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Former professor has bunches of bananas Charles Stansifer, a former professor of history at Kansas University, has been collecting banana-bilia for almost 50 years. Shelves in his basement are lined with more than 1,000 banana-themed items. Page 3A SPORTS

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SEVERAL GREAT BLUE HERONS are nesting in a group of giant white-barked sycamore trees off a trail in Mill Creek Streamway Park in Shawnee. A single blue heron sits on the topmost part of the tree.

Giant birds’ rookery fills treetops in Shawnee park

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In years of walking Mill Creek Streamway Park, Ascension Hernandez has seen the occasional great blue heron — water lapping at lanky legs, rope-like neck forming a graceful S. But what the Shawnee resident saw a couple of weeks ago, on one of his first walks of this season, amazed him: In the highest branches of a towering white-barked sycamore tree, not one but five or more great blue herons and at least 10 hulking nests.

Some birds perched on branches, others in nests. A BLUE HERON SAILS across a clearing blue sky Sunday. The birds are among the From time to time, one largest in North America. circled the tree or took off in flight across a near- means there is that kind by field. of habitat available, and “It’s a beautiful sight to it’s worth preserving.” behold,” Hernandez said According to the of the rookery, an unusu- National Audubon Social occurrence in a popu- ety, the great blue heron lated area. can grow to 4 feet — Despite being one of about as tall an average the largest native birds in third-grader — with a 6North America, the great foot wingspan. blue heron has managed, “People are often surin some cases, to live prised to see such a large among humans. While bird flying by,” Giessel the carnivorous birds are said. “The fact that they pests for residents trying have managed to live to maintain fishponds, among people is pretty the natural terrain of sub- impressive.” urbia provides enough The birds nest in space for them to hunt groups but hunt alone, and — as in Shawnee — Giessel said. even nest.

Fellow birds alert a Elaine Giessel, a natu- heron to bobcats, black ralist for Johnson County rat snakes, raccoons or Park and Recreation Dis- other tree-climbing trict and avid bird- predators heading for watcher, said great blue their nests, Giessel said. herons are a go-to repreWhen seeking food, sentation of healthy wet- she said, great blue lands. herons are territorial, “The great blue, he’s and stealthy. iconic,” Giessel said. “It’s They wade into water GREAT BLUE HERONS ARE NESTING in a group of giant important that people in search of fish, frogs, white-barked sycamore trees off a trail in the Mill Creek Streamway Park in Shawnee. The birds’ breeding season is realize that having them Please see HERONS, page 2A from April to July. in the middle of their city

By Karrey Britt kbritt@ljworld.com

The heated debate leading up to a Lawrence smoking ban in 2004 is now being used as teaching tool by the Kansas Leadership Center.

The debate was between those who believed a smoking ban would better protect public health and those who thought a ban infringed on the individual liberties of smokers and business owners.

“It just creates a really rich discussion about leadership. They faced some interesting dilemmas,” said Ed O’Malley, Kansas Leadership Center president and CEO. About two years ago, the Kansas Leadership Center, a Wichita-based nonprofit established by the Kansas Health Foundation, hired Chris Green, a former Statehouse reporter for Harris News Service, to research and write about 10 communities that had faced great adversity while trying to solve various issues. His job was to get the behind-thescenes stories of what happened.

Those interviewed were able to weigh in on the accuracy of his interpretation.

Then, the stories were turned into case studies for others to learn from.

Among the other communities studied: ● Salina, where the community worked to merge two leadership programs. ● Dodge City, where the First United Methodist Church wanted to engage the Latino population, but faced culture and language barriers. ● Greeley County, where the community needed more health care providers.

The issues and whether they were resolved are not what’s important, O’Malley said. The case studies are about how who was at the table, what was discussed, and how decisions were made.

“We think it does a great job of helping participants in our leadership programs really understand what it feels like to be in a deep, daunting challenge,” O’Malley said. “These aren’t made-up scenarios. These are actual Kansans doing actual things to try to make their state a better place.”

Each year, the Kansas Leadership Center reaches nearly 1,000 Please see SMOKING, page 2A

Eat this, not that: Hot dogs healthier than rotisserie chicken

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Hot dogs or rotisserie chicken? Hot dogs.

That’s because they are relatively free of carcinogenic compounds, according to Kansas State University research.

J. Scott Smith, professor of food chemistry, and his team studied ready-to-eat meat products to determine their levels of heterocyclic amines, or HCAs. These are

carcinogenic compounds found in meat that is fried, grilled or cooked at high temperatures.

Studies have shown that humans who consume large amounts of HCAs in meat products have an increased risk for cancers.

There was no data on ready-to-eat meats until now.

