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Ticket totals tumble

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Apologies flow during sentencing in tickets scam ———

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KEVIN LAM, A KANSAS UNIVERSITY FRESHMAN from Overland Park, points his mother, Yuk Mei Wong, to the parking meter that corresponds to their parking space on Monday in the 700 block of Massachusetts Street. The amount of parking tickets issued in downtown Lawrence dropped by about 14 percent in 2010.

Numbers down significantly for parking, speeding

By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

If you got a speeding or parking ticket in Lawrence in 2010, consider yourself unlucky.

The number of parking tickets issued at meters in Downtown Lawrence plummeted by 14 percent in 2010 — despite the city adding an hour to the amount of time motorists must pay the meter.

And the number of speeding

tickets issued in Lawrence continued to be nearly 50 percent below the totals that the city was issuing just five years ago.

The reason?

“I don’t think there has been a sudden outbreak of excellent driving behavior,” City Manager David Corliss said Monday.

“I think it is more related to our ability to enforce the traffic laws.”

The city’s police department was down about eight

officer positions in 2010 because of retirements and staff turnover, Corliss said.

That means the departCorliss ment’s resources have been stretched thinner, allowing less time to be devoted to monitoring for speeding violations.

The city issued 5,312 speeding tickets in 2010, up slightly from 5,237 in 2009. But the ticket totals are well below the 8,071 speeding tickets issued in 2006. Until this year’s slight increase, the number of speeding tickets issued had declined for three straight years. Corliss said the number of tickets probably will go up some as the department gets closer to full-staffing levels. Currently, Please see DECLINE, page 2A

Automatic math enrollment frustrating for some

By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com

Brian Orloff and his son, who entered Kansas University this semester, hoped to put off those pesky math requirements for a semester, but a new KU policy won’t allow that anymore.

Orloff’s son, who enrolled at KU this spring, had previously taken classes at Johnson County Community College. But he hadn’t completed any math classes.

They then found that KU is pretty serious about getting students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to enroll in basic math courses early and continuously.

So serious that, as of last semester, if those students haven’t demonstrated the ability

to fulfill basic math require- directing to the students’ online ments upon entering KU and KYou Portal. Advisers also disdon’t sign up to take those class- cuss the issue with them, McNees in their first semester, the uni- ley said. versity will automatically enroll KU also tracks whether the them in a math class students have read the until they complete an notices in the portal. algebra or pre-calculus If students aren’t class. enrolled in math classes Not fulf illing the by the last day before math requirement is one classes begin, KU will of the top barriers to automatically add a graduation, said Kim math class to the stuKANSAS McNeley, a KU assistant dents’ schedule.

UNIVERSITY liberal arts and sciences For KU, it became a dean. And the longer students question of how much responsidelay taking it out of high bility students should have to do school, the more difficult it the things that set themselves up becomes, she said. for graduation weighed against The school sends students the responsibility the university who need to take the classes has to set students up for sucthree notices: one through the cess, she said. mail, and two through e-mails If they choose, students may

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Lawmakers begin discussing 401(k) versus KPERS ———

Government employee groups say changing plan won’t solve underlying problems

By John Hanna Associated Press Writer

TOPEKA — Kansas legislators waded Monday into a debate over having the state move toward a 401(k)-style plan for teachers and government employees to attack the long-term funding problems of their pension system.

It’s not clear how much support exists for the idea, included in legislation before a House committee.

The president of a free-market, Wichita-based think tank and the chairman of a Topeka building construction supply company urged the House Pensions and Benefits Committee to endorse a bill making the change for teachers and government workers in 2013. They say the state and its taxpayers can’t afford traditional pension plans.

Groups representing teachers, government workers and retirees oppose such a change, and their representatives told the committee that mov-

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opt to take the classes at other schools or community colleges, McNeley said, as long as they enroll in their first semester.

“These are pretty basic math courses, and community colleges do a great job with that,” she said.

KU has a petition process by which some students can postpone the enrollment in situations if they have conflicting enrollments with other classes, excessive responsibilities outside of school along with some other situations.

“What we typically don’t approve is ‘I just don’t want to do it now,’” McNeley said.

By the time students are allowed to drop the class, they

WICHITA — Brandon Simmons and Jason Jeffries will spend the next two years trying to pay back some of the thousands of dollars they took illegally from Kansas Athletics Inc. and, by extension, season-ticket holders, Kansas University fans and Jayhawk supporters overall.

Trying to repair the damage left Simmons behind by their actions, and those of five other conspirators in a sweeping tickets scandal, may be even harder.

The two were sentenced Monday morning by a U.S. District Court judge in Wichita to spend two years on probation.

“I made a terrible error in this circumstance,” said Simmons, a former assistant athletic director Jeffries for sales and marketing, who now works in Lenexa and recently earned a promotion from his boss. “I know words alone will be cheap, but mine will not come without action.”

Jeffries, a former assistant director of ticket operations within the athletics department, apologized for “betraying the trust” of his family, friends, KU donors and fans. He still lives in Lawrence, volunteers at church and stays at home

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LAWRENCE

| Tuesday, March 8, 2011

DEATHS Jere Jay Neibarger A celebration of life for Jere Jay Neibarger, 80, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m.

Saturday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS. Private inurnment will be held at Hubbel Hill Cemetery in Tonganoxie, KS, at a later date for both Jere and his wife, June, who preceded him in death. They will be buried together.

Jere died Sunday, February 20, 2011. The body was cremated.

He was born September 28, 1930, in Tonganoxie. He was one of five children born to Walter and Tresa (Hukill) Neibarger. He grew up in Tonganoxie, Valley Falls, and Burlington, KS. He married G. June Lesser Neibarger on January 9, 1965, at the Congregational Church in Tonganoxie. She died on December 5, 2010.

Jere served four years in the U.S. Marines including two years with the occupation forces in Japan. While in Japan he served six months in Tokyo with an honorary Military Police Unit for General Douglas McArthur. He also served one year during the Korean War. He later became a licensed pilot and FAA-certified master mechanic and was employed by Trans World Airlines and Boeing Airplane Company before joining Cessna Aircraft Company in Wichita, KS, as a Technical Writer and then as Service

Information Administrator for several years.

Jere later owned and edited three area newspaper and printing businesses over a fifteen-year period, including the Tonganoxie Mirror, the De Soto News, and the Overbrook Citizen.

He worked for 18 years at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and retired as a Communications Technician in 1995.

Jere was a 50-year member of the Albert Pike Masonic Lodge No. 303 in Wichita and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Lawrence.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, and one brother.

He is survived by two daughters, Katrina Rodriguez, husband Jose, and son Marcus of Greenwood, IN, and Anna White, husband John, and daughter Amanda and son Ethan, of Lawrence; one son, Derek, wife Christine, and son Forrest and daughter Ashley Beiter of Lawrence; one brother, John E. of Clinton, MO; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

The family suggests memorials to the Albert Pike Masonic Lodge No. 303, in care of the RumseyYost Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be sent at www.rumseyyost.com.

M ELVIN G ENTRY A Celebration of Life memorial service for Melvin Gentry, 72, Topeka, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lawrence Chapel Oaks.

Cremation is planned. Burial will follow at Pleasant View Cemetery, Oskaloosa.

Mr. Gentry died Friday, March 4, 2011, at his home.

He was born March 10, 1938, in Oskaloosa, the son of Edgar Leland and Frieda Louise Killinger Gentry. He graduated from Oskaloosa High School in 1956.

Mr. Gentry worked as a designer in the sample department for Lawrence Paper Company for many years. He was owner and operator of Gentry Enterprises for the past 25 years.

He was a member of the Lawrence Jaycees and the Lawrence Elks Lodge.

He married Mary C. Fulcher in 1960. They later divorced.

Survivors include a son, Jon Melvin, Gentry Lawrence; a daughter, Kristi Gentry, Oskaloosa; two sisters, Marlene L. Williams, Perry, and Margaret A. Elliot, Denver; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials to the Lawrence Humane Society, sent in care of the funeral home, 3821 W. Sixth St., Lawrence, KS 66049.

Online condolences may be sent at barnettchapeloaks.com.

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ROBERT STANLEY ‘BOB’ B RAKSICK MCLOUTH — A memorial Celebration of Life for Robert Stanley “Bob” Braksick, 60, McLouth, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the McLouth United Methodist Church.

Mr. Braksick died Sunday, March 6, 2011, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born Dec. 25, 1950, in Independence, Mo., the son of Stanley William and Fern Helena Laumeier Braksick. He was a 1969 graduate of McLouth High School.

Mr. Braksick attended Emporia State University. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, serving from 1970 to 1972.

Mr. Braksick retired in 2010 as the president of the Bank of McLouth, where he had worked since he was 12 years old. He was a member of the McLouth United Methodist Church, the McLouth Kiwanis Club and was a life member of the Jefferson County Historical Society. He and his wife were members of the Clydesdale Breeders Association of the United States, the Kansas Draft Horse and Mule Association, and the Lucky Spur Saddle Club in Oskaloosa.

Mr. Braksick had formerly

served on the board of directors of Jefferson County Memorial Hospital and also served as a volunteer fireBraksick fighter in the McLouth fire district. He was a longtime supporter of Jefferson County 4-H and of Jefferson County.

He married Candace K. “Candy” Griffitts on Sept. 1, 1978, in McLouth. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include his mother, McLouth; two daughters, Staci Cook and husband Kenneth, Inman, and Sherri Braksick, Wichita; a sister, Kathy Scott and husband Ron, McLouth; and two grandsons, Asher and Isaac Cook.

The family will meet friends following the services at the church.

The family suggest memorials to the McLouth United Methodist Church, Kansas University Cancer Center or Jefferson County Humane Society, sent in care of Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, P.O. Box 416, Oskaloosa, KS 66066.

Melba Sibbella Fulton Kelley 1920 - 2011 Melba Sibbella Kelley, 90, of High Ridge, Missouri, and former Lawrence resident died Saturday, March 5, 2011, at St. Clare Health Center, Fenton, Mo. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her family.

Melba was born Dec. 7, 1920, in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charles and Sibbellah (Wildon) Fulton and attended Addington Schools. She married Arnold L. Proctor in 1936 and they had a daughter, Charlene. They were divorced in 1960. In 1963 she married W. Keith Kelley, WWII veteran and former Principal of Haskell Indian Junior College.

Though an active member of the Southside Church of Christ, Lawrence Pilot Club, and Knife and Fork Club, Melba’s true vocation was that of a professional Grandmother of the highest order. Her care, wisdom, ingenuity and character touched and shaped the lives of those around her on a daily basis ... .

Melba’s immense spirit will forever live on in her family, daughter Charlene Tilford and husKelley band Lewis Tilford of High Ridge, Mo.; grandsons Todd Tilford and wife Tammy, Keith Tilford and wife Mendy, and Eric Tilford and wife Rena; and five great-grandchildren, Dannielle Tilford, Cheyenne Tilford, Scarlet Tilford, Ivor Tilford and Josephine Tilford.

The family suggests memorials to the Lawrence Pilot Club Projects Program.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 12 at WarrenMcElwain Mortuary. The family will receive friends from 10:00 until service time at the mortuary Online condolences may be sent to www.warren mcelwain.com.

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LIDINGÖ, SWEDEN — A funeral service for Eva Fernqvist McNown, 93, Lidingö, Sweden, formerly of Lawrence, was held March 1

at the 17th-century Lidingö Church in Sweden.

She died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011.

Graveside services for Helen Alberta Clower, 76, Anderson, Mo., formerly of Lawrence, will be held in Lawrence at a later date.

Mrs. Clower died Thursday, March 3, 2011 at Freeman Hospital in Neosho, Mo.

KPERS

“I think that there are multiple actions that need to be taken, and this is just one component of it,” Holmes said.

KPERS covers 73,000 retirees and nearly 161,000 active public school, state and local government employees.

State officials have been concerned about its long-term health for about two decades, but investment losses sustained during the Great Recession widened its funding gap and sparked interest among some legislators in considering 401(k)-style plans.

Senate President Steve Morris, a Hugoton Republican who’s also chairman of a special committee on pensions in his chamber, said the idea will receive serious consideration. “There’s a lot of interest from the governor and others,” he said.

Republican Gov. Sam Brownback hasn’t publicly endorsed the bill before the

House committee, but spokeswoman Sherriene Jones-Sontag said, “Everything should be on the table.”

Kansas’ public pension system currently guarantees an employee’s benef its upfront, basing them on years of service and a worker’s salary, rather than having benefits based on investment earnings. The bill before the House committee would close the state’s traditional plans to teachers and government workers hired after July 1, 2013, and start a 401(k)style plan for them.

Supporters of the change argue that the state — like many private businesses that have moved to 401(k) plans over the past few decades — realistically can’t sustain traditional pension plans. Ken Daniel, chairman of Midway Wholesale, the Topeka construction supply company, said it’s not fair to force taxpayers to keeping pouring

money into traditional plans for government workers that aren’t available to privatesector workers.

“The people who are public employees need to start taking straws off of the camel,” Daniel said.

And Dave Trabert, president of the Wichita-based Kansas Policy Institute, said the state faces “catastrophic” increases in its pension contributions if it tries to close the gap in long-term funding without shutting off the current traditional plans. He said the promises made to employees and retirees will keep getting more expensive.

“They are crushing governments,” Trabert said.

“This is the first step.”

The argument resonated with at least a few of the Republicans who hold a majority on the House committee.

“My old Boy Scout first aid days — you’ve got to stop the

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ing toward a 401 (k)-style plan wouldn’t solve the underlying problem facing the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System, or KPERS. The pension system faces a projected gap of nearly $7.7 billion between its anticipated long-term revenues and the benefits it has promised current and future retirees over the next several decades.

Chairman Mitch Holmes, a St. John Republican, is not sure when the committee will debate the bill, but said it’s significant that the measure has received testimony favoring it. He said in the past, only public employee and retiree groups have weighed in on pension bills, and it’s always been to oppose changes that don’t involve putting more money into the system.

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the department is only two officers down.

The parking ticket numbers also are related to a staffing issue. Corliss said the city’s staff of five parking control officers was down the equivalent of one One number position for much that didn’t go of the year down, because of according to several prolonged the new data, absences is the amount or resignations on of money the the staff. city collected Because in Municipal the size of Court fines the staff is small, the and fees. Total loss of one collections at position Municipal for a major part of the Court increased by year reduced 14 percent to the num- $4.06 million. ber of tickets the staff was able to write, he said.

Plus, Corliss said he wasn’t ruling out that some changes to the city’s fine system had caused people to be more cognizant of plugging the meter.

The City Commission in late 2009 increased the fine for overtime parking from $2 to $3 and increased the late payment fee for parking tickets from $10 to $15.

But the city also added one hour to the time period people must pay the meters — stretching it to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. That change likely would have produced a few more tickets.

One number that didn’t go down, according to the new data, is the amount of money the city collected in Municipal Court fines and fees. Total collections at Municipal Court increased by 14 percent to $4.06 million.

Those numbers rose because city commissioners in late 2009 approved $12 per ticket increases for speeding and many traffic violations.

Other numbers from Municipal Court’s 2010 annual report include: ● In terms of nontraffic or parking offenses, theft continued to be the No. 1 offense prosecuted at Municipal Court. There were 444 theft cases, down from 454 in 2009. ● Minor in possession of alcohol cases spiked upward in 2010. The court prosecuted 392 minor in possession cases, up 46 percent from 2009 totals. But the numbers are still below 2006, 2007 and 2008 totals when more than 400 minor in possession citations were issued each year. ● Noise violations continued their steady downward trend. Tickets in that category have declined each of the last five years from 449 in 2006 to 189 in 2010.

— City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be reached at 832-6362. Follow him at Twitter.com/clawhorn_ljw.

bleeding,” said Rep. John Grange, an El Dorado Republican.

But employee and retiree groups, as well as some legislators, are skeptical. They argue that a 401(k)-style plan offers less secure benefits.

“Do you really want to take your retirement security and gamble it on the stock market?” said Jane Carter, lobbyist for the Kansas Organization of State Employees, after the hearing.

Critics also note that if the state starts a 401(k)-style plan for new teachers and government employees, it still must close the funding gap in the existing plan, and they suggest the cost of contributing to two separate systems will be even higher.

“It creates two systems, both of them weak,” said Terry Forsyth, lobbyist for the Kansas-National Education Association teachers’ union.

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Santa Fe Depot’s platform being rebuilt 1 | WASHINGTON, D.C.

Obama restarts Guantanamo trials President Barack Obama reversed course Monday and ordered a resumption of military trials for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, making his once ironclad promise to close the isolated prison look even more distant.

Guantanamo has been a major political and national security headache for the president since he took office promising to close the prison within a year, a deadline that came and went without him ever setting a new one.

Obama made the change with clear reluctance, bowing to the reality that Congress’ vehement opposition to trying detainees on U.S. soil leaves them nowhere else to go. The president emphasized his preference for trials in federal civilian courts, and his administration blamed congressional meddling for closing off that avenue.

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Report: Military leadership lacks diversity The U.S. military is too white and too male at the top and needs to change recruiting and promotion policies and lift its ban on women in combat, an independent report for Congress said Monday.

Seventy-seven percent of senior officers in the active-duty military are white, while only 8 percent are black, 5 percent are Hispanic and 16 percent are women, the report by an independent panel said, quoting data from September 2008.

One barrier that keeps women from the highest ranks is their inability to serve in combat units. Promotion and job opportunities have favored those with battlefield leadership credentials.

The report ordered by Congress in 2009 calls for greater diversity in the military’s leadership so it will better reflect the racial, ethnic and gender mix in the armed forces and in American society.

Efforts over the years to develop a more equal opportunity military have increased the number of women and racial and ethnic minorities in the ranks of leadership. But, the report said, “despite undeniable successes ... the armed forces have not yet succeeded in developing a continuing stream of leaders who are as diverse as the nation they serve.”

2 | LIBYA

Airstrikes spur drafting of no-fly zone Repeated airstrikes by Libyan warplanes on Monday illustrated the edge Moammar Gadhafi holds in his fight against rebel forces marching toward the capital: He controls the air. After pleading from the uprising’s leaders, Britain and France began drafting a U.N. resolution for a no-fly zone in Libya that could balance the scales.

President Barack Obama warned that the U.S. and its NATO allies are still considering military options to stop what he called “unacceptable” violence by Gadhafi’s regime. NATO decided to boost flights of AWACs surveillance planes over Libya from 10 to 24 hours a day, the U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder said.

Libyan warplanes launched multiple airstrikes Monday on opposition fighters regrouping at the oil port of Ras Lanouf on the Mediterranean coast a day after they were driven back by a heavy government counteroffensive aimed at stopping the rebel drive toward Tripoli, Gadhafi’s stronghold.

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WORKERS FOR KRISCHE CONSTRUCTION OF LONGMONT, COLO., on Monday lay rock along the front walkway of Santa Fe Depot in east Lawrence.

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Gov. Brownback’s budget director quizzed on salaries —————

Legislators ask about administrative pay, budget cut rationale Goossen, at a salary of $114,199 per year.

Anderson is making $98,000 TOPEKA — Legislators on Mon- per year as budget director, and day questioned Gov. Sam Dennis Taylor is making Brownback’s budget director $114,000 per year as secretary about salaries within the admin- of administration for a comistration and the reasons behind bined total of $212,000 per year. some of Brownback’s proposed The salary figures were providbudget cuts. ed by the governor’s Budget Director office through a Kansas Steve Anderson Open Records Act defended administrarequest. tive salaries and said Anderson said it was Brownback, a Republibetter to have two peocan who was elected in ple focused on the sepNovember, faced a arate departments. He short time frame to praised Goossen, but come up with a pro- LEGISLATURE said, “Goossen was just posed budget while facspread too thin. It was ing a nearly $500 million rev- penny wise and pound foolish,” enue shortfall. to combine the two jobs, he Appearing before the House said.

Appropriations Committee, Feuerborn also asked AnderRep. Bill Feuerborn of Garnett, son why Brownback recomthe ranking Democrat, asked mended full funding of a prowhy Brownback decided to hire gram that is supposed to make separate people for budget air fares more competitive in director and secretary of admin- Wichita, including a rollover of istration. In the previous admin- unspent funds, while also recistration, both positions were ommending elimination of the held by one person, Duane Kansas Arts Commission and

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funding of Kansas Public Broadcasting.

The “Fair Fares” program was presented by its supporters as a way to help to western Kansas, Anderson said. “Everything will be scrutinized in detail in the next budget cycle,” he said.

Combined with the short time frame to propose a budget when the legislative session started in January, Anderson said there was a lack of data on the efficiency of state spending when he came on the job.

Anderson said he has directed his staff to put in place a management information system that will measure costs per unit of output throughout state government.

“Good data makes good decisions,” he said.

Rep. Peggy Mast, R-Emporia, praised Anderson’s efforts, saying, “I always thought of government efficiency as an oxymoron; maybe we have the potential to make it something credible.”

— Statehouse reporter Scott Rothschild can be reached at 785-423-0668.

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Gov. rejects Dems’ meeting request

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Wisconsin Democrats who fled the state nearly three weeks ago asked Monday for a meeting with Gov. Scott Walker to talk about changes to his plan to eliminate most public workers’ union rights, a request the governor dismissed as “ridiculous.”

Walker said he and his administration have been in communication with at least a couple of the AWOL Senate Democrats about a deal that could bring them back, but the lawmaker who asked for the

By Mark Fagan meeting, Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller, “is mfagan@ljworld.com firmly standing in the way.”

That accusation led to a flurry of angry responses ONLINE: See a video from Democrats who said Walker was misrepresentat LJWorld.com ing the talks. The sometimes-angry exchange sugHaving spent a quarter centugested that any resolution to the stalemate was farry working contacts in the halls ther away than ever. of the Kansas Statehouse, mas4 | AFGHANISTAN saging bills that could affect his very livelihoods, and U.S. begins Afghanistan security talks clients’ lobbying lawmakers on matters The United States is beginning to decide what its considered crucial to the sucresponsibilities will be in Afghanistan after U.S. com- cess or failure of some of the bat troops leave, Defense Secretary Robert Gates state’s most educated and lawsaid Monday, but he ruled out permanent military minded professionals, one bases in the strategically important country. might think that Jim Clark has President Hamid Karzai wants U.S. military supthe inside track on financial port even as he heavily criticizes the current U.S.-led matters in Topeka. military campaign for being too quick on the trigger.

Think again.

Nine Afghan boys died in an accidental air strike last “I’m glad I’m not still lobbyweek, reopening a raw issue. ing,” said Clark, a former lobbyGates said the U.S. is interested in keeping a military ist for the Kansas Bar Associapresence in this former al-Qaida haven beyond the tion and the Kansas County and planned end of combat in three years. At a news conDistrict Attorneys Association, ference with Karzai, Gates said a team of U.S. officials and who now works as an attorwould arrive here next week to begin negotiations ney for the Kansas Health Care over a new compact for U.S.-Afghan security relations Stabilization Fund in Topeka. after 2014, when all international combat forces are “It’s gotten really brutal across supposed to be gone. U.S. forces have been in the street.”

Afghanistan since 2001, and President Barack Obama Instead, Clark aims to get has repeatedly said the war is not open-ended. involved in another relatively The Pentagon chief also said the U.S. and its allies challenging environment closer will be “well positioned” to begin withdrawing forces to home: He’s one of nine candiin July this year, although he gave no specifics. dates running for four seats up

Candidate pursuing local role after statewide lobbying

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JIM CLARK IS RUNNING FOR ONE OF FOUR SEATS on the Lawrence school board. Clark, a former lobbyist for the Kansas Bar Association and the Kansas County and District Attorneys Association, said he is interested in preserving schools and smaller class sizes for elementary schools. for election April 5 on the Lawrence school board, with winners to begin their four-year terms in July.

By then, Clark figures, Gov. Sam Brownback and the Republican-led Legislature already will have made their cuts to public education, ones that Lawrence

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administrators figure could cost the district another $3 million for the upcoming school year.

Dealing with such a shortfall certainly won’t be easy, Clark said, but dealing with its implications will require people who Please see SCHOOL, page 7A

TOPEKA — Animal protection and health safety groups on Monday blasted a plan by Gov. Sam Brownback to merge the Animal Health Department into the Department of Agriculture.

They said that they feared the work of the Animal Health Department would get buried in the bureaucracy of the larger Agriculture Department.

The Kansas Emergency Management Association, in written testimony, said it Grinstead feared the move could slow the state’s response to an animal disease outbreak.

“We recognize the governor’s desire to streamline state government and to achieve savings by reducing duplication of functions. However, diminishing the state’s ability to avoid a devastating animal disease emergency is not the way to do it,” the group said.

