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Rec center concrete has to be fixed, city says

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sures, including bills that would limit the scope of collective bargaining for teachers, to force districts to spend down some of their cash reserves and to prod some districts into

Cracking concrete at the recreation center at Rock Chalk Park is going to require a fix, City Hall officials have determined.

As the Journal-World reported in early November, about 25 cracks developed in the concrete mezzanine at Sports Pavilion Lawrence. Since that time, problems with the grout in the entryway of the 181,000 square-foot building also have developed. City officials, who previously said they would monitor Farmer the situation before deciding whether to undertake repairs, said a fix is now needed.

“We have been told it is all safe, but we are going to have to get it fixed for the aesthetics,” City Commissioner Jeremy Farmer said. “We have told the community that we’re getting a really good deal on the building, so aesthetics matter.”

On the mezzanine portion of the project, crews are testing an epoxy product that is designed to fill the cracks and blend into the concrete, said Mark Hecker, assistant

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JORDAN BROWN SENDS A CLUSTER OF LEAVES scattering from a rain-soaked corner Monday at the intersection of Connecticut and 10th streets in East Lawrence.

K-12 STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE

Panel agrees on one bill out of six

By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock

Topeka — A task force set up by the Legislature to study ways schools can operate more efficiently had a hard time reaching agreement Monday on bills to recom-

mend to the 2015 Legislature.

Of the six bills that had been drafted for consideration, the panel agreed on only one, which would set up another task force to study the so-called “Rose capacities.”

Those are the educational outcomes that the Kansas

Supreme Court said earlier this year should be used to determine whether the state is providing adequate funding for public schools.

But there was not majority support on the ninemember panel for other, more controversial mea-

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downtown Lawrence office landed in The New York Times this weekend, which has created new enthusiasm that Massachusetts Street may be home to a burgeoning tech company that aims to change the entire financial industry.

Back in September I wrote

about a new financial services company called Yantra Services that had converted the former Antiques Bazaars II building at 840 Mass. into an office for computer scientists and programmers. I noted then that it looked like a business to keep an eye on, and others in the financial industry seem to agree.

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southeast Kansas. In addition to providing small-town banking services, the company is using the bank to test its new technology solutions for transferring money and making electronic payments.

In the banking world, the

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The Times published an article in its DealBook section that explains how the company is looking to dramatically change everything from the debit card to multibillion-dollar transfers between banks. Specifically, the article details how the owners of Yantra have bought a bank in Weir, a small town in

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Betty Lou Pitts Betty Lou Pitts, 76, Linwood, KS. Funeral 11 am Wednesday December 17, 2014 at the Quisenberry Funeral Home, Tonganoxie. Visitation 5-8 Tuesday.

Bradley Clyde Simon Service for Bradley Simon, 53, Law. will be 1 p.m. Fri., Dec. 19th at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.

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“Basically, we are looking to see if we can find the right talent in the Lawrence market,” CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A Ramamurthi said in September. “If we can, we article says, it is widely intend to fill the buildacknowledged that it ing up.” takes too long for finanIt sure seems like cial service providers to Lawrence is a big part process many payments. of the company’s plan.

Banks, though, are loath I noticed that although to speed up the process the company is based in because the quicker a Topeka, it was the combank processes paypany’s Lawrence office ments, the less time it that was photographed has to detect fraudulent for the article. transactions.

It will be an interestYantra is developing ing company to watch. a system that will allow It appears to be the type for instant transfers of high-tech, high-wage from one account to an- company than every other, utilizing the curcommunity is looking for rent technology system these days. Ramamurthi that powers the ATM had a successful career network, according to at Google, and his wife, the article. It includes a Suchitra Padmanabhan, sophisticated computer has been a bond and seprogram designed to curity analyst at Lehman quickly look at up to 40 Brothers and other large factors to determine if institutions. The couple a transaction is frauduhas been in Topeka since lent. A few health insur- 2002, when she took a ance companies already job at the money manare using Yantra’s sysagement firm Security tem, through the bank in Benefit.

Weir. Companies pay a But there will be anfew dollars per transac- other interesting, more tion, and already the headline-grabbing aspect tiny bank is noticing a of the company to watch. big difference in its bot- The company hopes to tom line. make debit and credit The good news is cards much more technothat Lawrence is a part logically advanced. The of this action. Yantra is Times’ article gives an based in Topeka, but as example of how a parent we reported in Septem- could create a debit card ber, it wants to tap into for a child that could be the Lawrence market used only during lunch for computer scientists, hours and only in a ZIP programmers and other code near the child’s technical positions. The school. times article said about Like I said, a company dozen computer engito keep an eye on. I know neers work for Yantra I can think of a few ways in its Topeka offices, I would like to restrict but Yantra president credit/debit card transacand CEO Suresh Ramations at my house. murthi told me in September that he hoped to — City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be have that many or more reached at 832-6362 in Lawrence at some or at clawhorn@ljworld.com point.

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We may have a solution now that appears to work, but in two or three years, it may prove that CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A it hasn’t worked. I would like director of parks and rec- some type of guarantee beyond reation. a year.”

“We want to see if we can make it disappear — City Commissioner Terry Riordan cosmetically,” Hecker said.

The cracks have been determined to be fairly standard “shrinkage one-year building warcracks,” which aren’t of ranty provided by the any structural concern, general contractor, architects have said. But Lawrence-based Gene as previously reported, Fritzel Construction Co. the design of the build- and the various subconing called for the mez- tractors. But if city offizanine area to have cials decide to install a several saw cuts made new type of flooring that in the concrete, a com- was not included in the mon practice meant to original design, the city help control where con- may be responsible for crete cracks occur. But those costs, Dever said. subcontractors But he said the failed to make city should be the cuts, city ofdue a refund of ficials have said. an undetermined City Commisamount of monsioner Mike Deey for the saw ver, who often cuts that were inspects buildcalled for but not CITY ings are part of COMMISSION completed. his job as an en“I think we’ll vironmental consultant, look to the contractor said he’s not sure even and subcontractor for the saw cuts would have some assistance on this,” prevented all the prob- Dever said. lems with the mezzanine The issues that have concrete. developed in the lobby “Basically, we chose area of the building are the least costly long- of a different nature, term maintenance fin- Hecker said. He said the ish for that concrete, floor of the lobby area but that is not the most was designed to have pleasing option aestheti- grout installed in the cally,” Dever said. many concrete joints He said the city even- that exist in the lobby. tually may need to in- The material in those stall carpet or some joints has started to “pop other type of flooring out,” creating concerns material on top of the about the appearance of concrete mezzanine. the lobby floor, he said.

The epoxy work is cur- Crews have started aprently covered under a plying an epoxy mate-

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consolidating certain administrative services.

The K-12 Student Performance and Efficiency Committee met Monday to begin finalizing its recommendations for the Legislature. It will meet once more, on Jan. 6, to vote on the final draft of its report.

In 2013, a three-judge panel in Topeka ruled that the state was underfunding public schools and ordered the Legislature to increase base funding by about $450 million. That figure was based on an earlier Supreme Court ruling that said school funding must be based on the actual cost of providing a suitable education.

But after that decision was appealed, the Supreme Court in March established a new standard for measuring adequacy, and it sent the case back to the three-judge panel to be decided again. The new standard calls for looking at various educational outcomes to determine whether funding has been adequate.

Those standards say that students who graduate should have certain knowledge and skills needed to gain employment or enter higher education. They include communications skills, knowledge of civics and economics, knowledge about physical and mental health, a grounding in fine arts and other skills needed to enter college or the workforce.

But the court gave no instructions about how to determine whether those standards are being

The plan is to get out across the state this spring and have a dialog with higher ed, business, the Legislature and do exactly that, to define those measures.”

— Interim Education Commissioner Brad Neuenswander achieved, or how to measure them.

“You’ve got to flesh out what the Rose standards are so that schools know what the target is, what they’re expected to do,” said commission member Mike O’Neal, a former Kansas House Speaker who now heads the Kansas Chamber.

The bill would set up a nine-member study commission representing business and industry and post-secondary institutions to look at the “desired end product” of the state public school system and recommend methods for measuring whether schools are achieving those outcomes. The panel later agreed to have representatives from the Kansas State Department of Education serve on the study commission as well.

Interim Education Commissioner Brad Neuenswander, a nonvoting member of the panel, said the Kansas State Board of Education is already planning to do much the same thing early next year.

“The plan is to get out across the state this spring and have a dialog with higher ed, business, the Legislature and do ex-

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rial to those joints, and Hecker said preliminary results look promising.

City commissioners have asked to be updated on the progress of the repairs. City Commissioner Terry Riordan also has asked staff members to discuss a possible extension of the building’s one-year warranty to provide the city protection against additional concrete cracking.

“We may have a solution now that appears to work, but in two or three years, it may prove that it hasn’t worked,” Riordan said. “I would like some type of guarantee beyond a year.”

Staff members said they would discuss that issue with the contractor. City Manager David Corliss also noted that the city has retained $50,000 in payments due the contractor to ensure that issues such as these get repaired to the city’s satisfaction.

“We have every belief that the contractor is going to follow through and get this fixed for us,” Corliss said.

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actly that, to define those measures,” Neuenswander said.

He added that the state board is currently revising its method of accrediting school districts to move away from the current focus on test scores, to focus more on college and career readiness.

Commission member John Vratil, a former Republican state senator from Leawood, said the state board was probably more qualified to lead that process. But Dave Trabert, president of the conservative think tank Kansas Policy Institute, said the Legislature should take the lead in defining how the Rose capacities will be measured in Kansas.

“Since the implementation of the Rose capacities is part and parcel to determining (funding) adequacy, and the Legislature alone is charged with funding adequacy, the Legislature needs to have a role in determining how those standards are defined,” he said.

When the panel holds its final meeting next month, it may consider recommending a bill to reduce the number of issues school districts are required to negotiate with teachers unions to include only salaries, wages and hours and amounts of work. Under that bill, other issues could be negotiated only if both sides agreed to negotiate them.

But the panel rejected proposed legislation Monday that would have specifically prohibited districts and unions from negotiating items outside the areas of those limited areas.

— Peter Hancock can be reached at 785-354-4222.

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KU dean leaving for Trinity University presidency

By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep

Danny Anderson, dean of Kansas University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is leaving KU to become president of Trinity University in San Antonio.

Anderson earned a doctorate in Spanish from KU in 1985 and has worked at KU as a teacher and an administrator for 26 years. KU announced his pending departure on Monday.

“These types of Danny and the treannouncements are mendous leadership always bittersweet,” he has displayed and Chancellor Bernadeveloped at KU.” dette Gray-Little said Anderson is schedin a news release. uled to begin his job “On one hand, we are as president of Trinity sad to lose someone University in May. as talented and pasKU will name an insionate about KU as Anderson terim liberal arts dean Danny. On the other before the start of the hand, we are proud that Trin- spring semester and launch a ity University — one of the nationwide search for a new premier liberal arts schools dean next year, according to in the nation — recognized KU.

Over his career in the liberal arts and sciences, Anderson said he’s seen technology change the field dramatically.

Generating and analyzing large data sets, for example, is now put to use in sciences like chemistry or biology and even literature.

Along with technology, Anderson said, collaboration is increasingly important.

“In today’s world as we look at the complex questions that require multiple points of view

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to be answered, interdisciplinarity is fundamental,” Anderson said. “We need people who can be specialists and work among or between multiple fields.”

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Area ACLU renews focus on hot topics

Kansas City, Kan. (ap) — American Civil Liberties Union officials say they have begun a new and more aggressive effort to intervene in Missouri and Kansas over highly public issues like same-sex marriage, privacy and police policy.

The ACLU’s Missouri chapter has been actively involved in the protests in Ferguson over Michael Brown’s shooting death by a Ferguson police officer. It has sued on behalf of a reporter arrested during a protest and argued for protections for street demonstrators.

In Kansas, the chapter has helped lead the legal battle over the same-sex marriage ban.

Critics say the nonprofit is straying from its initial mission of protecting civil liberCOURTS ties to promote a more liberal agenda involving abortion rights, immigrants and legalized marijuana.

Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo “The ACLU grates on a lot of people bePERRY-LECOMPTON HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES and members of the student council bring in cases of canned goods from cause they claim to be neutral when, in fact, a donor Monday at the school. From left are Harleigh Robertson, Abbi Folks and Lexia Jamison. The school has collected they’re not,” Kansas City attorney Eddie 7,000 cans in a competition against Jefferson West High School. The schools will find out who collected the most at half-time Greim said. “They’re choosing a side.” of tonight’s basketball game at Perry-Lecompton High School. The canned goods will be distributed to several area church But Jeffrey Mittman, the ACLU’s execufood pantries. tive director in Missouri, said the group has worked closely with conservatives before. He noted the group worked with the Republican Party to pass a Missouri constitutional amendment protecting electronic communications from unreasonable searches. However, he also acknowledges, that the public doesn’t always see the ACLU as nonpartisan.

“We do have a job to educate people,” Mittman said. “Don’t think in terms of red Associated Press The Journal faxed its written request and blue. Don’t think in terms of left and This could be resolved very to obtain the names on Tuesday. right. Think in terms of the Constitution.”

Kansas can avoid litigation if the simply without going to court.

Eileen Hawley, communications governor’s office follows the state’s But if the state wants to persist director for Brownback’s office, cited open records laws and releases the the “personnel records” section of the name of candidates seeking one of two in withholding a record that is Kansas Open Records Act when denynew seats on the Saline County Com- clearly in the public interest, then ing the requests. mission, a newspaper publisher said that’s what we will have to do.”

Frandsen said the applicants aren’t this week. yet employed by Saline County or the When you think of your most cherished The Salina Journal twice has restate, thus they are not personnel. He — Olaf Frandsen, editor and publisher quested the names of 13 applicants also questioned how the names of ap- Christmas memories, chances are they aren’t for one of the two seats, which were of The Salina Journal plicants for a public position could about what you found under the tree. They’re added Nov. 4 by voters who approved be deemed an unwarranted invasion more likely to be about time spent with family expansion of the county commission of privacy if state law considers the and friends, time spent helping those less forfrom three to five members. without going to court,” Frandsen said name, position and salary of every tunate, or the type of serendipitous surprises Both requests — one verbal and the Friday after his newspaper’s written re- state and local government employee that the holidays always seem to bring.

