “This makes us less safe.” Trump’s proposal to ban Muslim immigration came the same day that a new poll showed him falling behind Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in Iowa, which will open the nomination process with caucuses Feb. 1. Asked about Trump’s plan, Cruz said, “That’s not my policy,” and he wants to keep the focus on “radical Islamic terrorism.” South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham tweeted that Trump is “putting at risk the lives of inter-

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Donald Trump advises a “complete shutdown.”

preters, American supporters, diplomats, & the troops in the region by making these bigoted comments.” Ohio Gov. John Kasich described Trump’s proposal as “more of the outrageous divisiveness that characterizes his every breath and another reason why he is entirely unsuited” for the presidency. A statement from Ben Carson’s campaign said it does not agree with Trump, but everyone visiting the USA “should register and be monitored during their stay as is done in many countries.”

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A box office report Monday gave the wrong total for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2. The movie has earned $227.1 million in three weeks. In some editions Sunday, a photo accompanying a story about an Oakland minister’s mental health outreach did not provide full credit information for photographer Alyssa Kapnik Samuel.

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BEIJING READIES FOR THREE DAYS OF SMOG UNDER FIRST-EVER RED ALERT

Delhi is the world’s most polluted city, report says

Is Beijing’s average air pollution level the worst? Nope. It’s not even in the Top 20. Many of the world’s most polluted cities are in India, with Delhi “leading” the pack with a level of 153 on a scale of 26 to 208, according to a report. The report, which was prepared in 2014 by the World Health Organization, looked at outdoor air pollution in nearly 1,600 cities in 91 countries. Three other Indian cities followed Delhi: Patna, 149, Gwalior, 144, and Raipur, 134 (The numbers reflect the amount of the smogcausing microscopic particles in the air.) Beijing’s average level is 53. No U.S. city was ranked in the Top 20. — Doyle Rice

Some blame weather for pollution’s rise as officials seek school closings, restrict driving Hannah Gardner and Liz Szabo USA TODAY

China’s capital issued its first-ever red alert for air pollution Monday, as a blanket of toxic smog prepared to descend on the city. Beijing will restrict driving, construction and factory activity, after forecasts that hazardous particulate levels will remain high for three consecutive days. The government also urged junior and middle schools to close those days, starting Tuesday. The city’s Environmental Protection Bureau warned people to avoid outdoor activities. Heavy smog poses a danger to everyone, especially people with heart disease or lung conditions, such as asthma or emphysema, BEIJING

said David Lang, chairman of the department of allergy and immunology at Cleveland Clinic, who visited China in October. About 7 million people worldwide die every year because of air pollution — about 1 in 8 deaths, the World Health Organization said. China implemented its warning system two years ago when it began to acknowledge the devastating impact of pollution on society and the economy after years of denying the problem existed. Since then, air quality in Beijing has improved somewhat, but levels of harmful air particles regularly are above 25, the acceptable level set by the WHO. As world leaders continue to meet in Paris for talks on climate change, last week’s levels in some parts of Beijing soared above 600. This week’s red alert was issued

because particle levels are forecast to be higher than 200 and last for three days. Last week no such forecast was made, so the alert remained orange, third highest of the four-level system. During a red alert, cars can be driven only on alternate days. People are banned from grilling meat or setting off fireworks. The government said it would increase street-sweeping to remove dust and provide more public transportation for people forced to give up their cars. The city’s authorities blamed the high pollution on weak winds. Colder and windier weather forecast for later in the week should help clear the air. Beijing residents seemed unimpressed, saying they find the warning system confusing, given that more serious bouts of pollution failed to trigger a red alert. “If this is a code red, then what was last week?” said a blogger named Shyhorseeatshay.

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A family wearing masks walks past the China Central Television (CCTV) Tower shrouded in smog in Beijing on Monday. The capital’s education officials ordered all primary and middle school students indoors as China’s weather observatory issued smog alerts for the country’s northern regions.

The United States hasn’t seen air pollution like China’s in decades, mostly because of the Clean Air Act of 1970, said John Groopman, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. Before the Clean Air Act, there were days in Los Angeles “you couldn’t even see that there were mountains and hills around,” Groopman said. Szabo reported from McLean, Va.

Oldest U.S. vet, 110, helps mark Pearl Harbor Day 74th anniversary brings crowds, commemorations in D.C., Honolulu Gregg Zoroya USA TODAY

America’s oldest-living veteran helped the nation mark the 74th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday by taking part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the National World War II Memorial in the nation’s capital. Former Army private Frank Levingston, who turned 110 last month, served in Italy during World War II. He enlisted in 1942, shortly after the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack in Hawaii that killed 2,400 servicemembers and brought the U.S. into the war.

The veteran from Lake Charles, La., who was discharged from the Army in 1945, traveled to Washington for the first time Sunday and will visit the White House on Tuesday, where trip coordinators said they hope to get to meet President Obama. “We don’t know, we hope so,” Allen Bergeron, who is coordinating Levingston’s trip, said Monday. After a breakfast of scrambled eggs, potatoes, coffee and orange juice at the Hilton Inn in Alexandria, Va., where he was staying, Levingston joined other veterans, including two Pearl Harbor survivors, during Monday’s wreath-presentation ceremony witnessed by a crowd of 400. The site of the attack was to be the backdrop for anniversary events, according to KITV Channel 4 in Honolulu. The ceremon-

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Frank Levingston, 110, joins other veterans at the World War II memorial in Washington to observe Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Levingston is believed to be the oldest living veteran of World War II. ies were co-sponsored by the National Park Service and U.S. Navy. The annual Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade was planned for Monday evening through the streets of Honolulu and was to be

webcast live. Commemorations Monday also included the interment in the hull of the USS Arizona of an urn containing the ashes of Joseph Langdell, a former ensign

on the submerged ship. On Tuesday, a dive to the wreck of the Arizona by a Pacific National Monuments cultural resources chief will be broadcast live and people can ask questions through Facebook. The opening phase of the Japanese attack, which occurred shortly before 8 a.m. Honolulu time, was recalled as a series of concussive explosions in Pearl Harbor, according to an account told recently to the PalladiumItem by former chief petty officer Guy Vecera of Richmond, Ind. “I had the watch on the quarterdeck and was just standing by to hoist the stars and stripes when suddenly the reflection of sunlight on falling objects caught my eyes,” he told the newspaper. The objects were bombs that exploded in the harbor. “We saw a Japanese plane going across our bow with the emblem of the Rising Sun emblazoned boldly on her wings,” Vecera recalled.

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SUPREME COURT LIKELY TO LIMIT TRIBAL COURTS’ REACH

The Supreme Court appeared unlikely Monday to let an American Indian tribal court handle a sexual molestation lawsuit against a local businessman who is not a member of the tribe. In a case dating to 2003, the high court’s conservative majority challenged lawyers for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, who want the family of a boy who claims he was sexually molested to get its day in tribal court. The federal government is siding with the tribe. Justice Anthony Kennedy said the Constitution gives Americans the right to be tried in a neutral court — which in this case would mean having it moved to a state court. “The people have a right to insist on the Constitution, even if Mississippi or the federal government doesn’t care,” he said. Chief

HOLY YEAR OF MERCY

CHANGES COMING FOR TERROR ALERT SYSTEM

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People wait to go through security checks to enter St. Peter’s Square Monday ahead of the start of the Jubilee of Mercy in the Vatican. Pope Francis will kick off the year-long jubilee Tuesday by opening the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica. Justice John Roberts said, “There has never been a case where a non-member has been held liable in tort in an Indian court.” The case is important for the

nation’s more than 300 Indian tribes, who want to attract business and commerce to their lands while retaining regulatory and judicial authority. — Richard Wolf

Changes to the national terror alert system will be unveiled in the coming days that would trigger warnings that could alert the likelihood of attacks similar to last week’s San Bernardino, Calif., massacre, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Monday. Speaking at an event sponsored by the national security news organization Defense One, Johnson said there is a need to inform the public about security developments short of the current high-threshold requirement. The National Terrorism Advisory System, which replaced the color-coded matrix created in the aftermath of 9/11, has never been activated because it relies on the existence of specific and credible threats to the homeland. — David Jackson

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STATE-BY-STATE News from across the USA ALABAMA Birmingham: AL.com passed on a message from the Internal Revenue Service about where not to send payments. Beginning Jan. 1, federal tax payments mailed to an IRS Post Office Box in Atlanta or St. Louis will be returned to the sender, according to an IRS statement. Those post office boxes were closed in 2012. ALASKA Fairbanks: University

of Alaska staffers got trained and tested on how to deal with a violent intruder, newsminer.com reported.

ARIZONA Phoenix: The City

Council postponed a vote to Dec. 16 on whether to allow Starbucks to serve alcohol at four of the chain’s coffee shops after police department officials expressed opposition, The Arizona Republic reported. ARKANSAS Pulaski County:

Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen said a portion of a new state law shielding execution-drug suppliers is unconstitutional and ordered the Department of Correction to turn over documents identifying the source of its lethal-injection drugs, ArkansasOnline reported. CALIFORNIA San Francisco:

Growers who falsely label their produce as organic may be sued under state law even if the federal government has certified their farms as organic, the state Supreme Court ruled, according to the Los Angeles Times. COLORADO Denver: The Police Department wants a half million dollars to expand a system that pinpoints gun shot locations for officers on the street, the Denver Post reported. CONNECTICUT Norwalk: Police

arrested 11 men and women following a months-long undercover investigation at Office Cafe, a strip club reputedly frequented by gang members.

DELAWARE Wilmington: Gov.

Jack Markell apologized for slavery and the damage it continues to cause 150 years after slavery was abolished, The News Journal reported. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: A

Woodrow Wilson High School student accused of taking a semiautomatic handgun to school flashed the weapon in a hallway, then put it in another student’s backpack, according to a police report cited by The Washington Post.

HIGHLIGHT: MICHIGAN

In Newberry, AM radio is still vital John Carlisle

Detroit Free Press

He had an old CD tower to sell. And it was priced to move. “It’s about 4 foot tall. I’m asking five bucks for it,” a guy named Justin said to everyone in town. He was a caller on the Trading Post show on WNBY 1450 AM, in Newberry, population 1,489 or so. Locals call every weekday morning at 9:30 to this on-air swap meet to sell or trade something, or describe their breakfast, or share their feelings about the late November rain. It’s been on the air for 50 years, and it’s immensely popular. The host remembered Justin from a previous phone call to the show. “How about that couch? You still got that couch you want to trade for a chair?” he asked Justin. “Yes I do!” Justin replied. “Yeah, it’s about 5 feet long, sits real low to the ground, and Paula and I can’t use it. Wanted to trade it for a recliner chair.” He gave listeners his phone number. Everything about WNBY is summed up in that exchange. The 1,000-watt radio station is all Newberry, from the hosts to the callers, and chances are they know each other. No item is too small to sell, no anecdote too minor to share. The caller mentions his girlfriend as if evIOWA Des Moines: Bicycles are

gaining ground, including parking spaces and lanes, in central Iowa communities through a new round of local grant dollars, The Register reported. Six complete street projects were awarded a combined $75,000 in grants through the Wellmark Foundation. KANSAS Manhattan: Forty

Kansas State University distinguished professors signed a letter to the Legislature, seeking a halt to plans to allow concealed weapons on campus, The Wichita Eagle reported. KENTUCKY Frankfort: Gov.-

elect Matt Bevin has named Louisville lawyer Vickie Yates Brown Glisson to oversee the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services, a sprawling agency that includes an array of human service programs, The (Louisville) Courier-Journal reported.

LOUISIANA New Orleans: The Police Department hired three full-time social workers who will accompany detectives to sexual assault scenes to offer victims assistance and support and help guide them throughout the investigation, The Times-Picayune reported.

FLORIDA Port Canaveral: The

2016 calendar, several chefs posed wearing nothing but Hedley and Bennett aprons with the farmers who grow their food, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. HAWAII Wailuku: The Maui

County Council Water Resources Committee deferred action on a proposal to repeal the county’s “Show Me the Water” ordinance, The Maui News reported. IDAHO Nampa: Global Travel

will close its Karcher Mall location after 40 years, the Idaho Press-Tribune reported. The travel agency will relocate to its Boise headquarters at Ninth and Jefferson streets.

ILLINOIS Chicago: Lollapalooza will expand to four days next year to mark its 25th anniversary. The music festival begins July 28, the Chicago Tribune reported. INDIANA Lafayette: A hoodie-

wearing white man in his 20s, armed with a machete, robbed a Village Pantry just before midnight Saturday, according to Lafayette Police Department.

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Travis Freeman, general manager of WNBY AM 1450 goes through messages Nov. 18. eryone knows the couple personally, a habit of small-town life’s familiarity. But mostly, it shows that in this part of the Upper Peninsula, old-fashioned AM radio is still a vital part of daily life. “I think it’s the focal point, at least of our local community,” said Travis Freeman, the host of the show. “There’s no daily newspaper here, there’s no local TV station here, and so we kind of serve as the media.” WNBY has been broadcasting to Newberry and its wooded surroundings since the mid-1960s from a little building on a state highway, and hasn’t deal with the city’s three casinos — Greektown Casino, MGM Grand Detroit and MotorCity — for a new contract that would cover about 6,000 workers, the Detroit Free Press reported. The Detroit Casino Council, a consortium of four unions, reached the tentative agreement after a round of negotiations that continued for six days. MINNESOTA St. Paul: Gov. Day-

ton is proposing a $100 million infusion to help bring broadband to more rural Minnesota areas.

MISSISSIPPI Natchez: Mayor Butch Brown is scheduled to broadcast for The Weather Channel from France, where he will attend the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, The Natchez Democrat reported. MISSOURI St. Louis: Michael

Cook, a former judge serving a two-year prison sentence for heroin possession and a weapons charge, has been assigned to a local halfway house as his release date nears, the Belleville NewsDemocrat reported. MONTANA Billings: The Mon-

tana Department of Revenue is requiring retailers who want to sell electronic cigarette products to get a new state license beginning Jan. 1.

MAINE Waterville: The con-

struction of an interchange on Interstate 95 here will be the first in a new state initiative, the Portland Press Herald reported. Maine is considering the use of both public and private money for transportation projects because of the limited federal grant money made available. MARYLAND Salisbury: The

Friends of Wicomico Public Library’s semi-annual book sale held Nov. 20-22 at the downtown library raised a record $5,500, more than all previous book sales, The Daily Times reported. MASSACHUSETTS Pittsfield: A

local police officer fired for allegedly stealing more than $150,000 from the police union wants his job back, the Berkshire Eagle reported.

MICHIGAN Detroit: The Detroit Casino Council reached a labor

County: The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man on the agency’s “most wanted” list Saturday afternoon. Darryl Terence Johnson, 53, was arrested after being found in the air ventilation duct of a church by deputies responding to a burglary call, WLTX-TV reported.

TENNESSEE Cookeville: A char-

NEVADA Reno: The Board of Regents approved naming the University of Nevada-Reno’s newest dorm Great Basin Hall, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported. It is expected to open in August 2017.

GEORGIA Atlanta: As part of a

SOUTH CAROLINA Sumter

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: The first flood-risk map revision in half a century could affect nearly 300 property owners here, the Argus Leader reported. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is updating the maps for the area.

NEBRASKA Sargent: A boilwater notice was ordered here after two water samples tested positive for bacteria, KBRY-FM reported.

U.S. Coast Guard is searching along Florida’s east coast after at least 25 shipping containers fell off of a vessel bound for Puerto Rico on Sunday, Florida Today reported.

$29,000 with nearly 32% living in poverty.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord:

The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has awarded more than $2 million in grants for 13 projects as part of its Aquatic Resource Mitigation program, the Foster’s Daily Democrat reported. The $2.2 million in funding will be split between projects in Bedford, Durham, Enfield, Goffstown, Greenland, Lee, Madbury, Milan, Odell, Penacook, Pittsfield, Portsmouth, Stratford, Sutton and Swanzey. NEW JERSEY Upper Saddle River: The state’s largest office landlord is suing the borough claiming it is discriminating against blacks and Latinos for refusing to set aside low- and

changed much since. People call about lost dogs and found tools, or phone in a request to hear a song, or to report that the elementary school’s lizard got out. It’s what radio used to be before the Internet — a way for people far from each other to connect, and to be part of a shared experience. “I think it’s essential to have a local community radio station that serves the community,” Freeman said. “It may sound scripted, but it’s true. It’s being able to help people out and connect people. It’s the original social media.” moderate-income housing, The Record reported. Mack-Cali Realty is suing over a proposal to build 560 multifamily housing units at a 47-acre site. NEW MEXICO Alamogordo:

Actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood visited Holloman Air Force Base while shooting footage for his upcoming biopic of pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the Alamogordo Daily News reported. NEW YORK Rochester: Police

rescued two University of Rochester students after they were “forcibly abducted” over the weekend, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported. Four people are in custody after the kidnapping.

ter bus driver who drove high school students to the Class 3A state championship football game was charged with driving under the influence after arriving at their destination, The Tennessean reported. Robert Michael Hoskinson, 56, was arrested here Friday after failing a field sobriety test, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said. TEXAS Marlin: The Marlin Independent School District canceled classes last week amid lingering water woes in the community of about 6,000. Some homes and businesses here have been without running water since Thanksgiving Day. UTAH Cedar City: A local woman has been sentenced to prison for driving a car for two men accused of killing her stepfather, KSL-TV reported. VERMONT Swanton: When Alex

Beebe reeled in the first muskie caught above Swanton Dam on the Missisquoi River in nearly four decades, he took his place in Vermont fishing lore. But Alex isn’t the first member of his family to achieve fishing greatness. His father, Chris Beebe, is the record holder for the largest muskie caught in Vermont, Burlington Free Press reported. VIRGINIA Richmond: Irek Hamidullin, 56, a Russian national who was wounded and captured by American soldiers during an ill-fated insurgent attack in Afghanistan six years ago, was sentenced to life plus 30 years in prison, the Times-Dispatch reported.

