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Rep. Tom Sloan will be at center of water policy fight By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

There are many issues in the Kansas Statehouse that divide politicians and the public along partisan and ideological lines. But there is one issue upon which nearly everyone

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agrees: the threat that Kansas faces in the decades to come from its fragile and dwindling water supplies. From underground aquifers in western Kansas that are rapidly being depleted from irrigation to the large reservoirs in eastern Kansas

that are silting up from soil erosion upstream, and even to major rivers like the Kansas River that are vulnerable to prolonged drought, nearly everyone agrees that Kansas faces enormous challenges in making sure cities, farms and industries have reliable

and sustainable sources of water. Unfortunately, the bipartisan agreement ends there. Beyond that, there is very little consensus on what, exactly, state government should do about it or how to pay for it.

But Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration and Republican leaders in the Kansas House have decided to make water policy a high priority in the upcoming session.

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or the 23rd consecutive year, hundreds of people gathered at the First United Methodist Church on Christmas Day to share in the free, traditional Community Christmas Dinner, while hundreds more who weren’t able to come there had dinners delivered to their homes. “There’s no place else in Lawrence, ever, where you’re going to find a judge, a former city manager and homeless people sitting down at the same table and eating together,” said Deb Engstrom, one of the lead organizers. “It crosses all income, racial and socio-economic lines. It

ABOVE: GREG PELLIGREEN OF THE AMERICANA MUSIC ACADEMY IN LAWRENCE entertains guests at the 23rd annual Community Christmas Dinner, including Zoella Julian, dressed as Supergirl, and her sister EilySkye Julian. BELOW LEFT: Monika Goodwin, right, tends to a table full of crocheted hats of all colors. The hats were donated and available to all at the dinner. BELOW RIGHT: Guests line up to be served.

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LMH: Former nurse’s suit is abuse of judicial process By Conrad Swanson cswanson@ljworld.com

Attorneys representing Lawrence Memorial Hospital say in new court filings the former nurse accusing the hospital of fraud is abusing the judicial process in an attempt to force a settlement.

In May 2015, Megen Duffy, a former emergency room nurse at LMH, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., claiming the hospital’s Emergency Department falsified the arrival times of patients with chest pains. Duffy’s suit claims the falsification began in 2007 and is

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And Republican Rep. Tom Sloan, of Lawrence, is being asked to take charge of efforts to form a consensus about how to pay for tens of millions of dollars worth of projects that state officials say are needed to secure Kansas’ water future. Last week, House Speaker-elect Ron Ryckman Jr., R-Olathe, tapped Sloan to chair a new Water and Environment Committee. Many people, including Sloan, expect that committee will be asked to look at the funding recommendations from a blue-ribbon panel that Brownback appointed to come up with a 50-year plan for managing the state’s water resources. Sloan said last week that he thinks it’s time for Kansas to completely reexamine how it uses and pays for water. “I want to really explore the value of water,” he said. “We charge for it, but are we collecting the value for what it’s worth? That’s not necessarily to raise money, but we do have to assure the longterm availability from our reservoirs and aquifer.”

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You couldn’t exist in a more challenging time to try to redirect any revenue from where it’s at to water. That’s a given.”

— Tracy Streeter, head of the Kansas Water Office

year in beef production and $1.75 billion a year in corn production. The irrigated land above it is valued at roughly $5 billion. In eastern Kansas, manmade reservoirs provide water to twothirds of the state’s population. Those reservoirs are also crucial for about 60 percent of electricity production in the state, which is valued at nearly $2 billion a year. If the state does nothing over the next 50 years, KDHE has said, 70 percent of the aquifer will be depleted and 40 percent of the irrigated land above it will no longer be able to support irrigation. In addition, the water supply in federal reservoirs will be 40 percent filled with sediment, and five of the seven basins that support reservoirs won’t be able to meet demand during a drought. “We have projections in multiple areas of the state that say if we don’t take more aggressive action than what we have been, we will suffer shortages in the next 50 years, and in some areas Shortages east and much sooner than that,” west said Tracy Streeter, who According to the Kan- heads the Kansas Water sas Department of Health Office. and Environment, the Ogallala Aquifer in west- Long-term planning Streeter was part of a ern Kansas alone is responsible for $2 billion a blue-ribbon task force

that Brownback appointed in 2013 to come up with a 50-year plan for managing the state’s water resources. That group issued its report in January 2015, calling for a laundry list of actions. Some recommendations were comparatively simple, such as encouraging farmers to switch to low-water crops and encouraging consumers to be more efficient in their water use. But others, such as dredging silt out of federal reservoirs, as is being done now at John Redmond Reservoir, and possibly finding locations for additional lakes, would be huge expenses in the coming years. Since the release of that report, another committee has been working on a plan to provide permanent and stable funding for it. The estimated cost: nearly $43 million in the fiscal year that begins July 1, then $51 million to $55 million for each of the next four years. Streeter said a draft funding plan has been circulating among the committee members and will be submitted to the Legislature when it convenes in January. Most notably, it calls for carving out a portion — onetenth of a cent — of the

state’s existing sales tax and earmarking that for state water projects. That would provide about $38 million in the first year and $47 million to $50 million a year after that. But at a time when the state is facing chronic revenue shortfalls, and with the likelihood of a Kansas Supreme Court order to spend more money on public schools, even Streeter admitted the plan faces an uphill battle. “You couldn’t exist in a more challenging time to try to redirect any revenue from where it’s at to water. That’s a given,” he said. “When you look at the budget shortfalls and some of the challenges the Legislature is going to be dealing with, it’s certainly going to be a tall order.”

Potential opposition Besides the controversial sales tax proposal, one issue that is certain to come up is the fact that Kansas already has, on paper at least, a revenue stream that has been in place for several years to fund water projects. It includes fees assessed on residential, commercial and industrial bills, as well as fees charged to irrigators. It also is supposed to include a regular $6 million annual transfer from the state general fund as well as a portion of the proceeds from lottery sales. But in recent tight budget years, lawmakers have not been making those transfers.

L awrence J ournal -W orld “We have been under funding for most of the last six to eight years,” Sloan said. Rep. Jim Ward, DWichita, who will take over as House minority leader in January, said he agrees with the need to provide stable funding for water programs, and he shares Sloan’s frustration that funding already in place has been diverted. But he said the idea of a dedicated sales tax is likely to go nowhere. “Sales taxes are regressive. The governor has tapped them twice in the last three years,” he said. “So I would be surprised if the Legislature would have an appetite to raise sales taxes a third time.” Ward agreed that the cost of doing nothing on water policy now could end up costing the state more in the future. But he said given the state’s current financial situation, he thinks it’s questionable whether funding a long-term water plan will get much traction this year. “That’s the problem when you run a government in a constant crisis,” he said. “You don’t get much strategic planning. You just deal with the crisis in front of you and it sucks all of the oxygen out of the room. I do think water is a priority to a lot of legislators. Whether or not it gets any daylight because of funding issues remains to be seen.” — Statehouse reporter Peter Hancock can be reached at 354-4222. Follow him on Twitter: @LJWpqhancock

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brings out the best in the community because they have to donate and they have to volunteer in order to make this happen.” Engstrom has been involved in the annual yuletide event almost from the beginning, and anyone who walks through the basement of the church at 946 Vermont St. on Christmas Day can tell she has refined the process to a science. At one end of the hallway, two tables lined with volunteers work like assembly lines filling Styrofoam boxes with turkey or ham, stuffing, green beans and mashed potatoes. Filing in line between the tables, more volunteers holding slips of paper with addresses pick up the boxes from the end and head out in their own vehicles for delivery. Meanwhile, the aroma of roasted meat wafts into the hallway from two different kitchens, each filled with more volunteers who slice the meat, mix the stuffing and warm up gallons upon gallons of canned corn and green beans. Some of it gets packaged up for delivery, but much more goes into a buffet line in the main auditorium of the church. And then there’s the

The filings say that the EKGs took priority over registration paperwork “based on the principle that ‘time is muscle’ — that is, any delay in administering an EKG to a client experiencing a heart attack can cause the heart to lose muscle and can diminish a patient’s chance of survival.” The data submitted by LMH was neither falsified nor did it depart from the hospital’s policies, the attorneys argue. And though Duffy Peter Hancock/Journal-World Photo claimed LMH received BEVERLY BILLINGS REFRESHES DRINKS FOR GUESTS at Sunday’s 2016 Community “millions of dollars,” Christmas Dinner at the First United Methodist Church. through the reported falsification, during her For people like Mary deposition she could not pie — table after table of getting older, it’s nice to Louise Taylor, 64, whose specify an instance when fresh-baked, homemade be able to do nice things husband passed away not LMH submitted a false or pies, neatly cut and set for people. Everybody long ago, the dinner is an fraudulent claim to the out for guests to admire should have to do government “based upon and choose from. something for somebody opportunity to get out and enjoy life. providing a chest pain pa“It’s tons of fun. Every- who’s less fortunate, or “I just like to fill mytient an EKG before regbody has a good time,” not even less fortunate. self for Christmas,” she istering them.” said Sarah Wallace, who It’s just nice to be nice.” said. During the same deposihas been volunteering This year, Greg PelliIrma Tesar, who has tion, Duffy was also unable and eating at the comgreen provided the musibeen volunteering at the to identify any hospital munity dinner for several cal ambiance. Clad in a dinner for eight years, employee who submitted years. “We get together Santa hat and wielding said reaching out to peo- a fraudulent claim for payand catch up, because his acoustic guitar and some of these people you harmonicas, he wandered ple who might otherwise ment, LMH contends. be forgotten at Christmas A number of LMH emonly see once a year, so the dining area singing is what the dinner is all ployees, including Emerit’s fun to get together Christmas carols and about. gency Department suand work on things engaging with children. “It gives them hope, pervisors, denied Duffy’s together, serve together Pelligreen is part of for one thing,” she said. claims in their depositions. and eat together.” the Americana Music Duffy worked for LMH Her friend, Brooks Academy in Lawrence, a “It makes them feel good between 2009 and 2013, Hanson, said that for nonprofit group that pro- that there’s somebody that cares.” when LMH says she was him, the annual dinner is motes American roots fired for sending a threata way of giving back to music and which has — Statehouse reporter Peter Hancock ening text to another emthe community. been taking part in the can be reached at 354-4222. Follow ployee, though she claims “I do meals on wheels community dinner for a him on Twitter: @LJWpqhancock she was fired because she as well,” he said. “As I’m number of years. objected to falsifying arrival times. Duffy’s lawsuit asks that LMH pay $11,000 for each NY TIMES CROSSWORD SOLUTION FOR DEC. 25 SUNDAY CROSSWORD SOLUTION FOR DEC. 25 claim found to be false. The lawsuit also asks that LMH T R I X S H O R T S T O P R O T O R pay back profits earned R U M O R N E F E R T I T I E L O P E through false claims, for U N I T E L A F A Y E T T E P A V E D her legal costs to be covM O T H E R P U P A L O S E R E R A ered and for any other relief A V A F E L I N E R E V N I S S A N the court might deem to be N E T T I N R A Y I R O N S “just and equitable.” R E A D I N G S S E A A L T A R S When attorneys filed S E P T T W A N O D T E N N an answer to Duffy’s lawS P O T H A R P T R I O S H O O suit last October, they L A N A D A T E I N C H O W L also filed a countersuit R O S E G A R D E N O V A L O F F I C E claiming she breached her A S S D E A L N I T E E L S A termination settlement contract — for which she S H A G M A G I L Y R E M U T T was paid $9,000 — and P E N N D O N E M U E T U N committed fraud by filing S T A B L E E Y E S P L U R G E S her lawsuit against LMH. W O O D S A R M R U M L A W Duffy has denied the D A T S U N P O P O C E L O T M I A countersuit’s claims. The A G E L E M O N P L O W R I D I N G case is scheduled for a Z O N E D D I C K I N S O N P A S T E pretrial conference in June E R O D E C L E O P A T R A I N T E R 2017. It is unclear when the R A Z O R I T I N E R A N T K I D S trial itself will take place.

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Ambulance service in Eudora set to start soon By Elvyn Jones ejones@ljworld.com

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AHMED MUYIDI INTRODUCES A GROUP OF SEVENTH-GRADERS TO SOME OF THE VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL AND CULTURAL DISTINCTIONS OF SAUDI ARABIA, HIS HOME COUNTRY, during a Dec. 16 visit to Laura Grinage’s World Language class at Southwest Middle School. During the semester, the class has been hosting various visitors from around the world in an effort to gain an understanding of various cultures and perspectives.