Midge Grinstead, director of the Lawrence Humane Society Please see GROUPS, page 10A

Education breakfast to feature David Booth A graduate of Lawrence High School who has gone on to a successful career in financial services and philanthropy will return in Lawrence late this summer for Booth breakfast.

With hundreds of guests to hear what he has to say.

David Booth, chairman and co-CEO of Dimensional Fund Advisors in Austin, Texas, will deliver the keynote speech at the 2011 Community Education Breakfast, the Lawrence Schools Foundation announced Monday.

The 10th annual breakfast, which raises money for the foundation, is set for Aug. 26.

The firm headed by Booth, who graduated from Lawrence High in 1964, today has $219 billion of assets under management. In December, he spent $4.33 million at auction to buy James Naismith’s original rules of “Basket Ball” and announced he hopes to have them placed on permanent display at Kansas University.

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Best Burger: Burger Stand at the Casbah Lawrence quickly became one of the best places in the state — and country, for that matter — to find a burger.

The trouble, today, is deciding where to go.

You voted the Burger Stand at the Casbah as the city’s best burger. This summer, the Burger Stand took its talents to the Casbah after tantalizing Lawrence with its smoke burger and truffle fries at Dempsey’s. Dempsey’s still

has its name in the discussion of Lawrence’s top burger joints, though under different management.

While The Stand’s Kobe beef burger is plenty for the most devout carnivores, vegetarian options such as the romesco burger or falafel burger add to the menu’s diversity and, we must say, are as delicious as anything else on the menu.

Grab a beer and take in

some karaoke or jazz each week. A late night burger, dog and fry menu is also available after 10 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.

Honorable mentions: Back-up burgers. ● Dempsey’s Burger Pub, 623 Vt. ● Five Guys Burgers & Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo Fries, 2040 W. 33rd St. ● Local Burger, 714 Vt. MELANIE BROWN AND JAMES WELLINGTON, both of Lawrence, enjoy burgers at The Burger Stand at the Casbah, 803 Mass.

Best Latin American Food: La Parrilla The f irst restaurant opened by local culinary whiz kids Alejandro Lule and Subarna Bhattachan (who also own Zen Zero and Genovese), this newly renovated spot is the place to go for Latin American cuisine.

Not for those looking for run-of-the-mill Tex-Mex, patrons can expect baskets of warm tortilla chips served

Address: 803 Mass.

Phone: 856-0543 Website: www.thecasbahburgerstand.com Hours: Monday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Owner/Proprietors: Robert and Molly Krause, Simon and Codi Bates Opened: 2009 at Dempsey’s, 2010 at current location

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LAUREN MCCOY, of La Parrilla, serves up fish tacos and chips at the restaurant, 814 Mass.

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Address: 814 Mass.

Phone: 841-1100 Website: ww.laparrillalawrence.com Hours: Sunday-Monday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Owner/Proprietors: Alejandro Lule and Subarna Bhattachan Opened: 1999

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with addictive house salsa, pitchers of Brazilian lemonade, cheap-but-generous rice bowls, favorites like quesadillas and enchiladas, and daily specials. In fact, it’s easy to take a date here and not spend more than $20 while still getting great food and drink both in quality and quantity.

In Spanish, the restaurant’s name means “the grill” but

Locally owned and operated for over 21 years.

Check out www.rudyspizzeria.com for daily specials and full menu

for anyone who dines there, it is so much more.

Honorable mentions: También deliciosa. ● El Mezcal Mexican Restaurant, 1819 W. 23rd St.; 804 Iowa; 1520 Wakarusa Drive ● Esquina, 801 Mass. ● Cielito Lindo Mexican Restaurant, 815 N.H.

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Best Asian Food: Zen Zero The second restaurant owned by the aforementioned Alejandro Lule and Subarna Bhattachan, Zen Zero melds cultures and flavors in its extensive panAsian menu.

Though it’s conceptualized as a “noodle shop,” noodles only make up a portion of the menu, which is chock-full of

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ZEN ZERO Address: 811 Mass.

Phone: 832-0001 Website: www.zenzero.com Hours: Sunday-Monday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Owner/Proprietors: Alejandro Lule and Subarna Bhattachan Opened: 2002

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salads, soups, curries, stir fries and desserts such as green tea ice cream. Those noodle-lovers looking for a great pad thai made to their liking need look no further.

The pad thai sauce is a perfect blend of sweet, sour, spicy and tangy and the noodles are plentiful. Takeout is a snap, though in-house diners can

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Honorable mentions: No chopsticks required. ● Encore Cafe, 1007 Mass. ● Yokohama, 811 N.H.; 1730 W. 23rd St. ● Jade Garden, 1410 Kasold Drive

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Best Pizza: Rudy’s Pizzeria

ELLIOTT BEAL, from left, Timothy Jipoon and Eric Johnson display some of their popular pies at Rudy’s Pizzeria, 704 Mass.

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Mounds of cheese, a list of toppings so long it looks like a salad bar, sauce spiked with red wine and crust so dense it begs to be savored rather than inhaled — these ingredients helped make Rudy’s Pizzeria your choice for Best Pizza.

Opened in 1990 by Chad and July Glazer, for more than 20 years the restaurant has been a spot for meals in a hurry or sitdown fellowship with friends and family.

Pizza lovers can buy it here by the slice or a full pizza, and weekday specials make it possible to enjoy a few slices on a Kansas University game night without breaking the bank.

Best Middle Eastern Food: Aladdin’s Cafe Two words: Rose Lemonade.

The mixture of lemon, saffron and rose water has a following, but anyone who’s been to Aladdin’s Cafe knows the food — a mixture of dishes from all parts of the Mediterranean — is to die for as well. There’s fantastic hummus and baba ghanoush, numerous falafel combinations, gyros and kabobs. For dessert, there’s everything from a rose water-spiked rice pudding to cheesecake to tiramisu.

Beyond the tiramisu, Aladdin’s Cafe offers extras including a small Mediterranean grocery and a full-scale hookah lounge. These perks were enough to set it apart from the competition, making it your choice for Best Middle Eastern Food.

Aladdin’s Cafe in Lawrence is a family business, owned and managed by Mohamed Iskandrani. Iskandrani’s brother Mazen runs

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That salad bar long list of ingredients?

It includes hard-to-find toppings like shrimp, sun-dried tomatoes, walnuts, roasted garlic and steak. And for those of you who like to fold over your pizza while you eat it to keep the toppings intact, know that you can get the same pizza done as a Rudy’s famous “Pocket Za” — a pocket pizza that comes in sizes ranging from personal to large.

Address: 704 Mass.

Phone: 749-0055 Website: www.rudys pizzeria.com Hours: Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 10 p.m.

Owner/Proprietors: Chad and July Glazer Opened: 1990

Honorable mentions: Pies in the sky.

● Papa Keno’s Pizzeria, 1035 Mass. ● Wheat State Pizza, 711 W. 23rd St. ● Pyramid Pizza, 1029 Mass.

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Address: 1021 Mass.

Phone: 832-1100 Website: www.aladdincafe oflawrence.com Hours: Sunday-Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Thursday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Owner/Proprietors: Mohamed Iskandrani Opened: 2000

BRANDY PADILLA, of Aladdin’s Cafe, serves up some gyros Tuesday at the restaurant, 1021 Mass. the cafe’s second location in Kansas City’s Westport area.

Honorable mentions: Close, but not quite. ● Mediterranean Market & Cafe, 3300 W. Bob Billings Parkway ● The Lebanese Flower, 730 Mass.

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Best Italian Food: Paisano’s Ristorante Paisano’s has been a Lawrence tradition for more than two decades.

Great for a filling lunch break, dinner dates or special occasions like weddings, the restaurant carries everything from your basic noodle dish-

DON SCHMIDT and Cheryl Baldwin enjoy a lunch at Paisano’s Ristorante, 2112 W. 25th St.

PAISANO’S RISTORANTE Address: 2112 W. 25th St. Phone: 838-3500 Website: www. paisanoskansas.com Hours: Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Owner/Proprietors: Steve and Debbie Butland Opened: 1990

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es — hello, pasta primavera!

— to less common cuisine like 15-layer lasagna, tortellini and salmon and steak pizzaiola.

Entrees are served with pasta, salad and breadsticks, and any pasta can be topped off with Sicilian meatballs, garlic rosemary chicken or

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portobello mushrooms, meaning it’s next to impossible to leave the place hungry.

Honorable mentions: Viva Italia. ● Genovese, 941 Mass. ● 715, 715 Mass. ● Teller’s, 746 Mass.

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Best Overall Restaurant: Free State Brewery

DINERS fill the backroom of Free State Brewery, 636 Mass.

The menu is as expansive as the historic trolley station where the restaurant is housed. It’s a got a little bit of something for everyone: A burger for Mr. Meat and Potatoes, its famous Cheddar Ale Soup or a handful of hearty salads for someone looking for a lighter lunch, and curries, fish tacos and pulled pork specials for those looking for even more.

With a new American menu presided over by executive chef Rick Martin, Free State Brewery won Best Overall Restaurant by a landslide — garnering nearly 30 percent of the

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Best Place for a Date: Pachamama’s It’s named for an Incan goddess, and any lady lucky enough to go on a date there will easily feel like one.

The decor is modern yet inviting, and anything but sparse. The lighting is dim and flattering, and when seated at a table, it’s easy to feel

BY DAY, Pachamama’s, 800 N.H., is an upscale lunch venue, and by night it’s a popular spot for romantic dinners.

PACHAMAMA’S Address: 800 N.H. Phone: 841-0990 Website: www. pachamamas.com Hours: Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.; FridaySaturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Owner/Proprietors: Ken Baker Opened: 1996; since 2006 at current location

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like you’re the only couple in the room.

Chef and proprietor Ken Baker’s “new American market”-style menu is seasonal, meaning it is constantly using beautiful presentation to showcase the freshest in produce and high-quality proteins. The restaurant is passionate about supporting local farmers and will often

use locally grown produce.

And Pachamama’s large selection of wines and menu of mouth-watering desserts make it easy to create a fullbodied, special night out.

Honorable mentions: Table for two. ● Teller’s, 746 Mass. ● Liberty Hall, 644 Mass. ● 715, 715 Mass.

Best New Restaurant: 715 Massachusetts Street has seen its fair share of new restaurants in the past few years, but this year there’s one newbie that stands out to Lawrence.com visitors: 715.

Executive chef Michael Beard trained in Italy and has slipped old-world skills into traditional dishes with special touches, such as homemade pork products. What’s more, many of the dishes are prepared with locally sourced and handmade ingredients.

Honorable mentions: Defeat never tasted so good. ● Esquina, 801 Mass. ● Dempsey’s Burger Pub, 623 Vt. ● Noodles & Co., 8 W. Eighth St.

More on the way!

715 Address: 715 Mass.

Phone: 856-7150 Website: www.715restaurant.com Hours: Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. to midnight; Saturday-Sunday, 9 a.m. to midnight Owner/Proprietors: Michael Beard and Matt Hyde Opened: 2009

PATRONS PREPARE to dine at 715 Mass., one of downtown’s newer eateries.

vote in a packed category.

The atmosphere is on par with the menu, alternately giving diners the feel of a tavern, fancy restaurant and a packed social club. It’s a place where it’s easy to run into friends, get to know your waiters and never get tired of the menu or feel like you’ve stepped into the same old, same old.

Honorable mentions: Would-be kings. ● Pachamama’s, 800 N.H. ● 715, 715 Mass. ● Zen Zero, 811 Mass.

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It would be a lot cheaper.

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Megan Gilliland, the city’s communication’s manager offered the following response: “The citizens of Lawrence voted on, and approved, a proposal to expand the Lawrence Public Library at the existing facility at Seventh and Vermont. The city of Lawrence and representatives from the Lawrence Public Library are currently working to design a facility, within the approved public funds, that will house all the collections and services provided by the Library.

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can make decisions while considering many options.

Deciding to close a school or schools — an appointed task force recommends closing Wakarusa Valley School next year, then pushing to consolidate a list of six schools down to four or three within the next three to five years — shouldn’t be at the top of the list, he said.

All schools should be preserved, Clark said, as much to give kids the best opportunity to walk to school as to preserve neighborhoods that help the kids become the best that they can be.

“I’m against closing schools,” he said. “I’m not convinced we need to close schools, for one.”

Clark also supports both preserving smaller class sizes for elementary students and increasing pay for teachers, so that they have less incentive to bolt for more money in nearby Johnson County.

Such efforts take money, of course, and Clark acknowledges that cuts may need to be made somewhere.

“Money will drive it,” he said. “Maybe you can’t keep 15 grade schools and pay all the teachers, but I’m not convinced we’re there yet.”

Clark actually spent one year in the classroom, teaching English and journalism at Emporia High School after receiving his teaching degree in 1966 from Kansas State Teachers College, now Emporia State University. Plans to attend graduate school at the

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A teen mentor and counseling program in Lawrence called The Wake-Up Coalition is having a community forum Wednesday.

The coalition is going to talk about its projects, but more importantly, it wants input and feedback from the community: ● How could it be more effective? ● Who would like to be involved? ● What kind of activities would be most beneficial?

The event will be from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Lawrence Arts Center’s Black Box Theater. It is open to adults and teens.

ON THE RECORD Cody Blackman, business major, Lawrence "Jewish studies."

University of MissouriKansas City gave way to serving in the U.S. Air Force during Vietnam.

Clark received a law degree from Kansas University in 1975 and was elected and served as Franklin County attorney from 1976 to 1981, before moving on to 19 years as a lobbyist and executive director of the Kansas County and District Attorneys Association.

He later served six years as legislative counsel — aka lobbyist — for the bar association, before moving on in 2008 to his current job with the health care fund, an independent, $200 million state operation that assures that physicians and other health care professionals have access to liability insurance.

The three decades spent commuting have given him time to think about issues both statewide and local. And education is one where he can see making a difference.

He wants to be sure that schools are as safe as possible, whether that means adjusting boundaries so that students don’t need to cross major thoroughfares on their way to class or ensuring that all buildings have proper fire alarms and emergencyresponse plans.

A long-term vision also must be established, to prevent recent spending decisions from repeating themselves.

“We’re building one or two athletics facilities, and a year later we’re laying off teachers and closing schools,” he said.

“We need some more longrange, coordinated planning.”

The coalition is made up of about 30 students from Southwest Junior High School, Lawrence High School and Free State High School. They are working to address the issues of teen suicide, teen pregnancy and sex education.

The Wake-Up Coalition is hoping to start a peer counseling program at GaDuGi SafeCenter, where teens can call or visit and receive resources and support. It also is putting on a production of the 1890s play “Spring Awakening,” which is about teen sexuality. The play will be presented May 20-21 at the arts center.

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Favorite son?

Kansas University’s new athletic director may become one of KU’s best ambassadors across the state.

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ow often, do you suppose, does a Kansas University athletic director show up in Garden City?

Perhaps even more important, when was the last time KU’s AD ran into a distant relative and his own second-grade teacher while touring the state?

Being a Kansas native who knows his way around the western half of the state is one of the special intangibles Sheahon Zenger brings to his new job. The new athletic director made good on a pledge he made when he was hired by spending three days last week traveling around the state, getting reacquainted with some old friends and making some new ones.

Hopefully, he’ll make many similar trips in the future. Having former KU football star Gale Sayers with him might have boosted Zenger’s crowd, but the people who showed up also were impressed with Zenger’s ability to listen and connect with his audiences. In addition to meeting with people one-on-one, he gave a short speech and then answered questions.

“It’s somewhat arrogant,” he said, “to think you can go and deliver a speech and answer all their questions in a speech.”

What a refreshing attitude. “Arrogant” is a term that too often is applied to KU and Zenger’s predecessor as AD. It’s especially prevalent in the western part of the state, where both the geographically and philosophically distance to KU is particularly apparent.

And yet, according to news reports, even a dedicated fan of Kansas State University in Salina gave Zenger a positive review for his interactions with the crowd and friendly demeanor.

Another indication of Zenger’s personality came during an interview last week with J-W reporter Andy Hyland, who asked the question that has been on the minds of many people associated with KU. That is, what plans does the new AD have for retaining or replacing staff members who were hired by his predecessor and were on board during events that led to the athletic ticket scandal.

His simple response: “I think you should treat people the way you want to be treated.”

That is to say that no house-cleaning is planned and staff members will be given a chance to prove themselves to their new boss.

He expects to have some opportunities to bring in new staff members when positions open up for a variety of reasons, but there’s no hurry.

It appears that Zenger’s philosophy about how to treat people applies not only to his staff but to the people of Kansas as well. His first trip across the state seemed to open the door for him becoming one of KU’s most effective ambassadors.

Obama betting on Mideast democracy W A S H I N G T O N — President Obama has been so low-key in his pronouncements about events in Egypt and Libya that it’s easy to miss the extent of the shift in U.S. strategy. In supporting the wave of change sweeping the Arab world, despite the wariness of traditional allies such as Israel and Saudi Arabia, Obama is placing a big bet that democratic governments will be more stable and secure, and thereby enhance U.S. interests in the region.

My own instinct, as someone who has been visiting the Arab world for more than 30 years, is that Obama is right. But given the stakes, it’s important to examine how the White House is making its judgments — and whether intelligence reporting supports these decisions.

Though the White House’s response to these whirlwind events has sometimes seemed erratic, the policy, which has been evolving for many months, goes to the core of Obama’s worldview. This is the president as global community organizer — a man who believes that change is inevitable and desirable, and that the United States must align itself with the new forces shaping the world.

An Israeli official visiting Washington last week sounded a note of caution: “We are too close to the eye of the storm to judge,” he said. “We need to be more modest in our assessments and put more question marks at the end.”

But the Obama White House

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of the policy “shiftThegoroots back to Obama’s

first days in office and his feeling that America’s relationship with the Arab world was broken.”

doesn’t feel it has the luxury of deferring judgment; history is moving too fast. Says one official, “It’s a roll of the dice, but it’s also a response to reality.” If Obama has seemed low-key, he explains, it has been a calculated “strategic reticence” to send the message: This is your revolution; it’s not about us.

The roots of the policy shift go back to Obama’s first days in office and his feeling that America’s relationship with the Arab world was broken. Though Obama seemed to be accommodating the region’s authoritarian leaders, in August 2010, he issued Presidential Study Directive 11, asking agencies to prepare for change.

This document cited “evidence of growing citizen discontent with the region’s regimes”

and warned that “the region is entering a critical period of transition.” The president asked his advisers to “manage these risks by demonstrating to the people of the Middle East and North Africa the gradual but real prospect of greater political openness and improved governance.”

Six months later, street demonstrations were toppling autocratic leaders in Tunisia and Egypt, who looked in vain for support from Washington.

Obama didn’t come to the autocrats’ rescue because he believed the transformations were positive developments. “We have a core interest in stability through political and economic change.

The status quo is not stable,” explains Ben Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser.

The democratic youth movement sweeping the Arab world offered an “alternative narrative” to the versions of Islamic revolution put forward by Iran and alQaida, says Rhodes. If this change scenario can succeed, threats to America will be reduced.

The White House studied past democratic transitions in Indonesia, the Philippines, Serbia, Poland and Chile for “lessons learned.” Officials noted that national security adviser Tom Donilon last week was reading former Secretary of State George Shultz’s account of the peaceful ouster of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines.

This review has led U.S. offi-

cials to conclude that countries need to: bring the opposition quickly into the transition to achieve “ buy-in”; make fast changes that people can see, such as freeing political prisoners; and sequence events, putting the easiest first, so that presidential elections precede parliamentary balloting and detailed rewriting of the constitution.

How well does this idealistic agenda match up with ground truth? In interviews last week, intelligence analysts said that Islamic extremists don’t seem to be hijacking the process of change. There are near-term tactical dangers, said one counterterrorism analyst, such as the escape of prisoners in Egypt and the potential weakening of the intelligence service there. But this official says there’s no evidence that al-Qaida has been able to take advantage of the turmoil. It took a week for Ayman al-Zawahiri, the group’s No. 2 official, to publish his windy and out-of-touch analysis of events in Egypt.

Change will have its downside, but a second U.S. intelligence analyst offers this estimate: “This is a world we can live with. Our relationship with Egypt may be different and rockier, but I don’t think it will be inherently hostile.” As for the much-feared Muslim Brotherhood, it is currently planning to run parliamentary candidates in only 150 of Egypt’s 454 districts, and no candidate for president.

— David Ignatius is a columnist for Washington Post Writers Group.

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for March 8, 1911: YEARS "In essaying a AGO flight against IN 1911 adverse weather conditions yesterday, Wm. Evans, aviator, momentarily lost control of his machine and was driven into a fence. The upper plane was crumpled at both ends, and the ribs of the lower plane split and twisted at one end.

The cost of repairs will total approximately $150.... Evans, himself, escaped with a tiny scratch on his forehead. The wreck will end the air flights here. Lawrence has not shown the proper spirit towards the proposed aviation meet …”

— Compiled by Sarah St. John

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concept of equal protection under law, all the rights granted to us by the Constitution should be controlled by photo ID cards. Kansas is leading the way by creating a fourth branch of government (the photo ID cards branch) to control the other three branches.

The dictators of the world are blaming education for their problems. Some are trying to solve the problem in this country.

Since most children do not have photo ID cards, we could save on the cost of education by only educating those with photo ID cards. All taxes could be replaced with photo ID card fees. Fees on a sliding scale, free for millionaires to unaffordable for the poor.

We would only have to provide health care for photo ID card holders. Unemployment would be eliminated by mandatory service for the unemployed in the photo ID cards enforcement service. Prison sentences would be replaced with time in the photo ID cards enforcement service. I should only be able to write letters like this because I have a valid photo ID card. Humor should not be allowed without a photo ID card. Tell your senator or representative your solutions to today’s problems.

Jim Turrentine, Lawrence

To the editor: I read of nervousness in Israel with the evolution of government and authority in Egypt. Will the treaty with Israel be respected by the new leadership? Will Egypt provide a conduit to Gaza thereby enabling Gaza to cause more unease for Israel?

Not being a political scientist, I wonder: Is it possible this moment might become a fortunate opportunity for Israel? Israel could seize an initiative and gain international acclaim by advocating and entering conversations with the Palestinian Authority.

Israel could insist that the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza represent one side of the table. (If Hamas refuses, ask Palestinians Authority how to achieve some other course.) Israel could sweeten the invitation by gestures within its control, such as limiting settlements in the West Bank, respecting the concept of an East Jerusalem and reconsidering the nature and message of the Wall.

The future government style or leadership in Egypt is not prerequisite for steps toward a new future and peace with justice for Israelis and the Palestinians.

Maybe a problem could become a blessing for Israel, a new opportunity for leadership.

Don Conrad, To the editor: Lawrence The headline of Leonard Pitts’ March 3 column summarizes, “God’s presence is felt, not To the editor: proven.” I’m not here to argue If photo ID cards can solve vot- whether the existence of God can ing problems, we should use them or cannot be proven. But is God to solve all problems. Under the still God if His presence isn’t felt?

Faith remains

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I’m thinking about those who experienced “the dark night of the soul.” Sometimes the feelings of joy and intimacy are wonderful; other times God seems a million miles away, maybe even in the same day.

Paul, in II Corinthians 5, is talking about the glory awaiting us in the afterlife and says, “We walk by faith, not by sight.” I think that pretty much describes the life God calls us to here and now.

When we can’t see or feel His presence, when there’s no “liver quiver,” when we cannot “hear music in the air,” what keeps us pressing on? Sometimes all that is left is faith. Like the man whose son Jesus healed, our response may well be, “Lord, I believe.

Help my unbelief” (Mark 9:24).

Verna Froese, Lawrence

Knowing God To the editor: This is in response to Public Forum letters on Thursday, March 3. We not only can know God; He wants us to have a personal relationship with Him. This comes by reading the Bible and talking with Him through prayer.

In I Corinthians 2:12-16, from the Life Application Bible, I quote, “We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught by us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. The man without the Spirit does not accept the things

that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to Him, and He cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man’s judgment. For who has known the mind of the Lord that He may instruct him. But, we have the mind of Christ.”

Jean Wright, Lawrence

Under the radar To the editor: On the opinion page of the Lawrence Journal-World edition of March 7 in the lower left-hand corner is a notice entitled “How your US lawmakers voted.” I was particularly interested that our lawmakers, all Republicans, voted “No” on the effort to strip from HR 662 funds for the infamous “Bridge to nowhere” in Alaska. The effort was spearheaded by Democrats.

Now, there may be very good reasons to keep this funding.

However, Americans should know of these reasons because it is a prime motivation of the Republican Party to cut unnecessary funding. During the same week, an effort to suspend oil industry tax breaks was also defeated. Our lawmakers also voted “No” on this effort to help balance the budget while domestic spending is being cut.

Nothing seems to change in Washington. Where is the outrage? Also where is the media coverage of these important issues?

