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Lawmakers question Brownback’s budget plan

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KAYLEAH THORTON, 8, OF LAWRENCE, tries out her ping pong skills Tuesday at the East Lawrence Recreation Center, 1245 E. 15th St. The Lawrence school district is on winter break until Jan. 5.

Layaway payoff brightens holiday

By Rochelle Valverde Twitter: @RochelleVerde

With only a few dollars to her name, on Monday evening Melody McKenzie went to cancel the layaway of the one present that she had hoped to buy her 12-year-old daughter for Christmas. McKenzie thought she owed $87, but when she told the clerk at Wal-Mart to put the toy back, she was told she only

owed a penny.

The clerk told McKenzie that a good Samaritan had paid off her balance, save the penny. McKenzie said she was incredulous, asking the clerk more than once if she was kidding.

“You always hear about things like this, but you never ever think about being the recipient,” McKenzie said. “It just came at a time when it was so needed.”

Shawn Jacobson, manager

at Wal-Mart Supercenter, 3300 Iowa St., said that since Thanksgiving about 10 individuals have come in and paid off strangers’ layaway balances, amounting to between $2,500 and $3,000 of payments.

McKenzie said she had previously paid $15 to put the karaoke machine on layaway, but Wal-Mart had called her a couple of days earlier and told her she either needed to pay the bal-

ance or cancel the layaway.

McKenzie hasn’t told her daughter yet and is saving the gift as a surprise. She was planning to sew her something, perhaps a Raggedy Ann doll, but she said she is much more excited to be giving her what she asked for.

“Words cannot express the feeling, unless you’ve been there,” McKenzie said.

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Driver killed in head-on collision with semi Staff reports

One person died Tuesday following an accident between a semitrailer and an SUV at mile marker 3 along the Kansas Highway 10 bypass.

The accident occurred about 4 p.m. and involved a semitrailer in the eastbound lanes that apparently collided head-on with a westbound SUV. The Kansas Highway Patrol confirmed one death.

K-10 was closed from the U.S. Highway 59 interchange to Kasold Drive on Tuesday night. Of-

ficials did not expect it to open before 11:30 p.m., KHP said.

Debris was scattered along the pavement and a gray tarp covered the SUV. The driver of the SUV was killed, while the semitrailer driver was alert and conscious as he was taken by ambulance to Kansas University Hospital, Douglas County dispatchers said.

It is unclear whether more people were involved in the acRichard Gwin/Journal-World Photo cident, Sgt. Steve Lewis of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office A KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER covers an SUV Tuesday afternoon on the north side of the K-10 bypass, said. where a semitrailer collided head-on with the vehicle. The Please see K-10, page 6A driver of the SUV died in the accident.

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Topeka — When Gov. Sam Brownback announced his plan last month for filling a $279 million hole in the current year’s budget, he spared funding for public schools, higher education and Medicaid from any direct cuts.

Instead, he offered a plan that mostly involves transferring money out of other funds into the state general fund, a temporary cut in state pension contributions and only LEGISLATURE minor cuts to other state agencies.

But most of that plan requires legislative approval when lawmakers return to the Statehouse Jan. 12, and two key lawmakers indicated Tuesday that they may want to look at other options.

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GOP leaders seek to overhaul funding formula for schools

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Topeka — Republican leaders of the Kansas House and Senate said Tuesday that they think it’s time to overhaul the state’s school funding formula. But they said there are no specific plans on the table yet for doing that.

Leaders were in Topeka Tuesday for a meeting of the Legislative Coordinating Council, a group that makes policy decisions for the Legislature when the House and Senate are not in session.

Wagle “Certainly we’re looking at it,” Senate President Susan Wagle, R-Wichita, said. “It’s taking most of our state money, and there’s concern that we can’t continue with automatic increases that are folded in the formula.”

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MAXINE MAE MCCABRIA Funeral services for Maxine Mae McCabria, 84, Eudora, KS will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 27, 2014 at Wa r r e n - M c E l w a i n Mortuary Eudora Chapel. Maxine passed in her sleep on December 21, 2014, at Medicalodges Eudora.

She was born January 16, 1930, in Lawrence, KS, the daughter of Ray and Ruby (Kowing) Miller. She married Jack L. McCabria on June 8, 1957 in Eudora, KS. He preceded her in death on March 24, 2007.

Maxine was a 1948 graduate of Eudora High School. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas in 1952. Upon graduation, she moved to Iowa to start her work as a dietician while attending the University of Iowa.

After receiving her Master’s degree in 1954, she returned to Kansas where she worked and taught at the University of Kansas Medical Center from 1955 until 1960.

She and Jack moved to Ohio in 1960. While staying active and involved as a mother in the lives of her children, she continued her teaching career as part of the nursing curriculum at what is now known as Rhodes State College.

She later developed and served as director of the dietetic technician program at the college.

She received constant praise from her students for her approachable and earnest style.

Retiring in 1991, she and Jack returned to live on her family in Eudora. They enjoyed resuming life on the farm, rekindling old friendships and being part of the Eudora/ Douglas County community.

Since retiring, Maxine stayed active

in numerous civic and social groups. She was for many years president of the Eudora 1900 and Now Club, a member and officer of the Lawrence AARP, she was involved with Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, and active in various Lawrence bridge clubs. She and Jack were also involved with the Eudora Historical Society, and members of the United Church of Christ in Eudora.

In the last couple of years, she continued to be active in managing the farm and actively spoiling her two Chihuahuas.

Survivors include two daughters, Lynette Weis (Doug) Knoxville, IL; Janelle McCabria, of the home; son, James McCabria, Eudora, KS; sister, Judy Meiergerd (Don), Wichita, KS; 3 grandchildren, Bryan, Justin and Jackie Weis.

The family will greet friends Friday, December 26, 2014 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Warren-McElwain MortuaryEudora Chapel.

M e m o r i a l contributions may be made in her name to St. Paul United Church of Christ or Cottonwood Industries and may be sent in care of the mortuary.

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“We need to see his plan for next fiscal year before we make any big decisions,” Senate President Susan Wagle, R-Wichita, said. “For continuity of both plans. We have a shortfall this year; we have one next year. We need to be able to put the two plans together. Actually, we need to hear from him during the State of the State.”

Brownback will deliver the annual State of the State address on Jan. 15, three days after the Legislature convenes for the start of its 2015 session.

He’s expected to outline a two-year budget plan, covering the fiscal year that begins July 1 and the following fiscal year.

House Majority Leader Rep. Jene Vickrey, R-Louisburg, said he would have preferred to see fewer fund transfers and more direct cuts in state spending.

“I would have probably

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This year’s budget calls for spending about $3 billion on K-12 education, or roughly half of the state’s entire general fund budget.

Court ruling pending Rep. Jene Vickrey, R-Louisburg, the House majority leader, said he believes the current formula, which has been in place since 1992, no longer works.

“It’s a horrible formula,” he said. “We give money to school districts with all these strings attached. We have multiple mandates that we don’t fund. You know, it’s time to open it up to get a common-sense plan that works for the students, the teachers and educators and our state.”

Their comments echoed recent statements by Gov. Sam Brownback and his budget director, Shawn Sullivan, who have said that parts of the formula sometimes result in huge, automatic spending increases that are beyond the Legislature’s control and which they say the state cannot afford. obeRt anks But the legislators’ comments also came at a time Arrangements for Robert Banks, 84, Lawrence, are when the entire state is pending with Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Mr. Banks awaiting a ruling from a died Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, at LMH. rumsey-yost.com. three-judge panel in Topeka that is weighing homas arBery whether Kansas is currently spending enough on A Celebration of Life service for Thomas F. Barbery, public schools.

A decision on that issue 63, Tonganoxie, will take place at a later date. He died is expected within days.

Thursday, at KU Medical Center. rumsey-yost.com An aide in the office of Judge Franklin Theis, preichaRd ean RoppeR siding judge on the panel, said the decision will not 67, died 12/21/2014 at the Peggy Kelly House in come this week, but could Topeka. Services are 10AM, 12/29/2014 at the Oskaloosa. come as early as next week.

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preferred that, but we’ll know more about what the governor’s two-year budget is and what his recommendations are (after the State of the State address),” Vickrey said.

He added: “As is always the case, I’m confident the House will have our own direction and plan that makes sense, and we’ll work hard fitting in with the governor and the Senate in doing what’s right for the state.”

Brownback announced his plan for budget allotments in November after new revenue estimates were released projecting the state will come up $279 million short in the current fiscal year and, assuming normal growth in Medicaid and other mandatory spending, about $436 million short in the following fiscal year.

But if lawmakers approve Brownback’s plan, budget officials say next year’s shortfall actually could end up being more than $600 million because the plan includes very few actual spending cuts this year, which only pushes that problem

down the road.

Brownback’s plan calls for transferring $95.7 million out of the state Highway Fund, and another $55 million out of fee funds that the Department of Health and Environment receives in the form of rebates on pharmacy medications purchased through Medicaid.

It also calls for cutting the state’s contributions to the state pension system by $40.7 million over the next six months.

Although the administration has said that is only a temporary cut and will not be continued in future fiscal years, lawmakers from both parties have criticized that part of Brownback’s plan, saying it only adds to the existing unfunded liability in the financially troubled pension fund.

Brownback has defended his allotment plan, saying it fills this year’s budget gap without cuts to core government services.

million in additional base funding. But the Kansas Supreme Court set that ruling aside in March and remanded the issue to the panel to be judged by a different standard.

The basics of the formula were adopted in 1992 in response to an earlier school finance lawsuit. It was a sweeping overhaul that shifted most of the burden for funding schools to the state instead of local districts.

It established a uniform system of funding schools on a per-pupil basis that was largely funded by a uniform statewide property tax levy, but it also gave local districts some latitude to add additional money raised through local property taxes for what are called “local option budgets.”

Senate Democratic Leader Anthony Hensley, of Topeka, served in the House in 1992 when the current formula was crafted, and he said there’s nothing wrong with the formula itself.

“The formula works if it’s funded adequately, and the Legislature has shown over the years that we have not funded it adequately,” Hensley said.

“That to me is the real crux of the matter.”

the bond and interest payments for less wealthy districts.

Conservative legislators have complained for years that those equalization formulas sometimes result in huge, automatic increases whenever local districts decide to raise their discretionary budgets or issue new bonds.

And during the Great Recession, lawmakers scaled back equalization for local option budgets while eliminating it altogether for capital outlay budgets.

As part of its ruling in March, the Supreme Court ordered roughly $119 million in additional equalization funding, saying the cutbacks enacted by the Legislature were unconstitutional because they deprived students in lesswealthy districts of access to comparable educational programs, at comparable tax rates, as those who live in wealthier districts.

Vickery said there is wide support in the House for overhauling the formula, but that may be too large of a task to accomplish on one session.

“I think every legislator has a preferred plan that fits their districts, but that’s when the politics gets involved and you sit around huge conference tables that then break into smaller groups and everybody has a plan,” he said.

The Kansas Association of School Boards issued a statement recently saying lawmakers need to be careful about changing the formula.

“Changes in these programs could threaten equal educational opportunities across Kansas school districts and threaten the ability of local voters to enhance their local schools,” KASB said.

Complicated, changing formula The formula has grown more complex since it was adopted. Much of that is due to a complicated system of “weightings” that count different categories of students differently to reflect the higher cost of educating students who live in poverty and students who speak languages other than English.

The formula also provides so-called “equalization” funding to subsidize the local option budgets, capital outlay budgets and

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e’re not yet Milwaukee — and why would we ever want to be St. Louis with that baseball team that didn’t even make the World Series this year? — but Lawrence is becoming quite a brewery town. The Lawrencebased restaurant Henry T’s has confirmed it has bought an eastern

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Lawrence building and plans to have a brewery operating by this spring.

Sean Gerrity, a coowner of the restaurant, said there’s a simple reason why the company is getting into the brewery business. (If you happen to have a 42-piece orchestra, now would be the time to direct it to play a dramatic version

of “God Bless America.”)

“It is a return to a core American value that beer should taste good and be cheap,” Gerrity said.

Uncle Sam, make room at the Patriots Table for Henry T. Gerrity said the new brewery will supply the Henry T’s restaurant at 3520 W. Sixth St. and also the company’s Henry

T’s in Topeka. He said a large reason for the brewery venture is related to the price that major brewers are now charging for their products.

“The price of beer has gotten expensive, and some people think it is ridiculous,” Gerrity said. “Beer is part of our culture, and certain types of beer should be cheap.

The big brewers are removing that idea from the culture. Part of our angle is to brew something, if not identical, better, and then charge less for it.”

As for the beers, Gerrity said plans call for a traditional pilsner, which will be similar to the Bud Please see BREWERY, page 4A

Happy Holidays and Thank You! The 23rd annual Stepping Out Against Breast Cancer dance was an outstanding success because of the generosity of more than 600 attendees and our event sponsors and supporters. With the community’s help, more than $73,000 was raised for breast cancer education and detection. See you at next year’s event!

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GRADY COURTER, 2, OF WELLSVILLE, looks at one of the cats up for adoption from the Lawrence Humane Society, 1805 E. 19th St., on Tuesday.

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In Remembrance of Our Beloved Rachael Marie Huffman (1982 ~ 2014)

Rachael, you are so in our hearts and minds and dreams, especially so as we come together as a family at the holidays.

Were you able to come to us this holiday season as only a candle in need of air, and were we able to change ourselves into that air, all who came to visit our home would marvel at how brightly it shone.

Were you to come to us as only a small bird seeking food, and were we able to turn ourselves into grain, all who came to visit would marvel at the field of grain that appeared overnight.

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The Dan and Susie Huffman family wants to sincerely thank all those of you who sent us condolences as well as those able to personally offer comfort to members of our grieving family in this difficult year following the untimely death (age 32) in Berlin, Germany of our beloved daughter and sister, Rachael Marie Huffman, on July 4. In the event this remembrance reaches someone who is not aware of Rachael’s passing and who wishes to know more please check online for the Facebook page “Celebrate Rachael”. For those of you who wish to make a taxdeductible contribution to help our family honor Rachael’s legacy by helping aspiring artists and furthering art education, please consider sending your contributions to:

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What are your family’s unique Christmas traditions?

Asked at downtown Lawrence

Hayley Brazier, researcher, Fort Collins, Colo. “We always watch ‘Christmas Vacation,’ and my dad always cracks up at the squirrel scene like he’s never seen it before.�

Jerry Wohletz, public relations, Washington, D.C. “Both sets of grandparents are still with us, so we celebrate Christmas Eve with one and Christmas day with the other.�

A driver of a stolen car led Lawrence police on a pursuit early Tuesday morning.

The chase began after Lawrence police were dispatched to a report of a suspicious vehicle driving without headlights at 3:20 a.m. near 27th and Alabama streets, Lawrence Police Department spokesman Sgt. Trent McKinley said.

When officers located the vehicle, the occupants fled in the car for “a very short distance� before they jumped out of the car and ran away on foot, McKinley said.

The suspects did not

put the car in park when they abandoned it, however, so the car rolled into one of the patrol

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I want it to continue that animals are moving more CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3A quickly because that’s we’re hoping to get some having an overall people in the door who positive impact on have been thinking about fees and euthanasia.� adopting but maybe weren’t quite ready to do that,� Meghji said.

Meghji said adoptions usually range between 30-40 per week and that in the first week of the promotion 71 animals have been adopted. The majority of the 71 were cats, but the number includes about 20 dogs and five small animals, either rabbits or guinea pigs.

Meghji said adoption counselors work hard to make sure people are ready for the responsibility of a new pet be-

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Kahealani R., barista, Lawrence “My mom and I like to make a pot of coffee, sit in our pajamas and watch Hallmark movies and laugh at how cheesy they are.�

Kendra Rubinfeld, public relations and marketing consultant, Washington, D.C. “I’m Jewish, so on Christmas we always eat Chinese food because it’s the only place that’s open.�

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HOSPITAL Births Jalisa Simms and Marcel Williams, Lawrence, a girl, Tuesday.

Earl and Stephanie McNish, Lawrence, a boy, Tuesday.

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The suspects did not put the car in park when they abandoned it, however, so the car rolled into one of the patrol cars, (Lawrence Police Department spokesman Sgt. Trent) McKinley said. The car, which was reported stolen in Topeka, had stolen property from Topeka inside, McKinley said.

Lights, Coors and other beers that dominate the mainstream market. The brewery also plans to produce a brown ale and a pale ale in the beginning and then expand to eight or nine beers as it gets its operations refined.

Gerrity admits that he doesn’t have a brewing background, so the company has signed a deal with Lincoln, Neb.-based Blue Blood Brewing Co. to serve as consultants on the new venture.

Gerrity and his business partner, Dave Heinz, have bought a warehouse at 807 E. 23rd St. that will serve as the brewery operations. If you are having a hard time picturing the location, it is in the industrial area just west of 23rd and Haskell and behind the new location for Luminous Neon.

The company already purchased brewhouse equipment and has it

— Kate Meghji, executive director of the Lawrence Humane Society fore adoption. “I don’t think there is anything wrong with bringing home an animal at the holidays as long as you’re prepared for the responsibility,�

Meghji said.

Meghji said she also thinks a change in the past month to the layout of the adoption floor has contributed to the in-

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We hope to tap our first keg for sale sometime in the spring.� — Sean Gerrity, a co-owner of Henry T’s

on site. The company expects construction to take about two months, and developing the beer — which will include significant sampling and tasting demos for Henry T’s customers — will take a few more weeks after that. “We hope to tap our first keg for sale sometime in the spring,� Gerrity said.

Gerrity said plans eventually call for the brewery to offer its beer to other restaurants and bars in the region. The new brewery will have about 6,000 square feet of production space.

The Henry T’s brewery will be at least the third significant brewery in Lawrence. The Free State Brewing Co.

cars, McKinley said. The car, which was reported stolen in Topeka, had stolen property from Topeka inside, McKinley said.

Officers could not immediately find the suspects, but about an hour later they located a suspect near the intersection of Utah and Kansas streets, just east of 25th and Louisiana streets, according to Douglas County dispatchers. The person was detained and interviewed, but no one had been booked into the Douglas County Jail in connection with the incident as of 10 p.m.

Tuesday.

The incident remains under investigation, McKinley said.

crease. Previously, people interested in adopting an animal were allowed to wander all the rooms of the shelter, which included animals not eligible for adoption. Meghji said she thinks so many options were overwhelming for some. “We shut off some of the rooms so that people don’t come in and get overwhelmed by six different rooms of cats; there’s only two or three,�

Meghji said.

Meghji said that she hopes the trend will continue beyond the promotional period. “I want it to continue that animals are moving more quickly because that’s having an overall positive impact on fees and euthanasia,� Meghji said.

Lawrence Creates Makerspace to host Winter Chautauqua event Lawrence Creates Makerspace is hosting its first Lawrence Winter Chautauqua this Final Friday from 5:30 to 9 p.m.

This is Lawrence’s first chautauqua held at Makerspace during the winter (others have been held at different locations in the summer). The chautauqua is a community gathering focused on learning and entertainment and will

feature up to 30 fiveminute performances from several people in the Lawrence community.

Anyone is free to perform that night, and there are still slots open.

So far, there will be music, poetry, performance art and even a boomerangthrowing demonstration.

Science and humanities presentations are also welcome, so it’s not just art.

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termined insufficient probable cause existed to book the suspect into jail; therefore, he was reCONTINUED FROM PAGE 3A was a pioneer in the leased,� McKinley said. craft beer industry and McKinley said that now has its own bottling with a handgun. when the investiplant that has allowed Police did not gation is finished, the brand to expand its book the man the Lawrence Poreach to liquor stores after further lice Department throughout the central investigation will forward its Plains. The 23rd Street following his findings to the Brewery also is a sigdeparture from Douglas County nificant brewer in the the apartment, District Attorney’s area. And while not a McKinley said.

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Wagle on Monday appointed Sen. Greg Smith of Overland Park, a former police officer, as chairman of the new, seven-member committee. Wagle is a Wichita Republican, and all of the chamber’s committee leaders are Republicans, in line with the GOP’s 32-8 majority.

The House created a similar committee in 2009. Wagle said more than a third of the bills considered by the Senate this year went through the Judiciary Committee. “It was crazy, the amount of legislation we carried,� said Smith, who has served as the Judiciary Committee’s vice chairman.

The new committee’s vice chairman is Sen. Forrest Knox of Altoona, and its ranking Democrat is Sen. Pat Pettey, of Kansas City.

Wagle also appointed Sen. Rob Olson of Olathe as Utilities Committee chairman.

He replaces former Sen. Pat Apple of Louisburg, appointed earlier this year to the state commission regulating utilities

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Fix is needed The recent controversy over appointments to the Saline County Commission points out a needed change in Kansas statutes.

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he good news about the closed process Gov. Sam Brownback used to fill two new seats on the Saline County Commission is that it drew attention to a state statute that needs to be changed.

Many Kansans were surprised at the law that requires the governor to appoint people to fill the new positions created when any Kansas county votes to expand the size of its county commission. It only makes sense that local voters should be the ones to fill the new seats that they created.

To his credit, Brownback agreed that the law needs to be fixed and has asked legislators to do that. He voiced that opinion this week after coming under considerable fire for refusing to release the names of people he was considering for the Saline County posts. His office turned down four open records requests from the Associated Press and the Salina Journal asking for a list of the candidates. The justification — that it was a personnel matter — made no sense and left the impression that the governor had something to hide.

Saline County residents now know who the governor appointed, but they don’t know who he rejected. One of the prime motivations of those who supported expanding the Saline County Commission from three members to five was to bring more diversity of experience and opinion to the body. County residents now have an opportunity to judge whether the governor used those appointments to add diversity or to further a political agenda, but, regardless, they will have to live with those appointments until the new commissioners stand for reelection in 2016.

The state law requiring the governor to make these appointments was enacted in 1992 after new positions on the Seward County Commission went unfilled for months because there was no specific process to appoint the new members. That statute set out a process that may have worked in Seward County, but even the governor now agrees it’s not the best way to fill these seats.

Rep. J.R. Claeys, R-Salina, says he will work on a bill to fix this process during the upcoming legislative session.

The recent experience of Saline County should make this measure an easy sell for Kansas legislators.

Financial expertise should be valued Washington — The revival of the U.S. financial system after the crash of 2008 is arguably the Obama administration’s biggest domestic policy success. But Sen. Elizabeth Warren, in her jihad against Wall Street, seems determined to devalue this accomplishment — and to make financial expertise a mark of shame for Democrats, rather than a source of pride.

Warren’s current target is Antonio Weiss, the administration’s nominee for undersecretary of the Treasury for domestic finance. Weiss’s chief defect, in the eyes of Warren and other liberal critics, is that he worked as an investment banker at Lazard and, in that role, appears to have advised Burger King on how to reduce its U.S. tax liability.

“Enough is enough,” Warren wrote last month for The Huffington Post. “The overrepresentation of Wall Street banks in senior government positions sends a bad message.” She told a New York Times reporter that while she had sometimes supported nominees who had worked on Wall Street, “the Antonio Weiss nomination is a mistake, and that’s why I’m fighting back.”

Never mind that Weiss is a liberal Democrat who advocated tax hikes for the rich and is publisher of the progressive literary journal The Paris Review. What offends Warren is the Lazard connection. “Time after time in government, the Wall Street view prevails,” she argued in

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To be fair, President Obama sometimes seems embarrassed about taking ownership of his financial rescue effort — leaving Geithner and Summers in the crossfire of critics such as Warren.” a speech this month.

Warren’s enemies list includes Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers, the key architects of the administration’s Wall Street rescue. They had never worked as private bankers but were suspect because they managed the bailout plan known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Warren crusaded against TARP in 2009 and 2010, arguing (incorrectly, as it turned out) that it would be a taxpayer giveaway to the banks. She hectored Geithner in 2010 to redo his “stress tests” of U.S. banks after a first round indicated that TARP had been effective. “How could you be confident of these financial institutions without rerun-

ning the stress tests?” she asked. As it turned out, TARP made a $15 billion profit, the Treasury announced last Friday.

Has Warren apologized for getting this wrong, or conceded that the financial recovery program engineered by Geithner, Summers and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was a success? Not to my knowledge. But in the process, she disowns a Democratic president’s historic achievement.

To be fair, President Obama sometimes seems embarrassed about taking ownership of his financial rescue effort — leaving Geithner and Summers in the crossfire of critics such as Warren. This certainly seemed the case in the summer of 2013, when Obama floated Summers as a replacement for Bernanke at the Fed — and then let him twist in the wind while enemies took potshots. Summers (who privately had been promised the Fed job

by Obama) finally withdrew his name from consideration.

In the Summers debacle, the fact that he was a former treasury secretary, former president of Harvard and a distinguished economist proved less important than the fact that he had toxic political enemies, such as Warren. The outcome weirdly had the effect of distancing Obama from his own economic policies.

