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Bankruptcies filed in Kansas, U.S. nearing 10-year low By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

Amid all the news that employment and economic growth have been sluggish in Kansas this year, there is at least one piece of good news. It looks as though there will

be fewer personal bankruptcy filings in Kansas in 2016 than at any time in the last 10 years. Although final figures for 2016 aren’t yet available, federal court records show that in the 12-month period that ended Sept. 30, there were

only 6,298 nonbusiness bankruptcy filings in Kansas. And if that pattern holds true for the January-December period, it would mark the smallest number of personal bankruptcies since 2006, well before the start of the Great Recession.

John Hooge, who has practiced bankruptcy law in Kansas for nearly 40 years, said he thinks the final numbers for Kansas will be lower than 2015, when there were 6,646 new filings. “The economy is better, interest rates have been low and

the real estate market has stabilized from so many foreclosures,” Hooge said. The trend in Kansas mirrors the national trend. Both in the state and nationally, nonbusiness bankruptcies began

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Regents review quake insurance coverage

LMH CEO: Partnerships, other changes possible

By Sara Shepherd sshepherd@ljworld.com

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We are in the enviable position of being able to be thoughtful about whatever we do.” — Lawrence Memorial Hospital CEO Russ Johnson

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Collaboration, new ways of delivering care are key, he says

s part of my effort to bring you more conversations with community leaders, I sat down recently with Russ Johnson, the relatively new president and CEO of Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Yes, I probably missed a golden opportunity because I did not ask him why the gowns are so drafty. Instead, I asked him about the hot breath of competition that LMH may be feeling more acutely these days. Johnson took over the hospital’s top spot in August after the retirement of longtime president and CEO Gene Meyer. By December, he had gotten a welcome present from neighbors to the east. As we have reported, officials with KU Hospital confirmed construction work is underway on a new orthopedic clinic along Wakarusa Drive. It will be KU

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Hospital’s first expansion into the Lawrence market, and I opined at the time that may be a significant sign of things to come. Johnson agreed that KU Hospital’s decision to have a clinic in Lawrence is significant. It was not a development, however, that caught him by

surprise. Johnson said it is clear to him that partnerships, collaboration and scale are among the most important trends in the health care industry for today and tomorrow. None of those ideas are likely to discombobulate Johnson. Although he grew up in the Kansas City metro area, he comes to Lawrence after having served as an executive at Centura Health System in Englewood, Colo., a suburb of Denver. Centura operates 17 hospitals and has affiliation agreements with 12 other hospitals throughout Colorado and western Kansas. It is Colorado’s largest health care network and has more than 21,000 employees. “Centura was all about creating partnerships and scale,” Johnson told me. “That doesn’t really scare me.”

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City: Records requests in housing suit are ‘burdensome’ By Rochelle Valverde rvalverde@ljworld.com

Everything from diary entries to drug tests may come into play in a housing discrimination case related to a local veteran. The city claimed in November that landlords violated fair housing laws by refusing to rent to veteran Christopher Evans based

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part of their rebuttal. In addition to records related to Evans’ medical condition and the dog, the documents requested include diary entries from — David Brown, attorney representing the city in the lawsuit when Evans was in the army, employment applications since he was discharged and any drug test on his disability and his use of an have denied that such discrimi- results for the past five years. “emotional support dog.” nation occurred and are now re> REQUESTS, 2A Attorneys for the landlords questing a host of documents as

They request medical and military records that the city doesn’t have, and to force the city to go through the steps necessary to obtain those kinds of records is unduly burdensome.”

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In light of recent rumblings — literal rumblings — on some campuses, Kansas Board of Regents universities are taking another look at their earthquake insurance coverage. Leisa Julian, University of Kansas vice chancellor and chief financial officer, reported during this month’s Regents Council of Presidents meeting that she BOARD OF and other REGENTS university CFOs decided to review the earthquake insurance coverage “as a due diligence matter.” The Regents as a system purchased $1 billion worth of property insurance, with coverage of $100 million for the peril of earthquake, she said. Adding another $100 million in earthquake coverage would increase the premium payment by $44,000 a year, Julian said. The Regents already pay more than $2 million a year for property insurance coverage, she said. A risk-management analysis determined Kansas to be at low risk for earthquake damage, Julian said. She said most other Big 12 universities also have $100 million to $150 million in earthquake coverage — with the exception of the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University, which both carry $350 million in coverage.

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FBI: Baldwin City priest still under investigation By Conrad Swanson cswanson@ljworld.com

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More than three months after a Catholic priest in Baldwin City was suspended due to allegations of inappropriate conduct, investigators are still looking into the matter. FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said Thursday morning that the investigation into the activities of the priest, Chris Rossman, is ongoing. Because the case is still

active, Patton said she could not release additional information. Ro ssman, 44, was susRossman pended from his position at both Annunciation Church in Baldwin City and the St. Francis of Assisi Church in

in Douglas County District Court. He does not have a criminal record in the district. The Archdiocese said Rossman would be suspended “pending the outcome of investigations by law enforcement and the Archdiocese.” Rossman was ordained in 2007 and has held assignments in Olathe, Topeka, Holton, Mayetta and the

Potawatomi Reservation. He began working in Baldwin City and Lapeer in July, 2015. The Lapeer church is southwest of Lawrence near Overbrook. Archdiocese representatives said Rossman has never before been accused of inappropriate activity.

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“Fourth and Maine has a critical long-term future as an inpatient facility, but a lot of our future — Lawrence Memorial Hospital CEO Russ Johnson will be in decentralized delivery,” Johnson said. There still will be improvements made at the main campus, but whether any of those lations currently. That Johnson characterized Kansas City hospitals doesn’t mean we should form partnerships or col- expect to see lots of new them more as improvements inside the existlaborations with LMH, hospitals. Instead, think ing walls of the facility it will be interesting to of clinics and other out“rather than new bricks see how many of them patient procedure faciliand mortar.” expand into Lawrence ties. The grand prize for But other facilities — with or without an LMH a KC hospital would be a outpatient care is about connection. partnership with LMH. 75 percent of LMH’s total Some of you may Well, actually, the volume — are possible. remember the late 1990s grand prize may be to Johnson said he believes and early 2000s when purchase LMH. Howevconvenience is definitely new banks sprouted in er, nothing in my conat the “top of the conLawrence faster than versation with Johnson sumer value proposidandelions. I wonder if led me to believe that tion.” Hospital leaders such a trend will occur LMH is looking to be will be keeping their with health care facilities sold. That would be an eyes open for where the in Lawrence. Some of the unexpected outcome. hospital needs to be ofsame conditions may ex- LMH has been very fiist. Many banks came to nancially strong for more fering services in order Lawrence because they than a decade. Normally, to be convenient to area decided they wanted to hospitals that feel a need residents. l Figuring out new try to remain an indeto sell do so because they ways to deliver health pendent bank rather than are facing a shortage care services will be be gobbled up through of financial resources. critical to LMH’s success. a merger. But to remain That’s not the case with Johnson briefly mentioned independent you needed LMH today. how people in the future to grow. To grow, you “We are in the enviwill access health care needed to have a presable position of being services on their smart ence in growing comable to be thoughtful phones much more than munities. Sadly, there are about whatever we do,” they do today. He talked only a handful of comJohnson said. about how consumers, munities in Kansas that As for some other are growing. Lawrence takeaways from my con- especially those with versation with Johnson: high-deductible health was and is one of them, l Don’t look for all the care plans, are going to thus Lawrence seemingly ended up on every bank’s growth of LMH to occur shop around for the best price for a service more radar screen. There may at the hospital’s main campus at Fourth and than they do today. And be hospital chains going Maine streets. he said LMH will have to through the same calcu-

continue to offer more services in the areas of prevention and wellness. In addition to that being the right thing to do for people’s health, Johnson is betting that ultimately the way hospitals get paid will be tied back to factors such as health and wellness metrics. He said he doesn’t know how the Trump administration and changes to Obamacare will shake out, but he thinks hospitals already were destined to face changes to their payment models. “Our payment model eventually will change,” Johnson said. “We won’t always be a fee-for-service type of business.” Hospital leaders will spend the next several months thinking about what the future may look like. LMH is undergoing a formal strategic planning process. It seems clear that Johnson will play a role to help people understand that change sometimes is both good and necessary. “If we continue serving the community in the same ways we always have, I think we become vulnerable to somebody who has a better mousetrap,” Johnson said.

to force the city to go through the steps necessary to obtain those kinds of records is unduly burdensome.” The city’s lawsuit claims that the landlords, Lyndon and Kathi Mullis, of Baldwin City, failed to make reasonable accommodations for Evans’ disability as required by local ordinance and federal fair housing law. If the court does not require the city to provide all of the documents requested, some of those documents could still be included as part of the case. The city’s most recent filing states that Evans has said he would coop-

claim, the landlords denied the allegations and instead accused the city WEDNESDAY’S POWERBALL 16 23 30 44 58 (4) of abusing the court process, stating that the city TUESDAY’S MEGA MILLIONS 2 28 30 38 39 (11) does not have evidence to support its claim. The WEDNESDAY’S HOT LOTTO SIZZLER counterclaim is asking 10 11 28 37 38 (3) that the lawsuit be disTHURSDAY’S missed and that the city LUCKY FOR LIFE pay monetary damages 6 10 15 33 34 (13) to the landlords of more WEDNESDAY’S than $50,000, as well as SUPER KANSAS CASH reimbursement of other 4 5 9 25 30 (3) costs and attorney fees. THURSDAY’S KANSAS The city has request2BY2 ed an extension for the Red: 12 23; White: 11 18 claim, and a court hearing THURSDAY’S for the lawsuit has yet to KANSAS PICK 3 (MIDDAY) be scheduled. 6 9 6

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Those could end up being important words for the future of Lawrence health care. It seems clear that LMH will have opportunities to collaborate or partner with other health care organizations in the future. Whether those opportunities end up being the right fit is tough to say, but it sounds like Johnson is in a mood to explore them. I did not get the impression, though, that such exploration will start and stop with KU Hospital. The KU Hospital may be a good fit for a partnership or a collaboration, but just because it has the KU brand in its name doesn’t mean that it is a given that it will partner with Lawrence’s largest health care provider. “There are lots of options out there,” Johnson said. The Kansas City market is full of them. There’s St. Luke’s, Shawnee Mission, Overland Park Regional, Olathe Medical Center and others. LMH may not limit itself to collaborating with just a single entity. Aside from watching

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The attorney representing the city in the suit, David Brown, filed a request for protection from the document request on Tuesday. The filing states that the city does not have control of those records and that the request is “overly burdensome” and intended as harassment. “Each of the elements is overly burdensome,” Brown said. “They request medical and military records that the city doesn’t have, and

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climbing in 2007 and 2008 as the housing market began to collapse. They peaked in 2011 when there were 10,905 personal bankruptcies in Kansas, and more than 1.5 million nationwide. Since then, though, there has been a steady decline. In 2015, new filings were 42 percent below the 2011 peak, and in Kansas they had dropped nearly 41 percent. Some people have suggested that the Affordable Care Act may also have played a role because medical debt is one of the biggest sources of personal debt that leads to bankruptcy. But Janice Miller Karlin, chief judge of the federal bankruptcy court for the District of Kansas, said she has not seen any hard evidence of that.

Lapeer in September after the Archdiocese of Kansas City received a report that he had visited “inappropriate websites” that were “depicting minors.” The Archdiocese did not say where the report came from, nor did it elaborate on the nature of the websites. Rossman has not been arrested, nor has he been charged with any crime

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erate in providing some of the records. Specifically, the filing states that Evans has agreed to sign any “appropriate authorization” for a release of records. However, the city is requesting that if such documents are provided by Evans, that they be covered by a protective order and treated as confidential. The City of Lawrence Human Relations Commission filed the original lawsuit Nov. 8 in Douglas County District Court. The suit claims that KanMar Management LLC violated fair housing laws by refusing to rent to Evans based on his disability and use of an emotional

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People who come through my court often can’t handle a one-month job lapse or getting evicted from an apartment, let alone a co-pay.”

— Janice Miller Karlin, chief judge of the federal bankruptcy court for the District of Kansas

“I cannot tell,” she said. “I know that I see medical bills when I go in and look at matrices, on Schedule F, which lists a person’s unsecured debt. I see it all the time, so I know it’s a contributing factor, but can’t tell if there’s more or less.” Karlin said medical debt can be difficult even for people who have health insurance because many policies still require significant out-ofpocket payments. “People who come through my court often can’t handle a one-month job lapse or getting evicted from an apartment, let alone a co-pay,” she said. Hooge said he still sees clients who have health insurance who file bankruptcy due to health bills.

“Usually something pretty major, a heart attack or a major surgery,” he said. “Even if they have insurance, it doesn’t take care of everything. It seems to me insurance policies pay for less and less.” Hooge also said it’s often hard to isolate how much of a person’s debt is due to medical expenses because some people choose to put their medical bills on their credit cards just to make sure they can get the care they need, then file for bankruptcy listing a large amount of credit card debt. — Statehouse reporter Peter Hancock can be reached at 354-4222. Follow him on Twitter: @LJWpqhancock

support dog. As a result of the rejection of his rental application, the lawsuit is seeking damages of more than $75,000, as well as reimbursement of court costs and attorney fees. The figure includes actual monetary damages for Evans, as well as damages for “pain, suffering and humiliation.” The defendants’ attorney, Bruce Hanson, sent the document request to the city in conjunction with the counterclaim filed Nov. 21 that denies the landlords discriminated against Evans. Hanson did not immediately return a phone call Thursday. As part of the counter-

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The chief financial officers have taken the matter under advisement for now, Julian said at the Dec. 14 meeting. Of all stakeholders in the room, Wichita State University President John Bardo was the most vocally supportive of potentially upping coverage. “I would encourage us to think seriously... we feel them regularly,” Bardo said, adding that he was shaken for a good 20 seconds while lying in bed on a recent Saturday morning in Wichita. Bardo said that while $100 million may seem like a lot, that’s for the whole system. “It only takes one big building,” he said. At least two earth-

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quakes were felt in Douglas County this fall. The first was Sept. 3, when a 5.6 magnitude earthquake in north-central Oklahoma was reportedly felt all the way from North Texas to Nebraska. On Nov. 25, a 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck northern Oklahoma and was felt in parts of Kansas.

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BIRTHS John and Jean RUle, Lawrence, a boy, Thursday. Shannon Ayers-Guzan and Russell Metcalfe, Gardner, a boy, Thursday. Marshall and Victoria Schmidt, Lawrence, a girl, Thursday. Rachel and Ryan Green, Lawrence, a boy, Thursday.

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A story in Sunday’s Journal-World about Seasonal Affective Disorder contained incorrect information. The lamps provided by the Lawrence Public — KU and higher ed reporter Sara Library are UV-blocking Shepherd can be reached at 832-7187. lamps and do not provide Follow her on Twitter: @saramarieshep Vitamin D.

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Shawnee County OKs settlement in discrimination suit Taylor

Wichita (ap) — Shawnee County commissioners agreed Thursday to pay a $48,000 settlement to two women who claimed they were wrongfully terminated from their jobs in the prosecutor’s office because of racial and gender dis-

Lawrence woman is one of the plaintiffs crimination. Although the settlement releases the county, the litigation will be allowed to continue against the district attorney’s

office, and a jury trial is expected to start Jan. 9 in federal court in Kansas City, Kan. That’s the same day outgoing Shawnee County District At-

um-Debolt, of Rancho Rio, New Mexico, filed the lawsuit in 2012. The two were torney Chad Taylor’s victim-witness specialists successor will be sworn in the district attorney’s ofinto office, The Topeka fice before they were termiCapital-Journal reported. nated in 2010. Lisa Anne Moore, of Lawrence, and Krystal L. Box> SETTLEMENT, 6A

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Attorneys representing Haskell Indian Nations University in a lawsuit filed by a former student over an alleged rape argue in a court filing that the school is not subject to Title IX, which prohibits gender-based discrimination, sexual harassment and sexual violence in education. The student’s lawsuit claims Haskell administrators treated her unfairly, eventually expelling her without due process, after she reported being raped by

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A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE HAS TAKEN SHAPE THIS WEEK OVER NAISMITH DRIVE on the University of Kansas campus. The bridge, pictured Tuesday, connects Learned Hall with the new Earth, Energy and Environment Center, scheduled to open in 2017. Naismith Drive between Crescent Road and 15th Street is expected to remain closed until Jan. 16 for construction of the pedestrian bridge, according to KU Design and Construction Management.

two football players. In a court filing last week, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Kansas contends Title IX doesn’t apply to Haskell because it is part of the federal government, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported. Haskell is part of the Bureau of Indian Education under the Department of the Interior. The filing cites a 1997 executive order by thenpresident Bill Clinton, which said in part that “Title IX does not apply to federal agencies, such as Haskell Indian Nations University.”