Flying under the radar, I guess.

Richard Sengpiehl, Lawrence

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HOW TO HELP

Opportunities abound for Day of Caring Staff Reports

Agency: Roger Hill Volunteer Center Contact: volunteerdouglascounty.org Save the date! Day of Caring 2011 is quickly approaching, so mark your calendars and plan to volunteer on Saturday, April 16. Volunteer projects are rolling in and will be posted to volunteerdouglascounty.org in coming weeks. Keep checking back to see what projects will be happening around our community and get your friends, family and co-workers together to come out and help an agency with a special project. See you in April!

Immediate needs ● The Douglas County Child Development Association needs volunteers for its new program, Families, Farmers and Educators United for Healthy Child Development. During the week of

Jury selected for murder trial

March 14, volunteers will be delivering the city compost to several day care providers throughout the day. The compost will be used in gardens where children will learn about growing their own food, plant ecology, health and nutrition. Volunteers with pick-up trucks, wheelbarrows and shovels are needed to load up the compost from the city facility on East 11th Street and deliver it to designated locations. If you can help make these kids’ gardens a success, contact Emily Hampton at 842-9679 or emily@dccda.org. ● Health Care Access Clinic is in need of volunteers to help with the upcoming Kansas Half Marathon presented by Hy-Vee. This event, which is the clinic’s largest annual fundraiser, will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, April

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Opening statements are scheduled to begin this morning in the first-degree murder trial of a Kansas City, Kan., man accused in the 2006 shooting of a Lawrence hip-hop artist.

Attorneys spent most of Monday questioning a panel of prospective jurors in the case of Durrell Jones, 26. Jones is accused of taking part in the death of 28-year-old Anthony Vital, whose body was found in a field west of Lawrence Oct. 15, 2006, after he was shot three times.

Chief Assistant District Attorney Amy McGowan told the jury pool Monday that prosecutors would allege Vital was shot because he owed Jones money for supplying Vital with the drug PCP. According to court records, co-defendant Major C. Edwards Jr., 31, of Lawrence, is expected to testify at the trial about Jones providing drugs to Vital.

Edwards pleaded guilty in March 2010 to a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter for Vital’s death.

At 4 p.m. Monday, attorneys finished selecting the jury.

Family members of Jones looked on Monday and said they support him.

“We believe in God. We’re going to put it in God’s hands,” the family said in a brief statement after the jury was selected.

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KU plans test of emergency PA system Kansas University plans to test its emergency public address system at 12:30 p.m.

Thursday.

During the test, a three-second alert tone will sound, followed by the test message.

Speakers have been installed in and around 79 buildings, reaching 98 percent of academic areas. That allows emergency 911 dispatchers to provide real-time voice messages to an individual building, a group of buildings or to all equipped buildings.

An hour later, at 1:30 p.m.

Thursday, the entire state is scheduled to participate in a statewide tornado drill, weather permitting. Local warning sirens, weather radios and the Emergency Alert System will all be tested as part of the drill.

The potential for severe weather delayed both events, which had originally been scheduled for today.

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vided a way out of the class later in the semester to avoid forcing a student into a failing grade.

Orloff said while he understood why the university wanted to increase its graduation rates, he still felt like students should be able to decide when they want to fulf ill certain graduation requirements.

“It shouldn’t be up to the university to put a policy in place to force me as a parent to spend money on a class that my child doesn’t want to take anyway,” he said.

have to take a “W” on their transcripts and have to pay the tuition for the course.

That frustrated Orloff, who lives in Orlando, Fla. He compared the policy to something like ordering a soup and a salad at a restaurant and getting a soup and pasta instead, and being forced to pay for it.

McNeley said when they first started enforcing the policy, they noticed students were enrolling in the classes and then immediately dropping them. The school pro-

cambio — Cultural Exchange program. This is an opportunity for those who are interested in helping a Spanish speaker learn English, while gaining cultural awareness and understanding in exchange and is great for people who are trying to learn/improve upon their Spanish skills. Volunteers will be paired with a Spanishspeaking person from the community and will be asked to meet regularly with them for the shared purpose of improving new language skills. Volunteers must have at least a rudimentary understanding of Spanish as well as a desire and ability to help someone else improve their English. Contact Paul Spacek at 843-2039 for more information.

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Agriculture Department for an estimated savings of about $500,000.

The Kansas Livestock Association supports Brownback’s proposal but said the success of the plan will be contingent on the Legislature providing enough funds for the proposed new Animal Health Division of the Agriculture Department.

Livestock Commissioner Bill Brown, who directs the Animal Health Department, said he believed the state could save some funds under the proposal, but he urged legislators to restore proposed budget cuts by Brownback to a program designed to control the feral swine population.

Rep. Tom Sloan, RLawrence, said he wanted to make sure the program was maintained. Several years ago, more than 200 feral swine were removed from Douglas County.

Brown said Kansas currently has 500 to 600 feral swine but that could increase dramatically without the program.

“Given the reproduction dynamics of a feral pig, you’d be back in the thousands,” he said.

The committee planned to work on Brownback’s budget proposal later.

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for the past 14 years, said the Animal Health Department does an excellent job.

“There is no other state agency that is equipped to handle the large number of animals from breeders, animal hoarders and shelters,” Grinstead said.

“Local municipalities would be forced to handle animal situations they are not prepared to deal with, including disease outbreaks and bite cases,” she said.

Others said Kansas would go back to the days when it received a national black eye based on reports of unregulated and inhumane puppy mills.

But Agriculture Secretary Dale Rodman told the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Committee that the agency would make the proposal work.

“We are prepared to make this a win-win situation for all Good neighbors in involved, with greater synergies and efficiencies, while at Lawrence sought the same time improving our Do you have a neighbor who customer service to the agriis always out helping neighbors culture community and to the shovel their driveways? Watch- public,” Rodman said. ing their kids? Helping run Under Brownback’s execuerrands? Walking their dogs? tive reorganization order, the We’re looking for neighbors Animal Health Department who help neighbors in Lawrence, would be transferred to the and why they take the time to help. If you know someone like this, contact Brenna Hawley at bhawley@ljworld.com.

The Kansas Highway Patrol has identified a 40-year-old Lawrence man as the person who was injured Sunday afternoon in an accident about 3 miles northeast of Lawrence.

According to an accident report, Anthony J. Sutton was taken to Kansas University Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., after his truck rolled over in a ditch about 3:15 p.m. on Kansas Highway 32 in Leavenworth County. He was in serious condition Monday afternoon in the intensive care unit, according to hospital officials.

The report says Sutton was headed west in his 2001 Dodge Ram truck when he drove into the north ditch to avoid striking another vehicle. No information about that vehicle was provided.

As Sutton attempted to steer out of the ditch, the truck came back across the highway and went into the south ditch before it struck a fence and rolled onto its top.

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17 and will feature a halfmarathon, 10K and 5K races, as well as a free half-mile Fun Run/Walk and the Hy-Vee Mile At A Time Marathon Finale. Volunteers are needed for a variety of positions on race day in addition to some pre-race projects. Contact Sally Zogry, event coordinator, at 841-5760, ext. 209, or zogrys@healthcareaccess.org. ● The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Douglas County is looking for volunteers who are interested in joining the planning committee for the Relay for Life event in June. Volunteers will also be needed for the actual event, but the current focus is to find community members interested in volunteering to help prepare for the event. Contact Barb Gorman at 841-7723 or Angela Prewitt at 785-438-5605 for more details. ● Centro Hispano Resource Center is looking for volunteers for its Inter-

Before city elections on April 5, LJWorld.com will host live online chats with the candidates for Lawrence City Commission. You can submit questions in advance for these chats now on LJWorld.com: ● Mike Dever, 11 a.m. Thursday. ● Mike Machell, 12:30 p.m.

March 14. ● Hugh Carter, 1 p.m. March 15. ● Bob Schumm, 11 a.m. March 16.

To submit a question, log on to LJWorld.com/chats. Click on the chat and submit your question. A free LJWorld.com user account is required.

Remember to join us on LJWorld.com for the live chats to see if the candidates answer your question. You can also read the transcript of Monday’s chat with candidate Sven Alstrom in our elections section at LJWorld.com/elections.

— Higher education reporter Andy Hyland can be reached at 832-6388. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/LJW_KU.

— For more volunteer opportunities, contact Shannon Reid at the United Way’s Roger Hill Volunteer Center, at 785-865-5030 or volunteer@rhvc.org, or go to volunteerdouglascounty.org.

— Statehouse reporter Scott Rothschild can be reached at 785-423-0668.

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with his three children while his wife heads off to work.

He’s looking for a job.

“I took a wrong turn off my life path,” said Jeffries, during his sentencing hearing. “This was selfish behavior on my part. It was unacceptable, and it will never happen again.”

Monday morning, the two former co-workers became the first of seven defendants to be sentenced after pleading guilty in federal court for their roles in the tickets scheme, one that prosecutors say ran from 2005 to 2010 and cost the department at least $2 million.

Simmons and Jeffries had pleaded guilty in July to misprision of a felony, or essentially failing to notify authorities about the scam they knew to be occurring.

U.S. District Judge Wesley Brown sentenced Simmons and Jeffries to two years of probation, and to pay restitution: Simmons must pay $157,480, and Jeffries must pay $56,000.

Just how much they’ll actually pay remains unclear.

Brown ordered the two men to pay at least 5 percent of their gross monthly incomes to the government during the next two years, as directed by their probation officers.

“Don’t underestimate their ability to help you,” Brown told Jeffries.

Officials at Kansas Athletics have said that they will wait until all conspirators have been sentenced before determining how or whether to proceed in seeking money from the court to help compensate for the department’s losses. The IRS also is in line for money, including the $2 million joint forfeiture that the five other conspirators already have agreed to.

Simmons and Jeffries aren’t legally responsible for any of the $2 million pool. During their hearings Monday, both attempted to distance themselves from their five former colleagues and conspirators: Charlette and Tom Blubaugh, Rodney Jones, Ben Kirtland and Kassie Liebsch, all of whom have pleaded guilty to a more serious charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

“My guy was a tickets salesman and loved KU — until they hired Charlette Blubaugh (in 2004),” said Thomas Haney, Jeffries’ attorney, after the hearing.

“She was directly responsible for my client’s conduct.”

An internal investigation

conducted for KU found that Charlette Blubaugh had provided Jeffries and Simmons tickets worth more than $200,000, which were sold through brokers. Jeffries started with four extra sets of season tickets for men’s basketball, a total that grew to 20 and more each year, according to the report.

Jeffries received 56 sets of season tickets for the 2009 season alone, KU’s investigators determined, and Jeffries simply wiped the seat locations from a dry-erase board used to track which tickets would be available for Williams Fund donors.

Simmons, meanwhile, had told KU’s investigators that he’d received $212,480 for the tickets sold in 2007 through 2010 through a friend of his working as a ticket broker in Norman, Okla.

After the hearing, Simmons’ attorney, Mark Bennett, praised his client for helping provide documents that KU’s own investigators acknowledged had marked “one of the turning points” of the investigation.

“This is the finest young man I’ve ever represented in my 50 years,” Bennett said, outside the courtroom. “He stepped up and began cooperating at the very beginning, and has continued to cooperate. …

“There’s no question in my mind that this young man will go a long way in his life. He’s top drawer.”

As convicted felons, both Simmons and Jeffries cann o t eve r ow n a g u n o r ammunition and must prov i d e D NA sa m p l e s to authorities. They do not, however, need to submit to mandatory drug testing, although Brown reminded each of them that they must avoid any misconduct while on probation.

“And by that, I mean ‘any,’ ” Brown said.

The other five conspirators still face sentencing hearings in the coming weeks and months, and Jeffries, for one, doesn’t plan on being back in Brown’s court again.

“I promise you that you will never see me again in this case,” he told the judge.

Outside the courtroom, Jeffries’ attorney noted that his client had done his work: All five other defendants already have pleaded guilty, and no other potential defendants appear to be in investigators’ sights.

“I think it’s over,” Haney said. “It should be over. It’s (certainly) over as far as my client is concerned.”

— Schools reporter Mark Fagan can be reached at 832-7188.

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Rising gas prices about more than just oil

By Jonathan Fahey Associated Press Writer

When Jay Ricker, owner of the BP gas station off Interstate 70 in Plainfield, Ind., set the price of unleaded gasoline at $3.44 per gallon on Monday of last week, it was 4 cents higher than the Friday before.

That alone might have been irritating to drivers paying the highest gas prices in more than two years. It was even more so because it happened on a day when the price of crude oil, which is used to make gasoline, fell almost $1 a barrel.

“It’s up 20 cents one day, down 10 cents the next day,” says Oscar Elmore, a courier who was filling up his Ford Taurus at a RaceTrac service station in Dallas recently. “It sounds kinda fishy to me.”

Monday’s markets Dow Industrials —79.85, 12,090.03 Nasdaq —39.04, 2,745.63 S&P 500 —11.02, 1,310.13 30-Year Treasury +0.01, 4.61% Corn (Chicago) —10.50 cents, $7.18 Soybeans (Chicago) —19 cents, $13.95 Wheat (Kansas City) —30 cents, $8.99 Oil (New York) +$1.02, $105.44

Gas prices rise when oil prices rise, and fall when oil prices fall — except when they don’t. What you pay at your gas station depends on an array of factors, from what happens on an exchange in New York to what the competition is charging.

This can rankle drivers, especially these days. Gas reached a national average of $3.51 a gallon on Monday.

That’s up 14 cents, or 4 percent, over the past week. The week before, the average rose 20 cents, the steepest increase since September 2008.

A year ago, the price was $2.75. The average is the highest it’s ever been this time of year, and analysts expect it to climb higher in the coming weeks.

Unlike an iPhone or a pair of jeans or a Big Mac, oil and

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gas are commodities, and their prices can change every second at the New York Mercantile Exchange and other trading hubs. Those far-off changes affect the cost of the next day’s commute.

Sellers of commodities, like gas station owners and refineries, price their product based not on what it costs to produce it, but on what it costs to replace it.

Stations like the Plainfield BP, which gets shipments of gas several times a week, must constantly adjust their prices to keep up with the changing costs of their shipments.

Oil is the biggest factor in gas prices. It accounts for 50 to 70 percent of the cost.

Recent upheaval in the Middle East and strong demand for oil around the world have pushed oil prices over

$100 a barrel for only the second time in history. But the price of a gallon of gas at the pump rises — and, yes, falls — for a number of other reasons.

Oil prices can be moved by geopolitics, the value of the dollar, extreme weather or Chinese demand. Gas prices can be moved by oil prices, refinery problems or even weather that might keep drivers at home.

In the next few weeks, gas prices are expected to rise as refiners switch to a more expensive blend of gasoline designed to help protect against evaporation during the warmer summer months.

“We have to pay whatever the market says we do. It’s an instantaneous world,” says Joe Petrowski, CEO of Gulf Oil, a big gasoline wholesaler.

by Scott Adams

NBA: Bobcats give up on Collins. 4B SPRING TRAINING The Royals and Kila Ka’aihue split a pair of split-squad games Monday.

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Chalmers answer for Heat

Not without fault

So much drama in South Beach these days. So much angst. Such soul searching for a solution to getting the mix of superstars on the Miami Heat to blend into a title-worthy contender.

And such a simple solution to the late-game woes of the Miami Heat, but this being the star-system-wedded NBA, nobody mentions it as an option. More on the easy fix later, but first, an examination of what has been going on since LeBron James announced last summer he would “take my talents to South Beach.”

Miami’s losing streak reached four Sunday at home against the Chicago Bulls, 8786. Naturally, the final play was called for James. With the Heat trailing by one, LeBron had the ball at the top of the key. He drove to the basket, put up a lefty hook shot way too hard off the glass and didn’t get the desired superstar whistle.

Wade rebounded it and before the clock expired missed a shot Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo from the right corner.

KANSAS COACH BILL SELF SMILES as he listens to forward Mario Little’s senior speech following the Jayhawks’ 64-51 victory over Texas A&M last ESPN SportsCenter, during Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse. Self was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year by the Associated Press on Monday. its non-stop coverage of the cold Heat, flashed a graphic that showed James is 1-for-7 on game-winning shots, Wade 0for-5, Chris Bosh 0-for-1. In Sunday’s loss, James missed his last

By Gary Bedore pionships in the last 13 years — his become very robotic in thinking drew 16 of 22 coach-of-the-year four shots, two of them threegbedore@ljworld.com squads took second the other two ‘next game,’ which is good in an votes from individuals who regupointers. years — reprimanded himself pub- NBA season, but in a college sea- larly cover the Big 12. Texas A&M’s Coach Erik Spoelstra Kansas University’s Bill Self, licly Monday for perhaps not son, hey, this is a big deal to win a Mark Turgeon received three revealed afterward that there who was named the Associated allowing his players to enjoy their championship. votes, Colorado’s Tad Boyle had were tears in the locker room, Press Big 12 Coach of the Year on successes as much as he should.

“We need to enjoy the wins two and Kansas State’s Frank Marinspiring a name for the soap Monday — a day after the league “One thing I’ve done a very poor more from this point forward,” tin one. opera: “Crygate.” If Spoelstra coaches accorded him the same job with my team is always talking added Self, whose Jayhawks “It’s something I have to stress shared that to prove his players honor — insists he has his faults. about ‘next game,’’’ said Self, wrapped up their seventh straight to the guys. A lot of places we’d be care, he insulted two of the best The man who has led KU, Illi- whose Jayhawks are 62-5 the last Big 12 title on Saturday at Missouri. basketball players on the planPlease see SELF, page 4B nois and Tulsa to 11 league cham- two seasons. “They (players) have On Monday it was revealed he et. Of course James and Wade care about winning. It’s Spoelstra who can fix this mess, but it’s going to take the guts to forget the names involved and coach to the situation the next time he diagrams a game-deciding play.

Three of Michael Jordan’s six

By Gary Bedore ty’s senior guard say to the but it’s just fun playing over be allowed to do too much more NBA championships came on gbedore@ljworld.com fans? there. I appreciate the atmos- than that,” Self said. game-winning shots, one by John Paxson, one by Steve Kerr, “Just screaming,” Reed said. phere,” Reed added.

“He has basically a bad heel one by Jordan. All three cigars Quiet, unassuming Tyrel “I’m not smart enough to think He insists he was screaming in where there’s a piece of bone in tasted equally sweet to Jordan.

Reed screamed and appeared to on the fly like that. I’m just happy joy, not pain. there giving him some problems.

When Kansas needed a big shot yell something in the direction I made the shot,” he added of one Coach Bill Self revealed Mon- It’s no big deal, but it’s enough to to ice Saturday’s Missouri game, of Missouri’s student cheering that stretched a four-point KU day that Reed only practices the bug you, the equivalent to having Self drew up a play for Tyrel section, The Antlers, after hit- lead to seven with 1:05 left. day before games because of his an ankle sprain or something like Reed. Marcus and Markieff ting a late three-pointer in Sat“It’s just Missouri fans. They lingering left foot injury that will that.”

Morris, the team’s best players, Reed is limited in urday’s 70-66 victory at Mizzou are going to be on you and try to require surgery after the season.

Self said Reed has played with enjoyed it just as much as if Arena. get under your skin, have all the “He may shoot two days practice due to Please see JAYHAWKS, page 4B they had hit it. Marcus set the What did Kansas Universi- funny signs and say funny things, before a game. He’s not going to left foot injury screen that freed Reed.

Spoelstra needs to start drawing up plays for a guy with a rich history of hitting clutch BIG 12 WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT shots. Long before Mario Chalmers hit the three that sent Kansas sophomore ful. The Big 12 is full of the 2008 title game into overforward Carolyn Davis talented players, and I time, Chalmers had cemented was named to the All- am thrilled to recoghis big-shot mettle. When James Big 12 first team, the nized among them.” drove Sunday, Chalmers stood

By Matt Tait most eight-nine games typically lost to them twice and then play conference announced Davis leads the Jayalone in the left corner, waiting mtait@ljworld.com are. However, two of KU’s con- them? That makes no sense to Monday. The All-Big 12 hawks, averaging 18.4 to catch a pass that never came. awards are selected by points and 7.3 ference victories came against me. We feel good going into it, Naturally, James, Wade and KANSAS CITY, MO. — The combiColorado this and I’m sure they feel good, too, the league’s head rebounds per game.

Bosh always draw more of the nation of a 6-10 record in confer- KANSAS VS. year, and the because they have played really coaches, who are not “To do it (getting defense’s attention, leaving ence play and two straight losses allowed to vote for well down the stretch.” named to the first Chalmers open. He shoots .360 COLORADO Jayhawks to end the regular season norplayed some of their own players.

The Jayhawks entered last team) in what is considfrom three, James .336, Wade mally doesn’t yield the kind of What: Big 12 “I am really honored ered to be the best contheir best ball week with slim hopes of earning .310, Bosh .273. Chalmers’ confavorable first-round draw that Tournament first of the season an at-large bid to the NCAA to be named firstference in the nation is siderable confidence grows if the Kansas University women’s round against the Tournament. But KU’s bubble team,” Davis said in a a tremendous accomthe game’s best players feed basketball team received in this Buffs. Because burst after a 72-36 loss at Iowa release. “I could not be plishment,” KU coach him shots.

When: 11 a.m. today of that, KU State early in the week was folyear’s Big 12 tournament. where I am without Bonnie Henrickson said Playing for Miami suits The No. 8-seeded Jayhawks Where: Municipal coach Bonnie lowed by a 56-51 loss to Kansas the help of my teamin a release. “She had a Chalmers’ skills ideally, but only (19-11 overall, 6-10 in Big 12) will Auditorium Henrickson mates and coaches.

State on Senior Night. Now, Henfantastic season and if they choose to use those talopen the tourney at 11 a.m. today likes her team’s rickson’s club knows what it has They do a great job of played some of her best ents. If Spoelstra doesn’t have by taking on No. 9 Colorado (15- position. feeding me the ball to do if it hopes to end its NCAA games in conference the stomach to take the ball out 14, 6-10) at Municipal Auditoriand putting me in situ- play.”

“Everyone says it’s hard to beat Tournament drought. of James’ hands at the end, sure— J-W Staff Reports um in. On paper, the match-up a team three times,” Henrickson ations to be successly Pat Riley is up to the chalPlease see KU WOMEN, page 3B seems to be pretty even, just as said. “But would you rather have lenge.

Self confesses shortcoming after winning AP award

Reed still hampered by left foot injury

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Royals fall to Diamondbacks, beat up on Padres The Associated Press

Diamondbacks (ss) 8, Royals (ss) 6 SURPRISE, ARIZ. — Arizona reliever J.J. Putz pitched a perfect inning, and the Diamondbacks outhomered the Kansas City Royals in a split-squad game Monday.

A wind that gusted up to 29 mph toward right-center field helped several balls fly over the wall.

Juan Mirando, Konrad Schmidt, A.J. Pollock and Ryan Wheeler homered for the Diamondbacks.

Pollock hit a three-run shot and Wheeler also connected in a fourrun ninth off rookie Kevin Pucetas.

Melky Cabrera, Kila Ka’aihue and Clint Robinson homered for the Royals. Ka’aihue’s three-run homer gave him a team-leading eight RBIs. Putz, signed to be the Diamondbacks’ closer, worked a flawless

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fourth in his spring debut. He got It was a matchup of teams that three groundball outs on nine will have two of the lowest paypitches. rolls in baseball.

O’Sullivan, who went to high Royals (ss) 11, Padres 3 school in the San Diego area, gave PEORIA, ARIZ. — Sean O’Sullivan up a long opposite-field home pitched efficiently and benefited run to Brad Hawpe on a windy from two laser throws by catching night, one of the two hits he phenom Salvador Perez as a allowed in three innings. O’SulliKansas City Royals split squad van, one of six pitchers vying for beat the San Diego Padres on Mon- five spots, struck out two and walked two. day night.

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SPORTS ON TV TODAY College Basketball UConn v. DePaul Seton Hall v. Rutgers La Salle v. St. Bona.

N. Texas v. UALR Villanova v. S. Florida St. Louis v. Rhode Is. Milwaukee v. Butler Oakland (Mich.) v. ORU Marquette v. Prov.

Dayton v. UMass

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Women’s Basketball Time UALR v. W. Kentucky 1 p.m.

Oakland v. S. Dakota St. 3 p.m.

UConn v. Notre Dame 6 p.m.

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Cable 35, 235 35, 235 33, 233

Mourning Michigan team wins playoff game

College Baseball Maine v. Florida St.

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Cable 144

HOLLAND, MICH. — A west Michigan high school basketball team mourning the death of a star player returned to the court Monday, winning a state tournament game that turned into a tribute for the 16-year-old who collapsed after scoring a winning basket last week.