We’d like to share your stories of non-giftother in writing — were denied, with quest was denied. “But if the state wants public record. a spokeswoman for Gov. Sam Brown- to persist in withholding a record that is “Sadly the governor’s office is trying related Christmas memories. Send us your back saying it was a personnel issue. clearly in the public interest, then that’s to keep secret the names of applicants stories, in 100 words or fewer, and we’ll pubM. Olaf Frandsen, editor and pub- what we will have to do.” for a political career and is ignoring lish as many as we can on Christmas Day. Send the memories to news@ljworld.com lisher of The Salina Journal, didn’t acBrownback’s office interviewed ap- the open records act,” he said. cept that explanation. plicants for the commission seats on The appointees are to assume office or Christmas memories c/o newsroom, Lawrence Journal-World, 645 New Hampshire St., “This could be resolved very simply Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Jan. 12.

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Free State High School mourns loss of physics, chemistry teacher

By Elliot Hughes Twitter: @elliothughes12

The Free State High School and Lawrence school district communities are mourning the loss of physics and chemistry teacher Brad Simon.

In an email to FSHS parents Sunday, principal Ed West said Simon died Saturday evening, likely due to “heart problems.”

He was 53.

Simon is survived by his wife, Lisa, and one son, Aaron, according to his bio page on the FSHS website.

Simon was in his third year of teaching at Free State, where he taught advanced placement physics and general chemistry. He was also involved with the school’s chess and robotics clubs.

Lorna Larson, a transition facilitator at FSHS, said Simon was able to coach the chess club to become a contender despite not being an especially skilled playSimon er himself.

“Brad had a lot of patience and understood how to teach kids, including students with special needs,” Larson said.

Simon previously taught at Holton High School, Ottawa Middle School, Kansas University, Highland Community College and Baker University, according to the FSHS website.

Many students expressed their condolences over Twitter, either by writing tweets in tribute

or favoriting those posted by others.

Several posts noted Simon’s sense of humor.

Services for Simon will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th St. Jordan Rose, who teaches advanced placement chemistry at FSHS, said she would never forget Simon’s willingness to help others.

“Whether it was a lesson that went completely wrong or something else that frustrated me, Brad was one of the first people to stop by my classroom and check in to see if I was okay and to let me know that he believed in me,” she said.

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Two men arrested after high-speed chase

By Caitlin Doornbos Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos

A 24-year-old Pittsburg man was charged Monday with attempting to elude a police officer, cocaine possession, DUI and possession of drug paraphernalia after he allegedly led police on a high-speed chase through eastern Lawrence early Saturday morning.

The incident began around 2:20 a.m. Saturday when two Lawrence police officers witnessed a vehicle driven by Alexander Jared Miller travel-

ing north in the 600 block of Vermont, a southbound one-way street, Lawrence police spokesman Sgt. Trent McKinley said Monday.

The vehicle passed the officers, who were also in the 600 block of Vermont, at about 50 miles per hour, McKinley said.

An officer then went after the vehicle as it turned east on Sixth Street, then north over the Kansas River bridge at speeds of approximately 60 miles

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KU professor accepts holiday donation drive and adoption event with givejob as dean of law aways, goodies and vehicle

Melanie Wilson of the Kansas University School of Law will be the next dean of the University of Tennessee College of Law. Wilson will begin her job at University of Tennessee July 1, UT recently announced.

At KU, a successor to take on Wilson’s administrative duties will be announced in the spring, KU spokeswoman Erinn Barcomb-Peterson said. No external search is planned.

At KU School of Law, Wilson is associate dean for academic affairs — overseeing the law school’s degree and certificate programs, academic regulations and course scheduling — and a professor — specializing in criminal procedure.

She is a former federal prosecutor, serving as an assistant U.S. attorney in Georgia for six years and assistant attorney general for the State of Georgia for four years before turning to teaching. “Melanie Wilson brings a wide range of leadership experience and legal scholarship,� UT Provost Susan Martin said in a press release. “She will help build upon the many strengths of the college.�

Humane Society gets vehicle donation Briggs Subaru surprised Lawrence Humane Society Executive Director Kate Meghji by donating a vehicle to the organization at an adoption event at the dealership Saturday, Meghji said.

LHS and Briggs Subaru, 2233 W. 29th Terrace, teamed up to host the

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Trinity recently established and approved What would your answer a 10-year strategic plan be? Go to ljworld.com/ designed to place the unionthestreet and share it. versity at the forefront of defining what it calls the new liberal arts experience.

Anderson said he HOSPITAL found the Trinity faculty to be active, engaged and Births Kurston Buser and Julyan committed to involving students in their scholarWilson, Lawrence, a boy, Monday. ship. He said the school’s strategic plan emphasizes interdisciplinary and experiential learning.

Anderson, a native SOUND OFF Texan, began his academic career at the UniverIf you have a question, call sity of Texas-Austin and 832-7297 or send email to joined the KU faculty in soundoff@ljworld.com.

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showings. But just when the event was thought to be a success with the adoption of two dogs, Briggs Subaru surprised LHS by donating a 2011 Subaru Forester to the group, Meghji said. “It was a Christmas miracle,� Meghji said.

Meghji said LHS staff had been thinking about buying a new vehicle with grant funds because the vehicles LHS had been using for their 24-hour emergency on-call services had not been working well.

Now, those extra funds can go toward other expenses. “It costs an average $400 to care for every animal (at LHS), while most adoption fees are less than $100,“ Meghji said. “Every thing else depends on donations and fundraising events.�

Boy’s death leads to mother’s arrest Wellington — A southcentral Kansas woman has been taken into custody on suspicion that she killed her 10-year-old son.

The Wichita Eagle reports the 33-year-old woman was being held in Sumner County jail after the boy was found dead in the family’s home in Wellington.

Police were called at 11:45 p.m. Sunday to the home, where they found the boy dead with a puncture wound to the chest.

Wellington Police Chief Tracy Heath says the official cause of death hasn’t been determined.

Police say the mother was arrested without incident.

per hour, “weaving between other vehicles,� McKinley said.

Miller then went east on Locust Street, “nearly overturning� his vehicle as it rounded the corner. As the officer pursued the vehicle, it continued to pull away, running the stop sign at North Seventh Street and accelerating to speeds of about 100 miles per hour.

The officer caught up to the vehicle after it crashed in a field

Havrone Way on Aug. 5, according to court documents.

Douglas County DisVictims told police trict Judge Sally Pokorny that Warfield, Baker sentenced a 19-year-old and Thomas went to Leavenworth man Mon- the home to purchase day to 36 months in pris- marijuana before pulling on for an August guns on the home’s home-invasion roboccupants, robbing bery in South Lawthem of an undisrence. closed amount of Darvon Thomas, money and drugs, who was originally Lawrence Pocharged with ag- COURTS lice Department gravated robbery, spokesman Sgt. pleaded no contest to rob- Trent McKinley said in bery as part of a plea deal August. made in October. Thomas After the robbery, and co-defendants Amber the three fled toward Baker, 24, of Lawrence, Leavenworth but were and Darnell Warfield Jr., stopped in Leavenof Leavenworth, robbed a worth County and home in the 3000 block of taken into custody,

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A Lawrence woman was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital Monday night after being struck by a car as she walked through the crosswalk at Seventh and Vermont streets.

Sgt. Craig Shanks of the Lawrence Police Department said the woman is around 70 years old and did not

suffer life-threatening injuries.

Shanks said a preliminary investigation revealed the woman had been using the crosswalk with the signal in her favor when a 31-year-old Lawrence man, who was westbound on Seventh, turned south and struck her. The incident happened around 5:15 p.m.

The driver was cited for failure to yield,

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By Doyle McManus Los Angeles Times

The Kansas governor seems to be abdicating some of his responsibility for setting realistic budget priorities for the state.

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f course the Kansas Legislature should take a major role in state spending decisions, but that doesn’t relieve the governor from the responsibility of setting his own financial priorities for the state — priorities he is willing to advocate and even fight for.

It’s called leadership.

That’s why it’s disappointing for Gov. Sam Brownback to tell the Journal-World that when it comes to making what appear to be inevitable cuts in the state budgets for this year and next year, “I want these things to come through the legislative branch because that’s constitutionally the way they’re supposed to.”

Brownback has announced a plan to deal with a $279 million revenue shortfall for the current fiscal year, but that plan makes few spending cuts and, instead, transfers money from various state funds to cover the revenue shortage. That means that, when working on the budget for the next fiscal year, the state will have to make up not only a large portion of this year’s shortage but also an additional $436 million budget gap projected for next year.

His duty, Brownback explained is to fund as much of the budget passed by the Legislature as possible and that, if lawmakers want to reduce the size of state government, they should pass a budget that does that. “That’s the way these things are supposed to happen.”

This apparent abdication of responsibility for the state budget is an odd stance for a governor. Brownback obviously is required to present a budget for the Legislature’s consideration, and he said that, when lawmakers convene on Jan. 12 he will outline an “aggressive” two-year budget plan. He offered no details about that plan, but it is the duty of any governor to present a balanced budget that combines a realistic revenue and spending plan that sets a positive direction for the state. Through that budget the governor has an opportunity to express his or her priorities and emphasize key goals for Kansas.

The governor should be willing to fight for his budget priorities, not simply throw out a suggestion and then wait to see what bubbles up out of the Legislature.

Kansas is facing some major financial challenges, many of them created by tax cuts that were actively pushed by the governor. Although the governor is saying he’s surprised by this situation, the revenue shortfalls have been predicted by the non-partisan Legislative Research Department for months, and there’s no reason to question the department’s estimated shortfall for next fiscal year.

It’s time for the governor to show some leadership. If he’s willing to look for new revenue to address the budget challenge, he should say so. If he’s not willing to increase revenue, he needs to take responsibility for the cuts that will be needed to balance the budget, not try to push that responsibility off on the state Legislature.

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The trillion-dollar spending bill that the House of Representatives passed last week had something for everyone to hate. But it was still a step, however awkward, toward making the United States governable again.

What was not to like? Plenty. Tea party conservatives hated the bill because it didn’t hobble the two programs they hate most, President Obama’s healthcare law and his executive action on immigrants in the country illegally. Liberals hated it because it included a murky provision allowing federally insured banks to get back into the business of selling risky derivatives, one of the practices that produced the financial crash of 2008. Reformers on both sides hated it because it was stuffed with obscure policy changes that most members of Congress never had time to read, much less debate. This was an ugly bill, passed awkwardly, after much shouting and distress in both parties.

Nobody on Capitol Hill was exchanging congratulations or high-fives.

And yet, it had its virtues.

It avoided another shutdown of the federal government, an outcome that would have produced not only chaos but also potential damage to the economy. More than that: It actually funded most of the government until next Sept. 30, giving the next Congress nine full months to write a new budget without another crisis.

Those may sound like modest achievements, but that’s more than Congress managed last year.

House Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, bragged that he was passing the bill without resorting to even “a threat of a government shutdown.”

Boehner’s goal, an aide said, was to make sure next year’s GOP majority can set its own agenda instead of lurching from one fiscal cliff to the next.

But to get there, Boehner had to take a pragmatic step toward the center, cutting a deal with Sen. Harry Reid, D-

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In other words, this bill is what compromise looks like. It had bipartisan support in the center, and bipartisan opposition on both left and right.”

Nev., in his final week as majority leader in the Senate.

That meant Boehner had to withstand yet another rebellion from tea party conservatives in his own ranks. Once again, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, tried to rally conservatives to block the deal, this time over immigration. Almost 30 percent of Boehner’s Republicans voted against the bill.

Boehner needed about an equal percentage of Democrats to vote for it — and he needed the help of President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden to get their votes.

What was in it for Obama and the Democrats? They didn’t want a government shutdown either. After negotiating a backroom deal through Reid, they didn’t want to risk being blamed if it fell apart.

More important, the alternative looked worse from their standpoint: a two-month funding bill that would have allowed next year’s Republicanled Congress to cut Obama’s

favorite programs more deeply and more quickly.

In other words, this bill is what compromise looks like.

It had bipartisan support in the center, and bipartisan opposition on both left and right.

It’s hard to remember that what we witnessed last week was once normal legislative behavior, especially in times of divided government. Instead of colliding, each side gave something up.

But the trouble with bipartisan compromises — one rarely advertised by advocates of bipartisanship like me — is that they are no fun. They are, by definition, disappointing to both sides.

And that was certainly true of last week’s bill. Conservatives howled in genuine rage; in their view, they won a national mandate in last month’s congressional election. “Why is John Boehner cutting deals with the president?” demanded Sean Hannity of Fox News.

“Boehner has disrespected the people who voted for Republicans.”

On the other side, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., issued a bare-knuckled warning to other Democrats that progressives would punish them if they failed to block the provision on derivatives, which had been drafted by lobbyists for Citibank. “A vote for this bill is

Nonschool programs fill gap

By Gene A. Budig

News about the present and future of American K-12 education continues to be discouraging. But a series of effective out-of-school programs is creating a glimmer of hope. If we focus on these, thousands of children can be salvaged from a broken system.

First the bad news (culled from three recent reports). l The U.S. Department of Education tells us that only 26 percent of the nation’s high school seniors are proficient or better in math and only 38 percent in reading. Less than 40 percent are academically prepared for college. l Teachers confirm the magnitude of the problems.

The annual Educationnext poll reports that 73 percent of teachers give our public schools a rating of C or less. Only 47 percent support the Common Core, the newest major school reform effort. l These types of narratives are not lost on the public. Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup’s annual poll tells us that 80 percent of the American public give our schools a rating of C or less and only 33 percent support the Common Core.

Are these numbers surprising? No. Many reports over many years have told us that 1) decades of school reform have had limited success, 2) change in our schools is agonizingly slow and 3) the prospect of widely effective schools is not on the near horizon.

Now the good news.

In response to the slow rate of progress, private non-profits have stepped in

to fill the breach. There is a growing national movement to provide students with scholarships and out-ofschool academics, college guidance and placement and life skills. In the last five years, the National Partnership for Educational Access (an association of private nonprofit education organizations that provide out of school services to more than 200,000 underrepresented students) has seen a jump in membership of almost 200 percent.