Guest speakers give middle-school class a glimpse of foreign cultures, customs By Joanna Hlavacek

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n Saudi Arabia, where Ahmed Muyidi comes from, it’s customary to welcome visitors into one’s home with a plate of coffee and dates. “This shows how generous we are with our guests,” Muyidi, dressed in a traditional Saudi thawb, explains to the 20-some students (one of whom is his own son) gathered in Laura Grinage’s Southwest Middle School classroom. The seventh-graders enrolled in Grinage’s World Language class listen intently while Muyidi, a doctoral candidate at the University of Kansas who has made a home for himself in the United States over the last few years, speaks about Saudi culture, government and geography. The kids, their teacher hopes, will walk away from the 45-minute class with a few Arabic phrases, a general understanding of Muyidi’s country and its people and, ideally, a motivation to learn more about the diverse world they inhabit. “I can see a change in them,” Grinage, who also teaches Spanish, says of her World Language students. Over the last nine

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... (If students) sample this variety, the fact that in the world people really do speak and think and work and dress differently, if that captures their imagination, then I think the urge to travel and live and learn language may follow.”

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weeks, the class has hosted visitors from several countries, among them Indonesia, Germany and South Korea. “I think I’m not going to get every kid hooked on Chinese because I spend a week with them,” Grinage says. “But if they sample this variety, the fact that in the world people really do speak and think and work and dress differently, if that captures their imagination, then I think the urge to travel and live and learn language may follow.” The teacher, a self-described softie, says she sometimes gets misty-eyed thinking about the welcome extended by her students to each and every guest who passes through her classroom.

There have been a lot, she says, over the last two and a half years since Grinage, at the time a new hire at Southwest, met Muyidi one day by chance in the school’s main office. Intrigued by his accent, Grinage began asking questions — the kind of genuinely curious, open-minded inquiries, she says, that kids seem to approach more naturally, oftentimes, than adults. Muyidi (turns out, he had a daughter in Grinage’s class) eventually became her first World Language speaker. The rest, as they say, is history. “One of the most important things in here is the climate we’re creating so that we can bring visitors into this room and they feel honored and they feel respected,” says Grinage, who usually spends the first few weeks of class introducing students to concepts like ethnocentrism and prejudice, sometimes through social simulation activities, before bringing in speakers. Grinage has also hosted guests who may have been born here in the United States but whose life experiences may differ from the mostly white, mostly middleclass kids at Southwest.

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The new Eudora ambulance is on track to be in service early next year, Eudora Fire Chief Ken Kieter said. “We’re still on track for a Feb. 1 move in,” he said. “It’s going to be great having a paramedic station in Eudora, not only providing the city but the eastern part of Douglas County with a higher level of service.” Lawrence Douglas County Fire Medical Chief Mark Bradford confirmed the goal was to start the service Feb. 1. It should be realized unless some unforeseen glitch developed, he said. The Douglas County Commission agreed in July to fund as part of the 2017 budget the expansion of Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical to Eudora. After county commissioners had denied service expansion requests in 2014 and 2015, Eudora city officials got Eudora township officials to join them last summer in the bid to fund the ambulance service expansion. It worked, as the county’s 2017 budget includes $335,148 to purchase a new ambulance and equipment and $937,300 for annual operational costs. Bradford said Eudora service would be equipped with the department’s reserve ambulances until the new unit arrived in mid-summer. The department promoted part-time employees to full time to fill the four paramedic and four emergency medical technician positions needed to man another ambulance station, Bradford said. The department’s policy is to fill full-time openings by promoting part-time EMTs and

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Taking a toll The recently completed South Lawrence Trafficway should have minimal impact on turnpike revenue.

here should be no surprise that the completion of the South Lawrence Trafficway has had an impact on Kansas Turnpike Authority toll collections. After all, one of the missions of the trafficway was to provide an alternative route between Topeka and the southern suburbs of Kansas City. Of course that’s going to peel some traffic off of I-70. But it would be surprising if the trafficway, which stretches on Kansas Highway 10 for 15 miles east to west around Lawrence’s southern border, had a significant impact on KTA revenues, considering that the Lawrence exits account for a small percentage of total turnpike traffic. KTA officials said last week that they’re monitoring traffic volume between Kansas City and Lawrence and its effect on toll revenue. “We have noticed traffic changes, both increases and decreases at toll plazas in that area,” KTA spokeswoman Jeri Biehler said. “Any time there is a major traffic change, it takes three to four months for traffic to normalize. At this point in time, we are waiting to see what that traffic does and how things shift.” According to KTA’s annual report, 79 million vehicles got on or off the turnpike in the fiscal year that ended June 30. About 15 percent — 12 million vehicles — got on or off one of the four exits between Exit 197 at Lecompton to the west and Exit 212 at Tonganoxie/Eudora to the east. According to the KTA report, the busiest section of the turnpike, which stretches from the west edge of the Kansas City suburbs to Wichita, is the I-70 stretch between Kansas City and Topeka. Some 36 million vehicles got on or off the turnpike on this stretch in the past 12 months. Of those, 23 million entered or exited at the western edge in Topeka or the eastern edge in Kansas City. That means that a significant share of the traffic is simply passing through the 40-mile length of the turnpike on I-70. That traffic shouldn’t be altered by the presence of the South Lawrence Trafficway. Another important point is that commercial vehicles pay significantly higher tolls — as much as three times higher — than passenger vehicles. Commercial vehicles accounted for only 11 percent of the vehicles on the turnpike but 34 percent of the toll revenue. The South Lawrence Trafficway isn’t expected to be highly used by commercial vehicles. The South Lawrence Trafficway allows drivers to get from west Lawrence to Overland Park faster without paying a KTA toll. And a person driving from Topeka to Overland Park could also save miles and toll costs by getting off the Turnpike at Lecompton and taking the trafficway. But outside of those travelers, the South Lawrence Trafficway should have minimal impact on KTA toll revenue, certainly less than the 8 percent the KTA grew toll revenues in the past 12 months.

TODAY IN HISTORY On Dec. 26, 1941, during World War II, Winston Churchill became the first British prime minister to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. Churchill grimly warned that “many disappointments and unpleasant surprises await us,” but also expressed faith that “the British and American peoples will, for their own safety and for the good of all, walk together in majesty, in justice and in peace.” l In 1799, former President George Washington was eulogized by Col. Henry Lee as “first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” l In 1908, Jack Johnson became the first African-American boxer to win the world heavyweight championship as he defeated Canadian Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia. l In 1990, Nancy Cruzan, the young woman in an irreversible vegetative state whose case led to a U.S. Supreme Court decision on the right to die, died at a Missouri hospital. l In 2004, more than 230,000 people were killed by a 100-foot-high tsunami triggered by a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean.

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Trump, Latin America and China Here’s a major world event that went almost unnoticed in the heat of the 2016 U.S. elections, and that may make big headlines in 2017: China’s renewed push to increase its presence in Latin America. While President-elect Donald J. Trump is pushing a negative agenda for Latin

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Most Latin American countries are much more eager to increase their economic ties with the United States than with China.”

America — vowing to build a wall on the U.S. southern border, renegotiate or scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Mexico and Canada, and kill the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal with Asian and Latin American countries — China is happily seeking to fill the vacuum of constructive U.S. policies in the region. In mid-November, while the U.S. was consumed by Trump’s November election victory, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Ecuador, Peru and Chile. It was the Chinese leader’s third visit to Latin America since taking office in 2013. So far, Xi has visited 10 Latin American countries since he took office three years ago, almost as many as the 11 visited by President Barack Obama during his eight years in office. During his latest Latin American tour, Xi — among

other things — inaugurated Ecuador’s biggest hydroelectric dam built by a Chinese firm with Chinese loans, and discussed new infrastructure investments in Peru and Chile. A few weeks earlier, in September, Xi hosted the presidents of Brazil, Argentina and Mexico at a meeting of G-20 world leaders in Hangzhou, China. Judging from what I hear from Latin American presidents and diplomats, Xi sees an opportunity to increase China’s presence in Latin America despite the recent decline in Chinese-Latin American bilateral trade and investments. China’s trade with the region, which soared over the past 10 years and reached its peak in 2013, declined by 11 percent over the past two years, largely because of China’s economic slowdown, according to U.N figures. In addition, China is stuck with billions in bad loans to Venezuela and Cuba. Still, China remains the top or second-largest trading partner of Brazil, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. Xi’s charm offensive in Latin America began before the U.S. elections. Peruvian

President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who visited China in September in what was his first foreign trip as president, told me after the trip that “they treated me like a king” while in Beijing. Kuczynski, a former Wall Street investment banker, said he discussed Chinese investments in Peruvian ports, railroads and perhaps highways, and “came back with the impression that they had a tremendous enthusiasm for carrying out these projects.” Trump’s continued anti-Mexico tirades, his appointment of NAFTA critic Wilbur Ross as secretary of commerce, and, more importantly, his announcement that he will scrap the TPP agreement with Asian and Latin American countries as soon as he takes office, will be a golden opportunity for China in the region, many diplomats say. Diego Guelar, Argentina’s ambassador to China, says that with the United States in an anti-free-trade mode and the European Union beset by internal problems after Britain’s Brexit vote to leave the European Union, China is emerging by default as the new world champion of free trade.

China already has free trade agreements with Chile, Peru and Costa Rica. It may sign new deals with Latin American countries, or expand its Asian free trade zone negotiations to Latin American countries in the near future, he said. “Trump’s announcement that he will scrap the TPP was a godsend to China,” Guelar told me from Beijing. “It’s a present the Chinese never expected, wrapped in a Tiffany box and a silk bow.” My opinion: Most Latin American countries are much more eager to increase their economic ties with the United States than with China. While China buys largely raw materials such as oil, minerals and soybeans from Latin America — at depressed prices and producing relatively few jobs — the United States imports more manufactured goods from the region, which are more lucrative and generate more employment. But if all Trump has to offer to Latin America is a negative agenda — anti-trade, antiimmigration, and anti-climate change — China will fill the void and gain even more influence in the region. — Andres Oppenheimer is a Latin America correspondent for the Miami Herald.

Struggling to understand the new U.S. Shanghai — China’s financial capital is known for its glamorous riverfront. The neon-lit skyscrapers of the Pudong district are on one side and the beloved Bund, or embankment walkway, on the other, fronted by historic colonial-era bank buildings that now host high-end restaurants. But beyond its glitz and showy new wealth, Shanghai is also home to research centers containing some of the country’s top experts on the United States. These institutions promote exchanges with U.S. universities and officialdom and give policy advice to their foreign ministry. Their experts, like many Americans, are struggling to understand what is happening in a country they thought they knew. “We have the impression the United States has become a country out of our recognition,” says Wu Xinbo, the director of the Center for American Studies at Fudan University, one of China’s finest. He was referring to the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. “People are concerned because this is America, not an ordinary country.” Given the role that China’s American-studies experts play, and their detailed study of U.S. society, it is worth pondering their confusion about the future direction of the United States. First, a word about the Fudan center. It was established in 1985 after Ronald Reagan visited the university in 1984 and officials there decided they didn’t have enough experts on America. “So we decided to create an American-studies center

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so we would have a group who understood better how the United States worked,” says Wu. One of the founders was a pioneering female physicist, Xie Xide, who had graduate degrees from Smith College and MIT, and became president of Fudan University. The center has a network of contacts with think tanks and universities around the United States. But, like most U.S. scholars with whom they were in contact, Fudan’s experts didn’t foresee a Trump victory. They thought, says Wu, that his background was too weak — no government experience whatsoever — and that his style and comments on immigrants and women would disqualify him. Now, unlike their experience with previous U.S. elections in which the presidency changed hands, they see no familiar faces of China experts in Trump’s entourage. So they are scrambling to try to figure out what Trump means for U.S.-China relations and for the world. Their concerns fall into several categories. First, they worry that Trump and his advisers don’t understand China. “Our concern is about his lack of experience and his very blunt style,” says Wu. On the same point, Chen Dongxiao, the president of

the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, another institution with extensive U.S. connections, added: “This is a very different style of leadership. We need to buckle up, but also to be more proactive in engaging with Trump’s team.” But Chen worries that this new Trump style — “emotional, breaking protocol, no briefings, bypassing all bureaucratic processes, messaging by tweets” — is very risky. “A tweet has only 140 characters and one can only guess at the politics,” he notes. “It creates crazy scenarios when dealing with very complicated relations.” Prime case in point was Trump’s suggestion via tweet that he might upend the One China policy — the bedrock of U.S.-China relations. This is the policy by which U.S. presidents since Richard Nixon have “acknowledged” China’s claim that Taiwan is a province of China; the United States unrecognized Taiwan’s sovereignty when it formally recognized China in 1979 and has maintained only an informal (but close) relationship with Taiwan since. No issue in U.S.-China relations is more sensitive to Beijing than this one, but Trump’s tweets and interviews seem oblivious or indifferent to this fact. Another concern is that Trump’s naivete, especially on the One China flash point, will embolden hawks within China’s security establishment or spark nationalist reactions within the Chinese public. “Trump is a totally different kind of president and (our) hawks say we need to deal in a very differ-

ent way,” says Chen. In such circumstances, moderate Chinese scholars who have expertise on the U.S. system could be marginalized. This worry leaves China’s Americanists scrambling to get a better handle on the real Trump and his advisers, while they also try to fathom what has happened to the country that many of them have studied for decades. I heard much worried talk from these experts about an institutional crisis in the United States — the American public’s loss of confidence in its governing system. They also worried about the collapse of U.S. support for the global trading system that had helped China rise. One Fudan doctoral student told me: “The U.S. I knew was a very limited blue part of the country. Young people in China should be encouraged to travel in red parts of the country. Most of us didn’t understand that U.S. people suffered from the trade deficit with China.” I asked whether, given the Americanists’ failed election predictions, the Chinese government might now be less willing to consult them (these specialists have fallen out of favor in the past during periods of tense U.S.Chinese relations). “We have to do a better job of understanding America,” Fudan’s Wu admitted. But then added, “The government will need us even more because this is a strange America.” I wish him luck in figuring out this strange new America. — Trudy Rubin is a columnist and editorial-board member for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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kids are less interested in finding reasons to not be friends. They’re very interested in finding ways to connect.” It’s been a “magical experience” watching students interact with visitors, Grinage says. Especially now, she adds, in the wake of the election, when the country seems to be more divided than ever. Grinage makes a point of keeping her own beliefs out of the classroom. It’s not her place to act as a spokesperson or offer any definitive answers to her students on the issues that have splintered American society as of late, she says. “But I think it is critical that we find connections, whatever your politics,” Grinage adds. “We are split down the middle, and we aren’t building any bridges.” In that way, perhaps grownups can learn a thing or two from the kids in their lives.