The KSU study focused on eight popular products: beef hot dogs, beef-pork-turkey hot dogs, deli roast beef, deli ham, deli turkey, fully cooked bacon, pepperoni and rotisserie chicken.

Researchers prepared the meats according to directions. They found: ● Pepperoni had the least HCA content at 0.05 nanograms per gram. ● Hot dogs and deli meat, Please see HOT DOGS, page 2A

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AMONG READY-TO-EAT MEATS, hot dogs have fewer cancerous compounds than chicken, research shows.

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DELBERT F. E RHART Funeral services for Delbert F. Erhart, 95, rural Linwood, are pending and will be announced by Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.

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Mr. Erhart, a longtime Lawrence resident, died Sunday, April 3, 2011, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Sue and Roger Pine.

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CUTTY SERVICES Funeral services for Tifani Delores Cutty, 25, Lawrence, will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

Ms. Cutty died Thursday, March 31, 2011, at her home.

She was born Dec. 14, 1985, in Lawton, Okla., the daughter of Tamie Simonsen and John Paul Cutty. She attended Perry High School and completed some online classes.

She worked for Doug and Marge Lawrence as a behavioral therapist, working mostly with children and young adults with autism.

She married David Matter on Dec. 20, 2003, in Lecompton. They later divorced.

Survivors include her daughter, Journee Matter; her mother and husband Timothy Simonsen, Perry; her father and wife Daisy

Cutty, Lawton; a brother, Timothy Seigler, Bartlesville, Okla.; a sister, Tisha Fielding, Perry; two Cutty nieces, Khloey and Stallina Seigler; and four nephews, Dustin and Tavor Seigler, and Sterling and Wesley Fielding.

Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the funeral home.

The family suggests memorials to the Tifani Cutty Memorial Fund, sent in care of the funeral home, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS 66044.

Online condolences may be sent at rumsey-yost.com.

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GREAT BLUE HERONS have built several nests in a group of giant white-barked sycamore trees in a park in Shawnee. The park offers plenty of space and food for the giant birds to live on.

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snakes, crawdads and sometimes even smaller birds or rodents. They watch and wait, then dart at dinner with their spear-like beaks.

Giessel, while studying marine biology in Texas, said she once saw a great blue heron swallow a snake as long as it was tall.

Impressive, she said, but “it was gross.”

Diane Gover, owner of Shawnee’s Wild Birds UnlimATH SERVICES ited Nature Shop, described the great blue heron as a Funeral services for Gary Topeka; two “magnificent” bird.

E. Rath, 74, Perry, will be at sisters, However, she said, they can 2 p.m. Friday at Chapel Oaks Phyllis be a nuisance for residents Funeral Home, Lawrence.

Bowers, with decorative fishponds.

Burial will follow at Silver Lake, “One of the appealing Ozawkie Cemetery. and Joy aspects of owning a water Mr. Rath died Friday, Boyd, garden is enjoying the visitApril 1, 2011, at StormontTopeka; 13 ing wildlife, but some guests Vail Regional Health Center Rath grandchilmay not be welcome,” Gover in Topeka. dren; and said. “Great blue herons are He was born June 21, 1936, several great-grandchildren. often seen stalking small fish in Ozawkie, the son of Glen He was preceded in death in shallow water. They have William and Virginia May by a brother, Steven, March no problem swallowing fish Lewis Rath. He graduated 17, 2011, and a granddaughter, larger than 12 inches, and from Oskaloosa High School Stephinie Ortiz. brightly colored ornamental in 1954.

The family will meet fish are like neon signs.”

Mr. Rath worked as a carfriends for one hour before Hernandez, following a tip man for various railroad services. from another walker, spotted companies.

The family suggests Survivors include his wife, memorials to Jefferson Sue Ireland Rath, of the County Humane Society, home; two sons, Gary Jr. and sent in care of the funeral wife Lisa, Topeka, and home, 3821 W. Sixth St., Randy, Topeka; three daugh- Lawrence, KS 66049. ters, Valerie Dunn, Valley Online condolences may CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A Falls, and Sheryl Rath and be sent at barnettchapeKansans — everyone from Tamera Barber, both of loaks.com. pastors to legislators to grassroots advocates.

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G EORGIA J ESSUP Graveside services for Georgia Jessup, 69, Lawrence, will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Oak Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Jessup died Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at Hospice House in Topeka.

She was born Oct. 16, 1941, in Mound City, the daughter of Mildred Jo An Harris and Larry George Merkle. She attended Lawrence High School.

Mrs. Jessup worked as a

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0.5 ng/g. ● Bacon, 1.1 ng/g. ● Chicken meat, 1.9 ng/g. ● Chicken skin, 16.3 ng/g.