One of Budig the members is New Jersey SEEDS, a private non-profit that works with high need (average family income of approximately $36,000) elementary, middle and high school students from struggling schools. Here are stories of two of the more than 2,000 young people they have served. l Odette Rodrigues hails from Newark, N.J., a city with a 2012 median income of $31,293 and where only 12 percent of the adult population has a bachelor’s degree or higher. In seventh grade, she was accepted into a SEEDS program that prepares lowincome students for success and entrance into elite private high schools. After 14 months of Saturday classes and two intensive summer programs, she was successfully placed (with substantial financial aid). In 2009, she graduated from Harvard and currently

works in the financial sector. l Uchenna Eze hails from Orange, N.J., a city with a 2012 median family income of $40,585 and where 17 percent of the adult population has a bachelor’s degree or higher. In 10th grade, he entered a SEEDS program that offered Saturday and summer academic enrichment programs and guidance services for public high school students.

He is currently a sophomore in good standing at the University of Southern California where he has a major in philosophy (with a concentration in politics and law) and a minor in economics.

It is time to be honest with ourselves and with others about the state of American education: our schools are failing many current students and are unlikely to make substantial improvements any time soon. Predictions for the Common Core are not heartening. At best, it will take years of tinkering to fully implement and institutionalize any progress.

In the interim, we must support what we know works.

For many, this means creating paths around and under the public school system. Programs like New Jersey SEEDS must be expanded: more money, more research and more exposure. If we want to give students the skills to succeed in education and life, for the foreseeable future, these kinds of programs are their only paths to success.

— Gene A. Budig is past president/chancellor of three state universities, including Kansas University, and of Major League Baseball’s American League.

a vote for taxpayer bailouts of Wall Street,” Warren said.

That fissure between populists and Wall Street-friendly centrists is widening into open warfare among Democrats, who have managed to act almost in unison for the last six years. Instead of one party riven by civil war, we now have two — and just in time for presidential primaries.

For the moment, though, it appears that the two parties’ establishments are in control.

Just look at one more of the less-attractive features of that spending bill: a clause that increased the amount of money a donor can give a national political party from $32,400 to 10 times that amount, $324,000.

How murky was that provision? By the end of the week, nobody on Capitol Hill had stepped forward to acknowledge putting it in the bill, but it had firm (if discreet) backing from leaders in both parties — because it would strengthen their institutional clout at the expense of grassroots insurgents.

There could hardly be a clearer sign that American politics is slowly returning to normal — or a clearer reminder that bipartisanship, however welcome, isn’t always pretty.

— Doyle McManus is a columnist for The Los Angeles Times. His email address is doyle.mcmanus@ latimes.com.

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 16, 1914: years “For the genago eral protection of IN 1914 Lawrence people from fire and explosion the City Commissioners have had an ordinance drawn up that will control the use of gasoline and other dangerous materials that are used in the cleaning and pressing establishments. This ordinance is aimed primarily at the cleaning establishments but indirectly controls all use of gasoline and kerosene. The ordinance will be taken up at the next meeting of the commissioners. Insurance rates on certain buildings have been raised so much that there has been considerable complaint of the cleaning shops which are given as the cause for the exceptional rates. In many places gasoline is used in such a manner that it endangers the lives of many people to say nothing of the loss of property should an accident occur” “Owing to the cold weather the Telegraph and Telephone companies report that they are having considerable wire trouble during the present cold weather. The cold causes the wires to contract and break.

Owing to this fact there is some delay in delivering messages.”

“Hiatt Arnold, the freshman Kansas University student who was the only freshman to receive a letter from the University, has left the school. He has been in school but one semester and secured his letter by breaking the school record in the discus throw last fall in the class meet.”

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Sydney — The deadly siege began in the most incongruous of ways, on a sunny Monday morning inside a cheerful cafe in the heart of Australia’s largest city. It ended 16 hours later in a barrage of gunfire that left two hostages and the Iranian-born gunman dead, and a nation that has long prided itself on its peace rocked to its core.

The gunman, a self-styled cleric and a refugee with a sordid criminal history, burst into the Lindt Chocolat Cafe and took 17 people hostage. He forced some to hold a flag with an Islamic declaration of faith above the shop window’s festive inscription of “Merry Christmas.”

prosecuted for sending offensive letters to families of Australian troops killed in Afghanistan.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Monis had “a long history of violent crime, infatuation with extremism and mental instability.”

Scipione wouldn’t say whether the two hostages who were killed — a 34-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman — were caught in crossfire, or shot by their captor.

One of the victims was Sydney lawyer and motherof-three Katrina Dawson.

“Katrina was one of our best and brightest barristers who will be greatly missed by her colleagues and friends,” Jane Needham, president of the New South Wales Bar Association, said in a statement.

Agency: Headquarters Counseling Contact: Kalli Sanders at 841-9900 or at Kalli@ HeadquartersCounselingCenter.org Headquarters Counseling strives to provide emotional support and safety to people in Douglas County through readily available counseling services. Headquarters is expanding its Fundraising Committee. Responsibilities of the committee include assisting with the acquisition of services, donations and sponsorship for upcoming events.

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A loud bang rang out, several hostages ran from the building and police swooped in amid heavy gunfire, shouts and flashes.

A police bomb disposal robot also was sent into the building, but no explosives were found.

The gunman was identified as 50-year-old Man Haron Monis, who once was

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about a year and half.

“From tracking food, to sleep cycles, steps and calories, it does it all,” she said.

She said she likes the sleep monitor function of the band as well as the alarm. “It makes sure to wake you up when you are in your lightest sleep around the alarm time, as to not wake you from a deep sleep.”

Summit member Jennifer Schwartz purchased her Garmin Vivofit about six months ago while recovering from surgery.

“I wanted a wearable device since I didn’t want to carry my

As many in our community are aware, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled when it reviewed the Affordable Care Act that states could not be required to expand their Medicaid eligibility. As a result, to date, Kansas has declined to expand Medicaid eligibility for low-income residents.

Current income limits for eligibility for KanCare, the state’s Medicaid program, are among the worst in the country, and about one in seven Kansas adults under 65 remains uninsured.

The Kansas Hospital Association estimates that expanding KanCare could enable 169,000 low-income Kansas adults to gain coverage, nearly half of the state’s 369,000 uninsured. Based on U.S. Census Bureau estimates, there are at least 9,000 people in Douglas County below the eligibility criteria for expanded Medicaid. This is significant.

Making a decision on expansion of KanCare is first and foremost about coverage for those individuals. But it’s also about costs and the economy.

The cost of caring

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GIFTS FOR FITNESS JUNKIES ABOUND, FROM HIGH-TECH TRACKERS SUCH AS THE GARMIN VIVOFIT BAND (LEFT), which can log your meals and physical activity; to cold-weather clothes, such as this Mizuno Breath Thermo half-zip top (middle); to simple neccesities such as this Camelback Eddy insulated water bottle.

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f you or someone you know loves a good workout more than a nap, then this Christmas list is for you.

Maybe you’re looking for ideas for that hard-to-buy-for fitness junkie who rarely leaves the gym. Maybe you’re a couch potato trying to find a perfect gift for the Energizer bunny in your life. Or maybe this is the year you’ve finally started revving up a routine, and now you want to put some items on your list for Santa.

From high-tech activity

information to low-tech fitness accessories and cold-weather gear, we’ve got plenty of goodies to spur your last-minute shopping ideas.

High-tech fit Activity trackers are burning up wish lists this year. The devices can give wearers information about activity, nutrition and rest.

Fitness bands like Fitbit, the Garmin Vivofit and Jawbone UP have been growing in popularity as a gift for the past couple of years. Their technology has improved since the Fitbit Flex was first developed

in 2007, and they do everything from track your activity to count your calories to monitor how well you sleep. Many now use apps to directly load data to your phone.

J. Jenkins, store manager of Gary Gribble’s Running Sports, says it is important to decide whether you want your activity tracker to work with a heart rate monitor, because not all do.

“That’s usually the first question I ask,” Jenkins said.

Kelsey Stoskopf, a trainer at The Summit health club in Lawrence, says she has been using the Jawbone UP wristband for

Prepare for college applications by preparing for the worst Wes: Given the number of high school students I see, I didn’t need a reminder that December is the beginning of college decision season.

But Kyra offered me one anyhow, when she texted me that she’d received a big scholarship to Emerson College in Boston, one of her top picks. The next day we learned that one of our 2014 Double Take runners-up was admitted to Cornell and another to Harvard.

Alas, while it is impressive and necessary, getting into college is about 1 percent of the battle toward getting out. Over 40 percent of

the 2015 freshman won’t finish in six years. Many never will. Several variables separate those who finish from those who do not, and one of the most important is selection. As in dating, choosing a bad match for college can leave you lonely, demoralized and wondering, “How did I get here?”

So, here are my suggestions for how to make a good choice: Know Thyself. Maybe the dumbest thing we do to our kids is expect 17- and 18-year-olds to make sensible college and career plans and then get them to sign loan papers that they

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Dr. Wes Crenshaw and Kyra Haas can never, ever default on. But it is what it is, so to the extent possible, teens need to look at themselves and consider who they are and who they could conceivably

become. This process is so complex as to require about a hundred 700word columns. Suffice it to say that more than one parent has brought a teen to therapy or career coaching to sort all this out. In most cases it’s money well spent.

Don’t Follow The Crowd. There are many reasons to go to college.

One of the best is to differentiate from your family and social group (read: become your own person). Thus, I suggest teens not go to the same school as friends or apply to a certain tier of schools (e.g., Ivy League, Big Division I, etc.) just

because others did. Pick a school that fits you. If you don’t know who you are or what school that might be, lay out a year and work or go to junior college. Waiting to explore yourself at college can get pretty expensive.

Consider Your Mental Health (A Lot). Parents often say of the college decision, “We just want you to be happy.” Trust me, they don’t mean it.

They really want you to be productive, have meaning and organization in your life, graduate, and not come home broken. It’s too easy for top students to select a prestigious school

without considering the toll it could take on mental health. If you really want to live the life of the mind and push yourself hard, and you are reasonably resilient and tenacious, go for the gold. If you’re just living a dream — yours or someone else’s — wake up. Dreams don’t get you up for physics every morning.

Kyra: Considering how many college essays my friends and I have cranked out, I’m surprised we still have fingers and sanity. So, Please see PREPARE, page 2B

Merck moves forward on testing for new breast cancer-fighting drug San Antonio, Texas (ap) — Drugmaker Merck & Co. said that it will advance a new cancer drug into bigger patient tests, after promising findings in an early study against a very aggressive, common type of breast cancer.

Merck said its Keytruda shrank tumors to some extent in one-

third of 27 patients evaluated in a study called KEYNOTE-012.

All had what’s called triple-negative breast cancer that had spread outside the breast, and about 85 percent had worsened after multiple rounds of chemotherapy and other treatments — some five or more treatments.

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system to fight cancer through a mechanism that “uncloaks” a substance called PD-1 on hidden cancer cells so they can be spotted and — Dr. Allist Reicin, Merck’s vice president for cancer drug attacked by key immune development cells called T cells.

Merck, based in Kenilworth, N.J., said it The drug is in a hot tal, called immuno-on- will start mid-stage panew class of medicines, cology drugs. They har- tient tests of Keytruda mostly still experimen- ness the body’s immune in the first half of 2015.

We’ve now shown efficacy against seven cancers. There’s tremendous excitement in the oncology community.”

It’s received accelerated approval for advanced melanoma, but needs further testing for permanent approval.

The company, the world’s fourth-biggest drugmaker by revenue, has now reported positive results in testing of Keytruda in melanoma, Please see DRUG, page 2B

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Getting fit doesn’t require an investment in technology. A good pair of shoes, a sidewalk and a positive attitude can help you get started right away.

But there are a few low-tech accessories that can help you make strides toward your goals.

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A foam roller can help smartphone everywhere you use trigger point I went,” Schwartz said. release techniques on The wearability has yourself, Welch said. changed for the de“Using our muscles vices, too. Some clip to all day, they naturally clothing, and one, the get kinks in them,” she Misfit Shine, is a disc said. “The beautiful thing that can be worn on the about a foam roller is wrist, on a pendant or that it’s a way of releason a clip. The disc is ing those tight tension meant to move around spots. And it’s not expenon your body dependsive. ing on what activity “We use our muscles you’re doing (wrist for all day, every day, swimming, ankle for whether it’s standing or running and cycling, for walking, especially with example). exercise activities, and it’s just a nice way to reGarmin Vivofit, Gary duce those tension spots, Gribble’s Running Sports, stretch things out, and $99.99 prevent injury,” she said.

Fitbit Flex, Dick’s SportWelch also recoming Goods, $99.95 mended another simple, Misfit Shine, Dick’s great gift: a water bottle.

Sporting Goods, $99.99 Many exercisers overJawbone UP, Amazon. look hydration as an com, starting around $50 important factor in their workouts and recovery.

Low-tech necessities “A lot of our popuGetting fit doesn’t lation is dehydrated require an investment because there’s so much in technology. A good caffeine, whether it’s cofpair of shoes, a sidewalk fee or energy drinks or and a positive attitude other stuff,” she said. “If can help you get started they have a really good right away. But there are water bottle, they want a few low-tech accesto keep refilling throughsories that can help you out the day; it’s a simple make strides toward your thing.” goals.

Massage therapy is a Audrey Welch, physigift everyone wants but cal therapist with Thera- not everyone will buy for

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for those who would be covered by KanCare expansion is already being absorbed by hospitals, health care providers, businesses and other payers. Lack of insurance keeps people from receiving regular care. Unfortunately, these individuals often resort to using our emergency rooms because their health is not properly managed. Uncompensated care ultimately touches all of us because it increases the cost of health care, and a portion of those costs are passed along to those who have insurance in the form of higher premiums.

Kansas losing millions Millions of dollars are leaving Kansas, going to the federal government, and then going out to states that have decided to expand Medicaid. Kansas hospitals, as well as 72 percent of Kansans (according to a recent poll by the American Cancer Society) would like to see Kansas money come back to Kansas to cover more of the uninsured, and not

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here’s my advice regarding preparation for college during the rest of senior year: Don’t Check Out Second Semester. Most college applications are

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triple negative breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer, head and neck cancer, bladder cancer, stomach cancer and Hodgkin lymphoma. Altogether, Merck

go to states like California, Colorado and Ohio.