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Many are parents and loved ones of students, including an American military veteran, the mother of a student with autism who spoke to kids about effectively communicating with their special-needs classmate, black and Native American students from local high schools, and a grandmother who shared tales of living in Ireland during the 1960s. The guest’s stories of old-world Ireland — specifically, purchasing firewood from a young girl hauling her wares around the streets in a wagon — inspired Maxwell Reaves, one of Grinage’s seventhgraders, to learn more about his Irish heritage. The class, he says, has also expanded his perception of cultures even further removed from his own. “There’s a lot of free housing that the government offers, and they don’t have to pay for

school and stuff, which I thought was really interesting because it’s so much different from what we have here,” Reaves said, referring to Muyidi’s presentation on Saudi Arabia. “It’s really an eye-opener to have these things in the world and see how everything’s different.” Understanding differences is a key component of Grinage’s class. There’s also a focus on recognizing the common humanity in all people. Her students have certainly matured and grown throughout the last several weeks, as evidenced by the personalized thank-you notes she has every student write to classroom guests, Grinage says. But kids, more often than not, don’t seem to struggle as much as grownups do with “finding likeness” in others who may appear so very different at first, she theorizes. “I think kids are looking for, are you going to like me? Will this person like me? And also, what do we have in common?” Grinage says. “I think

Kansas City, Kan. (ap) — Kansas City, Kansas, police are investigating a fatal shooting. The Kansas City Star reports that police responded to a report of a shooting at a home early Sunday and found a man inside had been shot to death. The victim’s name hasn’t been released.

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Salina (ap) — The Kansas Supreme Court has sent back to a district court the case of a Salina man convicted in the 2013 death of his infant son. The Salina Journal reports that Nicholas Corbin and his girlfriend were convicted of murdering their son by failing to feed him and adequately care for him. Nicholas Corbin was

sentenced to life without parole for 25 years. His lawyer argued that Corbin has an intellectual disability and should not have been subject to mandated sentencing. In a ruling Friday, the high court sent the case back to the Saline County District Court for further consideration, based on an amended state statute about how a court determines if a defendant has an intellectual disability.

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‘Swamp’ likely to win vs. Trump Presidents try to overhaul federal government — and largely fail Donovan Slack

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brilliant artist. My heart goes out to his family and all of his fans.” Michael sold more than 100

WASHINGTON President-elect Donald Trump frequently pledged during the campaign that he would slash the size of the federal government and rein in spending, once proclaiming “we will cut so much, your head will spin.” But the bombastic business titan is about to come face to face with Washington, that “swamp” he wants to drain. And both non-partisan specialists and others who have tried before suggest the odds are not in his favor. Most presidents in modern times have mounted an effort to streamline the federal bureaucracy, and all have largely failed. President Obama in 2012 proposed merging parts of six agencies and cutting more than 1,000 federal jobs. Congress wasn’t having it. “It worse than died, it was assassinated on the Hill,” said Donald Kettl, University of Maryland professor and author of Escaping Jurassic Government: Restoring America’s Lost Commitment to Competence. Likewise, President George W. Bush put forth a “Management Agenda” to overhaul the bureaucracy, and Bill Clinton pushed a “Reinventing Government” plan. “In each case, executive branch efforts to reform management were viewed with skepticism (by Congress),” John Kamensky, deputy director of Clinton’s initiative, and Jonathan Breul, a budget management adviser during both administrations, wrote in a paper about lessons learned. “As a consequence, few pieces of significant legislation were enacted.” President Ronald Reagan in 1984 convened a commission of private-sector executives and experts who offered more than 2,000 recommendations to reduce waste, improve management and restructure the government. The so-called Grace Commission said the changes would save taxpayers $424 billion over three years. “Absolutely nothing came of

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Singer George Michael dies at 53 Charttopping British pop star also beset by personal struggles

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Few teen idols have made critics eat their words more handily than George Michael did back in his late-’80s heyday, when the former Wham! frontman emerged as one of the most successful and admired singer/songwriters of that decade. But in the years that followed, Michael, who died at home in England over the Christmas holiday at age 53, made news more frequently for his professional struggles and personal scandal, even as he continued to record and tour profitably and inspire younger acts. “I am in deep shock,” Elton John wrote on Instagram. “I have lost a beloved friend — the kindest, most generous soul and a

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Some are optimistic Donald Trump can get more done than his predecessors to improve bureaucracy.

“For all their talk about getting rid of this or that, the truth is that they don’t want to get rid of any of it.” Kenneth Baer, former associate director of the White House Office of Management and Budget

Immigrants help gird USA’s sluggish population growth Births not as robust; 8 states tally net loss Jessica Durando and Alan Gomez USA TODAY

The U.S. population this year showed the slowest growth since the Great Depression, and would have been even slower had it not been for an increase in immigrants, according to the 2016 U.S. Census Bureau report. Nationally, the U.S. population grew only by 0.7% to 323.1 mil-

lion. That slowdown is due to an increase in deaths among Baby Boomers and a drop in births among younger generations, resulting in eight states losing overall population during the year. The only saving grace for many communities, especially in the Northeast, was immigration. In 34 states, international arrivals outpaced domestic arrivals (people who move from one state to another). Three states — Maryland, Massachusetts and Rhode Island — would have lost population if not for international arrivals. New York’s loss of 1,894 people could have been staggering without the 118,478 foreigners

GIVE AND TAKE ON PEOPLE TALLIES Top 10 states in percentage growth: % State chg. 1. Utah 2.03% 2. Nevada 1.95% 3. Idaho 1.83% 4. Florida 1.82% 5. Wash. 1.78% 6. Oregon 1.71% 7. Colorado 1.68% 8. Arizona 1.66% 9. District of 1.61% Columbia 10. Texas 1.58%

Bottom 10 states in percentage growth % State chg. 42. N. Mexico 0.03% 43. Kansas 0.02% 44. New York -0.01% 45. Miss. -0.02% 46. Pa. -0.06% 47. Wyoming -0.18% 48. Conn. -0.23% 49. Vermont -0.24% 50. Illinois -0.29% 51. W.Va. -0.54%

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who moved to the state. Overall, the nearly 1 million immigrants who entered the country in 2016 were down from previous years, but still made up 45% of the nation’s population growth. That figure could drop considerably under Presidentelect Donald Trump, who vowed to slow down legal and illegal immigration under his administration starting next month. “The population is aging, the Baby Boomers are aging, but international migration has been fairly consistent,” said Randy Capps, director of research for U.S. programs at the non-partisan Migration Policy Institute. “If we

really did curtail immigration substantially, that would really slow population growth quite a bit.” The rise in the immigrant population came almost entirely through legal immigration. The federal government grants about 1 million green cards a year, and the immigrant population in the U.S. grew by nearly 1 million, according to the Census data. Illinois lost more people than any other state (37,508), and West Virginia saw the biggest percentage drop (-0.54%). Other states losing population: Connecticut, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Wyoming.

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it. Absolutely nothing,” said Paul Light, New York University professor and author of 25 books, including Thickening Government: Federal Hierarchy and the Diffusion of Accountability. Light said the last successful major overhaul of the federal government was in the 1950s. He said there are a mix of forces fighting to keep the status quo, not the least of which is Congress. “All duplication and overlap flows downhill from Congress,” Light said. “Committees create these different programs, and they don’t want to do anything about it.” Kenneth Baer, who was associate director of the White House Office of Management and Budget when Obama made his push, said there’s no incentive for members of Congress to cut anything. “For all their talk about getting rid of this or that, the truth is that they don’t want to get rid of any of it,” he said. The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office has been issuing annual reports since 2011 on wasteful spending, and has identified hundreds of fixes that could save taxpayers billions of dollars. The GAO report this year said the IRS could be collecting $385 billion more in taxes annually, and millions could be saved by reducing overlapping programs. Food safety, for instance is overseen by 12 different agencies. Eight agencies administer more than 100 programs supporting individuals suffering from mental illness. Of 544 fixes recommended by GAO in the past five years, 244 have been completed. Orice Williams Brown, a GAO managing director who helped coordinate this year’s report, said that because eliminating programs is so difficult, Congress often just layers new ones on top. “There really wasn’t an appetite to step back and say, ‘Let’s put aside what we currently have, and let’s think about what we would do if we were starting over today,’ ” Williams Brown said. Some people are optimistic about Trump’s chances of improving the bureaucracy, particularly given his Cabinet picks so far, which include executives from the private sector and members of Congress. His pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Rep. Mick Mulvaney, RS.C., is a deficit hawk. “In my view, they are better positioned than the members of prior administrations, high-ranking members of prior administrations, to come in and start getting to work right away,” said Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, a group founded by the leaders of Reagan’s commission. Corrections & Clarifications USA TODAY is committed to accuracy. To reach us, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones at 800-8727073 or e-mail accuracy@usatoday.com. Please indicate whether you’re responding to content online or in the newspaper.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned U.S. Ambassador Daniel Shapiro and 10 other ambassadors to Jerusalem on Sunday to protest a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank. The United States had abstained from the vote Friday rather than issue a veto, as it has in previous anti-Israel votes before the Security Council. Netanyahu accused the Obama administration of playing a major part in the measure’s conception and passage. “From the information that we have, we have no doubt that the Obama administration initiated it, stood behind it, coordinated on the wording and demanded that it be passed,” Netanyahu said in a statement. “This is, of course, in complete contradiction of the traditional American policy that was committed to not trying to dictate terms for a permanent agreement, like any issue related to them in the Security Council, and, of course, the explicit commitment of President Obama himself, in 2011, to refrain from such steps.”

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, arrives for a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday. Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security advisor for strategic communications, denied on Friday that the U.S. played any role in drafting the resolution. “The notion that we were somehow involved in drafting this is just not true,” Rhodes told reporters in a conference call. President-elect Donald Trump had urged Obama to veto the resolution and later condemned the U.N. and Obama for allowing the measure to pass.

The U.N. resolution passed against a backdrop of a stalled peace process, a Middle East facing a widespread terrorist threat, accelerated expansion and development of Jewish settlements on land Palestinians want for a future state and terrorist incitement among Palestinian leaders. The Obama administration has repeatedly exhorted Israel to refrain from continued settlement construction or to block planned projects.

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million albums globally, earned numerous Grammy Awards, and recorded duets with Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Luciano Pavarotti and John, among others. Born Georgios Panayiotou in North London — his father was a Greek immigrant — Michael met another aspiring musician, Andrew Ridgeley, while both were attending secondary school in Hertfordshire. By 1982, they were recording together as the bubblegum duo Wham!, and within two years they would be among the world’s most popular acts, with bouncy hits such as Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and Freedom becoming staples of the early MTV era. One song from Wham!’s American breakthrough album, Make It Big, was credited to Michael as a solo artist when it was released as a single: the lovelorn ballad Careless Whisper, which reached No. 1 in the U.K., the USA and various other countries. That feat, and subsequent well-received solo turns, including a duet with Aretha Franklin (1987’s I Knew You Were Waiting for Me), led many to suspect that Wham!’s frontman had abilities and ambitions beyond making little girls scream.