NORTH CAROLINA Carrboro:

The Board of Aldermen unanimously passed a resolution declaring the town a safe haven for Syrian refugees, The News & Observer reported.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck:

North Dakota’s Public Service Commission has approved a $249 million wind farm in Williams County. The Bismarck Tribune reported that the Lindahl Wind Project planned by Kansasbased Tradewind Energy Inc. 4 miles north of Tioga will to include up to 75 turbines on 13,000 acres. OHIO Bucyrus: Stop signs on East Southern Avenue at Rogers Street may be coming down after a traffic count found the volume on Rogers wasn’t high enough to merit the signs on Southern under state regulations, the Telegraph-Forum reported. The city is considering changing the intersection from a four-way stop to a two-way stop. OKLAHOMA Norman: HME, a Kansas steel manufacturer, has dropped its lawsuit against the University of Oklahoma, The Oklahoman reported. OREGON Portland: Ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft should continue to operate here after the City Council approved a new set of rules to govern taxis, The Oregonian reported. PENNSYLVANIA Monroeville:

The American Civil Liberties Union is considering suing because Monroeville opens its council meetings with the Lord’s Prayer, the Pittsburgh TribuneReview reported. RHODE ISLAND Providence: U.S. Census numbers found that Barrington is the richest community in the state, the Providence Journal reported, with a median household income of nearly $104,000 and a 2% poverty rate. The report shows that Central Falls is the poorest in the state with a median income of almost

WASHINGTON Seattle: No start date has been announced for the First Hill streetcar, but city transportation managers let people tour the trains for a safety event last week, The Seattle Times reported. WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Savvy Chic will hold its second Look Good Doing Good charity event Dec. 12. Tickets cost $50, and 70% of each ticket sold goes to a non-profit group, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported. WISCONSIN Neenah: Steve

Erato, owner of Eagle Nation Cycles, said he thinks police “shot the wrong guy” in a tense hostage situation Saturday at his downtown motorcycle shop. Erato and his attorney, Cole White of Green Bay, identified the victim as Michael L. Funk, 60, of Neenah, Appleton Post-Crescent reported. WYOMING Cheyenne: The

Wyoming County Commissioners Association will review whether thousands of acres of federally owned land should be preserved, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported. The federal government manages more than 700,000 acres that are designated as Wilderness Study Areas. These lands carry strict land-use restrictions. Compiled by Tim Wendel, Nicole Gill and Jonathan Briggs, with Carolyn Cerbin, Mike Gottschamer and Nichelle Smith. Design by Mallory Redinger. Graphics by Alejandro Gonzalez.

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NEW CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER, PRODUCT CHIEF JOIN GANNETT Gannett, the publishing company that owns USA TODAY and media businesses in 92 markets, on Monday named Joanne Lipman, a Wall Street Journal veteran and former editor in chief of Conde Nast Portfolio magazine, as its chief content officer. The company created the position as part of its strategy to unite its newsrooms and improve coordination among more than 3,000 journalists. Daniel Bernard, formerly head of product for Time Inc.’s Time.com, Fortune.com and Money.com, was named chief product officer. “As we continue to push boundaries as a next-generation media company, Joanne and Daniel will help us achieve our ambitious plans for the future,” Gannett CEO Robert Dickey said in a statement.

FIREARM STOCKS News related to mass shootings inspires fear not just of future attacks but of future gun limits

Matt Krantz

GUN STOCKS ON THE RISE

USA TODAY

alk of tighter gun control rules is giving a boost to gun stocks. After a recent spate of mass shootings, firearms are back in the sights of politicians. That’s stoking demand for guns by anyone who might want one and now fears they will get harder to obtain. Shares of three publicly traded stocks with the heaviest concentration on firearms — Sturm, Ruger (RGR), Smith & Wesson (SWHC) and ammo maker Vista Outdoor (VSTO) — have jumped 70% on average this year as investors think already-strong demand for guns could continue to inSEBASTIEN BOZON, AFP/GETTY IMAGES crease as buyers rush to buy more. The gun companies’ share GE KILLS ELECTROLUX DEAL growth has surpassed the 0.9% Electrolux shares plunged in the gain by the Standard & Poor’s 500 wake of an announcement this year. Just Monday, their Monday by General Electric that shares rose an average of of 5.2% it had ended its agreement to as the broad market fell. sell its appliances business to the That comes one day after New Swedish-owned company. York City Mayor Shares dropped over 13% to 207 Bill de Blasio kronor on the Stockholm ex“Surges in put out a statechange. The $3.3 billion deal had firearms sales are ment that advofaced an antitrust suit from the cated for the Department of Justice claiming it driven by the stop of “the flow could lead to price increases. perceived threat of both public pension funds of governmental and private U.S. FTC CHALLENGES restrictions.” dollars into the STAPLES-OFFICE DEPOT DEAL hands of gun The Federal Trade Commission Brian Ruttenbur, analyst at BB&T manufacturers on Monday filed an adminiswho make and market the assault trative complaint challenging weapons used by terrorists, crimoffice-supplies giant Staples’ inals and the mentally ill.” proposed $6.3 billion acquisition Investors are betting consumof top rival Office Depot. The ers afraid of new gun rules will cash-and-stock deal would load up now for fear that more resignificantly reduce national strictive rules will be passed. competition in the market for “The increased call for fireoffice supplies, the FTC said. The arms laws, restrictions and regucompanies plan to contest the lations leads to the increased decision, arguing that the acquidemand” for firearms, says Brian sition would benefit customers, Ruttenbur, analyst at BB&T. employees and shareholders. Firearms sales are up 4.7% this Shares of both firms fell on the year compared with the same penews. Staples closed down 13.8% riod in 2014, Ruttenbur says, citat $10.66, and Office Depot ing data from National Instant closed 15.8% lower at $5.59. Criminal Background Check System for consumer background gun checks. DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG. More Americans had their 17,900 17,850

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Lipman

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Shares of three key gun stocks are performing well this year as investors expected growth in 2015 or 2016 2015 revenue 2015 revenue change change expected expected*

Company

Symbol

YTD % ch.

Smith & Wesson

SWHC

115.8%

13.4%

4.5%

Sturm, Ruger

RGR

Vista Outdoor

VSTO

66% 28.5%**

-2.1% -1.7%

5.8% 10.7%

* BASED ON CALENDAR YEARS ** BASED ON FIRST DAY OF TRADING THIS YEAR ON 1/29 SOURCES S&P CAPITAL IQ, USA TODAY

backgrounds checked purchasing guns on Black Friday than any day on record, according to FBI data. The criminal background system processed 185,345 requests on Nov. 27, one of the nation’s largest retail sales days. Background checks for hand-

SCOTT OLSON, GETTY IMAGES

Firearms sales are up 4.7% this year compared with the same period in 2014.

guns are up 12.3% this year compared with the same period last year, Ruttenbur says. The majority of both Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger’s business come from handguns, he says. The surge in demand this year is largely due to 2014 being a soft year for gun sales. Gun sales weakened in 2014 after a massive jump in demand in 2013. The December 2012 mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., sparked a rush to arm up ahead of new gun control rules, which never materialized. “Surges in firearms sales are driven by the perceived threat of governmental restrictions and

KEVORK DJANSEZIAN, GETTY IMAGES

regulations on firearms,” Ruttenbur says. Shares of Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger are up 116% and 66% this year, respectively. These companies have been direct beneficiaries from exceptionally strong handgun demand. Analysts are especially bullish on demand for Smith & Wesson firearms. The company’s revenue is expected to hit $613.7 million this calendar year, up 13% from last year, says S&P Capital IQ. Analysts are calling for revenue at Sturm, Ruger to drop 2.1% this calendar year, but bounce back 5.8% in calendar year 2016 to $563.7 million. That’s not to say making money on gun-related stocks is a certainty. Shares of Olin (OLN), which has chemicals businesses in addition to its Winchester gun unit, are down 16% this year. Cabela’s (CAB), a retailer of outdoor gear including guns, has seen its shares slide nearly 14%. Additionally, much of the money for gun-stock investors has already been made by investors who jumped in before events in California. For instance, Sturm, Ruger shares have been so strong that at $57.50 they’ve already blasted past the $53 price target investors have for the stock in 18 months. No matter what, news related to the shootings only stokes the demand. “We continue to believe that the firearms industry is in the initial stages of a recovery in demand,” Ruttenbur says.

Smith & Wesson has been a beneficiary of handgun demand, with shares up 116%.

High court won’t hear gun case

Decision allows assault weapons bans to stand, 1B

Contributing: Nick Penzenstadler

Oil prices sink to lowest since 2009 Crude falls to $37.65 a barrel in wake of OPEC decision

“In the short term, it’s in a free fall.” Phil Flynn, senior energy analyst with the Price Futures Group

Paul Davidson USA TODAY

Oil prices tumbled to a sevenyear low Monday after OPEC decided last week not to constrain production despite an oversupplied global market and reports showed rising crude stockpiles in the U.S. West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark, closed down $2.47, or 6.2%, at $37.65 a barrel, the lowest level since February 2009. “In the short term, it’s in a free fall,” says Phil Flynn, senior energy analyst with the Price Futures Group. That should mean a further plunge in U.S. gasoline prices to as low as $1.75 a gallon over the next two months, says Tom Kloza, chief global analyst for the Oil Price Information Service. Regular unleaded averaged $2.03 Monday, down from $2.22 a month ago and $2.68 a year ago. Crude is being hammered by a confluence of forces. Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s lead producer, re-

KAREN BLEIER, AFP/GETTY IMAGES

U.S. gasoline prices are likely to drop to as low as $1.75 a gallon on average over the next two months, analysts predict. mains determined to drive at least some U.S. oil shale producers out of business by keeping production high and prices low. The group declined to set output quotas at a meeting Friday. Also looming is the prospect of a surge of oil from Iran, assuming sanctions against that country are lifted as part of an agreement with the U.S. The strong dollar keeps further downward pressure on oil prices. Crude is traded in dollars, so pro-

ducers earn more when the greenback is rising. Meanwhile, U.S. producers have slashed the number of drilling rigs by 62% from a year ago, but output largely has been stable because of new efficiencies and rising flows from the Gulf of Mexico, Flynn says. U.S. crude stockpiles rose 1.2 million barrels the week ending Nov. 27 and have been up in eight of the past 10 weeks. And mild fall weather is raising

concerns about a weak heating oil season that could further depress prices. “It’s a perfect storm,” Flynn says. Although U.S. gas consumption is healthy — a result of low pump prices and strong job growth — that hasn’t been enough to offset a global oil glut. Worldwide production is outpacing demand by 1.5 million to 2 million barrels a day. Flynn, however, says markets likely misinterpreted OPEC signals last week as indicating it would increase production and not simply maintain current levels. “I don’t think they can,” he says. What’s more, he says, the cutbacks in U.S. drilling should yield more tangible impacts by next year. And oil companies worldwide announced more than $200 billion in capital spending cuts in 2015, which should further curtail output. Kloza expects oil prices to bottom out at about $32 a barrel and languish in the $30s for the first half of the year before rebounding to about $50 as U.S. production cuts kick in. Gas, which can’t be stored, is in tighter supply, and prices should drift up to about $2.50 a gallon in the spring and summer, he says.

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AMERICA’S MARKETS What to watch David Craig @davidgcraig USA TODAY

The are two numbers that bear watching in the waning weeks of 2015: 17,823.07 and 2058.90. Those are the levels that the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500 index must, respectively, be above to have a gain for 2015. So far this year, that has proved a tough task. Monday, the Dow dropped back to a 0.5% loss for the year after managing to close with a gain for 2015 on Friday. The S&P holds a slim 0.9% gain for the year after closing at a 2015 loss on Thursday along with the Dow. Friday’s big rally off the strong jobs report boosted both back into the black for 2015. The technology-packed Nas-

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daq composite index has held a comfortable gain for the year for more than two months. Even after Monday’s drop, the Nasdaq is up a healthy 7.7% for 2015. But every time the Dow and S&P seem to be breaking into the clear for the year, something knocks them back down. On Monday, the culprit was a big drop in oil prices to a sevenyear low. On Thursday, it was disappointment the European Central Bank didn’t ease more. Worries about the Federal Reserve boosting rates and fears about slowing growth have also presented headwinds for stocks. The bottom line: If the Dow, which closed at 17,731 Monday, and the S&P, now 2077, can’t top 17,823 and 2059 and stay there in the next three weeks, it will be their worst annual performance in four years — or more, if things turn south sharply.

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CHANGE: -.7% YTD: -92.56 YTD % CHG: -.5%

CHANGE: -.7% YTD: +18.17 YTD % CHG: +.9%

NASDAQ

COMP

-40.46

-19.10

CHANGE: -.8% YTD: +365.76 YTD % CHG: +7.7%

CLOSE: 5,101.81 PREV. CLOSE: 5,142.27 RANGE: 5,082.23-5,139.78

CLOSE: 2,077.07 PREV. CLOSE: 2,091.69 RANGE: 2,066.83-2,090.04

RUSSELL 2000 INDEX

CHANGE: -1.6% YTD: -40.40 YTD % CHG: -3.4%

CLOSE: 1,164.30 PREV. CLOSE: 1,183.40 RANGE: 1,161.58-1,183.06

S&P 500’S BIGGEST GAINERS/LOSERS GAINERS

Company (ticker symbol)

Price

YTD % Chg % Chg

Keurig Green Mountain (GMCR) 88.89 +37.19 Shoots up as JAB Holding buys out at $13.9 billion.

+71.9 -32.9

Newell Rubbermaid (NWL) Shares jump on Jarden merger talk.

+7.4 +26.4

NRG Energy (NRG) Expected to gain from non-core asset sales. Delta Air Lines (DAL) Shares gain as oil prices slide.

LOSERS

$ Chg

48.16 +3.33

+6.1

-64.6

51.78 +2.00

+4.0

+5.3

+1.17

+4.0

-39.1

Mosaic (MOS) All-day climbs make up loss in December.

32.05

+1.17

+3.8

-29.8

United Continental (UAL) Another airliner gains on plunging oil prices.

60.52

+1.58

+2.7

-9.5

Darden Restaurants (DRI) Up another day since hitting 2015 low.

58.92

+1.49

+2.6

+12.2

Raytheon (RTN) 127.14 +2.85 New 2015 high as looks to build robotic submarine hunter.

+2.3

+17.5

Duke Energy (DUK) Three consecutive wins make up month’s loss.

+2.2

-18.0

68.50

+1.46

Price

$ Chg

6.56

-1.16

-15.0 -80.6

10.66

-1.70

-13.8

Williams Companies (WMB) 26.97 Drops for fourth day, hits 2015 low in weak industry.

-4.14

-13.3 -40.0

OneOK (OKE) Extends losing streak in suffering sector.

21.62

-3.18

-12.8 -56.6

Devon Energy (DVN) 36.44 $2.5 billion expansion prompts downgrade warnings.

-4.09

-10.1

-40.5

Marathon Oil (MRO) Dips as expects to be rated ‘BBB’ at Fitch.

14.78

-1.34

-8.3

-47.8

Southwestern Energy (SWN) Stock retreats as oil prices decline.

7.12

-.62

-8.0

-73.9

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) Shares tumble on commodities prices.

7.23

-.62

-7.9

-69.0

25.75

-1.99

-7.2

-51.8

Murphy Oil (MUR) 23.68 Slides as abandons exploration well in Gulf of Mexico.

-1.78

-7.0

-53.1

Staples (SPLS) FTC challenges proposed Office Depot merger.

Range Resources (RRC) Growth seen solid, but down today.

-1.75 -5.99 AAPL AAPL AAPL

MODERATE 51%-70% equities

AGGRESSIVE 71% or more in equities

5-day avg.: 6 month avg.: Largest holding: Most bought: Most sold:

5-day avg.: 6-month avg.: Largest holding: Most bought: Most sold:

-1.50 -6.26 AAPL AAPL AAPL

-1.39 -6.83 MSFT AAPL AAPL

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$100

Pep Boys: Manny, Moe and Jack

Price: $16.06 Chg: $0.37 % chg: 2.4% Day’s high/low: $16.50/$15.75

Activist investor Carl Icahn offered to buy the auto parts retailer for $15.50 a share, topping Bridgestone’s $15-a-share bid.