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Knife pulled out during argument at rec center, police say By Conrad Swanson cswanson@ljworld.com

A man pulled out a knife during an argument Wednesday afternoon at a Lawrence recreation center, police say. At 4:40 p.m., eight Lawrence police officers

were dispatched to the 2700 block of West 27th Street for a reported disturbance with weapons, according to department activity logs. Lawrence Police Department spokeswoman Kim Murphree clarified that the report came from

Holcom Park Recreation Center, 2700 W. 27th St. At the scene, police learned that a 26-year-old Lawrence man had argued with a boy, Murphree said. During the encounter, the man reportedly “displayed a pocket knife.” Nobody was injured

What to do on New Year’s Eve? Music, movies and more abound By Joanna Hlavacek jhlavacek@ljworld.com

Lawrencians will find no shortage of entertainment this New Year’s Eve, from afternoon screenings of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” to The Crumpletons’ annual early New Year’s show at The Jazzhaus to late-night karaoke and champagne toasts at the Yacht Club. Mike Yoder/Journal-World File Photo We’ve rounded up a LIBERTY HALL, 644 MASSACHUSETTS ST., will be screening few of those happenings 1971’s “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” at 2 and here, but you always can 4:30 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. scan the Journal-World’s Datebook for more ideas. Happy New Year, readers! Year’s Eve festivities this Saturday. “Willy Wonka and the The fun starts at 7 p.m., Chocolate Factory” at with Jazzhaus favorites Liberty Hall The Crumpletons and 2 and 4:30 p.m., Liberty their covers of 1960s-era Hall, 644 Massachusetts classics. Local funk-soulSt. R&B outfit The Band That Relive sweet childSaved The World will hood memories (or Manhattan (ap) take the stage starting at that terrifyingly trippy — The Kansas town 10:30 p.m. amid party faboat scene) at Saturday known as the Little vors and cocktails, among afternoon’s showings of Apple is gearing up other New Year’s Eve “Willy Wonka and the for a ball-drop event elements, finally shutting Chocolate Factory.” Libmodeled after the one down for the night around erty Hall is screening the in New York’s Times 1:30 a.m. 1971 classic as an escapist Square. Admission is $10 per wrap-up to “this difficult Manhattan is stagshow. year” that, among other ing its annual New tragedies, marked the Karaoke New Year’s Year’s Eve celebrapassing of Mr. Wonka Eve Party at the Yacht tion in the Aggieville himself, legendary perClub bar and entertainformer Gene Wilder. 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., Yacht ment district. SaturAdmission is $8, or $7 Club, 530 Wisconsin St. day’s festivities begin for senior citizens and The townie joint is celat 10:30 p.m. and children under 12. ebrating the New Year include music and in style with an evening fireworks. The event Live music at The of hourly giveaways, a culminates at midJazzhaus complimentary chamnight with the “Little 7 p.m. onward, The pagne toast at midnight Apple” drop. Jazzhaus, 926 Massachuand more — presumIt’s reminiscent of setts St. ably, karaoke will also be the ball drop in the Big Whether you’re a night involved. Apple, a Times Square owl or an early bird, The No cover charge here. tradition for more than Jazzhaus has you cova century. ered in the way of New > EVE, 6A

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during the incident, Murphree said. She would not elaborate on the nature of the argument or whether the man and the boy were acquainted. The man was arrested

on suspicion of aggra- man was “released from vated assault, though no custody pending further criminal charge has been investigation.” filed against him. — Public safety reporter Conrad A representative of the Swanson can be reached at 832-7284. Douglas County District Attorney’s office said the Follow him on Twitter: @Conrad_Swanson

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Trust your gut, not the cozy co-worker Dear Annie: A woman recently started to get close with my husband at work. She always finds excuses to ask him to do things with her alone. From what I heard before meeting her, she sounded smart and fun. My husband said that she often asked about me and said she wanted to meet me. I know my husband and trust him. We love passionately. So I wasn’t bothered by it at the beginning and was happy for him to have another friend at work. But when I invited her to our home with other friends, she always couldn’t come for a funny reason. Then one day, my husband and I ran into her on the street. I was excited to finally meet this amazing woman, but she barely talked

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to me, looked at me or used my name. She kept seeking eye contact with my husband, saying his name and walking next to him closely so that I had to be squeezed out from the middle and walk behind them. She acted as if she were the wife and I were the third person. I like to see the good side of people, but I was not able to see that nice person my husband described to me

2016’s best and worst TV series We all agree 2016 was quite a year. How often does the best television show of the year also reflect the themes and lessons of the biggest news event of the year? A group of people charged with their civic duty chooses racial resentment over evidence and reason, much to the chagrin and outrage of a major segment of society. Meanwhile, a sensational media continually distracts from major issues by trivializing a professional woman’s job performance, holding her up to tabloid ridicule and scorn with stories about her sex life, marriage, age, appearance and hair. We’re talking, of course, about ‘‘The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,’’ the FX miniseries that is far and away the television event of the year. In a cast (Cuba Gooding Jr., Kenneth Choi, Courtney B. Vance, John Travolta, Bruce Greenwood, Nathan Lane and David Schwimmer) universally deserving of acclaim, Sarah Paulson’s evocation of prosecutor Marcia Clark was a standout. She brought renewed understanding, sympathy and respect to a public figure long treated as a bad joke about a bad perm. The series and Paulson’s role in it magnified the news media’s double and triple standards for professional women, something that did not end in the 1990s. If ‘‘O.J.’’ tops my list for best series, my nod for the worst ‘‘show’’ of 2016 has to be a threeway tie between venerable institutions. ‘‘Vinyl,’’ Martin Scorsese’s ludicrous rock history series for HBO, and Woody Allen’s stilted Amazon miniseries ‘‘Crisis in Six Scenes’’ were sad reminders that great creative forces can lose their touch. But the television ‘‘news’’ coverage of the election of 2016 showed us how a great institution can lose its collective mind. Given two major party candidates with decadeslong records in the public spotlight, we were treated to a series of breathless instant analyses of Twitter dispatches. It says something that the biggest ‘‘scoop’’ of the 18-month political slog was a tape associated with celebrity reporter Billy Bush, a walking embodiment of the ephemeral and trite. Tonight’s other highlights l Tales from the web on ‘‘Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon’’ (7 p.m., NBC, TV-PG). l Abbie Mills and Ichabod Crane visit the Jeffersonian on a crossover episode between ‘‘Bones’’ (7 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) and ‘‘Sleepy Hollow’’ (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14). l Tweens put a new spin on ointments on ‘‘Shark Tank’’ (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG). Copyright 2016 United Feature Syndicate, distributed by Universal Uclick.

at all. I found her behavior toward me rude and aggressive. If her only intention were to be a good friend of my husband’s and she truly had wanted to meet me, she wouldn’t have acted so hostilely. I think she is just manipulative. When I shared my thoughts with my husband, as expected, he didn’t want to believe me. Instead, he said I am paranoid and jealous. Of course. She had succeeded in presenting this perfect image of herself to him. Now the more I say against her the more she’ll be the innocent victim. It’s a trick that all women know, but very few men are capable of understanding the complexity of women’s nature. I can’t stand this disrespect, and I don’t

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For Friday, Dec. 30: This year you’ll greet change positively, as long as you don’t fear risks and can understand their importance. If you are single, you are likely to meet someone you find very exciting and alluring. If you are attached, your life continues to be exciting, and it will add a lot of energy to your relationship. 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) HHH Stay true to your desires in order to get the responses you want. You know how to turn negativity into positivity. Tonight: A must appearance. Taurus (April 20-May 20) HHHH You could be upset by news that heads your way. Make your own decisions. Tonight: Someone else follows your lead. Gemini (May 21-June 20) HHHHH You could create a lot of chaos in your life by repeating the same question over again. Tonight: Look beyond the obvious. Cancer (June 21-July 22) HHHH Events will play out, given time and patience. Maintain a perspective and a sense of humor. Tonight: Only where you want to be. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH A conversation could become taxing, as an element of exaggeration exists. Nearly everyone prefers peace over war. Tonight: Keep an eye on

want my husband to be around a fake person. How can I get him to realize that she is not what he thinks? I look forward to reading your advice. It will be easier for my husband to get the message when it comes from an independent voice. — Frustrated Dear Frustrated: This lady has two faces, and neither one is pretty. With one, she is trying to manipulate a married man into believing she is a sweet pal; with the other, she’s grimacing while all but elbowing his wife into the gutter. Trust your gut, and ask your husband to trust it, too.

— Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

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your budget. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH A person might have expressed intense feelings. A goodwill gesture stabilizes a difficult situation. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH You might decide to head in a new direction. As you have learned, all choices have their hazards. Tonight: Join friends for a night out. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Keep asking questions if you need to know more about someone’s decision. Tonight: Make it an early night. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You could be in the position to aim for what you want later in the day. Tonight: Accept an invitation to a late dinner. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH You could be flying high, and as a result, you might not sense an impending disruption on the homefront. Tonight: Go with the flow. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Plan on getting together with a friend or loved one in the near future. Tonight: Nap, then decide. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Listen to how someone else would like to handle a personal matter. Tonight: Where your friends are. — The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

Universal UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

Crossword

Edited by Timothy Parker December 30, 2016 ACROSS 1 Happen 6 Cut that gushes 10 Bullets on a poker table 14 Like much of April 15 Do-others link 16 “And ___ There Were None” 17 Fruity rumor mills? 19 “Take this” 20 Elemental variant 21 Great Lakes city 22 Allied nations 25 What one needs to give, to yield 26 Made like a majestic eagle 28 Harmless little pranks 30 Like some ripe apples 32 Work a jimmy 33 Took down a peg 35 Small kitchen sets 39 Hippie’s adversary (with “the”) 40 Black-andwhite sea bird 42 Cooking tool 43 Sound of a generic cheer 44 Breed 47 Former Spanish currency 49 Catchall abbr. for omitted items 50 Money in Japan 52 Heavily trafficked German river 12/30

11 Some fruit providers 12 Capable of giving one the creeps 13 Golfing legend Ed 18 “I do,” is a common one 22 Point the finger at 23 Jacob’s father-in-law 24 Some cocktail garnishes 27 Game one of any series 29 Meeting that people hope gets spiritual? 31 Quick pool excursion 34 Failed firecracker 36 An hour of sleep, e.g. 37 How to save money on dining 38 Shall not, older than old-school

53 Your brother’s boy 56 Acquired 58 Winningeverything link 59 Hydrox competitor 60 Your take or mine 63 Misfortunes 64 Places of excessive public attention 68 Far from busy 69 Dogs 70 Grassy plain with few trees 71 “The Untouchables” leader Eliot 72 Eagles along a coastline 73 Some paving stones DOWN 1 Ending of some websites 2 Some workers make a dash for it 3 Spy org. in Virginia 4 Changes one’s selection 5 Some breads or whiskeys 6 Ax that rocks 7 More than slightly irritated 8 Thing between levels 9 Fire truck equipment 10 Where many of the elderly are young

41 It can get you past a deadbolt 45 Multiple guiding beliefs 46 Regulated, healthy routine 48 Roofing tile 51 Trios times three 53 Situation for a tie? 54 Wear down 55 Stout’s sleuth 57 “___ death do us ...” 61 Boat landing place 62 Paints used by the masters 65 Chapeau 66 Explosive stuff 67 “Mayday! Mayday!”

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BECKER ON BRIDGE

Opinion

Lawrence Journal-World l LJWorld.com l Friday, December 30, 2016

EDITORIALS

Extending STAR bonds These important incentive tools for economic development should be allowed to continue.

sed properly, STAR bonds can prove beneficial to the state, and legislators should work to extend the bonds’ use beyond the current sunset date of June 30. The STAR bonds program is an economic development incentive tool used to fund major development projects that serve as statewide attractions. The bonds create a special taxing district allowing projects to keep significant portions of state and local sales taxes generated at the development. STAR bonds have been used to finance the Kansas Speedway in Wyandotte County, the Flint Hills Discovery Center in Manhattan, Heartland Park in Topeka, and the Prairie Fire shopping district and museum in Overland Park, among others. There are no STAR Bond projects in Douglas County, but the bonds have been touted as a way to help fund a $70 million outdoor recreational development at Clinton Lake State Park. While STAR STAR bonds bonds are similar would allow to tax increment the city of Lawfinance districts, rence to collect 49 percent of they are more city, county powerful because the and state sales they allow not tax generated at the Clinton only for local Lake outdoor sales taxes to be center to retire collected but also bonds issued state sales tax for the development. While dollars. STAR bonds are similar to tax increment finance districts, they are more powerful because they allow not only for local sales taxes to be collected but also state sales tax dollars. Gov. Sam Brownback is supportive of the Clinton Lake project and has suggested STAR bonds for the Clinton Lake project, which, it’s important to note, is merely in the discussion stages. But if STAR bonds are critical to the Clinton Lake development, the project may never get beyond the discussion phase. That’s because there are real questions about whether STAR bonds will be continued beyond June 30. The Senate Commerce Committee is expected to conduct hearings this session on whether STAR bond authority should be used for new projects. Committee Chair Julia Lynn, a Republican state senator from Olathe, didn’t sound overly optimistic. “We need to decide if the state should be in the STAR bonds business at all,” Lynn said earlier this week. “It’s too early to predict what will happen. I think the whole program needs a lot of work and attention.” Lynn said the STAR bonds legislation needs to be thoroughly vetted. Specifically, the state needs a more transparent reporting process so that legislators can track the amount of sales tax the state will receive and what is being diverted for STAR bonds debt retirement, Lynn said. Thorough vetting of the program and greater transparency should be welcome changes for the STAR bonds program. But assuming those can be accomplished to the Legislature’s satisfaction, the STAR bonds should continue. It’s an important development incentive that can be used to encourage projects that bring more visitors to Kansas.

LAWRENCE

Journal-World

Established 1891

What the Lawrence Journal-World stands for Accurate and fair news reporting. No mixing of editorial opinion with reporting of the news. l Safeguarding the rights of all citizens regardless of race, creed or economic stature. l Sympathy and understanding for all who are disadvantaged or oppressed. l Exposure of any dishonesty in public affairs. l Support of projects that make our community a better place to live. l l

Scott Stanford, Publisher Chad Lawhorn, Editor Kim Callahan, Managing Editor Kathleen Johnson, Advertising Manager Joan Insco, Circulation Manager Allie Sebelius, Marketing Director

A few predictions for next year Last year around this time, I correctly predicted the nominations of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton but stumbled badly in failing to foresee Republican victories in November. I did tab the Chicago Cubs as World Series winners. Time for my not-totally-serious look ahead to 2017:

Carl Leubsdorf carl.p.leubsdorf@gmail.com

January In farewell address, President Barack Obama predicts his Obamacare, Iran and Cuba initiatives will survive. Republican Congress repeals Obamacare, effective 2019, and President Donald Trump signs repeal on Inauguration Day. He also announces review of Iran nuclear deal, names son-inlaw Jared Kushner new Mideast envoy and nominates Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas for Supreme Court vacancy. Trump Corp. announces new hotels in Jerusalem and Cairo. February Patriots beat Cowboys in Super Bowl. Senate Armed Services Committee announces bipartisan hearings on Russian efforts to influence 2016 election. House passes sweeping tax cuts; Democrats warn deficit will spike. Dow Jones Industrial Average hits 21,000. Trump job approval at 50. President Trump announces his first overseas trip will be to Moscow. Democrats elect former Labor Secretary Tom Perez as national chairman. March Senate Democrats block tax cut, urging more for the middle class. Dow drops 800 points. Senate confirms Cruz 51-49. House passes reduced Trump infrastructure bill; president denounces GOP leaders. Putin welcomes Trump to Moscow, echoing Margaret Thatcher’s, “We can do business with him.” Trump Hotels announces expansion in Russia. President passes up NATO meeting to hold his 24th victory rally in Kansas. Hillary Clinton becomes president of small liberal arts college in New Hampshire, sparking 2020 rumors. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott names Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to fill Senate vacancy. Trump announces

he’ll have first presidential mer Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley makes fifth 2017 press conference in April. visit to Iowa, one fewer April than former Missouri SecTrump decides to keep retary of State Jason KanU.S. relations with Cuba, der. sparking outcry from conservative Republicans. July Anti-Trump rally atTrump Hotels announces Cuba expansion. House tracts 2 million protesters, passes budget resolution many carrying signs saywith Medicare voucher pro- ing “Trump Misled Us.” gram for everyone under On year’s second visit to 45. President cancels press Moscow, Trump and Putin conference. Major insur- announce new trade pact. ance companies announce Eric Trump named new U.S. year-end withdrawal from ambassador. Patrick edges Obamacare, threatening 20 former HUD Secretary Jumillion people with losing lian Castro for Cruz Senate health insurance. Trump job seat. Reduced infrastructure bill finally passes Congress. approval drops to 43. After review, Trump acMay cepts Iran nuclear pact. U.S. President makes second envoy to Israel David Friedoverseas trip to Taiwan. man resigns; Israel recalls China calls U.S. ambassador its ambassador. home for “consultations.” Francois Fillon edges far- August House Democratic Leader right candidate Marion Le Pen in French presidential Nancy Pelosi announces election. Senate passes tax 2018 retirement, urges fellow bill after GOP leaders re- 70-something colleagues to duce tax cuts for wealthy. follow. Trump skips Group Dow back to 21,000. Trump of Seven economic summit CIA head Mike Pompeo re- to hold 29th victory rally in jects contention Putin in- Alaska. Russian troops interfered in election. After vade and overrun Ukraine. Trump jawboning, Congress Trump says they responded narrowly raises debt ceiling. to “provocations.” UnemBudget Director Mick Mul- ployment level ticks up to 4.8 percent. Trump vows invaney resigns in protest. vestigation of Labor DepartJune ment statisticians. Liberal groups announce July 4 Washington rally for September Rep. Steny Hoyer of Americans facing loss of health care coverage. Sen- Maryland, 78, announces ate Armed Services Com- he’ll seek House Democratic mittee unanimously con- leadership. Dow Jones drops demns Russia and Putin for fourth straight month. for election interference Trump blames “Clinton lov“clearly designed to help ers” on Wall Street, fires one candidate.” Golden three ex-Goldman Sachs ofState beats Cleveland in ficials and names Donald NBA finals. Blackhawks Trump Jr. chief economic beat Capitals for Stanley adviser. As Congress reCup. President names ex- turns, Sen. Mike Lee, Rush wife Ivana special envoy Limbaugh and Sarah Palin for climate change. For- headline a “He’s No Con-

PUBLIC FORUM

Brownback ideology To the editor: Ideology versus results. The chasm between good intentions and effective government is staggering. This disconnect resonates in Gov. Sam Brownback’s most recent pre-holiday interview. His primary goal for the next legislative session is to build a new school finance formula. Given the track record of poor results produced from his legislative agendas in the past, it is difficult to image how much damage this administration could bring upon our public education system. Tax cuts, privatizing Medicaid and promises made to public service employees have all fallen well short of the mark. Instead of addressing these initiatives head on after they have proved ineffective, the administration moves on to other topics. Gov. Brownback is unwilling to conduct any transparent review of the sweeping changes that are unprecedented for one administration. My hope is the Legislature will stop the maddening pace of change until the administration is held accountable for its past agendas. Otherwise, it is clear that our governor will put forward ideas that will have significant adverse consequences to the future of our schools. Rob Chestnut, Lawrence

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servative” rally, accusing Trump of “failing to drain the swamp.”