Smith described a nanogram per gram as a drop of vermouth in a railroad tank car of gin.

The researchers suspected the HCA levels would be low in these products, but wanted to take a look anyway. They found they were almost nonexistent, except on the chicken skin.

“It’s just on the skin,” he said. “You pull it apart and go underneath and there’s not much there. To me, it a l l ev i a te s a ny co n ce r n about the ready-to-eat products.”

The findings were published in Meat Science, the

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She married Donald Jessup in Lawrence. He preceded her in death.

Survivors include a son, Robbin Jessup; a daughter, Glee Jessup; three brothers, Robert Merkle, William Merkle and James Robinson; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Davidson Funeral Home in Topeka is in charge of arrangements.

journal of the American Meat Science Association.

Smith said he and his team are now examining enhanced meats, which are in marinades, and other fresh products like salmon. He expects their f indings will be released later this year. They also are looking at ways to reduce HCA levels or prevent them.

Last year, his team studied marinades and spices and found that if you add them to products before frying or There’s still time grilling, the HCA levels drop to study candidates dramatically.

As for his diet, Smith said Elections for Lawrence City he enjoys hot dogs and readyCommission and the Lawrence to-eat bacon once in a while. school board are Tuesday.

He prefers to cook his own Go to LJWorld.com/ chicken. elections to find out more “It tastes better,” he said. information about the candidates. You can watch videos, — Health reporter Karrey Britt can be read profiles and chat tranreached at 832-7190. Britt’s health blog can scripts, and participate in our be found at WellCommons.com, and follow online straw poll. her at Twitter.com.

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A group of birds may use the same rookery for decades, McGowan said. But viewers should keep their distance because colonies are vulnerable to disturbance.

According to the Audubon Society, great blue herons may abandon rookeries or experience diminished reproductive success when disrupted, especially early in the breeding season.

Shawnee Parks and Recreation Director Neil Holman said he hasn’t seen Shawnee’s rookery but always enjoys spotting solo herons in the city, including at Monticello Springs Park and around Nelson Island in the Kansas River.

To maintain opportunities for residents to view wildlife like the herons, it’s important for Shawnee to maintain a healthy amount of green space, he said.

“Once you scrape it all off and you build something, it’s gone,” Holman said. “We’re not building any more land.

You want to be developing, you want to be a go-to city, but there needs to be some type of a balance.”

made a decision at that time.”

Highberger’s leadership advice is to listen to what people have to say and to realize that nothing is a blackand-white issue.

“Everything is a shade of gray,” he said.

Dunfield said leaders need to tackle an issue with the understanding that there will never be a complete consensus. He also stressed the importance of setting deadlines.

“Don’t allow issues to just kind of drag on indefinitely.

From the beginning, we set a very clear timetable and we stuck to that and I think that is really important,” he said.

Kingsley emphasizes research. He called leaders in other communities across the country that had implemented smoking bans to find out what had happened to businesses in their communities.

He used his f indings to strengthen his argument for a smoking ban.

Hack said good leadership is about having all of the stakeholders at the table and listening to their viewpoints.

“I think we tend to follow the national model, which is

‘you are with me or you are wrong,’ and I don’t think that is a very positive approach to the daunting challenges that face communities,” she said.

“We’ve got to have a different mindset.”

— Shawnee Dispatch news editor Sara Shepherd can be reached at (913) 962-3000, ext. 111.

Training feedback Hack, executive director of Leadership Lawrence, got to observe a KLC training course where about 30 people discussed the Lawrence case and what they would do if they were in her shoes.

What was that like?

“Oh, painful,” she said, laughing. “I felt my face get red a couple of times. But, that’s OK. It was an interesting experience.”

The Kansas Leadership Center recently released a 116-page book with all of the case studies. Many of the cases, including the Lawrence one, can be viewed at kansasleadershipcenter.org by clicking on resources and then facilitator resources.

The book will be available online soon.

— Health reporter Karrey Britt can be reached at 832-7190. Read her health blog at WellCommons.com, and follow her at Twitter.com.

BRIEFLY Train strikes, kills pedestrian A 55-year-old Topeka woman died Sunday afternoon when she was struck by a train near Kansas Highway 33 in Wellsville.

According to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol, Debra Nitcher was walking eastbound near the tracks when she stepped out in front

of the oncoming BNSF train, which was also traveling eastbound.

The accident occurred about 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

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Lawrence case Lawrence was the Kansas Leadership Center’s first case study and has been used in leadership courses since summer 2009. Among those featured in the study are then-Mayor David Dunfield, City Commissioners Sue Hack and Boog Highberger, and Lawrence resident David Kingsley, a smoking ban proponent.