Making economic policy isn’t a popularity contest, especially when financial

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The number of people attending church in Lawrence was on the years rise, so much so ago that local conIN 1989 gregations were in need of more space to fit them all in. Membership at the First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont, had grown by about 200 persons in the past two years. Members of the Mustard Seed Fellowship were planning to construct a new church at Sixth and Wakarusa, and the St. Lawrence Center had completed its new building adjacent to the Kansas University campus in 1986.

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markets are in a panic.

Helping Wall Street regain confidence, and stability was the last thing an angry public wanted in 2009 after the markets crashed. But without such support, markets can buckle and liquidity can disappear, often for decades as has been the case in Japan. “Our job was to fix it, not to make people like us,” Geithner told Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times in a May 2014 profile.

When historians look at the Obama presidency, they’re likely to credit him especially for doing the politically unpopular things that were needed in 2009 to salvage the financial wreckage. The strength of the U.S. financial recovery since then has surprised analysts from Beijing to Brussels. But for Warren, it seems to be an embarrassment.

Warren and the neopopulists are right that the recovery hasn’t benefited Main Street as much as it has Wall Street, and that the fruits of American prosperity are skewed toward the wealthy. Changing the structural problems that limit job growth may be the country’s biggest economic challenge, as Summers has argued persuasively. But fixing this problem will surely be harder if liberal Democrats like Weiss, who understand the financial world enough to challenge it, are barred from government for the offense of working on Wall Street.

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It’s no secret To the editor: To use a hackneyed phrase, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand why good people are fleeing Kansas University. Three articles in Saturday’s Journal-World clearly demonstrate that the state of Kansas does not support quality education. KU Endowment should not have to ante up funds to support fine researchers. KPERS is cheating its teachers and other education-related personnel. The Regents are too narrowminded to see the value of a liberal arts education.

We will continue to lose the Jeff Aubes, Danny Andersons (dean of the College), and Jonathan Earles (director of the honors program) from the KU faculty, and we should applaud them for having the good sense to leave a state which so shortchanges its students.

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Torture not justified To the editor: I was appalled to read a justification for torture and curtailing civil liberties in Monday’s paper (Cal Thomas’ column). Cal advanced several rhetorical arguments. One was that peaceful Muslims do nothing to combat radical Islamists. That is willfully ignorant. Muslim organizations worldwide have actively opposed radicals. Some have been murdered for their opposition. Cal suggests they form their own army. Their own gov-

ernments would surely oppose this, just as our government would if such an army was formed here.

Cal introduces a variation on the ticking bomb argument to justify torture. Cal, if we capture a terrorist, we don’t know if that terrorist knows where the bomb is. Terror groups change their plans if a member is detained. Terrorists can delay us by lying. Some people resist torture better than others (U.S. pilots captured in Vietnam are prime examples of this). Last, we don’t know if torture is more reliable than other methods. Vaclav Havel, noted writer and statesman, was tortured. He has written extensively about the dehumanizing justifications for torture. The simplicity of theoretical situations (ticking bomb scenarios) impoverishes our responsiveness. If people die, the answer is not to take away everyone’s civil liberties. To claim otherwise is sinister and promotes misrule.

The great conservative Edmund Burke said, “Power in whatever hands, is rarely guilty of too strict limitations on itself.”

Stu Nowlin, Lawrence

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Inflation in the prices of stamps and Christmas cards was resultyears ing in a decline of ago season’s greetings IN 1974 received through mailboxes this year. “It would be safe to say we have experienced at least a drop of 5 per cent in mail traffic this year,” said Lawrence Postmaster Jack Harris today. John Colebank, manager of the K mart at 31st and Iowa, said postage and the cost of the card combined to cause the decline. “There has been a general slowdown in card sales over the past three or four years. Now, with the price of stamps up to 10 cents it almost costs more to pay for mailing than it does for the card, itself,” Colebank explained.

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 24, 1914: years “A new smoke ago proof helmet IN 1914 makes it possible for the firemen to go into the densest of smoke and fight fire. Two of these helmets have been purchased by the Lawrence fire department so that the fire fighting apparatus will be up to date and everything that will make the fire department more efficient will be added. These helmets are of such construction that they cover the head and face and fit tight around the neck. The person wearing the helmet gets the freshest air possible through a tube which drags the floor.”

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Temperature High/low 41°/29° Normal high/low today 38°/20° Record high today 67° in 1955 Record low today -16° in 1983

Precipitation in inches 24 hours through 8 p.m. yest. 0.01 Month to date 1.95 Normal month to date 1.27 Year to date 37.47 Normal year to date 39.56

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Smoke was coming from the vehicles. When officers arrived, they instructed McKenzie to take Tabatha inside.

Names of the people involved in the crash were not immediately available, Lewis said.

Melody McKenzie, who lives in the mobile home park in the 3300 block of Iowa Street, said she and her family heard the accident happen and were startled.

DATEBOOK Building, 200 W. Ninth St.; “Timeline of a Century,” Marvin Hall, Jayhawk Blvd., KU Campus; Territorial Capital Museum: Tours Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.4 p.m., Sun. 1-4 p.m., 609 Woodson, Lecompton.

Lawrence Percolator: “In the Key of Sunshine,” through Jan. 18; open Saturdays and Sundays, noon-6 p.m. In the alley behind 913 Rhode Island St. Lawrence Arts Center: John Ferry: Disintegration,through Jan. 3; Karen Matheis: Chronic City, through Jan. 3; Nick Vaccaro: Magic Boxes, through Jan. 10; open daily 9 a.m.-9 p.m., 940 New Hampshire St. Douglas County Law Library: Photography

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The Alamo Drafthouse, 1400 Main St. in Kansas City, Mo., and Screenland Armour, at 408 Armour Road in North Kansas City, Mo., announced via social media that they would be showing the film.

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Banana pancakes Candied bacon

BITES with meringue

Enjoy the holidays a nibble at a time with these bite-sized treats

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ey, remember that jar of molasses that you bought on a whim ages ago? Bet itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still sitting in your cupboard, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it?

Well, break it out, because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m using the month of December to indulge my love of gingerbread.

Ginger-Cherry Bites With Meringue For the cookies 3 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon ground ginger 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

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Audrey Lintner 1/3 cup butter 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 3 egg yolks 1/2 cup molasses 1 tablespoon vanilla

For the topping 1-2 jars maraschino cherries 3 egg whites 6 tablespoons sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt

Directions Cut the butter into your mixer bowl and let it soften to room temperature. Toss in the egg yolks and cream them together. Add the molasses and vanilla and blend it all together until itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice and smooth.

In a smallish mixing bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves.

With your mixer running at low speed, start adding the dry ingredients, about half a cup or so at a time. Word of warning: do not stand with your face directly over the mixer as you add the flour.

Breathing in powdered ginger makes your lungs stand up and take notice. They also threaten to go on strike.

Once all of the flour mixture has been incorporated

into the butter mishmash, wad it into a ball and wrap it in plastic wrap. Shove it into the fridge for a few hours or overnight. This is an important step; gingerbread dough sticks like glue, and the resting time will help reduce that particular little irritation.

Once youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ready to bake, crank up your oven to 375 F. Drain the maraschino cherries and leave them to roll around on a paper towel for a bit. Line the cavities of a 24-count mini muffin pan with paper liners.

Trust me on this. Remember the sticking issue? Paper cups keep you from having to chisel the gingerbread out of the pan, and they keep your spouse from having to buy you a new pan when you hurl the gingerbread-encrusted old one through a window.

Pinch off chunks of dough

and roll them into (more or less) 1-inch balls. Drop one into each paper cup and flatten them slightly. Bake for 10 minutes. When you take them out of the oven, poke each one with a finger to make a dent in the top. Let them cool for a few minutes in the pan and shift them to a cookie sheet.

Heat the egg whites, salt and 6 tablespoons of sugar until warm to the touch, then beat the mixture on high speed until stiff and glossy.

Place a maraschino cherry into each gingerbread dent.

Pipe a swirl of meringue on top of each cookie, being sure to cover the entire cherry.

Brown them slightly in the oven, cool,and serve. You can store leftovers in an airtight container, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t count on having any.

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y friends and I all agree that it’s important to have a “Marry Me” meal in our cooking reper-

toires.

For Kiley, it’s a chickenfried steak/mashed potato/ Brookville corn situation.

For me, at least as far as I know, it was manicotti that brought my husband to the alter all those years ago. For Amber, it’s Thai chicken soup.

Amber is so certain of the husband-catching qualities of this soup, I had to go ahead and try to make some for myself. Not because I’m in the business of catching

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Megan Stuke husbands, but because if it is good enough for the eligible bachelors of Lawrence, it must be good enough for me.

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Not everything for New Year’s Eve needs to be fussy, bubbly or frilly. It’s OK to ring in 2015 with something richer, smokier and deliciously darker.

So we started with a stiff pour of Scotch whisky. To dress it up for the occasion — it is a celebration, after all — we spiked it with ice cider, apple brandy and a splash of lemon juice.

The result is a bold, lightly sweet indulgence that is just right to set a festive mood.

To go with it, we slowly candied some bacon. This is bacon so good it will haunt you. The process is slow, but effortless. Just be sure to get thick-cut bacon. You want meaty and bold for this.

Easy Thai Chicken Soup Ingredients 2 tablespoons panang curry (or whatever you like)

2 cans coconut milk (I use light) 2 cups chicken broth 2 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons peanut butter 4 large chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces (or if you prefer dark meat, do 6 or 7 thighs) 1 red bell pepper, julienned 1 onion, sliced 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced 1/2 cup shredded carrots (you can buy them pre-shredded in the bag; I recommend) 1/2 cup soy sauce 1 tablespoon chili garlic paste 1 cup frozen peas 1 fresh lime

Cilantro for garnish Cooked white rice (I like jasmine for this) Spicy stuff as needed — I like to jazz mine up with Sriracha

Directions Mix the wet ingredients and spices together in the slow cooker bowl. Add the chicken and vegetables and cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 6 to 7.

Serve over rice and garnish with lime, cilantro, and additional hot stuff.

— Megan Stuke is a working mom, a practical cook and an impractical hostess.

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love. Also, it’s a slow-cooker recipe, which Amber and I both love. And it’s full of spicy, lime-y, cilantroy goodness, which are all things that are directly in my wheelhouse.

It requires a bit of chopping, but beyond that it’s a fantastic one-pot meal good enough for company and this makes it an extremely attractive main dish.

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Candied bacon and winter orchard Scotch

Slow Candied Bacon

Start to finish: 2 hours 15 minutes (15 minutes active) Servings: 10 1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1 teaspoon ground mace 20 ounces thick-cut bacon Heat the oven to 250 F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil.

In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar, red pepper flakes and mace.

Arrange the bacon in a single layer in the prepared baking sheet. The bacon can touch, but should not overlap. Spread the brown sugar mixture evenly over the bacon, covering all the Winter Orchard slices. Bake for 2 hours.

Allow the bacon to rest Scotch for 10 minutes in the pan Can’t find ice cider? before transferring to a Substitute ice wine. wire rack to finish cooling.

Start to finish: 5 minutes Store in an airtight container Servings: 1 between sheets of kitchen 1 1/2 ounces Scotch parchment or waxed paper. whisky Nutrition information 1 ounce ice cider per serving: 340 calories; 1/2 ounce apple brandy 200 calories from fat (59 1/2 teaspoon lemon percent of total calories); juice 23 g fat (8 g saturated; 0 g Combine all ingredients trans fats); 35 mg cholesin a double old fashioned terol; 28 g carbohydrate; glass. Stir, then add an ice 0 g fiber; 27 g sugar; 7 g cube, if desired. protein; 380 mg sodium.

ach year on Christmas morning, my family always, always, always has a big breakfast.

Homemade scones.

Omelet casserole. A enormous bowl of fruit salad. Mom-mixed hot chocolate. Lemon poppy seed bread.

It’s a spread. And it’s something my parents have been doing for decades.

To me, the act of eating breakfast is almost often more memorable than the annual present exchange. Maybe this is because I associate these foods with Christmas and have a hard time believing it’s Christmas Day without the presence of a Plain Jane Scottish scone. Or maybe it’s just because it’s a delicious memory. Whatever the reason, a large breakfast is Christmas to me.

This year, there will be scones, yes. And fruit salad. But we’ve decided to diverge a bit with our entree and go with our son’s Sunday morning favorite: pancakes. But pancakes with a twist.

We don’t make your basic, dry-as-a-bone Bisquick pancakes. Oh, no. Homemade is definitely the way to go. And it’s worth it every single Sunday.

If you’ve never made homemade pancakes, they’re easy to do and taste delicious.

And these pancakes are hearty and mildly sweet thanks to the addition of a banana to the batter. In fact, these suckers are so good, I’ve been known to eat leftover pancakes

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Sarah Henning cold while standing in the kitchen minutes before hitting the hay for the night. OK, maybe I did that once. Usually, there aren’t any leftovers.

For an extra bit of holiday fun, I’ve also included instructions on how to make these into Christmas-specific pancakes using cookie cutters.

Homemade Banana Holiday Pancakes Ingredients 2 1/2 cups flour 1 small banana or half a large banana 2 cups hemp milk (can sub in almond or skim milk) 2 tablespoons coconut sugar or brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking soda Directions Coconut oil (If you don’t have coconut oil, don’t make a special trip to the store, just use vegetable oil) In a small bowl, mash the banana and set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. Make a well in the middle and fill with the

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Homemade Holiday Banana Pancakes mashed banana and milk of choice. Stir together until just mixed.

Heat a tablespoon or so of coconut oil in a skillet.

Pour pancake batter into the skillet, making the pancakes about the size of a fist. Flip when just brown.

Let pancakes rest on a large plate as you finish up with the dough. When all the dough has been used, cut the pancakes into fun shapes using holiday cookie cutters, starting with the coolest pancakes first.

Top with real maple syrup and festive fruit toppings like pomegranate seeds, clementine sections or sliced bananas. Serves three to four.

Tip: Save back the extra bits of pancakes and serve the next day torn into pieces for a bit of post-holiday “pancake” cereal. Just put the pieces in a bowl and top with maple syrup and enjoy.

— Sarah Henning is a writer, blogger, vegetarian and mom.

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KANSAS BASKETBALL Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

Traylor should turn up the heat Since starting the first two games of the season and playing 29 and 26 minutes in a victory over UC Santa Barbara and a loss to Kentucky, Kansas University junior Jamari Traylor has seen his minutes dip and only once — Dec. 13 vs.

Utah — played as much in a single game as he did in either of those contests.

Traylor, like many Jayhawks on Bill Self’s deep and talented roster, appears to be thinking too much about how he’s playTraylor ing or what he’s doing instead of just letting it rip.

With roles still being sorted out and chemistry, rhythm and confidence coming and going, there’s one way Traylor could nail down his spot and increase his minutes while helping the team at the same time.

He needs to channel Rick Mahorn, Bill Laimbeer, Charles Oakley or Anthony Mason. Those guys were some of the baddest dudes in the NBA during their days. And they became that way by making the paint a place opponents did not want to enter.

The 6-foot-8, 220-pound Traylor does not have to go as far as developing a reputation for which Detroit’s “Bad Boys” or Oakley and Mason’s Knicks were known. But would it hurt if he were to lean that way ever so slightly?

Think about it: In 10 games this season, Traylor is averaging just 4.9 points and 4.2 rebounds while shooting 40 percent in fewer than 20 minutes a game.

Those aren’t bad numbers for the second or third guy off the bench, but Traylor is not the guy to look to for increased scoring or as a defensive stopper. He has just 11 blocks and eight steals all season.

He can, however, become an enforcer. If just one guy on this roster did that, it would be interesting to see how many others would follow. I’m sure sophomore point guard Frank Mason would love to be that guy.

But his small frame and overall value prohibit him from being the answer.

Traylor can be, and he can do it without risking much.

In his 10 games, Traylor has committed two fouls or fewer seven times and has yet to foul out. This is not to suggest that Traylor should become a cheapshot artist or fall head over heels for the hack. But they give you five fouls. Why not use them?

Doing so would give KU an edge it currently does not have. Traylor could even expand the role. Go crazy on the defensive glass. Swat everything that comes near you, even if it leads to a foul or goaltending. The whole idea has nothing to do with production or statistics and everything to do with making a statement the Jayhawks need someone to make.

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY COACH BILL SELF, RIGHT, AND the Jayhawks watch the closing minutes of KU’s 77-52 loss to Temple on Monday night in Philadelphia.

KU hopes to make strides following break “

By Gary Bedore

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Though they currently may be dazed and confused following a 25-point loss to unranked Temple, Kansas University’s basketball players nonetheless figure to be refreshed and ready to go for the remaining three months of the marathon 2014-15 season following what they hope is a relaxing three-day Christmas vacation.

At least that’s the plan and the way it’s generally worked out in past seasons, 12th-year coach Bill Self’s Jayhawks traditionally getting a lot accomplished between semesters when practice time is unlimited according to NCAA rules.

Sometimes you think you are getting better and maybe you are not gaining on it the same way you think you are. This has always been an important stretch for us, getting ready the couple weeks we have before conference.”

— Kansas University coach Bill Self

Self can hold two-a-day workouts, even three-a-days if he wishes, all the way until Jan. 20 — first day of second semester.

Of course, the 9-2 Jayhawks have games to play in that span, as well.

“I hope so. I like to say academics weighs on our guys on a daily basis in a bigtime way,” Self said, asked if the players figure to make

strides in coming weeks as they concentrate solely on hoops. “I think we had a really good week of final exams (last week).

“They can focus in, relax and play. Our teams in the past ... it hasn’t always worked out (that way).

Sometimes you think you are getting better and maybe you are not gaining on it the same way you think you are.

This has always been an important stretch for us, getting ready the couple weeks we have before conference. We seem to make a lot of strides and seem to put in the few extra things we need to put in to get us ready for conference play. Hopefully that will be the case,” he added.

The Jayhawks will gather for practice on Friday night, hold a clinic for youths Dec. 28 and play their next game versus Kent State at 7 p.m., Dec. 30, in Allen.

“I think it’s good timing,” sophomore Landen Lucas said of a three-day break followed by weeks of basketball with no classes on campus.

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Chiefs need victory, plenty of help

By Dave Skretta AP Sports Writer

Kansas City, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs did their playoff aspirations no help on Sunday.

Nor did they help out their fans trying to figure out what it’ll take to get them in.

After losing 20-12 to the Steelers, the Chiefs are suddenly desperate for a whole lot of help.

They must beat the Chargers in their regular-season finale on Sunday, and then hope Cleveland can beat Baltimore and three-win Jacksonville can somehow upset Houston.

At least one hurdle is out of the way: The Chiefs also needed Buffalo to lose one

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Stanford corrals Texas in OT Big 12 Men

HOUSTON (6-4) Knowles 2-7 0-0 5, Pollard 4-7 4-7 12, Barnes 2-4 2-2 8, Rose 5-8 5-7 16, Stiggers 8-12 2-4 25, McLean 2-3 0-1 4, Baker 0-1 0-0 0, Weary Jr. 4-7 1-2 11, Gjikondi 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 27-50 15-25 82.

TEXAS TECH (9-3) Gray 0-1 0-0 0, Odiase 0-1 2-2 2, Foster 1-2 0-2 2, Williams 7-20 7-10 21, Turner 5-9 0-0 12, Manderson 0-0 0-0 0, Onwuasor 4-5 3-3 14, Jamison 0-1 2-2 2, Evans 2-6 1-1 6, Ross 0-1 0-0 0, Gotcher 1-4 1-2 4, Lammert 1-2 3-6 6. Totals 21-52 19-28 69.

Halftime-Houston 41-34. 3-Point GoalsHouston 13-24 (Stiggers 7-9, Barnes 2-4, Weary Jr. 2-5, Rose 1-2, Knowles 1-3, Baker 0-1), Texas Tech 8-22 (Onwuasor 3-3, Turner 2-5, Lammert 1-1, Evans 1-2, Gotcher 1-2, Williams 0-9). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Houston 31 (Weary Jr. 9), Texas Tech 33 (Onwuasor 7).

Assists-Houston 13 (Rose 8), Texas Tech 6 (Onwuasor, Williams 2). Total Fouls-Houston 20, Texas Tech 20. Technical-Turner. A-NA.

Stanford 74, No. 9 Texas 71, OT Austin, Texas — Anthony Brown scored a season-best 25 points and Chasson Randle added 21 to help Stanford knock off Texas.

The victory was Stanford’s first on the road against a top10 team since 2008.

Javan Felix led Texas with a season-high 19 points. Guard Kendal Yancy and forward Jonathan Holmes scored 14 Top 25 Men apiece.

UNLV 71, No. 3 Arizona 67 Las Vegas — Christian STANFORD (7-3) Sanders 0-2 0-0 0, Nastic 3-11 3-4 9, Randle Wood had 24 points and 10 re9-17 1-1 22, Brown 9-17 3-3 25, Travis 3-8 1-2 bounds, Rashad Vaughn added 7, Cartwright 1-4 0-0 2, Pickens 0-1 0-0 0, R. Allen 3-6 0-0 7, Verhoeven 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 21 points and UNLV pulled off 29-67 8-10 74. one of its biggest wins in recent TEXAS (10-2) Yancy 6-10 1-1 14, Holland 2-8 0-0 5, Holmes years by knocking off Arizona.

6-10 1-2 14, Lammert 0-3 2-2 2, Ridley 1-3 4-4 6, Felix 7-16 3-4 19, Barnett 0-1 0-0 0, Ibeh 1-1 0-0 2, Turner 2-4 4-4 9. Totals 25-56 15-17 71.

Halftime-Tied 31-31. End Of RegulationTied 64. 3-Point Goals-Stanford 8-18 (Brown 4-4, Randle 3-8, R. Allen 1-4, Cartwright 0-1, Pickens 0-1), Texas 6-19 (Felix 2-8, Holmes 1-2, Turner 1-2, Yancy 1-2, Holland 1-3, Barnett 0-1, Lammert 0-1). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsStanford 32 (Travis 14), Texas 36 (Turner 8).

Assists-Stanford 6 (Randle, Sanders 2), Texas 8 (Felix, Holland 2). Total Fouls-Stanford 19, Texas 12. A-13,661.

Houston 82, Texas Tech 69 Las Vegas — Jherrod Stiggers scored 25 points to lead Houston over Texas Tech.

Devaugntah Williams led Texas Tech with 19 points and 5 rebounds.

0-1 0-0 0, Mahmoud 1-1 2-2 4, Gilbert 0-1 0-0 0, Aaron 0-0 0-0 0, Levitch 3-4 0-0 9. Totals 27-57 15-19 80.

Halftime-Louisville 36-25. 3-Point Goals-CS Northridge 0-3 (Drew 0-1, Elliott 0-2), Louisville 11-27 (Blackshear 6-11, Levitch 3-4, Rozier 1-3, Jones 1-5, Snider 0-1, Gill 0-3). Fouled Out-Hale-Edmerson. Rebounds-CS Northridge 36 (Maxwell 11), Louisville 36 (Mahmoud 7).

Assists-CS Northridge 11 (Hale-Edmerson 4), Louisville 18 (Rozier 5). Total Fouls-CS Northridge 19, Louisville 18. A-20,231.

No. 7 Villanova 92, NJIT 67 Villanova, Pa. — Dylan Ennis scored 17 points, Ryan Arcidiacono matched a season high with 16 and Villanova survived with a win over NJIT. NJIT (5-8) Howard 2-8 0-0 4, Coleman 5-10 0-0 12, Lynn 4-13 2-2 13, Holiday 0-0 0-0 0, Willis 4-9 0-0 10, Mayfield 0-0 0-0 0, Nweke 2-4 4-6 8, Izevbuwa 4-7 0-0 11, Tselentakis 0-0 0-0 0, Ukawuba 2-2 2-3 6, Shustov 1-3 1-2 3. Totals 24-56 9-13 67.

VILLANOVA (12-0) Hart 2-6 2-2 8, Arcidiacono 6-12 3-5 16, Pinkston 1-3 10-12 12, Ochefu 3-4 7-8 13, Ennis 6-12 4-7 17, Lowe 0-0 0-0 0, Jenkins 4-7 0-0 11, Booth 4-4 5-8 14, Reynolds 0-0 1-2 1, Farrell 0-0 0-0 0, Rafferty 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-48 32-44 92.

Halftime-NJIT 44-41. 3-Point Goals-NJIT 10-23 (Izevbuwa 3-5, Lynn 3-8, Willis 2-4, Coleman 2-4, Shustov 0-1, Howard 0-1), Villanova 8-18 (Jenkins 3-6, Hart 2-3, Booth 1-1, Arcidiacono 1-4, Ennis 1-4). Fouled Out-Willis. ReboundsNJIT 29 (Howard, Lynn, Nweke, Shustov, Willis 4), Villanova 33 (Ochefu 10). AssistsNJIT 19 (Howard 11), Villanova 14 (Ennis 4).

Total Fouls-NJIT 29, Villanova 18. TechnicalVillanova Bench. A-6,500.

No. 4 Louisville 80, Cal State Northridge 55 Louisville, Ky. — Wayne Blackshear had a career-high 31 points that helped Louisville rout Cal State Northridge.