The biotechnology company announced that it hit the primary endpoint in European Phase 3 clinical trials of its drug Xilonix, which is a treatment for patients with advanced colorectal cancer.

Price: $13.03 Chg: $4.42 % chg: 51.3% Day’s high/low: $16.68/$9.70 Fund, ranked by size Vanguard 500Adml Vanguard TotStIAdm Vanguard InstIdxI Vanguard TotStIdx Vanguard InstPlus Fidelity Contra American Funds GrthAmA m Vanguard TotIntl American Funds IncAmerA m American Funds CapIncBuA m

NAV 192.42 51.86 190.55 51.83 190.56 105.20 45.55 14.82 20.92 56.69

Close 208.35 4.92 18.65 14.20 11.72 33.32 10.15 12.39 62.24 60.45

4wk 1 -0.8% -1.2% -0.8% -1.2% -0.8% -0.4% -0.6% -1.7% -0.5% -1.3%

YTD 1 +2.9% +1.9% +2.9% +1.8% +2.9% +8.4% +6.7% -2.9% -0.8% -2.4%

Chg. -1.27 -1.07 +0.43 -0.63 -0.74 -0.56 -0.76 -0.03 -2.46 -0.39

% Chg %YTD -0.6% +1.4% -17.8% -89.9% +2.4% -40.8% -4.2% -22.7% -5.9% -42.4% -1.7% -15.2% -7.0% -42.1% -0.2% +10.2% -3.8% -21.4% -0.6% -0.6%

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 3.25% 3.25% 0.13% 0.13% 0.21% 0.01% 1.68% 1.74% 2.23% 2.41%

Close 6 mo ago 3.97% 4.06% 3.02% 3.21% 2.75% 2.66% 3.31% 3.39%

SOURCE: BANKRATE.COM

Commodities Close Prev. Cattle (lb.) 1.22 1.24 Corn (bushel) 3.69 3.76 Gold (troy oz.) 1,076.40 1,084.50 Hogs, lean (lb.) .55 .57 Natural Gas (Btu.) 2.07 2.19 Oil, heating (gal.) 1.28 1.34 Oil, lt. swt. crude (bar.) 37.65 39.97 Silver (troy oz.) 14.31 14.51 Soybeans (bushel) 8.82 9.06 Wheat (bushel) 4.70 4.71

Chg. -0.02 -0.07 -8.10 -0.02 -0.12 -0.06 -2.32 -0.20 -0.24 -0.01

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% YTD -26.6% -7.2% -9.1% -31.7% -28.5% -30.7% -29.3% -8.1% -13.4% -20.3%

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

Close .6640 1.3514 6.4077 .9223 123.33 16.9015

Prev. .6622 1.3380 6.4030 .9198 123.22 16.6605

6 mo. ago .6547 1.2445 6.2084 .8994 125.62 15.7049

Yr. ago .6414 1.1439 6.1502 .8140 121.45 14.3774

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

Close 10,886.09 22,203.22 19,698.15 6,223.52 42,655.24

Dec. 7

4-WEEK TREND

$16.06

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$88.89

4-WEEK TREND

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COMMODITIES -41.2

4-WEEK TREND

The maker of coffee makers and Chg: $37.19 instant flavor pods is being taken % chg: 71.9% private for $13.9 billion by a group $40 Day’s high/low: led by JAB Holding. Nov. 9 $90.17/$88.85

TOP 10 EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS

YTD % Chg % Chg

Consol Energy (CNX) Shares dip along with oil prices.

5-day avg.: 6-month avg.: Largest holding: Most bought: Most sold:

-2.86 -6.64 AAPL AAPL AAPL

TOP 10 MUTUAL FUNDS +.55

9.55

Whole Foods Market (WFM) 30.69 Strong organics demands; time to buy at weakness.

Company (ticker symbol)

5-day avg.: 6-month avg.: Largest holding: Most bought: Most sold:

STORY STOCKS Keurig Green Mountain Price: $88.89

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BALANCED 30%-50% equities

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CLOSE: 17,730.51 PREV. CLOSE: 17,847.63 RANGE: 17,639.25-17,845.49

CONSERVATIVE Less than 30% equities

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Prev. Change 10,752.10 +133.99 22,235.89 -32.67 19,504.48 +193.67 6,238.29 -14.77 42,994.23 -338.99

%Chg. YTD % +1.3% +11.0% -0.2% -5.9% +1.0% +12.9% -0.2% -5.2% -0.8% -1.1%

SOURCES: MORNINGSTAR, DOW JONES INDEXES, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Energy investors might ease off the gas pedal Q: Is it time to buy Exxon Mobil stock? Matt Krantz

mkrantz@usatoday.com USA TODAY

A: Plunging oil prices have been vicious for Exxon Mobil (XOM) investors. There’s not much hope for a bounce, either. Shares of Exxon Mobil dropped $2.06, or 2.6%, to $76.80 Monday, making the oil giant’s shares a major weight on the market. It’s been an even bigger anchor for its investors. Shares of the oil company are down 17% this year. The problem is analysts don’t see much reason to be all that encouraged that the bounce is near. The average analyst on the stock rates the stock a “hold,” as the company’s adjusted earnings aren’t expected to regain 2014 levels until after 2018. Adjusted earnings per share in 2015 are expected to drop 46% to $3.92 a share in 2015 and only rise by 4% in 2016. Speculators might hold this stock and wait for the eventual turnaround. Exxon Mobil is trading for 16 times trailing earnings, a discount to the broad market that is trading for about 20 times earnings. Analysts expect the company’s shares to be worth $83.79 a share in 18 months, according to data from S&P Capital IQ. That would be 9% upside from Monday’s closing price. But those estimates could go out the window if crude oil prices continue to soften faster than many investors expected.

Keurig shares froth up as company sells for $13.9 billion Nathan Bomey @NathanBomey USA TODAY

Keurig Green Mountain, which manufactures coffee makers and instant flavor pods, has agreed to be purchased for $13.9 billion by an investment group led by private-equity firm JAB Holding Co. The purchasers include the backers of Netherlands-based Jacobs Douwe Egberts, a global tea and coffee company formed in 2014 as the combination of the coffee franchises of Oreo-maker Mondelez International and D.E

RYAN MERCER, THE BURLINGTON (VT.) FREE PRESS

The sale of the company comes amid slumping sales of the K-Cup pods and brewers that Keurig Green Mountain made popular.

Master Blenders. The deal marks a nearly 78% premium over Friday’s closing

price for Keurig shares. The stock rose 72% to close Monday at $88.89. The move comes amid slumping sales of the pods and brewers that Keurig made popular. The company has been cutting costs, including slashing 5% of its workforce in August, and introducing new products to offset the downturn in its core offerings. The deal suggests that the paths of Keurig and JAB’s other properties — including Jacobs Douwe Egberts, Peet’s Coffee & Tea and Caribou Coffee — may intersect as JAB seeks to reverse Keurig’s fortunes. JAB said it

would operate Keurig (GMCR) as an independent, private subsidiary based in Waterbury, Vt. The Keurig purchase is likely part of a much bigger global strategy by JAB to “consolidate coffee in Europe and the United States” by becoming a major global player, Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Pablo Zaunic said in a conference call Monday. Keurig representatives declined to comment on the deal. JAB did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “Keurig Green Mountain represents a major step forward in the creation of our global coffee

platform,” JAB Chairman Bart Becht said in a statement. “It is a fantastic company that uniquely brings together premium coffee brands and new beverage-dispensing technologies like the famous Keurig single-serve machine.” Until the deal was announced, Keurig shares had fallen 61% for the year as investors reconsidered the company’s growth prospects. Keurig’s revenue fell 13% to $1.04 billion in the fourth quarter ended Sept. 26. Contributing: Daniel D’Ambrosio, Burlington Free Press

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1: SNUB: MADONNA, PRINCE ARE NO-SHOWS

Both ’80s icons returned this year with new albums: Madonna, touting her danceheavy 13th effort Rebel Heart; and Prince, with Tidal exclu-

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The Weeknd has seven nominations, including for his No. 1 hit.

Bruno Mars, and Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud round out the USA TODAY record nominees. Two quadruple nominees, the This year’s Grammy nomina- rock band Alabama Shakes and tions prove that critical acclaim the red-hot Country Music Assoand commercial muscle don’t ciation Awards champ Chris Stahave to be mutually exclusive. pleton, also are contenders for The leading contenders — album of the year, for Shakes’ Kendrick Lamar with 11 nomina- Sound & Color and Stapleton’s tions and Taylor Swift and The Traveller; while the Little Big Weeknd with seven each — all Town single Girl Crush and the have enjoyed positive reviews Wiz Khalifa hit See You Again and wide popularity. Pop queen (featuring Charlie Puth) comand previous seven-time winner plete the candidates for best song. Swift may be the most ubiquitous Singer/songwriters will vie in the presence, and she received nods high-profile category of best new in three of the Big Four catego- artist: Courtney Barnett, James ries: album, record and song of Bay, Sam Hunt, Tori Kelly and the year (1989 for the first, Blank Meghan Trainor. Other multiple nominees inSpace for the latter two). But two-time Grammy winner clude veteran tunesmith Max Lamar, who competed against Martin with six; Drake with five; Swift for album of the year in and John Legend, Kanye West 2014 — and actually shares two and Pharrell Williams with four nominations with her this year, each. Recent high-profile albums for best pop duo/group perfor- by stars from Adele to Justin mance and best Bieber were remusic video, leased after the both for Swift’s cutoff for the Bad Blood — has 2016 awards and emerged as a won’t be eligible major force in until next year. hip-hop and pop Neil Portnow, culture. He’s up president of the for album and Recording Academy, says song of the year the nominations — for To Pimp A BRIAN ACH, GETTY IMAGES, FOR AOL reflect a year of Butterfly and Al- Brittany Howard and “strongly creright, respec- Alabama Shakes are up ative, thoughtful tively — and for four awards. and in some received five nominations in the rap field, with cases genre-bending artistry. two each in the categories of rap What emerges more than ever is that artists are feeling more libersong and music video. R&B singer/songwriter The ated to do what comes from their Weeknd was tapped for record heart, as opposed to trying to fit (Can’t Feel My Face) and album inside a nice little box.” of the year, the latter for Beauty Portnow notes that this was a Behind the Madness, which en- competitive year for rap, with a tered the Billboard 200 at No. 1. 30% increase in entries. A numThree of Weeknd’s nominations ber of starry team outings are for Earned It, a song featured emerged as candidates, such as on the Fifty Shades of Grey Common and John Legend’s Glosoundtrack. ry and triple nominee Nicki MiVeteran R&B star D’Angelo naj’s Only, featuring Drake, Lil also will compete for record of Wayne and Chris Brown; both are the year; D’Angelo and the Van- up for best rap/sung collaboraguard’s Really Love earned him an tion. Legend received two nomiadditional nod for R&B song, nations in that category, while with D’Angelo and the Vanguard’s Drake received two in the categoBlack Messiah up for R&B album. ry of rap performance. The 58th annual Grammy Fellow triple nominee Marc Ronson’s Uptown Funk, featuring Awards will air Feb. 15 on CBS.

5. SNUB: FETTY WAP IS PASSED OVER FOR BEST NEW ARTIST

When Wap released his self-titled debut just days before September’s eligibility cutoff, we assumed it’d guarantee him a coveted new-artist slot. Alas, the rap wunderkind was shut out of the category but still managed two nominations for best rap song and performance for Trap Queen. 6. SNUB: CARLY RAE JEPSEN ISN’T ALL THAT TO VOTERS

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sive HITNRUN Phase One. But lo and behold, neither could muster any love from the academy (save for Madge collaborator Diplo, whose work on Heart helped nab him recognition for producer of the year).

2. SNUB: TOP 40 FAVES MISS KEY NOMINATIONS

Swift, The Weeknd and Ed Sheeran cleaned house in key categories, but many of their pop peers were left in the lurch. Selena Gomez (Good for You), Demi Lovato (Cool for the Summer), Rihanna (B - - - - Better Have My Money) and Jason Derulo (Want to Want Me) were among the high-profile artists who didn’t see gold from Monday’s nominations. Even Justin Bieber — featured on Jack Ü’s dance recording nominee, Where Are Ü Now — couldn’t find footing for his own What Do You Mean? 3. SNUB: FOURFIVESECONDS IS OFF THE CLOCK

The Grammys liked the folk-pop tune enough to have Kanye West, Rihanna and Paul McCartney perform it on February’s telecast. So it’s anybody’s guess why voters bypassed the easygoing hit and instead heaped praise on Kanye’s polarizing All Day. (Maybe they’re sick of waiting for Rihanna’s ANTI, too?)

4. SNUB: FOO FIGHTERS’ SONIC HIGHWAYS CAN’T RIDE INTO ALBUM CATEGORIES

The academy didn’t pass up the chance to nominate Sonic Highways, which saw Dave Grohl and his band recording songs in eight different cities nationwide. But the popular favorite isn’t contending for rock album or album of the year — instead nominated for best music film (for its HBO companion series) and rock performance (for Something From Nothing). Also absent from major rock categories: Mumford & Sons’ Wilder Mind

Gird your loins, pop music fans: Jepsen’s critically adored Emotion didn’t land a single Grammy nomination. A glaring omission? Totally. Surprising? Not really. After all, the album had no major hits, and its sales were wretched (it launched with a mere 16,000 sold its first week this summer). 7. SURPRISE: D’ANGELO SNAGS RECORD OF THE YEAR

D’Angelo returned to much fanfare with his surprise Black Messiah, his first album in 15 years. Picking up nominations for R&B album and song (Really Love), the soul/funk artist and his band, the Vanguard, also managed a record-of-the-

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D’Angelo’s back with a bang. year nomination for Love — an unexpected but well-deserved feat, given that the category tends to lean toward pop.

8. SURPRISE: VOTERS HAVE A ‘GIRL CRUSH’ ON LITTLE BIG TOWN

Girl Crush locked lips with radio controversy this summer, but that didn’t stop Little Big Town from netting an unexpected song-of-the-year nod for the Top 20 single. In addition to the band’s country album nomination for Pain Killer, Crush is up for country duo/group performance and country song. 9. SURPRISE: COURTNEY BARNETT SNEAKS INTO NEWARTIST CONTENTION

Without Fetty or another person of color in the mix, best new artist sadly remains — like last year — an all-white batch of nominees. If there is a silver lining, it’s that Australian indie rocker Courtney Barnett flew in under the radar for a welldeserved nomination, taking the wild-card spot filled (and later won) by Bon Iver and Esperanza Spalding in years past.

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ONE STRATEGY FOR HEALTHY EATING DURING THE HOLIDAYS IS “THINK COLOR.” Make a plate look festive by including fruits and veggies.