Fennville High was playing its first game just four days after star guard Wes Leonard died from a heart ailment. Unbeaten Fennville, one of the state’s highest-rated Class C teams, beat Lawrence High, 65-54, in a district opener. The Blackhawks move to Wednesday’s second round with a 21-0 record.

Fennville teammates hugged and cried after the final buzzer sounded, and the crowd of 3,500 erupted in a standing ovation.

“Wes would have wanted to win,” said Adam Siegel, a teammate of Leonard’s. “I wanted to win.”

Leonard’s absence overshadowed the game. In tribute to their fallen teammate, Fennville sent just four players onto the court before the opening tip. The fifth player took the court after a dramatic pause to wild cheering from the crowd.

Fennville’s last game was Thursday, when Leonard — a Baldwin City (Kan.) native who moved to Michigan during his sixth-grade year — made the game-winning basket in overtime on his home court against Bridgman to cap an undefeated regular season at 20-0. Teams shook hands after the game, and Leonard was lifted off the floor in celebration, a wide grin on his face.

Seconds later, he fell to the court, stunning a crowd estimated at more than 1,400.

Leonard was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy by the Ottawa County medical examiner showed Leonard died of cardiac arrest due to an enlarged heart.

Fennville’s decision to play Monday came after school officials talked to Leonard’s family. The game was supposed to be played at Lawrence, but was moved to Hope College in Holland to handle a larger crowd.

While some fans and school officials had talked before the game about how it wouldn’t really matter who won, Fennville players didn’t seem to have that attitude. The Blackhawks rallied from behind, with some players flashing Leonard’s jersey number, “35” — holding up three fingers on one hand and five on the other — after certain baskets.

“I’m just proud of the way we handled things; I’m proud of the way Lawrence handled things,” Fennville coach Ryan Klingler said. “The effort by both teams tonight is how it should be. I think Wes would be proud of us all. ... I think he was watching down on us. This is a game he’d have liked.”

Even before the game started, it had turned into a tribute to the 6-foot-2, 215-pound Leonard. Players from Lawrence and Fennville wore black T-shirts honoring him during pregame warm-ups. Leonard’s name and number were on the back; the phrase “Never Forgotten” was on the front. Teams also wore black wristbands with Leonard’s initials on them.

The first standing ovation came as Fennville players stoically walked onto the court for pregame warm-ups, joined by Leonard’s younger brother, Mitchell. The crowd again came to its feet and clapped as more members of the Leonard family, including his parents, entered DeVos Fieldhouse and settled into seats high above the Fennville bench.

A moment of silence was held for Leonard, who also was the quarterback on the school’s football team.

NHL Time Colorado v. Minnesota 7 p.m.

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Champions Soccer S. Donetsk v. Roma Barcelona v. Arsenal

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By Tim Cowlishaw The Dallas Morning News

On Mark Cuban’s lengthy list of bad ideas — short-term deal for Dennis Rodman, long-term deals for Raef LaFrentz and Brendan Haywood — the notion of making Charlie Sheen his partner in a TV deal sits at the top. Untouched. All alone.

Cuban drew laughs during the weekend when he described his desire to create some sort of show with Sheen for his programming-challenged HDNet. I don’t know how to begin to describe Sheen’s tirades and interviews of the past week in which he said he’s not bi-polar, he’s “bi-winning.”

Sheen’s pretty clearly a man on the brink of something bad — we just don’t know yet what it is. But then that’s Hollywood, and we understand that’s a place that comes with its own morality (or lack thereof).

Cuban, however, is above all else, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and when he talks about creating a show with Sheen, saying, “Actually, I like Charlie; he’s pretty cool,” people have the right to at least ask about one’s definition of cool.

This particular “pretty cool” guy began last week’s meltdown, which led to a temporary cancellation of his show “Two and a Half Men” before Sheen was fired by Warner Bros. on Monday, by making blatantly anti-Semitic remarks about the show’s creator, Chuck Lorre.

Basically, this is the man who has provided Sheen his platform and his pot of gold (check Sheen’s filmography since Major League 20 years ago), and Sheen lit into him after saying “Chaim Levine, yeah, that’s his real name.”

Actually, his given name is Charles Levine, but never mind that. Sheen and his representatives have denied there was any anti-Semitism involved. But in the course of a rant about how Lorre has made so many millions off of him and not the other way around, why would Sheen raise the subject of Lorre’s more Hebrew-sounding roots other than to further a stereotype about Jews and money?

If you’re untroubled by that, maybe Sheen’s history of abuse toward women including charges filed by two ex-wives and others is something that Cuban might want to examine. Sheen has mostly managed to settle these things without doing jail time, and if you choose to equate that with innocence, be my guest.

Look, I realize it’s tough with hundreds of channels out there. If Cuban could find a stronger lead-in for the evening’s programming, who knows how many viewers might make their first visits to Bikini Destinations and Drinking Made Easy?

But that leads to the next problem with Cuban in that his propensity for thinking outside the box has long been overrated.

When it comes to the Mavericks, he has made two coaching changes, and neither was remotely outside the box.

Avery Johnson was basically groomed for the position, and when his time to go was at hand, Rick Carlisle was the obvious choice to replace him.

I’m not criticizing either hire, certainly not the second one. But a man who prides himself on being so far removed from his fellow NBA owners actually makes his major moves much like all the rest.

As for this one, Sheen picked up about one million twitter followers in one day last week. There’s no question he was the story of the day, the week, whatever.

Cuban envisions instant attention for HDNet. But is Sheen’s staying power as one of Hollywood’s crazies going to outlast Lindsay Lohan’s?

Are you not already tired of people talking about “tiger blood?”

Personally, I think Cuban should focus his attention on buying the Stars and taking full control of American Airlines Center (to further benefit the Mavericks if he so chooses). However, he may continue to see the NHL as a losing proposition, and he may not be wrong about that.

But whether or not a show involving Sheen would temporarily boost HDNet’s ratings, there is plenty of real evidence that this actor is about many things that cannot in any way be portrayed as “winning.”

TODAY • Women’s basketball vs. Colorado, Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Mo., 11 a.m.

• Baseball vs. North Dakota, 3 p.m.

• Men’s golf at Louisiana Classic WEDNESDAY • Tennis vs. UMKC, 3 p.m.

• Baseball vs. North Dakota, 3 p.m.

• Women’s basketball vs. TBA, Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Mo., 11 a.m.

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MITCHELL LEONARD, CENTER IN WHITE T-SHIRT, stands with the Fennville high school basketball team Monday in Holland, Mich., in their first game after the sudden death of Leonard’s brother, Wes, on March 3.

COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Ohio State stays No. 1 poll Ohio State and Kansas University are 1-2 in the Associated Press college basketball poll for a second straight week.

The Big Ten-champion Buckeyes are No. 1 for a fifth week overall and haven’t been ranked lower than second since December.

They received 52 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel Monday.

Kansas was No. 1 on the other ballots.

Pittsburgh moved up one spot to third and was followed by Notre Dame, Duke, North Carolina, San Diego State, BYU, Purdue and Texas.

The No. 4 ranking is Notre Dame’s highest since being fourth in December 1980.

TAMCC fires coach CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — Texas A&M-Corpus Christi has fired Perry Clark after the former Tulane and Miami coach went 10-21 in his fourth season with the Islanders. Clark was 5471 with the Islanders after spending three years as a television analyst before he was hired.

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WEDNESDAY College Basketball Nebraska v. Okla. St. Georgetown v. TBA St. John’s v. TBA Colorado v. Iowa State Baylor v. Oklahoma Cincinnati v. TBA Northeast Conference Missouri v. Texas Tech West Virginia v. TBA Big Sky Championship Stanford v. Oregon St. Oregon v. Arizona St.

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Soccer Time Tottenham v. AC Milan 1:30 p.m.

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Hockey Time Columbus v. St. Louis 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay v. Chicago 6:30 p.m.

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Connecticut remains No. 1 in women’s college basketball, and Ohio State is back in the Top 25 rankings by the Associated Press.

UConn received 37 of 39 first-places votes Monday, with Stanford drawing the other two.

Baylor, Tennessee and Xavier complete the first five.

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Ex-KU aide resigns at SJSU

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COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UConn remains No. 1

SAN JOSE, CALIF. — San Jose State women’s basketball coach Pam DeCosta has resigned after four seasons with the Spartans.

The Spartans finished this season with a 227 record and came in last place in the WAC. They finished 13-106 in her four seasons.

DeCosta had previously been the head coach at Lynn University in Florida for four seasons and an assistant at Kansas and Oklahoma.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NU-Iowa day after Thanksgiving Iowa and Nebraska will meet on the Friday after Thanksgiving in each of the next two seasons.

The schools announced Monday they’d face each other in Lincoln on Nov. 25 and in Iowa City on Nov. 23, 2012.

Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne says in a statement that he’s pleased the Big Ten has allowed the Huskers to continue their tradition of playing the day after Thanksgiving.

BASEBALL Padres catcher Zaun retiring PEORIA, ARIZ. — Concerned that his surgically repaired right shoulder wouldn’t hold up all season, catcher Gregg Zaun decided to retire after a 16-year big-league career that included a World Series championship.

The 39-year-old Zaun, in the San Diego Padres’ spring camp on a minor-league contract, caught his first game Sunday since a June 15 operation to repair the labrum in his throwing shoulder.

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Big 12 title up for grabs

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

With two of the conference’s teams ranked nationally in the Top 10 and a few others either ranked or receiving votes, this week’s Big 12 women’s basketball tournament in Kansas City, Mo., figures to be one of the most entertaining and competitive crapshoots in years.

But you don’t have to tell the coaches that.

“Our top two teams could both be in the Final Four,” Kansas State coach Deb Patterson said. “It’s ominous to think about going into the Big 12 tournament. Every game is literally up for grabs. The league is that good.”

Be that as it may, the league, and in particular its postseason tourney, still will be headlined by regular-season champion, Baylor (28-2 overall, 15-1 in Big 12), the No. 3ranked team in the nation. Led by likely All-American Brittney Griner, a suffocating defense and some serious sharp-shooters, the Bears remain one of the most dangerous teams in the country.

Recent history has not been kind to the top seed in the women’s tourney. The last No. 1 seed to win the conference’s postseason gala was Oklahoma in 2006.

Two teams that figure to have a leg up on the rest of the

BIG 12 WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT Municipal Auditorium Today’s Games Game 1: No. 9 Colorado vs. No. 8 Kansas, 11 a.m.

Game 2: No. 12 Nebraska vs. No. 5 Iowa State, 1:30 p.m.

Game 3: No. 10 Missouri vs. No. 7 Texas, 5 p.m.

Game 4: No. 11 Oklahoma State vs. No. 6 Texas Tech, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Game 5: Game 1 Winner vs. No. 1 Baylor, 11 a.m.

Game 6: Game 2 Winner vs. No. 4 Kansas State, 1:30 p.m.

Game 7: Game 3 Winner vs. No. 2 Texas A&M, 5 p.m.

Game 8: Game 4 Winner vs. No. 3 Oklahoma, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Game 9: Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner, 12 p.m.

Game 10: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner, 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 12 Game 11: Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner, 11 a.m. field in terms of having a shot to knock off Baylor are second-seeded Texas A&M (254, 13-3), ranked No. 8, and sixth-seeded Texas Tech (21-9, 8-8), the only league team to beat the Bears during the regular season.

“It’s a brand-new season,” Texas Tech coach Kristy Curry said. “We’ve got a chance to win a championship, and we’ve proven that we can beat the No. 1 team in the country. Why can’t we go win the Big 12 championship?”

Of course, those aren’t the only two teams with a shot.

Third-seeded Oklahoma (2010, 10-6) and fourth-seeded Kansas State (20-9, 10-6) also will enjoy day-one byes, and a

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“We have to win it,” said Henrickson of the Big 12 tournament.

With a potential secondround match-up against topseeded Baylor looming, Henrickson said her team’s attention would be entirely on Colorado in the days leading up to the tournament. A fair amount of that focus will be fixed on Colorado forward Brittany Spears, who, on Monday, joined KU’s Carolyn Davis in being named firstteam All-Big 12.

In the two games against Kansas, Spears combined to score 34 points, but did so on 13-of-38 shooting while p l ay i n g 3 6 m i n u te s p e r game.

“I thought our kids did a good job on Spears in both games,” Henrickson said. “(But she) is on fire right now, and they have won on the road. They beat Nebraska in a close game. They beat Missouri in a close game, played well and had some big wins at home. So it should be a great contest. The eight-nine game is always the closest one in the tournament.”

As if Spears needed any extra motivation, she’ll also be

BRIEFLY KU golf in ninth place after two rounds LAFAYETTE, LA. — After two rounds of play, the Kansas University men’s golf team is in ninth place at the Louisiana Classics with a score of 590, placing the Jayhawks 20 strokes behind leaders LSU and Illinois.

Kansas posted a first-round score of 296 and a secondround score of 294 on Monday.

Leading the way for the Jayhawks are sophomore Chris Gilbert and senior Nate Barbee. Both are tied for 18th place with a two-round total of 145. Gilbert shot a 75 in the first round and a 70 in the second round, while Barbee managed to shoot a 73 and a 72.

Senior Jeff Bell is not far behind, posting rounds of 74 and 75 en route to a 149, tying him for 38th. Sophomore Alex Gutesha finished the day tied for 52nd with rounds of 74 and 77 for a total of 151.

Sophomore Dan Waite, who is competing in his first tournament of the spring, rounded things out for Kansas with rounds of 80 and 77 for a total of 157, putting him in a tie for 80th.

The third and final round will take place today.

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KANSAS COACH BONNIE HENRICKSON MOTIONS to her team during Kansas’ loss to Kansas State on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks will face Colorado in the first round of the Big 12 tournament at 11 a.m. today. playing for history. She needs 14 points to pass Lisa Van Goor (1980-85) to become Colorado’s career scoring leader.

Henrickson said Spears reminds her of former KU men’s player Brandon Rush.

“I’ve always said that about

good chunk of the field will be playing for its postseason lives.

One other note of interest regarding Baylor: The Bears are attempting to become the eighth team in 15 seasons to win the Big 12 regular-season and postseason tournament titles. BU doubled up in 2005 and later went on to win the national championship.

The tournament opens at 11 a.m. today when No. 8 Kansas (19-11, 6-10) plays No. 9 Colorado (15-14, 6-10). Other dayone match-ups are: No. 5 Iowa State (21-9, 9-7) vs. No. 12 Nebraska (13-17, 3-13) at 1:30 p.m.; No. 7 Texas (18-12, 7-9) vs. No. 10 Missouri (13-17, 5-11) at 5 p.m.; and No. 6 Texas Tech vs. No. 11 Oklahoma State (1613, 4-12) at 7:30.

her,” Henrickson said. “She kind of shoots stiff-legged, (she has great) length, and she’s kind of a silent assassin.

That’s a kid who you’ll think you did a good job on her, and then you look at the stat sheet and she’s got 25. She’s just that good.”

Kansas’ hopes in the tournament ride on the shoulders of Davis, who averaged 18.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game to lead KU this season.

In the two games against CU, Davis combined to score 32 points and hit 11 of 13 shots from the field.

Forward Aishah Sutherland also performed well against the Buffs this season, leading KU to victory in the first meeting with 15 points and nine rebounds. Three Jayhawks reached double figures in scoring in each game against CU, which gives KU confidence heading into today’s tourney opener.

“We’ve had success against them before so we just need to bounce back and try to get this win in the tournament and try to make a little run,” said KU senior Marisha Brown after the loss to KState.

Added freshman Diara Moore: “We have to let it go.

We have the Big 12 tournament to worry about now.”

WOMEN’S ALL-BIG 12 AWARDS Coach of the Year: Kim Mulkey, Baylor Player of the Year: Brittney Griner, Baylor Newcomer of the Year: Destiny Williams, Baylor Freshman of the Year: Odyssey Sims, Baylor Defensive Player of the Year: Brittney Griner, Baylor Sixth Man Award: Maryann Baker, Texas A&M and Chynna Brown, Texas Tech ALL-BIG 12 FIRST TEAM Brittney Griner, Baylor, sophomore center Melissa Jones, Baylor, senior guard Odyssey Sims, Baylor, freshman guard Brittany Spears, Colorado, senior forward Kelsey Bolte, Iowa State, senior guard Carolyn Davis, Kansas, sophomore forward Brittany Chambers, Kansas State, sophomore guard Danielle Robinson, Oklahoma, senior guard Danielle Adams, Texas A&M, senior forward/center Tyra White, Texas A&M, junior guard ALL-BIG 12 SECOND TEAM Jalana Childs (Kansas State), RaeShara Brown (Missouri), Toni Young (Oklahoma State), Chassidy Fussell (Texas), Kierra Mallard (Texas Tech).

ALL-BIG 12 HONORABLE MENTION Lindsey Moore (Nebraska), Aaryn Ellenberg (Oklahoma), Ashleigh Fontenette and Kathleen Nash (Texas), Sydney Carter and Sydney Colson (Texas A&M), Casey Morris (Texas Tech) and Teena Wickett (Texas Tech).

BIG 12 ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM Brittany Griner (Baylor), Chelsea Poppens (Iowa State), Danielle Robinson (Oklahoma), Sydney Carter (Texas A&M), Monique Smalls (Texas Tech).

BIG 12 ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM Odyssey Sims (Baylor), Hallie Christofferson (Iowa State), Jordan Hooper (Nebraska), Aaryn Ellenberg (Oklahoma), Chassidy Fussell (Texas).

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Collins misses 2nd chance with Bobcats CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Two missed flights have ended guard Sherron Collins’ chance of returning to the Charlotte Bobcats.

Coach Paul Silas says they planned to bring back the undrafted rookie from Kansas University after waiving him, but withdrew the offer last week after Collins missed two flights the team had arranged from his hometown of Chicago.

The Bobcats filled the roster spot Monday by signing

guard Garrett Temple of the NBA Development League to a 10-day contract. Silas says he’ll be the No. 3 point guard behind D.J. Augustin and Shaun Livingston.

Collins had been in that role, averaging less than a point in 20 games. But Silas s ays a f t e r t h e s e c o n d missed flight, “That was kind of it.”

Collins was waived Feb. 24 after two trades left Charlotte with 18 players.

Texas Tech fires coach Pat Knight LUBBOCK , T EXAS (AP) — Pat Knight sat in the Texas Tech locker room and lauded his bosses for the way they let him go after three disappointing seasons.

It was, after all, different from the way his famous father was ousted at Indiana more than a decade ago.

“It’s not an ugly situation,” Knight said. “I mean, we left on good terms. I’m glad it ended like that, especially after being part of the deal at Indiana. That was tough.

But this is different. It’s business.”

Texas Tech f ired Knight Knight on Monday, ending a disappointing tenure for a coach who failed to lead the Red Raiders to the NCAA Tournament after taking over for his father in February 2008. He will coach the Red Raiders at this week’s Big 12 tournament and then step down.

Knight said he was glad his dismissal came before the tournament because of all the potentially negative media chatter about a pending firing.

“It’s not just negative toward us. It’s negative to the university,” Knight said. “It’s not good, even for the guy that’s following ... that’s why I just told them, when they told me, ‘You’re not going to get another year,’ let’s just get it out there now. It worked out for the best.”

Knight is 50-60 in his first Div. I coaching job and his third full year as head coach.

He had only one winning season (19-16 in 2009-10) at Texas Tech.

Sitting in the coaches’ portion of the Tech locker room, Knight told the Associated Press the situation felt “surreal.”

“I would have loved to have another year to prove myself because of recruits we have coming in, but I understand

it’s all based on this year and stuff,” he said. “You just got to move on.”

Knight seemed to know he might be dismissed in comments about the Red Raiders program following a 71-68 home loss to Colorado on Feb. 23.

“We’ve lost seven games in the last minute,” he said then.

“I’ve proven I can coach. I run a clean program, I don’t cheat, my players graduate, and we have discipline. So if you don’t want me here, there’s going to be someone else that wants me.”

Knight met with Texas Tech president Guy Bailey early Monday, and the announcement came a short time later. Bailey said it was time for a change.

“I appreciate everything Pat has done for our university, not only as a head coach, but also throughout his career as an assistant,” Bailey said in a prepared statement. “I wish him success and the best moving forward.”

Knight played under his father at Indiana University from 1991-1995 and later worked as a scout for the Phoenix Suns. He was an assistant for the CBA’s Connecticut Pride and was a coach in both the International Basketball Association and the U.S. Basketball League.

Pat Knight was also at Indiana and at Akron University before joining his father as an assistant at Texas Tech in 2001.

The elder Knight took the Red Raiders to the NCAA Tournament, but the success didn’t come as easily for his son.

Going into the league tournament, Texas Tech is 13-18 overall and 5-11 in the Big 12.

Associate head coach Chris Beard said he hasn’t had much time to reflect on the firing.

“Right now, we really are just concerned about the players’ well being, concerned about our families, make sure everybody’s on the same page,” he said on the Big 12 coaches’ call.

“That’s all you can do. We’re still the coaches here. We’ve got some guys we owe that to.”

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cutting down nets and doing everything else when you win a conference championship.

Here these guys think, ‘That’s what we’re supposed to do.

We did our job,’ and they have done their job and done it very well, and they need to feel that from me more. I can do a better job of that,” Self said.

The Jayhawks obviously couldn’t cut down the nets in Mizzou Arena and didn’t want to celebrate after last Wednesday’s home win over Texas A&M, considering that just meant KU had claimed a share of the 2010-11 crown.

“You’ve got to be able to blow off steam,” Self said.

“Baseball players, after a guy pitches a no-no, everybody runs out and jumps on him (pitcher). We haven’t had any of that. Football teams

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the injury in several quickturnaround Saturday-Monday games, so he doubts Reed's minutes will be cut at this week’s Big 12 tournament.

“We’ll play it by ear (if KU advances past Thursday’s opener against either Nebraska or Oklahoma State, 11:30 a.m., Sprint Center),” Self said. “I am not going to do anything this weekend that would jeopardize his health the following week.”

Reed said the injury “is painful, but obviously, I can play on it. I’ll be fine.”

Like Self, he didn’t delve into too many of the specifics.

“I’ve just got a messed up foot, pretty much,” Reed said.

“I’ve dealt with pain before.

I’m willing to do it again. I don’t think it affects the way I play. I get my adrenaline flowing, and I’m OK. I never was the quickest guy. I’ve just got to be smarter out there and find ways to be effective.”

Reed wishes he could practice every day.

“I want to be out there with the guys, but I understand that if I practice a whole lot, I’m not going to be able to play in the games,” he said.

Self said freshman guard Josh Selby, who has a stress

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that have huge wins ... we haven’t had any of that stuff because there’s always the next game.

“I know in other sports you have the next game, too, but it’s not two days later. I need to do a better job of showing them how much I appreciate their efforts because their efforts have been unbelievable, absolutely remarkable.

The last few years, these guys have done some things in my wildest dreams I would never thought they could accomplish from a winning standpoint.

“When you start adding up championship opportunities in our league and how many these guys have won, it’s staggering. Not to celebrate that as much as we do, I think is doing those players a disservice. We have to do a better job of that,” he noted.

Self, who expressed regret he didn’t let his players cut down the nets at Sprint Center last year after winning the

Big 12 tournament — “I didn’t let ’em cause we had bigger fish to fry” — will feel better upon being reminded he actually did let the players celebrate that day.

“We did. He’s getting old, man. He forgets. He’s getting old,” junior Marcus Morris joked, remembering the netsnipping ceremony after a title win over Kansas State.

Senior Tyrel Reed said the players have celebrated “in their own ways. Since I’ve been here, we’ve won four regular-season championships. It’s an amazing feat.

Down at the core, we know how big a deal it is. We may not celebrate in public, cutting down nets, but we still celebrate.”

Self did make sure to congratulate his team at practice Monday. Some of the Big 12 coaches, in turn, congratulated Self on a job well done.

“It’s pretty amazing,” Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon told the AP. “Bill’s done

a great job. I’ve been here four years, and it seems like every time we play them they’re ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in the country. They have a toughness, and they win road games other teams can’t win.”

Noted KSU’s Martin: “For Kansas to do what they’ve done, seven consecutive years, is remarkable. It’s a credit to Bill Self. It’s a credit to his assistants, to their recruiting, their consistency in handling young men, making them perform, and getting people to coexist and put their egos aside and play and compete. That’s hard to do one year. But to do it seven years in a row is just amazing.”

Self has won the AP honor in three of his eight seasons at KU. “I appreciate that people recognize the success we’ve had, and this is going to sound like coach-speak, but it really is the players who win championships,” Self said.

reaction in his right foot, wears a brace on the foot that wraps all the way around and totally immobilizes the foot.

“He can’t cut, move like he wants to move,” Self said. “It’s one of those things you’ve got to adjust and play with it, but he’s not moving 100 percent by any stretch. I do think his health has messed with him.