In 2004, the Radio Academy declared that Michael’s music had been played on British radio more than that of any artist between 1984 and 2004. Michael’s first solo album, 1987’s Faith, confirmed that. With six top-five singles — among them the title track, the then-controversial smash I Want Your Sex and the rhapsodic Father Figure — Faith dominated the charts for much of 1988, and has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide to date. But Michael’s solo debut, which earned a Grammy Award in 1989 for album of the year, was more than a commercial milestone. Faith’s artful blend of pop, funk and blue-eyed-soul textures made it the first album by a Caucasian artist to reach the top position on Billboard’s R&B chart. Michael’s intense creative involvement — he wrote all the songs, most independently, and also produced — helped reshape the template for pop acts. Even Michael Jackson hadn’t been quite so autonomous, collaborating heavily with Quincy Jones and others on his ’80s megahits.

If Faith clearly demanded a new level of respect, some viewed Michael’s behavior in its wake as self-defeating. He refused to actively promote his much-anticipated follow-up album, 1990’s Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, and didn’t appear in its music videos; for the hit single Freedom! ’90, he memorably tapped a bevy of supermodels, among them Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell, to lip-sync the lyrics. Listen yielded other hits, notably the chart-topping first single Praying for Time, but didn’t approach the massive success of its predecessor. Michael wound up suing his label, Sony Music, for insufficiently supporting him, and a Vol. 2 was abandoned amid legal battles. He continued to release albums — Michael’s last studio effort, the aptly titled Patience, came out in 2004, and his final album was 2014’s live Symphonica — but his music career would be overshadowed by his tabloid exploits. Longstanding questions about Michael’s sexual orientation came to the fore in 1998, when he was arrested for lewd behavior after revealing himself to another man, who turned out to be a police officer, in a public restroom in Beverly Hills. Michael would later make light of the incident, and became more

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open about his homosexuality. Having lost a partner, Brazilian designer Anselmo Feleppa, to a cerebral hemorrhage in 1993, Michael began a long-term relationship a few years later, with Texas-born businessman Kenny Goss; they split in 2009. The singer, whose charity work dates to his participation in the 1984 Band Aid single Do They Know It’s Christmas?, also raised money for AIDS research and terminally ill children. There would be other run-ins with the law for Michael, who between 2006 and 2010 was arrested several times in London for possession of drugs and driving under the influence. He was hospitalized in November 2011 in Austria for pneumonia after postponing a series of concerts. In 2004, the Radio Academy declared that Michael’s music had been played on British radio more than that of any artist between 1984 and 2004. That year, Michael told USA TODAY that he “was kind of glad that my success level went down in America. I got more of a life, got to enjoy being in America, with less attention than I was used to in Europe. But now I’m strong again. I feel ready to take on the world.” Contributing: The Associated Press

No survivors on Russian plane crash Day of mourning for 92 victims, including 64 members of the Red Army Choir

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Last week, the Israeli government agreed that Amona, an outpost that Israel’s Supreme Court said was illegal and must be dismantled, would be moved to another location on the same West Bank hilltop. The solution averted a likely confrontation Sunday with Jewish extremists but is considered by settlement opponents to be just as illegal. Netanyahu summoned ambassadors from 10 of the 14 countries that voted in favor of the resolution and have embassies in Israel: Britain, China, Russia, France, Egypt, Japan, Uruguay, Spain, Ukraine and New Zealand, according to Reuters. The U.S. action was widely panned by U.S. lawmakers. Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, the ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he was “very disappointed by the United States’ acquiescence to a one-sided, biased resolution at the United Nations Security Council.” “This resolution places the blame for the current impasse in negotiations entirely on Israel, asking nothing of the Palestinians,” Engel added. Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. allowed the measure to pass because it would “preserve the possibility of the two state solution.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a day of mourning after a Russian military plane carrying the world-famous Red Army Choir to Syria crashed into the Black Sea on Christmas morning minutes after taking off from the coastal town of Sochi. All 92 aboard apparently died, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov arrived in Sochi on Sunday to convene an investigative mission, according to the Tass News Agency. The minister said all possible causes are being considered, including a terror attack, according to The Associated Press. While officials said they did not believe the crash was caused by terrorism, Russian broadcaster MKRU reported that security

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Mourners visit a memorial outside the home stage of the Alexandrov Ensemble, also known as the Red Army Choir, in Moscow on Sunday. Sixty-four members died in a plane crash. cameras nearby recorded a bright flash near the plane before it went down. Viktor Ozerov, head of the defense affairs committee at the upper house of Russian parliament, downplayed the possibility of terrorism, according to the AP. The Tu-154 was operated by the military, so the crash may have stemmed from a mechanical problem or a crew error, Ozeroy said

The plane disappeared from radar two minutes after taking off from Sochi, AP reported. The crash site is less than a mile from the shore. The plane, which belongs to the Russian Defense Ministry, was carrying 64 members of the Russian army’s official choir, also known as the Alexandrov Ensemble, to a military base in Syria for a New Year’s concert, accord-

ing to Turkey’s Daily Sabah. Russian forces have helped the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad gain the upper hand against rebel groups in the country’s nearly 6-year-old civil war. Last week, the rebel stronghold of Aleppo in northern Syria, the country’s commercial capital, was recaptured by Syrian government troops. It was a major defeat for the rebels, who had held eastern Aleppo for most of the war. The Russian Army choir, established in 1928, for decades presented a human face of the Soviet Union’s military by traveling the world during the Cold War to perform Russian folk songs and spiritual music. Also on board was humanitarian activist Elizaveta Glinka, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, according to state-owned broadcaster RT. Glinka was a “social and political activist, but she was outside any politics, above any politics,” Zakharova said. Recovery crews pulled several bodies from the water as drones, divers, helicopters and ships searched for the remains of other passengers, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

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Don’t ‘anchor’ yourself to minimum credit card payments Research shows it’s costing U.S. consumers millions of dollars in needless interest

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Do you carry a balance on your credit cards from month to month? Do you pay just the minimum or near-minimum due on your monthly statement? You’re not alone. In fact, three in 10 card holders (113 million credit card accounts) do just that, and it’s costing them millions of dollars in needless interest payments, according to new research published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Jialan Wang, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois, is one of the research co-authors along with ....

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For starters, something called “anchoring” is to blame for card holders paying just the minimum, according to the co-authors of the research, Benjamin Keys, an assistant professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Jialan Wang, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois. In the world of behavioral finance, anchoring is a bias toward salient — but sometimes irrelevant — cues, Keys and Wang say. And in the case of credit card statements, the big cue is the “minimum amount due.” According to Keys and Want, the minimum payment — which typically represents 1% to 2% of the outstanding credit card balance — is

... Benjamin Keys, an assistant professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Powell is editor of Retirement Weekly and contributes regularly to USA TODAY, “The Wall Street Journal” and MarketWatch. Got questions about money? Email Bob at rpowell@ allthingsretirement.com.

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the amount needed to stay in good standing with the lender and avoid any late fees or trigger higher interest rates. And what’s interesting to note, Keys and Wang say, is that the minimum payment is based on a formula that is applied to millions of accounts that might not be related to how much a customer can afford to pay or how much they would need to pay to get out of debt. In fact, the researchers estimate that some 9% to 20% of credit card holders could afford to make higher payments on their credit card debt. By way of history, in the 1970s, the minimum amount due on credit card balances was much more like 5% of the balance, which, the authors say, led borrowers to pay off their debts much faster. And this change in the minimum amount due on balances from 5% then to 1% or 2% now has had “important implications for how much outstanding debt households have,” the authors say. Of note, credit card debt in the U.S. totaled $665 billion in 2015. To be fair, some consumers may be making near-minimum payments because they are struggling with financial difficulties and cannot afford to pay more. However, the researchers say a significant number of consumers aren’t sure how much to pay, are strongly influenced by the required minimum and could save a significant amount of money by paying more each month. “Paying more would speed up the repayment period and sharply reduce the cumulative interest paid,” Keys and Wang say. The researchers also say a sizable fraction of credit card holders — young and old, rich and poor — make relatively small payments and thus incur interest each month. “This behavior isn’t isolated to a small part of the credit card population,” Keys and Wang say. “It’s surprisingly universal.” THE CHALLENGE OF CREDIT CARD DEBT

To be fair, it’s somewhat understandable that consumers anchor to the minimum amount due on their monthly credit card statement. “Credit card debt is challenging for households because there’s no set schedule for how to pay it back in a timely fashion,” Keys and Wang say. “This makes it very different from a mortgage, auto loan or student loan, which tend to have a fixed amortization schedule — a 30-year mortgage or 10-year student loan, for example — and a predictable repayment date.” In contrast, the researchers say it would take more than a decade for a consumer with just $2,000 in credit card debt to pay it off by making only the typical minimum payment, and that would

entail thousands of dollars in interest costs. What’s more, most consumers continue to spend on their cards, making it even more difficult to figure out how much they should repay, Keys and Wang say. “Our research suggests that many consumers could be paying down more on their credit card debt,” they say. “Tools and techniques that help them set and achieve repayment goals could save consumers billions of dollars per year in interest costs.” So, what are some of the tools and techniques that you can use to save money each year in interest costs?

Researchers say it would take more than a decade for a consumer with just $2,000 in credit card debt to pay it off by making only the typical minimum payment, and that would entail thousands of dollars in interest costs. uAnchors away. According to Keys and Wang, credit card holders should resist, when making financial decisions, the urge to “anchor” to an easily available benchmark and instead carefully choose the repayment amount that best meets their goals. “Instead of anchoring to the minimum payment on their credit cards, consumers should pay down as much as they can on high-interest debts given their budgets to minimize their interest costs.” uTry the 36-month plan. Credit card holders — because of the CARD Act of 2009 — also learn on their statements what payment is required to pay off their balance in 36 months. According to Keys and Wang, 1% of credit card holders adopted this alternative suggested payment, and that resulted in $62 million in interest savings per year. However, the savings could have been $2 billion per year if all anchoring consumers had adopted the new suggested 36-month payment. uCreate a monthly budget. Keys and Wang say consumers ought to create a monthly budget and allocate any money that isn’t being used for immediate needs, 401(k) matching contributions or their emergency fund toward paying down their debt. Tools such as Mint, Chase Blueprint and ReadyForZero can help consumers create a budget, pay down debt faster and reduce interest costs. “For many households, the interest rate on the credit card is their highest-cost debt, so they should make it a priority to pay it back,” Keys and Wang say.

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You might find yourself trudging through a congested shopping center the day after Christmas carrying bags full of pants that are too short and sweaters that aren’t your style. But the crowds and the heavy load might not be your biggest frustrations. Before you embark on your post-holiday mall trip, beware of the following: RETURN WINDOWS

It’s wise to bring misguided gifts back sooner than later. Kmart is allowing shoppers until Jan. 31 to return items purchased from Nov. 1 to Dec. 24. But it applies only to items that typically have a 30-day return window. Some are excluded, including those sold by third-party sellers, floor care equipment, vacuums and major home appliances. Don’t assume your product qualifies for a retailer’s extended window. Look online to see which deadline fits your gift.

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To avoid a wasted trip, arrive armed with ID, your receipt or packing slip and

all packaging and parts of the product. Sometimes tags must be attached, too. Most stores require a gift receipt and/or order number to process the return. Macy’s, for instance, sends back gifts returned by mail that are missing an invoice or gift receipt.

REIMBURSEMENTS

If you’re returning a gift you purchased, you might receive a refund to your card, a store credit or cash. For instance, Best Buy will reimburse you for most returned items the same way you paid. But if you paid more than $800 in cash or more than $250 by check or a debit card without a major credit card logo, you’ll be mailed a refund check within 10 business days.

WARRANTY LOOPHOLES

The Better Business Bureau warns that warranties sometimes exempt stores from liability for damaged products. Send those items directly to the manufacturer for a replacement.

FINAL SALE ITEMS

Some products can’t be returned at all. At Wet Seal, lingerie, swimwear, jewelry and clearance purchases aren’t eligible for return or exchange. At Steve Madden, purchases of clearance items and jewelry are final. Tory Burch won’t accept anything that has been worn, altered or washed. If you’re unsure of a retailer’s return policy, call customer service or look it up online before you make a trip to the

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ROYALS REPORT CHRISTMAS WITH THE MIDDLETONS Prince William and Duchess Kate celebrated Christmas with the Middleton family in Buckleberry, Berkshire. The festivities included a trip with children Princess Charlotte, 1, and Prince George, 3, to their first Christmas Day church service at St Mark’s in Englefield.

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HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY ‘FULLER HOUSE’ FANS The house will apparently get even fuller. Netflix announced over the weekend that a third season of the ‘Full House’ spinoff will debut in 2017. Seasons 1 and 2 are available to stream now.