Looking back, all agreed it was a very difficult time.

They remember the criticism, and the toll it took on friendships.

But only Highberger would have done things differently.

He made a proposal to let the public vote on the smoking ban and then a day later changed his mind. He decided to vote for the smoking ban.

“I probably would not have made the initial proposal,” he said. “I would have just bitten the bullet and

the birds in the wild just off the Gary L. Haller Trail near Knights of Columbus Park.

The closest access point is just south of Shawnee Mission Parkway and Midland Drive.

Hernandez is used to seeing hawks flying, squirrels scurrying, snakes slithering and robins chirping along the trail. But he said seeing a group of great blue herons in one spot was “something different.”

Bill McGowan, outdoor education manager for Johnson County Park and Recreation, said he knew of just a few other great blue heron nesting spots in the county’s rural areas.

“The rookeries are not all that common,” he said. “They just aren’t. And a lot of times they’re not in areas where people can see them.”

Citing the “Stokes Guide to Bird Behavior,” McGowan said great blue herons typically begin courtship in March and soon start nestbuilding in isolated areas away from human settlement.

They breed from about April to July, and during their eggs’ 28-day incubation period, both the male and the female sit on the nest.

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U.S. airstrike role in Libya extended The U.S. agreed to NATO’s request for a 48-hour extension of American participation in coalition airstrikes against targets in Libya, and U.S. lawmakers cautioned Sunday the allies need to know more about the rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi’s forces before providing them with weapons.

Two weeks into the assault on Gadhafi, Republican lawmakers expressed concern that a stalemate could leave him in control of portions of Libya and with access to stockpiles of chemical weapons.

The U.S. is shifting the combat role to Britain, France and other NATO allies, but American air power is still in demand. Air Force AC-130 gunships and A-10 Thunderbolts and Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers will continue to attack Gadhafi’s troops and other sites through this evening. These aircraft are among the most precise in the American arsenal.

After Saturday, no U.S. combat aircraft were to fly strike missions over Libya unless NATO officials specifically asked and authorities in Washington gave their approval. NATO assumed full control last week from the U.S.-led international force for all aspects of the operation in Libya as authorized by U.N. resolutions that include an arms embargo, enforcing the no-fly zone and protecting civilians from Gadhafi’s forces.

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Report details Dubai plane crash faults

AFTER NEARLY 50 YEARS OF COLLECTING BANANA-THEMED ITEMS, retired Kansas University professor of history Charles Stansifer has a room in his basement dedicated to his favorite fruit.

The cargo of a United Parcel Service plane that caught fire and crashed last year included lithium batteries that should have been declared as hazardous cargo, but weren’t, according to an accident report released Sunday by the Dubai government’s civil aviation authority.

The report also paints a harrowing picture of two pilots struggling desperately to land their plane while running low on emergency oxygen and fighting smoke so thick they couldn’t see their flight instruments or change radio frequencies.

The Boeing 747-400 crashed near the Dubai airport on Sept. 3 as the flight’s first officer attempted an emergency landing. Both pilots were killed.

The report, which doesn’t identify the cause of the fire, is expected to raise questions about shipments of the batteries. The batteries can short-circuit and cause fires that burn hot enough to melt an airplane.

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On Charles Stansifer’s wall hangs a master’s degree. It’s not in history or Spanish, his specialties. No, this degree is in bananaology, signed by Anna Banana herself in 1981. The framed paper is but a hint of what’s through the door it hangs next to.

Stansifer, a former professor of history at Kansas University, keeps an extensive banana collection in a basement room.

The bright yellow collection is almost 50 years’ worth of birthday gifts, Christmas presents and a few items he purchased himself. Shelves are lined with more than 1 ,000 bananathemed items, ranging from a harmonica to a compass to a Banana Blaster squirt gun.

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Government appeals health care ruling The federal health care overhaul’s core requirement to make virtually all citizens buy health insurance or face tax penalties is constitutional because Congress has the authority to regulate interstate business, the Justice Department said in its appeal of a ruling that struck down the Obama administration’s signature legislation.

The government’s 62-page motion filed Friday to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals argued that Congress had the power to enact the overhaul’s minimum coverage requirements because it is a “rational means of regulating the way participants in the health care market pay for their services.”

The motion also warned other pieces of the overhaul, including a law that blocks insurers from denying coverage to people because of pre-existing conditions, would be “unworkable” without a minimum coverage provision.

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By Shaun Hittle

Engineers pinned their hopes on chemicals, sawdust and shredded newspaper to stop highly radioactive water pouring into the ocean from Japan’s tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant Sunday as officials said it will take several months to bring the crisis under control, the first time they have provided a timetable.