He’s gone through a period of time that his body couldn’t react to what his brain told him to do. That would be frustrating for anybody.

“Josh is playing through it, too. Nobody can fault Josh’s toughness. The kid is out there fighting.”

Self believes Selby, who does practice every day, can contribute big-time the rest of this season.

“He has to see the ball go in the basket. He has to go make some plays,” Self said. “It’s a hard time of the year to let guys play through mistakes, though. Your whole teams works their butt off to get in this position, and now one possession or two possessions are the difference in winning and losing, so there’s not time to play through mistakes.

“He has practiced well. He can still be a guy for us this year that is the Sasha Kaun of the Elite Eight (vs. Davidson), the Cole Aldrich of a Final Four game (vs. North Carolina), a guy that comes out and

gets 15 or 18 when we are come so far in the last month, he “has become our best onstruggling.” ● the-ball defender. His posiManning services: Funeral tioning is best, stance is the services for former Kansas best. He’s getting confidence University assistant coach Ed as he plays on.”

Manning, the father of Jay● hawk assistant coach Danny Knight out: Self said on his Manning, will be at 6:30 p.m. Hawk Talk radio show he Wednesday at Lucas Funeral spoke with Texas Tech coach Home, 137 East Hill, Keller, Pat Knight on Monday afterTexas, 76028. noon. Knight was told he was In lieu of flowers, the fami- out as Red Raider coach folly would like to request that lowing the Big 12 tournament. donations be made in his “I like Pat a lot and his staff name to the LMH Endow- a lot,” Self said. “They are ment Association, Cardiac good people, They try real Services, 325 Maine Street, hard. I feel badly for Pat and Lawrence, 66044. his staff. I hope they go play Danny Manning will attend really hard (at Big 12s).” the funeral and be back in ● time for Thursday’s Big 12 This week: Competitive tournament game against Marcus Morris would like KU either Oklahoma State or to get a chance to avenge its Nebraska (11:30 a.m., Sprint two losses in the upcoming Center, Kansas City). KU’s Big 12 tourney. players and coaches will not “If we win the first game be able to attend the funeral. and K-State wins (over Col● orado or Iowa State), we’d get Player of Year: Marcus that rematch (in semis),” MorMorris, who was named play- ris said. “If we win that game, er of the year in the Big 12 by I’m hoping Texas wins so we the league coaches Sunday, get that rematch. I think it’d be could be accorded the same one of the best games we play honor by the AP today. all year because we’d be so “I’m happy for him. I’m ready to play after what happroud of him. I never make a pened the first game (losing in big deal out of individual Lawrence). K-State the same awards. We will make a big way. I felt we overlooked those deal out of it today (at prac- guys, and they are getting bettice),” Self said. ter. Those would be two qual● ity wins we need going into Good defense: Self said the (NCAA) Tournament. I guard Elijah Johnson has think we need those games.”

BRIEFLY Six Jayhawks to compete at NCAAs Six members of the Kansas University track and field team will make the trip to College Station, Texas, this weekend to compete in the NCAA Indoor National Championships.

Sophomore Mason Finley, sophomore Andrea Geubelle, freshman Diamond Dixon and the members of the women’s 4X400 meter relay team will be competing.

Finley, who was the runnerup at the Big 12 Champi-

onships, will be competing in the shot put Friday. He has the longest throw in the nation this season at 20.71 meters (6711.50 feet) and will be competing in the indoor championships for the second straight year.

Geubelle will also be competing in her second national championships and will be participating in the triple jump on Saturday.

Dixon will be competing in the 400 meters Friday. She currently holds the school record in the event, at 53.10,

which she set at the Big 12 Championships. Dixon will also be competing in the 4X400 meter relay along with sophomore Denesha Morris, junior Shayla Wilson and senior Kendra Bradley. Last week at the Alex Wilson Last Chance Invitational, the women set the school record in the event with a time of 3:35.65.

KU-Creighton baseball game to be on TV The Kansas-Creighton base-

ball game on April 26 will be televised on CBS College Sports (cable channels 143, 243), it was announced Monday.

The game will be at 7 p.m. at TD Ameritrade Stadium in Omaha, Neb. This marks the third straight season that KU and Creighton have had a game televised by CBS College Sports.

Creighton won the first meeting of the season, 4-3 in 10 innings, on Feb. 22 and have opened the season at 9-1.

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NBA Knicks 131, Jazz 109 N E W Y O R K — Carmelo Anthony scored 34 points, Amare Stoudemire added 31, and the Knicks showed how dangerous they can be when their superstars are rolling, beating Utah on Monday night.

Anthony and Stoudemire combined to make 24 of 31 shots, then were on the bench for the entire final period.

Stoudemire departed long before the third even ended, shooting 12-of-15 in just 24 minutes, and Anthony soon joined him after his first 30point game with the Knicks.

Toney Douglas had 20 points in a strong start in place of the injured Chauncey Billups as the Knicks moved a game ahead of Philadelphia for sixth place in the Eastern Conference. New York shot 56 percent from the field in its highest-scoring effort of the season.

UTAH (109) Kirilenko 2-2 0-0 4, Millsap 2-6 0-0 4, Jefferson 17-26 2-3 36, Harris 0-7 4-4 4, Bell 2-7 4-4 9, Favors 6-11 4-4 16, Miles 3-14 4-4 12, Watson 3-9 3-6 9, Hayward 4-5 1-1 11, Evans 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 41-91 22-26 109.

NEW YORK (131) Anthony 12-16 6-6 34, Jeffries 0-2 0-0 0, Stoudemire 12-15 7-7 31, Douglas 6-9 3-4 20, Fields 2-6 2-2 6, Mason 3-6 1-2 9, Sha.Williams 25 0-0 5, She.Williams 3-8 7-8 13, Carter 1-7 0-0 2, Brown 3-3 0-0 6, Balkman 1-3 0-0 3, Rautins 1-2 00 2. Totals 46-82 26-29 131.

Utah 24 24 26 35 — 109 New York 40 26 36 29 — 131 3-Point Goals—Utah 5-19 (Hayward 2-3, Miles 2-8, Bell 1-4, Watson 0-1, Harris 0-3), New York 13-26 (Douglas 5-7, Anthony 4-5, Mason 2-4, Balkman 1-2, Sha.Williams 1-3, Rautins 0-1, Fields 0-1, Carter 0-3). Fouled Out—Favors.

Rebounds—Utah 52 (Jefferson 12), New York 41 (Jeffries 6). Assists—Utah 27 (Watson 8), New York 32 (She.Williams, Douglas 6). Total Fouls— Utah 22, New York 23. A—19,763 (19,763).

Trail Blazers 89, Magic 85 ORLANDO, FLA. — LaMarcus Aldridge scored 24 points, Andre Miller added 15, and Portland held on to beat Orlando, which was without the suspended Dwight Howard.

Portland won its third straight, and 10th in 13 games.

The Blazers also swept the two-game season series with Orlando.

PORTLAND (89) Batum 4-8 0-0 9, Aldridge 10-18 3-7 24, Camby 0-4 0-0 0, Miller 6-11 2-3 15, Matthews 4-8 3-3 13, Wallace 4-11 1-2 9, Fernandez 1-6 2-2 5, Roy 4-8 0-0 9, Mills 2-7 0-0 5. Totals 35-81 11-17 89.

ORLANDO (85) Turkoglu 5-12 1-2 13, Anderson 4-9 2-2 13, Bass 4-9 1-1 9, Nelson 1-7 0-0 2, J.Richardson 8-13 2-2 22, Clark 4-6 1-1 9, Arenas 4-9 0-0 9, Redick 3-5 1-1 8, Q.Richardson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-71 8-9 85.

Portland 24 23 23 19 — 89 Orlando 19 24 23 19 — 85 3-Point Goals—Portland 8-25 (Matthews 2-4, Aldridge 1-1, Miller 1-2, Roy 1-3, Fernandez 1-4, Mills 1-4, Batum 1-5, Wallace 0-2), Orlando 11-22 (J.Richardson 4-5, Anderson 3-6, Turkoglu 2-4, Redick 1-1, Arenas 1-3, Q.Richardson 0-1, Nelson 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Portland 47 (Wallace, Camby 10), Orlando 44 (Clark 9).

Assists—Portland 21 (Miller 7), Orlando 14 (Nelson 4). Total Fouls—Portland 14, Orlando 17.

Technicals—Portland defensive three second, Orlando defensive three second. A—19,001 (18,500).

STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W 46 33 32 19 17

L 15 29 30 43 46

Pct .754 .532 .516 .306 .270

GB — 131⁄2 141⁄2 271⁄2 30

W 43 40 37 26 16

L 20 24 26 37 46

Pct .683 .625 .587 .413 .258

GB — 31⁄2 6 17 1 26 ⁄2

W 44 27 23 23 12

L 18 35 38 41 50

Pct .710 .435 .377 .359 .194

GB — 17 201⁄2 22 32

W 51 46 37 36 33

L 12 17 29 29 32

Pct .810 .730 .561 .554 .508

GB — 5 151⁄2 16 19

W 39 37 36 33 15

L 23 27 27 31 50

Pct .629 .578 .571 .516 .231

GB — 3 31⁄2 7 251⁄2

W L Pct L.A. Lakers 45 19 .703 Phoenix 32 29 .525 Golden State 27 35 .435 L.A. Clippers 24 40 .375 Sacramento 15 46 .246 x-clinched playoff spot Today’s Games L.A. Lakers at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Washington, 6 p.m.

Portland at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Houston at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Chicago at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Golden State at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Utah at Toronto, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

New York at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Dallas at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Detroit at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Orlando at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

GB — 111⁄2 17 21 281⁄2

x-Boston New York Philadelphia New Jersey Toronto Southeast Division Miami Orlando Atlanta Charlotte Washington Central Division Chicago Indiana Milwaukee Detroit Cleveland WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio Dallas New Orleans Memphis Houston Northwest Division Oklahoma City Denver Portland Utah Minnesota Pacific Division

NEW ORLEANS (77) Pondexter 1-4 0-0 2, West 4-17 3-3 11, Okafor 3-7 2-4 8, Jack 8-19 6-7 23, Belinelli 6-12 2-2 17, Green 3-13 0-0 6, Landry 4-8 2-2 10, Gray 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-80 15-18 77.

CHICAGO (85) Deng 2-12 5-5 10, Boozer 8-14 3-3 19, Noah 3-7 0-1 6, Rose 8-21 6-7 24, Bogans 2-4 0-0 5, Brewer 5-7 0-0 10, Gibson 1-3 0-0 2, Asik 0-2 1-2 1, Watson 0-3 2-2 2, Korver 2-8 2-2 6. Totals 31-81 19-22 85.

New Orleans 23 20 17 17 — 77 Chicago 26 17 23 19 — 85 3-Point Goals—New Orleans 4-13 (Belinelli 3-6, Jack 1-2, Pondexter 0-1, West 0-2, Green 0-2), Chicago 4-20 (Rose 2-6, Bogans 1-2, Deng 1-5, Brewer 0-1, Watson 0-2, Korver 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—New Orleans 53 (West 11), Chicago 54 (Noah 13). Assists—New Orleans 10 (Jack, West 3), Chicago 24 (Rose 9). Total Fouls—New Orleans 16, Chicago 17. Technicals— Chicago defensive three second. A—21,997 (20,917).

Clippers 92, Bobcats 87 C H A R L O T T E , N . C . — Blake Griffin had 17 points and 15 rebounds, and the Clippers had more offensive options than Charlotte in a victory over the Bobcats that matched teams missing their leading scorers.

L.A. CLIPPERS (92) Gomes 3-7 0-0 8, Griffin 5-11 7-8 17, Jordan 0-0 0-2 0, Williams 5-15 6-8 17, Foye 3-11 2-2 10, Kaman 6-13 4-4 16, Aminu 1-4 0-0 2, Bledsoe 5-8 1-2 13, Moon 1-1 0-0 2, Smith 2-4 3-3 7. Totals 3174 23-29 92.

CHARLOTTE (87) McGuire 1-4 0-2 2, Diaw 8-13 1-2 19, Brown 3-6 1-4 7, Augustin 4-16 3-4 13, Henderson 10-18 0-0 20, White 3-9 3-4 9, Przybilla 0-1 0-0 0, Livingston 6-11 5-6 17, Carroll 0-0 0-0 0, Najera 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 35-78 13-22 87.

L.A. Clippers 27 22 22 21 — 92 Charlotte 26 21 20 20 — 87 3-Point Goals—L.A. Clippers 7-18 (Bledsoe 2-2, Gomes 2-5, Foye 2-5, Williams 1-3, Aminu 0-3), Charlotte 4-9 (Diaw 2-2, Augustin 2-7). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—L.A. Clippers 54 (Griffin 15), Charlotte 47 (Diaw 8). Assists—L.A. Clippers 18 (Williams 7), Charlotte 22 (Diaw 8). Total Fouls—L.A. Clippers 19, Charlotte 18.

Technicals—Gomes, Jordan. A—16,438 (19,077).

Bulls 85, Hornets 77 C H I C A G O — Derrick Rose scored 24 points, and Chicago beat New Orleans with Hornets star Chris Paul sidelined because of a concussion.

The four-time All-Star watched from the sideline after colliding with Cleveland’s Ramon Sessions in Sunday’s win and remains day-today. Without him, the Hornets Grizzlies 107, Thunder 101 MEMPHIS, TENN. — Mike Conput up a fight against the Central division leaders, but were ley and Tony Allen each scored 20 points, and Marc shut out over the final 3:15.

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How former Jayhawks fared Cole Aldrich, Oklahoma City Pts: 2. FGs: 1-1. FTs: 0-0.

Darrell Arthur, Memphis Pts: 6. FGs: 3-9. FTs: 0-0.

Nick Collison, Oklahoma City Pts: 5. FGs: 2-4. FTs: 1-2.

Xavier Henry, Memphis Did not play () Darnell Jackson, Sacramento Pts: 2. FGs: 0-1. FTs: 2-2.

Gasol added 18 as Memphis withstood a second-half rally and defeated Oklahoma City.

OKLAHOMA CITY (101) Durant 8-20 3-5 23, Ibaka 7-10 0-2 14, Mohammed 2-4 0-0 4, Westbrook 11-21 4-5 27, Sefolosha 1-2 1-2 3, Collison 2-4 1-2 5, Harden 711 2-2 16, Maynor 1-2 0-0 2, Aldrich 1-1 0-0 2, Cook 2-6 0-0 5. Totals 42-81 11-18 101.

MEMPHIS (107) Young 5-9 2-3 12, Randolph 6-9 5-6 17, Gasol 913 0-0 18, Conley 9-20 2-2 20, Allen 7-12 5-7 20, Battier 3-6 1-2 7, Mayo 2-6 2-4 7, Arthur 3-9 0-0 6, Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 44-85 17-26 107.

Oklahoma City 24 22 27 28 — 101 Memphis 25 33 21 28 — 107 3-Point Goals—Oklahoma City 6-18 (Durant 410, Westbrook 1-2, Cook 1-5, Harden 0-1), Memphis 2-12 (Allen 1-2, Mayo 1-2, Randolph 01, Battier 0-2, Conley 0-5). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Oklahoma City 47 (Harden, Ibaka, Durant 6), Memphis 49 (Battier, Mayo 7).

Assists—Oklahoma City 21 (Westbrook 7), Memphis 22 (Conley 9). Total Fouls—Oklahoma City 23, Memphis 19. A—13,903 (18,119).

Mavericks 108, Timberwolves 105 MINNEAPOLIS — Dirk Nowitzki overcame foul trouble to score 25 points in 27 minutes, helping Dallas outlast Minnesota.

DALLAS (108) Stojakovic 4-9 0-0 9, Nowitzki 7-12 10-10 25, Haywood 3-4 2-3 8, Kidd 4-8 3-3 13, Beaubois 410 0-0 9, Terry 3-11 4-4 11, Brewer 1-1 0-0 2, Marion 4-11 1-2 9, Mahinmi 1-3 0-0 2, Barea 3-7 0-0 8, Cardinal 4-8 0-0 12. Totals 38-84 20-22 108.

MINNESOTA (105) Beasley 8-22 4-9 20, Love 7-14 5-6 23, Milicic 35 0-0 6, Ridnour 3-10 1-1 9, Johnson 2-5 0-0 5, Pekovic 2-4 2-4 6, Flynn 5-8 0-0 11, Webster 1-5 1-1 3, Tolliver 2-5 3-3 8, Ellington 5-7 0-0 12, Randolph 1-3 0-2 2. Totals 39-88 16-26 105.

Dallas 22 26 25 35 — 108 Minnesota 30 20 30 25 — 105 3-Point Goals—Dallas 12-35 (Cardinal 4-8, Barea 2-5, Kidd 2-6, Nowitzki 1-2, Stojakovic 1-4, Beaubois 1-4, Terry 1-6), Minnesota 11-23 (Love 4-6, Ridnour 2-3, Ellington 2-3, Tolliver 1-1, Johnson 1-3, Flynn 1-4, Beasley 0-1, Webster 02). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Dallas 52 (Marion, Haywood 10), Minnesota 55 (Love 17).

Assists—Dallas 29 (Kidd 9), Minnesota 23 (Love 5). Total Fouls—Dallas 19, Minnesota 21.

Technicals—Dallas defensive three second, Beasley. A—13,288 (19,356).

TOURNAMENT Colonial Athletic Association Championship Old Dominion 70, Va. Commonwealth 65 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship St. Peter’s 62, Iona 57 Southern Conference Championship Wofford 77, Coll. of Charleston 67 Summit League Semifinals Oakland, Mich. 110, S. Dakota St. 90 Oral Roberts 83, IUPUI 77 Sun Belt Conference Semifinals Ark.-Little Rock 65, Middle Tennessee 56 North Texas 81, W. Kentucky 62 West Coast Conference Championship Gonzaga 75, Saint Mary’s, Calif. 63

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Conference All Games W L W L Kansas 14 2 29 2 Texas 13 3 25 6 Texas A&M 10 6 23 7 Kansas State 10 6 22 9 Colorado 8 8 19 12 Missouri 8 8 22 9 Baylor 7 9 18 12 Nebraska 7 9 19 11 Oklahoma State 6 10 18 12 Oklahoma 5 11 13 17 Texas Tech 5 11 13 18 Iowa State 3 13 16 15 Big 12 tournament, Sprint Center Wednesday’s Games No. 8 Nebraska vs. No. 9 Oklahoma State (Big 12 Network), 11:30 a.m.

No. 5 Colorado vs. No. 12 Iowa State (Big 12 Network), 2 p.m.

No. 7 Baylor vs. No. 10 Oklahoma (Big 12 Network), 6 p.m.

No. 6 Missouri vs. No. 11 Texas Tech (Big 12 Network), 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games No. 1 Kansas vs. NU/OSU winner (ESPN2), 11:30 a.m.

No. 4 Kansas State vs. CU/ISU winner (Big 12 Network), 2 p.m.

No. 2 Texas vs. BU/OU winner (Big 12 Network), 6 p.m.

No. 3 Texas A&M vs. MU/TTU winner (ESPN2), 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Thursday afternoon winners (Big 12 Network), 6 p.m.

Thursday evening winners (Big 12 Network), 8:30 p.m.

Saturday Semifinal winners (ESPN), 5 p.m.

AP Men’s Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Ohio St. (52) 29-2 1,612 1 2. Kansas (13) 29-2 1,569 2 3. Pittsburgh 27-4 1,493 4 4. Notre Dame 25-5 1,416 8 5. Duke 27-4 1,265 4 6. North Carolina 24-6 1,209 13 7. San Diego St. 29-2 1,197 9 8. BYU 28-3 1,187 3 9. Purdue 25-6 1,108 6 10. Texas 25-6 1,081 7 11. Syracuse 25-6 984 12 12. Florida 24-6 931 14 13. Wisconsin 23-7 870 10 14. Louisville 23-8 794 11 15. Kentucky 22-8 639 20 16. Arizona 25-6 562 18 17. St. John’s 20-10 462 15 18. Xavier 24-6 437 23 19. Kansas St. 22-9 345 — 20. West Virginia 20-10 294 — 21. Connecticut 21-9 281 16 22. Georgetown 21-9 244 17 23. Utah St. 28-3 234 25 24. Temple 24-6 209 — 25. Cincinnati 24-7 202 — Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 177 , Vanderbilt 101, Villanova 64, UCLA 40, UNLV 29, Missouri 22, George Mason 12, Old Dominion 11, Alabama 10, Belmont 9, Butler 9, Gonzaga 6, Saint Mary’s, Calif. 4, Va. Commonwealth 3, UAB 2, Harvard 1.

Rockets 123, Kings 101 SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Chad USA Today/ESPN Men’s Poll The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN Budinger scored 20 points, college basketball poll, with first-place and Kyle Lowry had 19 points, men’s votes in parentheses, records through March 6, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote eight assists and seven one point for a 25th-place vote and prerebounds for Houston, which through vious ranking: Record Pts Pvs defeated Sacramento to give State (17) 29-2 767 1 Rick Adelman his 935th win as 1.2. Ohio Kansas (14) 29-2 748 2 an NBA coach.

3. Pittsburgh 27-4 702 5 Dame 25-5 678 7 The victory tied Adelman 4.5. Notre Duke 27-4 595 4 with Dick Motta for 10th on the 6. San Diego State 29-2 592 9 Carolina 24-6 560 13 career coaching victories list. 7.8. North Brigham Young 28-3 546 3 HOUSTON (123) Budinger 6-10 4-4 20, Scola 5-7 0-0 10, Hayes 45 0-0 8, Lowry 7-12 1-1 19, Martin 3-12 8-8 15, Lee 7-13 5-5 19, Miller 2-4 3-3 7, Dragic 3-6 4-4 10, Patterson 4-8 0-0 8, Hill 1-4 0-1 2, Williams 2-2 11 5. Totals 44-83 26-27 123.

SACRAMENTO (101) Garcia 5-9 1-2 11, Cousins 10-20 0-0 20, Dalembert 4-12 0-0 8, Udrih 6-8 3-3 15, Thornton 6-17 2-2 16, Casspi 5-11 0-0 10, Thompson 3-5 12 7, Taylor 5-8 0-0 10, Jackson 0-1 2-2 2, Jeter 14 0-0 2. Totals 45-95 9-11 101.

Houston 29 36 30 28 — 123 Sacramento 30 28 16 27 — 101 3-Point Goals—Houston 9-23 (Budinger 4-6, Lowry 4-8, Martin 1-5, Lee 0-1, Miller 0-1, Dragic 0-2), Sacramento 2-6 (Thornton 2-3, Garcia 0-1, Taylor 0-2). Rebounds—Houston 45 (Lowry 7), Sacramento 47 (Dalembert 12). Assists— Houston 23 (Lowry 8), Sacramento 21 (Udrih, Thornton 4). Total Fouls—Houston 17, Sacramento 16. Technicals—Sacramento defensive three second. A—12,561 (17,317).

9. Purdue 25-6 537 6 10. Texas 25-6 518 8 11. Syracuse 25-6 492 12 12. Florida 24-6 456 14 13. Wisconsin 23-7 396 10 14. Louisville 23-8 364 11 15. Arizona 25-6 285 18 16. Kentucky 22-8 274 23 17. Utah State 28-3 237 21 18. St. John’s 20-10 230 15 19. Connecticut 21-9 165 16 20. Xavier 24-6 150 NR 21. Texas A&M 23-7 146 22 22. Georgetown 21-9 117 17 23. Kansas State 22-9 113 NR 24. Vanderbilt 21-9 80 20 25. Temple 24-6 77 NR Others receiving votes: West Virginia (20-10) 64; Villanova (21-10) 43; UCLA (22-9) 36; Cincinnati (24-7) 31; Missouri (22-9) 23; UNLV (23-7) 16; George Mason (26-6) 14; Saint Mary’s (24-7) 11; Alabama-Birmingham (22-7) 4; Boston College (19-11) 3; Florida State (21-9) 2; Alabama (20-10) 1; Harvard (23-5) 1; Washington (20-10) 1.

Here are winners of the Associated Press Big 12 coach of the year award as chosen by a panel of sports writers and broadcasters.

1997 — Roy Williams, Kansas.

1998 — Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State.

1999 — Rick Barnes, Texas.

2000 — Larry Eustachy, Iowa St. 2001 — Larry Eustachy, Iowa St. 2002 — Roy Williams, Kansas.

2003 — Roy Williams, Kansas.

2004 — Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State.

2005 — Billy Gillispie, Texas A&M. 2006 — Bill Self, Kansas.

2007 — Rick Barnes, Texas.

2008 — Rick Barnes, Texas.

2009 — Bill Self, Kansas.

2010 — Frank Martin, Kansas State.