The senior matched his previous career best of 23 points No. 11 Wichita St 80, Hawaii 79 OT by halftime.

Honolulu — Rashard Kelly CS NORTHRIDGE (3-10) grabbed a rebound and put Drew 0-4 0-0 0, Hicks 6-12 7-8 19, HaleEdmerson 1-2 0-0 2, Elliott 4-14 1-1 9, Maxwell back a short bank shot with 3.8 7-14 6-7 20, Webb 1-5 0-0 2, Cid 0-0 0-0 0, seconds left Tuesday night as Efferson 0-0 0-0 0, Parks 0-6 3-4 3. Totals 19-57 Wichita State overcame a slop17-20 55.

LOUISVILLE (11-0) py night to beat Hawaii.

Rozier 5-9 5-5 16, Jones 3-10 2-2 9, Mathiang Ron Baker led the Shockers 2-5 2-3 6, Blackshear 11-17 3-6 31, Onuaku 1-1 0-0 2, Gill 0-4 0-0 0, Snider 1-4 1-1 3, Johnson with 17 points.

WICHITA ST. (10-1) Kelly 5-6 2-2 12, Carter 4-8 2-3 10, VanVleet 3-9 6-7 13, Baker 5-19 5-7 17, Cotton 2-9 3-4 8, Brown 2-3 3-4 9, Henderson Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, Holland 1-2 0-0 2, Simon 0-0 0-0 0, Nurger 0-1 5-7 5, Wamukota 0-0 0-0 0, Morris 1-1 2-2 4.

Totals 23-58 28-36 80.

HAWAII (9-4) Nevels 2-7 3-4 7, Bobbitt 1-4 6-6 8, WebsterChan 3-9 0-0 9, Valdes 6-14 2-3 17, Thomas 3-6 3-4 9, Fleming 7-9 0-1 17, Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Jankovic 4-9 3-5 12. Totals 26-59 17-23 79.

Halftime-Wichita St. 34-33. End Of Regulation-Tied 70. 3-Point Goals-Wichita St. 6-24 (Brown 2-3, Baker 2-11, VanVleet 1-3, Cotton 1-5, Holland 0-1, Nurger 0-1), Hawaii 10-23 (Fleming 3-4, Webster-Chan 3-5, Valdes 3-6, Jankovic 1-3, Bobbitt 0-2, Nevels 0-3).

Fouled Out-Fleming, Jankovic. ReboundsWichita St. 36 (Carter, Kelly 6), Hawaii 36 (Webster-Chan 9). Assists-Wichita St. 11 (VanVleet 5), Hawaii 13 (Bobbitt 10). Total Fouls-Wichita St. 19, Hawaii 25. A-NA.

No. 14 Utah 80, South Dakota State 66 Salt Lake City — Freshman Brekkott Chapman scored a career-best 22 points to help Utah cruise S. DAKOTA ST. (9-4) Parks 4-13 0-0 9, Bittle 0-3 0-0 0, Marshall 3-11 1-1 8, Horstman 4-6 1-1 10, Larson 5-10 2-3 13, Broman 1-1 0-0 2, Flatten 1-7 0-0 2, Moffitt 0-0 1-2 1, Tellinghuisen 3-7 4-4 12, Severyn 0-1 0-0 0, Devine 1-1 0-1 2, Theisen 3-3 0-0 7. Totals 25-63 9-12 66.

UTAH (9-2) Taylor 0-3 0-0 0, Tucker 4-6 1-2 11, Reyes 0-0 0-0 0, Poeltl 4-8 1-4 9, D. Wright 7-8 3-3 17, Chapman 9-13 2-3 22, I. Wright 2-8 0-0 6, Eastman 0-0 0-0 0, Ogbe 3-8 0-0 8, Bachynski 1-1 2-3 4, Kuzma 0-3 3-4 3, Olsen 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 30-58 12-19 80.

Halftime-Utah 45-28. 3-Point Goals-S. Dakota St. 7-19 (Tellinghuisen 2-5, Larson 1-1, Horstman 1-1, Theisen 1-1, Marshall 1-4, Parks 1-4, Severyn 0-1, Flatten 0-2), Utah 8-23 (Chapman 2-3, Tucker 2-4, I. Wright 2-6, Ogbe 2-7, Kuzma 0-1, Taylor 0-1, D. Wright 0-1).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-S. Dakota St. 35 (Larson 6), Utah 37 (Poeltl, D. Wright 6).

Assists-S. Dakota St. 10 (Parks 3), Utah 21 (D. Wright 10). Total Fouls-S. Dakota St. 17, Utah 16. A-10,322.

NBA roundup The Associated Press

Cavaliers 125, T’wolves 104 Cleveland — Kevin Love scored 20 points in his first game against Minnesota, Kyrie Irving added 29 and Cleveland pulled away in the second half.

LeBron James added 24 points for the Cavs.

Rookie Andrew Wiggins scored 27 against the team that drafted him.

MINNESOTA (104) Muhammad 7-17 4-6 18, Young 6-18 1-2 13, Dieng 6-10 8-8 20, LaVine 3-6 0-1 6, Wiggins 9-16 6-8 27, Budinger 2-4 2-2 7, Williams 3-8 0-0 6, Bennett 0-4 0-0 0, Adrien 1-2 0-0 2, Daniels 0-1 0-0 0, Hummel 2-2 0-0 4, Robinson III 0-0 1-2 1.

Totals 39-88 22-29 104.

CLEVELAND (125) James 8-16 4-5 24, Love 5-11 9-11 20, Varejao 3-5 0-0 6, Irving 12-19 3-3 29, Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Waiters 5-12 7-8 19, Thompson 2-4 1-2 5, Dellavedova 1-5 0-0 3, Marion 5-7 1-2 11, Haywood 1-1 0-0 2, Jones 1-2 0-0 3, Harris 1-1 0-0 3, Price 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 44-84 25-31 125.

Minnesota 26 30 23 25 — 104 Cleveland 27 37 32 29 — 125 3-Point Goals-Minnesota 4-13 (Wiggins 3-3, Budinger 1-2, Daniels 0-1, LaVine 0-1, Muhammad 0-2, Williams 0-4), Cleveland 12-24 (James 4-7, Irving 2-4, Waiters 2-4, Harris 1-1, Jones 1-2, Love 1-2, Dellavedova 1-3, Miller 0-1). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Minnesota 51 (Dieng 11), Cleveland 51 (Love 10). AssistsMinnesota 25 (Williams 7), Cleveland 24 (Irving, Waiters, Love 4). Total Fouls-Minnesota 23, Cleveland 23. Technicals-Minnesota defensive three second 2. A-20,562 (20,562).

Bulls 99, Wizards 91 Washington — Derrick Rose scored 25 points and Pau Gasol had 18 as Chicago won its fourth straight.

CHICAGO (99) Dunleavy 0-2 0-0 0, Gasol 7-13 3-3 18, Noah 4-12 0-2 8, Rose 10-17 4-4 25, J.Butler 4-13 2-4 11, Brooks 5-13 3-5 13, Gibson 5-5 2-2 12, Moore 2-4 0-0 5, Mirotic 2-5 2-4 7, Snell 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 39-85 16-24 99.

WASHINGTON (91) Pierce 4-10 2-5 12, Humphries 4-9 0-0 8, Gortat 5-15 4-4 14, Wall 9-16 0-0 18, Beal 6-12 1-2 15, Nene 3-10 2-3 8, R.Butler 1-7 1-1 4, Miller 4-6 0-0 8, Porter 1-1 0-0 2, Seraphin 1-3 0-1 2. Totals 38-89 10-16 91.

Chicago 21 25 24 29 — 99 Washington 20 20 25 26 — 91 3-Point Goals-Chicago 5-17 (Gasol 1-1, Moore 1-1, Mirotic 1-3, Rose 1-3, J.Butler 1-4, Dunleavy 0-2, Brooks 0-3), Washington 5-9 (Beal 2-3, Pierce 2-4, R.Butler 1-2). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Chicago 63 (Noah 11), Washington 48 (Gortat 11). Assists-Chicago 20 (Brooks 6), Washington 21 (Wall 9). Total Fouls-Chicago 14, Washington 17. Technicals-Chicago defensive three second, Gortat. A-20,356 (20,308).

Pacers 96, Pelicans 84 Indianapolis — George Hill had a team-high 15 points, four rebounds and three assists in 21 minutes as Indiana defeated New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS (84) Babbitt 3-5 1-2 10, Davis 8-18 5-6 21, Asik 3-6 0-2 6, Holiday 7-21 2-2 16, Evans 6-13 2-3 14, Rivers 1-5 2-2 4, Anderson 1-8 2-2 4, Cunningham 2-5 0-0 4, Ajinca 1-1 0-0 2, Salmons 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 33-83 14-19 84.

INDIANA (96) S.Hill 6-11 0-0 13, West 6-8 1-2 13, Hibbert 5-10 4-6 14, Watson 5-10 0-0 10, Stuckey 2-6 1-2 6, Allen 4-5 0-0 8, Miles 4-13 2-2 11, G.Hill 5-8 3-4 15, Scola 2-7 2-2 6. Totals 39-78 13-18 96.

New Orleans 26 14 21 23— 84 Indiana 24 20 26 26— 96 3-Point Goals-New Orleans 4-20 (Babbitt 3-5, Salmons 1-1, Rivers 0-1, Evans 0-2, Holiday 0-5, Anderson 0-6), Indiana 5-15 (G.Hill 2-3, Stuckey 1-1, S.Hill 1-3, Miles 1-5, Watson 0-3).

Fouled Out-Anderson. Rebounds-New Orleans

HIGH SCHOOLS HUB:

son scored 27 points, Mason scored 27 points and Gerald Plumlee added 19 points and a Henderson added 16 as Charcareer-high 13 rebounds, and lotte held off Milwaukee.

Brooklyn beat Denver.

CHARLOTTE (108)

How former Jayhawks fared Darrell Arthur, Denver Did not play (leg injury)

DENVER (96) Chandler 5-17 0-0 11, Faried 8-11 4-5 20, Mozgov 1-7 3-4 5, Lawson 10-20 5-6 29, Afflalo 4-10 1-2 11, Hickson 4-7 2-2 10, Robinson 1-4 0-0 2, Gee 0-1 2-2 2, Nurkic 3-5 0-1 6. Totals 36-82 17-22 96.

BROOKLYN (102) Johnson 11-19 1-2 27, Garnett 1-5 0-0 2, Plumlee 9-14 1-3 19, Jack 7-13 3-3 17, Karasev 4-8 4-4 12, Teletovic 1-7 0-0 3, Davies 1-3 0-0 2, Lopez 3-5 0-0 6, Anderson 1-4 0-0 2, Morris 2-4 0-0 4, Bogdanovic 2-7 0-0 5, Jefferson 1-2 1-2 3.

Totals 43-91 10-14 102.

Denver 27 27 23 19 — 96 Brooklyn 30 28 18 26 — 102 3-Point Goals-Denver 7-25 (Lawson 4-8, Afflalo 2-6, Chandler 1-9, Robinson 0-2), Brooklyn 6-23 (Johnson 4-5, Teletovic 1-4, Bogdanovic 1-4, Morris 0-1, Jefferson 0-1, Jack 0-2, Anderson 0-3, Karasev 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Denver 58 (Faried 14), Brooklyn 45 (Plumlee 13). Assists-Denver 15 (Lawson 9), Brooklyn 21 (Jack 8). Total FoulsDenver 15, Brooklyn 19. Technicals-Denver defensive three second. A-17,080 (17,732).

Mario Chalmers, Miami Min: 39. Pts: 11. Reb: 5. Ast: 3.

Nick Collison, Oklahoma City Min: 20. Pts: 9. Reb: 4. Ast: 1.

Joel Embiid, Philadelphia Did not play (inactive) Drew Gooden, Washington Did not play (coach’s decision) Xavier Henry, LA Lakers Did not play (inactive) Kirk Hinrich, Chicago Did not play (hamstring)

76ers 91, Heat 87 Miami — Michael CarterWilliams scored 20 points, Luc Mbah a Moute added 19 and Philadelphia erased a 23-point second-half deficit to stun Miami.

Marcus Morris, Phoenix Min: 18. Pts: 4. Reb: 6. Ast: 0.

Markieff Morris, Phoenix Min: 27. Pts: 9. Reb: 4. Ast: 4.

Paul Pierce, Washington Min: 29. Pts: 12. Reb: 5. Ast: 1.

Thomas Robinson, Portland Min: 8. Pts: 0. Reb: 6. Ast: 0.

Brandon Rush, Golden State Late game Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota Min: 37. Pts: 27. Reb: 2. Ast: 2.

Jeff Withey, New Orleans Did not play (coach’s decision) 54 (Evans 11), Indiana 45 (Allen, West 7).

Assists-New Orleans 15 (Holiday 5), Indiana 24 (West 5). Total Fouls-New Orleans 18, Indiana 19. A-17,336 (18,165).

PHILADELPHIA (91) Covington 3-11 4-4 11, Mbah a Moute 8-16 3-4 19, Noel 0-5 1-4 1, Carter-Williams 9-18 0-0 20, Sampson 3-6 2-2 8, McDaniels 4-8 4-4 13, Sims 3-6 2-2 8, Grant 3-7 4-7 11. Totals 33-77 20-27 91.

MIAMI (87) Deng 3-11 0-0 7, Williams 6-9 2-2 17, Andersen 2-4 2-3 6, Chalmers 4-8 2-2 11, Wade 9-21 5-7 23, Haslem 2-4 0-2 4, Cole 2-8 2-2 7, Granger 2-7 0-0 6, Ennis 3-6 0-0 6, Whiteside 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 33-80 13-18 87.

Philadelphia 19 23 31 18 — 91 Miami 32 25 21 9 — 87 3-Point Goals-Philadelphia 5-19 (CarterWilliams 2-4, Grant 1-2, McDaniels 1-3, Covington 1-5, Sims 0-1, Mbah a Moute 0-2, Sampson 0-2), Miami 8-26 (Williams 3-5, Granger 2-3, Cole 1-3, Chalmers 1-4, Deng 1-6, Ennis 0-2, Wade 0-3). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Philadelphia 50 (Noel 10), Miami 53 (Haslem 8). Assists-Philadelphia 11 (CarterWilliams 5), Miami 13 (Wade 6). Total FoulsPhiladelphia 20, Miami 19. A-19,600 (19,600).

Kidd-Gilchrist 4-10 2-2 10, Zeller 1-4 4-4 6, Jefferson 6-11 0-0 12, Walker 9-18 8-10 27, Henderson 6-10 7-8 20, Hairston 4-7 0-0 10, Williams 4-6 0-0 12, Neal 0-9 5-6 5, Biyombo 1-2 2-6 4, Roberts 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 36-82 28-36 108.

MILWAUKEE (101) Antetokounmpo 3-4 5-6 11, O’Bryant 2-3 0-0 4, Sanders 1-6 3-6 5, Knight 13-21 4-4 34, Mayo 3-8 0-0 7, Ilyasova 2-8 0-0 4, Pachulia 1-6 1-1 3, Dudley 4-9 0-0 10, Bayless 4-7 0-0 8, Marshall 1-3 1-1 3, Middleton 5-7 1-2 12. Totals 39-82 15-20 101.

Charlotte 28 26 34 20 — 108 Milwaukee 30 26 24 21 — 101 3-Point Goals-Charlotte 8-21 (Williams 4-5, Hairston 2-4, Henderson 1-1, Walker 1-4, Roberts 0-2, Neal 0-5), Milwaukee 8-21 (Knight 4-7, Dudley 2-5, Middleton 1-2, Mayo 1-2, Bayless 0-1, Marshall 0-1, Ilyasova 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Charlotte 57 (Jefferson 9), Milwaukee 45 (Sanders 8). AssistsCharlotte 21 (Walker, Henderson, Roberts 4), Milwaukee 25 (Knight 5). Total Fouls-Charlotte 21, Milwaukee 25. Technicals-Mayo, Sanders.

A-14,653 (18,717).

Trail Blazers 115, Thunder 111, OT Oklahoma City — Damian Lillard scored 40 points, and Portland rallied from a 13-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat Oklahoma City.

Russell Westbrook scored a season-high 40 points for Oklahoma City.

PORTLAND (115) Crabbe 2-4 0-0 5, Aldridge 9-28 7-8 25, Freeland 1-5 2-2 4, Lillard 11-21 10-11 40, Matthews 8-15 1-1 22, Kaman 3-8 0-0 6, Blake 1-4 2-2 5, McCollum 2-3 0-0 6, Robinson 0-2 0-0 0, Wright 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 38-91 22-24 115.

OKLAHOMA CITY (111) Jones 0-5 0-0 0, Ibaka 7-14 0-0 16, Adams 3-4 1-1 7, Westbrook 16-34 7-9 40, Roberson 1-5 0-0 2, Jackson 8-17 4-4 21, Perkins 2-4 0-0 4, Morrow 4-9 0-0 10, Collison 4-4 1-1 9, Smith 1-5 0-0 2, Lamb 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 46-101 13-15 111.

Portland 19 35 19 25 17 — 115 Oklahoma City 26 17 30 25 13 — 111 3-Point Goals-Portland 17-31 (Lillard 8-12, Matthews 5-8, McCollum 2-3, Crabbe 1-3, Blake 1-4, Aldridge 0-1), Oklahoma City 6-19 (Ibaka 2-3, Morrow 2-5, Jackson 1-2, Westbrook 1-5, Jones 0-2, Roberson 0-2). Fouled Out-Ibaka, Westbrook. Rebounds-Portland 54 (Kaman, Aldridge 9), Oklahoma City 58 (Adams 11).

Assists-Portland 22 (Lillard 11), Oklahoma City 20 (Westbrook 6). Total Fouls-Portland 20, Oklahoma City 28. Technicals-Aldridge, Freeland, Adams, Ibaka, Westbrook. EjectedAldridge, Ibaka. A-18,203 (18,203).

Hawks 107, Clippers 104 Atlanta — DeMarre Carroll Magic 100, Celtics 95 scored a career-high 25 points Orlando, Fla. — Tobias and Atlanta rallied from a Harris scored 19 points and OrSuns 124, Mavericks 115 13-point deficit to beat the Los Phoenix — Eric Bledsoe got lando hung on to beat Boston.

Angeles Clippers. his second career triple-double BOSTON (95) and Phoenix won its fourth in a J.Green 2-6 0-0 4, Sullinger 0-5 0-0 0, Zeller L.A. CLIPPERS (104) Barnes 1-6 3-4 6, Griffin 9-17 3-4 21, Jordan 6-9 10-10 22, Nelson 3-9 2-2 9, Bradley 7-13 2-2 row, beating Dallas.

7-11 1-4 15, Paul 7-18 2-2 19, Redick 6-11 3-5 18, 20, Turner 1-6 0-0 3, Olynyk 5-12 3-4 14, Smart

0-0 3-7 3, Wright 2-4 1-2 5, Pressey 1-2 0-0 2, Bass 5-16 1-2 11, Crowder 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 33-85 22-29 95.

ORLANDO (100) Harris 7-13 2-4 19, O’Quinn 6-12 4-4 18, Vucevic 8-12 2-2 18, Payton 6-10 0-2 12, Oladipo 2-15 4-5 8, Frye 3-5 0-0 8, Fournier 2-9 3-6 7, B.Gordon 4-4 0-0 8, Dedmon 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 39-83 15-23 100.

Boston 9 21 30 35 — 95 Orlando 26 27 32 15 — 100 3-Point Goals-Boston 7-23 (Bradley 4-6, Turner 1-2, Olynyk 1-3, Nelson 1-6, Bass 0-1, J.Green 0-1, Pressey 0-1, Crowder 0-1, Sullinger 0-2), Orlando 7-18 (Harris 3-4, Frye 2-3, O’Quinn 2-4, Payton 0-1, Oladipo 0-2, Fournier 0-4).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Boston 53 (Zeller 10), Orlando 58 (O’Quinn 13). Assists-Boston 22 (Nelson 11), Orlando 23 (Payton 7). Total Fouls-Boston 21, Orlando 21. A-17,489 (18,500).

Davis 0-2 2-4 2, Crawford 5-19 5-5 18, Bullock 0-1 0-0 0, Turkoglu 1-3 0-0 2, Farmar 1-4 0-0 3.

Totals 37-92 19-28 104.

ATLANTA (107) Carroll 9-12 2-3 25, Millsap 4-12 8-9 17, Horford 7-18 6-8 20, Schroder 2-8 1-2 5, Korver 4-9 2-2 14, Brand 1-2 1-2 3, Sefolosha 3-5 2-2 9, Teague 3-8 2-3 9, Scott 1-1 3-4 5, Bazemore 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 34-76 27-35 107.

L.A. Clippers 25 32 26 21 — 104 Atlanta 31 19 31 26 — 107 3-Point Goals-L.A. Clippers 11-29 (Redick 3-6, Paul 3-7, Crawford 3-7, Farmar 1-2, Barnes 1-4, Turkoglu 0-1, Bullock 0-1, Griffin 0-1), Atlanta 12-23 (Carroll 5-6, Korver 4-7, Sefolosha 1-2, Teague 1-3, Millsap 1-4, Horford 0-1). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-L.A. Clippers 62 (Jordan 22), Atlanta 52 (Carroll 10). Assists-L.A. Clippers 26 (Griffin 11), Atlanta 28 (Millsap 7). Total Fouls-L.A. Clippers 23, Atlanta 21.

Technicals-Schroder. A-19,191 (18,729).

Nets 102, Nuggets 96 Hornets 108, Bucks 101 New York — Joe JohnMilwaukee — Kemba Walker

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DALLAS (115) Parsons 3-9 0-0 7, Nowitzki 7-12 6-7 22, Chandler 6-8 10-12 22, Rondo 6-14 0-0 13, Ellis 5-17 4-4 15, Villanueva 7-13 0-0 18, Jefferson 0-1 1-2 1, Harris 1-5 1-2 3, Smith 2-2 2-2 6, Barea 4-7 0-0 8, Powell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-88 24-29 115.

PHOENIX (124) Tucker 5-8 3-5 15, Mark.Morris 4-9 0-0 9, Len 6-9 5-7 17, G.Dragic 10-17 3-5 25, Bledsoe 6-19 3-3 16, Marc.Morris 2-6 0-0 4, Plumlee 1-4 2-4 4, Green 7-13 2-2 22, Thomas 3-12 5-6 12. Totals 44-97 23-32 124.

Dallas 26 19 29 41 — 115 Phoenix 25 28 36 35 — 124 3-Point Goals-Dallas 9-25 (Villanueva 4-9, Nowitzki 2-3, Rondo 1-1, Ellis 1-4, Parsons 1-5, Barea 0-1, Harris 0-2), Phoenix 13-33 (Green 6-9, Tucker 2-3, G.Dragic 2-6, Mark.Morris 1-2, Thomas 1-5, Bledsoe 1-7, Marc.Morris 0-1).

Fouled Out-Rondo, Len. Rebounds-Dallas 58 (Chandler 14), Phoenix 56 (Bledsoe 10). AssistsDallas 22 (Rondo 8), Phoenix 30 (Bledsoe 11).

Total Fouls-Dallas 27, Phoenix 26. TechnicalsDallas Coach Carlisle. A-18,055 (18,055).

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THE 2014 JOURNAL-WORLD ALL-AREA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TEAM, FROM LEFT: NAOMI HICKMAN, FREE STATE; Alexia Stein, Baldwin; Corey Valentine, Baldwin; Paige Corcoran, Free State; Reilly Malone, Seabury; Player of the Year Ashley Sparks, Wellsville; Coach of the Year Jill Brown, Baldwin; Caroline Dykes, Lawrence; Kenna Hall, De Soto; Jordan Hoffman, Baldwin; Karly Patton, Wellsville.

Player of the Year Ashley Sparks, Wellsville Sparks capped off her four-year varsity career by leading the Eagles in nearly every statistical category this season. She earned first-team all-state and allPioneer League honors for her play, which led Wellsville to fourth place at the Class 3A state tournament.

First Team Paige Corcoran, Free State — Corcoran was a reliable libero for the Firebirds, leading the team with 245 digs this year and a 2.04 passer rating.

She was a first-team AllSunflower League selection and signed to play at Johnson County Community College next year.

Caroline Dykes, Lawrence — Dykes was the Coach of the Year focal point of the Lions’ Jill Brown, Baldwin offensive attack this year, The Bulldogs reached with a team-high 246 kills the state tournament for and a .304 hitting percentthe first time in 10 years, age. The junior first-team losing in three sets to Clay All-Sunflower League pick Center in the Class 4A-II also added 90 digs, 26 serstate championship. It was vice aces and a team-best the fourth-winningest sea- 41 blocks. son in program history, led Kenna Hall, De Soto by seniors Jordan Hoffman, — A three-year starter Alexia Stein and Corey for the Wildcats, Hall was Valentine. dominant in her final prep

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want to get to the games.

Around this time, it’s good to look at things you need to improve on after the first couple of games.