October Index of Leading Indicators drops for fifth straight month. Commerce Department predicts annual growth rate at 1.8 percent. Trump blames Obama. The Washington Post reports top aides say Trump spends more time reviewing Trump Co. balance sheets than administration plans. Trump fires Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, names Ivanka Trump as replacement. Senate Democratic resistance forces Congress to adopt stop-gap spending bill. Nationals edge Indians in World Series. November Trump job approval drops to 38. In reversal, Trump announces he will attend NATO defense meeting. Other countries tell him to stay home unless he’ll back increased sanctions against Russia. Department of Health and Human Services says percentage of uninsured Americans is up to 14 percent December Rising unemployment reaches 5.5 percent. Trump approval at 36. Trump blames business leaders at his 33rd victory rally in Nebraska. Secret strategy memo by RNC Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel urges Republican 2018 candidates to “do whatever necessary” to separate themselves from President Trump. President tries to fire her but is told RNC sets her term. President cancels annual White House Press Christmas Reception but promises first news conference for January 2018! — Carl P. Leubsdorf is the former Washington bureau chief of the Dallas Morning News.

TODAY IN HISTORY On Dec. 30, 1916, Grigory Rasputin, the so-called “Mad Monk” who wielded considerable influence with Czar Nicholas II, was killed by a group of Russian noblemen in St. Petersburg. l In 1853, the U.S. and Mexico signed a treaty under which the U.S. agreed to buy some 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico for $10 million in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase. l In 1865, author Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India. l In 1922, Vladimir I. Lenin proclaimed the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which lasted nearly seven decades before dissolving in Dec. 1991. l In 1936, the United Auto Workers union staged its first “sit-down” strike at the General Motors Fisher Body Plant No. 1 in Flint, Michigan. (The strike lasted until Feb. 11, 1937.) l In 1940, California’s first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened. l In 1954, Olympic gold medal runner Malvin G. Whitfield became the first black recipient of the James E. Sullivan Award for amateur athletes. l In 1994, a gunman walked into a pair of suburban Boston abortion clinics and opened fire, killing two employees. (John C. Salvi III was later convicted of murder; he died in prison, an apparent suicide.)

TODAY

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High 41° Low 22° POP: 5%

High 44° Low 39° POP: 25%

High 56° Low 29° POP: 70%

High 35° Low 14° POP: 15%

Wind SSW 10-20 mph

Wind N 7-14 mph

Wind ESE 6-12 mph

Wind S 6-12 mph

Wind NW 8-16 mph

POP: Probability of Precipitation

Kearney 53/23

McCook 59/22 Oberlin 61/23

Clarinda 46/27

Lincoln 50/25

Grand Island 53/22

Beatrice 51/26

Concordia 52/26

Centerville 43/30

St. Joseph 49/27 Chillicothe 48/32

Sabetha 50/28

Kansas City Marshall Manhattan 52/32 51/37 Hays Russell Goodland Salina 55/26 Oakley 55/24 55/25 Kansas City Topeka 61/18 56/27 60/23 54/30 Lawrence 50/30 Sedalia 53/31 Emporia Great Bend 52/40 53/30 55/25 Nevada Dodge City Chanute 54/40 54/26 Hutchinson 53/38 Garden City 55/28 55/23 Springfield Wichita Pratt Liberal Coffeyville Joplin 52/39 55/30 53/26 58/25 54/41 55/41 Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

LAWRENCE ALMANAC

Through 8 p.m. Thursday.

Temperature High/low Normal high/low today Record high today Record low today

49°/26° 38°/19° 71° in 2004 -6° in 1990

Precipitation in inches 24 hours through 8 p.m. yest. 0.00 Month to date 1.00 Normal month to date 1.53 Year to date 32.70 Normal year to date 39.87

REGIONAL CITIES

Today Sat. Today Sat. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 53 31 s 41 24 pc Atchison 52 29 s 39 21 pc Holton Belton 50 32 s 41 24 pc Independence 52 33 s 42 26 pc 49 34 s 41 24 pc Burlington 54 32 s 45 25 pc Olathe Coffeyville 55 41 s 52 32 pc Osage Beach 53 40 s 49 28 pc 55 32 s 43 23 pc Concordia 52 26 s 39 21 pc Osage City 53 32 s 43 24 pc Dodge City 54 26 s 43 22 pc Ottawa 55 30 s 45 24 pc Fort Riley 55 29 s 42 22 pc Wichita Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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600 1500 100

Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for today.

Fronts Cold

INTERNATIONAL CITIES Cities Acapulco Amsterdam Athens Baghdad Bangkok Beijing Berlin Brussels Buenos Aires Cairo Calgary Dublin Geneva Hong Kong Jerusalem Kabul London Madrid Mexico City Montreal Moscow New Delhi Oslo Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Tokyo Toronto Vancouver Vienna Warsaw Winnipeg

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WEATHER TRIVIA™

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A storm brought record-breaking cold to the East on Dec. 30, 1880. The low was 7 degrees below zero in Washington, D.C.

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-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s National Summary: As a snowstorm diminishes over northern New England, cold air and lake-effect snow will impact the Upper Midwest and Northeast today. Rain will dampen parts of California and the coastal Northwest.

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Fayetteville, N.C. (ap) — The sister of a woman murdered more than 30 years ago in North Carolina says she and her family have been “waiting for years” to hear the news that a judge has lifted the stay for execution for the

the stay of execution for former Fort Bragg soldier Ronald A. Gray, who is being held at Fort Leavenworth. Gray was convicted in military and civilian courts of raping several women and killing four, including

18-year-old Tammy Cofer Wilson. He was sentenced to death in a Fort Bragg court-martial in 1988. Honey Rosalie Schlehuber of Chickasha, Okla., tells The Fayetteville Observer that she would like to witness Gray’s execution and that her entire family has struggled since Wilson’s murder.

Settlement

deserved to be terminated because their work emails about colleagues featured “derogatory and unprofessional comments” laced with profanity. A memorandum from county counselor Jim Crowl to the commissioners said the county denies the claims of Boxum-Debolt and Moore “have any merit, (and) this settlement reflects the costs of the defense as well as the risk of an adverse judgment.”

The settlement is a “compromise of disputed claims,” Crowl wrote in the document. The defense has sought a judge’s order to exclude any allegedly sexist statements or conduct by any employee of the district attorney’s office that weren’t done in the presence of Moore and Boxum-Debolt and were communicated to the plaintiffs secondhand. The judge hasn’t ruled on the defense motion to exclude that testimony.

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They contend in a court filing that Taylor had a propensity to use “insulting and intensely degrading language and sexual epithets” to describe women. Taylor, who didn’t run for re-election in November, has called the allegations inaccurate. He claimed the women

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Haskell

I think that payment for services puts Haskell on the same footing as any other university in the nation.”

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The former student’s attorney, Dan Curry, said Wednesday the federal government is responsible for enforcing Title IX at other schools and it would be ironic to deny students at a federal university rights that they would enjoy at other schools. He also noted that the woman’s Title IX claims are only part of her arguments against Haskell. Schools, colleges and universities that receive federal funding are subject to Title IX. The issue is whether Haskell, a federal university, is a “recipient” of federal funds. The court filing argues Haskell isn’t a “recipient” of federal money but is rather a part of

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accused of the rape, Jared Wheeler, pleaded no contest last month to aggravated battery and will be sentenced Jan. 6. The other accused, Galen Satoe, is charged with two counts of rape, one count of attempted rape, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy and one count of attempted aggravated criminal sodomy. His trial last summer ended in a mistrial and he is scheduled for retrial in February. Haskell and Bureau of Indian Education officials have consistently refused to comment on pending legal action against the university.

p.m. to 1 a.m. Admission is $20 per person and includes all the cool stuff listed above.

new album — at their traditional New Year’s Eve bash, once again hosted by The Bottleneck. Tickets for this all-ages show range from $23 to $26. Get yours online at thebottlenecklive.com or in person at The Bottleneck.

NYE Party! at The Bottleneck 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. Wichita-proud bluegrass rockers Split Lip Rayfield are celebrating the dawn of 2017 — and the release of their

New Year’s Eve at Slow Ride 7:30 p.m. to 2 a.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St. Ring in the New Year at North Lawrence’s favorite (only?) biker bar with an evening of food, fun, champagne and party favors. Live music, courtesy of the Ronni Ward Band, will be on hand from 9

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the federal government — “wholly owned and operated with federal funds.” Curry noted that Haskell receives payments from students, as well as direct financing by the federal government. He said courts have not resolved the issue of whether a university like Haskell is subject to Title IX. “I think that payment for services puts Haskell on the same footing as any other university in the nation,” he said. The U.S. Attorney’s office’s filing asks the court for a judgment against the student. One of the two former Haskell students

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The Seven New Signs of the Apocalypse

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Spider ››› Spider-Man 2 (2004) ››› Furious 7 (2015) Vin Diesel. Homeland Homeland ›› The Peacemaker (1997) You Don’t Mess Spartacus: Ven.

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Responding to evidence that Russia hacked Democratic Party officials during this year’s presidential election, the Obama administration on Thursday sanctioned Russian intelliWASHINGTON

gence officials, expelled 35 Russian diplomats suspected of being spies and shut down two Russian facilities in the USA. “These actions follow repeated private and public warnings that we have issued to the Russian government and are a necessary and appropriate response to efforts to harm U.S. interests in violation of established international norms of behavior,”

President Obama said in a statement, describing attempts to interfere in the election as a threat to the democratic process. Obama suggested that the Russians sought to affect previous elections and that the United States would engage in covert retaliation activity. The administration will soon “be providing a report to Congress in the coming days about Russia’s efforts to interfere in our election, as well as malicious cyberactivity related to our election cycle in previous elections,” he said.

“These actions ... are a necessary and appropriate response to efforts to harm U.S. interests.” President Obama

President-elect Donald Trump continued to downplay the allegations. “It’s time for our country to move on to bigger and better things. Nevertheless, in the interest of our country and its great people, I will meet with leaders of

the intelligence community next week in order to be updated on the facts of this situation,” he said in a statement issued Thursday evening. Trump and his aides have said Democrats are pushing the Russian hack story as part of an effort to explain the loss by Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence issued a joint statement accusing v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B

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Nov. 8 Donald Trump wins the presidential election.

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April 21 Prince dies.

Good riddance, 2016. ❖ It was tragic. ❖ It was bizarre. ❖ And it was surreal, which happened to be the word of the year. Merriam-Webster said the word’s definition was searched more frequently by users in 2016 than in other years. The word, which means “Marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream,” spiked most during President-elect Trump’s victory but also after an attempted coup in Turkey and terrorist attacks in Belgium and France. Terror also touched home in Orlando. ❖ How surreal was 2016? Read on. v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B

Taking a Wi-Fi risk

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July Coup in Turkey

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Nov. 25 Cuban President Fidel Castro dies.

52%

of Americans say the convenience of public Wi-Fi outweighs any potential risks. SOURCE University of Phoenix survey of 2,209 adults

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Dec. Debbie Reynolds and daughter Carrie Fisher die.

Dec. 8 John Glenn dies.

July Pokemon Go goes worldwide.

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A flying warehouse? Amazon is aiming high with patent Imagine your stuff floating down to you Brett Molina @brettmolina23 USA TODAY

And you thought getting packages by unmanned drone was cool. An Amazon patent available through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office details plans to create an “airborne fulfillment center.” Basically, a flying warehouse. Details on the April patent

were uncovered by CB Insights tech analyst Zoe Leavitt. The patent says the warehouse could remain at a high altitude, and drones “with ordered items may be deployed from the center to deliver ordered items to userdesignated delivery locations.” The patent says shuttles could deliver more inventory to the warehouse, as well as transport employees. Images accompanying the patent feature a blimp as the chosen airship for the fulfillment center, although it’s not clear the vehicle will be part of Amazon’s final design. Amazon envisions using this

concept beyond delivering customer orders. An example used in the patent details how the flying warehouse could be deployed during an event such as a football game. The warehouse could stock items such as sporting apparel or food, then relocate near the event, so customers could order items and have them quickly delivered by drone. The patent says that in some cases, the fulfillment center could “navigate to a lower altitude and provide advertising.” The details of the patent cap what has been a wild month for Amazon, which delivered its first

package by drone this month. The test was completed in the United Kingdom. When it’s not working on delivery technology, Amazon is opening grocery stores without checkout lines. The company is testing out the concept in Seattle. Users tap their smartphones as they enter the store to log in and add items through an app. When the customers walk out, the app charges their Amazon accounts. U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

A drawing from the patent for Amazon’s “airborne fulfillment center”

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Russia of a decade-long cybercampaign targeting American government, infrastructure and citizens in general. Obama signed an executive order outlining economic penalties for individuals and organizations involved in “tampering with, altering or causing a misappropriation of information with the purpose or effect of interfering with or undermining election processes or institutions.” The sanctions affect “nine entities and individuals,” Obama said: “The GRU and the FSB, two Russian intelligence services; four individual officers of the GRU; and three companies that provided material support to the GRU’s cyber operations.” They did not include Russian President Vladimir Putin, though Obama suggested he knew about the Russian hacking activity because “these data theft and disclosure activities could only have been directed by the highest levels of the Russian government.” Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russian president will develop a response to the U.S. sanctions, and “there is no doubt that this adequate and mirror response will make the U.S. side feel very uncomfortable as well.” Peskov said Obama pushed forward with sanctions “to further harm Russian-American ties, which are at a low point as it is, as well as obviously deal a blow on the foreign policy plans of the incoming administration of the president-elect.” The Obama administration expelled 35 Russian intelligence operatives from the USA and shut down two Russian compounds, in Maryland and New York, which Obama said were “used by Russian personnel for intelligencerelated purposes.” Russia is likely to respond in kind by kicking out U.S. officials from its country; the United States has claimed that its diplomats in Russia have been harassed for years. The Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom taunted the White House on Twitter, calling the penalties “lame” and saying, “Everybody ... will be glad to see the last of this hapless Adm.” U.S. intelligence agencies accused the Russians of getting involved in the election to help Trump win the presidency, accusations Putin and other Russian officials denied. The U.S. agencies are conducting a formal investigation, and Congress is likely to conduct a probe of its own. “These actions are not the sum total of our response to Russia’s aggressive activities,” Obama said Thursday. “We will continue to take a variety of actions at a time and place of our choosing, some of which will not be publicized.” 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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Truck braking system likely averted some Berlin deaths Under 2012 EU law, cameras aboard rigs can trigger stops Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard USA TODAY

BERLIN An automatic braking system required by law may have prevented more deaths in last week’s truck rampage through a Christmas market, according to an investigation by German media. The 40-ton truck used in the attack Dec. 19 stopped about 250 feet after it was intentionally rammed into the market, suggesting its mandatory, anti-collision system had been deployed, said a joint report by the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and broadcasters NDR and WDR. The attack left 12 people dead and injured 48. Investigators have not com-

mented on the finding, which raises the possibility the truck’s braking system saved lives. A European Union law adopted in 2012 requires all new trucks over a certain size to be fitted with an automatic braking system to reduce the number of rear-end collisions. The system, which uses cameras to detect hazards, alerts the driver to potential dangers. If no action is taken, the brakes are engaged. The system can be manually overridden. The Scania R450 truck crashed into several wooden cabins and tore down a Christmas tree before coming to a halt. The emergency braking system regulation applies to trucks with axles weighing more than 3.5 tons, according to the EU legislation. In July, more than 80 people were killed when a terrorist rammed a 19-ton truck into Bastille Day crowds in Nice, France. The truck came to a halt after the driver was killed by police. It is not clear whether that vehicle was fitted with a similar

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A truck is let through a concrete barrier in front of the Brandenburg Gate, a Berlin landmark, on Thursday.

braking system. In the Berlin attack, German investigators ruled out a hypothesis that the original Polish driver of the truck may have heroically acted to prevent additional loss of life. Investigators speculated that Lukasz Urban could have been

involved in a struggle with Anis Amri, the suspected hijacker, as the vehicle slammed into the market. Urban was found dead in the truck with bullet and stab wounds. Subsequent forensic examinations revealed Urban was shot in the head several hours before the attack. Amri, 24, a Tunisian national, was shot and killed by police in Milan on Friday. He fled to Italy after the attack. The Islamic State, which claimed responsibility for the attack, released a video — determined by investigators to be genuine — that shows Amri pledging allegiance to the militant group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Thursday, German prosecutors released a 40-year-old Tunisian national who was detained Wednesday on suspicion of being Amri’s accomplice. The man’s cellphone number was found saved in Amri’s phone. Prosecutors concluded the man had not been in contact with Amri immediately before the attack.

2016 WAS UNMERCIFUL an investigation into Clinton’s handling of classified information recast attention on the closed investigation, throwing the already divisive election into complete disarray. The source of the review was very 2016: a separate investigation into allegations former congressman Anthony Weiner was sending sexual messages to a 15year-old girl. Investigators found the Clinton emails while searching Weiner’s devices, which were accessible by his wife, Clinton aide Huma Abedin. Ultimately, Comey’s office again decided not to charge Clinton after reviewing the emails.

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EVERYONE DIED

Well, not everyone, but it seemed that way. Celebrity deaths came swiftly with 2016’s arrival, starting with David Bowie in January and followed by pretty much everyone we loved from film, music and even the halls of power. The most heartbreaking came at the end: Actress Carrie Fisher died, then a day later, her bereft mother, actress and singer Debbie Reynolds, died after she was rushed to a hospital. Hollywood and music took the biggest hits, losing Prince, Gene Wilder, Florence Henderson, Garry Shandling and Leonard Cohen, among others. Sports icons weren’t spared. Boxing great Muhammad Ali, Pat Summit and Arnold Palmer all died. The year’s fallen government leaders included former astronaut and U.S. senator John Glenn, Fidel Castro, Antonin Scalia, Shimon Peres, Nancy Reagan and Janet Reno. Just when we thought we couldn’t take any more, December took from us singer George Michael, actor Alan Thicke, Fisher and Reynolds.

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Muhammad Ali’s relevance and irresistible appeal ranged far beyond the sport at which he was The Greatest.