2011 — Bill Self, Kansas.

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SOUTH Charleston Southern 70, Winthrop 55 TOURNAMENT Atlantic 10 Conference Championship Xavier 67, Dayton 60 Big East Conference Semifinals Connecticut 75, Rutgers 51 Notre Dame 71, DePaul 67 Horizon League First Round Detroit 57, Valparaiso 50 Loyola of Chicago 49, Youngstown St. 47 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship Marist 63, Loyola, Md. 45 Southern Conference Championship Samford 57, Appalachian St. 54 Summit League Semifinals Oakland, Mich. 96, Oral Roberts 62 S. Dakota St. 70, IPFW 67 Sun Belt Conference Semifinals Ark.-Little Rock 47, Fla. International 37 W. Kentucky 55, Arkansas St. 47 West Coast Conference Championship Gonzaga 72, Saint Mary’s, Calif. 46

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHARLOTTE BOBCATS—Signed G Garrett Temple to a 10-day contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League OAKLAND RAIDERS—Promoted assistant coach Chuck Bresnahan to defensive coordinator.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Named Carnell Lake defensive backs coach.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ATLANTA THRASHERS—Loaned LW Andrew Kozek from Chicago (AHL) to Hershey (AHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Recalled F T.J. Hensick from Peoria (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Signed C Tyler Johnson to a three-year contract.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Called up RW Victor Oreskovich from Manitoba (AHL).

COLLEGE BROWN—Named Jill Reeve women’s field hockey coach.

EASTERN WASHINGTON—Fired men’s basketball coach Kirk Earlywine.

TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI—Fried men’s basketball coach Perry Clark.

TEXAS STATE—Promoted Laurie Hindson assistant athletic director for academic services and director of the athletic academic center.

TEXAS TECH—Fired men’s basketball coach Pat Knight.

TOWSON—Announced the resignation of men’s basketball coach Pat Kennedy.

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AP Women’s Top 25

The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Connecticut (37) 30-1 973 1 2. Stanford (2) 27-2 929 2 3. Baylor 28-2 887 3 4. Tennessee 31-2 875 4 5. Xavier 27-2 809 6 6. Duke 29-3 774 8 7. UCLA 26-3 716 9 8. Texas A&M 26-4 715 5 9. DePaul 27-5 651 12 10. Notre Dame 25-6 644 7 11. Miami 27-4 552 10 12. Michigan St. 26-5 503 11 13. Wis.-Green Bay 29-1 465 15 14. North Carolina 25-8 449 19 15. Florida St. 23-7 412 14 16. Maryland 23-6 390 13 17. Kentucky 24-8 335 16 18. Ohio St. 22-9 262 — 19. Marist 28-2 250 21 20. Gonzaga 27-4 197 22 21. Oklahoma 20-10 154 18 22. Houston 25-4 128 25 23. Georgetown 22-10 114 17 24. Georgia Tech 23-10 102 — 25. Marquette 23-878 20 Others receiving votes: Iowa 53, Louisiana Tech 41, Iowa St. 40, Penn St. 40, West Virginia 33, Texas Tech 31, BYU 13, Kansas St. 13, Rutgers 11, Georgia 10, Temple 7, Tulane 7, N. Iowa 4, Princeton 4, Bowling Green 3, Louisville 1.

High School Awards

All-Pioneer League Boys Wellsville — first team: Trenton Meyer, 6-0, sr.; honorable mention: Jacob Brown, 6-1, jr.

BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB—Fired vice president of umpiring Mike Port, vice president of operations and administration Ed Burns and senior specialist of on-field operations Darryl Hamilton.

American League CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with INF Nick Johnson on a minor league contract and OF Michael Brantley, C Lou Marson, RHP Carlos Carrasco, RHP Frank Herrmann, RHP Josh Judy, RHP Corey Kluber, RHP Justin Masterson, RHP Zach McAllister, RHP Vinnie Pestano, RHP Hector Rondon, RHP Mitch Talbot, RHP Jess Todd, LHP Kelvin De La Cruz, LHP Nick Hagadone, LHP David Huff LHP Tony Sipp, INF Jason Donald, INF Jared Goedert, INF Matt LaPorta, INF Jayson Nix, INF Luis Valbuena, OF Ezequiel Carrera, OF Trevor Crowe, OF Shelley Duncan and OF Nick Weglarz on one-year contracts.

National League SAN DIEGO PADRES—Announced the retirement of C Gregg Zaun. Reassigned RHP Brad Brach, RHP Alexis Lara, RHP Craig Italiano, RHP Matt Lollis and LHP Juan Oramas to their minor league camp.

Louisiana Classic Monday at Lafayette, La. Team scores: LSU 570, Illinois 570, Kent State 573, Louisiana-Lafayette 577. 9. Kansas 590.

Leaders 1. John Hahn, Kent State 70-66—136 2. Chris DeForest, Illinois 68-70—138 3. (tie) Andrew Loupe, LSU 70-70—140 4. (tie) Carlson Cox, Memphis 72-68—140 Kansas Scores T18. Chris Gilbert 75-70—145 T18. Nate Barbee 73-72—145 T38. Jeff Bell 74-75—149 T52. Alex Gutesha 74-77—151 T80. Dan Waite 80-77—157

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Monday’s Games St. Louis 10, Minnesota 4 Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 2 Washington 14, Houston 9 Boston 6, Baltimore (ss) 5 Florida 4, Atlanta 3, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees (ss) 7, Philadelphia 1 Detroit 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Chicago White Sox (ss) 16, Cleveland 16, tie Seattle 6, Oakland 3 Milwaukee 15, Cincinnati 2 Chicago Cubs 14, L.A. Angels 13 Chicago White Sox (ss) 12, Arizona (ss) 1 Arizona (ss) 8, Kansas City (ss) 6 L.A. Dodgers 7, Colorado 1 Baltimore (ss) 0, N.Y. Yankees (ss) 0, tie Kansas City (ss) 11, San Diego 3 San Francisco 4, Texas 1 Today’s Games Baltimore vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Florida vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Toronto vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Boston (ss) vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Houston (ss) vs. Boston (ss) at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (ss) vs. Houston (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Washington vs. N.Y. Mets (ss) at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 12:10 p.m.

Colorado (ss) vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 2:05 p.m.

Texas vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Dodgers vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 2:05 p.m.

Cubs vs. Colorado (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 2:10 p.m.

NHL

Monday’s Games Washington 2, Tampa Bay 1, SO St. Louis 5, Columbus 4, SO Dallas 4, Los Angeles 3, OT Today’s Games Ottawa at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Boston at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

Colorado at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Nashville at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

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PERRY KANSAS We have career opportu785-843-6835, 785-423-5678 Application materials nities for the following will be screened using professionals for our LanOver 50 Widllife prints, Construction Lost Pet/Animal the following preferred sing Correctional Facility: silver, bar & flatware, requirements for skills, JennAir Stainless steel CAREERS LOST CAT: orange, male, grill, Old duck decoys, CONSTRUCTION experience or educaARNP tabby, rough around the old shotgun shells, mec. US NAVY. Paid training, fi- tional background: ImPT - Days/Evenings nancial security, edges, but we love him. hydraluic plement & maintain reloader, medical/dental, vacation, Last seen Fed. 24th, near Leupold spotting scope, search projects, RN retirement. HS grads ages Haskell Univ. (Penn/22nd St.) maintain/repair/construct 17-34.

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Provided vance with possible relo- Mechanical aptitude for LOST: Kitten, “Ringo”, 4 mo.

Occupational Therapist: old, chipped, un-neutered Seeking elderly lady to cation. Top pay in benefits the repair and mainte- part time position, to work company paid nance of equipment premale, sandy, orange take care of thru the Sum- include in plant environment, fotiger-stripe. Last seen mer. Avail. now weekends health & 401K. Send re- ferred. Valid driver’s li- cusing on ergonomics & Sun. Feb. 27, 2011. & some eves. Call between sume to PO box 17, Perry, cense needed upon em- health prevention proks. 66073 or call Brad at ployment. Physical exerCall 785-979-6505.

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758-597-5111. EOE tion considerable.

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No pets. 785-856-4645 2BR — 934 Illinois, avail. now. In 4-plex, 1 bath, CA, DW. $490/mo. No pets. Call Virginia Inn 785-841-5797 Rooms by week. All utils. & cable paid. 785-843-6611

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Now accepting applications for the following night positions

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Specials on everything!

Call Lauren today to set up a tour. 785-843-7333

We have an immediate opening for a DELIVERY Driver with Class B CDL

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West Side location Newer 1 & 2 BRs Starting at $475 (785) 841-4935 www.midwestpm.com

LAUREL GLEN APTS Call 785-838-9559 Come & enjoy our

1, 2, or 3BR units

w/electric only, no gas some with W/D included CALL FOR SPECIALS Income restrictions apply EOH Sm. Dog Welcome Lg. 2BR w/very nice patio. $630/mo.,water & gas pd.

9th & Avalon 785-841-1155

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Spacious 2BR avail. for sublease May 1 or sooner Lots of amenities, W/D, DW, security system, lg. patio (great for container gardening), 1 car garage. $895/mo. Sm. pets okay 2BR — 1214 Tennessee. In 4- 1st Mo. FREE 785-691-7784 plex. 1 bath, DW, CA. $450 / mo. No pets. 785-841-5797 Duplexes www.rentinlawrence.com 1BR duplex near E. K-10 access. Stove, refrig., off-st.

3BR - 1000 Alma, 2 Story, 2 parking. 1 yr. lease. $410/ bath, DW, microwave, W/D mo. No pets. 785-841-4677 hookup, CA, 2 car, 1 pet ok. $815/mo. Call 785-841-5797 Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 3BR, 1 bath. 831 Tennessee. www.GageMgmt.com Newly remodeled. CA, DW, Microwave, W/D, & deck. $1,260/mo. 785-842-7644 2BR remodeled duplex. 2119 Pikes Peek. 2 Bath AC, DW, W/D hookups. $765/mo. no pets. Call 785-842-7644

Regents Court 19th & Mass

Furnished 3 & 4BR Apts August 2011 W/D included

785-842-4455

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Avail. now. $545/mo. 1021 W. 29th Terr. 785-841-5454 2BR - Older means more space! Split-level means more privacy! Central location, W/D hookups, $565 /mo. Sm. pet? 785-841-4201

Progressive Lawrence Ad Astra Apartments company is expanding 1BR, W/D, DW, parking lot, 1 & 2 BRs from $390/mo. and we’re looking for a near KU & downtown. $599. Call MPM for more details few motivated individuals ALL utils. pd. Pet w/pet rent. at 785-841-4935 2BR, 2 bath, 1 car, I-70 acto share our vision.

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• 401K retirement Plan water/trash paid. No pets. avail. now. 816-721-4083 • 5 Day work week AC Management 785-842-4461 • Transportation Allowance 3BR, Luxury, 2+bath, 2 car, • Most Aggressive compenFP, CA, all appls. W/D, Pets sation plan in the Industry OK. S. Lawrence area. $950 /mo. Apr. 1. 785-865-8459 N E W M O V E I N S P E C I A L S ! !

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or call 785-843-7700 to set-up an interview.

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2411 Cedarwood Ave.

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Membership & Equity Fee Required. 785-842-2545 (Equal Housing Opportunity) 1, 2, 3BRs NW - SW - SE $375 to $900/mo. No pets.

More info at 785-423-5828

2 & 3BRs for $550 - $1,050.

4BR farmhouse $1,200/mo..

Leasing late spring - Aug. 785-832-8728 / 785-331-5360 www.lawrencepm.com Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 www.GageMgmt.com 2BR, 2 bath, 1 car, FP, all appls. Spacious newer unit.

No pets. $745/mo. Avail.

Apr. 1. Call 785-766-9823 2BR, 2 bath, 4959 Stoneback Dr. FP, W/D hookup, 2 car.

Lg. kitchen & yard. Avail.

Apr. 1 or sooner. $850/mo.

Pets welcome 785-842-5414

Townhomes

2BR, 2 bath, fireplace, CA, W/D hookups, 2 car with opener. Easy access to I-70. Includes paid cable.

Pets under 20 pounds are allowed.

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Townhomes

Sunrise Place Sunrise Village Apartments & Townhomes

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2, 3 & 4BRs up to 1,500 sq. ft.

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Move In Special: $685/mo.

Pets ok.

785-842-5227

Saddlebrook

625 Folks Rd., 785-832-8200 2BR, 2 bath, 1 car garage.

Overland Pointe

5245 Overland Dr.785-832-8200 2BR, 2 bath, 2 car garage.

2 & 3BR Townhomes, starting at $760/mo. Avail. Aug. Fireplace, Walk in closets, and private patios. 1 Pet OK. Call 785-842-3280

AVAILABLE NOW

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785-865-2505

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3BR, 1½ bath reduced to $750/mo., 12 mo. lease Paid Internet

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Auctioneers

from $540 - $920/month

Townhomes

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C & G Auto Sales

Rentals Available!

Quality Pre-owned Cars & Trucks Buy Sell Trade Financing Available 308 E. 23rd St. Lawrence

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Automotive Services

K’s Tire

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Your locally owned and operated carpet and upholstery cleaning company since 1993!

• 24 Hour Emergency Water Damage Services Available

By Appointment Only

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Viruses/Malware?

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Dale and Ron’s Auto Service

Family Owned & Operated for 37 Years Domestic & Foreign Expert Service 630 Connecticut St

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Construction

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Cleaning

We do that!

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Mobile Homes OWNER WILL FINANCE

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3BR, 1 bath, 1989, very nice. $8,800. — $225 per month. Call 785-727-9764

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Graphics

Renovations Kitchen/Bath Remodels House Additions & Decks Quality Work Affordable Prices

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Guttering Services

913-488-7320

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Martin Floor Covering

Linoleum, Carpet, Ceramic, Hardwood, Laminate, Porcelain Tile.

Estimates Available 1 mile North of I-70. http://lawrencemarketplace. com/martin_floor_covering

JAYHAWK GUTTERING

Seamless aluminum guttering. Many colors to choose from. Install, repair, screen, clean-out. Locally owned.

Insured. Free estimates.

785-842-0094

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Heating & Cooling

“Your Comfort Is Our Business.”

Installation & Service Residential & Commercial (785) 841-2665

Landscape Cleanup Spring cleanup and mulch Weekly weeding available CheapScapes 785-979-4727 Lawn Mowing Weedeating included All monies go toward college tuition Call Connor 785-979-4727

Low Maintenance Landscape, Inc.

1210 Lakeview Court, Innovative Planting Design Construction & Installation www.lawrencemarketplace. com/lml

785-550-5610

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CONCRETE INC Your local foundation repair specialist!

Waterproofing, Basement, & Crack Repair

Quality work at a fair price!

1-888-326-2799 Toll Free

Mudjacking, waterproofing.

We specialize in Basement Repair & pressure Grouting, Level & Straighten Walls, & Bracing on Walls.

B.B.B. FREE ESTIMATES Since 1962 WAGNER’S 785-749-1696 www.foundationrepairks.com

Recycle Your Furniture

• UPHOLSTERY • REFINISH • REPAIR • REGLUE • WINDOW FASHIONS Quality Since 1947 Murphy Furniture Service 785-841-6484 409 E. 7th www.murphyfurniture.net http://lawrencemarketplace. com/murphyfurniture

Air Conditioning/ & Heating/Sales & Srvs.

Free Estimates on replacement equipment! Ask us about Energy Star equipment & how to save on your utility bills.

Roger, Kevin or Sarajane

785-843-2244

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Home Improvements

Plan Now For Next Year • Custom Pools, Spas & Water Features • Design & Installation • Pool Maintenance (785) 843-9119

Handyman Services All phases of work, Kitchen, Bath, Tile, Carpet, Decks Interior/Exterior Call Eric 913-742-0699

mow, mulch, rake, tree/shrub trimming Marty Goodwin 785-979-1379

Locksmith

Farm row crop land Rainbow SE AquaMate Carwanted to buy - 50 acre pet Shampooer. Fits ALL minimum. Lawrence area. Rainbow vacuums. It is cash weighted.

Call slightly used. Only $35 or 785-832-1146 best offer.

Call 785-840-0282

Commercial Real Estate Sports Bar & Grill for sale in Pittsburg, KS

Residential & Commercial Standard & High Security Keys Full Service Shop 840 Connecticut St. 785-749-3023 lawrencemarketplace.com/ mobilelocksmith

Moving-Hauling Haul Free: Salvageable items. Charge; other moving, hauling, landscaping, home repair, clean inside & out. 785-841-6254. http://www.a2zenterprises. info/

STARVING ARTISTS MOVING

Clothing Jean Jacket: Embroidered with “Kansas Jayhawks” and a Jayhawk on back.

Antiques Very good condition. Student Union brand, large.

Cabinet: Old Hoosier Please Contact Kitchen cabinet: $100 of imagine.roberts@gmail.com best offer.

Call 785-843-1434 after 9AM. To Collectibles view.

NOW OPEN Past & Present Treasures. Antiques, collectible and other unique items. Now open in Eudora 729 Main Street Wed-Sat 10am-6pm Sun 11am-4pm

Sports Collectibles: Box of starting lineup 1989 Baseball greats - Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, Dimaggio, etc. $50 or best offer. 785-841-5708

Computer-Camera

Too many Steinways!

Get yours today at Mid-America Piano and save thousands! www.piano4u.com

37mm Camera Filters.

Three Crystal Optics new filters with case for digital camera/video.

Polarizing, UV, and FLD. $6. Call 785 840-0282

Pet Services

Roofing Garrison Roofing Since 1982

“Call for a Free Home Demo” www.MuttsandManners.com

Specializing in: Residential & Commercial Tearoffs Asphalt & Fiberglass Shingling Cedar Shake Shingles

Call 785-841-0809

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Plumbing

“When You’re Ready, We’re Reddi” •Sales •Service •Installations •Free Estimate on replacements all makes & models Commercial Residential Financing Available

Prompt Superior Service Residential * Commercial Tear Off * Reroofs

Free Estimates

Insurance Work Welcome

785-764-9582

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Re-Roofs: All Types Roofing Repairs Siding & Windows FREE Estimates (785) 749-0462 www.meslerroofing.com Taking Care of Lawrence’s Plumbing Needs for over 35 Years (785) 841-2112 lawrencemarketplace.com /kastl

12th & Haskell Recycle Center, Inc. No Monthly Fee - Always been FREE! Cash for all Metals We take glass!

1146 Haskell Ave, Lawrence 785-865-3730 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/recyclecenter

ROOF REPAIRS

Leaks, Flashing, Masonry.

Residential, Commercial References, Insured.

KW Service 785-691-5949

Sewing Service & Repair Bob’s BERNINA

Sewing and Vacuum Center

2449 B Iowa St. 15yr. locally owned and 785-842-1595 operated company.

M-F 9-6, Th 9-8, Sat 9-4 Professionally trained Lonnie’s Recycling Inc. CLASSES FORMING NOW staff. We move everythBuyers of aluminum cans, Servicing Most Model Sewing ing from fossils to office all type metals & junk vehiMachines, Sergers & Vacs and household goods. cles. Mon.-Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-4, www.lawrencemarketplace.

Call for a free estimate.

501 Maple, Lawrence. com/bobsbernina 785-749-5073 785-841-4855 http://lawrencemarketplace. lawrencemarketplace.com/ com/starvingartist lonnies

Painting A. B. Painting & Repair Int/ext. Drywall, Tile, Siding, Wood rot, & Decks 30 plus yrs. Refs. Free Est. Al 785-331-6994 albeil@aol.com

Inside - Out Painting Service

inside-out-paint@yahoo.com Free Estimates Fully Insured Lawrencemarketplace.com/ inside-out-paint

785-766-2785

Repairs and Services

Water, Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration • Odor Removal • Carpet Cleaning • Air Duct Cleaning •

One Company Is All You Need and One Phone Call Is All You Need To Make (785) 842-0351

Roofing Allcore Roofing & Restoration

Green Grass Lawn Care

Roofs, Guttering, Windows, Siding, & Interior Restoration

Hail & Wind Storm Specialists

Int/Ext/Specialty Painting Siding, Wood Rot & Decks

Kate, 785-423-4464

www.kbpaintingllc.com

We Work With Your Insurance Inspections are FREE

785-766-7700 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/allcore

Tree/Stump Removal

BUDGET TREE SERVICE, LLC. 913-593-7386

Trimmed, Shaped, Removed Shrubs, Fenceline Cleaned

No Job Too Small Free Estimates

Licensed - Insured hm 913-268-3120

Shamrock Tree Service

We Specialize in Fine Pruning If you value your tree for its natural shape and would like to retain its health and beauty in the long term, call on us!

785-393-2260

Every ad you place runs Professional Painters Home, Interior, Exterior Painting, Lead Paint Removal Serving Northeast Kansas 785-691-6050

Tearoffs, Reroofs, Redecks * Storm Damage * Leaks * Roof Inspections

We’re There for You!

in print and online.

primecoat

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MB Mowing

Most Lawns only $25!

785.248.9572

Dryer: Kenmore Elite Gas Dryer with Evenheat.

White. Makes small noise when running, but works well. $75. Call 785-832-1922.

Washer: Kenmore washer, less than 5 years old, Comes with 3 separate seat- white, includes manual, ing areas, all FF&E, 3 apts up- $100.00 Call 785-727-9107 stairs & off street parking to the rear of bldg. Located Baby & Children's within 3 miles of Pittsburg State University - boasting an Items enrollmentof 6,700 students.

Child Size Table & 4 chair Sale price $199,500. set. Good condition. $10.

Contact Tony (620) 232-6900 785-393-2599 or via email at adellasega@gmail.com Potty Chair: Handmade wooden, white ash potty chair, never used. Like new, $40. 785-393-2599

Recycling Services

Lawn, Garden & Nursery

Call for Quality Lawn care 785-893-4128 www.mbmowing.com

Dryer: Kenmore dryer, less than 5 years old, white, includes manual, $100.00 Call 785-727-9107

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15 yrs exp, Mowing, Yard Clean-up, Tree Trimming, Snow Removal All jobs considered. 15% Sr. Discount.

785-312-0813, 785-893-1509

TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2011 7B Appliances

SPRING YARD CLEANUP

Complete interior & exterior painting Siding replacement

Love’s Lawncare & Snow Removal Carpenter, retired - Home Quality Service Free Est. repairs: Int./Ext.; Decks: & Senior Discounts 60 & up.

Repair, Power wash, stain, Bonded & Insured seal; Garden tilling (Mar. & Call Danny 785-220-3925 Apr.); & more. 785-766-5285 D& S Home Improvements 30 yrs. Experience Kitchens, Baths, Basements Licensed Insured Quality 913-208-6478/913-207-2580

1783 E 1500 Rd, Lawrence

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Snow Removal Sidewalks/Driveways Sheetrock Installations & Repair Interior/Exterior Painting, Sinding Repair, Gutter & Deck Restoration and Full Remodels.

Insured

Farms-Acreage

785-764-2220

(785) 550-1565

Flooring Installation

Furniture Need a battery, tires, brakes, or alignment?

• Garage Doors • Openers • Service • Installation Call 785-842-5203 or visit us at Lawrencemarketplace. com/freestate garagedoors

785-843-2174

Foundation Repair

Oakley Creek Catering

Family Owned & Operated

Banquet Hall available for wedding receptions, birthday parties, corporate meetings & seminars.

For more info. visit http://lawrencemarket place.com/stevesplace

Foundation Repair

For All Your Battery Needs

- Full Service Caterer Specializing in smoked meats & barbeque - Corporate Events, Private Parties, WeddingsOn-Site Cooking Available

Steve’s Place

785-841-9222

100’s of carpet colors.

Many IN STOCK for quick service and 0% financing of Beautiful Flooring in your Lawrence Warehouse TODAY! Jennings’ Floor Trader 3000 Iowa - 841-3838 FloorTraderLawrence.com

Garage Doors

Eagles Lodge

Banquet Room Available for Corporate Parties, Wedding Receptions, Fundraisers Bingo Every Friday Night 1803 W 6th St. (785) 843-9690 http://lawrencemarket place.com/Eagles_Lodge

Stacked Deck

Electric & Industrial Supply Pump & Well Drilling Service

Catering Across The Bridge In North Lawrence 903 N 2nd St | 785-842-2922 lawrencemarketplace.com/ battery

Office Space Available

at 5040 Bob Billings Pkwy.

4BR, 2 bath townhome on • Studio/office, Wi-Fi avail., cul-de-sac, avail. now. private bathroom, 697 sq.ft.

W/D hookup, CA, garage & • Climate controlled garage deck. $1000/mo. — 503 sq. ft., shared bath 785-214-8854 785-842-5227 for more info

Financial

• Decks • Gazebos • Framing • Siding • Fences • Additions • Remodel • Weatherproofing & Staining 785-842-3311 Insured, 20 yrs. experience.