Tips to help tame food temptation this holiday season

olidays are usually enjoyable. However, unhealthy habits can be attached to the parties and gatherings. Here are some tips from Allie Wergin, registered dietitian nutritionist at Mayo Clinic Health System, to help you have a healthier holiday: l Don’t skip meals. Skipping a meal with the goal of saving calories prior to a holiday event can often backfire and lead to overeating due to ravenous hunger. Having a filling snack, such as fruit, string cheese, yogurt or a small handful of nuts, can help to curb your appetite and prevent overeating. l Contribute a healthy dish. Ensure at least one nutritious choice is available at potlucks by contributing a healthy dish.

l Choose your splurges. Scan the buffet or dinner table and choose a couple holiday favorites to splurge on instead of foods that you can have any other day of the year. l Think color. Make a plate look festive by including fruits and veggies. Aim to cover half the plate. l Choose drinks wisely. Stick to caloriefree drinks, such as water, tea or seltzer, instead of high-calorie festive drinks. Alcoholic beverages contribute empty calories and can cause you to make poor judgments with food. If you do choose to drink alcohol, do so in moderation, and alternate each alcoholic drink with a glass of water. l Visit the people, not the food. Move socializing away from the buffet or appetizer

table to prevent mindless eating. Say no to food pushers (politely). l Savor seasonal treats. Having treats once a year will not make or break your weight. Make sure you take time to really taste and enjoy that special treat when you have it. l Eat until you are satisfied, not stuffed. No one likes that icky, stuffed feeling after a meal. Eat slowly, and check your fullness levels while you’re eating. Remember — there are always leftovers. l Don’t feel guilty. If you did overindulge, don’t beat yourself up. Just make sure your next meal is healthy, and be sure to incorporate exercise into your routine. — Mayo Clinic News Network

5 things young adults should know about buying health insurance By Lisa Gillespie Kaiser Health News

Those of us between 18 and 34 don’t get sick often, and maybe we’ll never get hurt, but take it from another millennial: without insurance, a serious accident or illness could put you on the hook for staggering medical bills that will haunt you for years. People in our 18- to 34-year-old age range represent half of the 10.5 million uninsured Americans eligible to sign up this fall for coverage under the federal health

law, the government estimates. Enrollment began Nov. 1 and runs until Jan. 31, but Dec. 15 is the last day to get in if you want coverage starting Jan. 1. “It can be easy to cut corners, but your health is important,” said Erin Hemlin, national training director at Young Invincibles, an advocacy group for 18- to 34-year-old Americans on health care and other issues. If you’re 26 or older, you can’t stay on your mom and dad’s health plan any longer. If you lack coverage, you’re worried about money and you’re

confused about your choices, here are five questions to consider: 1. What will insurance do for me? You can count on coverage for what the government calls essential health benefits. All plans sold on the federal marketplaces must offer them. Preventive services such as shots and screening tests are free. You can’t be denied coverage for a pre-existing health condition. Expect to pay some of the cost for other covered services, such as emergency care or a hospital stay. Beyond the essentials,

how much of your health care will be paid by insurance depends on the type of health plan you buy. 2. Can I afford it? Are you shouting “No!!” here? Sure, many of us feel crushed by our bills and don’t have extra money to throw around. Half the uninsured Americans who are eligible to buy Obamacare have less than $1,000 in savings. What you will pay for coverage next year depends on what you expect in 2016 income. The government offers tax credits that help people with modest incomes cut

their monthly premiums, and for lower-income consumers, there are other subsidies that help reduce the plan’s out-ofpocket costs. You may be eligible for a subsidy if you make between 100 and 400 percent of the federal poverty guideline, or $11,770 to $47,080 for a single person, and live in a state that did not expand Medicaid under the federal health law. Monthly premiums vary widely depending on where you live, even for widely held “silver” Please see BUYING, page 2C

Penalties set to encourage uninsured to find health coverage By Janice Early Lawrence Memorial Hospital

The deadline for Health Insurance Marketplace enrollment for coverage to be effective Jan. 1 is just a week away, and the federal tax penalties for not having coverage for 2016 are the highest yet, which by design are meant to encourage eligible uninsured to enroll. For 2016, the penalty for not having coverage is the higher of these two amounts: 2.5 percent of the yearly household income or $695 per adult and $347.50 per child

under 18 with a maximum penalty per family using this method of $2,085. The Health Insurance Marketplace, a key part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), was part of federal health care reform that was signed into law in 2010. The law was designed to make affordable health care and health insurance available to more individuals. Beginning in 2014, the ACA required that almost all individuals must have health insurance or pay a tax penalty. Provisions under the ACA established a statewide Health Insurance Marketplace

that provides a way for individuals and businesses to buy health insurance. Kansas has a Federally Facilitated Marketplace that utilizes the healthcare. gov website. In addition, according to the Kansas Insurance Department, coverage may be purchased from companies off the Marketplace during the open enrollment period. As of May 1, a total of 91,381 individuals — less than 5 percent of Kansans

— were covered by individual major medical insurance purchased either on or off the Marketplace, according to Kansas Insurance Department statistics. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported in their most current weekly enrollment snapshot that as of Nov. 28, only 24,334 Kansans had selected plans using the healthcare.gov platform, and that nationally enrollment totals were more than 2 million plan selections since Nov. 1. Marketplace open enrollment technically ends Jan. 31, but enrollees have

More online resources l Cover Kansas, a project of the Kansas Association for Medically Uninsured: coverks.org l Kansas Insurance Department: ksinsurance.org

until Dec. 15 to get coverage that will begin on Jan. 1. During open enrollment, consumers can evaluate whether to enroll in coverage, stay on their current policies or enroll in different policies. Please see PENALTY, page 2C

Dear Dr. Wes and Gabe: My high school student recently got into trouble at school. The resource officer was involved and somehow before he knew it, my son confessed to a crime. I want him to be held responsible for his actions, but I don’t feel his rights were respected. He doesn’t think of the SRO as a policeman. Can you talk about this so other parents and teenagers know? Wes: Schools perform such a difficult balancing act these days that they can’t seem to satisfy anyone. Society demands they police everything teens do from parking lot conduct to social media expression. In attempting to respond to these demands and protect students from serious security issues, schools have increasingly hired School Resource Officers (SROs). Some kids think of SROs as being like mall cops — security guards without influence beyond the walls of the school. That’s not the case, as your son found out. SROs are genuine police. Any student involved in a disciplinary action that could include a criminal charge has the same constitutional rights as an adult, most notably the right to remain silent. We’ve all seen a hundred TV shows where the suspect is pressured into a confession before he or she is actually arrested. Yet, when teens are intimidated they often incriminate themselves, which is exactly the goal of interrogation. In that kind of situation, parents should tell children never to say anything to school officials without a parent present, and parents should not allow an interview that involves an SRO without involving an attorney. I’m not suggesting that kids should get away with committing crimes at school. However, the foundation of criminal justice is our Constitution and in meting out justice it just happens to afford everyone the right to due process. That right doesn’t end at the schoolhouse door. That’s unpopular advice with law enforcement and school administration whenever we hand it out, but it is as true as the red, white and blue. Gabe: This is a hard situation to analyze because we can’t know what exactly was said between the SRO and your son. If your son approached the SRO with a confession, it’s hard to argue that he was being coerced or deceived. But if the SRO convinced him to tell the story without reminding Please see RIGHTS, page 2C

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plans. In 2015, the secondcheapest silver plan for a 27-year-old cost $165 a month in New Mexico but $449 in Alaska, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. The tax credit can be applied to your monthly cost automatically, or applied to your taxes come April 2017 for plans bought for 2016. The government sets out-of-pocket maximums for marketplace health plans, limiting your annual expenses for services not reimbursed by insurance. For 2016, the limits are $6,850 for an individual plan and $13,700 for a family plan. 3. What if I don’t buy insurance? That might cost you, too. If you don’t buy insurance, the IRS will hit you with a fine at tax time, unless you qualify for an exemption, which can include hardships. Examples of hardship exemptions include eviction in the past six months, medical expenses you couldn’t pay in the past 24 months that resulted in substantial debt and ineligibility for Medicaid because you live in a state that didn’t expand Medicaid under the federal health law. The penalty for not having coverage is rising next year to $695 per adult or 2.5 percent of your annual household income above the tax filing threshold of

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$10,150 for an individual — whichever is higher. 4. How can I tell what plan is right for me? Obamacare has five categories of plans: platinum (which pays for 90 percent of your medical costs on average), gold (80 percent), silver (70 percent), bronze (60 percent) and catastrophic (which only pays for very high medical costs). The differences are all about how much you will pay for health care services beyond what your plan covers. The platinum plans generally have higher premiums but might save you more in other expenses, such as deductibles and copayments. If you go to a doctor twice a year, maybe you don’t need a platinumlevel plan; bronze or silver plans are for you. But if you have a chronic disease that requires a lot of medicine or treatment, for example, you might come out ahead with a more expensive premium that covers more services. This part of the process can be daunting. Not all plans are structured the same, and they can be difficult to compare. 5. So what should I consider? No matter how much we dislike spending more than we have to, a good health care plan isn’t measured only by a monthly premium. Once you’ve picked a plan level, you’ll need to dig into the options. Depending where you live, you might have one choice or 20. When you compare

accountability. I wouldn’t talk blatantly about plagiarism with my teacher if I committed it, because CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1C I know that, friendly or not, they’re obligated Although undercover ofto take action as part of ficers keep their identities their job descriptions. secret, an SROs status as The same goes for SROs, law enforcement should except their job descripbe known by all. tions are not as widely I think everyone is a known as a teacher’s. If little at fault here. Though it were, blatant disregard the SRO should be somefor the constitutional one that the students at a rights of students might high school should trust, become less prevalent. they should also know that Though teen rights are telling the SRO anything is guaranteed, that doesn’t literally telling it to a police mean people won’t try to officer. It isn’t that hard for a high school student to take a look at his surroundings and ponder where potentials pratfalls are. That said, this situation may not be obvious to everyone, which is where parents come in. I like to think of parents as the polishers of a fine piece of silverware. Overall, the silverware is pretty good as it is and can get food into your mouth. We’re born to be functioning members of society, but we’re not finished until our parents bring out the best in us by educating us on how to find and avoid pratfalls around us. In attending a private school, many of my peers and I are friends with our teachers and we often talk about things unrelated to school. It might be easy to mistake that mutual trust for lack of

Need help? Health care navigators are free and can be found online at healthcare.gov or in person by appointment at the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department or Heartland Community Health Center. Their services are paid for by grants from the federal government. Healthcare.gov also has a new tab with tailored information for adults under 30; visit healthcare. gov/young-adults/ for more information. plans, factor in deductibles (what you pay for health care services before insurance kicks in), the copayments you will owe for covered services and the out-of-pocket maximums. And it’s important to check out whether you will be able to visit almost any doctor or health care facility. Some plans keep premium costs lower by reducing the number of these health care providers that they contract with. You might qualify for a catastrophic plan if you are younger than 30, or if you are older and qualify for a hardship exemption from a health law marketplace. Catastrophic plans have lower monthly premiums, but deductibles running into thousands of dollars a year. Once you meet your deductible, those plans will cover your costs for any serious accidents or major illnesses. convince them otherwise. Be sure teens know their rights, respect the rights of others and do not let anyone tell them differently.

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The Kansas Insurance Department reports that in 2016 consumers shopping on the Marketplace have the opportunity to purchase from 42 individual policies offered by four health insurance companies, depending on where they live. For 2016, the range of average rate increases is 9.4 to 25.4 percent. According to the Kansas Insurance Department, 2016 marks the first time since the Marketplace began in 2014 that insurance companies have had a full year of claims experience on which to base their premium rate revisions. The increases were explained by the fact that the coverage is guaranteed issue, companies cannot limit coverage for pre-existing conditions, there are a broad range of mandates that must be covered, prescription drug cost and other medical cost trends continue to increase, and the use of emergency rooms — which may not be the most appropriate care — continues to drive costs upward. According to the Marketplace website, most

people who apply for health insurance coverage quality for a premium tax credit that lowers their monthly insurance bill. This year, about 8 in 10 of the uninsured who are eligible are expected to qualify for financial assistance. There are four ways to enroll before the deadline: l Online at healthcare. gov. You can learn about the available plans and rates for your area. You can also estimate your outof-pocket costs by answering a few questions about your household. l Over the phone at 1-800-318-2596. l Mail in an application. l Contact a navigator or other certified assister to help you with the process. Locally there are three individuals trained as Health Insurance Marketplace navigators who are available to assist with

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enrollment. Heartland Community Health Center and the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department have staff who can help for no charge. One of the Health Department navigators is also a Spanish interpreter. To make an appointment, visit coverks.org, call the Health Department at 843-3060 or call Heartland at 841-7297. You may be able to get coverage outside the open enrollment period if you have certain life changes — such as getting married, having a baby, losing other coverage or moving — or if you qualify for Medicaid or CHIP. Visit healthcare. gov for more information. — Janice Early is vice president of marketing and communications for Lawrence Memorial Hospital, which is a major sponsor of WellCommons.

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about their bad behavior, but they are wellmannered and courteous in his presence, so he claims not to see it. I’ve attempted a heartto-heart with them, only to be mocked, have my words twisted and lies told about me. I am currently taking anti-anxiety medication. How can I convince my boyfriend how his children really act? Should I bother? I was raised in a loving, respectful home and feel

Fall shows that should get the ax The Red Devil is revealed on the season and probable series finale of “Scream Queens” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14). Easily the most hyped new series of the fall, “Queens” has to be considered a bit of letdown for Fox. In any other season, “Queens” would have been canceled already, but this year the networks have simply allowed poorly performing series to limp along and end when their initial 13-episode order ran out. For the networks, it’s a bit like the old movie, “Death Takes a Holiday.” So far, “Wicked City” on ABC has been the one and only network show canceled this fall. Others, including Fox’s “Minority Report,” have simply filled out their severely truncated seasons and have vanished without much fuss. Here’s my unofficial roundup of network shows that would have been euthanized in more “normal” circumstances. CBS keeps “The Good Wife” on the air despite poor ratings because it is a prestige project. The same can’t be said of “CSI: Cyber” or “Hawaii Five-O.” They’re mediocre shows with low ratings. Time to go. On Fox, now that “Queens” has concluded, “Sleepy Hollow” will probably join “Minority Report” on boot hill. And it should. If NBC axed “Truth Be Told,” ‘‘Undateable” and “The Mysteries of Laura,” would anybody notice? ABC had the courage to ditch “Wicked City”; it should spill “Blood & Oil” as well. “Nashville” has remained a guilty pleasure of mine over the years, but the show has run its course and lost its modest audience. I expect it will have its swan song in May. Nobody should celebrate the cancellation of a series. In addition to the stars we see on the screen, every show represents hundreds of jobs for writers and crew and support staff. But what is the point of a show if few people watch? The makers of the FX series “The Bastard Executioner” recently asked themselves that question. Faced with a small audience that dwindled by the week, creator Kurt Sutter (”Sons of Anarchy”) simply pulled the plug on the series and took out ads in Hollywood trade publications to announce his decision. The best line from his memorable ad read, “The audience has spoken, and unfortunately the word is, ‘meh.’”

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The top four are revealed on “The Voice” (7 p.m., NBC, TV-PG).

The morgue becomes a setting for a hostage situation on “NCIS: New Orleans” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

Survivors of a cinema shootout fill the wards on “Chicago Med” (8 p.m., NBC, TV14).

CBS steams up the holidays with its annual underwear extravaganza “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

totally out of my element. — Heartbroken Dear Heartbroken: Becoming a stepparent can be difficult and it doesn’t help that your boyfriend closes his eyes. If his children are violent toward each other and other family members, he is undoubtedly aware of it, but unwilling to deal with it. Teenagers can be notoriously rebellious. And their mother could be influencing them negatively, as well. You need to be extremely kind and patient, but the cursing, lying and disrespect must end. And that will happen only if your boyfriend insists on it. Please ask him about family counseling before the relationship disintegrates. Also, look into the National Stepfamily Resource Center (stepfamilies.info). Dear Annie: I read

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For Tuesday, Dec. 8: This year you prove to be more inventive when approaching your day-to-day life. You are capable of finding unique solutions. If you are single, you might meet someone who isn’t as available as he or she leads on. If you are attached, your relationship demands some oneon-one time. 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) Your unpredictability works in your favor. News from a distance could perturb you. Tonight: You need exercise. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Allow others to express more of their personality. You might be weighing a different approach. Tonight: Go with the program. Gemini (May 21-June 20) Pace yourself, as your mind seems to drift to an unpredictable situation. Tonight: Know when to switch gears. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Your creativity helps stop any pending problems. Someone close to you delights in having your attention. Tonight: Be a little naughty. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) A friend has a lot to share. Rather than make a judgment, observe what is occurring behind the scenes. Tonight: Happy at home.

the letter from “Upset in Montreal,” whose friend, “Rhonda,” has become rude and unsympathetic. Rhonda sounds just like my mom. Mom was wonderful, compassionate and caring until the past decade. She has some form of dementia and has lost all filters. She says anything that comes to mind, most of it rude, cruel or at the very least, inconsiderate. Your advice to have “Upset” ask Rhonda when she’d last seen her doctor was spot-on. My bet is that Rhonda is beginning to suffer from dementia. — Wyoming Dear Wyoming: Any change in personality should send alarm signals to seek medical advice. Thank you. — Send questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190 Chicago, IL 60611.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Speak your mind, and listen to the possibilities that others offer. Say “no” if you need to. Tonight: Run holiday errands. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Keep a firm hand on your budget. You might not have the control you desire right now. Tonight: In the holiday spirit. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You’re on top of the world, looking at new possibilities. Use your creative thoughts well. Tonight: As you like it. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You’ll sense that there is more going on than what meets the eye. Maintain a quiet demeanor. Tonight: Know when to vanish. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Zero in on a high priority. A friend could play a significant role in your plans. Tonight: Go for what you want. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Don’t worry about a conversation with a very moody person; it has nothing to do with you. Tonight: Out late. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Detach, and you will see a matter with greater fullness. Slow down, and you will make appropriate and sound decisions. Tonight: Put on a favorite piece of holiday music. — The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

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Dear Annie: My boyfriend and I have been dating for 18 months and would like to move in together and eventually marry. It would be a second marriage for both of us. He has been divorced for four years and has three children who are just into their teens. I have no children, but have been actively involved in the lives of my many nieces and nephews, and the children of my friends. His kids are the problem. I’m ready to give up the best relationship of my life because of them. They curse me, blatantly disrespect me, and are generally unpleasant to be around. They are physically and verbally violent toward each other, their peers and other family members. They lie and are disrespectful of adults and authority. I’ve told my boyfriend