Concrete already failed to stop the tainted water spewing from a crack in a maintenance pit, and the new mixture did not appear to be working either, but engineers said they were not abandoning it.

The Fukushima Dai-ichi plant has been leaking radioactivity since the March 11 tsunami carved a path of destruction along Japan’s northeastern coast, killing as many as 25,000 people and knocking out key cooling systems that kept it from overheating.

People living within 12 miles of the plant have been forced to abandon their homes.

South Junior High seventhgrader Stefan Petrovic took the role of defending his title of Kansas’ National Geographic Bee champion very seriously.

“He spent the whole last month studying seven and eight hours a day,” said Stefan’s proud father, Uros. And the hard work paid off, as Stefan, 13, successfully defended his crown Friday at the 2011 competition in Abilene.

“I’m still in denial,” said Stefan as he soaked up his big win Sunday afternoon.

This year, Stefan said he dealt

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Stansifer was born in Garden City and attended high school in Garden Plain. After graduating, he got a job with the Santa Fe Railway, where most of the other workers were Hispanic, and he started picking up bits of their language.

“I tell the story that I learned the bad words in Spanish,” he said. “I decided to major in Spanish, to figure out

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what the rest of the language was like.”

Stansifer, now 80, went on to get both undergraduate and master’s degrees at Wichita State. In 1954, he headed to Tulane University in New Orleans for his doctorate and to focus on Central America. A professor took him down to a newly arrived banana boat at port, where faculty from Tulane were having a party.

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with the pressure by utilizing some relaxation techniques taught to him by his mom, Zina.

“I was freaking out,” said Stefan of the lead-up to the

big event.

Stefan says he first discovered his love of geography during frequent trips to Europe with his parents, who are natives of the former Yugoslavia. The family will travel to Washington, D.C., May 23 to 26, where Stefan will

compete in the National Geographic Bee. Last year, Stefan finished fourth in the national competition.

On the line is a $25,000 college scholarship for the winner.

Even though this will be his second year at the national competition, Stefan wasn’t ready to make any predictions.

“I don’t want to speculate,” he said. But he plans on spending the next couple of months preparing.

“I hope to put in more work this year,” he said.

— Reporter Shaun Hittle can be reached at 832-7173

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Weight may affect smokers’ cancer risk

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The kids and shoppers at Walmart, 3300 Iowa, on Sunday afternoon, simply saw an eightfoot inflatable Chester Cheetah bouncing around, wiggling his ears and performing the somewhat limited dance repertoire that was possible inside the cumbersome costume.

But Gail Ellis, whose son, Andrew, a Lawrence High student, was inside the costume,

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Smoking raises the risk of breast cancer for healthy-weight and overweight women but not for those who are obese, new research suggests.

It’s a first-of-its-kind finding, and even if other studies confirm it, it doesn’t mean that smoking is safe for women who weigh way too much, researchers say.

“Smoking is a strong risk factor for many other diseases other than breast cancer,” including lung cancer and heart disease, said Juhua Luo, a West Virginia University scientist.

She led the study and presented results Sunday at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Orlando, Fla. Obesity has long been recognized as a risk factor for breast cancer, but research tying smoking to breast cancer is much weaker. In March, Luo published results of a study that found a 16 percent higher risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women who smoke or used to smoke versus those who never did.

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“He’s so proud,” said Ellis, who raved about the increase in confidence she’s seen since Andrew took over the role of Chester as part of a joint effort to raise awareness about autism and promote employment for those with the disorder.

Andrew’s shift Sunday was his third in the pilot program, spearheaded by autism researchers and funded and sponsored by Frito Lay, which manufactures Cheetos, and Signs and Shapes

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The Kansas Board of Regents will visit the Kansas University Medical Center on Thursday and the Lawrence campus on Friday.

Regents members will tour Wahl Hall, the KU Cancer Center and labs KANSAS at the medical UNIVERSITY center, and then meet with administrators, faculty and students on the Lawrence campus.

The visits are part of a regular rotation of campus visits.

Inc., the makers of the Chester costume.

In 79 Walmart locations across Nebraska and Kansas, the program has used the friendly and easily recognizable appearance of Chester to help those with autism spectrum disorders improve social skills, said Ray Burke, a researcher with the Omaha, Neb.-based Prevention Group, which helped design the program.

While many KU men’s basketball fans may have been disappointed by the Jayhawks’ exit from the NCAA Tournament, Gov. Sam Brownback last week tried to look on the bright side, noting that KU did make it to the Elite Eight.