SPICOLI INADVERTENTLY HELPED BUST DRUG LORD

Actor Sean Penn’s foray into journalism, in which he stealthily visited and interviewed Mexican drug lord El Chapo, led to the fugitive’s arrest in January. Beyond Penn’s incidental takedown of a cartel leader, the story proved interesting for what it involved — Penn’s A-list persona, the underground Mexican drug trade and the romance of Mexican telenovelas. Mexican Attorney General Arely Gomez said El Chapo’s connection with Penn broke authorities’ search open. El Chapo, whose real name is Joaquin Guzman, sought out producers and actors for a biopic about him. Penn and soap opera star Kate del Castillo visited Guzman, who was on the lam after escaping a Mexican jail a second time. Penn, in an explosive and controversial article he penned for Rolling Stone, described the meeting in Mexico, which he conceded was a failure because it didn’t spark a broader conversation about the war on drugs. Castillo, a noted critic of the Mexican government, came under investigation for her contacts with Guzman. The pen pal bond she built with Guzman led to the interview, and her flirtatious text messages with the drug lord raised eyebrows. There were questions over whether Guzman helped bankroll her tequila business. Guzman faces charges in the USA, among them murder, weapons possession, organized crime and money laundering. FAKE NEWS BLARED LOUDER THAN THE REAL STUFF

Forget sensationalism, or yellow journalism. 2016 went for the jugular with what has become known as “fake news.” It means exactly what it sounds like, and it played a big role in our presidential search

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FBI Director James Comey criticized Hillary Clinton.

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David Bowie released Blackstar days before he died.

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Penn was ridiculed for getting chummy with “El Chapo.”

PEOPLE STARTED CHASING POKEMON AGAIN

Pokemon’s resurgence hit like a ton of bricks this year. The Japanese characters that captured hearts in the late 1990s returned to our smartphones. The nostalgia almost was too much for some. Pokemon Go, the game in which players capture Pokemon out in the wild using their cellphones, proved to be downright dangerous, and some people surrendered their human decency. Police reported several close calls shortly after the game launched, prompting agencies to warn people to stay alert while playing the game. People wouldn’t stop playing, even at risk of life. Two men fell off a cliff, a man slammed his vehicle into a Baltimore police car and an Arizona couple were charged with child abuse after they were accused of leaving their 2-year-old son home alone, so they could go play the game. The fad led to other issues. One woman discovered a body while playing. The Pentagon urged troops and other Defense Department employees not to play on their government cellphones and a Michigan couple filed a class action lawsuit claiming the game had ruined Americans’ quality of life. Nothing was sacred. Players invaded cemeteries and museums to honor Holocaust victims. All in the name of Pokemon. SOAP OPERA CAMEO LEADS INTO LOCKER ROOM

JIM LO SCALZO, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

Police surround Comet Ping Pong after an armed man entered the restaurant, which was the subject of a fake news story. and even sparked an initiative by those at Facebook to get rid of it. It’s everywhere, for gosh sakes. It perpetuated the rumor that a 6-year-old Sandy Hook shooting victim was a myth and that his mourning father was a paid actor. More dangerously, a man allegedly shot up a Washington pizza shop because he believed — through fake news — that the restaurant hosted a child sex ring

run by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed the threat of fake news. As did Clinton, who called it a danger. SEXTING INQUIRY INTRUDES ON PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST

FBI Director James Comey’s decision in late October to reopen

Donald Trump’s hot-mic conversation during which he bragged about groping women incited a wave of backlash a month before Election Day. The infamous conversation, obtained by The Washington Post, was taped on an Access Hollywood bus before a segment on Trump’s appearance on Days of Our Lives. Among Trump’s most notorious anecdotes were his comments about a married woman and his encounters with beautiful women. “I did try and f--- her,” he said of one woman. “I moved on her like a b----, but I couldn’t get there.” He said he immediately kisses beautiful women. “I don’t even wait,” he said. “And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything — grab them by the p----.”

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A: 2016 was a year of shockers. There were so many unexpected events during the year that it’s hard to pinpoint the one that might have caught investors the most off guard. Donald Trump’s unexpected win of the White House is certainly a surprise that steered markets late in the year. Most investment professionals and pollsters all but assumed Hillary Clinton was going to be the next president and priced sectors and stocks for her stated platform.

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But when Trump’s victory was announced, there was a sharp reaction. His tough talk on trade bolstered shares of U.S.-centric stocks. His vows to restore manufacturing jobs boosted industrials. All told, the S&P 500 rose 6% since the election on relief the election was over. Another big surprise hailed from the bond market. Yields on Treasury securities jumped as investors anticipated an uptick in inflation. Trump has promised to spend heavily to invest in the nation’s infrastructure, which investors presume will be done by borrowing. Braced for a larger supply of Treasuries, investors sent the yield on the 10-year Treasury up to more than 2.5% after dropping to 1.37% in early July 2016.

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98.41

+2.39

+2.5

+30.1

Entergy (ETR) Nears month’s high in favorable environment.

73.50

+1.51

+2.1

+7.5

+7.6

Nvidia (NVDA) Makes up loss on Citron’s negative note.

111.43

+2.18

+2.0 +238.1

Pinnacle West Capital (PNW) Rises as it posts quarterly dividend.

78.25

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Chg. -0.05 unch. -0.05 unch. -0.05 +0.09 +0.01 -0.08 -0.13 +0.02

4wk 1 +2.2% +2.1% +2.2% +2.1% +2.2% +1.8% +2.1% +1.5% +0.7% +2.4%

YTD 1 +12.4% +13.2% +12.4% +13.0% +12.5% +4.4% +13.2% +9.1% +4.1% +11.2%

PG&E (PCG) Makes up ex-dividend loss in leading sector.

61.09

+1.01

+1.7

+14.9 0,000.00

Alliant Energy (LNT) Cuts emissions, shares up.

38.19

+.65

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Edison International (EIX) Makes up ex-dividend loss in leading sector.

72.28

+1.13

+1.6

+22.1

WEC Energy Group (WEC) Lowered emissions, shares advance.

58.85

+.95

+1.6

+14.7

YTD % Chg % Chg

$ Chg

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Nears month’s low on negative notes.

376.61

-8.76

-2.3

-21.5

Micron Technology (MU) Falls early on competitive market.

22.27

-.51

-2.2

+57.3

Qorvo (QRVO) Fund manager sells, insider sells.

53.61

-1.09

-2.0

+5.3

Seagate Technology (STX) Dips with peers in rough environment.

38.02

-.77

-2.0

+3.7

Citizens Financial Group (CFG) Stock rating downgraded at Zacks.

35.28

-.72

-2.0 +34.7

Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) Positive company notes, dips in losing sector.

26.73

-.53

-1.9

+33.0

Regions Financial (RF) Nearly evens December in trailing sector.

14.17

-.26

-1.8

+47.6

Murphy Oil (MUR) Earns consensus sell rating.

31.47

-.56

-1.7 +40.2

Southwestern Energy (SWN) Nears month’s low as gets average hold.

10.70

-.19

-1.7

+50.5

Marathon Oil (MRO) 17.57 Stake lowered by fund manager in trailing sector.

-.28

-1.6

+39.6

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

Ticker GDX NUGT JNUG DGAZ EEM SPY UVXY XLF GDXJ VXX

Close 21.75 8.76 6.68 2.90 35.26 224.35 8.38 23.20 33.48 25.00

Chg. +1.51 +1.65 +1.44 +0.12 +0.57 -0.05 +0.22 -0.17 +2.83 +0.38

% Chg %YTD +7.5% +58.5% +23.2% unch. +27.5% unch. +4.3% -76.8% +1.6% +9.5% unch. +10.0% +2.7% unch. -0.7% +19.9% +9.2% +74.3% +1.5% unch.

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

Close 6 mo ago 3.75% 3.50% 0.66% 0.41% 0.46% 0.26% 1.96% 1.02% 2.48% 1.52%

Close 6 mo ago 4.09% 3.53% 3.26% 2.71% 3.15% 2.77% 3.41% 2.88%

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Amazon, Walmart sued over RUN-DMC trademark $50M lawsuit claims products imply that band endorsed items Kevin McCoy USA TODAY

Amazon, Walmart and other retailers are being sued for $50 million for allegedly infringing on the trademark of iconic rap and hip-hop group RUNDMC. The stores “are trading on the

goodwill” of the band and confusing consumers by “advertising, manufacturing, selling and distributing multiple products” that erroneously imply the group endorsed the merchandise, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Examples include old-school black-frame glasses often sported by Darryl McDaniels — best known to fans and music lovers as DMC — one of the band’s founders and the trademark’s owner, the lawsuit charged. He owns 200 pairs of similar glasses, “the bet-

ter to see what’s going on in the world,” according to an entry on the band’s official website. An exhibit filed with the court complaint also showed shirts, hats and other merchandise like some worn by McDaniels, Joseph “Reverend Run” Simmons, and Jason “Jam Master J” Mizell when the trio shot to music and cultural stardom from their 1980s start in the Hollis, Queens neighborhood of New York City. The band members, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009 for a string of hits that include “It’s Like That,” “My

FILE PHOTO BY KRISTA NILES, AP

Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell, from left, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and Joseph “Reverend Run” Simmons put their hands in cement in 2002 in L.A. Mizell died that year.

Adidas,” and “You Be Illin,” no longer perform together but are widely considered as rap elder statesmen. Mizell died in an unsolved 2002 shooting. “The number of infringing materials” allegedly marketed and sold by the companies “are too numerous to properly list,” according to the lawsuit, which alleged the retailers’ actions have “harmed RUN-DMC in its business.” The companies either could not be reached or did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment on the lawsuit.

SPORTS LIFE AUTOS In theaters this weekend TRAVEL

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MOVIES

Arrival

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Plot: A linguistics expert (Amy Adams) is tasked with deciphering messages from alien visitors. Director: Denis Villeneuve

Compiled from reviews by USA TODAY film critics

1 hour, 56 minutes

Moana

Rating: PG-13 Upside: It’s a supremely crafted, well-acted and thought-provoking exploration of humanity. Downside: Most every other recent sci-fi movie looks pedestrian in comparison.

Plot: A teenage adventurer (voiced by Auli‘i Cravalho) hits the high seas to return a mystical gem and save her island. Directors: John Musker and Ron Clements

1 hour, 36 minutes

Office Christmas Party

Rating: PG-13 Upside: Smith’s magnetism carries through a mostly charmless role. Downside: The plot is unseasonably cynical and emotionally manipulative to a fault.

Plot: Bullish co-workers (T.J. Miller, Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn) throw a wild holiday blowout to save their tech company from an uptight CEO (Jennifer Aniston). Directors: Josh Gordon, Will Speck

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Rating: PG Upside: The charming seafaring epic is buoyed by a bevy of Lin-Manuel Miranda tunes. Downside: The plot drifts away at times.

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Collateral Beauty

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Plot: A grieving father (Will Smith) is confronted by Love, Time and Death after writing letters to them. Director: David Frankel

Fences

Passengers

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JAIMIE TRUEBLOOD

2 hours, 19 minutes

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rating: PG-13 Upside: Both Washington and co-star Viola Davis give powerhouse, award-ready performances. Downside: It’s more filmed play than movie, so it doesn’t feel cinematic in scope.

Plot: A group of Rebel spies embark on a mission to steal the secret plans for the Empire’s Death Star. Director: Gareth Edwards

2 hours, 8 minutes

Sing

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Manchester by the Sea

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Rating: PG-13 Upside: The movie revisits the Hollywood musical in joyous and dazzling fashion. Downside: Not for Grinches who don’t like good tunes and Broadway-style showstoppers.

Plot: An aspiring actress (Emma Stone) and a jazz pianist (Ryan Gosling) fall in love while trying to make their dreams come true. Director: Damien Chazelle

Plot: A handyman (Casey Affleck) is forced to confront a past tragedy when he’s named sole guardian of his nephew (Lucas Hedges). Director: Kenneth Lonergan

Rating: R Upside: Affleck and Hedges are tops among an all-around extraordinary cast. Downside: Parents will find one scene hard to watch because of the subject matter.

Plot: Traditional Midwestern dad Ned (Bryan Cranston) watches Christmas go to the dogs in Palo Alto, where his daughter (Zoey Deutch) insists that he give Laird (James Franco), her tattooed billionaire boyfriend, a chance. Director: John Hamburg

HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY ELLEN POMPEO The actress and her husband, Chris Ivery, have welcomed their third child, a son, Eli Christopher. The couple were spotted hiking Wednesday in L.A. with their eldest daughter, Stella Luna, 7, and their newborn.

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Twitter drama 2016’s most tweeted-about TV hashtags:

BAD DAY TREY SONGZ The singer was arrested Wednesday night after an onstage outburst in Detroit, where he headlined with Chris Brown at Big Show at the Joe. The singer is accused of throwing various items from the stage and causing a head injury to a police officer. IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY WHO’S CELEBRATING TODAY?

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Ellie Goulding is 30. Caity Lotz is 30. Tyrese Gibson is 38. Compiled by Mary Cadden

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LIFELINE

1 hour, 48 minutes Rating: PG Upside: The musical sequences are done well, plus there are hilariously quirky moments. Downside: It’s not a very deep story, and on the whole can’t compare in a strong year of talking-animal fare.

2 hours, 17 minutes

CLAIRE FOLGER

THEY SAID WHAT? THE STARS’ BEST QUOTES “When I turned 40, I felt like I got this free software upgrade that I wasn’t expecting. It just happened. Suddenly I was like, ‘Oh, this is fantastic: I don’t care! I like myself, and I’m just going to live my life. I’m going to stop worrying and tearing myself down.’ ” — Gwyneth Paltrow to ‘InStyle’ for its February issue

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Plot: A showman koala (voiced by Matthew McConaughey) tries to save his theater with a singing competition. Director: Garth Jennings

DALE ROBINETTE

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2 hours, 14 minutes Rating: PG-13 Upside: Edwards has a strong handle on what makes ‘Star Wars’-ready spectacle. Downside: The spinoff is upended by a glut of fan service and a lack of strong characterization.

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La La Land

1 hour, 56 minutes Rating: PG-13 Upside: Lawrence and Pratt have chemistry, but android bartender Arthur (Michael Sheen) steals the show. Downside: Events spin madly out of control and crash into a sappy ending.

Plot: Two beautiful passengers (Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt) are awakened 90 years early on a journey to a distant space colony when their sleeping pods malfunction. Director: Morten Tyldum

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Plot: A Pittsburgh garbage man (Denzel Washington) finds success at work but increasing tension at home. Director: Denzel Washington

1 hour, 45 minutes

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Rating: R Upside: ‘Saturday Night Live’ regulars (Kate McKinnon, Vanessa Bayer) and unexpected scene-stealers all get a chance to shine. Downside: Raunchy one-liners are more amusing than laugh-out-loud funny.

BARRY WETCHER

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Plot: An out-of-town magizoologist (Eddie Redmayne) has to round up his fantastical critters when they get loose in New York City. Director: David Yates

1 hour, 53 minutes

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1 hour, 51 minutes Rating: R Upside: If ‘Bad Santa’ is your favorite flavor of holiday comedy, this expletive-laden tale is for you. Downside: Megan Mullally, who steals the screen as Ned’s wife Barb, should have gotten more screen time.

20TH CENTURY FOX

Fox’s ‘The Mick’ manages to offend everyone With no laughs, there’s nothing to redeem this show If you’re going for outrage, at least try to linger on amusing somewhere along the way. It seems clear TV The Mick (Sunday, PREVIEW 8 ET/5 PT, then ROBERT Tuesdays, 8:30 ET/ BIANCO PT, egEE out of four), a Fox comedy starring It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Kaitlin Olson and created by two of that FX series’ producers, is trying to be an equal-opportunity offender. You have Olson’s Mickey, a poor, hard-drinking, lawbreaking “degenerate” and her equally low-life boyfriend for those who want to sneer at the lower classes. You have her rich-snot sister Poodle and Poodle’s clench-jawed crowd for those who want to sneer at the upper classes. Oh, and just for added fun, you have Hispanic maid Alba (Carla Jimenez), whom Mickey alternately abuses and befriends, serving as both dupe and dope — and who, for good measure, gets squeezed into a pair of too-tight pants, just so the show can work in a weight joke. Add it all up, and what you actually have is a bad case of sibling envy as Fox stretches for the kind of edgy comedy that has drawn praise and attention (if not always ratings) to sister network FX. What you don’t have is anything fresh or funny,

“Deviant” Mickey (Kaitlin Olson) takes charge of her rich sister’s kids in The Mick.

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or any reason to watch. The premise is as old as Auntie Mame and reused as recently as ABC’s quickly canceled Uncle Buck. After introducing her as she strolls through a convenience store eating and putting powder down her crotch ( to establish her bad-girl bona fides), Mickey shows up at her sister’s Connecticut mansion to beg for money. What she gets is temporary custody of her sister’s kids after Mom and Dad get dragged off by the FBI. So even though Mickey has, until now, shown little interest in the needs or desires of other human beings, she decides to parent her three new charges. (They’re all spoiled and damaged, because on TV, rich kids almost invariably are.) They’re Sabrina (Sofia Black-D’Elia), who will go to Yale if she can work it into her busy schedule of insulting Mickey and humping her hot boyfriend; Chip (Thomas Barbusca), whose beating by a bully is played for laughs; and Ben (Jack Stanton), a 7-year-

old with an eating disorder who gets temporarily hooked on Mickey’s birth control pills. If that sounds hideous, well, so is everything else about this series, including the writers’ random efforts to make Mickey less hideous as she predictably softens and bonds. Or sometimes: The Mick can’t be bothered with character consistency, so relationships change on a whim from scene to scene. Through it all, Olson mugs aggressively, flailing her arms and bugging out her eyes and doing her best to inject some energy into a dead concept. Now and then she manages to squeeze a bit of humor out of a line or bit (as does Jimenez, working against even greater odds), but it doesn’t happen frequently enough to matter. Which makes The Mick yet another huge waste of time and money that might have been far better spent elsewhere. You want to get outraged, get outraged over that.