Going into a tough league schedule it’s time that can really become helpful for us.”

KU’s Big 12 opener is Jan. 7 at Baylor. l Self on KU’s 9-2 start: “I didn’t put a number on it (before season). The schedule has been hard.

We’ve done some really good things for a young team. I also think we’ve done some things pretty poorly, too, regardless of age. We have to tighten some things up. One thing about playing a hard schedule, it tells you who you are. It exposes you.

We have to tighten up some things to get ready for conference play.”

Of scheduling, he added: “I think there is a strategy to scheduling.

There’s an RPI strategy.

There’s a record strategy. There’s a confidence strategy. There’s little things like how much preparation before certain teams. Georgetown was a smart scheduling game for us. We played Friday and Wednesday and that gave us four complete days to prepare.

They are completely different than anybody else.

If it had been one-day prep it would have been much harder.”

KU had little prep time for Temple after playing Lafayette on Saturday.

season, leading her team to the Class 4A-I state tournament. The Cowley County Community College signee was a firstteam All-Frontier League selection with 278 kills, 82 blocks and 48 aces.

Naomi Hickman, Free State — The Firebirds’ 6-foot-4 sophomore middle hitter was tough to stop when she got into a rhythm. Hickman picked up 163 kills throughout the season and earned firstteam All-Sunflower League honors for her play at the net.

Jordan Hoffman, Baldwin — The Washburn University signee led the Bulldogs with 420 kills, 46 aces and a 2.2 serve receive rating. A firstteam all-state and Frontier League selection, the

KU SCHEDULE Nov. 14 — UC Santa Barbara, W 69-59 (1-0) Nov. 18 — vs. Kentucky in Champions Classic in Indianapolis, L 40-72 (1-1) Nov. 24 ­— Rider in Orlando Classic at Allen Fieldhouse, W 87-60 (2-1) Nov. 27 — vs. Rhode Island in Orlando Classic, Orlando, Fla., W 76-60 (3-1) Nov. 28 — vs. Tennessee in Orlando Classic, Orlando, Fla., W 82-67 (4-1) Nov. 30 — vs. Michigan State in Orlando Classic, Orlando, Fla., W 61-56 (5-1) Dec. 5 — Florida, W 71-65 (6-1) Dec. 10 — at Georgetown, W 75-70 (7-1) Dec. 13 — Utah at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., W 63-60 (8-1) Dec. 20 — Lafayette, W 96-69 (9-1) Dec. 22 — at Temple, L 52-77 (9-2) Dec. 30 — Kent State, 7 p.m.

Self, however, said he watched extensive film on the Owls and he and his players were aware of the opponent’s tendencies.

KU will also play Saturday/Monday games in the upcoming Big 12 season.

“I think we say, ‘Let’s just play a good schedule.

Let’s play teams that will finish real high in their conference, have a chance to play in the NCAA Tournament eventually.’ If you do those things, your RPI will finish pretty high,” Self said. l Embiid attitude is positive: Former KU center Joel Embiid, an injured rookie with the Philadelphia 76ers, recently put a smile on the face of his coach, Brett Brown.

“It was one of the greatest things a young player

Jan. 4 — UNLV, 12:30/3:30 p.m.

Jan. 7 — at Baylor, 8 p.m.

Jan. 10 — Texas Tech, 2 p.m.

Jan. 13 — Oklahoma State, 6 p.m.

Jan. 17 — at Iowa State, TBA Jan. 19 — Oklahoma, 8 p.m.

Jan. 24 — at Texas, 1 p.m.

Jan. 28 — at TCU, 8 p.m.

Jan. 31 — Kansas State, 1 p.m.

Feb. 2 — Iowa State, 8 p.m.

Feb. 7 — at Okla. State, 1 p.m.

Feb. 10 — at Texas Tech, 8 p.m.

Feb. 14 — Baylor, noon Feb. 16 — at West Virginia, 8 p.m.

Feb. 21 —TCU, 3 p.m.

Feb. 23 — at Kansas State, 8 p.m.

Feb. 28 — Texas, TBA March 3 — West Virginia, 8 p.m.

March 7 — at Oklahoma, TBA March 11-14 —Big 12 tournament at Kansas City, Mo.

has said to me. I asked Joel Embiid who are the players in the league you look at and really aspire to be like,” Brown told csnphilly.com. “He said Al Jefferson and my jaw almost fell to the floor. Al is just so old-school, and clearly Joel was saying I want to be a post player.

“That is a dying breed and Al is one of the best.

He is so skilled on the block, and when Joel said that, I loved him even more.”

Embiid may return in February from foot surgery, or may make his debut at the start of next season.

“He is a stone-cold centerpiece, a crown jewel to a program when you can post him. The other stuff is gravy,” Brown told csnphilly.

middle hitter was second on the team with 180 digs, had 38 blocks, and finished with a .290 hitting efficiency.

Reilly Malone, Seabury — One of the top volleyball players in school history, Malone led the Seahawks with 279 kills, a .213 hitting percentage, 20 blocks and 285 digs, breaking the school’s singleseason kills record. Her leadership helped Seabury to 19 wins this season.

Karly Patton, Wellsville — Only a sophomore, Patton improved her defense this season and it made a world of difference. The Eagles’ outside hitter had 377 kills and 207 digs this year, while adding 32 stuff blocks. She earned second-team all-state

honors and was named to the state all-tournament team.

Ashley Sparks, Wellsville — The Baker University signee broke the Eagles’ all-time career kills record and led her team to the state tournament three times in her career. Sparks, a 5-foot-7 outside hitter, finished with a team-high 459 kills and 259 digs this season.

Alexia Stein, Baldwin — A first-team all-state selection, Stein was a dominant middle hitter with 351 kills at a .300 hitting efficiency. The 6-foot-1 senior also led the Bulldogs with 45 blocks while adding 40 aces and 78 digs, lifting her team to 66 wins over the past two seasons.

Corey Valentine, Baldwin — The Bulldogs’

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star running back was bottled up for no gain, and the Chiefs instead took a four-point deficit into the half.

“We just couldn’t get it,” Charles said, “and the Steelers defense, they wanted it more than us, I think. Somebody came free, and he made the play.”

On drives, there was the Chiefs’ inability to pick up that critical first down. But perhaps more crippling, they had to resort to a trio of field goals when drives stalled in the red zone.

“Poor execution happened sometimes and got ourselves in some bad situations. Other times, I felt like we flowed and were moving the ball, staying on schedule, ahead of the chains, but then in the red zone we would have a negative play, a sack or something,” quarterback Alex Smith said. “So many little things make a difference down there and they get magnified.”

It all added up to an inability to finish the game.

Kansas City closed to 17-9 on Cairo Santos’s third field goal early in the fourth quarter.

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of its final two games, and their AFC West brethren Oakland took care of that on Sunday.

“We’re not even looking at it like that,” wide receiver Dwayne Bowe said. “We’re just trying to get better at what we do, and if the chips fall like they may that’s great.”

Kansas City has not been to the playoffs in back-to-back years since 1994 and ’95.

Lost in this whole mess is that the Chiefs (8-7) have won just once in their past five games, a precipitous decline that closely mirrors last season. Kansas City began 9-0 in Andy Reid’s first season but won just two of its final seven games, limping into the postseason.

Ever since the Chiefs collapsed in the second half of a 45-44 loss to Indianapolis in the first round, they’ve repeated the mantra of “finish.”

In the largest sense, they’ve been referring to the entire season, but in a smaller sense, they mean games, drives and even individual plays.

They failed to finish anything on Sunday.

On individual plays, there was the gamble that Reid took to go for it on fourth-and-inches at the Pittsburgh 12 late in the first half.

Reid could have kicked a field goal to get within 10-9 at the break, but instead had Jamaal Charles run over left tackle. His

senior setter had 845 assists for the Class 4A-II state runner-up. Valentine, a first-team all-state and Frontier League pick, also had an impressive 73 kills as a setter to go along with 128 digs, 38 aces and a 2.2 serve receive rating.

Honorable Mention Ellen Almanza, Seabury; Lacey Billings, Veritas Christian; Rebecca Boyd, McLouth; Makaila Garcia, Eudora; Rachel Harding, Oskaloosa; Aubri Hinkle, De Soto; Catie Kaifes, Mill Valley; Allie Knapp, Free State; Brette Moore, Ottawa; Emily Newhouse, Wellsville; Alicia Pickett, Mill Valley; Joelle Schiffelbein, Perry-Lecompton; Kelsey Simmons, Santa Fe Trail.

— Bobby Nightengale

Ex-Jayhawks Talib, Harris Pro Bowl selections J-W Staff Reports

Former Kansas University players Chris Harris and Aqib Talib, starting cornerbacks in KU’s 2008 Orange Bowl victory over Virginia Tech, both were selected to the NFL Pro Bowl roster, the league announced on Tuesday.

Harris, who, according to Pro Football Focus, leads all NFL corners a 26.0 overall grade, was selected for the first time.

Talib, who leads Denver with four interceptions and two pick-sixes this season, was selected for the second time.

Harris and Talib were two of the league-best nine Broncos named to the Pro Bowl roster.

This season’s Pro Bowl will be played Jan. 25 at the University of Phoenix in Glendale, Arizona — the same place where Super Bowl XLIX will be played a week later.

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Thundering Herd rolls over Northern Illinois Boca Raton, Fla. (ap) — Rakeem Cato capped a record-setting career by tying an NCAA mark for touchdown passes and throwing for three scores to help Marshall beat Northern Illinois 52-23 Tuesday night in the inaugural Boca Raton Bowl.

Cato extended his streak of throwing at least one touchdown pass to 46 consecutive games.

That tied the NCAA alldivision record set by Central Washington’s Mike Reilly.

As usual, Cato’s favorite target was fellow senior Tommy Shuler, who made 18 receptions for 185 yards and a score.

Shuler broke the Conference USA record for career receptions with 322.

Cato increased his season total to a school-record 40 touchdown passes. He threw for scores of 6 yards to Shuler, 11 yards to Angelo Jean-Louis and 27 yards to Deon-Tay

McManus. All of those touchdowns came in the second half.

Cato completed 25 of 37 passes for 281 yards and ran 5 yards for a score.

Marshall finished 13-1, with its lone loss to Western Kentucky, 67-66 in overtime. Northern Illinois finished 11-3. The game drew a crowd of less than 15,000 in Florida Atlantic’s 30,000-seat stadium.

Cato and Shuler were high school teammates in nearby Miami, and they played their final college game before a large throng of family and friends. All seven of Cato’s completions in the first half went to Shuler.

Cato wore No. 31 instead of his familiar No. 12 to honor teammate Evan McKelvey, who sustained a season-ending knee injury in October.

Deandre Reaves scored Marshall’s first touchdown on a 93-yard kick-

going to do that again,” Bobo cracked at a news conference Tuesday, surrounded by his wife, Lainie, and their five children. “I’m a Colorado State Ram through and through.”

Bobo steps in for Jim McElwain, who led the Rams to their fourth 10win regular season before leaving for Florida.

This was actually the first position Bobo really pursued, taking a sign he recently saw as, well, a sign. He was recruiting

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off return. Devon Johnson ran for 131 yards and a score for the ThunderNFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE ing Herd, who totaled 505 College Football Bowls East Tuesday, Dec. 23 yards

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9:30 p.m. (ESPN)

W L T Pct PF PA Wednesday, Dec. 24 They outgained Marshall y-Indianapolis 10 5 0 .667 431 359 Bahamas Bowl in the first half but trailed Houston 8 7 0 .533 349 290 At Nassau Jacksonville 3 12 0 .200 232 389 Western Kentucky (7-5) vs. Central 24-13 because they settled Tennessee 2 13 0 .133 244 411 Michigan (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN) 12 Women for field goal tries three Big North Hawaii Bowl

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W L T Pct PF PA 0 0 9 2 noon (ESPN) y-Denver 11 4 0 .733 435 340 four plays later when Ar- Iowa State 0 0 7 2 Quick Lane Bowl San Diego 9 6 0 .600 341 329 At Detroit 0 0 8 4 nold Blackmon stopped Kansas Kansas City 8 7 0 .533 334 274 TCU 0 0 7 3 Rutgers (7-5) vs. North Carolina Oakland 3 12 0 .200 239 405 (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Cameron Stingily for no Oklahoma 0 0 5 5 NATIONAL CONFERENCE Monday’s Games St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl gain on fourth and 1.

East West Virginia 96, Ohio State 54 UCF (9-3) vs. N.C. State (7-5), 8 p.m.

The Thundering Herd

W L T Pct PF PA Creighton 84, Kansas 81, OT (ESPN) 11 4 0 .733 423 335 Kansas State 68, Abilene Christian y-Dallas mounted touchdown Saturday, Dec. 27 Philadelphia 9 6 0 .600 440 374 Military Bowl drives of 56, 68 and 70 53 N.Y. Giants 6 9 0 .400 354 366 At Annapolis, Md. Washington 4 11 0 .267 284 394 yards on consecutive NBA Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Cincinnati South (9-3), noon (ESPN) possessions in the second EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pct PF PA Sun Bowl Atlantic Division Carolina 6 8 1 .433 305 371 half to lead 38-20.

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W L T Pct PF PA 4 23 .148 17 Miami (6-6) vs. South Carolina (6-6), seasons for the first time Philadelphia x-Detroit 11 4 0 .733 301 252 Southeast Division x-Green Bay 11 4 0 .733 456 328 3 p.m. (ESPN2) since 2001-02.

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Mike Bobo takes over at CSU Fort Collins, Colo. (ap) — Only once did Mike Bobo accidentally refer to his old place when he meant his new one.

Not bad considering the new head coach at Colorado State played quarterback at Georgia and then was an assistant for 14 seasons with the Bulldogs, including the last eight as offensive coordinator.

Old habits are simply hard to break.

“I promise you I’m not

Big 12 Men

Chicago at Minnesota, noon Cleveland at Baltimore, noon Dallas at Washington, noon N.Y. Jets at Miami, noon Buffalo at New England, noon Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, noon New Orleans at Tampa Bay, noon Carolina at Atlanta, 3:25 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.

St. Louis at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.

Oakland at Denver, 3:25 p.m.

Detroit at Green Bay, 3:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled Thursday’s Games Washington at New York, 11 p.m.

Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 1:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Miami, 4 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

for Georgia and visiting a player whose dad happened to be a football coach. There was a sign in the office that read, “get comfortable being uncomfortable.”

Soon after, he was contacted by Colorado State, one of about 12 or 13 candidates the school was considering.

Bobo just kept rising to the top because, “he has a fire in his belly to win football games,” interim athletic director John Morris said.

Atlanta 21 Washington 19 Miami 13 Orlando 11 Charlotte 10 Central Division

W Chicago 19 Cleveland 17 Milwaukee 14 Indiana 10 Detroit 5 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W Memphis 21 Houston 20 Dallas 20 San Antonio 18 New Orleans 14 Northwest Division

W Portland 23 Oklahoma City 13 Denver 12 Utah 9 Minnesota 5 Pacific Division

W Golden State 23 L.A. Clippers 19 Phoenix 16 Sacramento 12 L.A. Lakers 8

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At Bronx, N.Y. Boston College (7-5) vs. Penn State (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl At San Diego Nebraska (9-3) vs. Southern Cal (8-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 29 Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

West Virginia (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (7-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Clemson (9-3) vs. Oklahoma (8-4), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Texas Bowl At Houston Texas (6-6) vs. Arkansas (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 30 Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.

Notre Dame (7-5) vs. LSU (8-4), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. Louisville (9-3) vs. Georgia (9-3), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Fosters Farm Bowl At Santa Clara, Calif.

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Banana pancakes Candied bacon

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Well, break it out, because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m using the month of December to indulge my love of gingerbread.

Ginger-Cherry Bites With Meringue For the cookies 3 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon ground ginger 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1/3 cup butter 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 3 egg yolks 1/2 cup molasses 1 tablespoon vanilla For the topping 1-2 jars maraschino cherries 3 egg whites 6 tablespoons sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt Directions Cut the butter into your mixer bowl and let it soften to room temperature. Toss in the egg yolks and cream them together. Add the molasses and

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Audrey Lintner vanilla and blend it all together until itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice and smooth.

In a smallish mixing bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves.

With your mixer running at low speed, start adding the dry ingredients, about half a cup or so at a time. Word of warning: do not stand with your face directly over the mixer as you add the flour. Breathing in powdered ginger makes your lungs stand up and take notice. They also threaten to go on strike.

Once all of the flour mixture has been incorporated into the butter mishmash, wad it into a ball and wrap it in plastic wrap.

Shove it into the fridge for a few hours or overnight. This is an important step; gingerbread dough sticks like glue, and the resting time will help reduce that particular little irritation.

Once youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ready to bake,

crank up your oven to 375 F. Drain the maraschino cherries and leave them to roll around on a paper towel for a bit. Line the cavities of a 24-count mini muffin pan with paper liners. Trust me on this. Remember the sticking issue? Paper cups keep you from having to chisel the gingerbread out of the pan, and they keep your spouse from having to buy you a new pan when you hurl the gingerbread-encrusted old one through a window.

Pinch off chunks of dough and roll them into (more or less) 1-inch balls. Drop one into each paper cup and flatten them slightly. Bake for 10 minutes. When you take them out of the oven, poke each one with a finger to make a dent in the top. Let them cool for a few minutes in the pan and shift them to a cookie sheet.

Heat the egg whites, salt and 6 tablespoons of sugar until warm to the touch, then beat the mixture on high speed until stiff and glossy.

Place a maraschino cherry into each gingerbread dent. Pipe a swirl of meringue on top of each cookie, being sure to cover the entire cherry. Brown them slightly in the oven, cool,and serve. You can store leftovers in an airtight container, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t count on having any.

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Easy Thai Chicken Soup

Thai chicken soup a ‘marry me’ recipe

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y friends and I all agree that it’s important to have a “Marry Me” meal in our cooking reper-

toires.

For Kiley, it’s a chickenfried steak/mashed potato/ Brookville corn situation.

For me, at least as far as I know, it was manicotti that brought my husband to the alter all those years ago. For Amber, it’s Thai chicken soup.

Amber is so certain of the husband-catching qualities of this soup, I had to go ahead and try to make some for myself. Not because I’m in the business of catching

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Megan Stuke husbands, but because if it is good enough for the eligible bachelors of Lawrence, it must be good enough for me.

I’m not sure if this is just like Amber’s recipe, but it includes a lot of things I

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Not everything for New Year’s Eve needs to be fussy, bubbly or frilly. It’s OK to ring in 2015 with something richer, smokier and deliciously darker.

So we started with a stiff pour of Scotch whisky. To dress it up for the occasion — it is a celebration, after all — we spiked it with ice cider, apple brandy and a splash of lemon juice.

The result is a bold, lightly sweet indulgence that is just right to set a festive mood.

To go with it, we slowly candied some bacon. This is bacon so good it will haunt you. The process is slow, but effortless. Just be sure to get thick-cut bacon. You want meaty and bold for this.

Easy Thai Chicken Soup Ingredients 2 tablespoons panang curry (or whatever you like)

2 cans coconut milk (I use light) 2 cups chicken broth 2 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons peanut butter 4 large chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces (or if you prefer dark meat, do 6 or 7 thighs) 1 red bell pepper, julienned 1 onion, sliced 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced 1/2 cup shredded carrots (you can buy them pre-shredded in the bag; I recommend) 1/2 cup soy sauce 1 tablespoon chili garlic paste 1 cup frozen peas 1 fresh lime

Cilantro for garnish Cooked white rice (I like jasmine for this) Spicy stuff as needed — I like to jazz mine up with Sriracha

Directions Mix the wet ingredients and spices together in the slow cooker bowl. Add the chicken and vegetables and cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 6 to 7.

Serve over rice and garnish with lime, cilantro, and additional hot stuff.

— Megan Stuke is a working mom, a practical cook and an impractical hostess.

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love. Also, it’s a slow-cooker recipe, which Amber and I both love. And it’s full of spicy, lime-y, cilantroy goodness, which are all things that are directly in my wheelhouse.

It requires a bit of chopping, but beyond that it’s a fantastic one-pot meal good enough for company and this makes it an extremely attractive main dish.

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Candied bacon and winter orchard Scotch

Slow Candied Bacon

Start to finish: 2 hours 15 minutes (15 minutes active) Servings: 10 1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1 teaspoon ground mace 20 ounces thick-cut bacon Heat the oven to 250 F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil.

In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar, red pepper flakes and mace.

Arrange the bacon in a single layer in the prepared baking sheet. The bacon can touch, but should not overlap. Spread the brown sugar mixture evenly over the bacon, covering all the Winter Orchard slices. Bake for 2 hours.

Allow the bacon to rest Scotch for 10 minutes in the pan Can’t find ice cider? before transferring to a Substitute ice wine. wire rack to finish cooling.

Start to finish: 5 minutes Store in an airtight container Servings: 1 between sheets of kitchen 1 1/2 ounces Scotch parchment or waxed paper. whisky Nutrition information 1 ounce ice cider per serving: 340 calories; 1/2 ounce apple brandy 200 calories from fat (59 1/2 teaspoon lemon percent of total calories); juice 23 g fat (8 g saturated; 0 g Combine all ingredients trans fats); 35 mg cholesin a double old fashioned terol; 28 g carbohydrate; glass. Stir, then add an ice 0 g fiber; 27 g sugar; 7 g cube, if desired. protein; 380 mg sodium.

ach year on Christmas morning, my family always, always, always has a big breakfast.

Homemade scones.

Omelet casserole. A enormous bowl of fruit salad. Mom-mixed hot chocolate. Lemon poppy seed bread.

It’s a spread. And it’s something my parents have been doing for decades.

To me, the act of eating breakfast is almost often more memorable than the annual present exchange. Maybe this is because I associate these foods with Christmas and have a hard time believing it’s Christmas Day without the presence of a Plain Jane Scottish scone. Or maybe it’s just because it’s a delicious memory. Whatever the reason, a large breakfast is Christmas to me.

This year, there will be scones, yes. And fruit salad. But we’ve decided to diverge a bit with our entree and go with our son’s Sunday morning favorite: pancakes. But pancakes with a twist.

We don’t make your basic, dry-as-a-bone Bisquick pancakes. Oh, no. Homemade is definitely the way to go. And it’s worth it every single Sunday.

If you’ve never made homemade pancakes, they’re easy to do and taste delicious.

And these pancakes are hearty and mildly sweet thanks to the addition of a banana to the batter. In fact, these suckers are so good, I’ve been known to eat leftover pancakes

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Sarah Henning cold while standing in the kitchen minutes before hitting the hay for the night. OK, maybe I did that once. Usually, there aren’t any leftovers.

For an extra bit of holiday fun, I’ve also included instructions on how to make these into Christmas-specific pancakes using cookie cutters.

Homemade Banana Holiday Pancakes Ingredients 2 1/2 cups flour 1 small banana or half a large banana 2 cups hemp milk (can sub in almond or skim milk) 2 tablespoons coconut sugar or brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking soda Directions Coconut oil (If you don’t have coconut oil, don’t make a special trip to the store, just use vegetable oil) In a small bowl, mash the banana and set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. Make a well in the middle and fill with the

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Homemade Holiday Banana Pancakes mashed banana and milk of choice. Stir together until just mixed.

Heat a tablespoon or so of coconut oil in a skillet.

Pour pancake batter into the skillet, making the pancakes about the size of a fist. Flip when just brown.

Let pancakes rest on a large plate as you finish up with the dough. When all the dough has been used, cut the pancakes into fun shapes using holiday cookie cutters, starting with the coolest pancakes first.

Top with real maple syrup and festive fruit toppings like pomegranate seeds, clementine sections or sliced bananas. Serves three to four.

Tip: Save back the extra bits of pancakes and serve the next day torn into pieces for a bit of post-holiday “pancake” cereal. Just put the pieces in a bowl and top with maple syrup and enjoy.

— Sarah Henning is a writer, blogger, vegetarian and mom.

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MERCHANDISE PETS TO PLACE AN AD:

AUCTIONS Auctions PUBLIC AUCTION Sun., Dec. 28 @ 11:00 AM Franklin Co Fairgrounds Celebration Hall 17th St, Ottawa, KS

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Computer-Camera

Furniture

Lawn, Garden & Nursery

TV-Video

AMD ATHLON 2.00GHz WIN- For Sale: Free desk in For Sale: 32” Sony DOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM good condition. Please Z445 John Deere, 0 turn, flatscreen TV, 2 years old, desktop computer. Works call 785-760-1274.

54” cut, 24hp Kawasaki works good, buying a flawless, but NOT wireless. one, $85.

Call motor, 104 hours, larger CLEAN for $100 cash. Large Small Hutch Bamboo style, $4000/OBO. 785-691-6641 785-760-1481 monitor, keyboard/mouse 6ft H x 41in W x 18in D sold separately and cheap. glass doors & side windows, 3 top shelves 2 bot785-843-7205 Machinery-Tools tom shelves, 2 drawers, For Sale: Dell Intel Pentium $100. 785-550-4142 before laptop, CD burner, WiFi, bat- 4 pm For Sale: New 3” Honda tery backup & mouse. Comes Trash Pump, $275. Call TJ with carrying case. Never Bivins at 785-883-2970 used. asking $100, cash only, Gift Ideas no refunds. Any questions Pets call 913-215-1380 Miscellaneous

PETS

Additional photos being added-many boxes to unpack during Saturday setup.