AND ANIMAL MAGNETISM IN ‘SING’

atthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Scarlett Johansson M really did burst into songs for Sing (in theaters now ). Director Garth Jennings says it had to be the A-list actors’ own vocals for the animated movie about animals who compete in a singing competition: “There’s much more rooting interest knowing the actors are really doing this.” USA TODAY’s Patrick Ryan and Bryan Alexander reveal the stories behind the performances:

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HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY KACEY MUSGRAVES The country singer got a new sparkly accessory for Christmas: an engagement ring. Musgraves, 28, wrote on Instagram that fiancé Ruston Kelly “got down on one knee in my little pink childhood home” in Texas to propose on Saturday. “I finally know what everyone means when they say ‘you just know.’ ”

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Johansson is a recording pro, having released two alternative-rock albums. But she went hard core as the punk porcupine, especially on the original anthem Set It All Free. “That may be a musical departure for me, personally, but it’s the perfect representation of Ash’s experience.” Her studio secret was “lots of Throat Coat (tea) and gusto and letting go of my inhibitions.” Johansson also gave the full version of Call Me Maybe: “I mean, it’s certainly catchy.”

TORI KELLY (AS MEENA)

Voicing the gung-ho koala who hosts a singing competition to save his struggling theater, McConaughey tears into Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe. Not pretty, but fun. “I said, ‘Look, nothing’s written for me to sing, but if you come up with something, I’d love to give it a shot,’ ” McConaughey says. In the recording booth, Jennings asked about Call Me Maybe. “I’d heard the song, obviously,” McConaughey says. “So I said, ‘Leave the recording (going) and I’ll do it over and over 20 times and we’ll pick one out of there.’ ”

As the overstressed housewife with 25 piglets, Witherspoon belts out three pop showstoppers: Katy Perry’s Firework, Bananarama’s Venus and Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off. But the actress wasn’t entirely confident in her singing, despite winning an Oscar as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line. “I ran into Katy when I was recording Firework and Taylor when I was recording Shake It Off, and explained to both of them that they should brace themselves for my version,” Witherspoon says. “You sound really good in your car or your shower, but then you have to actually go into the recording booth and it’s hard to sing those songs.” Her trick to nailing the vocals? M&M’s. “It just gives me a sugar rush.”

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The American Idol star surprised herself as the shy elephant with killer pipes who does a stunning version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah and a breathy Happy Birthday. But Kelly reached personal vocal heights for Stevie Wonder’s classic Don’t You Worry ’Bout A Thing. “I didn’t think I could hit those notes. I was stretching my vocal ability.” Chalk it up to studio coaching, technique and lots of car practicing. (“I feel hidden from people there.”) It paid off: “When I found out Stevie Wonder heard it and loved it, I freaked out.”

Egerton, the Welsh star of Kingsman: The Secret Service, showed surprising vocal ability, earning the part of soulful gorilla Johnny after an Otis Reddingfilled audition for Jennings. Singing Stay With Me “really stretched me,” Egerton says. “Sam Smith’s falsetto is really insane, but I gave it a go.” Johnny brings the house down with I’m Still Standing by Egerton’s hero Elton John. Like Johnny, Egerton doesn’t play the piano (“I wish”), but he can nail Can’t Help Falling In Love on his ukulele.

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Director and star Washington builds a powerful ‘Fences’ Denzel Washington’s key to directing Fences is unleashing the full prowess of his powerhouse cast of thespians — himself included. MOVIE The knockout adREVIEW aptation (eeeg out BRIAN of four; rated PG-13; TRUITT in theaters now ) of August Wilson’s 1983 play is paced by standout performances from its entire cast, not only Washington and Oscar contender Viola Davis but also character actor Stephen Henderson and newcomer Jovan Adepo. It’s a Shakespearean family drama set against 1950s suburban Pittsburgh, with everything orbiting one tragic African-American patriarch. Troy Maxson (Washington) is a garbage man with a personality big enough to fill any room or backyard. He’s motormouthed,

casually misogynistic to his wife, Rose (Davis), and has tales for days. “You got more stories than the Devil’s got sinners,” his best friend Jim Bono (Henderson) tells Troy, a one-time baseball player in the Negro Leagues who never made it to the majors and spent time in jail for murder. Washington gives Troy a playful style and an empathetic nature when dealing with his mentally challenged brother Gabriel (Mykelti Williamson), though even early on hints at a self-centered darker side. Troy gets promoted to trash-truck driver — the first black man at his company to do so — but as his life starts to look up, he’s harder on those in his family he thinks are disrespecting him. Most of his ire is aimed at son Cory, a college

football prospect, and tension rises to a violent boil when Troy pulls him off his school team. Fences smartly doesn’t mess with Wilson’s great screenplay, which offers a nuanced look at race relations of the time. Troy makes waves in crossing the color barrier on the job, yet in many ways keeps his loved ones from reaching their dreams: He tells Cory that discrimination will keep him from being a sports star, but there’s some jealousy there. Davis plays the dutiful wife for the first half, but she gets her moment to shine later, as Rose confronts Troy in an intense scene where the actress explodes with such raw, rapturous emotion you can’t keep your eyes off her. Rose is never the same, and neither is the movie as the aftermath shakes every player to the core.

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Tension and jealousy boil between Cory (Jovan Adepo) and his father, Troy (Denzel Washington), in Fences. Washington filmed Fences as a play rather than a movie — the production is mostly limited to the Maxsons’ home and yard, where Troy is forever building a literal as well as metaphorical fence. While not a conventional cinematic experience, it does create a sense of forced intimacy among its characters that becomes more combustible as the story progresses.

But with the level of acting talent involved, Fences could have been filmed in the parking lot of a pet store and still been just as effective. Washington has put together a troupe that crafts a retro story that’s still completely relatable, no matter one’s race, and brilliantly plays a protagonist that finds the sweetest spot between lovable and loathsome.

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Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for more than 30 years. In many ways, we are very compatible and have shared interests in music, books and movies. However, we no longer have a sex life or any form of intimacy. It has been almost 10 years since he expressed an interest in being with me. He also refuses to discuss the issue. In the past few years, whenever I try to talk about my unhappiness, he maintains that I am narcissistic and asks me not to nag him about it. I know he has performance problems, and it doesn’t help that he drinks every night. He has also told me that although he loves me, he is not in love with me and considers us companions. I have gone for counseling, but I feel as if I say the same things over and over with no resolution. I think my husband hopes

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I’ll forget about sex and learn to be content with the situation. Because I am near retirement age and used to living with a family, the idea of living alone scares me, but I can’t continue living in limbo. — Sad and Fed Up Dear Sad: Your concerns don’t make you a narcissist; they make you normal. Ten years is not part of the normal intimacy ebb-and-flow all couples experience. A fulfilling sex life is part of any healthy marriage — and so is communication.

‘Independent Lens’ looks at meddling family ‘‘Meet the Patels’’ on “Independent Lens” (8 p.m., PBS, check local listings) takes a bittersweet look at love, marriage, family and the immigrant experience. Fresh from a breakup with his ‘‘American’’ girlfriend, Ravi Patel, the ‘‘star’’ and co-director of this film, visits his parents who worry that he is nearing 30 and unmarried. Ravi had kept his white girlfriend a secret from his mother, Champa, and father, Vasant. Born in India, they had agreed to marry after an interview lasting less than 20 minutes. They believe Ravi might benefit from the same approach. The film follows his submission to his parents’ wishes and the insular world of the Patel people, a group from a small part of India who only marry with other Patels. As the name signifies location and not bloodline, this intermarriage is not incest. But it does make for a community that crosses that fine line between close-knit and suffocating. In some ways, Ravi’s dating life is not terribly different from the kind offered by other online services. Only this one is organized by his parents via shared Patel ‘‘resumes’’ called ‘‘biodata.’’ Ravi travels throughout the United States and Canada looking for the right girl with the right name. Some of these encounters are filmed by Ravi with the help of his sister, Geeta. An awkward touch, at best. And Ravi keeps in touch with his American girlfriend, who complains about his commitment issues. If only she knew. In many ways, this oftenfunny tale of a loving, meddling family follows in the tradition of such films as ‘‘Crossing Delancey.’’ But the intrusion of the reality TV and social media elements that allow us to follow Ravi’s search may be the greatest impediment to his success. O HBO2 will air a 10-episode marathon of season one of “Game of Thrones” (11 a.m., TV-MA). All six seasons will air in this fashion, every day through Dec. 31. O “Every Brilliant Thing” (7 p.m., HBO, TV-PG) presents an adaptation of the hit off-Broadway one-character show of the same name written by Duncan Macmillan and starring British comedian Jonny Donahoe. ‘‘Thing’’ examines its character’s reaction to his mother’s depression and suicide attempts. The show’s title refers to the list he creates as a boy, an attempt to enumerate all of the things worth living for. As he grows up, the list matures from childish things (‘‘ice cream’’) to the more profound (‘‘surprises’’ and ‘‘falling in love’’). Tonight’s other highlights O Mad Hatter arrives on “Gotham” (7 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14). O ‘‘Peanuts’’ gang celebrates in the 1986 special “Happy New Year Charlie Brown” (7 p.m., ABC). Copyright 2016 United Feature Syndicate, distributed by Universal Uclick.

Your husband is shutting you down on both fronts. Rather than talk about the problem, he blames you for even caring. He’s using the tired old defense mechanism called deflection. Don’t fall for it. It sounds as if your husband is suffering from depression. Tell him that whether he wants to recognize that there is a problem or not, his refusal to get help is hurting you. Implore him to seek counseling. It also may be that he is an alcoholic. At the very least, his drinking bothers you. That’s reason enough for you to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting (by yourself), where you will find a roomful of people who can relate to what you’re going through. I wish you all the best. Dear Annie: I just read the letter from ‘‘Hopeless,’’ whose son turned against her and

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For Monday, Dec. 26: This year your poise and sense of self emerge and convince others that you know what you are doing, even when you really don’t! If you are single, a friendship could play a substantial role in you changing your status. If you are attached, the two of you need much more time alone together than in the recent past. 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) ++++ Reach out to someone at a distance whom you care a lot about. Tonight: Your instincts might not be the best. Taurus (April 20-May 20) +++++ Close relating takes you down a new path. Try not to become disorganized. Tonight: Walk in someone else’s shoes. Gemini (May 21-June 20) +++++ You might want to try a different path. A conversation could reveal much more of what a higher-up is thinking. Tonight: Say “yes” to a suggestion. Cancer (June 21-July 22) ++++ Pace yourself, and get as much done as possible. You could have some special arrangements in mind. Tonight: Off to the gym. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) +++++ Your love of the good life emerges and might be hard to rein in. Tonight: Tap into your imagination.

sided with his grandparents (who were abusive to his mom when she was growing up). I had a similar situation. My daughter’s father and stepmother tried (and succeeded for several years) to cause separation between my daughter and me. I fought it. I tried to stick up for myself. I tried to explain things to her. (I left out the parts about her father’s abusing me.) Nothing mattered. I was just the awful person who left the marriage and broke up the family. Eventually, I had to just let go and let God take control. My daughter and I have a relationship, and she sees her father and his wife for who they are. Please let Hopeless know to keep her head up. — Vindicated in Indiana — Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) +++ You could feel unusually tense when dealing with family. Unexpected events could be the cause. Tonight: Hang out close to home. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) +++ You exhibit a short fuse, especially with a loved one who has created an unexpected twist or turn. Tonight: Go for mellow. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ++++ Be aware of your spending, especially now that Christmas is over. You also might have a pile of items to return. Tonight: Be playful. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ++++ Tap into your sense of humor, and your ability to raise others’ spirits will emerge. Tonight: Happy at home. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) +++ You know when to be discrete. You would be wise to verify what you hear today. Tonight: Listen to your gut. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ++++ You could be in a somewhat changeable situation. Tonight: Be willing to air out your feelings, even if you feel vulnerable. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ++++ Others might want to dominate the scene and could demand your help in carrying out certain tasks. Tonight: A must appearance. — The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy Parker December 26, 2016

ACROSS 1 Welcome or farewell, to Caesar 4 Red-ink ﬁgure 8 On the trail of 13 Corn portions 15 Lighthouse locale 16 Opera legend Callas 17 Bedframe strip 18 Strike with a whip 19 Those needing rehab 20 Currently traveling 22 Inclined sharply, as a hill 23 Boys, girls, women and men 24 Like an apple for applesauce 26 ___-Novo (capital of Benin) 28 Models of excellence 32 Hearttransplant patient, e.g. 35 Came into the world 37 Cookout with ukulele music 38 How some music is sold 39 Like cakes and casseroles 40 Laundry device 41 “Serpico” author Peter

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42 Type of rug 43 Russian beer 44 Inspire to love 46 Bee with no sting 48 Late-night hour 50 Heroine of “Merchant of Venice” 54 Security breaches 57 Written protests 59 Protruding navel, in slang 60 Bread from a tandoor 61 Avian Australians 62 Cary or Hugh of ﬁlms 63 Or ___ (ultimatum words) 64 Droughtridden 65 Tracks on an album 66 Inquires 67 Match component DOWN 1 Fabled storyteller 2 Esteem highly 3 Muse of romantic verse 4 One doing a clean and jerk 5 Port city of Norway 6 Crock-Pot creations 7 Repeat sign of music 8 Tickled pink

9 Hopes of those ordering online 10 Backyard item for many 11 Ireland, by another name 12 Speech of a stereotypical mobster 14 Gave one’s lungs a break 21 Huge sheet of ﬂoating ice 25 Orange coat 27 Ski resort lift 29 Enveloping atmosphere 30 Vientiane’s land 31 Great balls of ﬁre 32 Bald head, in slang 33 Words before “upswing” or “even keel” 34 Final Four org.