According to the Kansas Hospital Association, Kansas is losing approximately $334 million in federal funding in 2014 and more than $380 million in 2015, compared to the amounts it would have earned had it expanded KanCare. The association has issued a report, Economic and Employment Effects of Expanding KanCare, conducted by the Center for Health Policy Research at George Washington University, which quantifies the negative consequences of the state’s decision to not expand KanCare in 2014. The report also highlights the positive benefits implementation of KanCare expansion by 2016 could have for Kansas taxpayers and businesses, as well as uninsured citizens. This independent analysis provides solid data to help Kansas decide whether to accept or decline some $2.2 billion in federal funds between 2016 and 2020.

The Misfit Shine, available at Dick’s Sporting Goods, $99.99

themselves. Massage can relieve pain and stress and can also help prevent injury. A massage gift certificate could be a welcome treat for the fit, and possibly sore, person on your gift list.

Licensed massage therapist Jenn Boyce of TherapyWorks says many people equate “healthy” with food that doesn’t taste good or exercise that’s difficult.

“Massage is something healthy that is relaxing,” she said. “It’s

not negative.”

Despite massage’s potential wellness benefits, health insurance typically doesn’t cover it, so plan accordingly.

Gold’s Gym 24-inch foam roller, Wal-Mart, $18.77 Camelbak Eddy insulated water bottle, Target $19.99 60-minute Swedish massage, TherapyWorks, $60

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A decision to forego KanCare expansion is more than just a decision to refuse the federal funding associated with Medicaid expansion. In fact, it amounts to real cuts to hospitals like Lawrence Memorial that are currently serving as the primary safety net for many uninsured individuals, and it comes at a time when the uncompensated care burden continues to grow at an alarming rate. “ — Gene Meyer, president and CEO of Lawrence Memorial Hospital

Effects on economy The study indicates that not expanding KanCare is already hindering job creation and economic growth because Kansas is not capturing hundreds

of millions in federal matching dollars that would otherwise flow into the state economy to make expansions more affordable. The research concluded that expansion would have created more than 3,000 jobs statewide in 2014 and beyond.

The report clearly demonstrates the economic benefits of KanCare expansion. About half of the jobs created would be in health care, but the other half would be in diverse sectors, including construction; retail and wholesale; professional, scientific and technical; and food and beverage. Although KanCare expansion increases funding for health care, the benefits spread broadly as health care providers purchase additional goods and services and use their income to pay their mortgages, buy

groceries and make consumer purchases that broadly impact the state’s economy.

The report further goes on to say that over the five-year 2016 to 2020 period, KanCare expansion would increase the state’s gross product by more than $1.2 billion and total business activity by about $2.2 billion. Expanding KanCare would trigger additional economic growth for Kansas, leading to greater state tax revenues without changing tax rates.

Failure to expand KanCare will derail substantial economic gains that could boost the state’s economy and forego more than $69 million in potential state revenue that could be used to help balance state budget.

The bottom line for many is cost, and this report demonstrates that

in by early January; the game’s not over. You’ll need second semester to prove that senioritis hasn’t gotten the better of you. Colleges can rescind acceptance if you drop hard classes, slack, or start skipping.

Keep Your Options Open. If you’re unsure about which college you should attend, meet the

deadlines for all of them.

It can be tedious, but if you decide last minute that a certain school really is for you, you won’t have missed your chance to apply.

Be Realistic. Too often we have an idealistic view of college: breaking away from families, exploring uncharted territory and “finding”

ourselves and maybe a romantic partner.

Unfortunately, there’s a little monster called “tuition,” and it — along with its sidekicks “housing and meals,” “fees” and “textbooks” — devours thousands of dollars fast. Apply for aid.

Apply for scholarships.

Get a job. And, if necessary, apply somewhere

Merck reported the latest results Wednesday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

The patients got infusions of Keytruda, known chemically as pembrolizumab, every two weeks and periodic scans to determine the drug’s effects.

While 33 percent had some tumor shrinkage,

19 percent had tumors shrink at least 30 percent. Of those, one had her tumor disappear without relapse, two are still receiving therapy and responding, one is off therapy but was still responding, and one has relapsed. In another seven patients, tumors stopped growing but did not shrink.

is studying Keytruda against 30 different cancer types.

“We’ve now shown efficacy against seven cancers,” Dr. Alise Reicin, Merck’s vice president for cancer drug development, said in an interview. “There’s tremendous excitement in the oncology community” about Keytruda.

your holiday list are not the indoor types, maybe it’s time to spruce up their activity wardrobes with some new coldweather clothing and accessories that make being outside tolerable — even enjoyable.

Gribble’s Jenkins says the key to exercising outside in the cold is wearing multiple layers that you can take off as you heat up.

“The idea when you’re running or walking outdoors in the wintertime is that you want to stay just below the line of sweating,” he said.

“So as soon as you get up to where you feel like you’re heated enough that you want to sweat, you want to open up a little, because you don’t want to get wet.”

Winter apparel is designed to help wick moisture away and keep you dry. And while cotton may be a great fabric, Jenkins said it’s best avoided as a cold-weather layer.

“Cotton absorbs moisture, so we go with a lot of synthetic blends,” he said. “Mizuno has a material called Breath Thermo, which generates heat when it gets wet.

It means you can wear lighter clothing or fewer layers.”

The extremities also need protection during

KanCare expansion produces a net savings to the state. If the state expands KanCare by 2016, there are increased state Medicaid costs, but those are offset by new state revenue and reductions in other health care spending.

The net savings to Kansas would total $29 million in 2016 and approximately $36 million from 2016 to 2020, according to the financial analysis in the report. The full report and a summary brief can be found on the KHA website at kha-net.org.

Better solution needed A decision to forego KanCare expansion is more than just a decision to refuse the federal funding associated with Medicaid expansion. In fact, it amounts to real cuts to hospitals like Lawrence Memorial that are currently serving as the pri-

less expensive.

On the Air: Join Dr. Wes, Kyra and Katie Guyot at 11 a.m. Dec. 22 on Up to Date with Steve Kraske to discuss how teens can make a good college decision. We’ll be taking listener calls.

— Wes Crenshaw, Ph.D., ABPP, is author of “I Always

Triple-negative breast cancer, the type affecting 15 percent to 20 percent of the roughly 1.7 million new breast cancer patients a year worldwide, doesn’t respond to three of the main types of treatment for breast cancer. Those target the hormones estrogen and progesterone and a protein called

the cold months.

“Most of our body heat is lost through our head and hands,” Jenkins explained. “Depending on how warm you like to be, you can go with a thin liner-type glove or a mitten for more warmth because your fingers warm each other inside the glove.”

Athletic shoes are built to be breathable and light, but they don’t provide much protection against the cold. Good socks are necessary for keeping feet warm inside shoes.

Quarter-length socks may be a good option for people who wear tights, Jenkins said. Tights are usually long enough, and quarter-length socks are high enough that you don’t expose your ankles to the cold.

Merino wool is also a great material for socks.

“It’s a naturally temperature-regulating material,” he said. “You can wear it year-round, and it will keep you cool in the summer and warm in the winter.”

Mizuno Breath Thermo half-zip, Gary Gribble’s Running Sports, $80 Smartwool Merino wool socks, Gary Gribble’s Running Sports, $17 Saucony Ulti-Mitt gloves, Gary Gribble’s Running Sports, $35

mary safety net for many uninsured individuals, and it comes at a time when the uncompensated care burden continues to grow at an alarming rate.

In 2014 it is estimated that LMH will write off about $15 million in charity care alone, and that number is projected to grow to about $16 million next year.

I and many of my peers at Kansas hospitals believe that Kansas should thoughtfully develop a unique, Kansas-based solution that takes advantage of the federal funds to build upon and improve our current KanCare program. To do this will require the Kansas Legislature and governor to address this critical social and economic issue in a reasonable way. We read of the deficit our state has that could be offset by the positive economic impact KanCare expansion would have. It is imperative that our legislators act on this in the upcoming legislative session.

If you have questions or thoughts on this, I welcome your call. My direct number is 505-6130 and my e-mail is gene.meyer@lmh.org. Thank you.

— Gene Meyer is president and chief executive officer of Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

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HER-2, all of which fuel cancer growth.

On Dec. 6, Merck reported at another medical conference that in a study of patients with the blood cancer Hodgkin lymphoma, who had all failed other treatments and weren’t eligible for a transplant, two-thirds responded to Keytruda.

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A REPORT RELEASED BY THE FEDERAL CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION has found that though indoor tanning injuries have declined, more than 1,000 people have had to go to the emergency room in tanning-related incidents in the past few years.

Indoor tanning injuries can require ER treatment Chicago (ap) — Indoor tanning injuries have declined but still sent more than 1,000 people to emergency rooms in recent years.

Here’s a look at what’s billed as the first national estimate on these injuries, from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

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Washington (ap) — Sign-up season for President Barack Obama’s health care law is off to a stronger start this year.

But it’s not perfect, and Americans remain skeptical that the government’s newest social program is right for the country.

As one major enrollment deadline loomed Monday, officials granted a last-minute extension for some consumers facing long telephone hold times at the federal call center. They were being asked to leave a number to get called back starting Tuesday.

Public attitudes toward Obama’s signature law are only slightly less chilly than before the congressional midterm elections that saw Republicans, still clamoring for its repeal, win both chambers of Congress.

An Associated PressGfK poll earlier this month found an uptick for the Affordable Care Act, with 29 percent saying they support it, compared with 25 percent in October. Opposition to “Obamacare� was stable at 41 percent, while the rest were on the fence.

In most states, midnight Monday, Pacific time, was the deadline for new customers to pick a health plan to take effect Jan. 1. It was also the deadline for current en-

Open enrollment actually runs for another two months, until Feb. 15. People enrolling by that date will get coverage starting March 1. Current customers can still make plan changes through Feb 15.

rollees to make changes that could reduce premium increases before the new year.

Open enrollment actually runs for another two months, until Feb. 15. People enrolling by that date will get coverage starting March 1.

Current customers can still make plan changes through Feb 15.

As recently as last week, administration officials were saying there was no plan to extend Monday’s deadline. But late in the day, spokesman Aaron Albright said that because of long wait times at the call center, some callers were being asked to leave a number. “We will call them back at a convenient time starting tomorrow, and if they select a plan, their coverage will still begin on Jan. 1,� Albright said in a statement.

Despite the deadline jam, the administration seems to be on the way to reaching its self-imposed target of 9.1 million people enrolled for 2015.

Based on early numbers, it’s looking like the majority of the 6.7 million current customers

have opted to stay in their current plans and be automatically renewed on Jan. 1. Making sure that happens as smoothly as it’s been advertised is the administration’s next major challenge.

In Des Moines, Iowa, Cheryl James said she and two of her adult nieces helped each other and managed to sign up without too much trouble.

James, who is studying early childhood education, found out she qualified for almost no-cost insurance under Iowa’s Medicaid expansion, financed through the health care law. “We are pretty satisfied with the coverage,� said James, who’s in her late 40s. “It took a couple of tries, but we weren’t frustrated. It wasn’t difficult.�

Like Iowa, Tennessee has a Republican governor. On Monday it became the 28th state to accept the health care law’s Medicaid expansion. Even as congressional Republicans are still vowing to overturn the law, 10 GOP governors have initiated expansions in their states.

Lawmakers, industry wary of labels for genetically modified food

By Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press

The food industry is likely to find a receptive Congress come January in its fight against mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods.

Republicans and Democrats on a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee questioned Wednesday whether requiring a label on any packaged food including genetically modified organisms — or foods grown from seeds engineered in labs — would be misleading to consumers since there is little scientific evidence that such foods are unsafe. The food industry has made a similar argument.

Congress has shown increasing interest in getting involved in the labeling debate as the food industry has faced a potential patchwork of state laws requiring it. The hearing previewed GOP efforts to push legislation next year that would reaffirm that such food labels are voluntary, overriding any state laws that require them. The bill, introduced by Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, has the backing of the food industry.

Even Democrats on the panel appeared concerned about the unintended effects of requiring a GMO labeling on food packages, though they stopped short of endorsing Pompeo’s bill.

Rep. Henry Waxman of California, the top Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, said he is concerned that labeling could be “inherently misleading.� Rep. G.K Butterfield of North Carolina, a Democrat who represents a heavily agricultural district, said he is worried the costs of labeling would be passed on to consumers. Butterfield has cosponsored the voluntary labeling bill with Pompeo.

The hearing previewed GOP efforts to push legislation next year that would reaffirm that such food labels are voluntary, overriding any state laws that require them. The bill, introduced by Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, right, has the backing of the food industry.

Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey, who will replace the retiring Waxman as the committee’s top Democrat, said he was weighing both sides of the issue. “If the labeling could result in higher food costs, then maybe that’s not a risk we want to take,� he said.

Consumer advocates pushing for the labeling say shoppers have a right to know what is in their food, arguing not enough is known about the effects of the technology.

They have pushed several state efforts to require labeling, with the eventual goal of having a federal standard.

Vermont became the first state to require the labels this year, passing

a law in May that will take effect mid-2016 if it survives legal challenges.

Maine and Connecticut passed laws before Vermont, but those measures don’t take effect unless neighboring states follow suit. Ballot initiatives that would have required labeling were narrowly defeated in California and Washington in the past two years, and an Oregon initiative on the ballot this year is in the midst of a recount.

Currently, the FDA doesn’t require labeling for genetically modified foods. Michael Landa, head of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, testified that the agency believes that engineered foods on the market now are safe.

The agency has a safety review process for GMO crops but it isn’t required.

Landa said the agency doesn’t require labeling because it has so far found no basis to conclude that foods that are genetically modified “differ from other foods in any meaningful or uniform way or pose any different or greater safety concern than foods developed by traditional plant breeding.�

Genetically modified seeds are engineered to have certain traits, like resistance to herbicides or certain plant diseases.

The majority of the country’s corn and soybean crop is now genetically modified, with much of that going to animal feed.

Modified corn and soybeans are also made into popular processed food ingredients like corn oil, corn starch, high-fructose corn syrup and soybean oil.

Labeling advocates say the issue is about transparency, not safety. Scott Faber, head of the national Just Label It campaign, testified that consumers want to know what they are buying and how the food was produced. He said advocates are not seeking a warning label, but a “factual, non-judgemental disclosure� on the back of all food packages that contain GMO ingredients. “Because our food choices dramatically shape our lives, unprecedented consumer interest in food is a trend that should be welcomed, not frustrated,� Faber said.

The food industry has faced pressure from retailers as consumer awareness of GMOs has increased and the conversation about modified ingredients has grown louder.