Christmas Plates “The TOOLS, GARDENING, Twelve Days of Christ- For Sale: Powered lift reFirewood-Stoves OUTDOOR, STONEWARE, mas” by the Imperial cliner, excellent condiCOLLECTIBLES Glassware Company. First tion, everything works, Antiques & primitives; inFirewood: Mixed hard- plate issued in 1970. Have $100.

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Elvis Presley Memorabilia For Sale: Safe door from ELECTRONICS, FURNITURE, Newspapers: “The Com- old Kansas Construction HOUSEHOLD mercial Appeal”, from office in N. Lawrence.

Many NIB electrical & elecClothing Also, 8’X2’ Memphis, TN for August $1000/OBO. tronic items; nice like new 18, 1977;” Modern People water tank, $150, 2 old exercising equip; much street lights, $200/ea, 2 Magazine: Elvis Presley”, more.

Hiking boots boy’s.

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Elvis Presley 45 rpm recAuctioneer to forever home! or two L P Rhino Gas go Wolverine brand, gore ords Collector Series, Lim913-710-7111 tanks $15 for one, $25 for 7858458966 tex. Size 10.5. Like new. ited Edition by RCA, all ottoauctioneering.com two 785-550-4142 (am, pls) $40.00. 785-842-8776. with original covers, and 1 AKC German Shepherd Premium Hardwood FireRCA (EP) Viva Las Vegas. puppies. All shots & wood. Seasoned, split, & All in good condition.

Music-Stereo worming. 12 weeks old. delivered in & around $250.00 for complete col$350/400. 785-408-6818 Lawrence. Full sized lection. 785-691-5947 pickup load $100. two drumsets pearl export Same/next day delivery BLUE HEALER PUPS Wooden shoe-trees: two series and tama rockstar Monday - Friday sets of wooden shoe trees drumset for sale. $300 3 Male & 3 Female. Born SunflowerClassifieds.com 785-843-TREE (8733) $15.00 for one, $25.00 for (pearl) and $350 (tama) 11/9/14. Working parents.

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Special Notices Anyone interested in becoming a sports official (referee, umpire, etc.)

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PUBLIC NOTICES TO PLACE AN AD: (FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE LAWRENCE DAILY JOURNALWORLD THE 10TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2014) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS DIVISION ONE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BETTIE L. EMERY, Deceased No. 2014-PR-203 NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that on November 21, 2014, a Petition To Probate Will And Issue Letters Testamentary Under The Kansas Simplified Estates Act has been filed in this Court by GARY W. EMERY, an heir-at-law and the Executor named in the Last Will and Testament of BETTIE L. EMERY. All creditors of BETTIE L. EMERY are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within four (4) months from the date of the first publica-

tion of this Notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

GARY W. EMERY Petitioner PREPARED BY: JOSHUA A. DECKER, #25583, of COFFMAN, DeFRIES & NOTHERN A Professional Association 534 S. Kansas Ave., Suite 925 Topeka, KS 66603-3407 Phone: (785) 234-3461 Fax: (785) 234-3363 E-mail: jdecker@cdnlaw.com Attorneys for Petitioner ________

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Case No. 14CV248 K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure (Title to Real Estate Involved)

LOT 14, IN BLOCK 3, OF Case No. 2014-JC-000112 THE REPLAT AND SUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 3 AND 4, K. A. J. IN SOUTHWEST ADDITION DOB: 12/22/2005, a male AN ADDITION TO THE CITY Case No. 2014-JC-000113 OF LAWRENCE, IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS. To: Bonnie L. Jones

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS

Defendants.

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Douglas, State of Kansas, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 14CV248, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auc(First Published in the tion and sell to the highest Lawrence Daily Journal- bidder for cash in hand at World, December 17, 2014) 10:00 AM, on 01/08/2015, the Jury Assembly Room IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF of the District Court loDOUGLAS COUNTY, cated in the lower level of KANSAS the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center buildWells Fargo Bank, N.A. ing, 111 E. 11th St., LawPlaintiff, rence, Kansas Douglas County Courthouse, the vs. following described real estate located in the Roxey Harmon (Deceased), County of Douglas, State of Roxey Harmon , et al., Kansas, to wit:

COMES NOW Petitioner, the State of Kansas, by and through counsel, Deborah Moody, Assistant District Attorney, and provides notice of a hearing as follows:

On the 5th day of January, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., each parent and any other person claiming legal custody of the minor children are required to appear for an adjudication and disposition hearing in Division 6 at the Douglas County Law Enforcement and Judicial Center, 111 E 11th Street., Lawrence, Kansas. Prior to the proceeding, a parent, grandparent or any other party to the proceeding may file a written response to the pleading with the clerk of court.

A petition pertaining to the parental rights to the children whose names appear above has been filed in this Court requesting the Court to find the children are each a child in need of care as defined in the Kan(First published in the sas Code for the Care of Lawrence Daily Journal- Children.

If the children World, December 17, 2014) are adjudged to be a child in need of care and the IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Court finds a parent to be DOUGLAS COUNTY, unfit, the Court may perKANSAS manently terminate that DIVISION SIX parent’s parental rights.

The Court may also make IN THE INTEREST OF: other orders including, but not limited to, requiring a L. D. J. parent to pay child supDOB: 08/19 /2002, a male port.

Each parent has a right to appear and be heard personally either with or without an attorney. Each parent has the right to be represented by an attorney and if the parent is financially unable to hire an attorney, the Court will appoint one if the parent submits an application for appointed counsel. Bethany Roberts, an attorney with the Kansas Legal Services in Topeka, Kansas, has been appointed as guardian ad litem for the children. Tracy Fredley, an attorney in Lawrence, Kansas, has been appointed as counsel for the father,

Respectfully Submitted, By: Shawn Scharenborg, KS #24542 Eric M. Lemp, KS #26178 Kelli N. Breer, KS #17851 Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis Office) 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 St. Louis, MO 63141 Phone: (314) 991-0255 Fax: (314) 567-8006 Email: elemp@km-law.com Attorney for Plaintiff ________

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

Keith Jones.

All parties are hereby notified that, pursuant to K.S.A. 60-255, a default judgment will be taken against any parent who fails to appear in person or by counsel at the hearing.

Deborah Moody #22679 Assistant District Attorney Petitioner ______

a primary election will be held on March 3, 2015, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

The deadline for candidates to file for office is Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at noon.

All filings occur at the County Clerk’s Office located in the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, Kansas.

Positions open: U.S.D. 497 Lawrence Public (First published in the School Board: (5) Open PoLawrence Daily Journal- sitions World, December 24, 2014) U.S.D. 491 Eudora Public School Board: (4) Open PoNOTICE OF SCHOOL sitions BOARD ELECTION U.S.D. 348 Baldwin City Public School Board (Pos. In accordance with K.S.A. #1, Pos. #2, Pos. #3, Pos. 25-2018(b), notice is #7 At-Large) hereby given that a General Election for School Witness my hand this 23rd Board Members in U.S.D. day of December, 2014.

497, U.S.D. 491, and U.S.D. 348 will be held at the Jameson Shew usual polling places in Douglas County Clerk Douglas County, Kansas. ______ Said General Election will be held on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, between the hours SunflowerClassifieds of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. for the positions as listed for the following boards of education in Douglas County, Kansas. If needed,

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Uncle worries about nephew going nowhere Dear Annie: I am a concerned uncle at an impasse. I have a young adult nephew who seems perfectly content not to go anywhere in life.

“Peter” wasn’t the smartest kid in school, but he managed to graduate. He now moves from job to job, never keeping one for more than six months.

He seems perfectly fine with living at home and visiting my elderly father in senior housing.

When I talk to Peter about his behavior, he pays no attention. He only wants to hang around and play video games and see friends who don’t help.

He doesn’t think

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times takes advantage of my dad, who is reluctant to see Peter’s faults. The kid really needs a hard dose of reality, but I can’t get through to him. I don’t want him to be like this and live in his mother’s house for Marcy Sugar and the rest of his life or, end up in trouKathy Mitchell worse, ble and be a burden on anniesmailbox@comcast.net society. Is there any way to enlighten him? very highly of him- — Run Out of Ideas self, though I tell him he is capable of being Dear Run Out: You anything he wants. He sound like a caring seems to be immature uncle, but Peter has to for his age and still in want this for himself, the self-gratification and he’s not there yet. stage. He has no in- It also doesn’t help terest in becoming an when others around adult, earning a pay- him enable his freecheck and moving out. loading, irresponI worry he some- sible behavior. This

‘Twas the night before Christmas programming ending Christmas Eve brings a glut of holiday movies, specials and episodes, and the bittersweet sensation that the much-anticipated holiday is both about to begin and soon to be over.

The frantic anticipation for the big tomorrow comes mingled with, if not overwhelmed by, so many backward glances. It’s interesting to note that of the three Christmas specials on network TV tonight, the “youngest” was created more than half a century ago.

NBC continues its tradition of airing the 1946 favorite “It’s a Wonderful Life” (7 p.m.).

The enduring appeal of this production surely rests on its audience’s affection and desire to separate the darkness from the light. Like many films directed by Frank Capra, “Life” has been considered “corn” by some. But while Capra’s movie does culminate in an angel getting his wings, it’s hardly Hallmark fluff. Without George Bailey’s desire to have never been born, a grim concept that leads to a suicide attempt, “It’s a Wonderful Life” would have no reason for being.

Ten years “younger” than Capra’s movie, the “I Love Lucy Christmas Special” (7 p.m., CBS) seems more dated.

Perhaps that’s because “It’s a Wonderful Life” didn’t become a holiday repeat TV tradition until the 1980s, while “Lucy” repeats have been part of the fabric of television for a solid 60 years.

Speaking of holiday traditions, this marks the 18th annual 24hour “A Christmas Story” (7 p.m., TBS) marathon. Like “It’s a Wonderful Life,” this movie was only a modest box-office success when it debuted in 1983.

According to the network, TBS first aired “A Christmas Story” in 1992. Between TBS, TNT and TCM, they have aired the film some 275 times. TNT first aired the 24-hour marathon in 1997. It moved to TBS in 2004.

Tonight’s other highlights

Morning show personalities and prime-time prognosticators gather for a “Fox & Friends Christmas” (7 p.m., Fox News Channel).

Three awkward dinners on “Modern Family” (8 p.m., ABC).

A reactor threatens to explode on “Scorpion” (9 p.m., CBS).

BIRTHDAYS Author Mary Higgins Clark is 87. Rock singer-musician Lemmy (Motorhead) is 69. Designer Kate Spade is 52. Singer Ricky Martin is 43. Author Stephenie Meyer is 41. “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest is 40. Rock singer Louis Tomlinson (One Direction) is 23.

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Wednesday, Dec. 24: This year you will be true to yourself. You will demonstrate unusual financial savvy. If you are single, you might meet someone of significance anywhere from summer on. If you are attached, the two of you struggle over making a major investment, perhaps in a home.

The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) You will act in an unexpected way with a friend.

You might not be cognizant of your behavior. Tonight: Where you want to be.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Others will be waiting for you to take the lead. You could be busy handling details that you might not be aware of their eyes on you. Tonight: A must appearance.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Your mind drifts to distant places. A conflict could occur around travel. Tonight: Help others get into the holiday spirit.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Reach out to a loved one. This person loves your attention, even if you are not aware of it. Tonight: Light the tree.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Others seem only too happy to please. No matter what you do, you’ll feel valued. Tonight: Go along with plans.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You might be overworked. A conversation with a loved one could be difficult.

includes his parents, who should be the first in line to handle this.

We recommend you stop trying to “enlighten” Peter and simply be a good role model for him. Demonstrate adult male behavior and the respect it engenders. Be someone he can turn to for help, and not another person in his life who is chastising him for coming up short.

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

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Tonight: Enjoy every last minute of tonight.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Your imagination seems to find a solution for every last-minute hassle. A partner could act in an unexpected way. Tonight: Let the fun begin!

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Make your focus your family. You might want to take your time with the last-minute details. Tonight: Invite a friend over.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You might be taking a situation too seriously. Lighten up, and know this will pass. Tonight: Enjoy your out-of-town company.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You’ll get past a problem with ease. Be careful with spending; otherwise, you might have regrets. Tonight: Make it easy.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You might be taken aback by the spontaneity of others. Your instincts could push you to initiate a conversation. Tonight: Beam in what you want.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) You might want some time away from the holiday celebrations. Know that you will have it soon enough. Tonight: Make it a low-key evening.

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy E. Parker December 24, 2014

ACROSS 1 50 percent 5 Middle Eastern faith 10 Crossing the Atlantic 14 Shavingcream ingredient 15 Material for uniforms 16 Bondsman’s contribution 17 Affluent 19 Gulf of ___ (Baltic bay) 20 Minimum union wage 21 Edge of night 23 Covenant receptacles 26 Composed 27 In a lavish manner 32 Stein serving 33 Breathing passages 34 Can’t do without 38 Confessional admissions 40 Indian monetary unit 42 Minimal rain 43 Nature trails 45 Mouse hazards 47 Call ___ day 48 Sitting pretty financially 51 Guaranteed winner 54 Like desert growth

55 Like some government contracts 58 Join forces 62 Not even a semipro?

63 Like a lottery winner 66 Meat cut 67 Prepare clams, perhaps 68 Big or bright thing 69 Pull along 70 Things in your state 71 Pretzel shapes DOWN 1 Fumbles for words 2 “Smart” guy 3 Name spelled out in a Kinks song 4 Egyptian farm laborer 5 Rocks in a tumbler?

6 Ship, to a skipper 7 Light rhythm 8 Another time 9 In vogue 10 Like some dictionaries 11 Goatlike antelope 12 Octopus leg count 13 Winged 18 Marsh wader 22 Spinks who beat Ali

24 “Sack” starter 25 Cloud layers 27 Barn door attachment 28 Pelvis bones 29 Lady’s counterpart, briefly 30 Legacy recipients 31 Exam compositions 35 Lake bordering Ontario 36 Show affection (with “on”) 37 Exchange of words 39 Kind of iron 41 Basilica area 44 Cut with small strokes

46 Play a banjo 49 Join the navy 50 Famous French impressionist 51 Bring to a near-boil 52 It may exist among thieves 53 Port of old Rome 56 “Do ___ others ...”

57 Crock-pot contents 59 “European” opening 60 ___ off (angry) 61 An unfledged or nestling hawk 64 “Star Wars” character Solo 65 Bad ___ (noted spa)

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A Child’s Life of Jesus

CHAPTER I One winter’s night, long, long ago, God, who made the moon and the rain and the rivers and the flowers and all the silvery stars and everything on earth and in the sky, did a new and wonderful thing.

He sent His own dear Son down from Heaven to join the world and live with people like you and me for a while.

The Son of God did not come as a grown man at first. He was born as a tiny baby, like all the rest of us.

And this is how it happened: There lived in a little town called Nazareth a man and his wife, called Joseph and Mary.

One morning when Mary was alone, an angel came into her kitchen and told her the big secret.

She was going to have a Son and God would be his Father.

And the name of her Son would be Jesus.

While Joseph lay asleep, the angel whispered the same secret to him.

So Mary and Joseph knew the greatest secret in the world.

The house where they lived in Nazareth had white walls and a round roof. It was a pretty house and Mary wanted her little Boy to be born there. But Jesus was born far away from the pretty house with the white walls.

That was because the king of the land made everybody leave home and come to another

town, where he could count the people and find out how many men there were.

So Mary had to ride a long way on an old gray donkey while Joseph held the reins and walked beside her. Joseph was so tired that his feet hurt and he and Mary could hardly keep awake when they got to the little town called Bethlehem. Every hotel and rooming house and every inn was crowded. There was no room for Mary and Joseph at the inn or anywhere else, except a stable. A red cow lived in the stable and every once in awhile said “moo.” A black hen lived there too, with a lot of yellow chicks a donkey and—and a little white lamb with its mother.

Joseph found a corner in the stable for his tired wife. He fixed

A Child’s Life of Jesus a bed for Mary on the stable floor. Her bed was just a pile of warm straw, and Joseph rolled up his coat to be her pillow.

She had no cradle for her little Son, so she had to put Him in a manger box full of oats for the donkey’s breakfast.

And there the little Son of God opened his soft kind eyes for the first time.

Joseph thanked God for the wonderful gift of the little Boy from Heaven. Joseph did not have a bed for himself. But he did not mind; he wanted to stay up all the first night and watch over the new-born baby and mother while they were sleeping.

When everything was quiet, and only Joseph was awake, he heard a knock at the stable door. Some strange men were outside. They were shepherds who took care of flocks of sheep on the hillside. They were tall, strong men and long staffs in their hands and their sunburned faces and dark eyes were kind.

All of them were breathing hard because they had run a long way and they were excited.

The shepherds told Joseph they wanted to come into the stable.

“Why?” asked Joseph.

Then they told him what had happened. While they were watching their flocks of sheep they saw a bright-colored light fill the whole sky. Then they saw angels in the clouds and heard them singing: “Glory to God...

“And on earth, peace...”

CHAPTER II One angel spoke to the shepherds: “Great news. A Saviour is born...Christ, the Lord.”

The shepherds could hardly believe their ears. Christ was born! That was the first Christmas Day. And the angels told the shepherds that the little Boy was in a stable, not far away from them and their flocks of sheep, and that He was the Son of God. This was great news. And the first to know it, outside of Mary and Joseph, were the shepherds, the poorest and gentlest of men.

They were the first strangers to understand that the Little Son of God was going to grow up and be a man and show people how to be kind and happy as God loves us all to be, before He would go home to His Father in Heaven.

Joseph told the shepherds the name of the Baby. It was Jesus.

The name Jesus means Saviour.

Jesus who was the Christ the Lord came to the world to save all of us from our mistakes.

The shepherds wanted to see Jesus, so Joseph let them kneel down by the manger and look with wonder at the tiny Boy with hair like golden fire lying asleep in the oats and barley. And the shepherds thought: “This is the most wonderful Baby ever born. With Jesus the Son of God as a friend, no one need ever be afraid of anything again.”

The shepherds laughed with joy, and hugged Joseph before they went back under the starry sky to tend their sheep.

Another night, Joseph heard three knocks at the stable door.

Three kings from far away wanted to see Jesus, because them too, knew that the little Boy was the Son of God. They had come a long distance on

camels because they had seen a great star in the East and followed it. They were sure the star would lead them to where the Saviour of the world was born. And it did.

The kings brought presents for the new-born Jesus, sweetsmelling little boxes and a big bag of golden money and laid them beside the manger. Those were the very first Christmas gifts in the world.

Then the three kings climbed up on their camels and rode away.

The same night the angel came again to Joseph in a dream. The angel said that the Boy Jesus was in danger. Joseph must take Jesus as far away as he could from another king who lived nearby. That king’s name was Herod. Herod was not brave like the three good kings. Herod was a big coward. He was afraid of the Baby in the manger. When people are afraid they often do cruel things. When Herod heard that a Boy was born in a stable under a bright star, and that angels in the sky sang about His birth, he said: “This little Boy is not like other boys. He might grow up and be king instead of me. I’d better send my soldiers after Him now.

But Herod was too late. The angel told Joseph just what to do.

He must lead Mary and her little son to a far-off land. It was a still dark night when the little family packed up to go. Mary, with Jesus in her arms, rode on the old gray donkey, while Joseph, as always, walked along side. Soon they left the sleeping town far behind in the night.

When daylight came, all around the family was dry land, with no grass, no trees, no water at all.

The land was called a desert. For more days than you have fingers and toes the family went across the desert until at last they came to another country called Egypt.

CHAPTER III For two more Christmases, Jesus and Mary had to stay in Egypt, although they did not like it there. But they were cheerful and made the best of it. Then the angel came back to Joseph in the dream and told him that Herod, the cowardly king, was dead. The little family could go home again, to their town which was called Nazareth.

Until now Jesus had never seen His real home, the pretty house on a green hill; the house that had white walls and a round roof. Jesus thought it was all beautiful, especially His home. It was poor but sweet and clean.

Joseph was a carpenter, and his workshop was in the front of the house. As the Boy Jesus grew, he loved to play in His father’s shop among yellow shavings and sawdust. Soon Jesus was tall and strong and began to help Joseph by learning to use the carpenter’s tools.

The man and the Boy sang together at their work while they hammered and sawed.

Sometimes Mary joined in their singing while she cooked supper in the kitchen at the back of the house. They all loved each other.

Of course, Jesus also helped His mother every day. In those olden times no house had spigots or running water as we do today, There was only one well in the center of town and everybody had to fetch water

from the well to the house.

Every morning, every noontime, every night, Jesus went to the well, filled His blue jug with water and carried it home to His mother Mary on His shoulder.

Jesus loved His playmates and their games. At play His winning or losing was all for the glory of His eternal Father. When He grew up He said, “I do always the things that please Him.” If He had one of Mary’s sweet cakes, and other boys hadn’t any, He always broke up His cake and gave a piece to each boy. Even then He knew that we should all treat others the way we want others to treat us.

When He grew up to be a big man, Jesus told grown-ups to live that way, too. Today we call it the Golden Rule of Jesus.

Everybody and everything was loved by Jesus: birds and dogs and even snakes and ants and flies and the little worms.

He treated them all kindly and gently.

On holidays, Jesus and Joseph and Mary may have gone sometimes on picnics, climbing the hills to the very top. We can think of them going on long hikes across the green fields among the wild red and yellow and orange flowers. Near Nazareth the wild flowers grow like a rainbow on the ground, even today.

Once when Jesus was about twelve years old, Mary and Joseph took Him on a long trip.

At last they came to a great city.

It was called Jerusalem. The little

family went to church in the beautiful Temple of God. It was all white marble and red cedar wood and gold.

When Mary and Joseph started for home they thought Jesus was following some friends. But that night around the campfire Mary missed her Son. No matter where she and Joseph looked, they could not find Jesus. They left the camp right away and rode back to Jerusalem.

CHAPTER IV Where do you think they found the Boy Jesus? In the Temple.

And what do you suppose He was doing?

He was talking to the eldest and wisest men, telling them about God. Only twelve years old. He was telling them grownup things they had never known before. Jesus was the only person in the world who could do such a thing, because He was not only a twelve-year-old boy He was God’s Son and He and His Father were One. There were tears in the dark eyes of Mary when she found Jesus. She had felt so sad, so lost without Him. But her Son said to her: “Don’t you know I must be about My Father’s work?”

Then Mary understood and smiled. He meant God’s work.

She put her arms around Him and Joseph dashed away his tears with the back of his hand and they all started back home.

For many years they lived in the white and green town of Nazareth. When Joseph was called home by God, Jesus took full care of His mother. Now He worked alone in the carpenter shop, and He missed singing with Joseph, but He and His mother Mary sang together.

Jesus was a wonderful carpenter and always had plenty of work and He had a great deal to think about: the work of helping all the people which someday soon He must begin.

In His heart, Jesus was waiting for God, His Father in Heaven to tell Him when to start, and one day He learned that the time had come.

That was when He heard about his cousin John. Far away in Jerusalem, John was talking to crowds of people. He was telling them to be sorry for their mistakes and to make up their minds to be kind to everybody.

He led them, one by one, into the River Jordan and covered their heads with water. That was called baptizing them. Baptizing was a sign that their souls and minds were clean now.

And John kept telling people that soon the Son of God Himself would come to talk to them.

So now Jesus said goodbye to His mother Mary for a while and walked the long, long road to where John was.

When John saw Jesus coming near he gave a shout of joy.

While Jesus stood in the river, John baptized Him, and a white dove flew overhead and all the people heard a voice from Heaven saying: “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.”

Next Jesus had to test Himself.

He walked out alone into the desert. For forty days and forty nights He stayed alone among the rocks and sand, and in all that time he had nothing to eat and nothing to drink. He had no bed, not even a pillow. At night it was piercing cold but He had no fire. Bears and wolves were nearby, making noises in the night.

When the long time was over, Jesus was very hungry and thirsty, but now He had to face the worst time of all. He heard a wicked voice, trying to make Him do wrong things, and not help the people. Why did the good Jesus suffer like that? He did it to show us all how to be strong.

CHAPTER V It is not easy to say “no” to something wrong. We have to be strong and brave to be good.

Jesus became a man to show us just how to be strong when we are tempted to do wrong.

He went hungry and thirsty for forty nights and forty days and then refused to do wrong.

He knew that everybody on earth is tempted to do wrong sometimes, especially when they are weakest.

The very next day, after a good hearty meal, Jesus began His work of talking to crowds of people and showing them how to be happy. From then on, He was never alone, In one place after another He met young men who loved Him and came with Him. They stopped their work.

They left their homes. They only wanted to be with Him and help Him as He walked from town to town. His friends were called Apostles.