36 Caboose’s locale 39 Expose, as the soul 43 Shoelace frustration 45 Kickoffs or initial stages 47 Dares say 49 Common sleeping disorder 51 Huge reference books 52 Become accustomed to 53 Anything in the plus column 54 Things for rustic cabin walls 55 Continental cash 56 ___ impasse (stalled) 58 Thing on a to-do list

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SIMPLEST DRIVING LESSON By Timothy E. Parker

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

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Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

Ans: Saturday’s

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: FORGO GUMBO WALNUT FUSION Answer: The talkative person wrapping Christmas presents at the mall had the — GIFT OF GAB

BECKER ON BRIDGE

Monday, December 26, 2016

ON THE RECORD Marriages Rebecca Copeland, 39, Lawrence, and Marcos Padilla-Romero, 31, Lawrence. Eric Petersen, 32, Lawrence, and Kimberly Kaberline, 30, Lawrence. Tiffany King, 34, Lawrence, and Kenneth Asher, 35, Lawrence. Robbie Skaggs, 48, Lawrence, and Gina Heller, 45, Lawrence. Charles Schmiedeler, 39, Lawrence, and Phillip Garcia, 36, Lawrence. Mark Hess, 52, Lawrence, and Ty Fuller, 50, Lawrence. Samir Arif, 34, Lawrence,

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and Audrey Cress, 34, Lawrence. Jesse Ens, 35, Lawrence, and Megan Hefner, 29, Lawrence. Michael Voigts, 50, Ottawa, and Kristina Allis, 34, Ottawa. Ryan McCallister, 37, Lawrence, and Erin Smith, 34, Lawrence. Carmen Cooper, 29, Lawrence, and Justain Dwayne, 36, Lawrence. Brett Becker, 40, Lawrence, and Melissa Filippi, 41, Lawrence.

Divorces Alan Daryl Gonzales,

Lawrence, and Shirani Prasadani Gonzales, 33, Lawrence. Sean McKinney, 50, Lawrence, and Monica McKinney, 44, Lawrence.

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DEATHS

Foreclosures

Bankruptcies Lara Pezzetti, 3810 W. 14th Court, Lawrence. Donna Doris Dix, 329 E. 19th St., Lawrence. Nora Irene McAfee, 1412 E. 15th St., Lawrence. Pamela Raye-Ann Wyrick, 520 Church St., Eudora. David Wayne Richardson and Rita Allen Richardson, 3323 Iowa St., Lot 540, Lawrence.

The Douglas County sheriff holds a public auction of foreclosed property every Thursday. The auction is at 10 a.m. in the jury assembly room of the Douglas County Courthouse. Anyone can bid, including the previous owner. Jan. 12, 2017 David Tryon, 1339 Pennsylvania St., Lawrence. Judgment: $60,811.99. Feb. 2, 2017 Elizabeth Cooper, 2522 Maverick Lane, Lawrence. No judgment.

DATEBOOK 26 TODAY

The Lawrence Public Library will be closed today. City offices will be closed today. See lawrenceks.org for more information. Solid waste collection: Today’s commercial routes will be completed on Tuesday. Parking meters in downtown Lawrence will be free today. The Lawrence Transit System will be in operation. Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), 5:30 p.m., 2712 Pebble Lane. 842-1516 for info. Argentine Tango Práctica, 8-10 p.m., Signs of Life Bookstore and Art Gallery, 722 Massachusetts St.

27 TUESDAY

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., Community Building, 115 W. 11th St. Lawrence Breakfast Optimists, 7-8 a.m., Brandon Woods Smith Center, 4730 Brandon Woods Terrace. Holiday Happenings, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Holcom Park Center, 2700 W. 27th St. Chabad Center for Jewish Life: Lawrence Community Menorah Lighting, 5 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Books & Babies, 6-6:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Readers’ Theater, 707 Vermont St. Maker Meet-Up, 6:30 p.m., Lawrence Creates Makerspace, 512 E. Ninth St.

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29 THURSDAY

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., Community Building, 115 W. 11th St. Holiday Happenings, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Holcom Park Center, 2700 W. 27th St. Downtown Grocery Committee Monthly Public Meeting, 9-10 a.m., Lawrence Public Library Meeting Room C, 707 Vermont St. Toddler Storytime,

9:30-10 a.m. and 10:3011 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Cottin’s Hardware Farmers Market indoors, 4-6 p.m., Cottin’s Hardware and Rental, 1832 Massachusetts St. Dinner and Junkyard Jazz, 5:30 p.m., American Legion Post No. 14, 3408 W. Sixth St. Weekly Tango Lessons and Dancing, 7:30-10:30 p.m., English Room, Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

Holiday Happenings, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Holcom Park Center, 2700 W. 27th St. Build your own Menorah (children’s event), 11 a.m., Home Depot, 1910 W. 31st St. Career Clinic, 1-2 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Health Spot, 707 Vermont St. Bingo night, doors 5:30 p.m., refreshments 6 p.m., bingo starts 7 p.m., Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Sixth St.

28 WEDNESDAY

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., Rock Chalk Sports Pavilion, 100 Rock Chalk Lane. Holiday Happenings, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Holcom Park Center, 2700 W. 27th St. Books & Babies, 9:30-10 a.m. and 10:3011 a.m., Lawrence Public Library Readers’ Theater, 707 Vermont St. Teen Zone Expanded (grades 6-12), 2-5 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Teen Zone, 707 Vermont St. Douglas County Commission meeting, 4 p.m., Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. American Legion Bingo, doors open 4:30 p.m., first games 6:45 p.m., American Legion Post No. 14, 3408 W. Sixth St. National Alliance on Mental Illness-Douglas County support group, 6-7 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St.

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Self: Jackson still has another gear

Chiefs rout Broncos 33-10 to keep AFC West title hopes alive By Dave Skretta AP Sports Writer

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

There’s a chance that Kansas fans have seen all there is to see from freshman guard Josh Jackson. But KU coach Bill Self does not believe that is the case. “I think there’s still another gear he can go, and I think he would tell you the

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KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WIDE RECEIVER TYREEK HILL (10) runs the ball during the second half > JACKSON, 3C of an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos Sunday in Kansas City, Mo.

Kansas City, Mo. (ap) — With their postseaaon spot secured, the Kansas City Chiefs turned to Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill to roll past the Denver Broncos 33-10 on Sunday night and keep their AFC West title hopes alive. Kelce had 11 catches for 160 yards and a touchdown, and Hill took a handoff 70 yards for another score, as the Chiefs (11-4) beat the Broncos (8-7) for the third

straight time and eliminated the Super Bowl champions from postseason contention. Kansas City punctuated the win in style when 346-pound defensive tackle Dontari Poe, lined up at quarterback, threw a jump pass to Demetrius Harris with just under two minutes left. The Chiefs were already assured of a wild card when Pittsburgh beat Baltimore earlier in the day. But a win next weekend in San Diego coupled with an Oakland > CHIEFS, 2C

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

By Bobby Nightengale lll

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McDermott and Wycoff lean on each other on and off the court

ishop Seabury boys basketball coach Ashley Battles can recall his first meeting with senior guard Mikey Wycoff as though it were yesterday. Approximately six years ago, Battles was barking out orders at a basketball camp when he noticed a few junior high-aged kids who weren’t giving him their full attention. Battles threw them out of the gym with very little hesitation and he never mentioned it again. That was, until several years later when the notorious camp culprits — Wycoff and junior Zach McDermott — cemented themselves as the leaders of his 2016-17 squad, which has a 3-2 record and a No. 5 ranking in Class 2A. Those two losses are against teams in 5A and 6A. “We have talked about that since. They don’t remember it, but I do,” Battles said. “They were just goofing around. They were being seventh graders, you know?” Wycoff and McDermott have come a long ways since being tossed out of a basketball camp. But in so many ways, they are merely the same. The two have been inseparable every day since and many days before the day of the camp ejection. In fact, Wycoff and McDermott first met as foes in a basketball game at the elementary school level. Wycoff was a third grader and McDermott was one grade below him. “I wouldn’t even call it a friendship, honestly,” McDermott said. “I would say we are brothers. We have been brothers since about the second grade. I think I am closer to him than anyone else.” Brotherhood may actually be the only accurate way to describe their bond, and the path they have taken to get there. Shortly after their first meeting, McDermott’s family took Wycoff under their wing. They helped him in several ways, including financially — even providing Wycoff, a son of a single mother, with a place to stay whenever he has needed it over the last eight years. “He told his dad that he felt like my family needed help,” Wycoff. “So they came into my life and helped my mother with bills when she was struggling. And they just made me feel welcome. He’s always been there whenever I needed something. He really is like a brother. His two parents are basically my second parents.” Wycoff’s second parents were even an integral part to his arrival at Bishop Seabury. After spending the duration of his academic career at a public school, the McDermotts encouraged Wycoff to look into going to Bishop Seabury. With their encouragement, he was able to get a 3.8 GPA as an eighth grader, to qualify for scholarships and make the transfer more feasible. Just two years later, Wycoff and McDermott took the court together — an image they had dreamt about since the early days of their friendship. And they have wreaked havoc on opposing defenses ever since. Wycoff has a knack for scoring, but was quick to credit McDermott’s ability to dish the rock. The two are a perfect tandem. “He’s the best player in Kansas and even in Missouri,” McDermott said. “He’s unstoppable once he gets in his mode. Once he gets hot, there is no way you can stop him at all.” Which is why this season has even more on the line. It will Journal-World File Photos likely be the last for the duo in the same jersey. LEFT PHOTO: IN THIS 2015 FILE PHOTO, thenWycoff, who is averaging 22.4 points per game through freshman Zach McDermott glides through the the early part of the season, is nearing the end of his high air toward the basket after beating the Onaga school career and starting to look at his options at the defense down the court during their game at next level. He said he has interest from schools such Seabury. ABOVE: IN THIS 2014 FILE PHOTO, thenas UC Davis, Nebraska-Omaha and UMKC. sophomore Mikey Wycoff fires a three-pointer > BROTHERS, 3C during a game against Midland.

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Cubs’ World Series title voted top AP sports story of 2016 By Jay Cohen AP Sports Writer

Chicago (ap) — Everything changed for the Chicago Cubs on a rainy November night. A century-plus worth of heartache washed away by a wave of pure joy. There were hugs, cheers and tears — and bottles and bottles of booze, sprayed everywhere from Cleveland to the shadow of Wrigley Field. Lovable losers, no more. The story of so many lifetimes is The Associated Press’ Sports Story of the Year. “The burden has been lifted,” manager Joe Maddon said. The Cubs’ first World Series title since 1908 is the runaway winner for top sports story of 2016, collecting 48 of 59 firstplace votes and 549 points in balloting by AP members and editors. The death of Muhammad Ali after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease was second with 427 points, and LeBron James leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to the franchise’s first NBA title took third with 425 points. In a year that seemed to be more about what we lost (Ali, Arnold Palmer, Gordie Howe, Pat Summitt, Jose Fernandez and the plane crash that killed most of the Brazilian club soccer team Chapecoense) than the winners on the field, the Cubs provided a feel-good moment that warmed at least the north side of Chicago well into the city’s notoriously brutal winter. They drew huge ratings throughout the playoffs, with much of the country tuning in to see if it finally was the year. It was. “I think a lot of casual fans were initially drawn to the Cubs in the postseason because of the 108-year drought and the curse narrative,” president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said. “But when they tuned in, they saw a talented team full of young, exciting players who are also team-first, high-character people.” As baseball stories go, the 2016 Cubs had it all. One last stand for David Ross, a retiring catcher who became a key figure in Chicago’s clubhouse. Loads of bright young stars, with Kris Bryant turning in an MVP performance. An eccentric personality in Maddon, who cemented his status as one of the game’s best managers.