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Tom Keegan tkeegan@ljworld.com

Three football red shirts stand out The same question has been asked late in the season of every Kansas University head football coach in recent years: What players who are red-shirting this season have stood out in practice?

Turner Gill turned his head to the side, paused, smiled and said something to the effect of, “I’ll have to get back to you on that one.”

His response lent credence to my suspicion that he didn’t spend much time thinking about his roster.

Charlie Weis, of course, loved to tackle that question and answered with hyperbolic praise for Dayne Crist, Jake Heaps and other transfers he was convinced were a year removed from record-breaking, All-American seasons that would expose their previous coaches as charlatans whose football minds were as empty as their Super Bowl jewelry cases.

Clint Bowen, then the interim head coach and defensive coordinator and now assistant head coach and DC under friend David Beaty, gave an honest answer, and not a very encouraging one. Bowen, like Beaty, enjoys evaluating talent. If he had the names of several deserving players, he would have shared them.

Instead, he mentioned three.

Center Jacob Bragg, a 6-foot-4, 295-pound center from Nacogdoches High in Texas, was a three-star recruit in the Class of 2014.

He played in the prestigious Under-Armour All-America game.

If Bragg can earn the job at center, Joe Gibson could move to guard, provided he adds strength. Junior Visinia, impressive as a true freshman, should be able to lock down the other guard spot, giving KU a solid trio.

At tackle, however, the search continues.

In addition to Bragg, Bowen mentioned tight end Kent Taylor, a Florida transfer with a better reputation as a receiver than blocker. Ranked No. 1 at tight end in the Class of 2012 by Rivals.com, he caught two passes as a true freshman, including one for a five-yard touchdown in a Sugar Bowl loss to Louisville. He did not play in any games as a sophomore and transferred to KU, citing Weis as the reason.

No surprise, Bowen also mentioned defensive tackle D.J. Williams, 6-5, 292, from Lufkin, Texas. Williams drew so many raves during practice that credit goes to the coaching staff for having the discipline to resist activating him midway through his freshman season. Now he has four remaining years of eligibility. Williams drew scholarship offers from Miami (Florida), Missouri and Oklahoma, according to Rivals.

Others who sat out 2014 will emerge during spring football, where more intense evaluations take place.

Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self is hoping the sprained ankle point guard Frank Mason III sustained against Florida on Dec. 5 is the sophomore’s last injury of the 2014-15 season.

“Frank has become our most valuable guy, without question. We go from that being the deepest position

on our team to thinnest position basically in a span of a couple weeks,” Self said on Monday’s “Hawk Talk” radio show.

The pointguard slot took a hit W e d n e s - Mason day when freshman Devonté Graham suffered a severely

sprained right big toe against Georgetown. He’s out anywhere from a month to the rest of the season.

KU’s other scholarship lead guard, sophomore Conner Frankamp, left the team in the preseason and has since committed to Wichita State.

Naadir Tharpe, who had a year of eligibility remaining, left the program last spring and now is in the NBA Developmental League, leaving Mason as the lone

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scholarship point guard left He is standing.

“The little kid is as tough not reas can be,” Self said of Ma- ally a true son. “He’s probably our best point, but defensive rebounder as far as going after the ball. He is is certainly our best ball-handler. He is trying to not really a true point, but is become certainly trying to become that.” that.”

Yet it’s pretty risky play- — Kansas coach ing him 40 minutes a game, Bill Self, on Frank Mason III Please see HOOPS, page 3C

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LAWRENCE HIGH PLAYERS — INCLUDING MARISSA POPE, LEFT, ALEXIS BOYD (42), Olivia Lemus (2) and Matia Finley, right — celebrate late in the Lions’ 52-15 victory over Kansas City (Kansas) Wyandotte on Monday at LHS.

Lopsided win inspires Lions

By Bobby Nightengale bnightengale@ljworld.com

As the final seconds ticked off the clock on Monday night, Lawrence High girls basketball players had wide smiles on their faces, as their hard work finally showed some positive results.

The Lions earned their first victory of the young season with a 52-15 rout over Kansas City (Kan.) Wyandotte at LHS. The victory was even sweeter after a home loss to Shawnee Heights on Friday, 45-41, when the Lions had a lead until the final minute of the game.

“I was really happy. We’ve

been on the borderline of getting a win for a while now, so it felt good to actually get one,” senior point guard Marissa Pope said. “I think we needed it a lot. The last game, it crushed our confidence.

But this game built it right back up.”

The Lions (1-3) sprinted to a 15-0 lead midway through the first quarter, as Pope scored six points by slashing past her defender to the hoop. Freshman wing E’lease Stafford added a three, sophomore guard Skylar Drum scored on a coast-to-coast layup following a steal, and junior forward Alexis Boyd had a pair of layups.

Sophomore guard Olivia Le-

mus added back-to-back buckets later in the quarter, helping to give LHS a 23-3 advantage to end the first quarter. Wyandotte (0-3) shot 1-for-12 from the field in the period.

However, in the second quarter, the Lions looked sloppy with six turnovers in the first five minutes and poor shot selection.

Those types of plays left LHS coach Jeff Dickson, who picked up his first win as coach of the Lions, wishing his team played more smoothly despite its lead.

“As stupid as it may sound to hear me say, we’re not a team that’s chasing wins,” Dickson said. “We’re trying to get better. We want to put

ourselves in the best position once we start getting into league play. While we’re never going to complain about winning games, that certainly wasn’t the focus tonight. The focus was playing well as a team and trying to improve.”

The Lions started quickly in the third quarter, with five points from Stafford, who can fire away from deep and beat her defenders off of the dribble, and a layup by junior Devon Spoonhunter. LHS also went on a 10-0 run over the last four minutes of the period, with points from Lemus, Boyd and seniors Matia and Rebecca Finley.

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Beaty picks up two more commitments

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

Monday proved to be the perfect encore to Kansas University football coach David Beaty’s blockbuster weekend.

One day after picking up New KU football five oral commitments in the coach David 2015 recruiting class, Beaty Beaty landed received good news from five pledges over the week- two more prospects Monday, bringing his total to seven end and two commitments in three days. more Monday

The first call came bright and early Monday morning, when Huffman (Texas) Hargrave High wide receiver Chase Harrell informed Beaty of his choice before school began.

Harrell, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound, 2-star wide receiver who won offensive MVP honors in District 10 in Class 4A, became the third receiver to join KU’s current recruiting class and the 11th offensive player in the

group. Beaty, who first met Harrell during a camp at Texas A&M, made a quick visit with Harrell at his school last week, and that set the stage for Harrell to make his official visit to the KU campus.

“I had to come back and talk to my mom,” Harrell told JayhawkSlant.com. “My mom or dad never went to college. She told me to look at all of my options. Once I got back I knew I didn’t want

to go on any other trips and I kept telling her that. I told her I wanted to go to KU.” A little later in the day, Navarro Junior College running back Ke’aun Kinner, who is expected to sign Wednesday on midyear-transfer signing day, confirmed his commitment with JayhawkSlant.com.

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GAME SUMMARY New Orleans 0 14 10 7 — 31 Chicago 0 0 0 15 — 15 Second Quarter NO-Hill 8 pass from Brees (S.Graham kick), 14:52.

NO-Colston 9 pass from Brees (S.Graham kick), :32.

Third Quarter NO-Hill 7 pass from Brees (S.Graham kick), 8:35.

NO-FG S.Graham 25, :16.

Fourth Quarter Chi-Wilson 1 pass from Cutler (Bennett pass from Cutler), 12:47.

NO-Ingram 15 run (S.Graham kick), 1:47.

Chi-Jeffery 7 pass from Cutler (Feely kick), :30.

A-60,996.

NO Chi First downs 25 16 Total Net Yards 443 278 Rushes-yards 26-83 20-125 Passing 360 153 Punt Returns 3-21 1-0 Kickoff Returns 0-0 6-162 Interceptions Ret. 3-55 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 29-36-0 17-31-3 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-15 7-41 Punts 5-43.4 6-49.8 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 3-25 9-74 Time of Possession 33:31 26:29 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-New Orleans, Ingram 17-59, Thomas 2-11, K.Robinson 3-10, Brees 3-2, Lorig 1-1. Chicago, Forte 16-78, Morgan 1-21, Cutler 1-20, Carey 1-4, McCray 1-2.

PASSING-New Orleans, Brees 29-36-0-375.

Chicago, Cutler 17-31-3-194.

RECEIVING-New Orleans, J.Graham 5-87, Thomas 5-83, Stills 5-67, Colston 5-65, Toon 4-43, Hill 2-15, K.Robinson 2-10, Watson 1-5.

Chicago, Jeffery 4-78, Bennett 4-36, Carey 3-39, Wilson 3-16, Forte 2-21, Rosario 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-New Orleans, S.Graham 51 (SH).

Celtics 105, 76ers 87 had 10 for the Raptors.

Philadelphia — Kelly OlyTrail Blazers 108, Spurs 95 nyk scored a career-high 30 ORLANDO (82) Portland, Ore. — Damian Harris 8-15 2-2 18, Frye 1-6 0-0 3, Vucevic 6-13 points, leading Boston to a vic- 1-3 13, Oladipo 6-12 0-0 12, Fournier 4-10 2-2 11, Lillard had 23 points and a B.Gordon 7-11 0-0 16, Payton 2-3 0-0 4, Harkless tory over Philadelphia. career-high 10 rebounds, and 1-3 1-1 3, O’Quinn 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 36-74 6-8 82.

TORONTO (95) Portland downed San Antonio.

BOSTON (105)

Green 4-8 5-8 14, Sullinger 2-10 0-2 5, Zeller 1-6 3-4 5, Rondo 2-3 1-2 5, Bradley 6-20 2-3 15, Olynyk 12-17 3-3 30, Turner 5-10 2-2 12, Bass 6-9 2-5 14, Wallace 0-0 0-0 0, Pressey 0-3 4-4 4, Powell 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 38-86 23-35 105.

PHILADELPHIA (87) Covington 4-15 3-3 13, Mbah a Moute 4-10 1-2 9, Noel 9-12 1-1 19, Carter-Williams 5-12 2-4 13, Thompson 1-3 0-0 2, McDaniels 2-10 2-2 6, Sims 1-8 3-4 5, Wroten 0-3 0-0 0, Grant 1-6 0-0 2, Shved 3-8 3-3 10, Aldemir 1-3 0-0 2, Sampson 2-3 2-2 6. Totals 33-93 17-21 87.

Boston 30 27 31 17 — 105 Philadelphia 25 13 26 23 — 87 3-Point Goals-Boston 6-25 (Olynyk 3-5, Green 1-3, Sullinger 1-3, Bradley 1-11, Turner 0-1, Pressey 0-2), Philadelphia 4-28 (Covington 2-8, Shved 1-2, Carter-Williams 1-5, Thompson 0-1, Grant 0-1, Sampson 0-1, Sims 0-1, Wroten 0-2, Mbah a Moute 0-3, McDaniels 0-4). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Boston 63 (Sullinger 11), Philadelphia 61 (Noel 8). Assists-Boston 26 (Rondo 7), Philadelphia 19 (Carter-Williams 6). Total Fouls-Boston 23, Philadelphia 28.

A-12,903 (20,318).

Ross 3-11 0-0 9, A.Johnson 5-8 1-2 11, Valanciunas 2-6 2-2 6, Lowry 6-12 1-2 17, Fields 3-6 1-2 8, J.Johnson 4-5 0-0 8, Patterson 4-6 0-0 10, Williams 6-14 5-7 18, Vasquez 2-9 0-0 4, Hansbrough 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 37-83 10-15 95.

Orlando 25 27 13 17— 82 Toronto 28 16 27 24— 95 3-Point Goals-Orlando 4-15 (B.Gordon 2-4, Fournier 1-3, Frye 1-4, Oladipo 0-2, Harris 0-2), Toronto 11-30 (Lowry 4-6, Ross 3-7, Patterson 2-4, Fields 1-1, Williams 1-5, J.Johnson 0-1, Hansbrough 0-1, Vasquez 0-5). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Orlando 43 (Vucevic 9), Toronto 48 (Valanciunas 8). Assists-Orlando 13 (Oladipo 4), Toronto 25 (Lowry 8). Total Fouls-Orlando 19, Toronto 14. A-19,800 (19,800).

Hawks 93, Bulls 86 Atlanta — Al Horford scored 21 points, including a huge jumper with just under a minute remaining, and streaking Atlanta won for the 10th

SAN ANTONIO (95) K.Leonard 7-18 7-8 21, Diaw 4-9 1-3 10, Baynes 6-9 3-4 15, Joseph 5-10 1-2 12, Green 5-11 0-0 12, Ayres 2-2 0-0 4, Anderson 6-7 3-5 15, Belinelli 3-9 0-0 6, Daye 0-2 0-0 0, Bonner 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-78 15-22 95.

PORTLAND (108) Batum 3-8 0-0 7, Aldridge 10-21 3-3 23, Lopez 1-7 2-2 4, Lillard 8-18 6-6 23, Matthews 5-10 1-2 14, Blake 1-4 0-0 2, Kaman 4-6 3-4 11, Barton 1-3 0-0 3, Crabbe 3-4 1-1 8, Freeland 3-6 0-0 6, Robinson 2-2 3-4 7, M.Leonard 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-89 19-22 108.

San Antonio 20 23 25 27 — 95 Portland 23 25 28 32 — 108 3-Point Goals-San Antonio 4-11 (Green 2-4, Joseph 1-1, Diaw 1-4, Daye 0-1, Belinelli 0-1), Portland 7-18 (Matthews 3-5, Barton 1-1, Crabbe 1-2, Lillard 1-3, Batum 1-5, Blake 0-2).

Rebounds-San Antonio 45 (Baynes, K.Leonard 9), Portland 53 (Aldridge 14). Assists-San Antonio 19 (Diaw 9), Portland 18 (Batum, Lillard 6). Total Fouls-San Antonio 21, Portland 19. A-19,441 (19,980).