A Child’s Life of Jesus These friends were all poor working men. Some, like John and Andrew were fishermen.

They sailed on the Lake of Galilee. Andrew had another brother who also followed Jesus.

His name was Simon, but Jesus liked to call him Peter, which means a rock. Philip came next and he brought along his chum, Bartholomew, also known as Nathanial. Others came later, including two named James.

With these followers, Jesus took the long walk home to Nazareth so that Mary, His mother, could meet His new friends. And right away, a strange thing happened. That night they all went to a house in a town called Cana. The young lady of the house was getting married and there was a happy wedding party. But something went wrong.

Mary came to Jesus and told Him the trouble. There was food for all but not enough wine for the people to drink. What could He do to help?

Jesus wanted to please His mother and to help the worried family. So He called the servants.

They carried in six red jars, each one taller than a boy and filled with water. Jesus prayed over the water and then told the people to taste it. They could not believe their own mouths. It was not just water anymore. It was the red juice of the grape, the sweetest they had ever tasted.

That was the first miracle of Jesus. A miracle is a wonderful happening that only God can do.

From that time on Jesus did many miracles. He touched a blind man’s eyes and the poor man could see, just as you and I can see. He laid His hands on men and women who were sick with a disease called leprosy and made them well again.

One day He stood in a house beside the body of a little girl.

The father and mother were crying, but Jesus touched her forehead and He said: “Arise my daughter” and all at once the dead little girl was alive again, being hugged and kissed by her father and mother. Then Jesus, who loved the little girl just as He loved everybody else, told the mother and father they must go to the kitchen right away and bring their hungry daughter something nice to eat.

Jesus always told people they must have faith. Faith is believing something you cannot see, but you are very sure of it just the same. You are very sure, like knowing that your father loves you and mother loves you. FAITH IN GOD INVITED MIRACLES. CHAPTER VI One day Jesus stood on the top of a hill and talked to the people. It was quite a large hill, almost a mountain. That is why is was called a mount.

He told the people that God is everybody’s Father in Heaven.

And everybody is a child of God. So that makes everybody else our brother and sister.

We must love God and all His children. If we do not love God and everybody, then He cannot be our Father in Heaven.

“First,” He said, “you must love the Lord your God, with all your heart.

“And you must love your neighbor as yourself.”

Jesus was talking to every girl and boy living today when He

said that.

Have you ever tried to love someone else the way you love yourself? We all love ourselves.

We treat ourselves kindly. I am very good to me. You are nice to yourself. You can forgive yourself anything. Oh, yes, we all love ourselves when we do wrong. But do we say: “Oh, he didn’t mean to smash my things.

Or run into me so hard” or do we say: “Oh, I’ll never speak to him again?”

Jesus, standing on the hilltop, said we must forgive everybody.

We must keep on doing it.

That is His way for us to be happy in mind and heart.

One day Jesus found another friend. He stopped at a place where a man was taking money from the people for taxes. The people did not like that man. But Jesus said to him, “follow me!”

And the man left his piles of money and followed Jesus. Jesus called him Matthew and soon Matthew wrote a part of the Bible that tells us the story of Jesus.

One day they were in a big crowd when Jesus suddenly said: “Who touched Me?” A sick old woman answered: “I did.

I touched Your robe because I was sure if I did that I would get well. And I am well.”

Jesus praised God for her faith. Over and over He told the people to have faith.

He always made friends with boys and girls, no matter how young they were. At His meetings, they would always try to get way up front. They wanted to be near to Him. Some people thought they were too young to know what Jesus was talking about. They thought the boys and girls ought to go away and play. But Jesus called the children to Him. He set one boy on His lap, and He said: “Let the children come to Me and do not forbid them, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.”

Which meant that the happy humility of unspoiled children is like a road to Heaven.

Unless you can be like little children there is no way for you to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.”

And the grown-ups knew just what He meant. They knew that boys and girls are ready to learn.

They obey. They are not too proud to ask for help, too.

CHAPTER VII One day Jesus taught everybody how to talk to our Father in Heaven. He gave us a prayer to say: “Our Father...”

God is not just my Father, or just your Father, He is ours, the Father of everybody.

“Our Father, Who art in Heaven...”

Heaven is our home where our Father is and we can only get there by loving Him. “Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name...”

God’s name is holy and we should say it lovingly.

“Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name.

Thy Kingdom come...”

When we all love Him, His kingdom will be everywhere.

Then there will be nobody doing anything wrong, but only goodness and spiritual joy.

“Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name.

Thy Kingdom come, Thy will

be done on earth as it is in Heaven...”

We all should do what God wants us to do here in this world just as the saints and angels do in Heaven.

“Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name.

Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread...”

We ask our Father for whatever we need. Just as you ask dad, who is your earthly father. Jesus told us that God is a good Father and will never forget us.

“Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name.

Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation...”

And that means: When we have pain or trouble, God can take it all away. Because with God all things are possible. And that is the prayer that taught: “Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name.

Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

CHAPTER VIII Soon Jesus added new friends to His band. One of the two men named James, and his brothers, Jude and Simon; another named Thomas, and Judas the twelfth and last. He was the weakest of them all.

So now there were the twelve men who lived and traveled with Jesus and heard and saw all the miracles. There was a new miracle almost every day.

Once when Jesus was preaching to five thousand people, He learned that they were all hungry. Many of them had come from far away just to hear Him, but they had brought no food along.

Andrew said: “There is a boy here with five loaves of bread and two small fishes. That is all we have, dear Master.”

Jesus did not seem worried.

He told everybody to sit down on the hillside. And He took the five fresh loaves of good-tasting bread and two fat, shiny fishes and He thanked God in Heaven for them. And He began to break the bread into pieces and told His helpers to pass them around. And somehow no one knew except Jesus there was enough bread and fish for all five thousand. Everybody had enough to eat. All they wanted.

When they were fed, and no one was hungry anymore, Jesus told His friends to gather up the crumbs. God will give us plenty

but we must never, never waste anything.

So they picked up the crumbs and the leftovers from those five loaves of bread and there was twelve baskets full.

Even more wonderful was the time Jesus walked on the water.

Some friends of His were riding in a boat on the lake. A black cloud came across the sky and a cold wind began to blow. The ship began to shake and to fill with water. It looked as if the ship was going to sink down to the bottom of the lake, and everybody on board would be drowned.

Jesus was walking on the shore. He saw his friends in danger, so He started to walk out to them. He walked right out on the water. He stood on the stormy lake as if it were the land. The people in the boat saw someone coming but could not see who he was.

“It is I,” said Jesus. “Be not afraid.”

At His word, the storm went away and all were saved.

He even let Peter get out of the boat and come to Him. As long as Peter had faith he could walk on the water, too. But he got scared, so of course, he began to sink down. But Jesus took his hand and kept him safe.

Because Jesus walked on the water and kept on healing the sick, and told the people such kind and wonderful things, the whole country was talking about Him. Nearly everybody loved Him. But a few did not. They were afraid that if they stopped doing wrong things as He asked them to do they could not be happy.

Everywhere He went, Jesus told people how to be good and happy. It is not enough just to be sorry for mistakes. We must try to make wrong things right.

A boy who steals his friend’s marbles must give them back.

If he loses the marbles, he must buy his friend some new ones.

If you hurt yourself, maybe by eating too much, you must not eat so much for a while.

CHAPTER IX When we do things that Jesus asks we feel just wonderful. We feel gay and glad just as He said we would.

He liked to tell stories to show what He meant, like the one about the Prodigal Son. (Prodigal means someone who wastes things.)

It is the story of two boys.

Their father was rich, and someday he meant to give his money to his sons. But one son did not want to wait. He was the prodigal. He asked for his part right away. And his father gave him the money.

With his pockets full, the prodigal son left his home and went far away. He wasted all he had. He spent it on foolish things. Soon his money was all gone. Then he was hungry and had nothing to eat. He was tired but he had no bed to sleep in.

He went to work feeding the hogs for a farmer. He had to eat the same food as the pigs. He had to sleep on a hard bench in the pen with the pigs. He was cold and had no blanket. He cried and wished he had stayed at home.

At last the prodigal son said to himself: “I will go back to my father’s house. I will ask my father to take me as his hired

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So he started to walk the long way back. For days he walked the hard dusty road. And when he was still a long way off from home, his father saw him coming. The father ran to meet the prodigal son and threw his arms about him and kissed him.

“I love you my dear son,” he said. “I am happy that you have come home to me.”

The father took off the son’s ragged clothes and put on him a fine new robe. And he put a gold ring on his finger.

We can all see for ourselves why Jesus told this happy story.

He wanted us to know that our Father in Heaven feels like that.

No matter how foolish we have been. He will always hug us to His breast if we will be sorry, and make no more mistakes, if we can help it.

One morning, Jesus, who loved animals and trees and flowers so much, told a story about the white, woolly lambs.

There was one in the stable where He was born remember?

Now that Jesus was a grownup man, He called Himself a Shepherd and the people were His sheep. This time He told the story of a shepherd who had a hundred sheep. One lamb did not stay near its mother but wandered away by itself and it got lost. It was a dark, cold night.

So what did the shepherd to about it?

The good shepherd left the ninety-nine good sheep in their warm shed while he went out in the cold and the dark to search for the foolish lamb that had lost itself. When the shepherd found his lost sheep, he gave a shout of joy. He lifted it up and put it on his shoulder and carried it back to the fold.

Then he called together all his neighbors and friends and said: “Come and be glad with me, for I have found the sheep that was lost and it was not eaten up by the wolves.”

Our Father in Heaven is like that good shepherd, Jesus said.

There is joy in Heaven, when one foolish person stops making mistakes.

CHAPTER X The people loved the stories Jesus told them. They loved Him more than anybody else in the world. The rulers of the country saw how the people loved Him and how they brought Him their sick to be healed. The rulers feared the people would want to make Jesus king. They were so scared that they decided to get rid of Jesus.

It was the Passover time. That is a great holiday, and comes about our Easter time. Jesus and His friends went to Jerusalem to celebrate. Jesus was riding on a donkey just like the one Mary and Joseph had when He was a little boy. Thousands of people met Him at the gates of the city.

They threw palm leaves down on the road in front of Jesus and the donkey to make a green carpet for Him and they sang to Him: “Glory Hosanna Blessed is the King of Israel who comes in the name of the Lord.”

The rulers were more scared than ever. They said to themselves: “The people call Him the king. The people love Him. Soon they will do only what He tells them and not what

we tell them. We will have to kill this Jesus.”

Jesus knew their cruel thoughts. He knew something worse. He knew that one of His own twelve friends would leave Him and help the cruel rulers to kill Him. And at the same time, Jesus said: “I shall leave you but I shall return to you.”

They did not know what he meant, but later they found out.

On Thursday night, Jesus sent all twelve to the upper room of a house in Jerusalem. They sat there and waited for Him. While they waited for Him they talked and soon they had an argument.

What do you suppose they were arguing about? Who would sit nearest Jesus! That was what each one wanted: to sit nearest Jesus.

When Jesus opened the door and saw what a quarrel was going on, He was sad. He took a bowl of water and a towel. One by one He washed the feet of each of the twelve. That was to show them how wrong it was to want to be greater than others.

Jesus is the Son of God. He is truly God as well as truly man, but He washed the feet of His friends. The person who does most to help others is nearest to the Son of God. Then Jesus sat down at a long table. All the twelve sat with Him. This was their Last Supper together. Jesus told them they would never eat together again.

His friends turned pale. Why did this have to be the Last Supper?

What was going to happen?

Jesus told them He was going to be killed. Who would kill Him? Rulers in Jerusalem who were afraid of Him. They wanted to catch Him that night, but these rulers did not know where Jesus stayed at night. One of the twelve friends, Jesus said, would tell His enemies where to look for Him. The friends began to ask: “Lord, is it I?” “Do you mean me?”

“Who is it Lord?”

Only Judas said nothing. He was the twelfth and the weakest.

He sat with one hand on the table. And Jesus said: “The hand of him who will betray me is on the table.”

The face of Judas turned very red first and then pale. He jumped up and ran out of the room.

CHAPTER XI When Judas fled from the scene of The Last Supper, Jesus turned to the others, the eleven who really loved Him, and who had been true to Him. He took a piece of bread and broke it.

He prayed and then gave a piece of bread to each of His eleven friends, saying to them: “This is My body. Take you and eat.”

He took some wine in a cup, wine made of the juice of good red grapes, and He blessed it and gave thanks to God while He passed the cup to His apostles and said: “This is My blood. Drink you this.”

And after they had each taken a sip He said: “Do this in memory of Me.” And today all over the world those of us who love Him take Holy Communion, as it is called, receiving His body and blood that we may become one with

Him die.

CHAPTER XII Jesus, looking down from the cross, prayed for all of them, even for the men who killed Him: “Forgive them, Father, they know not what they do.”

Mary, His mother, loved Him more than ever for those wonderful words. Yes, poor Mary, the mother of Jesus, stood at the foot of the cross and never took her eyes off her beloved Son. She saw Him die.

Now all who loved Jesus were crying. They wrapped His body in a sheet and laid it in a little stone house called a tomb. And they rolled a big stone against the door to keep His body safe from the wolves.

All Friday night and all day Saturday the stone lay fast against the door of the tomb.

On Sunday morning some of His friends came to the tomb to pray. But look! How can this be?

Something wonderful, something unbelievable has happened!

The stone is rolled away from the door of the tomb.

The tomb is empty.

The body is gone from the grave.

Where, then, is Jesus?

He is standing right there in the garden. Not dead, but living!

He has risen from the grave.

This Sunday when Jesus rose from the dead, was the first Easter. That was when He proved what He had told the people: That if we love God and our neighbors, there is no death, but life forever in Heaven with God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

the life of Jesus.

When the night was dark, Jesus asked the eleven to come with Him to a garden of olive trees. It was called the Garden of Gethsemane. That was where He often spent the night.

It was too dark to see anything in the garden. The moon was not shining. How could the men who wanted to kill Him ever find Him here? Jesus knelt down beside a big rock. He asked His friends to keep watch while He prayed. Then He talked to God. He knew that men were getting ready to kill Him. He asked God if He could stop the men from killing Him. But, He said, He would do whatever God wanted Him to. And that was to show us all how to pray. We ask God for what we would like to have, but tell Him we will give it up and not think about it, if He does not think it wise for us to have our own way.

While He was praying, Jesus heard a noise in the garden.

He looked around. His friends were not watching. They were all asleep on the damp, cold grass. Only Jesus was awake. He saw lights near the garden gate.

Soldiers were coming. Some carried burning staffs for lights.

Others held long swords in their hands. But the man who led them all to Jesus had no sword and no light. He was Judas. He came up to Jesus and kissed Him. That kiss was a signal to the

soldiers. Now they knew which one to arrest. The soldiers grabbed Jesus. They made Him their prisoner. They tied His hand with cords. They marched Him to a cell and then tried Him in court.

He had many judges to hear His case. What had He done wrong? He had healed the sick.

Was that wrong? No! He had made the blind see. Was that wrong? No! But He told people He was the Christ, the Son of God. The judges did not believe He was the Son of God. So they said “We will kill Him!” But they could not kill Him right away. They had to go to a man called Pilate. He was the governor. Pilate did not want to kill Jesus, but the crowd of frightened people yelled so loud that Pilate was scared, too. So he let them take Jesus away to kill Him. They were cruel to Jesus now.

They made a crown of thorns and put it on His head and the thorns cut His forehead and made Him bleed. They were making fun of Him because some people called Him their King. But Jesus was not a King of things. He was a King of the hearts of the people. They beat Jesus until He could hardly stand up. Then on Good Friday morning they nailed Him, hands and feet to a big wooden cross.

And they stood near to watch

For forty days more Jesus stayed on Earth. Many times He visited with His friends. He told them He must go back to Father in Heaven but that no one who loved Him would ever be alone again: “For I am with you always, even to the end of the world.”

That is what He promised them the day He left the world to be with His Father in Heaven.

And His promise of life forever was for you and for me and for everybody. That is the secret of the wonderful story of Jesus.

The wonderful Boy who was born in a stable came to earth to help people to be happy not just the people who lived 2,000 years ago when He was born but all the people since you and I and the President and the candy store man and all the aunts and uncles and fathers and mothers and boys and girls today and tomorrow and always and always.

That is why the story is not finished yet. You and I can be a part of it if we know the secret, which is to let Jesus live in our hearts. The story is not finished for us because we have a soul to save and bring to God. Each of us can help or hurt each other. Jesus wants us to help each other. Let us all try to live as Jesus taught.

Were everyone to love Jesus with the whole heart, how wonderful this world would be.

No more greed or hate. No more war.

Only peace, the peace that Jesus brings us from our Father in Heaven.

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Birds’ Christmas Carol

By Kate Douglas Wiggin

I: A Little Snow Bird It was very early Christmas morning, and in the stillness of the dawn, with the soft snow falling on the housetops, a little child was born in the Bird household.

They had intended to name the baby Lucy, if it were a girl; but they had not expected her on Christmas morning, and a real Christmas baby was not to be lightly named the whole family agreed in that.

They were consulting about it in the nursery. Mr. Bird said that he had assisted in naming the three boys, and that he should leave this matter entirely to Mrs. Bird; Donald wanted the child called “Dorothy,” after a pretty, curly-haired girl who sat next to him in school; Paul chose “Luella,” for Luella was the nurse who had been with him during his whole babyhood, up to the time of his first trousers, and the name suggested all sorts of comfortable things. Uncle Jack said that the first girl should always be named for her mother, no matter how hideous the name happened to be.

Grandma said that she would prefer not to take part in the discussion, and everybody suddenly remembered that Mrs. Bird had thought of naming the baby Lucy, for Grandma herself; and, while it would be indelicate for her to favor that name, it would be against human nature for her to suggest any other, under the circumstances.

Hugh, the “hitherto baby,” if that is a possible term, sat in one corner and said nothing, but felt, is some mysterious way, that his nose was out of joint; for there was a newer baby now, a possibility he had never taken into consideration; and the “first girl,” too a still higher development of treason, which made him actually green with jealousy.

But it was too profound a subject to be settled then and there, on the spot; besides, Mamma had not been asked, and everybody felt it rather absurd, after all, to forestall a decree that was certain to be absolutely wise, just, and perfect.

The reason that the subject had been brought up at all so early in the day is the fact that Mrs. Bird never allowed her babies to go overnight unnamed. She was a person of so great decision of character that she would have blushed at such a thing; she said that to let blessed babies go dangling and dawdling about without names for months and months was enough to ruin them for life. She also said that if one could not make up one’s mind in 24 hours it was a sign that but I will not repeat the rest as it might prejudice you against the most charming woman in the world.

So Donald took his new velocipede and went out to ride up and down the stone pavement and notch the shins of people as they passed by, while Paul spun his musical top on the front step.

But Hugh refused to leave the scene of action. He seated himself on the top stair in the hall, banged his head against the railing a few times, just by way of uncorking the vials of his wrath, and then subsided into gloomy silence, waiting to declare war if more “first girl babies” were thrust upon a family surfeited with that unnecessary article. *** Meanwhile, dear Mrs. Bird lay in her room, weak, but safe and happy with her sweet girl baby by her side and the heaven of motherhood opening again before her.

Nurse was making gruel in the kitchen, and the room was dim and quiet. There was a cheerful open fire in the grate, but though the shutters were closed, the side windows that looked out on the Church of Our Saviour next door, were a little open.

Suddenly a sound of music poured out into the bright air and drifted into the chamber. It was the boy choir singing Christmas anthems. Higher and higher rose the clear, fresh voices, full of hope and cheer, as children’s voices always are.

Fuller and fuller grew the burst of melody as one glad strain fell upon another in joyful harmony: “Carol, brothers, carol, Carol joyfully Carol the good tidings, Carol merrily!

And pray a gladsome Christmas For all your fellow-men: Carol, brothers, carol, Christmas Day again.”

One verse followed another, always with the same sweet refrain: And pray a gladsome Christmas For all your fellowmen: Carol, brothers, carol, Christmas Day again.”

Mrs. Bird thought, as the music floated in upon her gentle sleep, that she had slipped into heaven with her new baby, and that the angels were bidding them welcome. But the tiny bundle by her side stirred a little, and though it was scarcely more than the ruffling of a feather, she awoke; for the mother-ear is so close to the heart that it can hear the faintest whisper of a child.

She opened her eyes and drew the

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baby closer. It looked like a rose dipped in milk, she thought, this pink and white blossom of girlhood, or like a pink cherub, with its halo of pale yellow hair finer than floss silk.

“Carol, brothers, carol, Carol joyfully Carol the good tidings, Carol merrily!”

The voices were brimming over with joy.

“Why, my baby,” whispered Mrs. Bird in soft surprise, “I had forgotten what day it was. You are a little Christmas child, and we will name you ‘Carol’ Mother’s Christmas Carol!”

“What!” said Mr. Bird, coming softly and closing the door behind him.

“Why, Donald, don’t you think ‘Carol’ is a sweet name for a Christmas baby?

It came to me just a moment ago in the singing, as I was lying here half asleep and half awake.”

“I think it is a charming name, dear heart, and sounds just like you, and I hope that, being a girl, this baby has some chance of being as lovely as her mother” at which speech from the baby’s papa, Mrs. Bird, though she was as weak and tired as she could be, blushed with happiness. *** And so Carol came by her name.

Of course, it was thought foolish by many people, though Uncle Jack declared laughingly that it was very strange if a whole family of birds could not be indulged in a single Carol; and Grandma, who adored the child, thought the name much more appropriate than Lucy, but was glad that people would probably think it short for Caroline.

Perhaps because she was born in holiday time, Carol was a very happy baby. Of course, she was too tiny to understand the joy of Christmas-tide, but people say there is everything in a good beginning, and she may have breathed in unconsciously the fragrance of evergreens and holiday dinners, while the peals of sleigh bells and the laughter of happy children may have fallen upon her ears and wakened in them a glad surprise at the merry world she had come to live in.

Her cheeks and lips were as red as holly-berries; her hair was for all the world the color of a Christmas candleflame; her eyes were bright as stars; her laugh like a chime of Christmas bells, and her tiny hands forever outstretched in giving.

Such a generous little creature you never saw! A spoonful of bread and milk has always to be taken by Mamma or nurse before Carol would enjoy her supper; whatever bit of cake of sweet meat found its way into her pretty fingers was straightway broken in half to be shared with Donald, Paul or Hugh; and when they made believe to nibble the morsel with affected enjoyment, she would clap her hands and crow with delight.

“Why does she do it?” asked Donald thoughtfully. “None of us boys ever did.”

“I hardly know,” said Mamma, catching her darling to her heart, “except that she is a little Christmas child, and so she has a tiny share of the blessedest birthday the world ever knew!”

II: Drooping Wings It was December, ten years later. Carol had seen nine Christmas trees lighted on her birthdays, one after another, nine times she had assisted in the holiday festivities of the household, though in her babyhood her share of the gayeties was somewhat limited.

For five years, certainly, she had hidden presents for Mamma and Papa in their own bureau drawers, and harbored a number of secrets sufficiently large to burst a baby’s brain had it not been for the relief gained by whispering them all to Mamma, at night, when she was in her crib, a proceeding which did not in the least lessen the value of a secret in her innocent mind.

For five years she had heard “Twas the night before Christmas,” and hung up her scarlet stocking many sizes too large for her, and pinned a sprig of holly on her little white nightgown to show Santa Claus that she was a “truly Christmas child, and dreamed of fur coated saints and toy packs and reindeer, and wishes everybody a “Merry Christmas” before it was light in the morning, and lent every one of her toys to the neighbors’ children before noon, and eaten turkey and plum pudding, and gone to bed at night in a trance of happiness at the day’s pleasures.

Donald was away at college now. Paul and Hugh were great manly fellows, taller than their mother. Papa Bird had gray hairs in his whiskers; and Grandma, God bless her, had been four Christmases in heaven.

But Christmas in the Birds’ Nest was scarcely as merry now as it used to be in the bygone years, for the little child, that once brought such an added blessing to the day, lay month after month a patient, helpless invalid, in the room where she was born. She had never been very strong

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in body, and it was with a pang of terror her mother and father noticed, soon after she was five years old, that she began to limp, ever so slightly; to complain too often of weariness, and to nestle close to her mother, saying she “would rather not go out to play, please.” The illness was slight at first, and hope was always stirring in Mrs. Bird’s heart. “Carol would feel stronger in the summertime”; or “she would be better when she had spent a year in the country”; or “she would outgrow it”; or “they would try a new physician”; but by and by it came to be all too sure that no physician save One could make carol strong again, and that no “summertime” nor “country air” unless it were the everlasting summertime in a heavenly country, could bring back the little girl to health.

The cheeks and lips that were once as red as holly-berries faded to faint pink; the star-like eyes grew softer, for they often gleamed through tears; and the gay child-laugh that had been like a chime of Christmas bells, gave place to a smile so lovely, so touching, so tender and patient, that it filled every corner of the house with a gentle radiance that might have come from the face of the Christ-child himself.