Pittsburgh won the AFC North in spectacular fashion Sunday, scoring the winning touchdown with 9 seconds remaining to beat archrival Baltimore 31-27. Antonio Brown reached over the goal line after taking in a short pass from Ben Roethlisberger for the 4-yard score. Brown was stood up inside the 1, but somehow extended the ball — barely — into the end zone. The Steelers (10-5) scored 21 points in the fourth quarter. They eliminated the Ravens (87) from contention. Defending Super Bowl champion Denver was knocked out,

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loss in Denver would give the Chiefs their first division title since 2010, not to mention a first-round bye and home playoff game. Meanwhile, the Broncos trudged through another inept offensive performance. Trevor Siemian was 17 of 43 for 183 yards and a game-ending interception, and the only TD drive he led came after a pick gave him the ball at the Kansas City 6. Justin Forsett scored two plays later. The lackluster performance came one week after a dismal showing in a 16-3 loss to New England led to a locker room

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St. Petersburg Bowl: Miami (Ohio) v. Miss. St. 10 a.m. ESPN 33, 233 Quick Lane Bowl: Maryland v. Boston Coll. 1:30 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 Independence Bowl: N.C. St. v. Vanderbilt 4 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 Soccer Time Net Cable Watford v. C.l Palace 6:25 a.m. NBCSN 38, 238 Manch. U. v. Sunderland 8:55 p.m. NBCSN 38, 238 Arsenal v. West Brom 9 a.m. CNBC 40, 240 Hull v. Manchester City 11:10 a.m. NBCSN 38, 238

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Thunder at Heat 6:30 p.m. FSN 36, 236 D-League: Rio Grande Valley at Iowa 7 p.m. ESPNE. 140, 231 College Basketball

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IN THIS NOV. 3 FILE PHOTO, Chicago Cubs’ Kris Bryant celebrates with his teammates after Game 7 of the Major League Baseball World Series against the Cleveland Indians in Cleveland. The Cubs won 8-7 in 10 innings to win the series 4-3. As baseball stories go, the 2016 Cubs had it all. One last stand for David Ross, a retiring catcher who became a key figure in Chicago’s clubhouse. Loads of bright young stars, with Bryant turning in an MVP performance. An eccentric personality in manager Joe Maddon, who cemented his status as one of the game’s best managers. There was history, for the franchise and its front office, with Epstein helping end two of baseball’s biggest droughts. See Boston Red Sox, 2004. That would have been enough to make it one of the top sports stories of any year, but an epic finish only added to the luster of the franchise’s third championship. The Cubs dropped three of the first four games in the World Series against the Indians, and then rallied to force Game 7 in Cleveland. After Chicago blew a 6-3 lead in the finale, outfielder Jason Heyward got his teammates together during a short rain delay before the top of the 10th. The Cubs caught their breath, and then finished off the famed Billy Goat Curse with an 8-7 victory that will live on in the bars of Wrigleyville for many years to come.

“The players-only meeting during the rain delay was emblematic of this team,” Epstein said. “Instead of lamenting the blown lead or pointing fingers, the players rallied around one another and picked each other up.” Ali was mourned all over the world after his death in June at age 74. President Barack Obama called his wife, Lonnie, to express his condolences, and a public memorial in the boxer’s hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, drew an eclectic mix of celebrities, athletes and politicians. “He was a tremendous bolt of lightning, created by Mother Nature out of thin air, a fantastic combination of power and beauty,” comedian Billy Crystal said. James called Ali “the first icon,” and announced in November he planned to donate

$2.5 million to support a museum exhibit honoring the former heavyweight champion. He also is producing a documentary on Ali for HBO. It was quite a year for James, who powered Cleveland to its own comeback from a 3-1 deficit against Golden State for the city’s first major professional sports championship since 1964. He tried to cheer the Indians to a second title for Cleveland, but they fell just short. A day after Game 7, a hungover and hungry crew of Epstein, general manager Jed Hoyer and a couple friends were back at Wrigley Field when they decided to get something to eat. The main dish was fitting. “We enjoyed some warm goat and cold beer,” Epstein said. “It was a nice way to celebrate and flush the whole curse narrative once and for all.”

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too, with its loss at Kansas City. The Broncos have lost three in a row and five of seven. The entire AFC playoff field is set: New England, Oakland, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Houston and Miami. The Steelers will be the No. 3 seed in the AFC and host the No. 6 seed during wild-card weekend on either Jan. 7 or 8. Pittsburgh earned the third spot over Houston based on strength of victory tiebreaker, heady territory considering it was 4-5 after falling to Dallas on Nov. 13. As New Year’s nears, the Steelers haven’t lost again. Kansas City secured a playoff spot when the Ravens lost, and can still win the AFC West.

Earlier this weekend, Atlanta beat Carolina 33-16 , then the Falcons clinched the NFC South title when New Orleans beat Tampa Bay 31-24. The Bucs’ loss also allowed the New York Giants, losers to Philadelphia on Thursday night , to clinch a wild-card spot. Atlanta now has a chance in its regular season finale to clinch a firstround bye after Seattle lost 3431 to Arizona. Houston beat Cincinnati on Saturday night to clinch its second straight AFC South title after Tennessee’s 38-17 loss to Jacksonville . The Texans also will host a wild-card game. Green Bay won its fifth straight to move closer to the NFC North title, eliminating

Minnesota with a 38-25 victory. The Packers moved into the lead for a wild-card berth, and now the Packers must wait to face Detroit for the division crown on Jan. 1. Detroit is at Dallas on Monday night. Miami beat Buffalo 34-31 in overtime to move closer to its first playoff berth since 2008. A Denver loss to Kansas City on Sunday night would give Miami the AFC’s final wild-card berth and eliminate the defending Super Bowl champion Broncos. The Redskins (8-6-1) routed Chicago 41-21 to keep them alive a bit longer in the NFC. The regular season ends Jan. 1.

shouting match between the Denver offense and defense. The Broncos downplayed any kind of disharmony this week, but their performance on a sloppy, soggy Christmas night at Arrowhead Stadium only seemed to underscore the rift during a most frustrating of seasons. Kansas City took control of the prime-time matchup from the opening bell. Alex Smith capped a 77-yard touchdown march with a 10yard keeper in the first quarter, and Hill out-ran the banged-up Broncos a few minutes later to give the Chiefs a 14-0 lead. It was the fourth TD scored by Hill against the Broncos this season. Forsett’s touchdown gave the Broncos fleeting hope, but it was dashed moments later.

Kelce took a screen pass and followed perfectly executed blocking for an 80-yard touchdown and a 21-7 lead. The Chiefs’ defense took care of the rest to make it a festive night for their fans.

Terrance Smith while covering a touchback in the second quarter. Webster’s head was snapped back by the block and he was being evaluated for a concussion. He did not return.

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Closing speed The biggest hit of the night came when a security guard tackled a fan that had run onto the field. Of course, it came after the fan already had run untouched about 90 yards, so in that respect the security force wasn’t a whole lot better than the Broncos’ first-half defense.

Other injuries Broncos defensive end Derek Wolfe left in the first half with a neck injury and did not return. Denver was already without leading tackler T.J. Ward and tight ends Virgil Green and A.J. Derby because of concussions and linebacker Brandon Marshall because of a hamstring.

Up next Scary moment Denver wraps up its disapBroncos cornerback Kay- pointing season Sunday against von Webster was taken from Oakland. Kansas City visits the Charthe field on a cart after getting hit high by Chiefs linebacker gers on Sunday.

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Unheralded Kerr Johnson type of receiver Kansas wanted By Benton Smith basmith@ljworld.com

Before Rob Likens abstracted himself from the Kansas football program to become the receivers coach at Arizona State, the former KU offensive coordinator might have left the Jayhawks with a significant parting gift. It was Likens, head coach David Beaty pointed out, who recruited mid-year Class of 2017 signee Kerr Johnson, a receiver from Santa Rosa Junior College, in California. While Johnson didn’t emerge publicly as a prospect in which KU had interest until the day before the receiver signed earlier this month, Beaty said Likens and the Jayhawks wanted to keep his recruitment “under wraps” — implying the coaches didn’t want an-

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Man, this dude flew under the radar, and I’m glad he did. Man, we’re lucky we got him. I’m really excited about Kerr being here. I think he’ll be a really productive player for us.”

— David Beaty, KU’s head football coach

other program to go after their target — because Johnson was the exact type of offensive player they wanted to add. While observing Johnson’s in-game ability from afar, via video highlights of his 50-catch sophomore season at SRJC that included 894 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns, Beaty said the staff saw a speedy receiver who could help KU’s Air Raid offense. “He was the guy that we were looking for,” the Jayhawks’ head coach and offensive coordinator said. Upon hearing that,

Johnson felt even more fired up about getting to Lawrence in January. “It’s pretty exciting,” Johnson said in an interview with the JournalWorld. “It makes me feel like I can come in and have an impact on the team.” Listed at 5-foot-11 and 180 pounds, Beaty said Johnson has arms that look like they should be part of a 6-foot-4 frame. Johnson said he wasn’t sure about his exact wingspan measurements. “The way I see it is it’s pretty hard to overthrow me,” he said while discussing his long arms, “so

when I fully extend, that just adds more range to my catch radius.” While Beaty liked Johnson’s ability to gather in throws that might be a little off target, it was what the receiver can do after the catch — run — that excited him most. “This guy, you go back and watch his highlight tape and watch him pull away from guys,” Beaty said of Johnson, “watch him run in vertical balls and being able to stiffarm a guy while he’s still moving forward, and watch how he splits defenders.” The junior-to-be agreed, suggesting his speed is the biggest strength he can bring to the Kansas offense. “I can spread out a defense as a deep threat, but I can also take a short pass all the way,” Johnson said. “I make big plays

and I hope to impact big games (next) season.” Regardless of who wins KU’s No. 1 quarterback position — incumbent Carter Stanley, incoming transfer Peyton Bender or someone else — in 2017, Beaty wants explosive athletes hauling in passes. Steven Sims Jr., the Jayhawks’ leading returning receiver (72 receptions, 859 yards, seven touchdowns during a breakout sophomore season), qualifies as that type of threat, as do LaQuvionte Gonzalez and Alabama transfer Daylon Charlot. Beaty can picture Johnson getting involved, too, by using his versatile skill set to create yards after the catch. “You’re looking for guys that do that and guys that have enough speed and quickness to get open over the middle of the field,” Beaty said,

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same thing,” Self said before winter break. The mere sound and thought of such a phrase made even Self shake his head in amazement. After all, during the first 12 starts of his college career, the 6-foot-8 Jackson, who, more than any player Self has had at Kansas, is a blend of equal parts guard and forward, ranks second on the team in scoring (15.6), leads Kansas in blocks (18), total rebounds (78), offensive rebounds (28), rebounds per game (6.5) and is in the Top 3 on the team in three other major statistical categories. So, how then, Self asked could one expect, think or even hope that the young man actually can do more? “I may be nuts,” Self admitted. “Because if he’s averaging 15 and 6 and probably the best passer on the team, (we) should probably be pretty happy with that. But I still think he can do a lot more. I really do. I think the ceiling is so high with him.” How high depends not on how hard Jackson plays but how smart he plays and how well he uses what

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KANSAS GUARD JOSH JACKSON (11) dunks against UNLV during the game’s first half Thursday at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Self and the Jayhawks do to complement his own immense talents and accentuate the strongest parts of his game. Self pointed to Jackson’s growth in KU’s transition offense as an example, saying Jackson used to keep the ball too long on KU’s fastbreaks

but now pitches it ahead sooner to Frank Mason III, Devonté Graham or KU’s other play makers because his teammates have shown they have no problem giving it back. “He’s been really, really good and is getting more and more comfortable playing with these guys

and understanding their strengths and weaknesses,” said Self before summarizing the point. “... He’s making the game easier for them and he’s figured out that they can make it easier for him, as well.” It’s fascinating to think what that type of growth over the next dozen games

— and then 12 more after that — will mean for Jackson and the Jayhawks. But if it comes and if it delivers the kind of production Self believes is in the forecast for Jackson, it won’t be because the result of added intensity. “Not from an effort standpoint or a competi-

“and he does it time and time again on his tape.” Though a late recruiting push from Likens got Beaty’s eyes on those highlights and, soon after, Kerr to join Kansas, the receiver understood the assistant coach moving on to ASU and said he was glad Likens “did what he had to do.” Now entering his third off-season as KU’s head coach, Beaty hopes the little-known receiver whose other offers came from Northern Arizona and Southeastern Louisiana can develop into a contributor in his version of the Air Raid offense. “Man, this dude flew under the radar, and I’m glad he did,” Beaty said of Johnson. “Man, we’re lucky we got him. I’m really excited about Kerr being here. I think he’ll be a really productive player for us.” tive standpoint,” said Self, noting that Jackson is offthe-charts terrific in those areas. “I just think he could still plug himself better into what we do to allow him to put up even bigger numbers.... “I’m not talking about effort, I’m talking about aggressiveness, looking to score. I still don’t think he’s the offensive rebounder we think he can be. We’ve seen flashes of it but I think he should be the hardest guy in the country to block off the offensive glass because he gets a running start every time.” Never one to gush about his own accomplishments, Jackson said recently that he was “pretty happy” with his play during the first 12 games of the season but added that he felt like he “could play a little better here and there.” According to the Jayhawks’ jack-of-all-trades freshman phenom, one of the biggest elements Jackson has enjoyed this season has been the opportunity to play for Self. “I felt like I was a pretty tough kid before I came here,” Jackson said. “But, with his coaching style, he’s made me a lot tougher. The way he gets on his players sometimes, I’ve never had that out of a coach before.”