For Promotions & More Info: 785-550-5592 http://lawrencemarketplace .com/kansas_carpet_care

Carpets & Rugs A New Transmission Is Not Always The Fix. It Could Be A Simple Repair.

Now, Real Transmission Checkouts Are FREE! Call Today 785-843-7533 atsilawrence.com

1st Class, Pet Friendly Houses & Apts.

www.vintagemgmt.com 785-842-1069

Office Space

10,000 sq. ft. warehouse Acreage-Lots with 1,200 sq. ft. office on NOW LEASING! N. Iowa St., Lawrence. Lg. * Luxurious Corp. Apt. storage yard included. 14 Acres, old homestead Eudora 3BR, 2 bath, all amenities, * 1BR, 1 Bath Call First Management, (no house) near Lake Perry, S p a c i o u s 2 & 3 B R H o m e s garage. 2821 Four Wheel * Fully Furnished Old barn, utils., wooded w/ Inc. 785-841-7333 or email for Aug. Walk-in closets, 3BR nice 1997 mobile home, Drive. $795/mo. Available deer & wildlife. Repo, Must bobs@firstmanagementinc.com * Granite Countertops FP, W/D hookup, 2 car. 1 2 bath, new carpet, CH/CA, Now. Call 785-766-8888 sell. Assume owner financ* 1 Car Covered Parking W/D hookup. $645/mo. + pet okay. 785-842-3280 ing, no down payment from Refs., deposit. 913-845-3273 430 Eisenhower Drive $600/mo. Call 785-554-9663 Showing by Appt.

3BR, 1 bath, 1 car garage, 3BR, 2.5 bath, all appls. + Office/Warehouse Call 785-842-1524 fenced yard, lots of trees, W/D, FP, 2 car garage. Pet www.mallardproperties for lease: 800 Comet Lane 3805 Shadybrook, quiet SW ok. 1514A Legends Trail Dr. approximately 8,000 sq.ft.

Beautiful 154 Acres lawrence.com area. $850/mo. 785-842-8428 $900/mo. 785-218-1784 building perfect for service or contracting busi3BR, main level, very nice. ness. Has large overhead PARKWAY 4000 1026 Ohio, near KU/ downdoors and plenty of work Available now - 3 BedCALL FOR SPECIALS! town. Appls., low utils. 2 and storage room. room town home close to • 2 & 3BRs, with 2 baths car. March 1. 785-979- 6830 Bob Sarna 785-841-7333 Eudora 55 and campus. For more info, • 2 car garage w/opener Over Community please call: 785-841-4785 • W/D hookups 3+BR, 2 bath ranch, 1741 W. Income guidelines apply www.garberprop.com • New kitchen appliances Jefferson Co. on Hwy 59, 25th St. Open plan, laundry $99 Deposit SPECIAL • New ceramic tile N. of Oskaloosa, an hour rm., bsmt. with FR, 1 car.

1 & 2 BRs - start at low • Maintenance free from MCI. Terraced. Has $1,200/mo. 785-375-5200 cost of $564. 785-542-1755 785-832-0555/785-766-2722 waterways & 2 ravines. 35 www.hillcrest@cohenesrey.com acres tillable; 40 acres of 4BR, new, NW, executive 2 timber & brush, balance of story home. 2,400 sq. ft., 4 acreage is grass.

PARKWAY 6000 bath, 2 car, finished bsmt. Tonganoxie All for only: $385,000.

• 2BR, 2. bath, Gas FP $1,900/mo. 785-423-5828 • Walkout bsmt., Balcony 412-477-9200, 612-810-9814 Lawrence S p a c i o u s 1 , 2 , & 3 B R s • 2 car garage w/opener BRAND NEW TOWNHOMES W/D hookups, Pets OK 5BR for big family, DW, W/D • W/D hookups AT IRONWOOD GREAT SPECIALS hookup, CH/CA, jacuzzi, • Maintenance free Farms-Acreage * 3BR & 4BR, 2 LR Cedar Hill Apts. loft, more. $1,375/mo. Call Call 785-832-0555 * 2-Car Garage 9AM-8:30PM: 785-766-6033 or after 3PM 785-766-2722 913-417-7200, 785-841-4935 20 Acre farmstead 10 mi. W. * Kitchen Appls., W/D 3BR, 1 bath, 2 car, lg. corner of Lawrence near 40 Hwy. * Daylight/Walkout Bsmt.

Brand New 4BR Houses Office Space Houses lot across from elemen- Pond & pasture. Additional * Granite Countertops Avail. Now. 2½ Bath, 3 car tary school. Lots of up- acreage avail. - including Showing By Appt.

2 & 3BR Homes available. garage, 2,300 sq. ft. Pets 1311 Wakarusa - office grades: newer Pella win- Morton bldgs, barns, silos, Call 785-842-1524 ok w/deposit. $1,700. and up. Some space available. 200 sq. ft. dows, roof, bath, more. etc. Owner will finance, www.mallardproperties $800/month Call 785-841-4785 are downtown Lawrence.

- 6,000 sq. ft. For details Great home or investment from $727/mo. No down www.garberprop.com lawrence.com -only $180,000. 785-841-9428 payment. 785-554-9663 Call Today: 785-550-7777 call 785-842-7644

1-888-326-2799 Toll Free

Bryant Collision Repair Mon-Fri. 8AM-6PM We specialize in Auto Body Repair, Paintless Dent Repair, Glass Repair, & Auto Accessories.

785-843-5803 bryantcollisionrepair@msn.com. lawrencemarketplace.com/ bryant-collision-repair

1BR avail. now 1627 W. 21st Terr. Nice, sunny house , S. of KU. Off-st. parking, W/D, CA. No smoking. No dogs.

Cat ok. $350/mo. 1 yr lease.

1BR In N. Lawrence. Refrig., All utils. paid. 816-585-4644 stove, carport. New paint & furnace. Energy efficient. 3BR avail. in 5BR, 3 bath $525/mo. Call 785-841-1284 house close to KU, $375 $400/mo. Very lg. BRs, FP, W/D, patio. 913-269-4265 Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 Baldwin City www.GageMgmt.com

For Lease or Lease To Own 2BR nice country home SW 3BR house, 2 bath, 2 car. of Lawrence. Study, 1 bath, Construction.

506 3 car, CH/CA, sm. garden. New Santa Fe Ct., Baldwin City $750/mo. +deposit. $1,100/mo.

785-423-9100 No pets. No Sun. calls.

785- 242-2983, 785-229-2447

Quality work at a fair price!

Automotive Services

Roommates

2, 3, 4BR Lawrence homes available for August. Pets ok. Section 8 ok. Call 816-729-7513 for details

OPEN HOUSE

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Homes, Farms, Commercial Real Estate, Fine Furnishings, Business Inventories, Guns

Houses

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Complete Roofing

785-749-4391

8B TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2011 Firewood-Stoves Buy Now to insure quality seasoned hardwoods, hedge, oak, ash, locust, hackberry & walnut. Split, stacked & delivered. $160/cord. 785-727-8650 Seasoned Hedge, Oak, Locust & mixed hardwoods, stacked & delivered, $160. for full cord. Call Landon, 785-766-0863

Furniture Cedar Chest: Abernathy Cedar Chest, about 4’ long & 1.5’ wide, $100.

Call 785-727-9107

Cars-Domestic GM Certified?

Campers Jayco 1997 popup camper.

For Sale 1997 Jayco pop up camper. sleeps 6. front bed king size back bed full size. table makes out in bed. Good shape. must sell asking $1800/offer.

Call 785-554-2023 or email slurpee922@yahoo.com.

is not like any other Dealer Backed Warranty.

Don’t let the other dealers tell you any different.

Dale Willey Automotive is the only Dealer in Lawrence that GM Certifies its cars.

Come see the difference!

Call for Details.

785-843-5200 Ask for Allen.

RV's

Travel Trailer: 2009 Wildwood by Forest River. 26ft, w/2doors, Dinette slide. Jeep 2002 Grand Chero4x4 EXCELLENT Rear bedroom w/door. Full kee Bath. Gas cook top, oven. CONDITION! 4 Dr, 4WD, Alloy Wheels, Luggage Microwave. 2door refrigerator& freezer. Front couch. Rack, Towing Package, Seats, Power Awning.

Electric hitch Bucket Five Piece Bedroom set w/stabilizer bars. Lots of Door Locks, Power Mirvery good condition. Full storage. Low miles. $14000. rors, Power Seats, Rear Defrost, Tinted Windows, size with nearly new mat- 785-865-2584/785-249-5738 Anti-theft, CD Player, Intress and box springs formation Center, Keyheadboard, footboard less Entry, For more Info dresser and mirror and please call 785-331-9664 two end tables. $250 call 785-393-9330 Couch: Faux Suede Couch, brown in color, good condition, $100.

Call 785-727-9107

Lawn, Garden & Nursery Landscape Auction

March 19th, 10AM 474 N. 1950 Road Lecompton, KS

John Deere 283C mower, Gravely 250Z mower, Poulan XXV chain saw, Timco 20 gal. gas powered sprayer, Brinley 25 gal. seeder, more.

Full list: www.billfair.com

Machinery-Tools Wood Chop Saw. Hitachi-12” sliding compound miter saw with laser marker & digital miter/bevel display.

Retail-$1,300. Internet-$650. will sell for $485.

Like new in excellent shape call 785-843-4119 ask for Robert

Cars-Domestic Buick 1999 Park Avenue, V6 Power, ONLY 73K miles, smooth ride, power locks/windows/seat, cassettee player. $7,995 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com Cadillac 2009 DTS loaded up, one owner, local trade, only 6K miles! Cadillac certified. Why buy a New one get new warranty from less money! Only $32,741.

STK#16280.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com Cadillac 2008 DTS Vintage Edition, 6 year warranty, CAdillacCertified, heated and cooled leather seats, premium stereo, and so much more! You need to see it, Only $25,995..

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com Chevrolet 2008 Impala LS, V6, power, FWD, 5 year warranty, only 41K miles, very smooth. $13,450.

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Medical Equipment

Chevrolet 2007 Impala LT, FWD, V6 engine, heated leather seats, dual front Bedside Commode. Clean climate control, CD, GM and excellent shape. Certified, 5 YEAR WARRANTY, 63K MILES, ONLY $30/offer. 785-393-2599 $11,651, STK#421091 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 Miscellaneous www.dalewilleyauto.com Encyclopedia Brittanica: Full set, dated 1974, Free.

Please call Jean at 842-7552 anytime before 9 p.m.

Chevrolet 2007 Impala LT, FWD, V6 engine, heated leather seats, dual front climate control, CD, GM Certified, 5 YEAR WARRANTY, 63K MILES, ONLY $11,651, STK#421091 Pet Gate - Carlson Pet Gate, Dale Willey 785-843-5200 Extra Tall Maxi Walk Thru www.dalewilleyauto.com gate with pet door. 37” 60” wide, 38” tall. Brand new, still in the box. Ask- Chevrolet 2010 Impala LT. FWD, V6, 5 year warranty, ing $85. Call 785-841-3114 GM Ceritifed, Dual climate zones, CD Player, Power Music-Stereo windows/Locks, 34K Miles, ONLY $15,741 STK#13729 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 (3) Spinet Pianos w/bench.

Lester $625, Baldwin www.dalewilleyauto.com Acronsonic $525, Lowery $425. Price includes deliv- Chevrolet 2010 Impala LT, ery & tuning. 785-832-9906 V6, FWD, CD player, Dual front climate zones, Power Windows/Locks, remote Get a lot for a little $$!! entry and more! ONLY 9 ft Concert Grands $15,741, STK#18220 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 Starting at only $28,888 www.dalewilleyauto.com Visit us online at piano4u.com Mid-America Piano Chevrolet 2010 Impala 785-537-3774 LT,V6 power, 5 yr. warranty, FWD, heated leather seats, Bose premium sound, jsut like new, only High-quality $18,845.

Yamaha Pianos!

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 Console to concert grand www.dalewilleyauto.com we have a piano for you!

Mid-America Piano 785-537-3774 piano4u.com Chevrolet 2002 Impala, 1 owner, V6, power, ONLY 71K miles, CD player, Dual climate zones, power Over 50 pre-owned locks/windows, Fresh and pianos! clean, PRICE CUT - $8,450 Yamaha, Baldwin, Dale Willey 785-843-5200 Kimball, Steinway, www.dalewilleyauto.com

Wurlitzer, Kawai, and many more!

Chevrolet 2009 Impala SS, V8 power, 5 year warranty, heated leather seats, sunroof, dual climate, GM certified, move fast it won’t Record Player: Console last long, only $19,784.

Record Player, good condiDale Willey 785-843-5200 tion, $100. www.dalewilleyauto.com Call 785-727-9107 Visit us at piano4u.com 800-950-3774

Chevrolet 2009 Traverse LT, AWD, 5 year warranty, GM Certified, 3rd row seating, Brothers Laser Printer Only $26,412.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 HL2040, used only twice, www.dalewilleyauto.com $100. 785-550-9289

Office Equipment

Sports-Fitness Equipment 1998 KU Basketball, white panels, in case, signed by entire team includes Rafe L., Paul P., Roy W., signed by all.

Taking bids.

785-640-9915

TV-Video Two Games: For $55, in excellent condition. One is Halo: Reach. Second game is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. I send locally only, I don’t take credit cards or checks. Only cash. You won’t get this offer from any Gamestop or any Game place. Contact me at zack_routh@yahoo.com or by phone 785-841-1795

Chrysler 2009 300 AWD Touring only 30K miles, leather, Pwr equip, Black on Black, ABS, XM CD Radio, Premium alloy wheels, This is a lot of car! Only $17,921. STK#18863A. Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com Dodge 2007 Caliber R/T Hatchback, AWD to Conquer the Snow, 75K Miles, heated leather seats, CD player, sunroof.

WON’T LAST LONG AT THIS PRICE! ONLY $10,984. STK#425542 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com DODGE 2008 Caliber SRT4, FWD, 6-SPD manual, Lots of power, Black on Black!

Leather, Navigation, CD player, and so much more!

WON’T LAST LONG, ONLY $17,995!

36K MILES, STK#12420A Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com Dale Willey Automotive 2840 Iowa Street (785) 843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Pets

AKC-Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Puppies. Four Beautiful Blenheim Puppies (2 males and 2 females) ready March 15th. marthamurphy(NOSPAM)42 at yahoo dot com.

Toy Poodles, Chihuahuas, Maltese, & Yorkie-Poos.

Older puppies reduced.

785-883-4883 or check out: www.cuddlesomefarm.com Weimaraners For sale.

CUTE!!! 2 Female Weimaraners left. $250 a piece. 785-841-1549 after 6PM.

Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/dalewil leyauto Ford 2010 Fusion 3.5 V6 Sport only 15K miles, one owner, local trade, leather, sunroof, spoiler, alloy wheels, CD changer, Sync, rear park aide, and lots more! Why buy New? Great low payments available.

Only $19,444.

STK#488901.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com Ford 2000 Mustang GT, manual, 95K, AM/FM/ CD radio, black interior leather seats, silver exterior, newly replaced clutch, brakes, spark plugs, & oil change, AC/heater works well, Runs great! Asking $7,800 or best offer. This car must go!!!! Call 785-550-9116 or 785-550-6282 email me at Bosslady20111@hotmail.com

Ford 1998 Mustang, V6 Power, 2DR Coupe, Power Locks/windows, keyless entry, CD player and cassette, 73K miles, ONLY Dog Pen: Block wire with $6,450 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 top and tray. $30. www.dalewilleyauto.com 785-393-2599

Care-ServicesSupplies

Hyundai 2004 Tiburon, Auto, ONLY 78K, 2 door coupe, sporty, SALE $7900.

View pics at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Pontiac 2003 Grand AM GT red, sedan, Ram Air package, elect. sunroof, PSeats, extras, LED taillights, 3.4 V6 auto. Magnaflow exhaust, MSD plug wires, KN air filter, SUB & amp system, pillar mounted transmission & oil gauge, Intake gaskets replaced. Driver’s window regulator replaced. 101K, Vehicle in very good cond.

Asking $7,000 or best offer.

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Paul B Thiese aka Paul B. Thiese, Jr., Jane Doe, and John Doe, et al., Defendants Case No. 11CV119 Court No. 4

Case No. 10-CV-657 NOTICE OF SALE

LOT 15 IN HUNTER’S RIDGE, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF EUDORA, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS The above described real estate is taken as the property of the defendants as directed by said Order of Sale to be sold and will be sold without appraisement to satisfy said Order of Sale.

KEN McGOVERN SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS ELDON L. GAY #08172 3500 SW Fairlawn Drive, Ste. 210 Topeka, Kansas 66614 (785) 783-8323 Attorney for Plaintiff ________ (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World March 8, 2011) Millsap & Singer, LLC 11460 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 300 Leawood, KS 66211 (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

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Case No. 09CV418 Div. No. 4 Chapter 60 Title to Real Estate Involved FILED BY FAX NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to K.S.A. § 60-2410, notice is hereby Title to Real Estate Involved given that, in accordance with the Order of Sale enPursuant to K.S.A. §60 tered on February 10, 2010 by the District Court of NOTICE OF SUIT Douglas County, Kansas in the above-captioned case STATE OF KANSAS to the and issued to me, the unabove named Defendants dersigned Sheriff of Dougand The Unknown Heirs, ex- las County, Kansas, I will ecutors, devisees, trustees, offer for sale at public auccreditors, and assigns of tion and sell to the highest any deceased defendants; bidder for cash in hand at the unknown spouses of the lower level of the Judiany defendants; the un- cial and Law Enforcement known officers, successors, Center of the Courthouse of trustees, creditors and as- Lawrence, Kansas at 111 signs of any defendants East 11th Street, Lawrence, that are existing, dissolved Kansas 66044 on March 17, or dormant corporations; 2011, at 10:00 a.m., the folthe unknown executors, ad- lowing described Real ministrators, devisees, Property of Defendant Viltrustees, creditors, succes- lage Meadows, LLC, located sors and assigns of any de- in Douglas County, Kansas, fendants that are or were legally described as: partners or in partnership; and the unknown guardi- Lot 1, Block 1, Village Meadans, conservators and trus- ows, an addition to the City tees of any defendants that of Lawrence, Douglas are minors or are under any County, Kansas. legal disability and all other - or formerly person who are or may be TRACT II: Lots 1 and 2, concerned: Block 3, in Wakarusa Place Addition, an Addition to the YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED City of Lawrence, Douglas that a Petition for Mortgage County, Kansas LESS AND Foreclosure has been filed EXCEPT: that portion in the District Court of deeded to The Secretary of Douglas County, Kansas by Transportation of the State CitiMortgage, Inc, praying of Kansas for access; Deed for foreclosure of certain recorded March 19, 2003, at real property legally de- Book 840, Page 1611. scribed as follows: together with all fixtures, LOT 23, IN HUNTER’S RIDGE, equipment, appurtenances, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY etc. thereto pertaining.

OF EUDORA, IN DOUGLAS Said property is taken as COUNTY, KANSAS. A.P.N.: the property of Defendant 023-093-08-0-20-05-015.00-0 Village Meadows, LLC and Tax ID No. E03828 will be sold to satisfy the judgment in the for a judgment against de- above-entitled case, the fendants and any other in- sale is to be made without terested parties and you appraisement, and is furare hereby required to ther subject to the approval plead to the Petition for of the Court.

Foreclosure by April 19, 2011 in the District Court of Dated: Douglas County, Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS and decree will be entered COUNTY, KANSAS in due course upon the request of plaintiff.

Submitted by:

All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within four months from the date of the first publication of this notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC shall be forever barred.

By: Lindsey L. Craft, #23315 CHERYL SCHNETTLER, lcraft@msfirm.com Petitioner Kristin Fisk Worster, #21922 kworster@msfirm.com PREPARED AND Chad R. Doornink, #23536 APPROVED BY: cdoornink@msfirm.com STEVENS & BRAND, L.L.P. Aaron M. Schuckman, 900 Massachusetts, Ste. 500 #22251 PO Box 189 aschuckman@msfirm.com Lawrence KS 66044-0189 11460 Tomahawk Creek (785) 843-0811 Parkway, Suite 300 Attorneys for Petitioners Leawood, KS 66211 _______ (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax) (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF February 22, 2011) MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC AS IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ATTORNEYS FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CitiMortgage, Inc IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A FEDERAL NATIONAL DEBT AND ANY INFORMAMORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, TION OBTAINED WILL BE (Fannie Mae), USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Plaintiff, ________ v.

DANIEL P. STONE; STATE OF (First published in the LawKANSAS, DEPARTMENT OF rence Daily Journal-World REVENUE, DIRECTOR OF March 8, 2011) TAXATION; JOHN DOE; JANE IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOE; et al., DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Defendants.

By virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me out of said District Court in the above entitled action, I will on the 17th day of March, 2011, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., of said day in the Jury Assembly Room of the District Court located in the lower level of the Judicial and Public Notices Law Enforcement Center Building, 111 E. 11th Street, (First published in the Law- Lawrence, Douglas County, rence Daily Journal-World Kansas, offer at public sale February 22, 2011) and sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF hand the following deDOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS scribed real estate, to wit:

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In the Matter of the Marriage of: SARAH JANE CRUM, Petitioner; and TERRY LYNN CRUM, Respondent Case No. 2011 DM 176 Division No. 2 Proceeding Under K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SUIT To Terry Lynn Crum:

POLSINELLI SHUGHART PC Edgar James KS#22407 Andrew J. Nazar KS#22381 700 W. 47th Street, Suite 1000 Kansas City, MO 64112 Telephone: (816) 753-1000 Facsimile: (816) 374-0509 ejames@polsinelli.com anazar@polsinelli.com ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF M & I MARSHALL & ILSLEY BANK _______ (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World March 8, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of Harrison K. Traul, Jr., Deceased.

Case No. 10 P 133 Proceeding Under K.S.A. Chapter 59 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in this court by Roberta K. Traul, the duly appointed, qualified and acting Administrator of the Estate of Harrison K. Traul, Jr., deceased, praying that her acts be approved, that her account be settled and allowed, that the family settlement agreement be approved, that the heirs at law be determined subject to homestead rights and the estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; that fees and expenses be allowed; that the administration of the estate be closed; that the Administrator be discharged and that she be released from further liability.

You are notified that a petition for annulment has been filed in Douglas County, Kansas District Court, by Sarah Jane Crum praying for an annulment, and you are hereby required to plead to the petition on or before April 18, 2011, in the court at Douglas County, Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment will be entered upon the Peti- You are required to file your written defenses tion. thereto on or before the 7th day of April, 2011, at 10:00 PREPARED AND o’clock A.M. of said day, in APPROVED BY: said court, in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, MARGIE WAKEFIELD LAW Kansas, at which time and OFFICES, P.A. place said cause will be 901 Kentucky, Suite 201 heard.

Should you fail Lawrence, KS 66044 therein, judgment and de(785) 842-7900 cree will be entered in due (785) 841-2296 fax course upon the petition. /s/ Margie Wakefield Roberta K. Traul, Margie Wakefield, #12474 Administrator ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER _______ RILING, BURKHEAD & (First published in the Law- NITCHER, Chartered rence Daily Journal-World 808 Massachusetts Street February 22, 2011) P. O. Box B Lawrence, Kansas 66044 THE DISTRICT COURT OF (785) 841-4700 DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Attorneys for Petitioner CIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT _______ M & I Marshall & Ilsely Bank, Plaintiff, v.

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Paltrow leads TV lineup of a night full of guest stars Without “Idol” to boost ratings, it’s all about the guest stars tonight on Fox. Gwyneth Paltrow returns to “Glee” (7 p.m., Fox) as Holly Holliday, the less-thansecure substitute teacher. In this episode, Holly takes over the sex-education class and joins Mr. Schuester in imparting some new ways of looking at the birds and the bees. Look for John Stamos in a guest stint as well.

Fresh from her appearance at the Oscars, Paltrow has gone from being a widely admired actress for movies like “Shakespeare in Love” to a poster child for the kind of celebrity many fans love to hate.

Some resent her thinness or ability to wear designer clothes. Others recoil at her making public pronouncements on American culture while living with a rich rock star in the United Kingdom. And others find her attempts to do all that while passing as a Nashville country singer just a bit too much.

The folks at “Glee” must know what they’re doing. Some tune in to enjoy Paltrow’s obvious talents. Others just want to see her fail. That’s a win-win situation, I guess.

Elsewhere on Fox, Mary Lynn Rajskub guest stars on “Raising Hope” (8 p.m., Fox). Best known for her long turn as Chloe on “24,” comic actress Rajskub has made a career out of playing socially awkward characters. She was seen recently on “Modern Family” as Mitchell’s embittered one-time girlfriend.