Love could do nothing; and when we have said that we have said all, for it is stronger than anything else in the whole wide world. Mr. and Mrs. Bird were talking it over one evening, when the children were asleep. A famous physician had visited them that day and told them that sometime, it might be in one year, it might be more, Carol would slip quietly off into heaven, whence she came. *** “It is no use to close our eyes to it any longer,” said Mr. Bird, as he paced up and down the library floor; “Carol will never be well again. It almost seems as if I could not bear it when I think of that lovelist child doomed to lie there day after day, and what is still more, to suffer pain that we are helpless to keep away from her.

Merry Christmas, indeed; it gets to be the saddest day in the year to me!” And poor Mr. Bird sank into a chair by the table and buried his face in his hands to keep his wife from seeing the tears that would come in spite of all his efforts.

“But, Donald dear,” said sweet Mrs. Bird, with trembling voice, “Christmas Day may not be so merry with us as it used to be but it is very happy, and that is better yet. I suffer chiefly for Carol’s sake, but I have almost given up being sorrowful for my own. I am too happy in the child and I see too clearly what she has done for us and the other children.

Donald and Paul and Hugh were three strong, willful, boisterous boys, but now you seldom see such tenderness, devotion, thought for others, and self-denial in lads of their years. A quarrel or a hot word is almost unknown in this house, and why?

Carol would hear it, and it would distress her, she is so full of love and goodness.

The boys study with all their might and main. Why? Partly, at least, because they like to teach Carol, and amuse her by telling her what they read. When the seamstress comes, she likes to sew in Miss Carol’s room because there she forgets her own troubles, which, heaven knows, are sore enough! And as for me, Donald, I am a better woman every day for Carol’s sake.

I have to be her eyes, ears, feet, hands and her strength, her hope; and she, my own little child, is my example.”

“I was wrong, dear heart,” said Mr. Bird more cheerfully; “we will try not to repine, but to rejoice instead, that we have an ‘angel of the house.’ ‘’ “And as for her future,” Mrs. Bird went on, “I think we need not be over-anxious.

I feel as if she did not belong altogether to us, but that when she has done what God sent her for, He will take her back to Himself and it may not be very long!”

Here it was poor Mrs. Bird’s turn to break down, and Mr. Bird’s turn to comfort her.

III: The Birds’ Nest Carol herself knew nothing of motherly tears and fatherly anxieties; she lived on peacefully in the room where she was born.

But you never would have known that room; for Mr. Bird had a great deal of money, and though he felt sometimes as if he wanted to throw it all in the sea, since it could not buy a strong body for his little girl, yet he was glad to make the place she lived in just as beautiful as it could be.

The room had been extended by the building of a large addition that hung out over the garden below, and was so filled with windows that it might have been a conservatory. The ones on the side were thus still nearer the Church of Our Saviour than they used to be; those in front looked out on the beautiful harbor, and those in the back commanded a view of nothing in particular but a narrow alley; nevertheless, they were pleasantest of all to Carol, for the Ruggles family lived in the alley, and the nine little, middlesized and big Ruggles children were a source of inexhaustible interest.

The shutters could all be opened and Carol could take a real sunbath in this lovely glass house or they could all be closed when the dear head ached or the dear eyes were tired. The carpet was of soft gray, with clusters of green bay and holly leaves. The furniture was of white wood, on which an artist had painted snow scenes and Christmas trees and groups of merry children ringing bells and singing carols.

Donald had made a pretty, polished shelf, and screwed it on the outside of the foot-board, and the boys always kept this full of blooming plants, which they changed from time to time; the headboard, too, had a bracket on either side, where there were pots of maidenhair ferns.

Lovebirds and canaries hung in their golden houses in the windows, and they, poor caged things, could hop as far from their wooden perches as Carol could venture from her little white bed.

On one side of the room was a bookcase filled with hundreds yes, I mean it with hundreds and hundreds of books; books with gay-colored pictures, books without; books with black and white outline sketches, books that made children laugh and some, only a few, that made them cry; books with words of one syllable for tiny boys and girls, and books with words of fearful length to puzzle wise ones.

This was Carol’s “Circulating Library.”

Every Saturday she chose ten books, jotting their names down in a diary; into these she slipped cards that said: “Please keep this book two weeks and read it. With love, Carol Bird.”

Then Mrs. Bird stepped into her carriage and took the ten books to the Children’s Hospital, and brought home ten others that she had left there the fortnight before.

This was a source of great happiness; for some of the Hospital children that were old enough to print or write, and were strong enough to do it, wrote Carol sweet little letters about the books, and she answered them and they grew to be friends. (It is very funny, but you do not always have to see people to love them.

Just think about it, and tell me if it isn’t so.)

There was a high wainscoting of wood about the room, and on top of this, in a narrow gilt framework, ran a row of illuminated pictures, illustrating fairy tales, all in dull blue and gold and scarlet and silver. From the door to the closet there was the story of “The Fair One with Goldie Locks”; from closet to bookcase, ran “Puss in Boots”; from bookcase to fireplace, was “Jack the Giant-killer”; and on the other side of the room were “Hop O’ My Thumb,” “The Sleeping Beauty,” and “Cinderella.”

Then there was a great closet full of

beautiful things to wear, but they were all dressing gowns and slippers and shawls, and there were drawers full of toys and games, but they were such as you could play with on your lap. There were no ninepins, nor balls, nor bows and arrows, nor bean bags, nor tennis rackets; but after all, other children needed these more than Carol Bird, for she was always happy and contented, whatever she had or whatever she lacked; and after the room had been made so lovely for her, on her eighth Christmas, she always called herself, in fun, a “Bird of Paradise.” *** On these particular December days, she was happier than usual, for Uncle Jack was coming from England to spend the holidays. Dear, funny, jolly, loving, wise Uncle Jack, who came every two or three years, and brought so much joy with him that the world looked as black as a thundercloud for a week after he went away again.

The mail had brought this letter: London, November 28, 1880.

Wish you merry Christmas, you dearest birdlings in America! Preen your feathers, and stretch the Birds’ nest a trifle, if you please and let Uncle Jack in for the holidays. I am coming with such a trunk full of treasures that you’ll have to borrow the stockings of Barnum’s Giant and Giantess; I am coming to squeeze a certain little lady-bird until she cries for mercy; I am coming to see if I can find a boy to take care of a black pony that I bought later. It’s the strangest thing I ever knew, I’ve hunted all over Europe and can’t find a boy to suit me! I’ll tell you why. I’ve set my heart on finding one with a dimple in his chin, because this pony particularly likes dimples! (“Hurrah!” cried Hugh.

“Bless my dear dimple, I’ll never be ashamed of it again.”)

Please drop a note to the clerk of the weather, and have a good rousing snow storm say on the twenty-second.

None of your meek, gentle, nonsensical, shilly-shallying snowstorms; not the sort where the flakes float lazily down from the sky as if they didn’t care whether they ever got here or not and then melt away as soon as they touch the earth, but a regular business-like whizzing, whirring, blurring, cutting snowstorm, warranted to freeze and stay on!

I should like a rather LARGE Christmas tree, if it’s convenient; not one of those “sprigs” five or six feet high that you used to have three or four years ago when the birdlings were not fairly feathered out; but a tree of some size. Set it up in the garret, if necessary, and then we can cut a hole in the roof if the tree chances to be too high for the room.

Tell Bridget to begin to fatten a turkey.

Tell her by the twentieth of December that turkey must not be able to stand on its legs for fat, and then on the next three days she must allow it to recline easily on its side, and stuff it to bursting. (One ounce of stuffing beforehand is worth a pound afterwards.)

The pudding must be unusually huge, and darkly, deeply lugubriously blue in color. It must be stuck so full of plums that the pudding, itself will ooze out into the pan and not be brought on to the table at all. I expect to be there by the twentieth, to manage these little things myself remembering it is the early Bird that catches the worm but give you the instructions in case I should be delayed.

And Carol must decide on the size of the tree she knows best, she was a Christmas child; and she must plead for the snowstorm the “clerk of the weather” may pay some attention to her; and she must look up the boy with the dimple for me she’s likelier to find him than I am, this minute. She must advise about the turkey, and Bridget must bring the pudding to her bedside and let her stir it once for luck, or I’ll not eat a single slice for Carol is the dearest part of Christmas to Uncle Jack, and he’ll have none of it

without her. She is better than all the turkeys and puddings and apples and spare-ribs and wreaths and garlands and mistletoe and stockings and chimneys and sleigh bells in Christendom! She is the very sweetest Christmas Carol that was ever written, said, sung, or chanted, and I am coming as fast as ships and railway trains can carry me, to tell her so.

Carol’s joy knew no bounds. Mr. and Mrs. Bird laughed like children and kissed each other for sheer delight, and when the boys heard it they simple whooped like wild Indians; until the Ruggles family, whose yard joined their garden, gathered at the door and wondered what was “up” in the big house.

IV: “Birds of a Feather Flock Together” Uncle Jack did really come on the twentieth. He was not detained by business, nor did he get left behind nor snowed up, as frequently happens in stories, and in real life too, I am afraid.

The snowstorm came also; and the turkey nearly died a natural and premature death from overeating. Donald came, too; Donald, with a line of down upon his upper lip, and Greek and Latin on his tongue, and stores of knowledge in his handsome head, and stories bless me, you couldn’t turn over a chip without reminding Donald of something that happened “at College.” One or the other was always at Carol’s bedside, for they fancied her paler than she used to be, and they could not bear her out of sight. It was Uncle Jack, though, who sat beside her in the winter twilights. The room was quiet, and almost dark, save for the snowlight outside, and the flickering flame of the fire that danced over the “Sleeping Beauty’s face and touched the Fair One’s golden locks with ruddier glory. Carol’s hand (all too thin and white these latter days) lay close clasped in Uncle Jack’s, and they talked together quietly of many, many things.

“I want to tell you all about my plans for Christmas this year, Uncle Jack,” said Carol, on the first evening of his visit, “because it will be the loveliest one I ever had. The boys laugh at me for caring so much about it, but it isn’t altogether because it is Christmas, nor because it is my birthday, but long, long ago, when I first began to be ill, I used to think, the first thing when I waked on Christmas morning, “Today is Christ’s birthday and mine!” I did not put the words close together, you know, because that made it seem too bold; but I first said ‘Christ’s birthday,’ out loud, and then, in a minute, softly to myself ‘and mine!’ ‘Christ’s birthday and mine!’ And so I do not quite feel about Christmas as other girls do.

Mamma says she supposes that every so many other children have born on that day. I often wonder where they are, Uncle Jack, and whether it is a dear thought to them, too, or whether I am so much in bed, and so often alone, that it means more to me. Oh, I do hope that none of them are poor, or cold, or hungry; and I wish I wish they were all as happy as I, because they are really my little brothers and sisters. Now, Uncle Jack dear, I am going to try and make somebody happy every single Christmas that I live, and this year it is to be the ‘Ruggleses in the rear.’ ‘’ “That large and interesting brood of children in the little house at the end of the back garden?”

“Yes, isn’t it nice to see so many together? and, Uncle Jack, why do the big families always live in the small houses, and the small families in the big houses? We ought to call them the Ruggles children, of course; but Donald began talking of them as the ‘Ruggles in the rear’, and Papa and Mamma took it up, and now we cannot seem to help it. The house was built for Mr. Carter’s coachman, but Mr. Carter lives in Europe, and the gentleman who rents his place

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for him doesn’t care what happens to it, and so this poor family came to live there.

When they first moved in, I used to sit in my window and watch them play in their backyard; they are so strong, and jolly, and good-natured and then, one day, I had a terrible headache, and Donald asked them if they would please not scream quite so loud, and they explained that they were having a game of circus, but that they would change and play, ‘Deaf and Dumb Asylum’ all afternoon.”

“Ha, ha, ha!” laughed Uncle Jack, “what an obliging family, to be sure!”

“Yes, we all thought it very funny, and I smiled at them from the window when I was well enough to be up again. Now, Sarah Maud comes to her door when the children come home from school and if Mamma nods her head, ‘Yes,’ that means ‘Carol is very well,’ and then you ought to hear the little Ruggleses yell I believe they try to see how much noise they can make; but if Mamma shakes her head, ‘No,’ they always play at quiet games. Then, one day ‘Cary,’ my pet canary, flew out of her cage, and Peter Ruggles caught her and brought her back, and I had him up here in my room to thank him.” *** “Is Peter the oldest?”

“No, Sarah Maud is the oldest she helps do the washing; and Peter is the next. He is a dressmaker’s boy.”

“And which is the pretty little redhaired girl?”

“That’s Kitty.”

“And the fat youngster?”

“Baby Larry.”

“And that most freckled one?”

“Now, don’t laugh that’s Peoria.”

“Carol, you are joking.”

“No, really, Uncle dear. She was born in Peoria, that’s all.”

“And is the next boy Oshkosh?”

“No,” laughed Carol, “the others are Susan, and Clement, and Eily, and Cornelius; they all look exactly alike, except that some of them have more freckles that the others.”

“How did you ever learn all their names?”

“Why, I have what I call a ‘windowschool.’ It is too cold now, but in warm weather I am wheeled out on my balcony, and the Ruggleses climb up and walk along our garden fence, and sit on the roof of our carriage-house. That brings them quite near, and I tell them stories.

On Thanksgiving Day they came up for a few minutes it was quite warm at eleven o’clock and we told each other what we had to be thankful for, but they gave such queer answers that Papa had to run away for fear of laughing; and I couldn’t understand them very well. Susan was thankful for ‘trunks,’ of all things in the world; Cornelius, for ‘horse cars’; Kitty, for ‘pork steak’; while Clem, who is very quiet, brightened up when I came to him, and said he was thankful for ‘his lame puppy.’ Wasn’t that pretty?”

“It might teach some of us a lesson, mightn’t it, little girl?”

“That’s what Mamma said. Now I’m going to give this whole Christmas to the Ruggleses; and, Uncle Jack, I earned part of the money myself.”

“You, my bird, how?”

“Well, you see, it could not be my own Christmas if Papa gave me all the money, and I thought to keep Christ’s birthday I ought to do something of my very own; and so I talked to Mamma. Of course she thought of something lovely, she always does. Mamma’s head is just brimming over with lovely thoughts all I have to do is ask, and out pops the very one I want.

This thought was to let her write down, just as I told her, a description of how a child lived in her own room for three years, and what she did to amuse herself; and we sent it to a magazine and got twenty-five dollars for it. Just think!”

“Well, well,” cried Uncle Jack, “my little girl a real author! And what are you going to do with this wonderful ‘own’ money of

yours?”

“I shall give the nine Ruggleses a grand Christmas dinner here in this very room that will be Papa’s contribution and afterwards a beautiful Christmas tree, fairly blooming with presents that will be my part; for I have another way of adding to my twenty-five dollars, so that I can buy nearly anything I choose. I should like it very much if you would sit at the head of the table, Uncle Jack, for nobody could ever be frightened of you, you dearest, dearest, dearest thing that ever was. Mamma is going to help us, but Papa and the boys are going to eat together downstairs for fear of making the little Ruggleses shy; and after we’ve had a merry time with the tree we can open my window and all listen together to the music at the evening church service, if it comes before the children go. I have written a letter to the organist, and asked him if I might have the two songs I like best. Will you see if it is all right?”

Birds’ Nest, December 21, 1880.

Dear Mr. Wilkie I am the little girl who lives next door to the church, and, as I seldom go out, the music on practice days and Sundays is one of my greatest pleasures.

I want to know if you can have “Carol, brothers, carol,” on Christmas night, and if the boy who sings “My ain countree” so beautifully may please sing that too, I think it is the loveliest thing in the world, but it always makes me cry; doesn’t it you?

If it isn’t too much trouble, I hope they can sing them both quite early, as after ten o’clock I may be asleep.”

Yours respectfully, Carol Bird P.S. The reason I like “Carol, brothers, carol,” is because the choir boys sang it eleven years ago, the morning I was born, and put it into Mamma’s head to call me Carol. She didn’t remember then that my other name would be Bird, because she was half asleep and could only think of one thing at a time. Donald says if I had been born on the Fourth of July they would have named me “Independence,” or if on the twenty-second of February, “Georgina,” or even “Cherry,” like Cherry in “Martin Chuzzlewit”; but I like my own name and birthday best.

Yours truly, Carol Bird Uncle Jack thought the letter quite right, and did not even smile at her telling the organist so many family items. *** The days flew by as they always fly in holiday time, and it was Christmas Eve before anybody knew it. The family festival was quiet and very pleasant, but almost overshadowed by the grander preparations for the next day. Carol and Elfrida, her pretty German nurse, had ransacked books, and introduced so many plans, and plays, and customs, and merrymakings from Germany, and Holland, and England, and a dozen other countries, that you would scarcely have known how or where you were keeping Christmas. Even the dog and cat enjoyed the celebration under Carol’s direction. Each had a tiny table with a lighted candle in the center, and a bit of bologna sausage placed very near it; and everybody laughed till the tears stood in their eyes to see Villikins and Dianh struggle to nibble the sausages, and at the same time to evade the candle flame. Villikins barked, and sniffed, and howled in impatience, and after many vain attempts succeeded in dragging off the prize, though he singed his nose in doing it. Dinah meanwhile, watched him placidly, her delicate nostrils quivering with expectation, and, after all excitement had subsided, walked with dignity to

the table, her beautiful gray satin tail sweeping behind her, and, calmly putting up one velvet paw drew the sausage gently down, and walked out of the room without turning a hair, so to speak. Elfrida had scattered handfuls of seed over the snow in the garden, that the wild birds might have a comfortable breakfast the next morning, and had stuffed bundles of dry grasses in the fireplaces, so that the reindeer of Santa Claus could refresh themselves after their long gallops across the country. This was really only done for fun, but it pleased Carol.

And when, after dinner, the whole family had gone to the church to see the Christmas decorations, Carol limped out on her slender crutches, and with Elfrida’s help, placed all the family boots in a row in the upper hall. That was to keep the dear ones from quarreling all through the year. There were Papa’s stout top boots; Mamma’s pretty buttoned shoes next; then Uncle Jack’s, Donald’s, Paul’s, and Hugh’s; and at the end of the line her own little white worsted slippers. Last, and sweetest of all, like the children in Austria, she put a lighted candle in her window to guide the dear Christ child, lest he should stumble in the dark night as he passed up the deserted street. This done, she dropped into bed, a rather tired, but very happy Christmas fairy.

V: Some Other Birds are Taught to Fly Before the earliest Ruggles could wake and toot his five-cent tin horn, Mrs. Ruggles was up and stirring about the house, for it was a gala day in the family.

Gala day! I should think so! Were not her nine children invited to a dinner party at the great house, and weren’t they going to sit down free and equal with the mightiest in the land? She had been preparing for this great occasion ever since the receipt of Carol Bird’s invitation, which, by the way, had been speedily enshrined in an old photograph frame and hung under the looking glass in the most prominent place in the kitchen, where it stared the occasional visitor directly in the eye, and made him livid with envy: Bird’s Nest, December 17, 1880.

Dear Mrs. Ruggles I am going to have a dinner party on Christmas Day, and would like to have all your children come. I want them every one, please, from Sarah Maud to Baby Larry. Mamma says dinner will be at half past five, and the Christmas tree at seven; so you may expect them home at nine o’clock. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, I am Yours truly, Carol Bird Breakfast was on the table promptly at seven o’clock, and there was very little of it, too; for it was an excellent day for short rations, though Mrs. Ruggles heaved a sigh as she reflected that the boys, with their India-rubber stomachs, would be just as hungry the day after the dinner party as if they had never had any at all.

As soon as the scanty meal was over, she announced the plan of the campaign: “Now, Susan, you an’ Kitty wash up the dishes, an’ Peter, can’t yer spread up the beds, so’t I can git ter cuttin’ out Larry’s new suit? I ain’t satisfied with his clo’es, an’ I thought in the night of a way to make him a dress out o’ my old red plaid shawl kind o’ Scotch style, yer know, with the fringe at the bottom Eily, you go find the comb and take the snarls out the fringe, that’s a lady! You little young ones clear out from under foot! Clem, you and Con hop into bed with Larry while I wash yer underflannins; ‘t won’t take long to dry ‘em. Yes, I know it’s bothersome, but yer can’t go int’ siciety ‘thout takin’ some trouble, ‘n’ anyhow I couldn’t git round to ‘em last night. Sarah Maud, I thin’ ‘t would be perfectly han’som’ if you ripped them brass buttons off yer uncle’s

policeman’s coat ‘n’ sewed ‘em in a row up the front o’ yer green skirt. Susan, you must iron out yours ‘n’ Kitty’s apurns; ‘n’ there I come mighty near forgettin’ Peory’s stockins! I counted the whole lot last night when I was washin’ of ‘em, ‘n’ there ain’t but nineteen anyhow yer fix ‘em, ‘n’ no nine pairs mates nohow; ‘n’ I ain’t going ter have my children wear odd stockins to a dinner-company, fetched up as I was! Eily, can’t you run out and ask Mis’ Cullen ter lend me a pair o’ stockins for Peory, ‘n’ tell her if she will, Peory’ll give him half her candy when she gets home. Won’t yer, Peory?”

Peoria was young and greedy, and thought the remedy so out of all proportion to the disease that she set up a deafening howl at the projected bargain a howl so rebellious and so entirely out of season that her mother started in her direction with flashing eye and uplifted hand; but she let it fall suddenly, saying, “No, I vow I won’t lick ye Christmas Day, if yer drive me crazy; but speak up smart, now ‘n’ say whether yer’d rather give Jim Cullen half yer candy or go bare-legged ter the party?” The matter being put so plainly, Peoria collected her faculties, dried her tears, and chose the lesser evil, Clem having hastened the decision by an affectionate wink, that meant he’d go halves with her on his candy.

“That’s a lady!” cried her mother. “Now, you young ones that ain’t doin’ nothin,’ play all yer want ter before noontime, for after ye git through eatin’s at twelve o’clock me ‘n’ Sarah Maud’s goin’ ter give yer sech a washin’ ‘n’ combin’ ‘n’ dressin’ as yer never had before ‘n’ never will again’ likely, ‘n’ then I’m goin’ to set yer down ‘n’ give yer two solid hours train’in in manners; ‘n’ it won’t be no foolin’ neither.’

“All we’ve got ter do’s go eat!” grumbled Peter.

“Well, that’s enough,” respond ‘n’ you’ve got a heap ter learn about it, Peter Ruggles. Land sakes, I wish you children could see the way I was fetched up to eat. I never took a meal o’ vittles in the kitchen before I married Ruggles; but yer can’t keep up that style with nine young ones ‘n’ yer Pa always off ter sea.” *** The big Ruggleses worked so well, and the little Ruggleses kept from “under foot” so successfully that at one o’clock nine complete toilets were laid out in solemn grandeur on the beds. I say, “complete,” but I do not know whether they would be called so in the best society. The law of compensation had been well applied; he that had necktie had no cuffs; she that had sash had no handkerchief, and vice versa; but they all had shoes and a certain amount of clothing such as it was, the outside layer being in every case quite above criticism.

“Now, Sarah Maud,” said Mrs. Ruggles, her face shining with excitement, ‘Everything’s red up an’ we can begin. I’ve got a boiler ‘n’ kettle ‘n’ a pot o’ hot water.

Peter, you go into the back bedroom ‘n’ I’ll take Susan, Kitty, Peory, ‘n’ Cornelius; ‘n’ scrub ‘em ‘n’ rinse ‘em, or’t Eily, ‘n’ Larry, one to a time. Scrub ‘em ‘n’ rinse ‘em, or’t any rate git’s fur’s yer can with ‘em, and then I’ll finish ‘em off while you do yerself.” *** Sarah Maud couldn’t have scrubbed with any more decision and force if she had been doing floors, and the little Ruggleses bore it bravely, not from natural heroism, but for the joy that was set before them. Not being satisfied, however, with the “tone” of their complexions and feeling that the number of freckles to the square inch was too many to be tolerated in the highest social circles, she wound up operations by applying a little Bristol brick from the knife board, which served

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as the proverbial “last straw,” from under which the little Ruggleses issued rather red and raw and out of temper. When the clock struck four they were all clothed, and most of them in their right minds, ready for those last touches that always take the most time.

Kitty’s red hair was curled in thirtyfour ringlets, Sarah Maud’s was braided in one pigtail, and Susan’s and Eily’s in two braids apiece, while Peoria’s resisted all advances in the shape of hair oils and stuck out straight on all sides, like that of the Circassian girl of the circus so Clem said; and was sent into the bedroom for it, too, from whence he was dragged out forgivingly by Peoria herself, five minutes later. Then, exciting moment, came linen collars for some and neckties and bows for others a magnificent green glass breast pin was sewed into Peter’s purple necktie and Eureka! the Ruggleses were dressed, and Solomon in his glory was not arrayed like one of these!

A row of seats was then formed directly through the middle of the kitchen.