“That was no small task,” he said.

Senator wants to talk tax exemptions State Sen. Tim Owens, R-Overland Park, says it’s time to look at closing some tax exemptions to help raise enough revenue to fund state government. During debate on an appropriations bill last week, Owen said cuts to bridge an estimated $500 million revenue shortfall were getting too deep.

“We’re not willing to do that (remove tax exemptions) because everyone has a sacred cow,” he said.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“What is the state’s largest rodent? No proper names.”

— A quip from House Speaker Mike O’Neal, R-Hutchinson, after he asked the daily Kansas trivia question to the House.

The answer was American beaver.

Taking health care reform test urged So you think you know the Affordable Care Act? The comprehensive reform of the nation’s health care system is 1 year old, and polls show many folks don’t understand it.

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger is urging HEALTH Kansans to take a short online quiz to find out how much they know and to learn more about the law.

“After completion — even if you still have the opinion about the law that you had before taking the survey — you can give yourself a pat on the back for thinking critically about one of today’s most challenging issues,” Praeger said.

The 10-question quiz is at healthreform.kff.org/quizzes/ health-reform-quiz.aspx.

What’s next: The Legislature has adjourned

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HOSPITAL BIRTHS Lawrence Memorial Hospital reported no births Sunday.

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Family Promise of Lawrence is in need of volunteers to help with its upcoming Wayne Simien Free Throw Tournament Fundraiser on Saturday. Volunteers are needed to help record scores of participating shooters and to ensure they complete their shots in the given time. Volunteers are needed at five different locations throughout Lawrence, and are asked to commit to a three-hour shift, from either 9 a.m. to noon or noon to 3 p.m. Contact Samantha Sny-

Immediate needs ● Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County needs volunteers to help with its upcoming Bowl For Kids’ Sake events. Lots of volunteers are needed to make BBBS’ largest annual fundraiser a big success. Volunteers must be 16 years or older and will help with a variety of tasks, such as collecting and tallying pledge sheets, passing out T-shirts

Bible verses and discussion questions related to the episode.

On a recent Sunday night, about 50 people sat at tables and munched on popcorn while watching an episode based on Andy misunderstanding the intent of his son, Opie, in wanting to hold onto his money and only contributing 3 cents to a school drive for underprivileged children.

Near the end of the program, Andy finds out Opie wants to save his money to buy a new coat for a girl in his school, whose mother didn’t have enough money to buy her a new one.

The Bible study that followed the show used a Scripture passage from Matthew 7 in which Jesus tells his listeners not to judge others.

Attendees commented that the show sent a message of owning up to a mistake and asking for forgiveness.

“The Andy Griffith Show,” Tritsch said, has retained a timelessness for a half century, in large part because of its themes that center on morality and values.

“I’ve been a big ‘Mayberry’

By Phil Anderson The Topeka Capital-Journal

T O P E K A — When “The Andy Griffith Show” first aired in 1960, its producers and actors probably had no ON THE RECORD LJWORLD.COM/BLOTTER idea the program would run in perpetuity or that it would someday serve as the basis DOUGLAS COUNTY for Bible studies in churches DISTRICT COURT across America.

MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED Yet more than 50 years David Franklin Brown, 20, after the series debuted on Lawrence, and Lauren Alyssa CBS-TV, “The Andy Griffith Howard, 20, Lawrence.

Jason Allen Clough, 27, Perry, Show” continues to air on teland Amanda Rose Gilmore, 27, evision — and in some Perry. unlikely places, such as Santiago Manuel Ferreira church basements, where Achon, 28, Lawrence, and Tugce Bible studies based on the Kurtis, 28, Lawrence.

Jian Huang, 27, Lawrence, and program take place.

Minghui Ma, 25, Lawrence.

In Topeka, Mater DeiTimothy Edward Burke, 56, Assumption Catholic Church Lawrence, and Rita Louann is showing the program on Barritt, 61, Lawrence.

Isabelino J. Bonilla, 29, Topeka, Sundays during Lent, with an informal Bible study and disand Juli Ann Stanley, 29, Topeka.

Trenton Layne Reavis, 25, cussion time following.

North Manchester, Ind., and A classic black-and-white Esther Diane Beeghley, 23, episode is shown each SunBaldwin City. day night through April 17 — Jeffrey Eugene Jones, 33, Palm Sunday — on a large Tonganoxie, and Christy Marie Blindt, 34, Tonganoxie. screen in the church baseJoseph Benjamin Sanderson, ment.

28, Lawrence, and Jennifer Elaine Afterward, group leader Schrader, 30, Lawrence.