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It must have been something Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield said that kept him from earning enough votes to qualify as a Heisman Trophy finalist. It certainly wasn’t anything he didn’t do. He did plenty to merit strong consideration. Mayfield threw 35 touchdown passes and just five interceptions. His 9.6 yards per pass attempt ranked second in the nation, behind only Oregon’s Vernon Adams Jr. Sure, Mayfield had two terrific running backs in Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon standing behind him and superstar receiver Sterling Shepard getting open Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo for him, but it’s not as if the KANSAS UNIVERSITY FORWARD HUNTER MICKELSON (42) REJECTS A SHOT BY LOYOLA GUARD ERIC three Heisman finalists hudLASTER during the Jayhawks’ 94-61 win Dec. 1 at Allen Fieldhouse. On his radio show Monday night, dle with a bunch of stiffs coach Bill Self said Mickelson deserves a chance to play more. either. Two of them join Mayfield in the four-team college football playoff. Heisman favorite Derrick Henry, a running back, plays for Alabama, and quarterback Deshaun By Gary Bedore pened so far this year that’s Watson (threw for 30 One Monday caller asked gbedore@ljworld.com a little bit negative is the fact about minutes for freshmen touchdowns, rushed for we’ve got six big guys that Bragg and Diallo, who went 11) has led Clemson to an A pair of Bill Self “Hawk are pretty good, and three of nine and seven minutes reundefeated season and Talk” radio-show callers had them can’t red-shirt. Landen spectively vs. Harvard. No. 1 ranking. They both big-man minutes on their (Lucas) has already red-shirtmake worthy finalists, “My assistants ... we talk minds Monday night. ed. Jamari (Traylor) has al- about this all the time ... but a strong case could be Asked about the use of se- ready red-shirted. Hunter has just because somebody is made that Mayfield was nior forward Hunter Mickel- already red-shirted,” Self said. projected to be something the nation’s most efficient son (two minutes in Saturday’s “Your most talented, gift- doesn’t mean they can’t get quarterback, Florida State’s 75-69 victory over Harvard ed kids physically are your it, but they also have to earn Dalvin Cook the nation’s and 8.4 mpg average in seven younger kids,” he added, ap- it,” Self said. “There’s other top running back. contests), Kansas University parently referring to fresh- kids who have busted their Stanford’s Christian coach Self stated: “Hunter de- man forwards Cheick Diallo butt for two or three years McCaffrey will face Iowa serves an opportunity. I’ve got and Carlton Bragg. “There who are trying hard, too. in the Rose Bowl and is to give him more of an oppor- would be no reason to red- I’m a big believer that the another worthy finalist. He tunity. I’ve given everybody a shirt them. They are not go- best players play. Over time, broke Barry Sanders’ singlechance but Hunter. There’s no ing to be here four years. So though, usually freshmen season all-purpose-yards question about that.” there is kind of a tight play will prevail if they are talrecord and in Stanford’s The 6-foot-10 Jonesboro, there for minutes.” 41-22, Pac-12-clinching vicented enough. Arkansas, native had a producSenior Perry Ellis, an Alltory against USC rushed for “Early in the season ... go tive summer playing for KU’s America candidate, is the back to Julian Wright, to Ma207 yards and had 105 yards gold-medal-winning World other big, and he, of course, rio Chalmers, to a lot of good receiving and 149 yards in University Games team. if healthy figures to remain a returns. Please see HOOPS, page 3D “The only thing that’s hap- starter all season. Oh, well, at least Mayfield won an award Monday to soothe the disappointment of not having an expensespaid trip to New York to take a suspense-filled seat with the world watching him sweat on television. The Burlsworth Award — named after former By Matt Tait Arkansas All-American mtait@ljworld.com offensive lineman Brandon Burlsworth — honors colIt may sound like a bit of lege football’s top walk-on. a cliché, but there’s really Mayfield started his colno other way to put it — the lege career as a walk-on at Kansas University volleyTexas Tech. ball program has turned a Mayfield, who can take corner. another crack at the HeisSo says former KU standman next season, isn’t the out Jill Dorsey Hall, a memfirst under-recruited quarber of KU’s first NCAA terback to come out of Lake Tournament squad in 2003 Travis High, alma mater and television broadcaster of former Kansas Univerfor the current team. sity great Todd Reesing. Although a decade has NFL quarterback Garrett passed since Dorsey’s Gilbert (Texas, SMU, now squad broke down the barwith Oakland Raiders) and rier that had kept Kansas Virginia Tech QB Michael Journal-World File Photo out of the postseason, the Brewer (another Texas FORMER KANSAS UNIVERSITY LIBERO JILL DORSEY MAKES A DIG in a 2004 match 2005 graduate rememTech transfer) also played against Baylor at Horejsi Center. bers vividly details of her at Lake Travis.

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For the second time in the past week, Kansas University football picked up an oral commitment from a Class of 2016 wide receiver who could have a future on defense. Sunday night, Stephan Robinson, a 5-foot-11, 173-pound athlete from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Junior College, committed to the Jayhawks, first with a phone call to head coach David Beaty and then with a message on Twitter. “Beyond blessed to say that I’ve decided to take my talents to Lawrence, Kansas,” Robinson wrote on Twitter. On pace to leave NEO following the fall semester, Robinson will have four years remaining to play out three seasons of eligibility and is expected to be on campus in time for spring football. Accompanied by his mother, father and younger brother, Robinson made an official visit to KU last weekend. According to Jon Kirby of JayhawkSlant.com, on the drive back to Oklahoma, Robinson decided to pick Kansas. “The big thing was the way they treated my family and they loved it,” Robinson told Kirby. “Me and my little brother are close and they treated him well. The visit was great. I loved it. I love the school and everything about it.” KU defensive coordinator Clint Bowen was the first member of the Kansas staff to learn about Robinson, and the Jayhawks began recruiting him last October. Robinson had one final visit remaining and was considering Virginia Tech, Iowa State, Tulsa and Southern Miss. But that visit will not happen now that he has made his decision. Robinson told Kirby that KU’s winless season did nothing to sour his feelings about the program, and he added that he was excited Please see FOOTBALL, page 3D

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7-9 1-2 18, Rubio 4-8 8-8 16, Martin 0-3 0-0 0, Dieng 5-10 4-4 14, Bjelica 3-5 1-1 9, LaVine 7-16 6-6 21, Muhammad 4-10 5-7 13, Prince 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 36-82 27-35 106. L.A. Clippers 29 21 21 39—110 Minnesota 25 27 25 29—106 3-Point Goals—L.A. Clippers 8-25 (Crawford 4-6, Johnson 2-4, Stephenson 1-2, Paul 1-2, Mbah a Moute 0-1, Pierce 0-1, Smith 0-1, Griffin 0-1, Rivers 0-2, Redick 0-5), Minnesota 7-18 (Towns 3-3, Bjelica 2-4, LaVine 1-2, Wiggins 1-4, Martin 0-1, Rubio 0-1, Muhammad 0-3). Fouled Out—Towns. Rebounds—L.A. Clippers 51 (Jordan 12), Minnesota 54 (Muhammad 9). Assists—L.A. Clippers 21 (Crawford 7), Minnesota 18 (Rubio 7). Total Fouls—L.A. Clippers 26, Minnesota 29. Technicals— Garnett. A—11,467 (19,356).

Hornets 104, Pistons 84 Charlotte, N.C. — Cody Zeller scored 20 points, and Charlotte snapped Detroit’s four-game winning streak. The Pistons (12-10) were led by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s 16 points and Ersan Ilyasova’s 15 points and 11 rebounds. DETROIT (84) Morris 4-11 2-3 11, Ilyasova 4-14 4-8 15, Drummond 4-7 1-4 9, Jackson 2-9 0-0 4, Caldwell-Pope 7-15 1-2 16, Johnson 2-6 0-0 4, Blake 3-6 0-0 9, Tolliver 2-8 0-0 6, Baynes 4-8 0-1 8, Anthony 0-0 0-0 0, Bullock 0-0 0-0 0, Hilliard 0-3 2-4 2. Totals 32-87 10-22 84. CHARLOTTE (104) Hairston 2-6 1-1 6, Williams 6-8 0-0 14, Zeller 5-9 10-13 20, Walker 3-9 7-8 14, Batum 4-15 3-3 13, Lin 5-10 2-4 13, Kaminsky 3-5 0-0 7, Lamb 3-11 0-2 6, Hawes 4-8 0-0 8, Hansbrough 1-1 1-4 3, Daniels 0-0 0-0 0, Harrison 0-1 0-0 0, Roberts 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-84 24-35 104. Detroit 20 31 19 14— 84 Charlotte 28 34 26 16—104 3-Point Goals-Detroit 10-34 (Blake 3-5, Ilyasova 3-10, Tolliver 2-7, Morris 1-2, CaldwellPope 1-5, Johnson 0-1, Jackson 0-4), Charlotte 8-26 (Williams 2-4, Batum 2-7, Kaminsky 1-2, Lin 1-3, Hairston 1-3, Walker 1-3, Lamb 0-2, Hawes 0-2). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsDetroit 56 (Ilyasova 13), Charlotte 70 (Williams 12). Assists-Detroit 17 (Blake 7), Charlotte 21 (Batum 8). Total Fouls-Detroit 20, Charlotte 20. A-15,481 (19,077).

Orleans 50 (Ajinca, Anderson 9). AssistsBoston 24 (Thomas 5), New Orleans 21 (Holiday 6). Total Fouls-Boston 18, New Orleans 17. Technicals-Evans. A-15,715 (16,867).

Bucks 90, Trail Blazers 88 Milwaukee — Greg Monroe’s layup put Milwaukee ahead with Celtics 111, Pelicans 93 seconds left, and John Henson New Orleans — Isaiah swatted away Meyers Leonard’s Thomas scored 22 points, potential game-winning shot to Kelly Olynyk added 21 in a re- help the Bucks edge Portland.

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Wizards 114, Heat 103 Miami — John Wall scored 26 points one night after leaving a game because of a sore knee, and Gary Neal added 21 includTime Net Cable ing a debated three-pointer Pro Hockey with just over a minute left to Detroit v. Washington 6:30p.m. NBCSP 38, 238 lead Washington. WASHINGTON (114) Porter 5-15 3-6 13, Dudley 4-9 2-3 12, Hollins 2-3 0-0 4, Wall 9-13 7-7 26, Beal 10-24 0-0 21, Neal 9-12 0-0 21, Humphries 1-5 0-0 2, Temple 1-2 0-0 3, Sessions 5-7 1-1 12, Blair 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 46-92 13-17 114. MIAMI (103) Green 4-8 0-0 9, Bosh 5-11 7-8 18, Whiteside 7-7 0-3 14, Dragic 7-12 4-4 20, Wade 12-15 2-2 26, Johnson 1-4 2-2 5, Winslow 1-5 0-0 2, McRoberts 4-7 1-3 9. Totals 41-69 16-22 103. Washington 29 31 27 27—114 Miami 19 36 29 19—103 3-Point Goals-Washington 9-18 (Neal 3-4, Dudley 2-4, Temple 1-1, Wall 1-1, Sessions 1-1, Beal 1-4, Humphries 0-1, Porter 0-2), Miami 5-16 (Dragic 2-4, Johnson 1-1, Bosh 1-3, Green 1-3, McRoberts 0-2, Winslow 0-3). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Washington 46 (Porter 14), Miami 38 (Bosh 9). Assists-Washington 23 (Wall 7), Miami 25 (Dragic, Wade 9). Total Fouls-Washington 19, Miami 18. TechnicalsBosh 2, Miami defensive three second. Ejected— Bosh. A-19,600 (19,600).

Suns 103, Bulls 101 Chicago — Mirza Teletovic scored 21 points, including a follow basket with 0.3 seconds left, to cap Phoenix’s furious fourth-quarter rally from 16 points down. Brandon Knight had 17 of his 21 points in the fourth to snap a four-game skid. Phoenix outscored Chicago 42-24 in the final period. PHOENIX (103) Tucker 0-1 0-0 0, Leuer 6-14 0-0 12, Len 6-14 3-4 15, Bledsoe 7-17 2-3 16, Knight 7-14 6-7 21, Warren 2-8 1-1 5, Teletovic 7-12 2-2 20, Booker 6-10 0-0 14, Morris 0-2 0-0 0, Price 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-92 14-17 103. CHICAGO (101) Snell 4-6 0-0 10, Mirotic 6-13 0-0 13, Gasol 7-13 7-8 22, Rose 7-18 0-0 14, Butler 6-12 5-6 19, McDermott 4-7 0-0 8, Hinrich 0-5 0-0 0, Noah 1-3 1-4 3, Gibson 4-10 0-0 8, Moore 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 41-90 13-18 101. Phoenix 27 24 10 42—103 Chicago 30 21 26 24—101 3-Point Goals-Phoenix 7-17 (Teletovic 4-6, Booker 2-2, Knight 1-4, Bledsoe 0-1, Leuer 0-4), Chicago 6-21 (Butler 2-3, Snell 2-3, Gasol 1-1, Mirotic 1-7, Hinrich 0-1, Moore 0-1, McDermott 0-2, Rose 0-3). Fouled Out-Len. ReboundsPhoenix 50 (Bledsoe 9), Chicago 58 (Gasol 10). Assists-Phoenix 18 (Booker 5), Chicago 28 (Gasol, Noah 6). Total Fouls-Phoenix 17, Chicago 19. A-21,337 (20,917).

Spurs 119, 76ers 68 Philadelphia — With new front-office executive Jerry Colangelo sitting courtside, Philadelphia showed him just how far away they are from becoming a competitive franchise. Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Kawhi Leonard all sat out and the Spurs still rolled past the Sixers. LeMarcus Aldridge led the Spurs with 26 points and nine rebounds and Tony Parker Mavericks 104, Knicks 97 New York — Dirk Nowitzki scored 12 points. scored 25 points, and Dallas SAN ANTONIO (119) Anderson 2-4 3-5 7, Aldridge 11-15 4-4 26, withstood a comeback attempt Bonner 4-6 0-0 9, Parker 5-8 2-2 12, Green 1-3 sparked by Kristaps Porzingis 0-0 3, Diaw 3-3 0-0 7, Simmons 4-13 6-8 14, Mills 2-3 0-0 4, West 3-3 0-0 6, Butler 3-6 0-0 to beat New York. 7, McCallum 1-2 4-4 6, Marjanovic 8-10 2-2 18. Porzingis finished with 28 Totals 47-76 21-25 119. points in his first matchup with PHILADELPHIA (68) Covington 5-8 1-2 13, Grant 2-3 1-2 5, Noel 6-9 Nowitzki, the German great he 1-2 13, McConnell 1-6 0-0 2, Canaan 0-6 0-0 0, Okafor 3-14 4-6 10, Wroten 0-5 2-4 2, Stauskas has been compared to.

5-10 2-2 13, Holmes 1-5 0-0 2, Thompson 1-6 0-0 3, Sampson 2-3 1-3 5. Totals 26-75 12-21 68. San Antonio 33 32 31 23—119 Philadelphia 17 12 23 16— 68 3-Point Goals-San Antonio 4-11 (Diaw 1-1, Butler 1-2, Green 1-3, Bonner 1-3, McCallum 0-1, Mills 0-1), Philadelphia 4-24 (Covington 2-5, Thompson 1-4, Stauskas 1-5, Grant 0-1, Wroten 0-1, Holmes 0-1, McConnell 0-2, Canaan 0-5). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-San Antonio 51 (Aldridge 9), Philadelphia 40 (Noel, Covington 6). Assists-San Antonio 32 (Parker 6), Philadelphia 14 (Canaan 5). Total Fouls-San Antonio 17, Philadelphia 25. A-14,449 (20,318).