On “Hope,” she appears as the new wife of Mike (Skyler Stone), the dysfunctional family’s cousin just back from a six-month spiritual quest. In a comedic spoof of “Big Love” and TLC’s “Sister Wives,” Mike has taken a wife as well as three “brother-husbands” (Paul F. Tompkins, Kent Avenido and Christopher Frontiero). And if that weren’t guest stars enough, look for J.K. Simmons (“Law & Order”) as Mike’s estranged father. ● Speaking of strange TLC series, “Tiniest Tween: Kenadie’s Story” (9 p.m., TLC) invades the privacy — er, I mean celebrates the specialness — of what the network describes as “7-year old Kenadie’s extraordinary life as a primordial dwarf.”

Grammar school can be tough for anyone, but imagine being just 33 inches tall and tipping the scales at 17 pounds. The early onset of puberty is one of the side effects of her singular condition. So I guess that’s where the “’tween” comes in.

Tonight’s other highlights ● Catch five hours of “Bizarre Foods” with Andrew Zimmern” (5 p.m. through 10 p.m., Travel). ● Jim must act without being detected on “No Ordinary Family” (7 p.m., ABC). ● Anna prepares to power up the new reactor on “V” (8 p.m., ABC). ● Joan bails out of babysitting duties for a comic gig on “Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best?” (8 p.m., WE). ● A serviceman’s murder trial tests Alicia and Cary on “The Good Wife” (9 p.m., CBS). ● Adam stands up for Max, perhaps too forcefully, on “Parenthood” (9 p.m., NBC, r).

3.14159265 By Kenneth Holt

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— Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190 Chicago, IL 60611.

with your sixth sense more often than usual, especially if you're dealing with authority figures. Tonight: Up until the wee hours.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ★★★★★ Zero in on what you want. You'll gain greater insight into what is happening in your immediate circle by listening to what isn't being said.

Tonight: Join a friend.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★★ Stay on top of your responsibilities. In order to get someone else involved, you need to relate on a one-on-one level.

Tonight: Burning the midnight oil.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★★★ Visualize and share more with someone you often brainstorm with.

How you handle this matter and the choices you make could be quite dynamic after this conversation. Tonight: Say "yes."

LIbra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ★★★★★ Focus on each task at hand. You might need to check in with another person for feedback or direction. Tonight: A discussion gets to the bottom of the matter.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ★★★★ Others rise to the occasion, and you might need to back off.

Others also need the

Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy E. Parker March 8, 2011

ACROSS 1 Ersatz silk 6 ___ cotta 11 “The ___ Who Loved Me” 14 Take part in a secret joint venture?

15 Sign of April Fool’s Day? 16 Color subtlety 17 Formula of a classic dessert?

19 A little bit of history 20 Alternative to a bare floor 21 Recipe phrase jacquelinebigar.com 22 Teacher’s favorite chance to strut their stuff. 23 Wrecked beyond Tonight: Make merry. repair Sagittarius (Nov. 2227 Gate locks Dec. 21) ★★★★★ You 29 Kicking bird might want to rethink a 30 Chalky personal matter that 32 Cairo’s river 33 Links involves your day-to-day number life. One person might be and more involved than others. 34 Sober sedate Tonight: Put your feet up. 36 Some Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. weightlifting moves 19) ★★★★★ Your ability to move back and forth on 39 ___ a deal 41 Zillions a problem allows for the 43 Revise flex you need. Count on the 44 Girth control fact that someone cares methods? much more than you real- 46 Bridge coups ize. Tonight: Where you 48 Avail oneself enjoy yourself.

Vail Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 49 of Shrill cry 18) ★★★★★ Investigate 51 Faucet

an option when it appears.

Give extra attention to a home-security matter. You might want to question the alternatives before you make a decision. Tonight: Happy at home.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★★ Your ability to say "no" to someone could determine how your longterm relationship flows. If you become too high-voltage and lose your confidence, the long-term damages might be greater than anticipated. Tonight: Living it up!

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

BIRTHDAYS Baseball player-turnedauthor Jim Bouton is 72.

Actor-director Micky Dolenz is 66. Singer-musician Randy Meisner is 65.

Pop singer Peggy March is 63. Baseball Hall-ofFamer Jim Rice is 58.

Singer Gary Numan is 53.

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Dear Vermont: Normally, we would say it is more polite to wait until Mrs. Brown specifically tells you, “Please call me Mary.” However, by signing her e- mails to you with her first name, she is giving you tacit permission to address her this way. If you are comfortable doing so, go right ahead.

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS For Tuesday, March 8: Your words often create illusions for others. The ability to inspire people is a double-edged sword. You also could discover that your communication style creates confusion for some. If you are single, often a rosy-colored haze surrounds your relationships. Make sure that at some point you break through and see reality. If you are attached, the two of you could finally react and meet a long-term aspiration. Taurus zeros in on what you want.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You'll Have: 5Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) ★★★★★ Reach out for others. Their feedback could be instrumental.

Financial stability could be the end result if you think things through. Tonight: Pay bills.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) ★★★★★ Knowing that you have the energy to meet the demands, you get ahead of a situation.

Use your imagination when focusing in a meeting.

Tonight: Zero in on everything.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) ★★★ Touch base

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NBC News anchor Lester dan Holt is 52. Actor Aid Quinn is 52. Country musician Jimmy Dormire is 51. Actress Camryn Manheim is 50. Actor Leon is 48. Rock singer Shawn Mullins (The Thorns) is 43. Actress

annoyance 52 Porker’s pad 53 Topographers 56 Pre-hanging activity 58 Swelled head 59 Water under le pont 60 Vin source 61 Tat counterpart 62 Formula for a slapstick feature?

68 Bavarian peak 69 “Poly” attachment 70 Not be picky with a guitar?

71 Tropical souvenir 72 Full of cattails 73 X, mathwise DOWN 1 Soldier under Gen. Lee 2 The most you can get 3 Secondperson person 4 “Don Giovanni,” for example 5 Supernova remnants 6 Coal or pine product 7 Go astray 8 Qatari money 9 Draw up a new course of action

10 Type of black bear 11 English dish’s formula?

12 Whip up 13 “The Second Coming” poet 18 Disgorges 23 Warmish 24 Muscat citizen 25 Formula for a hearty dinner?

26 Indian vegetable dishes 28 Crossword hint 31 Word on a three-sided sign 35 Star on the small side 37 Compare 38 Yellow jacket’s defense

40 Escalator segment 42 Discredit 45 1973 Woody Allen movie 47 Least ornamented 50 Heap kudos on 53 Silver or platinum 54 Like a contortionist 55 Posh hotel accommodation 57 Civilian clothes, for a soldier 63 Actor Beatty 64 Make an attempt 65 Tentacle 66 Theatrical signal 67 Type measures

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

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Annie’s Mailbox

Dear Annie: I’m a 15-yearold sophomore in high school.

I do volunteer work for a local organization and must frequently be in contact with my supervisor via e-mail. I have always addressed her as “Mrs. Brown,” which I feel is appropriate and respectful. Yet she always signs her e-mails “Mary.”

Since she never uses her last name, I’m beginning to feel awkward and overly foranniesmailbox@creators.com mal by continuing to address look beyond the criminal her as Mrs. Brown. What record when hiring. Would should I do? — Trying to be one of the places where you Respectful in Vermont do volunteer work hire you in a paid position, even part time? Don’t be afraid to ask, and explain why you need the job.

Many states offer programs to help ex-offenders get back into the job market, and you can check online, at City Hall or through the governor’s office. Other places are the Safer Foundation (saferfoundation.org) at 571 W. Jackson, Chicago, IL 60661; the National Hire Network (hirenetwork.org); the U.S. Department of Labor (www.doleta.gov/usworkforce/onestop/onestopmap.cf m) at 1-877-US2-JOBS (1-877872-5627) or servicelocator.org. Goodwill Industries has been known to Dear Midwest: Unfortu- help with job training and nately, many companies don’t placement. Good luck to you.

Dear Annie: More than 10 years ago, I was convicted of prostitution and shoplifting and went to jail. At that time, I was homeless, an alcoholic and had an undiagnosed mental illness. With the help of several community agencies and my family (who never gave up on me), I was able to get sober, receive treatment and obtain housing. I have been working for several years at volunteer jobs in my church and for a local organization that helps the mentally ill.

I would like to find a paying job, but no one will hire me because of my criminal record. I asked for a pardon from the mayor, but was turned down, even though I presented him with many letters of recommendation from people who know me from church and other community organizations.

Annie, I am not the same person I was 10 years ago. I have a lot to offer. I want to continue to contribute to the community, but I need an income.

Right now, I depend on Social Security, odd jobs and my family. I am not involved in any behavior that would lead me back to the streets. What can I do to prove that I am trustworthy and would be a good employee? — Midwest

49 Shrill cry 51 Faucet

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

Answer:

Andrea Parker is 41. Actor Boris Kodjoe is 38. Actor Freddie e Prinze Jr. is 35.

Actor James Van Der Beek is 34. Rhythm-andblues singer Kameelah Williams (702) is 33. Rock singer Tom Chaplin (Keane) is 32.

Yesterday’s

(Answers tomorrow) FLOOR SCROLL MANNER Jumbles: GUEST Answer: The astronaut never lost a match because he was — ARM STRONG

BECKER ON BRIDGE

WEATHER

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10B Tuesday, March 8, 2011 TODAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

CALENDAR

SATURDAY

8 TODAY

A shower in the a.m., then rain

Mainly cloudy and windy

Mostly sunny and milder

Mostly sunny, windy and mild

Bright sunshine

High 47° Low 31° POP: 80%

High 46° Low 26° POP: 25%

High 53° Low 31° POP: 0%

High 62° Low 33° POP: 5%

High 54° Low 33° POP: 5%

Wind E 10-20 mph

Wind WNW 12-25 mph

Wind W 7-14 mph

Wind SW 15-25 mph

Wind NNW 8-16 mph

POP: Probability of Precipitation

Kearney 32/21

McCook 33/18 Oberlin 33/20 Goodland 30/22

Beatrice 37/26

Oakley 31/23

Manhattan Russell Salina 44/29 35/26 Topeka 40/29 47/30 Emporia 48/30

Great Bend 36/26 Dodge City 36/26

Garden City 36/22 Liberal 38/26

Chillicothe 46/36 Marshall 48/37

Kansas City 48/35 Lawrence Kansas City 46/32 47/31

Sedalia 50/36

Nevada 54/35

Chanute 55/33

Hutchinson 43/29 Wichita Pratt 50/28 41/29

Centerville 43/34

St. Joseph 42/32

Sabetha 38/28

Concordia 35/27 Hays 33/24

Clarinda 40/30

Lincoln 37/28

Grand Island 34/23

Springfield 52/38

Coffeyville Joplin 59/34 59/35

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

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

50°/35° 54°/33° 80° in 1974 0° in 1996

Precipitation in inches 24 hours through 8 p.m. yest.

Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date

0.00 0.26 0.49 4.08 2.93

REGIONAL CITIES

Today Wed. Today Wed. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Atchison 44 32 r 42 25 c Independence 58 34 r 54 31 pc Belton 48 34 c 44 27 c Fort Riley 44 29 r 44 26 c Burlington 51 32 r 50 26 c Olathe 48 33 c 45 28 c Coffeyville 59 34 r 55 32 pc Osage Beach 52 42 r 50 30 c Concordia 35 27 sn 39 27 c Osage City 46 31 r 47 26 c Dodge City 36 26 sn 54 29 s Ottawa 47 32 r 44 27 c Holton 47 30 r 45 29 c Wichita 50 28 t 54 28 pc Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

NATIONAL FORECAST Seattle 50/40

SUN & MOON Today

Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset First

6:44 a.m.

6:20 p.m.

8:06 a.m.

10:18 p.m.

Full

Wed.

6:42 a.m.

6:21 p.m.

8:38 a.m.

11:17 p.m.

Last

New

Billings 36/22

Minneapolis 36/26 Chicago 49/36

Denver 40/26

San Francisco 61/47

Mar 26

LAKE LEVELS

As of 7 a.m. Monday Lake

Clinton Perry Pomona

Level (ft)

875.44 890.34 974.02

Discharge (cfs)

502 800 500

Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation.

Temperature bands are highs for today.

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

Today Hi Lo W 90 68 s 46 39 s 44 32 r 76 50 s 91 75 t 50 30 s 44 35 s 50 39 s 91 70 pc 72 53 s 31 14 pc 48 36 pc 54 34 pc 68 59 pc 58 44 r 57 29 s 50 37 pc 54 37 sh 79 45 s 24 16 s 28 20 s 81 55 pc 32 27 pc 53 44 s 81 74 sh 50 31 s 39 21 s 86 77 t 37 30 pc 84 64 pc 54 38 sh 35 30 pc 43 41 r 41 37 s 37 24 s 17 9 c

Hi 88 46 47 75 91 55 51 50 91 63 34 46 54 66 48 61 52 48 79 34 32 81 36 53 82 52 41 88 39 88 55 43 49 52 44 25

Wed. Lo W 68 s 41 sh 34 sh 50 s 77 t 36 s 36 pc 36 sh 70 s 47 pc 30 pc 37 pc 39 s 61 r 37 r 34 s 39 pc 37 c 50 s 24 s 15 s 50 s 24 sh 40 pc 74 sh 33 s 20 pc 75 r 30 sh 66 pc 36 pc 35 sn 44 r 44 s 35 s 6c

Houston 75/60

Fronts Cold

Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2011

Atlanta 60/48

El Paso 71/38

Apr 3

Washington 54/36

Miami 80/70

Precipitation

Warm Stationary

Showers T-storms

Rain

Flurries

Snow

Ice

-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s National Summary: The East and the Southwest will be dry today. However, a developing storm system will trigger a swarm of severe thunderstorms, some with tornadoes, over the South Central States and windswept snow farther north over the Plains. Rain and snow will expand in the Northwest.

Today Wed. Today Wed. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Albuquerque 57 28 s 62 32 s Memphis 61 54 r 61 40 t Anchorage 30 11 s 28 9 s Miami 80 70 pc 81 67 pc Atlanta 60 48 pc 62 43 t Milwaukee 46 32 c 44 29 r Austin 80 44 c 73 35 pc Minneapolis 36 26 sn 37 20 sn Baltimore 53 32 pc 48 42 pc Nashville 63 52 pc 66 41 t Birmingham 64 55 pc 69 41 t New Orleans 70 64 sh 76 50 t Boise 47 36 r 52 37 pc New York 48 34 s 47 35 pc Boston 40 24 s 38 30 s Omaha 38 26 sn 36 25 sn Buffalo 39 26 pc 45 35 sn Orlando 79 58 pc 82 62 pc Cheyenne 34 28 sn 52 30 s Philadelphia 51 31 s 49 39 pc Chicago 49 36 c 50 29 r Phoenix 74 50 s 80 53 s Cincinnati 58 40 pc 55 38 r Pittsburgh 54 32 pc 45 40 r Cleveland 51 34 pc 46 35 r Portland, ME 34 14 s 33 23 s Dallas 76 43 t 68 43 s Portland, OR 52 43 r 57 46 sh Denver 40 26 sn 61 30 pc Reno 55 31 pc 60 37 pc Des Moines 40 30 r 38 24 sn Richmond 61 32 pc 55 47 pc Detroit 42 32 c 43 32 r Sacramento 66 43 r 67 46 pc El Paso 71 38 s 69 37 s St. Louis 56 44 c 52 31 c Fairbanks 18 -13 s 17 -18 s Salt Lake City 47 33 sn 53 36 c Honolulu 82 71 s 84 71 pc San Diego 63 51 s 72 54 s Houston 75 60 c 70 45 c San Francisco 61 47 r 64 49 pc Indianapolis 57 40 c 59 33 r Seattle 50 40 r 50 40 r Kansas City 46 32 r 44 26 c Spokane 41 30 c 45 35 r Las Vegas 66 48 s 71 50 s Tucson 71 40 s 78 46 s Little Rock 60 52 r 63 37 c Tulsa 66 35 r 59 35 pc Los Angeles 70 50 s 78 54 s Wash., DC 54 36 pc 48 45 pc National extremes yesterday for the 48 contiguous states High: Pecos, TX 89° Low: Williston, ND -22°

WEATHER HISTORY On March 8, 1995, the blue grass was covered with 6 inches of snow at Jackson, Ky. That same day felt like spring in Blue Hill, Mass., with temperatures in the 60s.

Q:

WEATHER TRIVIA™ How do large snowflakes form?

Individual flakes join together during descent

Mar 19

New York 48/34

Kansas City 46/32

Los Angeles 70/50

Mar 12

Detroit 42/32

A:

LAWRENCE ALMANAC Through 8 p.m. Monday.

DUI reform could cost up to $10 million TOPEKA (AP) — Some Kansas lawmakers are having sticker shock over the cost of proposed changes to the state’s DUI laws.

But Sen. Tim Owens, who led a commission that recommended the reforms, says he wants to save some of its provisions.

After a two-year study, the Kansas DUI Commission recommended creating a statewide computer repository of driving under the influence cases. It also recommended better treatment for offenders, penalties for refusing to take a breath test and stiffer consequences for repeat offenders.

The reforms could cost up to $10 million. And Sen. John Vratil, a Republican from Leawood, says that’s too much when the state is facing a multi-million dollar budget deficit. The measures would increase court workloads and further burden already-crowded prisons.

Owens says he would like to at least save the central repository plan, at an estimated cost of $3 million. The state’s failure to track that information lets repeat offenders go free, or doesn’t give the state the chance to impose the proper penalties, he said.

L AWRENCE J OURNAL -WORLD

Starry swimmers Ad Astra Area Aquatics swimmers, from left, Carter Stacey, Valentina Rivera, Mary Reed-Weston and Sydney Sirimongkhon-Dyck won both the 200 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay at the Mid-America League Championships held Feb. 12-13 in Lawrence. AAAA, a competitive swim team in Lawrence, won the 9-10, 11-12 and 13-14 girls relays. Patrick Norman submitted the photo.

Best Bets

Red Dog’s Dog Days winter workout, 6 a.m., Allen Fieldhouse, Enter through the southeast doors and meet on the southeast corner of the second floor.

Mardi Gras parade, noon, starts at Aimee’s Coffeehouse, 1025 Mass., and heads north to Free State Brewery, 636 Mass.

Dole Institute study group: “Life in Congress,” with former U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, with special guest Howard Bauleke, Moore’s former chief of staff, 4 p.m., Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish Drive.

Chris Cakes Pancake Dinner and Silent Auction Fundraiser for Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and Green Pastures Preschool, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., 2211 Inverness Drive Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County, 5:15 p.m., 1525 W. Sixth St., Suite A. Information meeting for prospective volunteers. For more information, call 843-7359.

Open jam session, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St. Bilingual yoga class, gentle, 5:45 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. Lawrence City Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m., City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Bilingual yoga class, intermediate, 7 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. English as a Second Language class, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. Spanish class, beginner and intermediate level, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. Cooking class: Soups with an International Flair, 7-9 p.m., The Merc, 901 Iowa.

Student recipe contest taste-testing, 7 p.m., Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

Mojo National Band — Django jazz, Tuesday Concert Series, 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. “Reflections on the Long Poem: Autobiography of a Practice,” the John F. Eberhardt Memorial Lecture by Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Temple University, 7:30 pm. Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

Teller’s Family Night, 746 Mass., 9 p.m.-midnight Tuesday Night Karaoke, 9 p.m., Wayne & Larry's Sports Bar & Grill, 933 Iowa.

Tuesday Transmissions, 9 p.m., Bottleneck, 737 N.H. Live jazz at The Casbah, 9 p.m., 803 Mass.

It’s Karaoke Time with Sam and Dan, 10 p.m., Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass.

at 843-3833, ext. 121, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Dole Institute study group: “Corporate Responsibility,” with Walt Riker, former McDonald’s Vice President of Global Media Relations and press secretary to Sen. Bob Dole, with special guest Jeff Foote of the Coca-Cola Company, 4 p.m., Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish Drive.

The Wake-Up Coalition’s Community Talkback session to discuss issues relevant to teenagers, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. Douglas County Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m., Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Mass.

Jazz Wednesdays in The Jayhawker, 7 p.m., Eldridge Hotel, 701 Mass.

Cooking class: Knife Skills for the Home Cook, 7-9 p.m., The Merc, 901 Iowa.

An Evening with Garrison Keillor, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center Conroy’s Trivia, 7:30 p.m., Conroy’s Pub, 3115 W. Sixth St. Cold War Kids, A Lull, 8 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.

Moving Mountains; Into It, Over It; Dead Girls, 8 p.m., Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass.

Dollar Bowling, Royal Crest Bowling Lanes, 933 Iowa, 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Acoustic Open Mic with Tyler Gregory, 10 p.m., Jazzhaus, 926 112 Mass.

E100, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

Casbah Karaoke, 10:30 p.m., The Casbah, 803 Mass.

9 WEDNESDAY

10 THURSDAY

University-Community Forum, “What Bureaucracies Do Right,” Leisha DeHart-Davis, associate professor of public administration, noon, ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County, noon, 1525 W. Sixth St., Suite A. Information meeting for prospective volunteers. For more information, call 843-7359.

Waverunners Club, activities and stories for children, 3:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Make Your Own Video Game, for grades 7-12, 3:304:30 p.m., registration required

Red Dog’s Dog Days winter workout, 6 a.m., Allen Fieldhouse, Enter through the southeast doors and meet on the southeast corner of the second floor.

Sixth annual Lawrence Area Partners in Aging Senior Resource Fair, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Dillons, 1015 W. 23rd St. Statewide tornado drill, weather permitting, 1:30 p.m.

Tea@3, 3 p.m., lobby of the Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

Theology on Tap, discussion of a selected religion topic, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Henry’s, 11 E. Eighth St.

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Mardi Gras at The Granada If you’re unable to make it to New Orleans this year for Mardi Gras, that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate it.

Grab your beads, outrageous costume or masquerade mask and head to The Granada, 1020 Mass., at 8 p.m. for a party that promises to be excessive.

Get there early to take advantage of the drink specials before DJ Sam Krause starts performing at 9 p.m.

Admission is free if you’re 21 or older. Otherwise, cover is $3.

Cooking class: Undiscovered Mexico, 6:30-8 p.m., Bay Leaf, 717 Mass.

NAACP Lawrence Branch meeting, 6:30 p.m., gallery room at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Junkyard Jazz Band, 7 p.m., American Legion, 3408 W. Sixth St. The “Lawrence 5,” 7 p.m., iBar at Ingredient, 947 Mass.

Spanish class, beginner and intermediate level, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. “Illegal Immigration: Origins and Consequences” by Mae Ngai, Professor of History and Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies at Columbia University, the second Humanities Lecture Series event of Spring 2011, 7:30 p.m., Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

Casbah DJ Night, with DJ Cyrus D, 10 p.m., The Casbah, 803 Mass.

Snuff jazz featuring Helen Gillet, 10 p.m., Eighth Street Taproom, 801 N.H. Electric Theory with Sleepy LaRue and Goodness Gracious, 10 p.m., Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

11 FRIDAY "Conversation with Mae Ngai," a follow-up to the Hall Center for Humanities lecture “Illegal Immigration: Origins and Consequences,” 10 a.m., Hall Center for the Humanities, 900 Sunnyside Ave. Teen Advisory Board meeting, for grades 7 through 12, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Super Smash Brothers Brawl Tournament, for grades 7 through 12, 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Midday Ramblers, The Prairie Acre, 6-9 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

Third International Film Festival, 7 p.m., Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

Blueprint (formerly the Tommy Johnson Band), 7 p.m., Ingredient, 947 Mass.

Story slam, an evening of true stories from Lawrencearea residents, all centered on the same theme: “Spring Fever,” 7 p.m. music, 7:30 p.m. stories, Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. Blueprint (formerly the Tommy Johnson Band), 7 p.m., Ingredient, 947 Mass.

Visiting Artist Series: Robert Bates, organ, 7:30 p.m., Bales Recital Hall, 1600 Stewart Drive.

Victor Wooten Band and Stanley Clarke Band, 8 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.

Krazy Kats, 8 p.m., Knights of Columbus Hall, 2206 E. 23rd St. The Lookout Tour with Steddy P and DJ Mahf, Prof and DJ Fundo, 9 p.m., Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass.

Retro Dance Party, 9 p.m., Wilde’s Chateau 24, 2412 Iowa Disco Disco with DJ ParLe and the RevolveR, 9 p.m., Fatso’s, 1016 Mass.

Trampled By Turtles, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 727 N.H. The Funky Rewind with DJ MAKossa, 10 p.m., Eighth Street Tap Room, 801 N.H. Secret Cities, Karma Vision, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

Coversmith, 10 p.m., Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.