Dan Tritsch, a member of the Michael Vincent Lueb, 29, Mater Dei church, leads a Lawrence, and Sarah Geneva Swain, 35, Lawrence.

Bible study, complete with Matthew Nelson Eastwood, 34, Lawrence, and Ashley Marie Frake, 24, Lawrence.

Daniel Joseph Amyx, 44, Minneapolis, Minn., and Elizabeth Ione Hart, 47, Minnesapolis, Minn.

William Joel Sebanc, 35, Lawrence, and Elizabeth Susan Stauffer, 22, Lawrence.

Jeremy Daniel Huebner, 25, Lawrence, and Erin Christine Grant, 22, Lawrence.

DIVORCES GRANTED Alta Rochell Cobell, 41, Eudora, and Michael James Cobell, 45, Eudora.

Kelley Louise Kelley, 28, Lawrence, and Wesley James Kelley, 33, Leavenworth.

Rachael Elizabeth Ulbrick, 32, Lawrence, and Andrew Scott Anderson, 25, Lawrence.

Daniel Scott Ellsworth, 26, Tonganoxie, and Kathyleen Michelle Ellsworth, 24, Topeka.

BANKRUPTCIES Douglas County residents or businesses filing for bankruptcy protection recently in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records: • Christy Ann Curran, 1525 W. 22nd Terrace, Lawrence.

• Dale Rodney Regier, 927 W. 20th Terrace, Lawrence.

• Raylene Hayes, 527 Calif., Apt A5, Lawrence.

• Bruce Wade Husman and Madison Amber Husman, 4833 W. 24th St., Lawrence.

• Marie Thompson, 1116 E. 27th St., Lawrence.

• Barbara Marie Tevington, 2116 Bishop Court, Lawrence.

• Fred Howard Lucero, formerly doing business as Good Sense Enterprises, 918 Maple St., Eudora.

• Mary Kathryn Grey, 710 Randall Road, Lawrence.

• Shirley Denise Neal, 1304 Conn., Lawrence.

• Shakiyya Walata Bland, 3008 Havrone Way, Lawrence.

• Christopher Scott Peterson, 3601 Clinton Parkway, A 301, Lawrence.

• Jayme Alan Badwarrior and Marlene Ruth Tsosie Badwarrior, 934 Alma Drive, Lawrence.

• Rebecca Renae Crawford, formerly known as Rebecca Renae Brinkmeyer, 3801 Clinton Parkway, Apt P-3, Lawrence, and Thomas Paul Crawford, 1641 NW 62nd St., Topeka.

• Lewis Trinidad Nunez Sr., also known as Lewis Trinidad Nunez, 301 Clayton Court, Lawrence.

• James Ross Brouhard and Kimberly Michelle Brouhard, 1335 Cherry St., Eudora.

• Kerry Alan Nowak and Robin Michelle Abram, 221 1/2 Baker St., Box 574, Baldwin City.

• Robbie Eldon Derritt and Cindy Suzanne-Sanders Derritt, 553 Arrowhead Drive, Lawrence.

and pizza, and much more.

Contact Cathy Brashler at 843-7359 for more information. ● The 84th annual Kansas Relays will be in Lawrence April 21-23, and more volunteers are needed for the event. Volunteers will help with various duties such as delivering food to officials, directing athletes from one area to another, posting results, retrieving items such as shot puts or discuses and working the check-in tables.

Those who volunteer for three hours or more will receive a T-shirt and meals while they are working. Volunteers will attend an informational meeting at 4 p.m.

April 17 or 7 p.m. April 18, both at Memorial Stadium.

Those interested can contact

Debbie Luman at 864-3486 or dluman@ku.edu. ● 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 17, and will feature a half marathon, 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 at 841-5760, ext. 209, or zogrys@ healthcareaccess.org. ● Central Junior High School is in need of volunteers to provide child care

during a weekly class called “Parenting Teens & Tweens with Love & Logic.” Classes will be held at CJHS from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday evening, through May 3. Volunteers will provide child care for any children in fourth g rade or below who come along with their parents. Ideally, there will be two volunteers to help out during each class. If you are available to help, contact Rebecca Clark at 330-2411 or rclark@usd497.org for more information.

— 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

Church uses ‘Andy Griffith’ to teach timeless lessons

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fan all my life,” Tritsch, 57, said before the program began. “It’s a good, clean program you can show to church people. Some of the things on TV these days you can’t play in front of kids, and we have a lot of kids here tonight.”

Tritsch said he found out about Andy Griffith-related Bible studies online. He purchased some Bible studies on the Internet and bought the corresponding episodes on eBay. The church also showed “The Andy Griffith Show” during Advent last December, with about 50 people attending each session.