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Tom Izzo has mixed emotions about Michigan State being ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll. “I’ve been around long enough to not put much merit into something that happens in December when you really want it to happen in March or April,” Izzo told the AP in a telephone interview Monday afternoon. “It’s more for the fans and the media, but it’s also a privilege and an honor for the Lakers for the first time. the program.” Drew Gooden, Washington The Spartans (9-0) are atop L.A. LAKERS (93) Did not play (strained calf) the poll for the first time since Bryant 8-16 4-5 21, Nance Jr. 3-4 0-0 6, Hibbert 2-5 2-2 6, Clarkson 5-15 2-2 13, Williams 5-11 2-2 early in the 2013-14 season. 15, Russell 4-12 0-0 9, World Peace 1-2 0-0 3, Kirk Hinrich, Chicago Michigan State jumped from Randle 6-13 3-3 15, Huertas 0-2 2-2 2, Sacre 0-3 Min: 14. Pts: 0. Reb: 1. Ast: 0. third to a runaway first following 3-4 3. Totals 34-83 18-20 93. TORONTO (102) losses last week by then-Nos. 1 Ross 8-12 2-2 22, Scola 0-3 2-2 2, Biyombo Marcus Morris, Detroit 4-8 7-11 15, Lowry 9-19 4-4 27, DeRozan 7-14 and 2 Kentucky and Maryland. 2-3 16, Patterson 1-7 0-0 2, Johnson 2-3 0-0 Min: 30. Pts: 11. Reb: 3. Ast: 1. The Spartans received 62 first4, Joseph 3-7 8-10 14, Powell 0-1 0-0 0. Totals place votes from the 65-member 34-74 25-32 102. Markieff Morris, Phoenix L.A. Lakers 22 20 29 22— 93 national media panel. Toronto 25 27 19 31—102 Min: 7. Pts: 0. Reb: 3. Ast: 0. Kansas (6-1) moved from No. 3-Point Goals-L.A. Lakers 7-19 (Williams 3-5, World Peace 1-1, Clarkson 1-4, Bryant 1-4, 4 to No. 2 and received a firstKelly Oubre, Washington Russell 1-5), Toronto 9-25 (Lowry 5-11, Ross 4-6, place vote even though it lost to Powell 0-1, DeRozan 0-1, Joseph 0-2, Patterson Did not play (coach’s decision) Michigan State by six points last 0-4). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-L.A. Lakers 52 (Randle 11), Toronto 46 (Biyombo 13). month in Chicago. Assists-L.A. Lakers 14 (Bryant, Hibbert 4), Paul Pierce, L.A. Clippers “I do think Kansas deserves that Toronto 18 (DeRozan, Lowry 6). Total FoulsMin: 5. Pts: 0. Reb: 0. Ast: 0. Lakers 23, Toronto 13. Technicals-Toronto vote,” Izzo insisted. “They probably L.A. defensive three second. A-20,163 (19,800). outplayed us for over half of that Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota game. And, they have the most Min: 31. Pts: 8. Reb: 7. Ast: 0. Clippers 110, T’wolves 106 experience and the most depth.” Minneapolis — DeAndre Jordan had 20 points, 12 rebounds serve role, and Boston defeated DePaul women and four blocks to lift Los Anstruggling New Orleans. geles over Minnesota. join AP Top 25 Blake Griffin had 16 points BOSTON (111) Crowder 5-10 5-5 17, Johnson 3-5 3-6 9, DePaul coach Doug Bruno and 11 rebounds, and Chris Paul Sullinger 4-13 2-2 11, Thomas 9-13 0-0 22, always is willing to play a tough made a surprise return to the Bradley 3-8 2-2 11, Zeller 2-2 0-0 4, Jerebko 1-1 0-0 2, Turner 2-8 4-4 8, Olynyk 8-13 3-3 21, schedule. His 18th-ranked Blue lineup after missing the pre- Young 2-5 0-2 4, Rozier 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 40-81 Demons will be tested over the vious two games due to a rib 19-24 111. ORLEANS (93) next two weeks, as they are in injury for the Clippers (12-9), NEW Gee 3-3 1-1 8, Davis 8-21 0-0 16, Asik 0-1 3-4 the midst of a difficult stretch who have won five of six. Paul 3, Evans 0-5 0-0 0, Gordon 0-2 0-0 0, Anderson before the holidays. finished with 14 points and five 7-17 3-4 18, Ajinca 6-9 0-0 12, Holiday 4-9 5-5 14, Cunningham 2-3 2-2 7, Cole 4-15 0-0 8, Smith 3-4 Bruno’s team gave top-ranked assists in 32 minutes. 1-2 7, Babbitt 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-90 15-18 93. Boston 25 28 28 30—111 UConn a tough game last L.A. CLIPPERS (110) New Orleans 25 19 23 26— 93 Wednesday before falling by 16 Mbah a Moute 0-4 1-2 1, Griffin 7-17 2-2 16, 3-Point Goals-Boston 12-28 (Thomas 4-4, 8-9 4-6 20, Paul 5-14 3-3 14, Redick 1-9 Bradley 3-5, Olynyk 2-5, Crowder 2-6, Sullinger points. That helped move DePaul Jordan 11-11 13, Johnson 4-6 0-0 10, Crawford 5-11 4-4 1-2, Johnson 0-1, Rozier 0-1, Turner 0-1, Young up five spots in the Associated 18, Rivers 3-5 1-1 7, Smith 4-7 0-0 8, Stephenson 0-3), New Orleans 4-13 (Cunningham 1-1, 1-2 0-0 3, Pierce 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 38-86 26-29 110. Gee 1-1, Anderson 1-2, Holiday 1-2, Gordon Press Top 25 women’s basketMINNESOTA (106) 0-1, Davis 0-2, Cole 0-4). Fouled Out-None. ball poll Monday. Wiggins 3-15 1-5 8, Garnett 2-5 1-2 5, Towns Rebounds-Boston 52 (Sullinger 20), New

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alma mater of beach legend and three-time Olympic gold medalist Misty May-Treanor — before falling to fourth-ranked Pepperdine in four sets. That season sparked a stretch of three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, all three of them coming on the road. With the ninth-ranked Jayhawks (28-2) on the heels of their fourth consecutive season of hosting first- and second-round matches, Dorsey believes the current group’s ability to elevate both in terms of standards and production year after year has created a more impressive run. “We were just enjoying the moment and really excited to be there,” Dorsey said. “In the backs of our minds, yeah, you want to win once you get there, but it was an accomplishment just to get there. It’s really hard to make the tournament. And to host four seasons in a row, like this group has done, is really impressive.” It’s also a source of great pride for Dorsey and dozens of other former players who always believed KU coach Ray Bechard would elevate the program to a high level. Top-10 high and playing deep in the tournament every year? That might have been a stretch even for the biggest

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about the coaches’ plans for him in the rebuilding project. A natural athlete who has been clocked in the 4.4-second range in the 40-yard dash, Robinson told Kirby the coaches informed him he could be used on offense, defense or special teams. The two-star prospect becomes the 12th commitment in KU’s 2016 class, leaving the Jayhawks with between six and eight more scholarships to hand out in this class because of the players who are already on campus and were count-

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which will face LoyolaMarymount at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Sweet 16 in San Diego. “I do think they’re at another level now,” Dorsey 2003 — KU (22-11 overall, 13-7 Big 12) won its first NCAA said. “They’re expected Tournament match by sweeping Long Beach State, which to win. It’s been a really was making its 17th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearcool experience watching ance. KU then took the opening set of its match against No. them play these past few 4 Pepperdine before falling, 3-1, in Malibu, California. years. Their level of play 2004 — Led by an experienced group of returners with just keeps increasing.” tourney experience, KU (19-12, 9-11) again won its openingJust seven programs round match (3-1 over Santa Clara) before falling to No. in all of college volley7 Washington in a five-set thriller in the second round in ball have been consistent Seattle. KU dropped the first two sets before rallying to enough of late to host force a fifth, where it lost 15-12. first- and second-round 2005 — Perhaps buoyed by their recent tournament NCAA Tournament appearances, the Jayhawks (15-15, 7-13) were picked for a matches during each of third consecutive postseason trip and fell to No. 12 UCLA in the past four seasons. four sets. Kansas took on UCLA without its starting setter Kansas is one of them, and starting outside hitter — both out because of seasonand the Jayhawks are inending injuries — and had just nine active players at first cluded in a group highserve. lighted by the likes of 2012 — Led by a strong junior class, most of whom had Texas, Penn State, Neplayed since their freshman years, KU (26-7, 12-4) finished braska, USC and other with the highest winning percentage in school history powerhouse programs (.788) and earned the No. 11 overall seed in the tournament who always seem to be and the right to host for the first time in school history. there at the end. Playing in Allen Fieldhouse, KU defeated Cleveland State With this year’s run 3-1 before falling to Wichita State in Round 2. and what she believes 2013 — Redemption was the name of the game for is at least a couple more the senior class, which made up for the previous year’s ahead, Dorsey thinks tourney loss to Wichita State by stopping the Shockers in Kansas could soon transifour sets at Allen Fieldhouse in Round 1. KU (25-8, 12-4) tion from up-and-comer then downed Creighton in the second round to qualify for to power program. the first trip to the Sweet 16 in school history. Kansas lost “I think they have a to No. 5 Washington in three sets in Los Angeles to end the legit shot the next coumagical season. ple years to continue 2014 — Despite saying goodbye to the core of back-tothis success,” she said. back tourney appearances, the Jayhawks again earned “They’re at the point the right to host by securing the tournament’s No. 16 now where they can exoverall seed. A scheduling conflict forced the matches to pect to win the Big 12 be played in nearby Topeka, and KU (22-9, 10-6) fell to and make the Elite Eight Arkansas-Little Rock in five sets. and a Final Four.... From 2015 — After running through the regular season with there, once you develop an all-time best record of 26-2 and earning a second-place that kind of program finish in the Big 12, the Jayhawks received their highest and have that kind of overall seed (No. 9) and again played host to openingstreak, the top talent weekend tournament matches. Kansas dispatched Furman starts to come and you in a sweep in the opener and then stomped Border War can crack into that top rival Missouri 3-0 to advance to the second Sweet 16 in tier. They’ve turned the school history. corner. They could continue to be a Top 10 program for years to come. I Bechard believers, but lieves is on the horizon think the building blocks that’s what Dorsey befor the current group, are there.”

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ed forward prior to the 2015 season. Robinson joins Huntsville, Texas, athlete Jay Griffin as the most recent KU commitments.

DT Holani commits Long a position the Kansas coaches doubleand triple-check their wish lists for, KU’s defensive line got a boost Monday when juco defensive tackle Isi Holani orally committed to the Jayhawks. Holani, a 6-foot-2, 315-pound, three-star prospect from Riverside College in California, made an official visit to Kansas last weekend and ended his recruitment Monday afternoon. “Coach (Clint) Bowen and the rest of the staff

are awesome people and great coaches,” Holani told Kirby. “I’d just like to thank him for finding me and giving me the opportunity. He did a perfect job recruiting me because he made sure all of my questions about KU were answered.” Holani, who hails from Hilo High in Hawaii, at least figures to add depth to KU’s defensive line. The Jayhawks lost Kapil Fletcher, Ben Goodman, T.J. Semke and likely will lose Miami (Fla.) transfer Corey King, as well. Freshmen Daniel Wise and D.J. Williams showed flashes of play-making ability on KU’s D-line, but given the coaching staff’s emphasis on competition, adding a mature player with good size like Holani only figures to help.

“They were excited,” Holani told Kirby of the reaction of KU coach David Beaty and his staff. “I am as fired up as they were. I want to go in there and play like they think I can and they said to expect big things.” Holani is expected to sign later this month during the junior-college early-signing period. He told Kirby he had not decided if he would take a final visit to Hawaii, which recently offered. He said he had offers from Kansas State, Hawaii, Oklahoma State, Colorado State, Boise State, Nevada, and Fresno State. He becomes the 13th commitment in KU’s 2016 recruiting class.

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players we’ve had early in the season (who didn’t play much). It’s a big jump from high school. It’s a big jump to understanding pace and how tough you need to play in order to play at a high level. I think it’s something that will play itself out, and everything will be obvious later on. Right now, it’s not obvious because everybody deserves the right to have an opportunity. Hunter’s really the only one who hasn’t had that opportunity yet,” Self added. As far as the usual opening five of Ellis, Traylor, Wayne Selden Jr., Devonté Graham and Frank Mason III, Self said: “We’re probably going to mix up our starting lineup for the Holy Cross game (7 p.m. Wednesday, Allen Fieldhouse). I don’t know exactly what direction we’re going to go.” Self also had words of praise for junior forward Lucas, who grabbed eight boards in 24 minutes and did a good job guarding Harvard’s Zena Edosomwan on Saturday. “Landen and Frank had more to do with us winning the game the other night than anybody else,” Self said. “Landen was the only guy who could guard No. 4 (Zena) without trapping the post. Landen played very well against Vanderbilt (Maui Invitational final). He basically gets us off to a great start the second half. ... It’s dif-

ferent when you don’t have to trap the post, folks,” Self added on his show. “He’s the one defender we have you don’t have to trap the post.” Self admitted he does have a problem a lot of coaches would like to have. He has a lot of guys who can play extended minutes at this level. “It is fair to say, if you’ve got 12, how are you gonna play 12?” Self said. “That’s fair. I mean, because it is hard to do that. When you have 10, I think you may have a case to play 10. You may play nine, and one is your odd man out until an injury occurs or something like that. “It’s a marathon, not a sprint,” he added of the season. “The whole thing is, you want to do what is best for your team and your guys.” l

Greene returning soon: KU junior Brannen Greene has one game remaining on his six-game suspension. “He’s had a good attitude in practice. All he has to do is just come out there and try to be one of us and do the things that give him a chance to be a good player, which will in turn obviously help our team,” Self said. Greene will be eligible to play in Saturday’s game against Oregon State, set for a 7 p.m. tipoff in Sprint Center. l

Polls: KU is ranked No. 7 in the country in the USA Today coaches poll this week, down a slot from last week. KU is ranked No. 2 in the AP poll.

Haskell women trip Tabor J-W Staff Reports

Hillsboro — Kelli Warrior had 17 points and nine rebounds, Arnetia Begay had 14 points, and Tyler Sumpter added 13 as the Haskell Indian Nations University defeated Tabor College, 60-55, in women’s basketball Monday night.

Tabor jumped to a 19-10 lead after the first quarter before HINU started to chip away at the lead. Haskell finally took the lead in the fourth quarter. Haskell 10 15 18 17—60 Tabor 19 13 13 10—55 Haskell scoring: Tyler Sumpter 13, Kelli Warrior 17, Kortney Meat 1, Arnetia Begay 14, Justina Coriz 7, Cerissa Honena-Reyes 3, Brandi Buffalo 5.

LHS girls defeat Barstow at 1-1 with a 64-51 victory Monday over Barstow Kansas City, Mo. — (Mo.). E’lease Stafford had 22 Lawrence 19 14 12 19—64 points, and Olivia Lemus Barstow 9 16 5 21—51 LHS scoring: Hannah Stewart 5, added 19 as Lawrence Lemus 19, Emma Bentzinger 2, High’s girls basketball Olivia Leslie Ostronic 5, Gracie Reinsch 2, team evened its record E’lease Stafford 22, Chisom Ajekwu 9. J-W Staff Reports

Baker’s Grossner gets AFCA honor J-W Staff Reports

Baldwin City — Baker University football coach Mike Grossner has been named a 2015 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Regional Coach of the Year. Grossner led the Wild-

cats to an 11-2 record this season and its second Heart of America Athletic Conference title in the past three years. Wrapping up his 12th season with the Wildcats, Grossner ranks fourth alltime in program history in wins.

His overall coaching record is 84-49. Baker appeared in the NAIA Football Championship Series for the third time in four years this season and advanced to the national quarterfinals. Grossner was one of five NAIA coaches recog-

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Dallas Royals keep Young, wins bring back RHP Soria snoozer, 19-16

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VILLANOVA FORWARD DANIEL OCHEFU, TOP, AND GUARD JALEN BRUNSON attempt to control a rebound in a 78-55 loss to Oklahoma on Monday in Honolulu.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Sooners roll over ’Nova The Associated Press

Top 25 Men No. 7 Oklahoma 78, No. 9 Villanova 55 Honolulu — Isaiah Cousins scored 19 points, and Buddy Hield added 18 as Oklahoma cruised past Villanova on Monday in the Pearl Harbor Invitational. Ryan Spangler and Dinjiyl Walker had 11 points apiece and Jordan Woodward added 10 for the Sooners (6-0), who never trailed. The Sooners went 14of-26 from three-point range with Cousins making all four of his attempts and Hield going 4-of-9. It was the most three-pointers in a game this season for Oklahoma. Josh Hart, Phil Booth and Ryan Arcidiacono scored 10 points each for the Wildcats (7-1), who shot 32 percent from the field, including going 4-of-32 on three-point attempts. Cousins, a senior point guard, was 7-of-14 from the field and had 10 assists. He scored 11 points in the second half. Hield, also a senior guard, had 14 points by halftime while Spangler, a senior forward, grabbed 10 rebounds to finish with a double-double. Walker, a reserve, made three three-pointers in 18 minutes. Half of Oklahoma’s field goals were threepointers, including eight of 12 from behind the arc in the second half. OKLAHOMA (6-0) Spangler 4-7 2-2 11, Woodard 3-8 2-2 10, Cousins 7-14 1-3 19, Lattin 1-2 0-0 2, Hield 6-17 2-2 18, Odomes 2-2 1-2 5, Walker 4-8 0-0 11, James 0-1 0-0 0, Manyang 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 28-60 8-11 78. VILLANOVA (7-1) Brunson 3-13 0-0 6, Jenkins 3-8 0-0 6, Hart 2-9 5-6 10, Arcidiacono 4-10 0-0 10, Ochefu 4-8 0-2 8, Booth 2-9 5-5 10, DiVincenzo 0-1 0-0 0, Bridges 2-5 1-2 5, Reynolds 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 20-63 11-16 55. Halftime-Oklahoma 32-26. 3-Point Goals-Oklahoma 14-26 (Cousins 4-4, Hield 4-9, Walker 3-5, Woodard 2-5, Spangler 1-3), Villanova 4-32 (Arcidiacono 2-6, Hart 1-6, Booth 1-7, DiVincenzo 0-1, Bridges 0-2, Brunson 0-5, Jenkins 0-5). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Oklahoma 41 (Spangler 10), Villanova 33 (Ochefu 10). AssistsOklahoma 18 (Cousins 10), Villanova 8 (Arcidiacono 2). Total Fouls-Oklahoma 16, Villanova 14. A-4,024.