Okafor sets freshman record in Duke win Halftime-Duke 36-21. 3-Point Goals-Elon 5-19 (Hamilton 2-3, Samson 2-9, Luther 1-1, Thompson 0-1, Blake 0-1, Eddy 0-1, Anton 0-1, Bryant 0-2), Duke 3-16 (Sulaimon 1-2, Winslow 1-4, Cook 1-6, M. Jones 0-4). Fouled Out-Sabato. Rebounds-Elon 29 (Hairston, Thompson 5), Duke 40 (Okafor 20). AssistsElon 11 (Bryant 4), Duke 14 (Cook, T. Jones 4). Total Fouls-Elon 20, Duke 14. TechnicalSulaimon. A-9,314.

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No. 2 Duke 75, Elon 62 Durham, N.C. — Jahlil Okafor had a season-high 25 points and set a Duke freshman record No. 8 Gonzaga 94, with 20 rebounds.

Texas Southern 54 ELON (5-5) Spokane, Wash. — Kyle Samson 2-9 3-3 9, Hamilton 3-6 0-0 8, Blake 2-8 Wiltjer scored 21 points to help 0-0 4, Sabato 3-5 0-0 6, Winters 0-2 0-0 0, Eddy 7-9 2-2 16, Thompson 4-5 0-0 8, Luther 1-1 0-0 3, Gonzaga rout Texas Southern.

Hairston 3-5 0-1 6, Anton 0-1 0-0 0, Bryant 0-8 2-2 2. Totals 25-59 7-8 62.

DUKE (9-0) Cook 3-9 0-0 7, T. Jones 0-1 4-6 4, Winslow 5-10 1-4 12, Okafor 10-14 5-11 25, Jefferson 6-7 1-3 13, Allen 0-0 0-0 0, M. Jones 1-6 1-1 3, Sulaimon 4-9 2-2 11, Plumlee 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-56 14-27 75.

TEXAS SOUTHERN (1-8) Biggs 4-6 2-2 12, Thomas 3-6 0-2 6, Gibbs 5-12 1-3 12, Riley 0-4 2-2 2, Shepherd 3-4 1-1 7, Blanks 4-10 3-5 11, Mack 0-0 0-0 0, Carter 2-15 0-2 4, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-59 9-17 54.

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GONZAGA (10-1) Nunez 4-6 0-0 8, Pangos 3-5 2-2 11, Bell Jr. 2-3 0-0 6, Sabonis 5-7 6-8 16, Wesley 2-3 0-0 4, Melson 6-10 0-0 13, Dranginis 0-2 5-6 5, Griffin 0-0 0-0 0, Bakamus 1-1 0-0 2, Karnowski 2-6 1-2 5, Wiltjer 9-11 0-0 21, Triano 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 35-55 14-18 94.

Halftime-Gonzaga 40-16. 3-Point Goals-Texas Southern 3-17 (Biggs 2-2, Gibbs 1-4, Thomas 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Blanks 0-2, Carter 0-7), Gonzaga 10-19 (Wiltjer 3-3, Pangos 3-5, Bell Jr. 2-3, Triano 1-1, Melson 1-3, Nunez 0-2, Dranginis 0-2).

Rebounds-Texas Southern 27 (Shepherd 5), Gonzaga 38 (Nunez 7). Assists-Texas Southern 8 (Blanks 2), Gonzaga 17 (Pangos 6). Total Fouls-Texas Southern 16, Gonzaga 14. A-6,000.

Big 12 Women No. 19 Oklahoma State 84, New Orleans 33 Stillwater, Okla. — Roshunda Johnson hit all four of

her three-pointers and had 22 points to lead Oklahoma State.

NEW ORLEANS (1-5) Coleman 0-3 1-4 1, Taylor 0-4 1-2 1, Angelo 0-4 0-0 0, A. Davis 2-3 0-0 4, Wilson 1-11 4-5 6, Matthews 3-9 0-0 6, Martin 1-1 1-1 3, Brown 2-4 0-0 5, Fogelstrom 0-2 0-2 0, Mundy 0-0 1-2 1, Shavers 1-2 0-1 2, Jackson 0-1 0-0 0, D. Davis 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 12-48 8-17 33.

OKLAHOMA ST. (7-1) Donohoe 1-3 4-4 6, Martin 5-10 0-0 10, Jones 3-6 2-3 8, Johnson 7-14 4-4 22, Atkins 3-4 2-4 9, Coleman 3-3 3-6 9, Omozee 1-2 0-1 2, Walton 1-1 0-0 2, Beatty 0-1 2-2 2, Coffman 1-1 0-0 2, Swanson 1-3 0-0 2, Patton 1-1 0-0 2, Jensen 4-7 0-1 8. Totals 31-56 17-25 84.

Halftime-Oklahoma St. 47-16. 3-Point Goals-New Orleans 1-13 (Brown 1-3, Taylor 0-1, Matthews 0-2, Wilson 0-7), Oklahoma St. 5-9 (Johnson 4-4, Atkins 1-2, Beatty 0-1, Donohoe 0-2). Fouled OutTaylor. Rebounds-New Orleans 25 (Matthews 5), Oklahoma St. 44 (Atkins, Martin 6). Assists-New Orleans 4 (Coleman, D. Davis, Fogelstrom, Wilson 1), Oklahoma St. 18 (Johnson, Jones 3). Total FoulsNew Orleans 22, Oklahoma St. 15. A-1,954.

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Sac. 9:30p.m. ESPN 33, 233 Golden State 21 2 .913 — Assists-Milwaukee 23 (Pachulia, Dudley 5), grabbed 10 rebounds to lead InL.A. Clippers 16 7 .696 5 Phoenix 17 (Tucker, Bledsoe 4). Total Foulsdiana over the Lakers.

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Cavaliers 97, Hornets 88 WEDNESDAY 4-4 18, Ellington 3-5 0-0 7, Clarkson 1-5 2-4 Utah at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

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Golden State at Memphis, 7 p.m.

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Ohio St. 6 p.m. BTN 147,237 9, Sloan 7-12 0-0 17, Rudez 0-3 0-0 0, Copeland land defeated Charlotte.

0-0 0-0 0, Whittington 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 40-83 Ark. St. v.

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St. 6 p.m. SEC 157 time in 11 games.

Jimmy Butler 23-27 110.

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4-12 0-0 8, Irving 6-14 3-4 16, Marion 2-4 0-0 (Boozer 10), Indiana 64 (Stuckey 10). Assists- ATLANTA (93) Winthrop v.

Auburn 8 p.m. SEC 157 L.A. Lakers 14 (Bryant 3), Indiana 21 (Stuckey Carroll 3-5 0-0 7, Millsap 6-16 4-6 17, Horford 4, Waiters 3-10 0-0 7, Thompson 4-6 2-4 10, Dellavedova 0-2 0-0 0, Harris 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 7). Total Fouls-L.A. Lakers 20, Indiana 20. 10-19 1-2 21, Teague 5-12 2-2 12, Korver 4-9 Technicals-Bryant. A-15,261 (18,165).

0-0 12, Sefolosha 0-1 2-2 2, Brand 3-5 2-2 8, 38-83 12-17 97.

Time Net Cable Schroder 2-6 0-0 4, Scott 2-5 0-0 5, Bazemore Pro Basketball Charlotte 17 28 23 20 — 88 1-5 3-3 5. Totals 36-83 14-17 93.

Cleveland 34 20 26 17 — 97 7 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 Chicago 22 22 20 22 — 86 Brooklyn v. Toronto 3-Point Goals-Charlotte 5-16 (Williams 2-4, Raptors 95, Magic 82 28 22 23 20 — 93 Houston v. Denver Roberts 1-2, Walker 1-2, Neal 1-5, Stephenson 9:30p.m. ESPN 33, 233 T oronto — Lou Williams Atlanta 3-Point Goals-Chicago 6-29 (Butler 3-5, 0-3), Cleveland 9-24 (Love 4-9, James 2-3, scored 18 points, Kyle Lowry Dunleavy 2-5, Brooks 1-4, Hinrich 0-4, Mirotic Harris 1-2, Irving 1-4, Waiters 1-5, Dellavedova 0-1). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Charlotte 45 had 17, and Toronto won its 0-4, Rose 0-7), Atlanta 7-21 (Korver 4-8, Millsap Pro Hockey Time Net Cable 1-2, Carroll 1-2, Scott 1-3, Schroder 0-1, Horford (Jefferson 8), Cleveland 57 (Love 18). AssistsCharlotte 22 (Neal 6), Cleveland 28 (James 10th straight game over Or- 0-1, Bazemore 0-2, Teague 0-2). Rebounds- Boston v. Minnesota 7 p.m. NBCSP 38, 238 Chicago 68 (Gibson 17), Atlanta 44 (Horford 13). Total Fouls-Charlotte 14, Cleveland 14. lando.

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Chicago (ap) — Drew Brees and the Saints found a cure for their problems — playing the Bears.

Brees threw for 375 yards and three touchdowns, and New Orleans beat Chicago 3115 on Monday night to grab the NFC South lead.

The Saints (6-8) moved into first place ahead of Carolina (58-1) and Atlanta (5-9) after losing four of their previous five games. They also rebounded from a 41-10 loss to the Panthers.

Brees completed 29 of 36 passes and reached the 4,000yard mark for the ninth straight year. He threw two touchdown passes to Josh Hill and another to Marques Colston.

David Hawthorne had three of New Orleans’ seven sacks, and the Saints intercepted three of Jay Cutler’s passes to bring his NFL-leading turnover total to 24.

There were 10,749 no-shows, and that might not have been a bad thing for the Bears.

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Source: OF Rios, Royals agree for $11M Kansas City, Mo. (ap) — Outfielder Alex Rios and the Kansas City Royals have agreed to an $11 million, one-year contract, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said Monday.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was subject to Rios passing a physical.

Rios would take over in right field from Nori

Aoki, who became a free agent after helping the Royals win their first AL pennant since 1985.

Rios, who turns 34 in February, had been with Texas since August 2013 and hit .280 this year with four homers and 54 RBIs. He set career highs with the Chicago White Sox in 2012 with 25 homers and 91 RBIs. Selected by Toronto with the 19th overall pick

in the 1999 amateur draft, Rios has a .278 average in 11 big-league seasons with 165 homers.

His agreement was first reported by CBS. Rios is the second bat added by the Royals this month following a $17 million, two-year agreement with designated hitter Kendrys Morales that has not been announced.

Morales would replace Billy Butler.

Kansas City still may seek a starting pitcher to join a starting rotation projected to have Jordano Ventura, Jason Vargas, Jeremy Guthrie and Danny Duffy following the loss of James Shields, who became a free agent.

Possible fifth starters include left-hander Brandon Finnegan, who pitched in relief in the postseason, and Luke Hochevar, who missed the

2014 season following elbow ligament-replacement surgery.

Also Monday, the Royals agreed to a contract with former Twins righthander Yohan Pino and designated reliever Casey Coleman for assignment.

The 30-year-old Pino went 2-5 with a 5.07 ERA in 11 starts for Minnesota last season. He made his debut June 19 against the White Sox and earned his

first win against Seattle on July 10.

Pino, who also has pitched for the Indians, Blue Jays and Reds organizations, spent most of last season at Triple-A Rochester. He went 10-2 with a 2.47 ERA for the Red Wings.

Coleman went 1-0 with a 5.25 ERA in 10 appearances for the Royals last season. He was 5-1 with a 2.15 ERA for their TripleA affiliate in Omaha.

Baker men drop Haskell

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back in crimson and blue next season.

Kinner is another Texas prospect who was named to the first-team all-state 4A squad during his senior season at Little Elm High.

He and Harrell became the 18th and 19th players in the Class of 2015 to commit orally to Kansas.

Choice Award for Best Jayhawk in a Supporting Role. He also was the KU nominee for the 2013-14 Big 12 Conference Male Sportsperson of the Year.

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LAWRENCE HIGH SENIOR REBECCA FINLEY (43) and Wyandotte freshman Monique Hunt fight for a possession during the Lions’ 52-15 victory on Monday at LHS.

Lions

confidence and teaching them how to win,” Pope said of the varsity newcomers. “At this point, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1C I don’t really think they know how, but it helps Boyd scored a game- with the young ones a lot.” high 10 points, and Matia LHS will face Free Finley led the Lions with State at 5:30 p.m. Friday 11 rebounds. at FSHS. “I was wanting to LAWRENCE (52) score,” said Boyd, who Skylar Drum 3-10 0-0 6, Madison 0-5 0-0 0, E’lease Stafford also had five rebounds McKinney 2-3 0-0 8, Marissa Pope 3-5 3-4 9, Devon and a block. “I was look- Spoonhunter 2-6 0-0 4, Matia Finley ing in, I was doing more 1-5 1-2 3, Alexis Boyd 5-7 0-0 10, Olivia 3-4 0-0 7, Talima Harjo 0-3 0-0 moving around instead of Lemus 0, Rebecca Finley 1-4 0-0 2, Gracie just standing in one place Reinsch 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 22-54 5-9 52.

WYANDOTTE (15) and being lazy.”

Mariha Burton 1-4 1-4 3, Chong Yang After a lopsided game, 2-4 0-0 5, Diarra Pledger 2-21 0-0 4, South 0-6 0-0 0, Monique which included a running Bryanna Hunt 0-1 1-4 1, Eryka Thompson 1-6 clock in the fourth quar- 0-0 2, Allyssa Johnson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 2-8 15. ter, the Lions just hope to 6-43 Wyandotte 3 4 7 1 — 15 build on it for the future, Lawrence 23 7 17 5 — 52 Three-point goals: Lawrence 3-7 especially with such a (Stafford 2, Lemus); Wyandotte 1-5 young squad.

(Yang). Turnovers: Lawrence 13, “It’s big on building their Wyandotte 15.

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so what’s Self to do about giving him a breather or two?

“We’ve got to get Wayne (Selden Jr., combo guard) ready, and we’ve got to get (walk-on) Evan Manning ready to come in and play some spot minutes, too,” Self said.

“Of course, play in a way in which a big guy could initiate offense in some form or fashion. I actually think Jamari (Traylor, 6-8) could do that eventually.

“We need to cut Frank’s minutes back in practice.

That will be important.

We could ride him so hard and totally wear him out. I think we’ll try to get Wayne and Evan and whoever else as many

reps in practice as we can and try to rest him a little because in games — let’s call it like it is — he’s going to play 32, 34, 35 minutes a game if he stays out of foul trouble. We need to do a good job of subbing and spell him a little bit, where he has fresh legs.” l

Ouch: Graham’s right foot will be in a boot for the next three or four weeks before re-evaluation. At that time, the Raleigh, North Carolina, native could return or remain sidelined as a medical red-shirt. If Graham is done for the season, he’ll have four years of eligibility starting in the 2015-16 season.