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DATEBOOK 30 TODAY FINAL FRIDAY: 5-9 p.m. unless otherwise noted DOWNTOWN: The Bourgeois Pig, 6 E. Ninth St. “Comfort Culture,” works by John Holcomb Hank Charcuterie, 1900 Massachusetts St. Howard Rains, artist and fiddler, 6-9 p.m. Henry’s Coffee Shop and Bar, 11 E. Eighth St. Night Time Photographs: Fred Byrd, 6-9 p.m. Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. Hang 12: Configuration, 18 emerging artists. Ten Thousand Villages, 835 Massachusetts St. Angela Lowe EAST LAWRENCE: Art Emergency, 721 E. Ninth St. Open studio, live music. Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania St. 3 Viscer-al Languages: Martin, Culling, Rowley Lawrence Creates Makerspace, 512 E. Ninth St. Micky Maddux, Corbie Lynn and Karl Dean, 5:309 p.m. Rural Pearl Studio, 720 E. 9th Street, No. 1D. Angie Pickman, nationally recognized cut paper artist. SeedCo Studios, 720 E. Ninth St. Featuring felt show, Jesse Gray, Erok Johanssen, Cassie Jones, Maria Martin, Brandon Mateer, Jeromy Morris, Javy Ortiz, Rolf Petermann, Dani Ramirez, Janice Raiteri, Catherine Reed, Jeremy Rockwell, Elizabeth Rowley, John Sebelius, Ryan Storck, Kyla Strid, Aaron Youngstrom, Dana Wiseman and Parker Mays. CAMPUS: Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Mississippi St., University of Kansas. Home for the Holidays Tours

POLICE BLOTTER Here is a list of recent Lawrence Police Department calls requiring the response of four or more officers. This list spans from 6:05 a.m. Wednesday to 5:31 a.m. Thursday. A full list of department calls is available in the Lights & Sirens blog, which can be found online at LJWorld. com. Each incident listed only bears a short description and may not capture the entirety of what took place. Not every call results in citations or arrests, and the information is subject to change as police investigations move forward. Wednesday, 3:56 p.m., four officers, traffic stop, 1600 block of West Ninth Street. Wednesday, 4:01 p.m., four officers, alarm-panic, 2200 block of Harvard Road. Wednesday, 4:22 p.m., four officers, auto accident, 700 block of George Williams Way. Wednesday, 4:40 p.m., eight officers, disturbance with weapons, 2700 block of West 27th Street. Wednesday, 5:35 p.m., four officers, suspicious activity, 700 block of Walnut Street. Wednesday, 7:34 p.m., five officers, civil standby, 3700 block of Trail Road. Wednesday, 11:49 p.m., four officers, disturbance, 4300 block of W. 24th Place. Thursday, 2:38 a.m., five officers, suicide threat, 300 block of Eldridge Lane.

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OTHER EVENTS: 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. Don’t Miss: Dec. 31, Karaoke New Year’s Eve Party, 9 p.m.- 2 a.m., The Yacht Club, 530 Wisconsin St. Jan. 1, John Lee: Life-Changing Truths Workshop, noon-6 p.m., Personal Power Wholeness (formally Pilates Studio), 3115 W. Sixth St. Call 316-209-8865 to reserve.

DONALD L. OGBURN Arrangements for Donald L. Ogburn, 82, rural Lawrence, will be announced by RumseyYost Funeral Home. He died Wednesday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. rumseyyost.com

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Breakout Lawrence, 727 Massachusetts St., is an escape room business that requires participants to solve various puzzles to unlock the door. Owner Matt Baysinger also owns a Honolulu location called Breakout Waikiki, which recently hosted President Obama. Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo

THE GREAT ESCAPE:

ou know you have found yourself in an interesting industry when you have a legitimate reason to ask a Secret Service agent: Should I handcuff the president? Welcome to Lawrence businessman Matt Baysinger’s wacky business. Baysinger is the owner of Breakout Lawrence, the escape room business at 727 Massachusetts St. that locks people in a room and gives them a series of puzzles they must solve in less than an hour in order to unlock the door. He also owns the Breakout KC business and an escape room

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called Breakout Waikiki in Hawaii. Perhaps you have heard that President Obama and his daughters recently visited the Breakout Waikiki location. Yes, that business is owned by a Lawrence resident. And it has created

some stories that will last a lifetime for Baysinger. Baysinger was eating Christmas Eve dinner when the manager of his Hawaiian location called him. The manager received Baysinger’s automated message that he was busy. But the manager sent Baysinger a text saying he really needed to talk to him. “He told me President Obama and his family were coming to the breakout room,” Baysinger said. “I said ‘Yeah, you’re a funny guy.’ He said, ‘No, he’s going to be here in a half hour, and I’m freaking out.’”

LAWRENCE HOUSING MARKET STATISTICS QUICK STATS for the year 2016 thru 11/01/16 1,048 Homes $213,013 Sold in Avg. Sold 2016 Price

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Obama tries out breakout room owned by Lawrence businessman

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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, pictured Sunday during his annual vacation in Hawaii.

Sure enough, the business had received a reservation a few days earlier, but they weren’t told the president was coming. Instead, they were only told a celebrity was coming who wanted to reserve all four of the business’ breakout rooms. To make matters more interesting, the manager of the Hawaiian location actually wasn’t at the store. He also was on the mainland visiting family. A shift leader by the name of Mitch Massey was on duty, and was relaying

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Following are real estate transfers filed at the Douglas County Clerk’s Office from Dec. 18 through Dec. 26:

Cheap loans may be vanishing as rates rise

By Paul Wiseman Associated Press

Washington — U.S. home prices rose again in October as buyers bidding for scarce properties drove prices higher. The Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, released Tuesday, rose 5.1 percent in October from a year earlier after climbing 5 percent in September. Prices for the 20 cities are still 7.1 percent below their July 2006 peak. The broader CaseShiller national home

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tion of Realtors said last week that fewer than 1.9 million homes were on the market in November, down 9 percent from a year earlier. The tight supply pushed the median price of existing homes to $234,900 last month, up 6.8 percent from a year ago. But the cheap loans may be vanishing. The rate on the benchmark 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage last week reached 4.30 percent, the highest since April 2014.

dent in handcuffs,” Baysinger said. “The answer was: ‘absolutely not.’” As for other details CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1C about the breakout adall of this information venture, Baysinger said to the manager. It was the room Obama particiMassey’s first day on the pated in is based on the job as a shift leader. It premise that you are an wasn’t all bad, though. undercover operative in Massey is a veteran from a foreign country. (No the Iraq War, and he word on whether Mr. shared a story with the Putin also has played the president about how he game.) voted for him while serv“I think that was probing in Iraq. ably some fun role-playA team of about 20 ing for the president,” Secret Service agents Baysinger said. arrived at the business The room is considabout 45 minutes prior ered the most difficult to the president’s arrival. room to escape at the Dogs were used to search Hawaiian facility. The the premises. Questions president, his daughters were asked. Background and a few other family checks were conducted. members did escape — Then came time for although just 12 seconds Baysinger’s crew to ask before the hour time an awkward question. limit. President Obama and his “I was pretty nervous,” family had signed up for said Baysinger, who the Mission Manoa room. was able to watch it all Normally, that particular remotely. “I was reescape room involves all ally hoping for everyone participants being placed involved that he would in handcuffs to start the get out.” game. I asked Baysinger if “So, we asked the Sethe leader of the free cret Service whether we world wasn’t able to get should place the presiout, whether that was a

sign the room was too difficult. Baysinger demurred. “The great thing about breakout is it is a game of communication and teamwork,” Baysinger said. “If he hadn’t gotten out, we would have blamed someone else, not him.” Baysinger has had the Hawaiian business since late 2015. He opened it a few months after opening the Breakout KC business. Baysinger’s mother grew up in Hawaii, and he had visited a couple of times. When Breakout KC started to flourish, he looked for expansion opportunities, and Hawaii had many of the right demographics. “And then when you factor in that it is in Hawaii, it becomes a great idea,” said Baysinger, who does make a few trips to check on the business, coincidentally most often in the winter. Baysinger opened the Breakout Lawrence business in March 2016. He said business is going well here too. In fact, the store plans to open its

Obama

Rates have surged since the Nov. 8 election of Donald Trump. Investors have bid rates higher because they believe the president-elect’s plans for tax cuts and higher infrastructure spending will drive up economic growth and inflation. And the Federal Reserve, citing improvement in the U.S. economy, this month raised Wednesday, Dec. 21 Glenn E. Deck and Mary A Deters-Deck to James A. short-term U.S. interest rates for only the second Landi and Patricia S. Landi, 845 Coving Dr., Lawrence. Federal National Mortgage Association to Bill Zotigh, time in a decade. 3801 W. 24th St., Lawrence. Louis C. Slusser and Linda K. Slusser to Sasha BanksLouie, Vacant Land, Rural. Jin H. Wang and Mei Zhang and to Diana L. McKee, fourth breakout room at 1420 Anthony Michael Dr., Lawrence. the 727 Massachusetts Michael Flory, Trustee and Cheryl A. Flory, Trustee to St. location in January. Michael P. Shaw and Mary L. Shaw, 1290 N. 1983 Rd., It will have a Civil War Rural. theme, and will have a Bruce Duncan and Donald Casey and Sandra Casey to lot of puzzles related to the Bleeding Kansas time Rhonda D. Rowell, 2712 Bishop St., Rural. period. Thursday, Dec. 22 Who knows, maybe Wang J. Yoon and Kyung H. Ahn to Michael A. Sutton President-elect Trump is and Melissa A. Sutton, 4169 Blackjack Oak Dr., Lawrence. a Civil War buff. Just in Patrick J. Flavin and Nancy T. Flavin to David E. Bencase that doesn’t work, nett and Shelly N. Bennett, 3303 Westridge Ct., LawBaysinger has another rence. plan to get Trump to try Mary F. Locniskar, Trustee to Strategic Wealth Plana breakout room. Baysinger’s Hawaii staff had ners, Inc., 4500 Bob Billings Pkwy. #109, Lawrence. Betty A. Stroda, Trustee and to Sean D. Lewis, 775 Elm sent a tweet challenging St., Lawrence. President Obama to try Kettler Construction, Inc to Clark Noscal and Ma L. the breakout room durNoscal, 6327 Steeple Chase, Lawrence. ing one of his vacations City of Lawrence to Cave Inn, LLC, Vacant Land, Lawto Hawaii. Baysinger doesn’t know if the tweet rence. Yvonne L. Hedges to Steven J. Blomquist, 230 Sumplayed any role in Obama mertree Ln., Lawrence. ultimately visiting the Maxine C. Gallagher to Daniel J. Mantyla, 762 N 5th business. But Baysinger St., Lawrence. has a similar plan nonetheless. Friday, Dec. 23 “I’m going to tell my Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation to William staff to send out another tweet throwing down the T. Price, 1436 Prospect Ave., Lawrence. Kevin M. Higgins and Jennifer D. Higgins to Kimberly gauntlet to see if PresiM. Gardner and Robert C. Gardner, 958 N. 750 Rd., Rural. dent Trump can beat Glen Lemesany and Resa Lemesany to Kyle M. Bartel President Obama’s time,” and Lori M. Bartel, 842 E. 1000 Rd., Rural. Baysinger said. — This is an excerpt from Chad Lawhorn’s Town Talk column, which appears each weekday on LJWorld.com.

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(First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld December 23, 2016)

TO CREDITORS PURSUANT TO THE KANSAS SIMPLIFIED ESTATES ACT (Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES N. STAUS, DECEASED Case No.: 2016-PR-000227 Division No.: 4 NOTICE OF HEARING AND FOR NOTICE

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the instrument attached thereto be admitted to probate and recorded as the Last Will and Testament of the decedent and; Letters Testamentary under the Kansas Simplified THE STATE OF KANSAS TO Estates Act be issued to Co-Executors to serve ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: without bond You are notified that on December 14, 2016, a Peti- You are further advised tion was filed in this Court under the provisions of the by Kelly Sorem, daughter Kansas Simplified Estates and Co-Executor named in Act the Court need not suthe “Last Will and Testa- pervise administration of ment of James N. Staus,” the Estate, and no notice deceased, dated January of any action of the Estate, 24, 2014, requesting that and no notice of any action

Lawrence of the Co-Executors or other proceedings in the administration will be given, except for notice of final settlement of decedent’s estate. You are further advised if written objections to simplified administration are filed with the Court, the Court may order that supervised administration ensue.

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The Petition will be heard in Douglas County District Court, 111 E. 11th St, LawYou are required to file rence, Kansas on the 27th your written defenses to day of January, 2017 at the Petition on or before 4:30p.m. January 19, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. in the Douglas County If you have any objection District Court, in Lawrence, to the requested name Kansas, at which time and change, you are required place the cause will be to file a responsive pleadheard. Should you fail to ing on or before January file your written defenses, 26, 2017 in this court or apjudgment and decree will pear at the hearing and be entered in due course object to the requested name change. If you fail to upon the Petition. act, judgement and order All creditors are noti- will be entered upon the fied to exhibit their de- Petition as requested by mands against the Estate Petitioner. within four months from the date of the first publi- /s/Sonja Louise Grear cation of this notice, as Petitioner, Pro Se provided by law, and if Sonja Louise Grear their demands are not thus 2411 Louisiana, Apt F62 exhibited, they shall be Lawrence, KS 66046 913-839-3239 forever barred. _______ /a/Kelly Sorem KELLY SOREM, (First published in the Petitioner Lawrence Daily Journal/a/Ronald Schneider World December 28, 2016) #10386 Ronald Schneider, In accordance with the Attorney at Law, P.A. statutes governing ad900 Massachusetts, verse possession, the Suite 600 West parking lot at 3101 W. Lawrence, Kansas 66044 6th, Lawrence, KS, will be Ph: (785) 841-2040 closed January 1, 2017. Fax: (785) 856-0243 HD Lewis rxschneider@gmail.com _______ Attorney for Petitioner (First published in the _______ Lawrence Daily Journal(First published in the World December 16, 2016) Lawrence Daily JournalWorld December 16, 2016) IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN THE 7TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS

OF DOUGLAS, COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of

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To Change Her Name To: Sonja Louise Benson Case No. 2016CV436 Div. No. 5 PURSUANT TO K.S.A. CHAPTER 60 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL WHO ARE OR MAY BE CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that Sonja Louise Grear, filed a Petition in the above court on the 7th day of November, 2016, requesting a judgment and order changing her name from Sonja Louise Grear to

NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that on December 12, 2016 a petition for Probate of will and issuance of letters Testamentary was filed in this Court by Rita Fisher, an heir, devisee and legatee, and executor named in the “Last Will and Testament of Ernest E Smith ,” deceased, dated April 14, 2015, requesting the will filed with the petition be admitted to probate and record: petitioner be ap-

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pointed as executor,:and cash in hand, at the Lower the petitioner be granted Level of the Judicial and Letters Testamentary. Law Enforcement Center of the Courthouse at LawYou are required to file rence, Douglas County, your written defenses to Kansas, on January 19, the petition on or before 2017, at 10:00 AM, the folJamy5,2017 at 9:30 a.m. in lowing real estate: the District Court, Division 4, Lawrence Douglas Lot 2, Block 2, in Longleaf County, Kansas, at which No. 2, an addition in the time and place the cause City of Lawrence, Douglas Kansas, comwill be heard. Should you County, fail to file your written de- monly known as 1406 fenses, judgment and de- Redleaf Place, Lawrence, cree will be entered in due KS 66049 (the “Property”) course upon the petition. to satisfy the judgment in All creditors are notified to the above-entitled case. exhibit their demands The sale is to be made against the Estate within without appraisement and the latter of four months subject to the redemption from the date of first pub- period as provided by law, lication of notice under and further subject to the K.S.A. 59-2236 and amend- approval of the Court. For information, visit ments thereto, or if the more identity of the creditor is www.Southlaw.com known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after Kenneth M McGovern, actual notice was given as Sheriff provided by law, and if Douglas County, Kansas their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be Prepared By: SouthLaw, P.C. forever barred. Kristen G. Stroehmann (KS #10551) Rita Fisher 13160 Foster, Suite 100 Petitioner Overland Park, KS 66213-2660 Prepared by (913) 663-7600 Keith A White, (913) 663-7899 (Fax) Supreme Court #18485 Attorneys for Plaintiff 1319 Iowa (102527) Lawrence, Kansas 66044 _______ 785-842-2010 Attorney for Petitioner (First published in the _______ Lawrence Daily Journal(First published in the World December 23, 2016) Lawrence Daily JournalIN THE 7TH World December 23, 2016) JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT OF IN THE DISTRICT COURT DOUGLAS COUNTY, OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF Green Tree Servicing LLC Plaintiff, Jamie Lloyd Simpson vs.

To Change Her Name To: Jamie St. Viva

Brian S. Chilcoat and Kelley Renee Chilcoat, et al. Defendants. Case No. 13CV456 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for

(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World December 30, 2016) The following list of vehicles will be sold by Midwest Tow & Recovery at a public sealed bid auction for tow, storage and auction fees on December 30, 2016 at 10 am at 2401 Ponderosa Dr Lawrence, KS 66046. Bid cards are $20 each. 1993 Ford 1998 Chevy 1997 Ford 1990 Chevy 2001 Chevy 1994 Chevy 2004 Chrysler 1974 Toyota 1997 Toyota 1991 Road MH 2005 Pontiac 1998 Jeep 2003 Honda 2003 Pontiac 1999 Dodge 2003 Mercury 2002 Mazda 1999 GMC 2003 Oldsmobile 1966 Ford 1992 Ford 2000 Honda

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Tom Keegan tkeegan@ljworld.com

Time to predict Big 12 standings

BIG 12 BUMMER

he first leg of an 18-game journey aimed at winning a 13th-consecutive Big 12 title opens today at 8 p.m. in Fort Worth, vs. TCU, so now’s the last chance to predict the order of the Big 12 standings. 1. Kansas (11-1): A share of the title ties UCLA for most in a row. 2. West Virginia (11-1): Javon Carter and Tarik Phillip see to it that visitors to Morgantown have a miserable time. They harass normally reliable ball handlers into playing sloppy basketball and love doing it. 3. Baylor (12-0): Doubledigit victories vs. Oregon, Michigan State and Xavier, as well as a three-point triumph vs. Louisville, made the Bears the nation’s most pleasant surprise during the nonconference season. 4. Oklahoma State (10-2): First-year Cowboys coach Brad Underwood learned plenty working for a year under Bob Huggins at Kansas State and five more under Frank Martin. Huggins’ team’s greatest strength at the scoring end is its ability to rebound. Its top trait defensively comes in forcing turnovers. Like West Virginia, Oklahoma State ranks in the top five nationally in both statistical categories. Huggins and Underwood face each other today in Stillwater, a great chance for OSU to gain instant credibility. Jawun Evans will have a legitimate shot at player of the year honors provided the Cowboys contend. His 20.2 points per game is highest among Big 12 players. The Cowboys hammered Georgetown by 27 points and Wichita State by 17. 5. Iowa State (8-3): Monte Morris makes sure the Cyclones value possessions and the Cyclones play tough defense. Morris has plenty of places to pass the ball and is one of four double-figures scorers, the others being Naz Mitrou-Long, Deonte Burton and Matt Thomas. 6. Texas Tech (11-1): Most balanced team in the conference boasts five scorers in double figures. Weak schedule so far, so it’s tough to know what to make of the Red Raiders. 7. Kansas State (11-1): Maryland projects as an NCAA bubble team and by far is the best of 12 opponents so far and K-State lost to the Terps by a point on a neutral court. Beating so-so Colorado State by 19 points in Denver was encouraging. 8. TCU (11-1): Lost by 15 points to SMU, which calls into question what the Horned Frogs did against a weak schedule. But they did beat Washington by a combined 38 points in two games played four days apart. 9. Oklahoma (6-5): Lost to Northern Iowa, Wisconsin, Wichita State, Memphis and Auburn and take three-game losing streak into conference opener vs. Baylor in Norman. 10. Texas (6-6): Northwestern clubbed the Longhorns by 19 points and UTArlington dealt an 11-point blow. At least the loss to Kent State was a close one. The Longhorns came within five points, which counts as progress.