No. 4 Iowa St. 84, Buffalo 63 Ames, Iowa — Georges Niang scored a career-high 31 points and matched his career high with 12 rebounds as Iowa State beat Buffalo. Niang’s first doubledouble of the season was crucial for the Cyclones (7-0), who let the Bulls get within 47-46 early in the second half. Iowa State responded with an 11-0 run and a late closing push to remain one of the nation’s last unbeaten teams. Jarryn Skeete led Buffalo (4-5) with 16 points. The loss capped a brutal three-day stretch for the Bulls, who lost 82-59 at No. 8 Duke on Saturday.

BUFFALO (4-5) Bearden 5-16 1-1 11, Conner 2-4 1-2 6, Skeete 4-12 5-6 16, Wigginton 1-2 0-0 2, Smart 1-2 0-0 2, Hamilton 2-8 2-2 7, Massinburg 2-11 0-0 6, Rakicevic 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 2-4 0-0 4, Perkins 4-7 0-1 9. Totals 23-66 9-12 63. IOWA ST. (7-0) McKay 6-9 1-2 13, Nader 4-8 1-1 10, Morris 6-12 0-1 12, Mitrou-Long 3-9 0-0 8, Niang 10-16 6-6 31, Carter 0-0 0-0 0, Cooke 2-4 1-2 7, Thomas 1-5 0-0 3, Ashton 0-0 0-0 0, Nezlek 0-0 0-0 0, Ernst 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-63 9-12 84. Halftime-Iowa St. 34-25. 3-Point Goals-Buffalo 8-30 (Skeete 3-7, Massinburg 2-8, Perkins 1-3, Conner 1-3, Hamilton 1-5, Bearden 0-4), Iowa St. 11-25 (Niang 5-7, Cooke 2-4, Mitrou-Long 2-6, Nader 1-3, Thomas 1-4, Morris 0-1). Fouled Out-Nader. Rebounds-Buffalo 36 (Johnson 7), Iowa St. 43 (Niang 12). Assists-Buffalo 8 (Bearden 3), Iowa St. 21 (Morris 10). Total Fouls-Buffalo 15, Iowa St. 16. A-14,130.

No. 11 Purdue 80, IUPUI 53 West Lafayette, Ind. — A.J. Hammons scored 14 points, and Kendall Stephens added 13 to lead Purdue. IUPUI (3-7) Combs 5-16 3-4 14, Pickett 4-10 2-4 11, O’Leary 4-9 0-0 10, Barksdale 3-6 0-0 7, Osborne 2-5 0-0 6, Henderson 1-4 1-2 3, Archie II 0-5 0-0 0, Hall 1-2 0-2 2, Hubler 0-1 0-0 0, Brennan 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 20-61 6-12 53. PURDUE (9-0) Thompson 2-4 4-5 9, Edwards 4-9 1-2 10, Mathias 1-7 0-0 2, Haas 3-6 4-6 10, Swanigan 3-5 4-4 11, Hill 4-5 0-0 8, Toyra 0-0 0-0 0, Cline 1-4 0-0 3, Hammons 6-6 2-2 14, Stephens 4-7 2-2 13, Taylor 0-1 0-0 0, Eifert 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-54 17-21 80. Halftime-Purdue 38-30. 3-Point Goals-IUPUI 7-21 (Osborne 2-3, O’Leary 2-4, Barksdale 1-2, Pickett 1-4, Combs 1-4, Archie II 0-2, Henderson 0-2), Purdue 7-22 (Stephens 3-6, Thompson 1-2, Cline 1-2, Edwards 1-3, Swanigan 1-3, Hill 0-1, Taylor 0-1, Mathias 0-4). Fouled Out-Osborne. Rebounds-IUPUI 32 (Archie II 5), Purdue 38 (Swanigan 14). Assists-IUPUI 11 (Henderson 4), Purdue 20 (Edwards, Swanigan 4). Total Fouls-IUPUI 21, Purdue 16. A-12,404.

No. 18 Butler 93, VMI 66 Indianapolis — Kelan Martin scored 20 points, and Roosevelt Jones added 14. VMI (3-5) Chapman 6-11 0-0 15, Peterson 6-14 3-3 17, Marshall 0-7 0-2 0, Anglade 4-8 2-3 10, Eleby 6-13 6-8 21, Rich 0-4 0-0 0, Branch 0-2 0-0 0, J. Weethee 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 23-62 11-16 66. BUTLER (7-1) Lewis 4-9 3-3 12, Wideman 0-3 1-2 1, Jones 6-12 2-2 14, Dunham 4-6 0-0 11, Chrabascz 5-7 2-3 13, Etherington 2-2 0-0 6, Gathers 2-4 0-0 6, Pettus 0-3 0-0 0, Davis 2-3 0-0 4, Bennett 0-2 0-0 0, Martin 8-10 3-6 20, Fowler 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 36-66 11-16 93. Halftime-Butler 57-31. 3-Point GoalsVMI 9-27 (Chapman 3-4, Eleby 3-7, Peterson 2-5, J. Weethee 1-3, Branch 0-1, Rich 0-2, Marshall 0-5), Butler 10-21 (Dunham 3-5, Etherington 2-2, Gathers 2-4, Martin 1-2, Chrabascz 1-2, Lewis 1-3, Davis 0-1, Bennett 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-VMI 28 (Peterson 7), Butler 48 (Martin, Wideman 8). Assists-VMI 8 (Eleby 3), Butler 19 (Lewis 5). Total Fouls-VMI 17, Butler 19. Technical-Davis. A-6,202.

No. 24 Oregon 67, Navy 47 Honolulu — Dillon Brooks scored 19 points to lead four Oregon players in double figures in the Pearl Harbor Invitational. OREGON (7-1) Benjamin 5-9 4-4 16, Benson 4-9 1-2 10, Cook 2-5 4-6 8, Brooks 7-14 4-4 19, Boucher 6-10 0-0 14, Heller 0-0 0-0 0, Norris 0-1 0-0 0, Small 0-2 0-0 0, Manuel 0-0 0-0 0, Sorkin 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-51 13-16 67. NAVY (7-3) Kelly 5-11 3-10 13, Knorr 0-2 0-0 0, Dunbar 1-8 0-0 2, Anderson 4-9 1-2 9, Lacey 0-1 1-2 1, Fox 0-1 0-0 0, Abruzzo 4-7 0-0 9, Dulin 1-7 0-0 3, Alade 0-0 0-0 0, Hogan 3-11 4-4 10. Totals 18-57 9-18 47. Halftime-Oregon 36-23. 3-Point Goals-Oregon 6-15 (Benjamin 2-4, Boucher 2-4, Brooks 1-2, Benson 1-3, Sorkin 0-1, Cook 0-1), Navy 2-14 (Abruzzo 1-3, Dulin 1-3, Fox 0-1, Dunbar 0-2, Knorr 0-2, Anderson 0-3). Rebounds-Oregon 36 (Boucher 14), Navy 35 (Kelly 8). Assists-Oregon 12 (Brooks 6), Navy 13 (Dunbar 4). Total Fouls-Oregon 17, Navy 13. A-4,024.

Nashville, Tenn. (ap) — The Royals liked what they saw of Chris Young so much they decided to keep him. And they liked Joakim Soria so much from his past stint in Kansas City they struck a deal to bring him back. The World Series champions announced an $11.5 million, two-year contract with Young on Monday and also agreed to a $25 million, threeyear deal with Soria that still needs to be finalized. “Him and Chris Young are very similar people,” general manager Dayton Moore said at the winter meetings. Details of Soria’s agreement were provided by a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because it had not yet been announced. “We’re working towards an agreement. Nothing is official at this point,” Moore said. “He’s very poised, great command of

his fastball, just very efficient with his pitches. A tremendous presence in the clubhouse.” A 6-foot-10 right-hander who turns 37 in May, Young was the 2014 AL Comeback Player of the Year with Seattle after missing a season while recovering from shoulder surgery. The Princeton graduate signed a $675,000 deal with the Royals this year and went 11-6 with a 3.06 ERA in 18 starts and 16 relief appearances, earning $2.55 million in performance bonuses. Among pitchers with 120 or more innings, he led the AL in opponents’ batting average (.202) and fewest hits per nine innings (6.64). “Our players absolutely loved him. They learned a lot by watching him compete,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “It was that winner’s mindset that he brought in the clubhouse, not only

his ability to produce as a pitcher on the mound but everything he brought to the table with him that was so important to our team.” Young won the World Series opener by pitching three hitless innings of relief against the New York Mets and started Game 4, allowing two runs in four innings. Kansas City plans to use him in its rotation next year. Young gets $4.25 million next season and $5.75 million in 2017, and the deal includes an $8 million mutual option for 2018 with a $1.5 million buyout. Young can earn $250,000 annually in roster bonuses: $125,000 each for 90 and 120 days on the active major-league roster. Soria, a 31-year-old right-hander, was 3-1 with a 2.53 ERA in 72 relief appearances with Detroit and Pittsburgh this year. He had 160 saves in 180 chances for the Royals from 2007-11.

Landover, Md. (ap) — Sure was ugly, devoid of any style points or many scoreboard points until the final 11⁄2 minutes. Perhaps fittingly, a fumbled punt return by Washington’s DeSean Jackson deep in his own territory led to Dallas’ only touchdown. Dez Bryant’s sideline pouting aside, the receiver and the Cowboys will gladly accept the victory, because it means they’re somehow still in the thick of the playoff chase in the woeful NFC East. With a wild finish capping an otherwise dull game filled with turnovers, punts and penalties, the Cowboys edged Washington 19-16 on Dan Bailey’s 54-yard field goal with 9 seconds left Monday night. After combining to score 18 points in the first 581⁄2 minutes, the teams combined for 17 the frenzied rest of the way. Dallas scored the game’s first TD with 74 seconds remaining to lead 16-9 after NBA Big 12 Women recovering Jackson’s mis Big 12 Overall EASTERN CONFERENCE cue on an ill-advised re W L W L Atlantic Division AP Men’s Top 25 turn, Washington tied it Baylor 0 0 9 0 W L Pct GB The top 25 teams in The Associated Toronto Oklahoma State 0 0 7 0 13 9 .591 — on Jackson’s 28-yard TD Press’ college basketball poll, with Boston Texas 0 0 7 0 12 9 .571 ½ first-place votes in parentheses, catch, and then Bailey hit Kansas State 0 0 7 1 New York 10 12 .455 3 records through Dec. 6, total points Brooklyn Oklahoma 0 0 7 1 5 15 .250 7 the go-ahead kick. based on 25 points for a first-place Philadelphia Texas Tech 0 0 5 1 The last-place Cow- vote through one point for a 25th- Southeast Division 1 21 .045 12 TCU 0 0 6 2 place vote and previous ranking: West Virginia 0 0 6 2 W L Pct GB boys (4-8) won for the Record Pts Prv Kansas 0 0 4 3 12 7 .632 — first time this season 1. Michigan St. (62) 9-0 1,617 3 Miami Iowa State 0 0 4 3 Charlotte 12 8 .600 ½ Kansas (1) 6-1 1,442 4 Monday’s Game without Tony Romo at 2. Atlanta 13 9 .591 ½ 3. North Carolina (2) 7-1 1,425 9 Kansas State 61, Texas Rio Grande Orlando 11 9 .550 1½ quarterback, and made 4. Iowa St. 6-0 1,347 5 Valley 43 Washington 9 10 .474 3 7-1 1,325 1 quite a jumble of their 5. Kentucky Wednesday’s Games Central Division 6. Maryland 7-1 1,299 2 Idaho at Texas Tech, 5:30 p.m. W L Pct GB division. They are only 7. Oklahoma 5-0 1,283 6 Oklahoma at Tulsa, 7 p.m. Cleveland 13 7 .650 — 8-1 1,243 7 one game behind Wash- 8. Duke Stephen F. Austin at TCU, 7 p.m. Indiana 12 7 .632 ½ 9. Villanova 7-0 1,230 8 Chicago 11 7 .611 1 ington, New York Giants 10. Virginia 7-1 1,003 10 Detroit 12 10 .545 2 High School Boys 8-0 997 11 and Philadelphia Eagles, 11. Purdue Milwaukee 9 13 .409 5 Central Heights Tournament 12. Xavier 8-0 930 12 WESTERN CONFERENCE who are all 5-7. Osawatomie 49, Independence 47 13. Arizona 7-1 811 19 Southwest Division Cimarron Tournament Washington had won its 14. West Virginia 7-0 615 20 W L Pct GB Meade 62, Satanta 49 15. Providence 8-1 548 23 past five home games, but 16. Baylor San Antonio 18 4 .818 — Eudora Tournament 6-1 488 25 Dallas 13 9 .591 5 Bonner Springs 64, Harrisonville, this loss continued a pat- 17. Miami 7-1 469 21 Memphis 12 9 .571 5½ Mo. 29 6-1 416 — tern: It has not won in con- 18. Butler Houston 10 11 .476 7½ Eudora 55, KC Harmon 48 19. SMU 6-0 413 22 New Orleans 5 16 .238 12½ secutive weeks all season. 20. Gonzaga Truman, Mo. 84, Paola 77 5-2 399 13 Northwest Division Goessel Tournament 6-2 377 16 With the score knot- 21. Vanderbilt W L Pct GB Canton-Galva 60, Burrton 42 Louisville 6-1 373 24 Oklahoma City 12 8 .600 — ted at 9-9, Jackson — who 22. Larned Tournament 23. Cincinnati 8-1 331 17 Utah 9 9 .500 2 Larned 48, Kiowa County 43 hadn’t been used as a 24. Oregon 6-1 241 15 Portland 9 13 .409 4 Louisburg Tournament Utah 7-1 108 — punt returner this season 25.Others Minnesota 8 12 .400 4 Baldwin 73, Chanute 69, OT receiving votes: UConn 82, 8 13 .381 4½ Marion Tournament until last week — caught Syracuse 78, Texas A&M 69, George Denver Pacific Division Remington 59, Belle Plaine 55 the kick at his 16, began Washington 60, UNLV 40, UCLA 19, W L Pct GB Trego Tournament South Carolina 15, Dayton 7, UALR 22 0 1.000 — running up the field and 5, Florida 4, Georgetown 4, Iowa 3, Golden State LaCrosse 57, Western Plains 43 Clippers 12 9 .571 9½ Ness City 67, Hodgeman County 29 got past the 20, before re- Pittsburgh 3, Indiana 2, Northwestern L.A. Phoenix 9 13 .409 13 Navy 1, Notre Dame 1. Sacramento 7 15 .318 15 versing course and head- 2, Ballots Online: http://collegebasL.A. Lakers 3 18 .143 18½ High School Girls ing backward all the way ketball.ap.org/poll Brewster (Sagebrush) Tournament Today’s Games Logan 64, Heartland Christian 21 to the 1. As he again tried Portland at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Central Heights Tournament Today Top 25 Men Golden State at Indiana, 6 p.m. to move forward, Jack- USA Independence 57, Osawatomie 11 The top 25 teams in the USA Today Houston at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. Spring Hill 46, Coffeyville 33 son was surrounded and men’s college basketball poll, with Oklahoma City at Memphis, 7 p.m. Cheney Tournament votes in parentheses, Orlando at Denver, 8 p.m. the ball popped out, re- first-place Cheney 46, Wichita Collegiate 41 records through Dec. 6, points based Utah at Sacramento, 9 p.m. Clearwater 33, Chaparral 23 covered by punter Chris on 25 points for a first-place vote Cimarron Tournament Jones at the 15 with 86 through one point for a 25th-place College Men Meade 70, Satanta 56 vote and previous ranking: EAST seconds remaining. South Gray 58, Wichita County 30 Record Pts Pvs Georgetown 74, Brown 57 Douglass Tournament Dallas needed only two 1. Michigan State (26) 9-0 765 3 Kent St. 80, NJIT 75 Douglass 24, Sedgwick 11 Iowa State (2) 6-0 668 4 SOUTH plays to cash in, jumping 2. Fredonia 63, Bluestem 60 3. North Carolina 7-1 631 9 Belmont 93, Lipscomb 84 Fairfield Tournament in front on Darren Mc- 4. Kentucky 7-1 626 1 Bethune-Cookman 69, SC State 54 Oxford 33, Chase 25 Duke 8-1 620 5 Fadden’s 6-yard touch- 5. Coll. of Charleston 77, East Carolina Goessel Tournament 6. Villanova (2) 7-0 615 7 73 Elyria Christian 43, Little River 39 down run. A 41-yard kick- 7. Kansas 6-1 613 6 Howard 71, NC Central 69 Larned Tournament 5-0 603 8 off return plus a 15-yard 8. Oklahoma Kennesaw St. 69, Thomas (Ga.) 59 Kiowa County 46, Larned 37 9. Maryland (1) 7-1 602 2 Norfolk St. 88, Coppin St. 56 Lincoln Tournament facemask penalty on J.J. 10. Virginia 6-1 503 10 Presbyterian 93, Montreat 69 Phillipsburg 53, Ellsworth 36 8-0 490 11 Wilcox set the Redskins 11. Purdue MIDWEST Louisburg Tournament Arizona 7-1 407 14 Butler 93, VMI 66 up at Dallas’ 43, and 12. Chanute 60, Baldwin 56 13. Xavier 8-0 399 18 Cent. Michigan 90, Aquinas 51 Marion Tournament 7-0 371 15 four plays later, Jackson 14. West Virginia Iowa 90, W. Illinois 56 Remington 66, Belle Plaine 37 Baylor 9-3 248 23 hauled in a perfect pass 15. Iowa St. 84, Buffalo 63 Paola Tournament 16. Vanderbilt 6-2 242 13 Oakland 83, Binghamton 72 KC Piper 81, Eudora 28 from Kirk Cousins in the 17. Gonzaga 5-2 233 12 Purdue 80, IUPUI 53 Trego Tournament Providence 8-1 230 24 back corner of the end 18. W. Michigan 87, Northeastern 86, OT LaCrosse 53, Western Plains 8 19. Louisville 6-1 199 22 FAR WEST Ness City 44, Hodgeman County 33 zone to pull even with 44 20. Miami 7-1 198 21 Oklahoma 78, Villanova 55 21. Butler 6-0 179 25 seconds to go. Oregon 67, Navy 47