Of course, there were not quite chairs enough for ten, since the family had rarely wanted to sit down all at once, somebody always being out or in bed or otherwise engaged, but the wood box and the coal hod finished out the line nicely, and nobody thought of grumbling. The children took their places according to age, Sarah Maud at the head and Larry on the coal hod and Mrs. Ruggles seated herself in front, surveying them proudly as she wiped the sweat of honest toil from her brow.

“Well,” she exclaimed, “if I do say so as shouldn’t, I never seen a cleaner, more stylish mess o’ children in my life!

I do wish Ruggles could look at ye for a minute! Larry Ruggles, how many times have I got ter tell yer not ter keep pullin’ at yer sash? Haven’t I told yer if it comes untied, yer waist ‘n’ skirt’ll part comp’ny in the middle, ‘n’ then wher’ll yer be?

Now look me in the eye, all of yer! I’ve of’en told yer what kind of a family the McGrills was, I’ve got reason to be proud, goodness knows! Your uncle is on the police force o’ New York City; you can take up the paper most any day an’ see his name printed right out James McGrill ‘n’ I can’t have my children fetched up common, like some folks; when they go out they’ve got to have clo’es, and learn to act decent! Now I want ter see how yer goin’ to behave when yer get there tonight. ‘Tain’s so awful easy as you think ‘t is. Let’s start in the beginnin’ ‘n’ act out the whole business. Pile into the bedroom there, every las’ one o’ yer, ‘n’ show me how yer goin’ to go int’ the parlor. This’ll be the parlor, ‘n’ I’ll be Miss Bird. *** The youngsters hustled into the next room in high glee, and Mrs. Ruggles drew herself up in the chair with an infinitely haughty and purse-proud expression that much better suited a descendant of the McGrills than modest Mrs. Bird.

The bedroom was small, and there presently ensued such a clatter that you would have thought a herd of wild cattle had broken loose. The door opened, and they straggled in, all the younger ones giggling, with Sarah Maud at the head looking as if she had been caught in the act of steeling sheep; while Larry, being last in line, seemed to think the door a sort of gate of heaven which would be shut in his face if he didn’t get there in time; accordingly he struggled ahead of his elders and disgraced himself by tumbling in head foremost.

Mrs. Ruggles looked severe. “There, I knew yer’d do it in some sech fool way!

Now go in there and try it over again, every last one o’ yer, ‘n’ if Larry can’t come in on two legs he can stay ter home ‘d yer hear?”

The matter began to assume a graver aspect; the little Ruggleses stopped giggling and backed into the bedroom,

issuing presently with lock step, Indian file, a sacred and hunted expression on every countenance.

“No, no, no!” cried Mrs. Ruggles, in despair. “That’s worse yet; yer look for all the world like a gang o’ pris’ners! There ain’t no style ter that; spread out more, can’t yer, ‘n’ act kind o’ careless-like nobody’s goin’ ter kill yer! That ain’t what a dinner party is!”

The third time brought deserved success, and the pupils took their seats in the row. “Now, yer know,” said Mrs. Ruggles impressively, “there ain’t enough decent hats to go around, ‘n’ if there was I don’t know’s I’d let yer wear ‘em, for the boys would never think to take ‘em off when they get inside, for they never do but anyway, there ain’t enough good ones.

Now, look me in the eye. You’re only goin’ jest around the corner; you needn’t wear no hats, none of yer ‘n’ when yer get int’ the parlor, ‘n’ they ask yer ter lay off yer hats, Sarah Maud must speak up ‘n’ say it was sech a pleasant evenin’ ‘n’ sech a short walk that yer left yer hats to home.

Now, can yer remember?”

All the little Ruggleses shouted, “Yes, marm!” in chorus.

“What have you got ter do with it?” demanded their mother; “did I tell you to say it? Warn’t I talkin’ ter Sarah Maud?”

The little Ruggleses hung their diminished heads. “Yes, marm,” they piped, more discreetly.

“Now we won’t leave nothin’ to chance.

Get up, all of ye, an’ try it. Speak up, Sarah Maud.”

Sarah Maud’s tongue clove to the roof of her mouth.

“Quick!”

“Ma thought it was sech a pleasant hat that we’d—we’d better leave our short walk to home,” recited Sarah Maud, in an agony of mental effort.

This was too much for the boys. An earthquake of suppressed giggles swept all along the line.

“Oh! whatever shall I do with yer?” moaned the unhappy mother. “I s’pose, I’ve got to learn it to yer!” which she did, word for word, until Sarah Maud thought she could stand on her head and say it backwards.

“Now, Cornelius, what are you goin’ ter say ter make yourself good comp’ny?”

“Do? Me? Dunno!” said Cornelius, turning pale, with unexpected responsibility.

“Well, ye ain’t goin’ to set there like a bump on a log ‘thout sayin’ a word ter pay for yer vittles, air ye? Ask Mis’ Bird how she’s feelin’ this evenin’, or if Mr. Bird’s hevin’ a busy season, or how this kind o’ weather agrees with him, or somethin’ like that. Now we’ll make b’lieve we’ve got ter the dinner that won’t be so hard cause yer’ll have somethin’ to do it’s awful bothersome to stan’ round an’ act stylish. If they have napkins, Sarah Maud down to Peory may put ‘em in their laps, ‘n’ the rest of yer can tuck ‘em in yer necks. Don’t eat with yer fingers don’t grab no vittles off one ‘nother’s plates; don’t reach out for nothin’, but wait till yer asked, ‘n’ if you never get asked don’t get up and grab it Don’t spill nothin’ on the tablecloth, or e’s not Mis’ Bird’ll send yer away from the table ‘n’ I hope she will if yer do! Susan! Keep yer handkerchief in yer lap where Peory can borry it if she needs it, ‘n’ I hope she’ll know when she needs it, though I don’t ‘spect it. Now we’ll try a few things ter see how they’ll go! Mr. Clement, do you eat cramb’ry sarse?” “Bet yer life!” cried Clem, who in the excitement of the moment had not taken in the idea exactly and had mistaken this for an ordinary bosom-ofthe-family question.

“Clement McGrill Ruggles, do you mean to tell me that you’d say that to a dinner party? I’ll give ye one more chance.

Mr. Clement, will you take some of the cramb’ry?”

“Yes, marm, thank ye kindly, if you happen ter have any handy.”

“Very good, indeed! But they won’t give yer two tries tonight yer just remember that! Miss Peory, do you speak for white of dark meat?”

“I ain’t particler as ter color anything that nobody else wants will suite me,” answered Peory with her best air.

“First-rate! Nobody could speak more genteel than that. Miss Kitty, will you have hard or soft sarse with your puddin’?”

“Hard or soft? Oh! A little of both, if you please, an’ I’m much ‘bliged,” said Kitty, bowing with decided ease and grace; at which all the other Ruggleses pointed the finger of shame at her, and Peter grunted expressively, that their meaning might not be mistaken.

“You stop your gruntin’, Peter Ruggles, that arn’t greedy that was all right. I wish I could git it inter your heads that it ain’t so much what yer say, as the way yer say it.

And don’t keep starin’ cross-eyed at your necktie pin, or I’ll take it out ‘n’ sew it on to Clem or Cornelius; Sarah Maud’ll keep her eye on it, ‘n’ if it turns broken side out she’ll tell yer. Gracious! I shouldn’t think you’d ever seen nor worn no jool’ry in your life. Eily, you an’ Larry’s too little to train, so you just look at the rest an’ do’s they do, ‘n’ the Lord have mercy on ye ‘n’ help ye to act decent! Now, is there anything more ye’d like to practice?”

“If yer tell me one more thing, I can’t set up an’ eat” said Peter gloomily. “I’m so cram full o’ manners now I’m ready ter bust, ‘thout no dinner at all.”

“Me too,” chimed in Cornelius.

“Well, I’m sorry for you both,” rejoined Mrs. Ruggles sarcastically; “if the ‘mount o’ manners yer’ve got on hand now trouble ye, you’re dreadful easy hurt!

Now, Sarah Maud, after dinner, about once in so often, you must get up ‘n’ say, ‘I guess we’d better be goin’,’ ‘n’ if they say, ‘Oh, no, set a while longer,’ yer can set; but if they don’t say nothin’, you’ve got ter get up ‘n’ go. Now hev yer got that int’ yer head?”

“About once in so often!”

Could any words in the language be fraught with more terrible and wearing uncertainty?

“Well,” answered Sarah Maud mournfully, “seems as if this whole dinner party set right square on top o’ me! Mebbe I could manage my own manners, but to manage nine mannerses is worse’n staying to home!”

“Oh, don’t fret,” said mother, goodnaturedly, now that the lesson was over; “I guess you’ll get along, I wouldn’t mind if folks would say, ‘Oh, children will be children’, but they won’t. They’ll say, ‘Land o’ Goodness, who fetched them children up?”

It’s quarter past five, ‘n’ yer can go now remember ‘bout the hats don’t all talk ter once Susan, lend yer hand’k’chief ter Peory Peter, don’t keep screwin’ yer scarf pin Cornelius, hold yer head up straight Sarah Maud, don’t take yer eyes off o’ Larry, ‘n’ Larry, you keep holt o’ Sarah Maud ‘n’ do just as she says ‘n’ whatever you do, all of yer, never forgit for one second that yer mother was a McGrill.”

VI: “When the Pie Was Opened the Birds Began to Sing” The children went out the back door quietly, and were presently lost to sight, Sarah Maud slipping and stumbling along absentmindedly, as she recited rapidly under her breath, “It was such a pleasant evenin’ ‘n’ such a short walk, that we thought we’d leave our hats to home it was such a pleasant evenin’ ‘n’ such a short walk, that we thought we’d leave our hats to home.”

Peter rang the doorbell, and presently a servant admitted them, and, whispering something in Sarah’s ear, drew her downstairs into the kitchen. The other Ruggleses stood in horror-stricken groups as the door closed behind their commanding officer; but there was no time for reflection for a voice from above

was heard, saying, “Come right upstairs, please.”

“Theirs was to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do or die.”

Accordingly, they walked upstairs, and Elfrida, the nurse, ushered them into a room more splendid than anything they had ever seen. But, oh woe! Where was Sarah Maud! And was it fate that Mrs. Bird should say at once, “Did you lay your hats in the hall?” Peter felt himself elected by circumstance the head of the family, and, casting one imploring look at tongue-tied Susan, standing next to him, said huskily “It was so very pleasant—that—that” “That we hadn’t good hats enough to go ‘round,” put in little Susan, bravely, to help him out, and then froze with horror that the ill-fated words had slipped off her tongue.

However, Mrs. Bird said pleasantly, “Of course you wouldn’t wear hats such a short distance I forgot when I asked. Now will you come right in to Miss Carol’s room? She is so anxious to see you.”

Just them Sarah Maud came up the back stairs, so radiant with joy from her secret interview with the cook that Peter could have pinched her with a clear conscience; and Carol gave them a joyful welcome. “But where is Baby Larry?” she cried, looking over the group with searching eye. “Didn’t he come.”

“Larry! Larry!” Good gracious, where was Larry? They were all sure that he had come with them, for Susan remembered scolding him for tripping over the doormat. Uncle Jack went into convulsions of laughter. “Are you sure there were nine of you?” he asked, merrily. “I think so, sir,” said Peoria, timidly; “but anyhow, where was Larry.”

And she showed signs of weeping.

“Oh, well, cheer up!” cried Uncle Jack, “Probably he’s not lost just mislaid. I’ll go and find him before you can say Jack Robinson!”

“I’ll go too, if you please, sir,” said Sarah Maud, “for it was my place to mind him, and if he’s lost, I can’t relish my vittles.”

The other Ruggleses stood rooted to the floor. Was this a dinner party, forsooth; and if so, why were such things ever spoken of as festive occasions?

Sarah Maud went out through the hall, calling, “Larry! Larry!” and without any interval of suspense a thin voice piped up from below, “Here I be!”

The truth was that Larry, being deserted by his natural guardian, dropped behind the rest, and wriggled into a hat tree to wait for her, having no notion of walking unprotected into the jaws of a fashionable entertainment. Finding that she did not come, he tried to crawl from his refuge and call somebody, when dark and dreadful ending to a tragic day he found that he was too much intertwined with umbrellas and canes to move a single step. He was afraid to yell (when I have said this of Larry Ruggles I have pictured a state of helpless terror that ought to wring tears from every eye); and the sound of Sarah Maud’s beloved voice, some seconds later, was like a strain of angel music in his ears. Uncle Jack dried his tears, carried him upstairs, and soon had him in breathless fits of laughter, while Carol so made the other Ruggleses forget themselves that they were presently talking like accomplished diners-out.

Carol’s bed had been moved into the farthest corner of the room and she was lying on the outside, dressed in a wonderful dressing gown that looked like a fleecy cloud. Her golden hair fell in fluffy curls over her white forehead and neck, her cheeks flushed delicately, her eyes beamed with joy, and the children told their mother, afterwards, that she looked as beautiful as the angels in the picture books.

There was a great bustle behind a huge screen in another part of the room, and

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at half past five this was taken away, and the Christmas dinner table stood revealed. What a wonderful sight it was to the poor little Ruggles children, who ate their sometimes scanty meals on the kitchen table. It blazed with tall colored candles, it gleamed with glass and silver, it blushed with flowers, it groaned with good things to eat; so it was not strange that the Ruggleses, forgetting altogether that their mother was a McGrill, shrieked in admiration of the fairy spectacle.

But Larry’s behavior was the most disgraceful, for he stood not upon the order of his going, but went at once for a high chair that pointed unmistakenly to him, climbed up like a squirrel, gave a comprehensive look at the turkey, clapped his hands in ecstasy, rested his fat arms on the table, and cried with joy, “I eat the hull lot o’ yer!” Carol laughed until she cried, giving orders, meanwhile “Uncle Jack, please sit at the head, Sarah Maud at the foot, and that will leave four on each side; Mamma is going to help Elfrida, so that the children need not look after each other, but just have a good time.”

A sprig of holly lay by each plate, and nothing would do but each little Ruggles must leave his seat and have it pinned on

by Carol, and as each course was served, one of them pleaded to take something to her. There was hurrying to and fro, I can assure you, for it is quite a difficult matter to serve a Christmas dinner on the third floor of a great city house; but if it had been necessary to carry every dish up a rope ladder the servants would gladly have done so. There were turkey and chicken, with delicious gravy and stuffing, and there were half a dozen vegetables, with cranberry jelly, and celery, and pickles; and as for the way these delicacies were served, the Ruggleses never forgot it as long as they lived.

Peter nudged Kitty, who sat next to him and said, “Look, will yer, ev’re feller’s got his own partic’lar butter; I s’pose that’s to show you can eat that ‘n’ no more. No, it ain’t either, for that pig of a Peory’s just gettin’ another helpin’!” “Yes,” whispered Kitty, “an’ the napkins is marked with big red letters! I wonder if that’s so nobody ‘ll nip ‘em; an’, oh, Peter, look at the pictures stickin’ right on ter the dishes! Did you ever?”

“The plums is all took out o’ my cramb’ry sarse an’ it’s friz to a still jell!” whispered Peoria in wild excitement.

“Hi-yah! I got a wishbone!” sang Larry, regardless of Sarah Maud’s frown, after which she asked to have his seat changed, giving as excuse that he “gen’ally set beside her, an’ would feel strange,” the true reason being that she desired to kick him gently, under the table, whenever he passed what might be termed “the McGrill line.”

“I declare to goodness,” murmured Susan, on the other side, “there’s so much to look at I can’t scarcely eat nothin’!” “Bet yer life I can!” said Peter, who had kept one servant busily employed ever since he sat down; for, luckily, no one was asked

by Uncle Jack whether he would have a second helping, but the dishes were quietly passed under their noses, and not a single Ruggles refused anything that was offered him, even unto the seventh time.

Then, when Carol and Uncle Jack perceived that more turkey was a physical impossibility, the meats were taken off and the dessert was brought in a dessert that would have frightened a strong man after such a dinner as had preceded it. Not so the Ruggleses for a strong man is nothing to a small boy and they kindled to the dessert as if the turkey had been a dream and the six vegetables

an optical delusion. There were plum pudding, mince pie and ice cream; and there were nuts and raisins, and oranges.

Kitty chose ice cream, explaining that “she knew it by sight, though she hadn’t never tasted none.” But all the rest took the entire variety, without any regard to consequences.

“My dear child,” whispered Uncle Jack, as he took Carol an orange, “there is no doubt about the necessity of this feast, but I do advise you after this to have them twice a year, or quarterly perhaps, for the way these children eat is positively dangerous; I assure you I tremble for that terrible Peoria. I’m going to run races with yer after dinner.”

“Never mind,” laughed Carol; “let them have enough for once. It does my heart good to see them and they shall come oftener next year.” *** The feast being over, the Ruggleses lay back in their chairs languidly, like little gorged boa constrictors, and the table was cleared in a trice. Then a door was opened into the next room, and there, in a corner facing Carol’s bed, which had been wheeled as close as possible, stood the brilliantly lighted Christmas tree, glittering with gilded walnuts and tiny silver balloons, and wreathed with snowy chains of popcorn. The presents had been bought mostly with Carol’s story money, and were selected after long consultations with Mrs. Bird. Each girl had a blue knitted hood and each boy a red crocheted comforter, all made by Mamma, Carol and Elfrida. “Because if you buy everything, it doesn’t show so much love,” said Carol. Then every girl had a pretty plaid dress of a different color, and every boy a warm coat of the right size. Here the useful presents stopped, and they were quite enough; but Carol had pleaded to give them something “for fun.” “I know they need the clothes,” she had said, when they were talking over the matter just after Thanksgiving, “but they don’t care much for them, after all. Now, Papa, won’t you please let me go without my presents this year, and give me the money they would cost to buy something to amuse the Ruggleses?”

“You can have both,” said Mr. Bird, promptly; “is there any need for my little girl going without her own Christmas, I should like to know?” Spend all the money you like.”

“But that isn’t the thing,” objected Carol, nestling close to her father, “it wouldn’t be mine. What is the use?

Haven’t I already most everything already, and am I not the happiest girl in the world this year, with Uncle Jack and Donald at home? You know very well it is more blessed to give than to receive, so why won’t you let me do it? You never look half as happy when you are getting presents as when you are giving us ours.

Now, Papa submit, or I shall have to be very firm and disagreeable with you!”

“Very well, your Highness, I surrender.”

“That’s a dear Papa! Now what were you going to give me? Confess!”

“A bronze figure of Santa Claus, and in the ‘little round belly that shakes when he laughs like a bowlful of jelly,’ is a wonderful clock oh, you would never give it up if you could see it!”

“Nonsense,” laughed Carol, “as I never have to get up to breakfast, nor go to bed, nor catch trains, I think my old clock will do very well! Now, Mamma, what were you going to give me?”

“Oh, I hadn’t decided. A few more books and a good thimble, and a smelling bottle and a music box, perhaps.”

“Poor Carol,” laughed the child merrily, “she can afford to give up these lovely things, for there will still be left Uncle Jack, and Donald, and Paul, and Hugh, and Uncle Bob, and Aunt Elsie, and a dozen other people to fill her Christmas stocking!”

So Carol had her way as she generally did; but it was usually a good way, which was fortunate under the circumstances; and Sarah Maud had a set of Miss Alcott’s books and Peter a modest silver watch, Cornelius a tool chest, Clement a doghouse for his lame puppy, Larry a magnificent Noah’s Ark, and each of the younger girls a beautiful doll.

You can well believe that everybody was very merry and very thankful. All the family, from Mr. Bird down to the cook, said that they had never seen so much happiness in the space of three hours; but it had to end, as all things do. The candles flickered and went out, the tree was left alone with its gilded ornaments, and Mrs. Bird sent the children downstairs at half past eight, thinking that Carol looked tired. *** Now my darling, you have done quite enough for one day,” said Mrs. Bird, getting Carol into her little nightgown.

“I’m afraid that you will feel worse tomorrow, and that would be a sad ending to such a charming evening.”

“Oh, wasn’t it a lovely, lovely time,” sighed Carol. “From first to last, everything was just right. I shall never forget Larry’s face when he looked at the turkey; nor that sweet, sweet Kitty’s smile when she kissed her dolly; nor the tears in poor, dull Sarah Maud’s eyes when she thanked me for her books; nor ‘’ But we mustn’t talk any longer about it tonight,” said Mrs. Bird, anxiously; “you are too tired, dear.”

“I am not so very tired, Mamma. I have felt well all day; not a bit of pain anywhere. Perhaps this has done me good.”

“Perhaps, I hope so. There was no noise or confusion, just a merry time. Now, may I close the door and leave you alone, dear?

Papa and I will steal in softly by and by and see if you are all right; but I think you need to be very quiet.”

“Oh, I’m willing to stay by myself; but I am not sleepy yet, and I am going to hear the music, you know.”

“Yes, I have opened the window a little, and put the screen in front of it so that you won’t feel the air.”

“Can I have the shutters open? And won’t you turn my bed, please? This morning I woke ever so early, and one bright, beautiful star shone in that eastern window. I never noticed it before, and I thought of the Star in the East, that guided the Wise Men to the place where the Baby Jesus was. Goodnight, Mamma.

Such a happy, happy day!”

“Goodnight, my precious Christmas Carol mother’s blessed Christmas child.”

“Bend your head a minute, mother dear,” whispered Carol, calling her mother back. “Mamma, dear, I do think that we have kept Christ’s birthday this time just as He would like it. Don’t you?”

“I am sure of it,” said Mrs. Bird, softly.

VII: The Birdling Flies Away The Ruggleses had finished a last romp in the library with Paul and Hugh, and Uncle Jack had taken them home and stayed awhile to chat with Mrs. Ruggles who opened the door for them, her face all aglow with excitement and delight.

When Kitty and Clem showed her the oranges and nuts that they had kept for her, she astonished them by saying that at six o’clock Mrs. Bird had sent her in the finest dinner she had ever seen in her life; and not only that, but a piece of dress goods that must have cost a dollar a yard if it cost a cent.

As Uncle Jack went down the rickety steps he looked back into the window for a last glimpse of the family, as the children gathered about their mother, showing her beautiful presents again and again and then upward to a window in the great house yonder. “A little child shall lead them,” he thought. “Well, if—if

anything ever happens to Carol, I will take the Ruggleses under my wing.”

“Softly, Uncle Jack,” whispered the boys, as he walked into the library a while later. “We are listening to the music in the church. The choir has sung ‘Carol, brothers, carol,’ and now we think the organist is beginning to play ‘My ain countree’ for Carol.”

“I hope she hears it,” said Mrs. Bird’ “but they are very late tonight, and I dare not speak to her lest she should be asleep.

It is almost ten o’clock.”

The boy soprano, clad in white surplice, stood in the organ loft. The light shone full upon his crown of fair hair, and his pale face, with its serious blue eyes, looked paler than usual. Perhaps it was something in the tender trill of the voice, or in the sweet words, but there were many tears in many eyes, both in the church and in the great house next door.

“I am far frae my hame, I am weary aften whiles For the langed-for hame-brin in,’ An’ my Faether’s welcome smiles; An’ I’ll ne’er be fu’ content Until my e’en do see The golden gates o’heaven In my ain countree.

“The earth is decked wi’ flow’res.

Mony tinted fresh an’ gay, An’ the birdies warble blythely, For my Faether made them sae; But these sight an’ these soun’s Will as naething be to me, When I hear the angels singin’ In my ain countree.

“Like a bairn to its mither, A wee birdie to its nest, I fain would be gangin’noo Unto my Faether’s breast; For He gathers in His arms Helpless, worthless lambs like me, An’ carries them Himsel’ To His ain countree.”

There were tears in many eyes, but not in Carol’s. The loving heart had quietly ceased to beat, and the “wee birdie” in the great house had flown to its “home nest.”

Carol had fallen asleep! But as to the song, I think perhaps, I cannot say, she heard it after all!

So sad an ending to a happy day!

Perhaps to those who were left; and yet Carol’s mother, even in the freshness of her grief, was glad that her darling had slipped away on the loveliest day of her life, out of its glad content, into everlasting peace.

She was glad that she had gone as she had come, on the wings of song, when all the world was brimming over with joy; glad of every grateful smile, of every joyous burst of laughter, of every loving thought and word and deed the dear last day had brought.

Sadness reigned, it is true, in the little house behind the garden; and one day poor Sarah Maud, with courage born of despair, threw on her hood and shawl, walked straight to a certain house a mile away, up the marble steps into good Dr. Bartol’s office, falling at his feet as she cried, “Oh sir, it was me an’ our children that went to Miss Carol’s last dinner party an’ if we made her worse we can’t never be happy again! Then the kind old gentleman took her rough hand in his and told her to dry her tears, for neither she nor any of her flock had hastened Carol’s flight; indeed, he said that had it not been for the strong hopes and wishes that filled her tired heart, she could not have stayed long enough to keep that last merry Christmas with her dear ones.

And so the old years, fraught with memories, die, one after another, and the new years, bright with hopes, are born to take their places; but Carol lives again in every chime of Christmas bells that peal glad tidings, and in every Christmas anthem sung by childish voices.

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