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KANSAS GUARD JESSICA WASHINGTON (3) puts up an over the shoulder basket in the second half of the Jayhawks’ Big 12 season opener game against the Oklahoma Sooners Thursday in Allen Fieldhouse.

KU women drop ball, 84-54, in conference opener vs. Oklahoma By Bobby Nightengale bnightengale@ljworld.com

In Thursday’s Big 12 opener against Oklahoma, the Kansas women’s basketball team made five shots in the first three minutes. Then the Jayhawks missed nine straight shots and never recovered in an 84-54 loss at Allen Fieldhouse. They missed shots in the paint, misfired on 3-point attempts and even missed 12 free throws. “You can’t shoot 28 percent and expect to give yourself a chance to win,” Kansas coach Brandon Schneider said after his team shot 21-of-74 from the field in front of a crowd of 2,574, including former KU standout Danielle McCray.

The Jayhawks (6-6, 0-1 Big 12) didn’t create much offense outside of junior point guard Jessica Washington, who finished with a game-high 22 points. She sat for eight minutes in the first half because of foul trouble, which helped spark a 19-1 run by Oklahoma at the end of the first period. Not including Washington or sophomore McKenzie Calvert (13 points on 6-of20 shooting), the rest of the Kansas squad was 7-of-38 from the field. “I thought our energy level and those things was really good to start the game,” Schneider said. “We just didn’t sustain it. I think we let

WASHINGTON (3) SHOOTS OVER DEFENDERS during the Jayhawks’ Big > WOMEN, 4D 12 season opener game, which Kansas lost, 84-54.

As Big 12 play kicks off, Jayhawks keeping focus off streak By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

When you’ve won 12 consecutive conference titles, you tend to have a pretty clear understanding of how to handle the spotlight that shines on your program while people wonder if this will be the year the streak ends. For Kansas coach Bill Self, the preferred style of coping with the inevitable questions is to point out that each Kansas team that added a chapter to the streak was not gunning for No. 5, 8, 10 or 12 in a row, rather seeking merely to win one title that particular year. Self on Wednesday again showed his mastery of handling the pressure that comes with the Jayhawks’ conference title streak by explaining that his team has

talked little about it and instead has focused its energy on finishing ahead of Baylor, West Virginia, Iowa State and all other challengers during the next two months of Big 12 basketball. “ Y o u could use the motivation of, ‘Hey, do you want to be the team that didn’t Self do it,’” Self said. “But I don’t know if you should motivate negatively like that. We want to win this year — 2017 is the year that we want to win the league. Other players in the past have certainly put (us) in position where it could be talked about. But that’s not what guys should be moti-

vated by. Guys should be motivated by getting this team’s first championship and I think they will be.” It’s the excitement of gunning for a title, not the expectation of continuing the streak, that has the thirdranked Jayhawks (11-1) most looking forward to kicking off Big 12 play at 8 tonight at TCU in Fort Worth, Texas. Like Self, junior Devonté Graham said the Jayhawks don’t focus much on the streak because “everybody knows about it and that’s all everybody talks about.” “What we’ve been talking about lately,” Graham explained, “is just, conference play is here, it’s time to take another step and every game is gonna be tough and we’ve gotta come out and play every night.” Asked if he could remember his first experience with

flipping the switch from non-conference play to battling in the Big 12, Graham smiled and said the biggest challenge that accompanies the 18-game conference grind is the Jayhawks’ obligation to play the role of the hunted. “It’s just that tarGraham get that we have,” he said. “Everybody wants to see Kansas lose the Big 12. Every game means something even more now than nonconference games. Everybody’s coming for us. So you’ve gotta take more time and look at scouting reports in more depth and with

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Everybody wants to see Kansas lose the Big 12. ... Everybody’s coming for us. So you’ve gotta take more time and look at scouting reports in more depth and with our mentality in the weight room. We’ve just gotta be more focused now.”

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The Associated Press will hand out its individual NFL awards on the night before the Super Bowl in Houston. Until then, here are some off-the-beaten track honors to consider. BEST GAME: The beginning of the end for the defending champions came in Week 12 in a frigid classic. The Broncos blew an eightpoint lead over Kansas City and lost 30-27 when Cairo Santos banked a field goal as overtime expired. Denver’s Brandon McManus hooked a 62-yard attempt with a minute left in OT. Earlier, Trevor Siemian threw a 76-yard touchdown pass to Bennie Fowler that made it 24-16, but on fourthand-10 from the Denver 14, Tyreek Hill caught an 11-yard pass. He scored on the next play and Demetrius Harris caught the conversion pass. Runners-up: Dolphins-Bills (down to final seconds of OT), Week 16; Seahawks-Patriots (Seattle goal-line stand to win), Week 10; Steelers beat Ravens to win AFC North, Week 16. WORST GAME: The first 2 1/2 months of the season were decidedly mediocre across the board. At the bottom was Rams at Jets in Week 10, just as the performances across the league were improving. Los Angeles won this snoozer without scoring any touchdowns, needing just Greg Zuerlein’s three field goals to beat New York 9-6. Bryce Petty’s first NFL start in place of an injured Ryan Fitzpatrick for the Jets was hardly aweinspiring as he went 19 of 32 for 163 yards with a touchdown and a loss-sealing interception to Alec Ogletree with just under two minutes left. Both teams managed less than 300 yards of total offense, and they combined for 15 punts. The game also marked the last start for the Rams’ Case Keenum, who was replaced at quarterback by No. 1 draft pick Jared Goff the following week. Runner-up: Rams-49ers, Week 1 (17 punts, 3.7 yards per play). BEST PLAY OF THE YEAR: Saints WR Brandin

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Blacksburg, Va. (ap) — Former NFL player and Virginia Tech defensive back Keion Carpenter has died. The school announced Thursday that family members say that Carpenter died in Miami. He was 39 and the cause of death is unclear. Carpenter intercepted 14 passes during his NFL career with the Buffalo Bills and Atlanta Falcons. He blocked six kicks at Virginia Tech, tying the school record. He also founded The Carpenter House, designed to benefit children from low income homes through mentoring.

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Coroner confirms Rashaan Salaam’s death a suicide Denver (ap) — An autopsy has confirmed that Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam killed himself. Salaam was found dead Dec. 5 in a park near the University of Colorado, where he played as a running back from 1992 to 1994. He was 42. Boulder County Coroner’s Office said Thurs-

day that an autopsy determined he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Investigators say they weren’t able to determine whether Salaam suffered chronic head trauma from playing football, because his family didn’t consent to those tests. Salaam was Muslim and Islam prohibits bodies from being defiled after death. An autopsy report says he had a history of depression and recent life stressors. Salaam won the Heisman in 1994 after leading the Buffaloes to a win over Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl.

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Underdog Sunday Newton; Giants OL; edge rushWeek 17 ers Kony Ealy, Muhammad TENNESSEE........................3 (40)...........................Houston Wilkerson; LBs Vontaze Burf- Buffalo...........................3 1/2 (42.5)......................NY JETS CINCINNATI.......................1 (41.5)........................Baltimore AFC TEAM LOGOS 081312: Helmet and team logos for the AFC teams; various sizes;Collins; stand-alone; ETA 5 p.m. ict, Jamie DTstaff; Kawann Short; all those placekickers WASHINGTON................ 7 1/2 (45).....................NY Giants Green Bay.....................3 1/2 (49.5)......................DETROIT who couldn’t be trusted. 4 1/2 (47)................Jacksonville BIGGEST DISAPPOINT- INDIANAPOLIS.............. PHILADELPHIA..................4 (43).................................Dallas MENT (TEAM): So many, but MINNESOTA..................6 1/2 (42.5)...................... Chicago have to go with the two Super TAMPA BAY..................4 1/2 (46.5)......................Carolina Bowl teams of 2015. Carolina PITTSBURGH....................6 (43.5).......................Cleveland plummeted from 15-1 to 6-9, never ATLANTA..........................7 (56.5).................New Orleans Joe Mahoney/AP File Photo contending for the NFC South New England................ 9 1/2 (45).............................MIAMI Arizona......................... 6 1/2 (40.5)............LOS ANGELES KANSAS CITY CHIEFS KICKER CAIRO SANTOS’ GAME-WINNING FIELD GOAL crown. Denver’s offense fell apart Kansas City.............6 (44.5)............ SAN DIEGO during OT of a Nov. 27 game against the Denver Broncos helped give with terrible blocking plaguing in- Seattle............................ 9 1/2 (43).........SAN FRANCISCO the team “Best Game” honors by AP pro football writer Barry Wilner. experienced quarterbacks. DENVER..........................1 1/2 (40.5).......................Oakland Runners-up: Arizona, MinCollege Football Bowl Games Cooks had just scored on a twist- Gase for sticking with RB Ajayi, nesota, Cincinnati, all 2015 Favorite.............. Points (O/U)........... Underdog Liberty Bowl ing 32-yard TD reception with who eventually became a key playoff qualifiers. Liberty Bowl-Memphis, TN. 1:28 remaining — no, that’s not to the playoff run; Giants boss BEST PLAY-BY-PLAY Tcu..........................3 (48.5)................. Georgia the play. Wil Lutz lined up for Ben McAdoo for having similar ANNOUNCER: Our annual Sun Bowl the extra point to give New Or- patience with his free agency- winner has been Mike Tirico, Sun Bowl Stadium-El Paso, TX. stocked defense. leans a 24-23 lead over Denver. but when he moved to NBC Stanford......................... 2 1/2 (54)...........North Carolina Arizona Bowl WORST COACHING from ESPN this year, his playBut Justin Simmons’ perfectly Arizona Stadium-Tucson, AZ. timed leap over Saints long snap- MOVE: Andy Reid “icing” Ti- by-play load was reduced dras1/2 (57)..........South Alabama per Justin Drescher let him block tans kicker Ryan Succop, who tically. He still gets a very hon- Air Force........................13 Music City Bowl the kick. Will Parks scooped up missed his first attempt, got an- orable mention. Nissan Stadium-Nashville, TN. the ball and ran 84 yards for a de- other try and made a 53-yarder And his replacement on Tennessee..................... 6 1/2 (58)......................Nebraska fensive 2-point conversion that to win at KC, Week 15. The loss Monday nights, Sean McOrange Bowl Hard Rock Stadium-Miami Gardens, FL. could cost the Chiefs the AFC Donough, has been terrific. lifted Denver to the win. “I’m still in disbelief a little West crown. Beyond Tirico, no one comes Michigan............................7 (52).........................Florida St Saturday Runners-up: We said this close to CBS’ Kevin Harlan, who bit,” Drew Brees said of the Citrus Bowl is Offbeat Awards, so Vikings actually does his best work on Week 10 loss. Camping World Stadium-Orlando, FL. Runners-up: Giants safety DBs ignoring coach Mike Zim- Monday night football for West- Lsu..................................3 1/2 (59.5)....................Louisville Landon Collins’ weaving 44- mer’s game plan for covering wood One. His radio descripTaxslayer Bowl Everbank Field-Jacksonville, FL. yard interception return for Packers star WR Jordy Nelson tions allow listeners to visualize Georgia Tech................ 3 1/2 (62)......................Kentucky a TD vs. the Rams in London, in Week 16 loss. every detail of every play. College Football Playoffs MOST IMPROVED Week 7; Chiefs safety Eric BerHarlan’s TV work is outstandPeach Bowl ry’s return covering the length PLAYER (OFFENSE): The ing, too, and he doesn’t pull Georgia Dome-Atlanta, GA. of the field on an interception list here is long and impressive. punches when a game (or indi- Alabama.......................13 1/2 (53.5)...............Washington on a 2-point try at Atlanta to lift The obvious choice is Ajayi, vidual performances, or the offiFiesta Bowl U of Phoenix Stadium-Glendale, AZ. who rushed for 187 yards on 49 ciating) isn’t living up to expecKansas City to a 29-28 win. WORST PLAY OF THE carries in 2015. This season, he tations. And check out his “call” Ohio St................................3 (59)...........................Clemson Monday of an intruder on the field during YEAR: Steelers kicker Chris has been a record setter. Outback Bowl Runners-up: QBs Derek the Rams-49ers opener. Boswell’s swing and miss on an Raymond James Stadium-Tampa, FL. Runners-up: Ian Eagle (CBS), Florida..............................3 (40.5).................................Iowa onside kick while down 21-14 Carr, Jameis Winston, Marcus at Baltimore, Week 9. Even the Mariota; WRs Davante Adams, Spero Dedes (CBS), McDonough Cotton Bowl Jamison Crowder, Terrelle Pry- (ESPN), Kenny Albert (Fox). officials were laughing. AT&T Stadium-Arlington, TX. BEST ANALYST: We’ll go Wisconsin.....................8 1/2 (52.5)...............W. Michigan Runners-up: Browns’ fake or, Adam Thielen; RB Melvin Rose Bowl with a radio voice here, Hall punt vs. Eagles (only 10 Browns Gordon; OT D.J. Humphries. Rose Bowl-Pasadena, CA. MOST IMPROVED of Fame wide receiver James Southern Cal..................7 on field, punter and long snap(59.5)...........................Penn St per assigned to block), Week 1; PLAYER (DEFENSE): Again, Lofton. You never know what Sugar Bowl Buffalo yielding Jay Ajayi’s 57- a solid list led by Collins, who entertaining and insightful reMercedes-Benz Superdome-New Orleans, LA. yard OT run (only 10 Bills on has solidified the Giants’ sec- marks will come from the West- Oklahoma................3 (63.5).................. Auburn NBA ondary with his coverage skill wood One analyst for Sunday field), Week 16. BEST COACHING MOVE: and hitting. Collins is one of the nights and various other games. Favorite.............. Points (O/U)........... Underdog Raiders coach Jack Del Rio set best tacklers among NFL safe- Listeners can learn in one broad- INDIANA.........................4 1/2 (202)....................... Chicago WASHINGTON...................8 (221)..........................Brooklyn the tone for his team’s success- ties, and has become a leader in cast about preparation, game a-BOSTON......................OFF (OFF)........................... 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1956 — The New York Giants win the NFL title with a 47-7 rout of the Chicago Bears. 1962 — The Green Bay Packers beat the New York Giants 16-7 to win the NFL title for the second straight year. 1973 — The Minnesota Vikings beat the Dallas Cowboys 27-10 to win the NFC championship. 1973 — The Miami Dolphins, behind 266 yards rushing, beat the Oakland Raiders 27-10 for an unprecedented third straight AFC title. 1981 — In the 39th game of the season, Edmonton’s Wayne Gretzky scores five goals, including his 50th into an empty net, to lead the Oilers to a 7-5 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. 1990 — Orlando point guard Scott Skiles dishes out an NBA-record 30 assists in a 155116 victory against the Denver Nuggets. Skiles breaks the record of 29 assists set by the Nets’ Kevin Porter in 1978.

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Cavaliers 124, Celtics 118 Jayhawks fared Cleveland — Kyrie Irving scored 32 points Tarik Black, L.A. Lakers and made two critical laLate game. yups before leaving with a leg injury and Kevin Nick Collison, Love scored 30, helping Oklahoma City Cleveland hold off a late Min: 8. Pts: 5. rally for a 124-118 victory Reb: 0. Blk: 1. over Boston on Thursday night. Joel Embiid, The Cavs led by 20 Philadelphia points in the third and Did not play (for rest). 17 early in the fourth but couldn’t close out the Thomas Robinson, Celtics, who pulled withL.A. Lakers in one point three times Late game. in the final two minutes. Irving, though, came Jeff Withey, Utah up with his big baskets Min: 1. Pts: 0. and the Cavs had to Reb: 0. Ast: 0. fend off Boston over the final 53 seconds as their (124) star guard grabbed his CLEVELAND James 9-18 3-7 23, Love 10-22 4-4 right hamstring and 30, Thompson 5-9 1-2 11, Irving 12-17 went to the bench. His 6-7 32, Liggins 2-5 2-2 8, Jefferson 2-2 7-9 11, Frye 1-4 0-0 3, Shumpert 2-6 injury did not appear to 1-2 6, Dunleavy 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 43-83 24-33 124. be serious. 25 34 24 35 — 118 LeBron James had Boston Cleveland 32 34 35 23 — 124 3-Point Goals-Boston 12-37 (Bradley 23 points and 11 asJerebko 2-4, Green 2-4, Crowder sists for the Cavs, who 3-10, 2-5, Thomas 2-5, Smart 1-5, Olynyk 0-1, won for the 11th time Johnson 0-1, Horford 0-2), Cleveland (Love 6-16, Liggins 2-4, Irving in 13 games. The only 14-38 2-5, James 2-6, Frye 1-2, Shumpert two losses during that 1-4, Thompson 0-1). Fouled OutRebounds-Boston 29 (Jerebko stretch came at Mem- None. 7), Cleveland 46 (Love 15). Assistsphis and Detroit — Boston 26 (Thomas 9), Cleveland 29 (Irving 12). Total Fouls-Boston 23, games James sat out. Cleveland 16. Technicals-Thomas. Isaiah Thomas scored A-20,562 (20,562). 31 and Avery Bradley had 23 but both players Jazz 100, 76ers 83 were on the bench when Salt Lake City — the Celtics kept chipping George Hill had 21 points away in the fourth. in his return to the lineup after missing 13 games BOSTON (118) Crowder 5-9 1-2 13, Johnson 0-2 0-0 with a sprained toe, and 0, Horford 3-9 0-0 6, Thomas 8-13 13-13 31, Bradley 10-21 0-0 23, Brown 3-4 0-0 the Utah Jazz blitzed the 6, Green 3-6 0-0 8, Jerebko 4-7 2-2 12, Philadelphia 76ers in the Olynyk 1-3 0-0 2, Zeller 3-4 2-2 8, Smart fourth quarter to win. 3-7 2-2 9. Totals 43-85 20-21 118.