SCOREBOARD

SUMMARY Dallas 0 3 3 13—19 Washington 0 3 3 10—16 Second Quarter Dal-FG Bailey 38, 6:31. Was-FG Hopkins 45, :00. Third Quarter Was-FG Hopkins 36, 10:33. Dal-FG Bailey 34, 3:34. Fourth Quarter Was-FG Hopkins 46, 14:15. Dal-FG Bailey 20, 4:22. Dal-McFadden 6 run (Bailey kick), 1:14. Was-Jackson 28 pass from Cousins (Hopkins kick), :44. Dal-FG Bailey 54, :09. A-80,444. Was Dal First downs 16 15 Total Net Yards 317 266 Rushes-yards 24-97 26-73 Passing 220 193 Punt Returns 3-31 2-0 Kickoff Returns 2-70 5-125 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 16-29-0 22-31-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-2 3-26 Punts 4-41.5 6-42.2 Fumbles-Lost 4-3 2-1 Penalties-Yards 8-70 9-73 Time of Possession 27:13 32:47 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Dallas, McFadden 14-53, Whitehead 2-35, Turbin 6-12, Cassel 2-(minus 3). Washington, Jones 18-49, Morris 6-12, Cousins 1-6, Thompson 1-6. PASSING-Dallas, Cassel 16-29-0-222. Washington, Cousins 22-31-0-219. RECEIVING-Dallas, Witten 5-45, Bryant 3-62, Williams 2-63, Turbin 2-12, Street 1-18, Hanna 1-11, McFadden 1-6, Whitehead 1-5. Washington, Jackson 6-80, Garcon 5-54, Thompson 4-18, Reed 3-33, Crowder 3-29, Jones 1-5. MISSED FIELD GOALS-Washington, Hopkins 43 (WR).

22. Cincinnati 8-1 151 17 23. Oregon 6-1 116 16 24. Utah 7-1 63 — 25. Texas A&M 7-2 58 20 Others receiving votes: Syracuse 47, UConn 39, UNLV 33, South Carolina 29, Dayton 20, George Washington 17, Pittsburgh 12, Saint Mary’s 11, Iowa 7, Davidson 6, Georgetown 6, UCLA 5, California 4, Florida 3, Indiana 2, LSU 2, Colorado 1, Kansas State 1.

AP Women’s Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 6, total points based on 25 points for a firstplace vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (32) 6-0 800 1 2. South Carolina 8-0 764 2 3. Notre Dame 7-1 717 3 4. Baylor 9-0 715 4 5. Maryland 8-0 656 5 5. Texas 7-0 656 6 7. Oregon St. 6-0 598 7 8. Kentucky 7-0 533 11 9. Mississippi St. 6-1 523 9 10. Ohio St. 5-3 503 10 11. Florida St. 7-1 480 13 12. Northwestern 8-0 418 15 13. Duke 7-2 386 14 14. Stanford 6-1 362 16 15. Texas A&M 6-2 356 12 16. Tennessee 6-2 354 8 17. Oklahoma 7-1 264 21 18. DePaul 6-2 189 23 19. Syracuse 5-2 130 20 20. UCLA 4-2 121 24 21. South Florida 5-2 115 24 22. California 6-2 106 18 23. Iowa 8-1 97 — 24. Arizona St. 4-3 95 17 25. Michigan St. 5-2 87 19 Others receiving votes: Miami 78, St. John’s 58, Seton Hall 46, Missouri 40, Georgia 37, Virginia Tech 34, Southern Cal 26, Princeton 19, Oklahoma St. 12, Nebraska 6, VCU 6, Florida 4, Purdue 4, BYU 2, Idaho 1, Louisville 1, Oregon 1.

Sacramento St. 73, Incarnate Word 70 San Diego St. 73, Biola 53

Big 12 Men

Big 12 Overall W L W L Iowa State 0 0 7 0 West Virginia 0 0 7 0 Oklahoma 0 0 6 0 Kansas 0 0 6 1 Baylor 0 0 6 1 Kansas State 0 0 6 1 Texas Tech 0 0 5 1 Oklahoma State 0 0 5 3 Texas 0 0 4 3 TCU 0 0 4 3 Monday’s Games Oklahoma 78, Villanova 55 Iowa State 84, Buffalo 63 Today’s Games West Virginia vs. Virginia at New York, 6 p.m. (ESPN) Northwestern State at Baylor, 7 p.m. (FSSW) UTSA at Texas, 7 p.m. (LHN) TCU at Washington, 10 p.m. (Pac12 Net)

College Women

EAST Binghamton 63, Colgate 56 St. Bonaventure 56, James Madison 45 SOUTH Bethune-Cookman 65, SC State 50 Florida 76, Arkansas St. 72 George Mason 90, Delaware 83, 2OT Hampton 65, Morgan St. 51 Howard 68, NC Central 61 Md.-Eastern Shore 56, NC A&T 50 UNC-Greensboro 83, Barton 55 MIDWEST Kansas St. 61, Texas Rio Grande Valley 43 Missouri 80, Loyola Marymount 48 Oakland 83, Rochester (Mich.) 49 SIU-Edwardsville 71, Saint Louis 64 Valparaiso 63, Cardinal Stritch 62 SOUTHWEST Houston 67, Incarnate Word 51 Texas A&M 67, SMU 55

High School

EUDORA INVITATIONAL Monday at Eudora EUDORA 55, KC HARMON 48 KC Harmon 13 16 10 9 — 48 Eudora 17 13 8 17 — 55 Eudora scoring: Grant Elston 16, Brian Tolefree 6, Austin Downing 8, Jomain Rouser 9, Mason Fawcett 17. Harmon scoring: Johnson 8, Reed 6, Hill 9, Cheaton 4, Cowans 13, Tiller 8. Other scores Bonner Springs 64, Harrisonville (Mo.) 29 Olathe Northwest 60, Wellsville 43 Truman (Mo.) 84, Paola 77

High School

SOPHOMORE BOYS Monday at Free State ST. THOMAS AQUINAS 76, FREE STATE 57 FSHS highlights: Isaac Neely 14 points; Derek Perez 12 points. FSHS record: 1-1. Next for FSHS: Dec. 17 at Lawrence.

NFL

Monday’s Game Dallas 19, Washington 16 Thursday, Dec. 10 Minnesota at Arizona, 7:25 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 Detroit at St. Louis, noon San Diego at Kansas City, noon Washington at Chicago, noon Buffalo at Philadelphia, noon San Francisco at Cleveland, noon New Orleans at Tampa Bay, noon Tennessee at N.Y. Jets, noon Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, noon Indianapolis at Jacksonville, noon Atlanta at Carolina, noon Seattle at Baltimore, noon Oakland at Denver, 3:05 p.m. Dallas at Green Bay, 3:25 p.m. New England at Houston, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14 N.Y. Giants at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

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LPN Full-time w/ benefits. Please contact for more details. Sue or Brandy 785-594-4255 sue.brown@genesishcc.com

RN/LPN Charge Nurse Wellsville Retirement Community has a FABULOUS opening for a dynamic Charge Nurse. Day Shift, 6a-4p, Mon-Thurs in our CountryView Neighborhood with 28 residents. We are fully committed to a person-centered culture for long term care. We offer a competitive wage, health ins and 401(k). Apply online at www.wellsvillerc.com or stop by 304 W. 7th

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Healthcare Dental Assistant Respected dental office in Lawrence. We will train the right person. Must be energetic, friendly and team oriented. Great benefits available. Email resume to: the3dentists@gmail.com or fax resume to: 785-843-1218

Management

is good medicine. I used to install windows... That job was a real pane!

Installation-Repair

The City of Lawrence, Kansas’ Public Works Dept seeks to hire a Solid Waste Operations Supervisor. Responsibility for division administrative and financial services, hazardous waste programs, recycling and composting mgmt. and outreach activities. Must have Bachelors Degree and at least 4 yrs of related exp. $54,596 TO $79,165 PER YR DOQ. Must pass background ck, and post-offer phy/drg screening. Apply by 01/04/2016. To Apply Go To: www.lawrenceks.org/jobs EOE M/F/D

Office-Clerical Receptionist Wanted mature receptionist for successful insurance agency. Must be able to work 40 hrs per week. No selling required. Fax resume to 785-842-4212 or email to dhgclu@aol.com

Part-Time

City of Lawrence

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Package Handlers - $10.70-$11.70/hr. to start

Package Handlers

TWILIGHT SHIFT:

Mon-Fri, 6:30pm-11:30pm OVERNIGHT SHIFT:

Tues-Sat, Midnight-3am SUNRISE SHIFT: Tues-Sat, 4:30am-7:30am

All interested candidates must attend a sort observation at our facility prior to applying for the position.

PRELOAD SHIFT: Tues-Sat, 2am-7am *Times are approximate and will vary.

To schedule a sort observation, go to www.WatchASort.com 8000 Cole Parkway, Shawnee, KS 66227 FedEx Ground is an equal opportunity / afﬁrmative action employer (Minorities/Females/Disability/Veterans) committed to a diverse workforce.

Ground

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ANNOUNCEMENTS Special Notices A Victorian Christmas in Leavenworth Twenty-Fourth Annual Candlelight Vintage Homes Tour Featuring 6 Vintage Homes

Proceeds to benefit the Leavenworth County Historical Society

Tickets are $12 in advance or $17 day of tour. Call 913.682.7759 or www.leavenworthhistory.org

$10.70-$11.70/hr. to Start Choose from Day, Eve, Night or Sunrise shifts! (More details in our large preceeding ad.)

DAY SHIFT: Mon-Fri 2:30pm-7:30pm

Qualiﬁcations Must be at least 18 years of age Must be out of high school Must be able to load, unload and sort packages, as well as perform other related duties

Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015 1-7 p.m.

Utility Operator (2 Openings) Provide skilled, semi skilled, technical and/or manual labor in the operation & maint of Utilities’ facilities. Although training is provided, prefer 1 to 2yr plant or utility field oper exp. Must hv driver’s lic & physical ability to work rotating shifts in a manual labor environment. Successful candidate will be able to obtain job-required certifications within 24/42 months of hire to maintain employment. $18.35 hr. Must pass post-offer background ck, phy & drg screen. Apply by 12/15/2015.

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

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CNA DAY CLASSES Jan 4- Jan 17 8.30a-5p  M-F Jan 25 - Feb 17 8.30a-3p • M-Th Feb 22- Mar 11 8.30a-3p • M-Th

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Drake’s Fruitcake Available through December at au Marche 931 Massachusetts Lawrence, KS ~OR- at the Lawrence Holiday Farmer’s Market Dec. 12, 9-5pm at the Holidome www.drakesfruitcake.com facebook/Drakesfruitcake

Silk Poinsettia White arrangement in green antique ceramic planter. 12” pot, arrangement is 2’ tall, many sparkly extras. $8 (785)749-4490

Simple Living Country Store features products made from alpaca fiber, handmade gifts, and much more ! A unique little store tucked away in the country. Holiday hours : Saturdays 10:00 - 4:00, Sundays 1:00 - 4:00. 1676 N 1000 Rd, Lawrence, KS 66046.

WILDERSON Christmas Tree FARM 14820 Parallel Road Basehor, KS 66007 Services: Shake, Net & Load Trees & Hayrides Type of Trees: Scotch, Austrian & White Pine, Fraiser & Balsam Fir Hours: Fri., Sat, Sun., 9am-5pm. 913-724-1057| 913-724-3788

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

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RENTALS Apartments Unfurnished

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LAUREL GLEN APTS All Electric

1, 2 & 3 BR units Some with W/D, Water & Trash Paid, Small Pet, Income Restrictions Apply

Bill Fair & Company www.billfair.com

785-838-9559

800-887-6900

EOH

Duplexes

Cedarwood Apts

2BR, in a 4-plex. New carpet, vinyl, cabinets, countertop. W/D is included. Equal Housing Opportunity. 785-865-2505

2411 Cedarwood Ave. Beautiful & Spacious 1 & 2 Bedrooms Start at $450/mo. * Near campus, bus stop * Laundries on site * Near stores, restaurants * Water & trash paid ——————————————

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3BR, 2.5BA, Legend Trail Dr. 12 mo. lease, W/D, all appliances, Gas FP. AC, Easy access to I-70 & K-10. Close to Langston Hughes and Corpus Christi Elem. Fenced Yard, No Pets. Avail January 1st. $1425 Call Barbara 785-917-9674.

Townhomes

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Appliances

Gift Ideas

Music-Stereo

Carhartt

Dollhouse & Furniture Vintage 1950’s display dollhouse. Great X-mas gift. $60.oo OBO. 785-841-3332

PIANOS

Winter work coat with hood, Brown, Excellent cond. Size XL, $40 785-856-1028

2 Electric Clothes Dryers

Admiral & Whirlpool220 V large capicity.

Computer-Camera

$75 each. 785-865-8059

Panasonic Microwave Oven Stainless steel, 1300 Watt, $50. 785-856-1028

Cemetery Lots 3 Adjacent Cemetery Spaces for Sale Memorial Park; Acacia B, Lot 146, 7 and 8 Acacia B, Lot 149, 12 $800 each. 785-766-1613 (after 5, M-F, anytime S-S) Prefer to sell together.

Christmas Trees Pre-lit 7 foot designer Christmas tree with stand. Perfect condition $ 75.00 Call 785-749-1490

Clothing LADIES DOWN VEST Columbia brand, size medium, brown w/ detatchable hood. Hood has faux fur trim and lavender lining. Hardly worn and very warm! $8 (785)749-4490

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Furniture Antique Clawfoot Accent Table, $100 OBO 785-841-3332 TWIN bed, used, clean with basic bed frame. $30 cash 785-843-7205

Old Doll in Great Condition Original clothes, very cute. $40.oo 785-841-3332

Household Misc. Beautiful round stain glassed window w/ one small flaw. $ 20.00 Call 785-749-1490 Ivory Queen sized designer brocade bedspread w/ matching bed skirt and decorative pillows. Freshly cleaned in Excellent condition. $ 95.00 Call 785-749-1490

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Adult Care Provided

Carpentry

Antique/Estate Liquidation

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Decks & Fences

PETS

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Maltese, ACA, Christmas pups! These fluffy cuties will be the perfect gift! Shots & wormed. Raised around children, parents on premises. 1F $625, 3M $575. 785-448-8440

Auctioneers

HOUSE CLEANER ADDING NEW CUSTOMERS Years of experience, references available, Insured. 785-748-9815 (local)

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Stamped & Reg. Concrete, Patios, Walks, Driveways, Acid Staining & Overlays, Tear-Out & Replacement Jayhawk Concrete Inc. 785-979-5261

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Home Improvements

Landscaping

YARDBIRDS LANDSCAPING Father (retired) & Son Operation W/Experience & Top of the Line Machinery Int/Ext Repairs, Painting, Snow Removal Tree work & more. We do it Call 785-766-1280 all! 20 Yrs. Exp. w/ Ins. and local ref. Will beat all est. Call 785-917-9168 AAA Home Improvements

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Painting

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Plumbing RETIRED MASTER PLUMBER & Handyman needs small work. Bill Morgan 816-523-5703

Snow Removal Snow Removal

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913-962-0798 Fast Service

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Interior/exterior painting, roofing, roof repairs, fence work, deck work, lawn care, siding, windows & doors. For 11+ years serving Douglas County & surrounding areas. Insured.

785-312-1917

Retired Carpenter, Deck Repairs, Home Repairs, Interior Wall Repair & House Painting, Doors, Wood Rot, Power wash 785-766-5285

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KansasTreeCare.com Trimming, removal, & stump grinding by Lawrence locals Certified by Kansas Arborists Assoc. since 1997 “We specialize in preservation & restoration” Ins. & Lic. visit online 785-843-TREE (8733)