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However, Wycoff has not received an offer. Former Kansas basketball standout Wayne Simien, Wycoff’s third

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cousin and a family friend of the McDermotts, has helped him through the process. “The college situation has affected me,” Wycoff said. “This past summer I told myself, ‘Hey, you got to go eat, it’s your last time. If you want your

college paid for, then you have to show them that you are serious.’” Meanwhile, McDermott knows he has just one more chance to avenge previous gutwrenching postseason finishes with his favorite teammate. The Seahawks

LEFT PHOTO: BISHOP SEABURY SENIOR MIKEY WYCOFF looks for a lane to the basket during the Seahawks’ 56-54 overtime loss to Shawnee Mission East Dec. 10 in the third-place game of the Championship Showdown at SME. Wycoff led all scorers with 27 points. ABOVE: BISHOP SEABURY JUNIOR POINT GUARD ZACH MCDERMOTT fights through a couple of defenders for a layup against Hanover Dec. 1 at Seabury. went 18-4 last year, including a 10-0 start, en route to their first state tournament appearance since 2012. However, they were knocked out in the first round despite posting the school’s best finish in history. The year before

that, the Seahawks lost on a buzzer-beater in their sub-state bracket. But this time around, the Seahawks seem primed to overcome that last hurdle. And it is largely due to the bond of the team’s most prolific pair.

“That’s exactly what it’s going to take,” Battles said. “We are going to need for those two guys to be brothers, which they have been. We need all of us to be a family and develop that same brotherhood that they have.”

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Cavaliers 109, Warriors 108 Cleveland — Kyrie Irving dropped a fadeaway jumper over Klay Thompson with 3.4 seconds left and Cleveland came back to beat Golden State on Sunday, just as the former team did last June in the NBA Finals. The Cavs trailed 94-80 early in the fourth quarter before rallying before a rowdy Christmas crowd. Irving made the biggest basket, as was the case in the Finals when he hit a late 3-pointer in Game 7. Golden State had one last chance but Kevin Durant was tripped coming off a screen and couldn’t get off a shot as time expired. LeBron James had 31 points, and Irving added 25 for the Cavs. They were down 3-1 in the Finals before winning three straight and the championship — the first for a Cleveland team since 1964. Durant had 36 points in his first appearance in the league’s hottest rivalry. GOLDEN STATE (108) Durant 11-23 12-12 36, Green 7-9 2-2 16, Pachulia 2-3 0-0 4, Curry 4-11 5-6 15, K.Thompson 9-16 1-2 24, Looney 0-0 0-0 0, West 1-3 3-3 5, McGee 1-3 0-2 2, Livingston 0-2 2-2 2, Clark 2-3 0-0 4, McCaw 0-0 0-0 0, Iguodala 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 37-77 25-29 108. CLEVELAND (109) James 12-22 3-7 31, Love 5-13 7-8 20, T.Thompson 2-5 4-6 8, Irving 11-27 1-1 25, Liggins 0-1 0-2 0, Jefferson 2-11 4-4 8, Frye 4-7 0-0 10, Shumpert 1-9 4-4 7. Totals 37-95 23-32 109. Golden State 27 28 32 21 — 108 Cleveland 25 27 28 29 — 109 3-Point Goals-Golden State 9-30 (K.Thompson 5-11, Curry 2-7, Durant 2-8, Green 0-2, Iguodala 0-2), Cleveland 12-35 (James 4-8, Love 3-7, Frye 2-5, Irving 2-5, Shumpert 1-5, Jefferson 0-5). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Golden State 42 (Durant 15), Cleveland 44 (James 13). AssistsGolden State 25 (West 5), Cleveland 20 (Irving 10). Total Fouls-Golden State 24, Cleveland 19. Technicals-Green, Jefferson. A-20,562 (20,562).

How former Jayhawks fared Cole Aldrich, Minnesota Did not play (coach’s decision). Tarik Black, L.A. Lakers Late game. Nick Collison, Oklahoma City Did not play (coach’s decision). Paul Pierce, L.A. Clippers Late game. Thomas Robinson, L.A. Lakers Late game. Brandon Rush, Minnesota Did not play (coach’s decision). Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota Min: 36. Pts: 23. Reb: 3. Ast: 2.

Thunder 112, Timberwolves 100 Oklahoma City — Russell Westbrook had 31 points and 15 assists in Oklahoma City’s victory over Minnesota. Westbrook had 10 assists in the second half, but fell short of becoming the first Thunder player to score at least 40 points in four straight games. Steven Adams added 22 points, and Enes Kant-

er had 20. Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 26 points, and Andrew Wiggins had 23. MINNESOTA (100) Wiggins 10-20 3-8 23, Towns 10-20 6-6 26, Dieng 3-7 0-0 6, LaVine 5-11 3-3 16, Rubio 1-4 1-1 3, Muhammad 5-8 5-5 15, Bjelica 1-2 0-0 2, Hill 2-7 0-0 4, A.Payne 0-1 0-0 0, Dunn 1-2 0-0 3, Jones 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 39-83 18-23 100. OKLAHOMA CITY (112) Sabonis 1-5 1-1 3, Adams 9-12 4-4 22, Westbrook 11-25 8-9 31, Roberson 2-5 0-0 4, Morrow 1-4 0-0 2, Grant 3-5 2-2 9, Singler 0-0 0-0 0, Lauvergne 3-4 0-0 8, Kanter 8-10 4-7 20, Christon 1-3 0-0 3, Abrines 3-9 1-1 10. Totals 42-82 20-24 112. Minnesota 27 26 22 25 — 100 Oklahoma City 23 34 29 26 — 112 3-Point Goals-Minnesota 4-12 (LaVine 3-5, Dunn 1-2, Muhammad 0-1, Wiggins 0-2, Towns 0-2), Oklahoma City 8-24 (Abrines 3-7, Lauvergne 2-2, Christon 1-1, Grant 1-2, Westbrook 1-4, Kanter 0-1, Roberson 0-1, Morrow 0-3, Sabonis 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Minnesota 36 (Towns 8), Oklahoma City 42 (Sabonis, Westbrook 7). Assists-Minnesota 19 (Rubio 10), Oklahoma City 25 (Westbrook 15). Total Fouls-Minnesota 21, Oklahoma City 24. Technicals-Minnesota defensive three second, Minnesota team, Westbrook. A-18,203 (18,203).

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BOSTON (119) Crowder 5-9 3-4 16, Johnson 3-6 3-4 9, Horford 7-13 0-0 15, I.Thomas 9-23 6-8 27, Bradley 5-12 0-0 11, Green 3-6 0-0 8, Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Jerebko 1-5 0-0 2, Olynyk 7-9 0-0 16, Smart 5-9 3-4 15. Totals 45-93 15-20 119. NEW YORK (114) Anthony 9-24 9-9 29, Porzingis 9-16 2-2 22, Noah 3-4 2-3 8, Rose 10-19 5-6 25, Lee 4-9 1-2 11, Kuzminskas 1-3 0-0 3, L.Thomas 1-3 1-1 3, O’Quinn 3-4 0-0 6, Hernangomez 0-0 0-0 0, Jennings 0-2 0-0 0, Holiday 1-3 4-4 7. Totals 41-87 24-27 114. Boston 22 34 32 31 — 119 New York 28 20 34 32 — 114 3-Point Goals-Boston 14-36 (Crowder 3-6, I.Thomas 3-13, Olynyk 2-3, Green 2-3, Smart 2-4, Bradley 1-1, Horford 1-3, Jerebko 0-3), New York 8-23 (Porzingis 2-4, Lee 2-6, Anthony 2-7, Kuzminskas 1-2, Holiday 1-2, Jennings 0-1, L.Thomas 0-1). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsBoston 39 (Horford 7), New York 49 (Porzingis, Noah 12). AssistsBoston 25 (Smart 7), New York 11 (Rose 3). Total Fouls-Boston 20, New York 23. Technicals-Horford, Lee, Anthony, O’Quinn. A-19,812 (19,812).

Spurs 119, Bulls 100 San Antonio — LaMarcus Aldridge had a seasonhigh 33 points and San Antonio beat Chicago. Kawhi Leonard added Celtics 119, Knicks 114 New York — Isaiah 25 points and 10 rebounds, Thomas scored 27 points, and Tony Parker had 13 Marcus Smart made a tie- points and eight assists. breaking 3-pointer with 47 seconds left after Bos- CHICAGO (100) 5-13 2-2 12, Lopez 4-6 2-4 ton blew a late lead, and 10,Gibson Rondo 3-7 0-0 6, Butler 8-19 2-2 19, Boston beat New York. Wade 9-16 5-5 24, McDermott 2-5 0-0 Zipser 0-0 0-2 0, Mirotic 4-10 0-0 11, The Knicks wiped out 5, Felicio 2-4 4-5 8, Portis 0-0 0-0 0, Grant a late nine-point deficit 2-6 0-0 5, Valentine 0-0 0-0 0. Totals with an out-of-nowhere 39-86 15-20 100. ANTONIO (119) 11-2 run in a little more SAN Leonard 7-14 8-8 25, Aldridge 15-20 than a minute, but Smart 3-6 33, Gasol 5-8 1-3 12, Parker 6-15 13, Green 2-4 0-0 6, Bertans 0-1 answered with his shot 0-0 0-0 0, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Lee 4-5 1-1 and Avery Bradley and 9, Dedmon 4-5 1-1 9, Murray 2-2 0-0 Mills 1-3 0-0 2, Simmons 1-4 0-0 3, Al Horford also made 4, Ginobili 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 48-85 14-19 big defensive plays. 119. 25 25 26 24 — 100 Jae Crowder and Kel- Chicago San Antonio 36 19 32 32 — 119 ly Olynyk each had 16 3-Point Goals-Chicago 7-18 points to help the Celtics (Mirotic 3-6, McDermott 1-2, Grant 1-3, Butler 1-3, Wade 1-3, Rondo 0-1), win for the fifth time in San Antonio 9-18 (Leonard 3-5, Green six games. Carmelo An- 2-4, Gasol 1-1, Parker 1-2, Simmons Ginobili 1-3, Bertans 0-1). Fouled thony scored 29 points 1-2, Out-None. Rebounds-Chicago 38 and Derrick Rose had 25 (Gibson 7), San Antonio 43 (Leonard Assists-Chicago 20 (Wade 6), for the Knicks. They fell 10). San Antonio 30 (Parker 8). Total to 22-29 in their NBA- Fouls-Chicago 19, San Antonio 19. defensive three record 51 Christmas ap- Technicals-Chicago second, Chicago team. A-18,428 pearances. (18,418).

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W Toronto 21 Boston 18 New York 16 Philadelphia 7 Brooklyn 7 Southeast Division W Charlotte 17 Atlanta 15 Washington 13 Orlando 14 Miami 10 Central Division W Cleveland 23 Milwaukee 14 Indiana 15 Chicago 14 Detroit 14 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W San Antonio 25 Houston 22 Memphis 20 New Orleans 11 Dallas 9 Northwest Division W Oklahoma City 19 Utah 18 Portland 13 Denver 12 Minnesota 9 Pacific Division W Golden State 27 L.A. Clippers 22 Sacramento 13 L.A. Lakers 11 Phoenix 9

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Friday’s Games Charlotte 103, Chicago 91 Orlando 109, L.A. Lakers 90 Cleveland 119, Brooklyn 99 Golden State 119, Detroit 113 Oklahoma City 117, Boston 112 Memphis 115, Houston 109 Milwaukee 123, Washington 96 New Orleans 91, Miami 87 Sacramento 109, Minnesota 105 Atlanta 109, Denver 108 Phoenix 123, Philadelphia 116 Toronto 104, Utah 98 San Antonio 110, Portland 90 Dallas 90, L.A. Clippers 88 Sunday’s Games Boston 119, New York 114 Cleveland 109, Golden State 108 San Antonio 119, Chicago 100 Oklahoma City 112, Minnesota 100 L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers (n) Today’s Games Memphis at Orlando, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at Washington, 6 p.m. Charlotte at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. Atlanta at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Dallas at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Indiana at Chicago, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Houston, 7 p.m. Toronto at Portland, 9 p.m. Denver at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Memphis at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Houston at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Utah at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Charlotte at Orlando, 6 p.m. Indiana at Washington, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. New York at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Chicago, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Phoenix at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Portland, 9 p.m. Toronto at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

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Steelers win AFC North after rallying past Ravens 31-27 The Associated Press

Steelers 31, Ravens 27 P ittsburgh — The clock ticking and a season filled with promise evaporating, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger took the snap, turned to his left and put the AFC North title in the hands of Antonio Brown. The star wide receiver caught the ball at the

Baltimore 1 and waited for the hit he knew was coming. When it arrived from Ravens safety Eric Weddle and linebacker C.J. Mosley, Brown ducked his head and stretched the ball across the goal line for a playoff-clinching touchdown that symbolized his team’s considerable resilience. Baltimore Pittsburgh

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