PHILADELPHIA (83) Covington 0-11 1-2 1, Ilyasova 7-13 0-0 16, Okafor 6-15 1-1 13, Rodriguez 1-6 0-0 3, Stauskas 3-9 2-2 9, Thompson 3-6 0-0 7, Saric 6-11 1-1 14, Noel 6-10 2-2 14, McConnell 3-5 0-0 6, LuwawuCabarrot 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 35-87 7-8 83. UTAH (100) Hayward 6-14 5-5 20, Favors 1-7 2-4 4, Gobert 3-5 3-11 9, Hill 8-10 3-6 21, Hood 7-11 2-2 20, Johnson 2-6 0-0 6, Ingles 1-4 0-0 3, Lyles 4-7 0-0 11, Withey 0-0 0-0 0, Diaw 1-4 0-0 2, Mack 2-5 0-0 4, Neto 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-73 15-28 100. Philadelphia 24 27 2 3 9 — 83 Utah 22 27 21 30 — 100 3-Point Goals-Philadelphia 6-24 (Ilyasova 2-4, Thompson 1-2, Saric 1-3, Stauskas 1-4, Rodriguez 1-4, Covington 0-7), Utah 15-26 (Hood 4-6, Lyles 3-5, Hayward 3-6, Hill 2-2, Johnson 2-4, Ingles 1-2, Mack 0-1). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Philadelphia 41 (Ilyasova 12), Utah 43 (Gobert 13). Assists-Philadelphia 16 (Stauskas, Covington, McConnell 3), Utah 21 (Hill 6). Total Fouls-Philadelphia 16, Utah 11. A-19,911 (19,911).

Grizzlies 114, Thunder 80 Memphis, Tenn. — Marc Gasol scored 25 points and Memphis took advantage of Russell Westbrook’s ejection, dominating Oklahoma City. Westbrook, the NBA’s leading scorer at 31.7 points per game, scored 21 before he was tossed midway through the third quarter when he was whistled for two quick technicals. At that point, Memphis already held a double-digit lead that reached 37 points in the fourth quarter. Zach Randolph added 21 points for the Grizzlies. He and Gasol both grabbed eight rebounds. OKLAHOMA CITY (80) Sabonis 1-5 0-0 2, Adams 1-9 4-8 6, Westbrook 6-19 7-10 21, Morrow 1-3 0-0 2, Roberson 1-3 0-0 2, Singler 1-1 0-0 2, Grant 2-4 5-8 9, Collison 2-3 1-1 5, Kanter 7-11 5-7 19, Lauvergne 0-1 0-0 0, Christon 1-4 0-0 2, Abrines 2-11 4-4 10. Totals 25-74 26-38 80.

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MEMPHIS (114) Parsons 1-3 0-0 2, Green 6-7 3-5 17, Gasol 9-20 7-9 25, Harrison 3-7 2-2 10, Allen 4-10 0-0 8, Ennis 1-2 2-2 5, Randolph 10-17 0-0 21, Martin 0-0 0-0 0, Baldwin 0-1 0-0 0, Daniels 8-12 0-0 22, Carter 1-3 1-2 4. Totals 43-82 15-20 114. Oklahoma City 21 18 22 19 — 80 Memphis 27 28 23 36 — 114 3-Point Goals_Oklahoma City 4-22 (Westbrook 2-6, Abrines 2-8, Kanter 0-1, Morrow 0-1, Lauvergne 0-1, Sabonis 0-2, Christon 0-3), Memphis 13-22 (Daniels 6-8, Green 2-2, Harrison 2-2, Ennis 1-1, Carter 1-2, Randolph 1-3, Parsons 0-1, Gasol 0-3). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_Oklahoma City 39 (Adams 15), Memphis 39 (Allen 9). Assists_Oklahoma City 9 (Christon 4), Memphis 24 (Baldwin, Carter 4). Total Fouls_Oklahoma City 18, Memphis 27. Technicals_Oklahoma City coach Billy Donovan, Morrow, Westbrook 2. Ejected_Westbrook. A_18,119 (18,119).

Hornets 91, Heat 82 Charlotte, N.C . — Nicolas Batum had 16 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists, providing a spark during a big third quarter that carried Charlotte over Miami. The Hornets outscored the Heat 31-17 in the quarter to take command, with Batum contributing nine points, five rebounds and four assists in the period. MIAMI (82) Winslow 0-9 1-2 1, Babbitt 3-5 0-0 7, Whiteside 4-7 0-0 8, Dragic 2-11 1-2 5, Richardson 8-14 1-1 20, J.Johnson 2-7 2-7 6, Reed 2-3 1-1 5, McGruder 0-0 0-0 0, T.Johnson 8-16 0-0 18, Ellington 4-10 0-0 12. Totals 33-82 6-13 82. CHARLOTTE (91) Kidd-Gilchrist 2-7 0-0 4, M.Williams 6-12 0-0 13, Zeller 3-4 3-6 9, Walker 8-20 2-2 22, Batum 7-17 2-3 16, Hibbert 2-3 0-0 4, Kaminsky 1-11 2-2 4, Sessions 3-9 3-3 9, Lamb 4-10 2-2 10. Totals 36-93 14-18 91. Miami 19 30 17 16 — 82 Charlotte 21 21 31 18 — 91 3-Point Goals_Miami 10-28 (Ellington 4-9, Richardson 3-5, T.Johnson 2-6, Babbitt 1-3, J.Johnson 0-1, Dragic 0-4), Charlotte 5-26 (Walker 4-10, M.Williams 1-4, Lamb 0-1, Sessions 0-2, Kaminsky 0-4, Batum 0-5). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_ Miami 46 (Whiteside 10), Charlotte 54 (Batum 13). Assists_Miami 26 (Dragic 8), Charlotte 18 (Batum 8). Total Fouls_Miami 19, Charlotte 11. A_19,471 (19,077).

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 22 10 .688 — Boston 19 14 .576 3½ New York 16 15 .516 5½ Brooklyn 8 23 .258 13½ Philadelphia 7 24 .226 14½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Charlotte 19 14 .576 — Atlanta 16 16 .500 2½ Washington 15 16 .484 3 Orlando 15 19 .441 4½ Miami 10 23 .303 9 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 24 7 .774 — Milwaukee 15 15 .500 8½ Chicago 16 16 .500 8½ Indiana 15 18 .455 10 Detroit 15 19 .441 10½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 26 6 .813 — Houston 24 9 .727 2½ Memphis 21 14 .600 6½ New Orleans 13 21 .382 14 Dallas 9 23 .281 17 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Utah 20 13 .606 — Oklahoma City 20 13 .606 — Denver 14 18 .438 5½ Portland 14 20 .412 6½ Minnesota 10 22 .313 9½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 28 5 .848 — L.A. Clippers 22 12 .647 6½ Sacramento 14 18 .438 13½ L.A. Lakers 12 23 .343 17 Phoenix 10 23 .303 18 Wednesday’s Games Charlotte 120, Orlando 101 Washington 111, Indiana 105 Atlanta 102, New York 98, OT Milwaukee 119, Detroit 94 Chicago 101, Brooklyn 99 New Orleans 102, L.A. Clippers 98 San Antonio 119, Phoenix 98 Denver 105, Minnesota 103 Portland 102, Sacramento 89 Golden State 121, Toronto 111 Thursday’s Games Charlotte 91, Miami 82 Cleveland 124, Boston 118 Memphis 114, Oklahoma City 80 Phoenix 99, Toronto 91 Utah 100, Philadelphia 83 Dallas at L.A. Lakers (n) Today’s Games Chicago at Indiana, 3 p.m. Brooklyn at Washington, 6 p.m. Miami at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Detroit at Atlanta, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Houston, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Minnesota, 7 p.m. New York at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Portland at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Denver, 8 p.m. Dallas at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Memphis at Sacramento, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago, 6 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. New York at Houston, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Utah, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games Detroit at Miami, 5 p.m. Orlando at Indiana, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Portland at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Toronto at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

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Thursday EAST Brown 66, Quinnipiac 61 Fairleigh Dickinson 77, St. Francis (Pa.) 65 Mass.-Lowell 98, Cornell 96 Mount St. Mary’s 67, LIU Brooklyn 65 Robert Morris 78, Sacred Heart 67 St. Francis Brooklyn 80, Bryant 77 St. John’s 76, Butler 73 Vermont 76, Siena 60 Wagner 71, CCSU 46 SOUTH Alabama 83, Stetson 60 Alabama St. 75, Fort Valley State 68 Ball St. 73, North Florida 68 ETSU 92, Savannah St. 71 Georgia 96, Auburn 84 High Point 71, Gardner-Webb 64 Jacksonville St. 90, UT Martin 72 Kentucky 99, Mississippi 76 Liberty 77, Presbyterian 61 Longwood 79, Campbell 77 Mississippi St. 77, UMKC 54 Murray St. 99, Brescia 83 New Orleans 75, Abilene Christian 66 Radford 80, UNC-Asheville 77 Vanderbilt 96, LSU 89 William & Mary 65, Old Dominion 54 Winthrop 84, Charleston Southern 68 MIDWEST Bradley 60, S. Illinois 51 Drake 102, Loyola of Chicago 98 E. Michigan 98, Long Beach St. 72 Green Bay 76, Cleveland St. 75 Illinois St. 62, Evansville 50 Lipscomb 81, Missouri 76 Miami (Ohio) 89, Olivet Nazarene 69 N. Kentucky 81, Detroit 70 Oakland 81, Wright St. 62 Rio Grande 97, Our Lady of the Lake 81 SE Missouri 89, Henderson State 75 South Dakota 86, Nebraska-Omaha 69 W. Illinois 93, Fort Wayne 91 W. Michigan 80, Alabama A&M 50 Youngstown St. 88, Milwaukee 87 SOUTHWEST Florida 81, Arkansas 72 Houston Baptist 79, Sam Houston St. 65 Tennessee 73, Texas A&M 63 UTSA 79, East Central 75 FAR WEST BYU 89, Santa Clara 59 CS Northridge 82, Morgan St. 61 Gonzaga 92, Pepperdine 62 Montana 74, Idaho St. 62 N. Colorado 69, Sacramento St. 53 Portland 80, Pacific 76 Portland St. 99, North Dakota 62 Weber St. 87, Montana St. 75

COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP The Associated Press

St. John’s 76, No. 13 Butler 73 New York — The losses to Delaware State and LIU Brooklyn seem long ago all of a sudden. The talk around St. John’s is all about the last two games — a recordsetting win at Syracuse and Thursday night’s 7673 upset of No. 13 Butler in the Big East opener for both teams. Well, now they’ve backed one up — and freshman Shamorie Ponds was the star. He finished with 26 points, including four free throws in the final 9.1 seconds, after St. John’s took its first lead of the second half 5 seconds earlier. “I was confident going to the line to make those free throws,” Ponds said. Mullin, one of the most clutch free throw shooters in St. John’s history, felt the same way. Butler had one last chance to tie but Kelan Martin’s heave from halfcourt bounced off the rim at the buzzer. The Red Storm (7-7), coming off a 33-point win at Syracuse — the Orange’s worst loss ever in the Carrier Dome —

stayed close with the Bulldogs (11-2) and finally took a lead at 72-71 on a free throw by Malik Ellison with 14.1 seconds left. Butler took a 65-58 lead with 7:57 to go but unlike in several other games this season, the Red Storm didn’t fold. “We just tried to stay together and stay poised when they took that lead,” Ponds said. “We stayed together and fortunately came out with the win.” BUTLER (11-2) Wideman 8-11 4-5 20, Martin 6-16 0-0 13, Chrabascz 2-9 0-1 4, Lewis 0-2 4-5 4, Baldwin 2-4 0-0 4, Fowler 2-2 2-2 7, Savage 4-9 0-1 10, Woodson 4-7 0-0 10, McDermott 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 28-61 11-16 73. ST. JOHN’S (7-7) Yakwe 3-3 0-0 6, Owens 0-3 0-0 0, Ellison 3-5 1-2 7, Ponds 9-15 6-6 26, Ahmed 6-12 5-7 19, Alibegovic 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 3-3 0-2 6, Freudenberg 1-2 0-0 2, LoVett 2-7 6-6 10. Totals 27-50 18-23 76. Halftime-38-38. 3-Point Goals-Butler 6-25 (Savage 2-4, Woodson 2-5, Fowler 1-1, Martin 1-7, McDermott 0-1, Lewis 0-2, Baldwin 0-2, Chrabascz 0-3), St. John’s 4-16 (Ahmed 2-5, Ponds 2-7, Ellison 0-1, LoVett 0-3). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Butler 28 (Wideman, Martin 9), St. John’s 28 (Ponds 7). Assists-Butler 13 (Chrabascz 4), St. John’s 5 (LoVett 2). Total Fouls-Butler 23, St. John’s 15. A-5,602 (5,602).

No. 8 Kentucky 99, Mississippi 76 Oxford, Miss. — Any concerns whether No. 8 Kentucky could bounce back from a tough road loss to an archrival were eliminated Thursday

night in less than five minutes. Malik Monk scored 34 points, Isaiah Briscoe had a triple-double and the Wildcats used an early surge to roll to a 99-76 victory over Mississippi in the SEC opener for both teams. The Wildcats (11-2) showed no emotional hangover or playing rust after losing at No. 6 Louisville eight days ago. “That first half is as good as we’ve played in a long time around here,” said Kentucky coach John Calipari, whose club had a 13-0 run to build a 21-7 lead with 15:16 left in the first half. “It was a good road win against a good basketball team.” Briscoe added 19 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds for the Wildcats, who led 60-41 at halftime and were never seriously threatened. Edrice Adebayo added 25 points, primarily on the strength of seven dunks. Monk finished 11 of 16 from the field, including 5 of 7 from 3-point range, and added six rebounds and three steals. Adebayo was 12 of 19 from the field and blocked three shots.

KENTUCKY (11-2) Adebayo 12-19 1-4 25, Gabriel 1-2 0-0 2, Fox 3-10 1-3 7, Briscoe 6-14 6-6 19, Monk 11-16 7-8 34, Humphries 0-0 2-2 2, Killeya-Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Willis 3-7 0-1 7, Wynyard 0-0 0-0 0, Hawkins 0-3 0-0 0, Mulder 1-3 0-0 3, Calipari 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-74 17-24 99. MISSISSIPPI (9-4) Hymon 0-1 0-0 0, Saiz 7-17 6-6 23, Davis 3-13 0-0 7, Neal 0-1 0-0 0, Burnett 7-15 5-6 19, Furmanavicius 4-5 0-0 8, Morris 0-0 0-0 0, Fitzpatrick-Dorsey 0-1 0-0 0, Brooks 4-16 5-5 15, Tyree 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 27-72 16-17 76. Halftime-Kentucky 60-39. 3-Point Goals-Kentucky 8-18 (Monk 5-7, Briscoe 1-1, Mulder 1-3, Willis 1-4, Hawkins 0-1, Fox 0-2), Mississippi 6-22 (Saiz 3-7, Brooks 2-6, Davis 1-4, Neal 0-1, Tyree 0-1, Burnett 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Kentucky 40 (Briscoe 10), Mississippi 40 (Saiz 13). Assists-Kentucky 24 (Briscoe 11), Mississippi 13 (Burnett 6). Total FoulsKentucky 17, Mississippi 23. A-9,086 (9,500).

No. 7 Gonzaga 92, Pepperdine 62 Spokane, Wash. — Nigel Williams-Goss and Przemek Karnowski each scored 16 points as No. 7 Gonzaga beat short-handed Pepperdine 92-62 on Thursday night, extending the best start in program history. Three other players scored in double figures for unbeaten Gonzaga (13-0, 1-0 West Coast Conference). The Bulldogs held a seven-point lead after the first half and did not put away scrappy Pepperdine until midway through the second. Lamond Murray Jr.

scored 19 points for Pepperdine (4-9, 0-1), which has lost eight games in a row and was missing two starters because of injuries. Jeremy Major added 15. Gonzaga went unbeaten in nonconference play for the first time since joining the NCAA in 1958. The Bulldogs have now won 21 straight conference openers, dating to a loss in 1996. Coming in, Gonzaga had trailed for a total of 33 minutes, 29 seconds in 12 games this season, and only against Florida in the second half. PEPPERDINE (4-9) Reyes 4-8 2-3 10, Gehring 0-3 0-0 0, Hellums 2-3 0-0 6, Major 7-14 0-0 15, Murray 7-13 2-2 19, LeCesne 0-2 0-0 0, Taylor 5-7 0-0 10, Hempy 0-0 0-0 0, Keenan 0-1 0-0 0, Lee 0-3 0-0 0, Allen 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 25-55 6-7 62. GONZAGA (13-0) Williams 1-5 3-6 5, Karnowski 7-11 2-6 16, Williams-Goss 6-16 2-2 16, Mathews 5-13 0-0 15, Perkins 2-5 2-2 7, Jones 0-1 0-0 0, Hachimura 1-1 0-0 2, Tillie 3-3 0-0 6, Collins 3-5 6-6 12, Melson 5-9 1-2 13, Alberts 0-1 0-0 0, Bakamus 0-0 0-0 0, Triano 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-70 16-24 92. Halftime-Gonzaga 44-37. 3-Point Goals-Pepperdine 6-14 (Murray 3-5, Hellums 2-3, Major 1-3, Lee 0-1, Taylor 0-1, Allen 0-1), Gonzaga 10-27 (Mathews 5-11, Melson 2-4, WilliamsGoss 2-6, Perkins 1-3, Williams 0-1, Jones 0-1, Alberts 0-1). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Pepperdine 22 (Murray 7), Gonzaga 42 (Williams, Karnowski, Collins 7). AssistsPepperdine 12 (Major 4), Gonzaga 15 (Perkins 8). Total Fouls-Pepperdine 18, Gonzaga 11. A-6,000 (6,000).