“I think there’s no question at some point in time he could come back. Kyrie Irving (Duke one-anddone now in NBA) had a similar injury (returning

HASKELL (76) Bruns 4-9 0-2 10, Johnson 7-12 0-2 14, July 12-15 5-7 32, Lovato 5-9 0-0 13, Pittman 1-3 0-0 2, Middleton 0-3 0-0 0, Moudy 1-1 0-0 2, Nez 0-0 1-2 1, Turley 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 30-53 8-15 76 BAKER (88) Carter 4-6 2-2 10, Fulks 3-5 0-0 8, Gray 4-8 0-0 10, Parker 7-12 2-2 17, Wilson 1-8 0-0 2, Barnes 2-3 2-2 6, Bolton 0-3 1-2 1, Bramble 2-4 0-0 4, Easter 3-6 0-0 7, Guscott 3-6 0-0 7, Young 6-7 4-5 16.

Totals 35-68 11-13 88.

Haskell 40 36 — 76 Baker 43 45 — 88 Three-point goals — Haskell 8-17 (July 3-5, Lovato 3-5, Bruns 2-5, Middleton 0-2); Baker 7-18 (Gray 2-2, Fulks 2-3, Parker 1-3, Guscott 1-3, Easter 1-4, Bolton 0-1, Carter 0-1).

Rebounds — Haskell 19 (July 5); Baker 40 (Parker 6, Wilson 6). Turnovers — Haskell 12 (Bruns 3); Baker 10 (Guscott 2). Assists — Haskell 10 (Middleton 3); Baker 14 (Gray 6). Total fouls — Haskell 13, Baker 16.

the Jayhawks late is expected to sign without making an official visit to campus. He recently had conversations with Beaty and running backs coach Reggie Mitchell, who sold him on joining the Jayhawks.

“The coaches told me they liked my film,” Kinner told the website.

“They like my speed but said I run angry and nasty. They said they like how I run with power.”

The addition of Kinner addresses questions about KU’s depth at running back. Senior-to-be De’Andre Mann and sophomore-to-be Corey Avery are returning for their second seasons as Jayhawks, but there’s very little behind either of those guys.

Many have wondered about the status of Brandon Bourbon and Taylor Cox, veteran running backs who both missed their senior seasons in 2014 because of injuries, but there has been no news regarding either player’s return, and it seems as if the odds may be long that either will be

Shepherd honored KU senior JaCorey Shepherd added yet another good-guy-in-thegame award to his vast collection Monday, picking up this year’s Haier Achievement Award, which is presented to deserving studentathletes for their accomp l i s h m e n t s beyond sports.

S h e p - Shepherd herd, who was a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award, also is a three-time Academic All-Big 12 second-team honoree and a four-time Athletic Director’s Honor Roll member. He recently was named the Lee Roy Selmon Community Spirit Award winner and took home the Rock Chalk

for the postseason after December surgery), but he wasn’t going to be in school four years. It’s OK to waste that year in case he wanted to come back, because he wasn’t going to stay four,” Self said.

“With Devonté ... you don’t want to cost a kid a year because he falls under our red-shirt (in terms of number of games played). We’ll make sure he’s as close to 100 percent as possible, then if he does play the second half of the season, the red-shirt opportunity is gone. There’s no reason to put him out there unless doctors are confident he can help us. We still think there’s a chance he can impact this year’s team.”

His sprained toe is also referred to as “turf toe.” The definition of turf toe according to WebMD is “a sprain to

the ligaments around the big toe joint, which works primarily as a hinge to permit up and down motion.” (For a detailed report on turf toe, visit http://ljw. bz/1wbOOl4).

How’d the injury happen?

“Devonté was up on his toes when Josh (Georgetown’s Smith, 350 pounds) stepped on his heel. It pushed his big toe into the floor, which created the sprain, which created turf toe.

You hear football players getting turf toe all the time. I don’t think you hear of many basketball players getting it ... I guess we call it ‘court toe,’” Self said. “It’s a significant deal to where for three weeks he’ll not put any pressure on it at all. We’ll re-evaluate to see if he can even start rehab.”

At the movies: Self said he presented freshman forward Cliff Alexander tape of former Jayhawk bigs on Monday.

“We showed Cliff a lot of film of Cole (Aldrich) and Kieff (Morris) today ... them not fighting it, not wasting energy,” Self said. “Let the defensive man get where he wants, then after he gets there hold him there, take advantage of where he is.”

Self said he also “went through each guy” talking to them about how they can get “a little bit better.”

“I told them, ‘We are not playing great. We are not doing this, we are not doing that, you know we are 8-1, ranked in the top 10 and really high (2) in the RPI. Life is not bad; how can we get it a little better?’”

Baldwin City — Tyrome Parker scored 17 points, Daniel Young added 16 and EJ Carter and Javeion Gray contributed 10 apiece as Baker University downed Haskell Indian Nations University, 88-76, in college men’s basketball on Monday at Collins Center.

Baker (7-5) hit 84.6 percent of its free throws (11 of 13), while Haskell (1-13) connected on just eight of 15 (53.3 percent).

Randy July led the Fightin’ Indians with 32 points on 12-of-15 shooting.

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Harris, regarded by many as one of the top all-around cornerbacks in the league, is having his best season as a pro on the heels of offseason ACL surgery.

He joined Denver as an undrafted free agent in 2011 for a $2,000 signing bonus.

McDougald’s big day Former Kansas widereceiver-turned-safety Bradley McDougald played the best game of his young NFL career on Sunday, finishing with 15 tackles — 11 solo — in Tampa Bay’s 19-17 loss to Carolina.

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He has said he wants to make some visits before picking his new school.

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ROSE BOWL

SATURDAY, DEC. 20 New Orleans Bowl Nevada vs. UL Lafayette New Orleans, Louisiana 10 a.m. | ESPN

TUESDAY, JAN. 1 — 4 P.M. | ESPN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA

OREGON DUCKS

New Mexico Bowl Utah State vs. UTEP Albuquerque, New Mexico 1:20 p.m. | ESPN

FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES

PAC-12 CHAMPIONS

ACC CHAMPIONS

Music City Bowl Notre Dame vs. LSU Nashville, Tennessee 2 p.m. | ESPN

Camelia Bowl South Alabama vs. Bowling Green Montgomery, Alabama 8:15 p.m. | ESPN

TUESDAY, DEC. 23 Boca Raton Bowl Marshall vs. Northern Illinois Boca Raton, Florida 5 p.m. | ESPN Poinsettia Bowl Navy vs. San Diego State San Diego, California 8:30 p.m. | ESPN

AP PHOTO/RICK BOWMER

AP PHOTO/MARK J. TERRILL

AP PHOTO/CHUCK BURTON

AP PHOTO/DAVID J. PHILLIP

Marcus Mariota, Quarterback

Mark Helfrich, Coach

Jameis Winston, Quarterback

Jimbo Fisher, Coach

2014 RECORD DATE

Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Oct. 2 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 24 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 5

OPPONENT

South Dakota Michigan State Wyoming Washington State Arizona UCLA Washington California Stanford Utah Colorado Oregon State Arizona

2014 RECORD

RESULT

62-13 46-27 48-14 38-31 24-31 42-30 45-20 59-41 45-16 51-27 44-10 47-19 51-13

RECORD

1-0 2-0 3-0 4-0 4-1 5-1 6-1 7-1 8-1 9-1 10-1 11-1 12-1

DATE

Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 30 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 6

OPPONENT

Oklahoma State The Citadel Clemson NC State Wake Forest Syracuse Notre Dame Louisville Virginia Miami Boston College Florida Georgia Tech

RESULT

37-31 37-12 23-17 56-41 43-3 38-20 31-27 42-31 34-20 30-26 20-17 24-19 37-35

RECORD

1-0 2-0 3-0 4-0 5-0 6-0 7-0 8-0 9-0 10-0 11-0 12-0 13-0

SUGAR BOWL

Bahamas Bowl Central Michigan vs. WKU Nassau, Bahamas 11 a.m. | ESPN

ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE

OHIO STATE BUCKEYES

SEC CHAMPIONS

BIG TEN CHAMPIONS

Hawaii Bowl Fresno State vs. Rice Honolulu, Hawaii 7 p.m. | ESPN Heart of Dallas Bowl Illinois vs. Louisiana Tech Dallas, Texas noon | ESPN

SATURDAY, DEC. 27 Military Bowl Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech Annapolis, Maryland noon | ESPN Sun Bowl Arizona State vs. Duke El Paso, Texas 1 p.m. |CBS Independence Bowl Miami (Fla.) vs. South Carolina Shreveport, Louisiana 2:30 p.m. | ABC Pinstripe Bowl Boston College vs. Penn State Bronx, New York 3:30 p.m. | ESPN Holiday Bowl Nebraska vs. USC San Diego, California 7 p.m. | ESPN

Fosters Farm Bowl Maryland vs. Stanford Santa Clara, California 9 p.m. | ESPN

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31 Peach Bowl Ole Miss vs. TCU Atlanta, Georgia 11:30 a.m. | ESPN Fiesta Bowl Boise State vs. Arizona Glendale, Arizona 3 p.m. | ESPN

THURSDAY, JAN. 1 Outback Bowl Auburn vs. Wisconsin Tampa, Florida 11 a.m. | ESPN2 Cotton Bowl Classic Michigan State vs. Baylor Arlington, Texas 11:30 a.m. | ESPN

FRIDAY, DEC. 26

St. Petersburg Bowl North Carolina State vs. UCF St. Petersburg, Florida 7 p.m. | ESPN

Belk Bowl Georgia vs. Louisville Charlotte, North Carolina 5:30 p.m. | ESPN

Orange Bowl Mississippi State vs. Georgia Tech Miami, Florida 7 p.m. | ESPN

TUESDAY, JAN. 1 — 7:30 P.M. | ESPN NEW ORLEANS, LOUSIANA

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24

Quick Lane Bowl Rutgers vs. North Carolina Detroit, Michigan 3:30 p.m. | ESPN

Russell Athletic Bowl Clemson vs. Oklahoma Orlando, Florida 4:30 p.m. | ESPN

TUESDAY, DEC. 30

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Western Michigan vs. Air Force Boise, Idaho 4:45 p.m. | ESPN

Miami Beach Bowl BYU vs. Memphis Miami, Florida 1 p.m. | ESPN

Liberty Bowl Texas A&M vs. West Virginia Memphis, Tennessee 1 p.m. | ESPN

Texas Bowl Arkansas vs. Texas Houston, Texas 8 p.m. | ESPN

Las Vegas Bowl Utah vs. Colorado State Las Vegas, Nevada 2:30 p.m. | ABC

MONDAY, DEC. 22

MONDAY, DEC. 29

Citrus Bowl Minnesota vs. Missouri Orlando, Florida noon | ABC AP PHOTO/BRYNN ANDERSON

AP PHOTO/BRYNN ANDERSON

AP PHOTO/MICHAEL CONROY

AP PHOTO/DARRON CUMMINGS

Blake Sims, Quarterback

Nick Saban, Coach

Cardale Jones, Quarterback

Urban Meyer, Coach

2014 RECORD DATE

Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 6

OPPONENT

West Virginia Florida Atlantic U. Southern Miss Florida Ole Miss Arkansas Texas A&M Tennessee LSU Mississippi State Western Carolina Auburn Missouri

2014 RECORD

RESULT

RECORD

33-23 1-0 41-0 2-0 52-12 3-0 42-21 4-0 17-23 4-1 14-13 5-1 59-0 6-1 34-20 7-1 20-13 (OT) 9-1 25-20 9-1 48-14 10-1 55-44 11-1 42-13 12-1

DATE

Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 6

OPPONENT

Navy Virginia Tech Kent State Cincinnati Maryland Rutgers Penn State Illinois Michigan State Minnesota Indiana Michigan Wisconsin

RESULT

RECORD

34-17 1-0 21-35 1-1 66-0 2-1 50-28 3-1 52-24 4-1 56-17 5-1 31-24 (OT) 6-1 55-14 7-1 49-37 8-1 31-24 9-1 42-27 10-1 42-28 11-1 59-0 12-1

COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME MONDAY, JAN. 12 — ARLINGTON, TEXAS Time: 7:30 P.M. TV: ESPN

Teams: ROSE BOWL WINNER vs. SUGAR BOWL WINNER

FRIDAY, JAN. 2 Armed Forces Bowl Houston vs. Pittsburgh Fort Worth, Texas 11 a.m. | ESPN TaxSlayer Bowl Iowa vs. Tennessee Jacksonville, Florida 2:20 p.m. | ESPN Alamo Bowl Kansas State vs. UCLA San Antonio, Texas 5:45 p.m. | ESPN Cactus Bowl Washington vs. Oklahoma State Tempe, Arizona 9:15 p.m. | ESPN

SATURDAY, JAN. 3 Birmingham Bowl East Carolina vs. Florida Birmingham, Alabama noon | ESPN2 GoDaddy Bowl Toledo vs. Arkansas State Mobile, Alabama 8 p.m. | ESPN

STATISTICS FROM AP PAGE DESIGNED AND BUILT BY POSTMEDIA EDITORIAL SERVICES

SCOREBOARD AP Men’s Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 14, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25thplace vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv 1. Kentucky (65) 11-0 1,625 1 2. Duke 8-0 1,545 2 3. Arizona 10-0 1,505 3 4. Louisville 9-0 1,349 4 5. Wisconsin 10-1 1,331 5 6. Virginia 9-0 1,294 6 7. Villanova 10-0 1,215 7 8. Gonzaga 9-1 1,175 9 9. Texas 8-1 1,154 8 10. Kansas 8-1 1,102 10 11. Wichita St. 7-1 959 11 12. Ohio St. 8-1 838 12 13. Iowa St. 8-1 772 14 14. Utah 7-2 670 13 15. Oklahoma 6-2 647 16 16. Washington 8-0 598 17 17. Maryland 10-1 512 19 18. Miami 9-1 426 20 19. San Diego St. 7-2 424 18 20. St. John’s 8-1 353 24 21. Notre Dame 10-1 351 25 22. West Virginia 9-1 333 22 23. Butler 8-2 259 15 24. North Carolina 6-3 122 21 25. Michigan St. 7-3 116 — Others receiving votes: Baylor 97, TCU 80, Colorado St. 75, N. Iowa 65, Georgetown 41, California 37,

Arkansas 19, Seton Hall 14, VCU 6, LSU 4, Oklahoma St. 4, Old Dominion 4, Penn St. 3, Davidson 1.

USA Today Men’s Top 25

The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 14, points:

Record Pts Pvs 1. Kentucky (29) 11-0 773 1 2. Duke (1) 8-0 736 2 3. Arizona (1) 10-0 721 3 4. Louisville 9-0 658 4 5. Virginia 9-0 633 5 6. Wisconsin 10-1 619 6 7. Villanova 10-0 592 7 8. Gonzaga 9-1 556 8 9. Texas 8-1 539 9 10. Kansas 8-1 519 10 11. Wichita State 7-1 439 11 12. Ohio State 8-1 417 12 13. Iowa State 8-1 373 13 14. Utah 7-2 300 14 15. Oklahoma 6-2 295 15 16. Washington 8-0 287 17 17. San Diego State 7-2 246 16 18. Maryland 10-1 214 20 19. Miami 9-1 164 21 20. West Virginia 9-1 159 21 21. Notre Dame 10-1 155 — 22. Michigan State 7-3 122 23 23. St. John’s 8-1 114 — 24. North Carolina 6-3 86 18 25. Butler 8-2 85 19 Others receiving votes: Baylor 49, Northern Iowa 40, Colorado State 29, Georgetown 28, California 26, TCU 26, Seton Hall 19, Illinois 13, Arkansas 12,

Oklahoma State 9, Old Dominion 7, Florida 4, LSU 4, Iowa 3, Minnesota 1, Penn State 1, Saint Mary’s 1, VCU 1.

AP Women’s Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 14, total points based on 25 points for a firstplace vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv 1. South Carolina (25) 9-0 865 1 2. UConn (6) 6-1 828 2 3. Texas (4) 8-0 795 3 4. Texas A&M 11-0 768 4 5. Notre Dame 10-1 741 5 6. North Carolina 9-0 709 6 7. Stanford 6-2 636 7 8. Kentucky 10-1 609 8 9. Baylor 8-1 579 9 10. Louisville 8-1 553 10 11. Tennessee 7-2 518 11 12. Nebraska 9-1 437 12 13. Duke 5-3 423 13 14. Maryland 8-2 409 14 15. Georgia 10-0 378 16 16. Oregon St. 7-0 364 15 17. Rutgers 8-2 283 17 18. Michigan St. 6-2 251 19 19. Oklahoma St. 6-1 225 20 19. Syracuse 7-1 225 20 21. Mississippi St. 10-0 224 22 22. West Virginia 8-1 150 23 23. Iowa 8-2 90 24 24. California 7-2 80 18 25. DePaul 6-3 71 25

Others receiving votes: Green Bay 43, Northwestern 19, Arizona St. 18, St. John’s 17, Princeton 15, Oregon 14, Washington 8, James Madison 7, W. Kentucky 7, Oklahoma 5, Washington St. 5, Florida St. 4, Arkansas 2.

Middle Tennessee at Oklahoma State, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games South Carolina State at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.

New Mexico State at Baylor, 8 p.m.

Middle School Girls

Big 12 Women

EIGHTH GRADE Monday at Atchison Tournament First round Central 33, South 23 South leaders: Kampbell Kilburn 7 points; Jordyn Garcia 6 points; Victoria Droge 6 points.

Central leaders: Ajekwu 23 points, Howard 4 points.

South record: 4-9. Next for South: today vs. K.C. Turner Middle School at Atchison.

Central record: 7-6. Next for Central: today vs. Southwest at Atchison.

Big 12 Men

Conf. Overall

W L W L TCU 0 0 10 0 West Virginia 0 0 9 1 Kansas 0 0 8 1 Baylor 0 0 8 1 Oklahoma State 0 0 8 1 Texas 0 0 8 1 Iowa State 0 0 8 1 Texas Tech 0 0 7 1 Oklahoma 0 0 6 2 Kansas State 0 0 6 4 Today’s Games Oral Roberts at Oklahoma, 6 p.m.

Lipscomb at Texas, 7 p.m.

Conf. Overall

W L W L Texas 0 0 8 0 Baylor 0 0 8 1 West Virginia 0 0 8 1 Kansas State 0 0 7 1 Oklahoma State 0 0 7 1 Iowa State 0 0 6 2 Texas Tech 0 0 6 2 Kansas 0 0 8 3 TCU 0 0 6 3 Oklahoma 0 0 5 3 Monday’s Game Oklahoma State 84, New Orleans 33 Wednesday’s Games Oklahoma at Duke, 5:30 p.m.

McNeese State at Texas, 7 p.m.

NFL

Monday’s Game New Orleans 31, Chicago 15 Thursday, Dec. 18 Tennessee at Jacksonville, 7:25 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 20 Philadelphia at Washington, 3:30 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 21 Baltimore at Houston, noon Detroit at Chicago, noon Atlanta at New Orleans, noon Minnesota at Miami, noon Cleveland at Carolina, noon Green Bay at Tampa Bay, noon Kansas City at Pittsburgh, noon New England at N.Y. Jets, noon N.Y. Giants at St. Louis, 3:05 p.m.

Buffalo at Oakland, 3:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Dallas, 3:25 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 22 Denver at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.

BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Yohan Pino on a oneyear contract. Designated RHP Casey Coleman for assignment.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with 3B Chase Headley on a four-year contract.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with INF Alberto Callaspo on a one-year contract. Designated RHP Anthony Varvaro for assignment.

CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with LHP Jon Lester on a six-year contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association SACRAMENTO KINGS — Fired coach Michael Malone. Promoted assistant coach Tyrone Corbin to interim coach.

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(First published in the You are hereby notified Lawrence Daily Journal- that on December 10, 2014, World, December 16, 2014) a Petition for Probate of Will and Issuance of LetIN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ters Testamentary was DOUGLAS COUNTY, filed in this Court by Narji KANSAS Kay Brecheisen, an heir, devisee and legatee, and In the Matter of the Estate Executor named in the of: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last Will and Testament PEARL ANNA BARRETT, of Pearl Anna Barrett,â&#x20AC;? deDeceased ceased.

All creditors of the decedent are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four months from the date of first publication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 NOTICE TO CREDITORS and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the THE STATE OF KANSAS TO creditor is known or reaALL PERSONS CONCERNED: sonably ascertainable, 30

days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred. /s/ Narji Kay Brecheisen, Petitioner Prepared by: THE LAW OFFICE OF DAVID J. BROWN, LC By: /s/ David J. Brown S. Ct. #14409 1040 New Hampshire, Suite 14 Lawrence, Kansas 66044 785-842-0777 djbrown@davidbrownlaw.c om Attorneys for Petitioner ________

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Annie’s Mailbox

Marcy Sugar and Kathy Mitchell

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need to stay out of this before you are blamed for everything that goes wrong. It sounds as though Joanie is well aware that Rick is seeing someone else. That means however she chooses to handle it is up to her. Your confusion is not her problem. You can tell her you don’t think she and Rick are good together, but you cannot protect her from her own poor choices.

You can listen and sympathize, but that’s it. And

Give new ‘Elf’ special a chance Retro reverberations abound in “Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas” (7 p.m., NBC). This holiday special comes marinated in expectations. It is, after all, the animated adaptation of the 2010 Broadway hit “Elf: The Musical,” itself adapted from the 2003 holiday comedy “Elf,” directed by Jon Favreau and starring Will Ferrell.

As a television event, “Buddy” brings an entirely different derivative quality. Brand-new Christmas specials always have a hard time s t a n d ing out in a field crowded with mid-20th century favorites, including “Rudolph,” “The Grinch” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (7 p.m., ABC).

So, in a spirit of, “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,” “Buddy” features stop-motion animation and minimalist sets heavily inspired by 1960s cartoons, specials and set design.

But while “Buddy” looks like a slightly funky variation on Rankin/Bass (”Rudolph”) animation, its sound and score are pure contemporary Broadway.

That may delight some.

The voice of Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory”) stars in the title role. Parsons, who appeared in HBO’s adaptation of “The Normal Heart” in May, has had a very good year. His giddy, relentlessly happy Buddy may not dispel viewers’ visions of Will Ferrell from the “Elf” movie, but it reminds some of us that Parsons has hit a certain sweet spot in his career. Just about everything he says sounds funny, because he’s saying it.

“Buddy” might have been better if it had been limited to 30 minutes. You may not be humming the score when it ends, but you just may look forward to watching it again when December 2015 rounds the corner.

And that’s how holiday classics are made — one Christmas season at a time.

Tonight’s other highlights

A winner is crowned on “MasterChef Junior” (7 p.m., Fox).

Elves take on a cold, corporate demeanor mixed with brisk military efficiency in the truly misguided holiday offerings “Disney Prep & Landing” (8 p.m., ABC) and the sequel “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs.

Nice” (8:30 p.m.).

Crime takes a holiday on “Person of Interest” (9 p.m., CBS).

BIRTHDAYS Actress Liv Ullmann is 76.

Actor Daniel Cosgrove is 44.

Actress Krysten Ritter is 33.

Country musician Chris Scruggs is 32.

it’s OK to say directly that you have no intention of getting involved in her love life. So please don’t.

Dear Annie: Every year, my husband and I host a couple of family holiday gatherings.

We exclude two family members because they are not pleasant to be around. One is an obnoxious alcoholic, and the other has psychological problems. I decided years ago never to have them in my home again.

The problem is, my great-aunt, “Betsy,” insists that these two be included and, against my wishes, invites them herself.

I’m outraged by this rude behavior and have told her repeatedly not to do this. But Aunt Betsy recently informed me that she has invited them again this year. She’s determined to have it her

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Tuesday, Dec. 16: This year you have good luck gracing your thoughts and actions. You will seek new knowledge and understanding.

You are likely to give a personal testimonial about your desire to grow. If you are single, you will be attracted to someone from a different culture. If you are attached, be open to the possibility of a faraway vacation, where you both can enjoy an exotic setting and a different culture.

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) Unexpected developments could point to a different response. Tonight: Go along with a suggestion.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Pace yourself, as you could have a lot of ground to cover. Tonight: Note what is not being said.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) You might discover that a friend is not as stable as you previously had thought. Tonight: Have an important discussion with a loved one.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) You wouldn’t be as in demand as you are if you did not excel in a certain area. Tonight: Happy at home.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) You have a way of drawing people to you and iden-

way, and I’m at my wits’ end. What should I do about her? — Fed Up with Family Dear Fed Up: You have three choices: Tolerate it, stop inviting Aunt Betsy or stop hosting family events.

We understand that she wants the entire family included, and we sympathize. Normally, we recommend tolerating the relatives for the few times a year that this happens. But it’s your home and your guest list, and no one else gets to make those decisions.

For the next gathering, you might suggest to Aunt Betsy that she host the event and invite whomever she wishes.

Then your choice is simply whether to attend.

— Send questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190 Chicago, IL 60611.

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tifying with them. Tonight: Your treat.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Your instincts will be right-on with a money matter. Ask a loved one for feedback. Tonight: Indulge a friend.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You could see that a situation seems to be taking on a new twist. Tonight: Go for what you want.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You will want to keep your own counsel for now. A hunch you have about someone else could pay off. Tonight: Follow your instincts.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You might be in the mood to do some shopping, especially for a very special loved one.

Tonight: Where your friends are.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You have an endearing quality about you that draws many people toward you. Tonight: Out and about.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You are prone to do research rather than take anyone’s advice. Tonight: Choose your company with care.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) You could see a personal matter much differently from how another party sees it. Tonight: Opt for togetherness.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

Edited by Timothy E. Parker December 16, 2014

ACROSS 1 Formal agreement 5 Tip, as a hat 9 Fails to mention 14 Aptly named fruit 15 Degree candidate’s exam 16 Portion of a broadcast 17 Place to shout one’s love 20 High temperature 21 Tool in a bucket 22 ___-ran (loser) 23 In a spinetingling way 26 Financial burden 28 Barcelona’s country 30 Alligatorlike reptile 34 List ending, often 37 Bit of burlesque 39 Cuddly looking Australian 40 Completely 44 It’s here before tomorrow 45 High-school class, briefly 46 Bad ___ (German spa) 47 Follows prey stealthily 49 Best man’s offering

52 First word of a letter 54 Cummerbund features 57 Cathedral section 60 Young beaver 62 “It’s ___ time!”

64 Whence Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address 68 Cowpoke event 69 Work on movie clips 70 Cruel person 71 Abstract style of the ’60s 72 New kind of IRA 73 Pillow covering DOWN 1 Word with “cream” or “powder” 2 Correspond, grammatically 3 ___ hitch 4 Stopwatches, e.g.

5 Word from Homer Simpson 6 Mine material 7 Agricultural business 8 Kind of insurance 9 Awkward, stupid person 10 Chromosomal alteration

11 Heathen’s figurine 12 Advice 13 Ho-hum 18 Dancer’s woe 19 Oil cartel 24 Eye topper 25 “Whoops!”

27 Capital on the Caspian 29 “’Twas the ___ before Christmas ...”

31 Fabricated 32 Former student, briefly 33 Baby’s quiet times 34 Amphibians 35 Walk beater 36 Concluding musical section 38 Outpost group 41 Seasickness 42 Little child 43 Black or fire gem

48 Alias for H. H. Munro 50 Clothing closure 51 Forbidden things 53 Stage platform 55 “Live with it” 56 Hindu aphorism 57 Round hairdo 58 Item in an actor’s hand 59 Mixologist’s mixer 61 Busy person’s list heading 63 The bad guys 65 On a roll 66 Punster, for one 67 Infinite ordinal number

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Dear Annie: My 18-year-old cousin, “Rick,” has been seeing a friend of mine for some time. Now I am in an awkward position.

My friend “Joanie” told Rick she liked him, but he told her he didn’t feel the same way about her.

They were together for a short time, but even then, Rick was talking to other girls. He now has an actual girlfriend.

But it seems that Rick and Joanie still have something going on.

Do I ignore their weird relationship, knowing he has a girlfriend? Do I tell them straight up to talk things out because I’m confused about their relationship? Joanie is my friend, and I don’t want her to be heartbroken because my cousin is leading her on.

How should I advise my friend? — Confused Dear Confused: You

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD Universal Crossword

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

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