Florida 81, Arkansas 72 Fayetteville, Ark. — Florida guard KeVaughn Allen had a triumphant return to Arkansas, where he played high school ball, scoring 21 points as the No. 25 Gators beat the Razorbacks 81-72 on Thursday in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams. Daryl Macon, who scored 22 points, did what he could to keep the Razorbacks close, but Allen drained a 3-pointer nearly every time Florida needed to put down a threat. Kevarrius Hayes’ dunk and Allen’s 3-pointer made it 63-52 after Arkansas had trimmed the lead to six. After Moses Kingsley cut Florida’s edge to 65-58, Allen drained another 3 with 6:35 left to kill the Razorbacks’ momentum. FLORIDA (10-3) Leon 2-5 0-0 6, Robinson 6-11 5-7 17, Hayes 4-5 2-5 10, Hill 4-12 2-5 10, Allen 7-16 2-2 21, Stone 2-3 0-0 5, Rimmer 0-0 0-0 0, Egbunu 2-6 1-2 5, Chiozza 2-5 0-0 5, Barry 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 30-67 12-21 81. ARKANSAS (11-2) Thomas 1-4 0-0 2, Kingsley 5-15 3-6 13, Macon 7-10 5-6 22, Watkins 2-5 0-0 4, Hannahs 4-9 1-1 11, Bailey 0-0 0-0 0, Thompson 0-0 0-0 0, Cook 2-5 4-4 8, Barford 1-8 0-0 2, Beard 3-5 3-3 10. Totals 25-61 16-20 72. Halftime-Florida 44-35. 3-Point GoalsFlorida 9-26 (Allen 5-9, Leon 2-4, Stone 1-2, Chiozza 1-3, Barry 0-3, Robinson 0-5), Arkansas 6-15 (Macon 3-5, Hannahs 2-6, Beard 1-2, Barford 0-2). Fouled OutEgbunu. Rebounds-Florida 33 (Egbunu 11), Arkansas 35 (Kingsley 14). AssistsFlorida 13 (Hill 6), Arkansas 12 (Thomas, Thompson, Watkins, Barford 2). Total Fouls-Florida 17, Arkansas 19. A-20,355 (19,368).

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL ROUNDUP The Associated Press

Belk Bowl

ing a 24-point halftime deficit to beat Arkansas on Thursday night in the Belk Bowl. After being limited to 180 yards in the first half, Hokies (10-4) took advantage of three of Austin Allen’s interceptions and scored touchdowns on five of their first seven possessions of the second half.

Birmingham Bowl

Arkansas 17 7 0 0 — 24 Virginia Tech 0 0 21 14 — 35

No. 25 South Florida 46, South Carolina 39, OT Birmingham, Ala. — Quinton Flowers ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more to lead South Florida past South Carolina. South Florida (11-2) squandered a 39-21 lead in the second half, but re-

more focused now.” Although the Jayhawks do not spend their days emphasizing the streak and CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1D its importance — which is greater this season now mentality in the weight that the Jayhawks are atroom. We’ve just gotta be tempting to tie UCLA’s

all-time record — Graham said, year after year, there has been a strong belief in the locker room that nobody wants to be a part of the team that fails to keep the streak alive. “We’ve said that to

No. 18 Virginia Tech 35, Arkansas 24 Charlotte, N.C. — Jerod Evans threw for 243 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two scores and No. 18 Virginia Tech pulled off the largest comeback in its 124-year history, eras-

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covered for its school-record 11th victory. Flowers threw a 25-yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime, finding Elkanah Dillon in the end zone. South Carolina’s overtime drive ended after Jake Bentley was sacked by Mike Love on fourth down.

Alamo Bowl

yards and a touchdown before leaving in the third quarter with an apparent hand injury. Rudolph and Washington have already announced they will return for their senior seasons, putting the Cowboys (10-3) among the favorites to win the Big 12.

South Florida 15 14 10 0 7 — 46 South Carolina 0 14 10 15 0 — 39

No. 13 Oklahoma State 38, No. 11 Colorado 8 San Antonio — Mason Rudolph passed for 314 yards and three touchdowns and No. 13 Oklahoma State’s defense smothered No. 11 Colorado in an Alamo Bowl victory that gave the Cowboys their fifth 10-win season in seven years. James Washington caught nine passes for 171

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each other before at practice,” said Graham before adding that, even with that in mind, nothing really changes about the Jayhawks’ day-to-day operations. “But we don’t look too far down the

road ... It’s the same approach as always.” Added Self: “Whether UCLA won 20 or nine or whatever, I don’t think it would be any more motivation for me personally. I just want this team to

be as good as it can be. It would be nice to tie that record because that is a pretty cool record. But I don’t lay up at night thinking, ‘Oh God, if we could just match UCLA.’ I don’t think that way.”

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not making shots affect that a little bit.” Kansas had trouble against Oklahoma’s defense, which featured 6-foot-9 freshman center Nancy Mulkey in the middle of the paint. Mulkey, in her first start of the season, blocked a career-high seven shots in 22 minutes, which doesn’t include the shots rushed on drives down the lane. She nearly recorded a triple-double with 14 points and nine rebounds. “She’s a good presence in the paint for them, but we’re going to face big players like her throughout the rest of the season,” Washington said. “It’s just something that we’re going to adjust to and prepare for in our practices.” Washington scored the first five points of the second half, including a reverse layup-and-the-foul bucket where she didn’t even look at the rim as she flipped a shot over her shoulder. When Washington dished an assist to Calvert for a 3-pointer on the next possession, it cut the score to 44-39. But the Jayhawks wouldn’t pull any closer after missing 14 of their next 16 shots. The Sooners (10-3, 1-0), who played without starting point guard T’ona Edwards (suspension), finished the third quarter on an 11-0 run for a 24-point advantage. Washington, who scored a career-high 27 points in last week’s overtime win over UC Riverside, was dominant in the second quarter with 11 straight KU points. “Jessica Washington was fantastic,” Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale said. “We couldn’t do much with her.” Schneider said he considers sophomore Kylee Kopatich (seven points, nine rebounds and four assists) to be one of the top three options on offense alongside Washington and Calvert, but her shot just wouldn’t drop through the rim despite open looks from beyond the 3-point line. He was proud of the way she contributed in other ways, but nobody else stepped up to fill in for her on offense. “The problem is in this league, not only are those three going to have to play well and shoot the ball 40 percent or better, but we’re also going to have to get something from our front line,” Schneider said. “We didn’t get that.” The Jayhawks will travel to No. 3-ranked Baylor at 2 p.m. Sunday.

By Benton Smith basmith@ljworld.com

Peyton Bender hasn’t even practiced with the Kansas football team yet, but from the moment he steps foot on campus in January, the junior quarterback will be required to take on a prominent role. That directive comes straight from the man running the program, head coach David Beaty, who thinks Bender’s talent and time learning the Air Raid offense at Washington State, under guru Mike Leach, makes him the type of quarterback capable of immediately challenging for the starting spot at KU. “He could pretty much step in right now and run our offense without hesitation,” Beaty said of Bender, who redshirted for Leach and the Cougars in 2014 and then played in five games in 2015, before transferring to Itawamba Community College, “because he understands it, terminology and everything.” Bender, while appearing in five games for WSU as a redshirt freshman, only started one in a fill-in capacity. The QB from Cardinal Gibbons High, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, completed 36 of 58 passes for 288 yards and a touchdown, with two interceptions, in a 2015 loss at Washington. Though Bender joined the Cougars as Rivals.com’s No. 25 QB in the nation, in the Class of

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IN THIS 2015 FILE PHOTO, Washington State head coach Mike Leach, left, talks with quarterback Peyton Bender during the first half of an NCAA college football game against UCLA. 2014, the right-handed signalcaller couldn’t beat out Luke Falk for Washington State’s starting spot. Arguably, though, few quarterbacks could. In each of the past two seasons, the 6-foot-4 Falk has topped 4,400 passing yards and thrown for 38 touchdowns, while combining to complete 890 of his 1,277 throws (69.7 percent). “Just in talking to the guys at

Washington State,” Beaty said of his vetting of Bender, “… that competition, from what I understand, was very, very tight. Very, very tight. And they were happy to have both guys.” In his one season of Pac-12 competition, Bender, who arrives at KU as a 6-1, 180-pound junior, completed 53 of 91 passes (58.2 percent) for 498 yards, three touchdowns and four interceptions. Expectedly, his numbers improved greatly as a sophomore at Itawamba CC, where he dissected juco defenses and connected on 211 of 324 throws (65.1 percent) for 2,733 yards, with 21 touchdowns and four interceptions in his nine-game season. By the time spring football starts, Beaty expects Bender to push KU’s incumbent No. 1, Carter Stanley, for the starting job — even though the Jayhawks had their best threegame stretch of the season during Stanley’s time behind center, which included an overtime victory over Texas. As a redshirt freshman, Stanley played sparingly as a reserve in six games before winning the starting job for the final three weeks. On the year, the 6-foot2 QB from Vero Beach, Fla., completed 93 of 156 passes (59.6 percent) for 959 yards, with six touchdowns and six interceptions. As far as Beaty, who also serves as KU’s offensive coor-

dinator, is concerned, the two quarterbacks should bring the best out of each other in the months ahead. “They are not afraid to compete,” he said of Stanley and Bender. “Peyton is a terrific player and he’s very talented and he already knows this position. The way you get better is if you have competition, so you gotta have competition comin’ in… Carter left that field as our starter goin’ into the spring. But you’re only as good as your next. I’ve been sayin’ that from the very beginning and we’re not going to come off of that.” This past fall, in his second season as Kansas head coach, Beaty didn’t name a No. 1 quarterback before the season opener, and tried using both Montell Cozart and Ryan Willis as starters before turning to Stanley. The coach hopes the Jayhawks’ QB competition won’t last nearly as long in 2017, and already has his eyes on two top candidates. “Don’t know if that’s gonna happen. But we hope so,” Beaty said of either Bender or Stanley playing his way to the top of the depth chart prior to the season opener. “You know, the snaps for guys will be, they’ll be pared down. We don’t have a lot of time right now. It’s not gonna be a — it’s not a wideopen race, I’ll tell you that. It’s narrowed down to just a couple.”

No. 3 KU basketball (11-1) vs. TCU (11-1) 8 p.m. today, Schollmaier Arena, Fort Worth, Texas • TV: ESPN2 • Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network Log on to KUsports.com for our live game blog coverage and follow the KUsports.com staff on Twitter: @KUSports @mctait @TomKeeganLJW @bentonasmith & @nightengalejr

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BOX SCORE OKLAHOMA (84) MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Nancy Mulkey 22 6-9 2-6 3-9 2 14 Peyton Little 36 6-12 2-8 2-8 1 15 Gabbi Ortiz 29 2-6 2-2 0-5 3 7 Maddie Manning 35 7-12 0-3 0-4 3 17 Chelsea Dungee 24 6-9 2-2 0-2 2 15 V. Pierre-Louis 15 1-4 2-2 4-7 2 4 LaNesia Williams 11 1-3 1-2 1-3 1 3 Derica Wyatt 2 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 3 Gileysa Penzo 3 0-1 0-0 0-1 2 0 Shaya Kellogg 2 0-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 Gioya Carter 17 3-6 0-0 0-1 1 6 McKenna Treece 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 team 4-8 Totals 33-64 11-25 15-50 20 84 3-point goals: 7-15 (Little 1-3, Ortiz 1-3, Manning 3-5, Dungee 1-2, Wyatt 1-1, Kellogg 0-1). Assists: 21 (Little 2, Ortiz 8, Manning 2, Dungee 1, Pierre-Louis 1, Williams 1, Penzo 2, Carter 4). Turnovers: 21 (Mulkey 1, Ortiz 2, Manning 7, Dungee 3, Pierre-Louis 4, Williams 1, Carter 1, Treece 2). Blocked shots: 11 (Mulkey 7, Pierre-Louis 3, Carter 1). Steals: 9 (Mulkey 1, Little 2, Ortiz 2, Manning 1, Dungee 1, Williams 2). KANSAS (54) MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Sydney Umeri 23 1-3 0-0 4-4 3 2 M. Calvert 28 6-20 0-4 2-8 3 13 J. Washington 27 8-16 4-6 0-5 3 22 Chayla Cheadle 24 0-4 0-0 2-4 3 0 Kylee Kopatich 33 2-12 1-2 3-9 2 7 Jada Brown 22 0-3 0-0 4-4 0 0 Timeka O’Neal 7 0-4 0-0 1-2 1 0 Aisia Robertson 10 0-3 0-2 0-2 2 0 J. Christopher 15 1-0 0-2 0-0 2 3 C. ManningAllen 11 3-7 1-2 1-1 2 7 team 7-8 Totals 21-74 6-18 24-47 21 54 3-point goals: 6-30 (Calvert 1-7, Washington 2-5, Cheadle 0-1, Kopatich 2-10, Brown 0-1, O’Neal 0-4, Robertson 0-1, Christopher 1-1). Assists: 8 (Calvert 1, Washington 2, Kopatich 4, Brown 1). Turnovers: 22 (Umeri 2, Calvert 5, Washington 3, Cheadle 4, Kopatich 1, Brown 3, Robertson 1, Christopher 1, ManningAllen 2). Blocked shots: 2 (Calvert 1, ManningAllen 1). Steals: 10 (Calvert 3, Washington 1, Cheadle 2, Kopatich 2, Brown 1, O’Neal 1). Oklahoma Kansas

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Technical fouls: None. Officials: Dee Kanter, Gina Cross, Kevin Pethel. Attendance: 2, 574.

THREE KEYS FOR KANSAS

Set the tone

Hit the boards

After an 11-1 start to the Jamie Dixon era, the basketball buzz around Fort Worth is extremely high and welcoming third-ranked Kansas to town for the conference opener only figures to elevate the excitement. That makes it incredibly important for the Jayhawks to get off to a fast start in this one to eliminate any hopes by the home crowd of seeing the Frogs pull off the upset. While setting the tone with a fast start will increase the Jayhawks’ chances at victory in this one, it also will go a long way toward kicking off their chase for consecutive conference title No. 13 on the right foot. Winning a conference opener is a good thing for any team. But doing it on the road, especially in the Big 12, makes it that much better. With a win against TCU, KU would extend its conference opener winning streak to 26 games, a streak that dates back to the 1990-91 season. The most remarkable part about that streak is the fact that 15 of those 25 wins came on the road, a place the Jayhawks don’t mind playing at all.

The Horned Frogs feature five players who average 4 rebounds per game or more, including 6-foot-7, 210-pound guard Kenrich Williams, who leads the Big 12 with an average of 10 rebounds per game. Williams is the only player in the conference averaging a double-double through the season’s first 12 games. Even with that, TCU still is only pulling down 38 rebounds per game — seven more than its opponents — while Kansas is averaging 41.2 rebounds per game, also seven more than its opponents. If there’s one area where one team has a slight rebounding edge, it’s on the offensive glass, where TCU, led by 40 in 12 games from Williams, has pulled down more rebounds that led to extra possessions than the Jayhawks. With their big men struggling out of the gate, rebounding has been a major emphasis for the Jayhawks so far this season. And even though senior Landen Lucas and sophomore Carlton Bragg Jr. combined for 34 rebounds during the last two games, the Jayhawks still want their long, athletic guards to chip in to help KU win the battle on the boards.

MEGA MATCHUP KU point guard Frank Mason III vs. TCU point guard Alex Robinson Although Mason is averaging nine points more per game than the TCU sophomore, this match-up pits two players who lead their respective teams in both scoring and assists against one another. It also marks a meeting of two of the Top 3 assist men in the Big 12 Conference, as Mason leads the league with 5.8 assists per game and Robinson sits in third place at 5.5 assists per game. The 5-foot-11 Mason

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Kansas coach Bill Self said on Wednesday that his team has a tendency to play to the score instead of playing to knock teams out. That was the case last week in Las Vegas, where the Jayhawks built a 22-point halftime lead and watched the Rebels trim it to as little as 12 in the second half through Kansas taking its foot off the gas and playing poorly during the final 20 minutes. Those types of lapses will cost Kansas in the Big 12 race, where the Jayhawks take everybody’s best shot just about every night and rarely find any room to relax, even at home. Because of that, along with the extra rest that came during the holiday break, Self believes his team is more than ready to kick off the conference schedule tonight at TCU. “I don’t know that you’re ever as prepared as you want to be, but I feel like guys will be ready to play,” he said. “I think we’ve had a good three practices since we’ve been back. Guys seem to be in good spirits and they know the intensity and everything is gonna go up a notch or two beginning (today).” — Matt Tait

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gives up a couple of inches to the 6-1 Robinson but also has a 10-pound weight advantage (190-180), which should aid Mason’s relentless desire to get by his man and get to the basket. Robinson, who was ranked No. 47 overall in the 2014 recruiting class, began his career at Texas A&M, where he averaged 18.8 minutes in 32 games during the 2014-15 season. After sitting out last season following his transfer to his hometown team, Robinson is averaging a teamhigh 28.9 minutes per game in four starts so far this season. — Matt Tait

Winners of 11 consecutive games since the season-opening loss to Indiana in Honolulu, the third-ranked Kansas men’s basketball team enters Big 12 play on a roll but with more than a couple of questions. Self said Lucas and junior Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk will continue to start, leaving sophomores Lagerald Vick and Bragg, along with freshman Mitch Lightfoot and junior Dwight Coleby, as the main contributors off the bench. As if the Big 12 portion of the schedule does not bring with it enough intrigue, however, Kansas still will be looking for answers to the following questions as conference play heats up: Will Bragg

find his rhythm and live up to the expectations many had for him at the start of the season? Can Lightfoot develop and be counted on as this team’s third big man? Will the Jayhawks continue to shoot lights out from behind the arc? And can Mason and Josh Jackson continue the red-hot pace they opened the season with while programs with talented veterans and a better understanding of what the Jayhawks are all about take their best shots? We won’t get answers to all of those questions in this one. But we might begin building a better understanding of what those answers will be and when they will come. — Matt Tait

PROBABLE STARTERS NO.3 KANSAS G – Frank Mason III, 5-11, 190, Sr. G – Devonté Graham, 6-2, 185, Jr. G – Josh Jackson, 6-8, 207, Fr.

G – Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, 6-8, 205, Jr. F – Landen Lucas, 6-10, 250, Sr.

TCU G – Alex Robinson, 6-1, 180, Soph. G – Jaylen Fisher, 6-2, 195, Fr. G – Kenrich Williams, 6-7, 210, Jr.

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F – JD Miller, 6-8, 235, Soph. F – Vlad Brodziansky, 6-11, 220,