The Rev. Jon Hullinger, Mater Dei pastor, assisted Tritsch with selecting “Andy Griffith Show” episodes that had Lenten themes.

Charlotte Konrad, 87, a church member, said she attended the shows and discussions in December.

“I enjoyed it,” Konrad said.

“That’s why I came back.”

Linda Finch, who said she was “over 60,” said she enjoyed watching “The Andy Griffith Show” when it first aired in the 1960s.

“I like the shows, because they don’t have any sex or violence in them,” she said.

“It’s good, clean fun.”

Even younger attendees picked up on the show’s message and themes.

“I liked how it showed how Andy judged somebody before he knew all the facts about it,” said Jared Koopman, 12, a sixth-grader at Mater Dei School. “It showed that it isn’t good to jump to conclusions.”

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LAWRENCE CITY COMMISSION Agenda highlights • 6:35 p.m. Tuesday • City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets • Sunflower Broadband Channel 25 • Meeting documents online at lawrenceks.org

Tax incentives proposal for Treanor to be discussed BOTTOM LINE City commissioners will consider approving several incentives for a proposed office building project at 1040 Vt.

BACKGROUND Lawrence-based Treanor Architects wants to make a $2 million addition to the building and move its headquarters to building. But the company is asking the city to use the Neighborhood Revitalization Program, which would allow a portion of the new properties for the expansion to be rebated back to Treanor.

The plan calls for rebates to start at 95 percent and work

their way downward to zero over a 10-year period. Treanor also is asking the city convert an existing two-hour city parking lot into a 10-hour lot to accommodate the project. Treanor has proposed buying 50 long-term parking passes from the city at the current rate of $195 per permit. But Treanor would like the city to fix the cost of that permit at $195 for 10 years.

extended alignments of E 900 Rd and E 950 Rd. Submitted by Steven C. Rothwell, for multiple property owners. Refer to Planning Commission for recommendation.

• Receive 2010 annual report for SUP-12-10-10, Lawrence Community Shelter at 944 Ky. • Authorize acceptance of Federal Aid Safety Funds in the amount of $1.2 million to widen Iowa Street to provide a two-way left-turn lane, from south of Harvard Road to south of Terrace Road, and $150,000 to reconstruct the traffic signal at Ninth and Tennessee streets with a 10 percent city match ($16,666.67) to be paid from the Capital Improvement Reserve fund.

• Authorize the city manager to enter into an agreement with CitePayUSA for online, phone and inhouse credit card payments for fines and fees for the Municipal Court.

• Approve temporary use of public right-of-way permits for the Downtown Lawrence Farmers’ Market use of city parking lot 8 (800 block of New Hampshire) on Saturdays from 5 a.m. to noon April 9 through Nov. 19, and use of city parking lot 10 (1000 block of Vermont) on Tuesdays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. May 3 through Oct. 25.

• Approve as signs of community

interest a request from Christina Pyle to place signs at Bob Billings Parkway and Westbrook Drive for the annual Hawk Mudfest Volleyball Tournament.

The signs will be placed on April 29 and removed April 30.

• Approve as signs of community interest a request from Eastlake Community Church to place temporary signs in various public rights-ofway from Wednesday through April 24 advertising their Free Love Lawrence community event.

• Receive city manager’s report.

OTHER BUSINESS Recognition

• Proclaim the month of April 2011 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month.

• Proclaim the month of April 2011 as Fair Housing Month.

Consent agenda

• Approve City Commission meeting minutes from March 15.

• Receive minutes from various boards and commissions.

• Approve all claims.

• Approve licenses as recommended by the city clerk’s office.

• Approve appointments as recommended by the mayor.

• Initiate text amendments, TA-3-311, to the city of Lawrence Land Development Code, to various sections regarding creation of a new multidwelling residential zoning district, RM64.

• Initiate Text Amendments, TA-34-11, to the city of Lawrence Land Development Code, Chapter 20, Article 7, regarding revisions to the district criteria and development standards in the Planned Development Overlay District.

• Receive annexation request, A-31-11, of approximately 69 acres, located on the south side of N 1800 Rd (Farmers Turnpike) and between the

Regular agenda

• Consider the following items related to a Neighborhood Revitalization Area Plan for 1040 Vt. a) Consider adopting Resolution No. 6921, adopting a policy for Neighborhood Revitalization Areas in the city of Lawrence. b) Conduct a public hearing regarding a request from Treanor Architects to establish a Neighborhood Revitalization Area at 1040 Vt. for the purpose of the relocation of the Treanor Architects headquarters facility. c) Consider request for long-term parking passes and to designate parking lot 10 (1000 block of Vermont) as a long term parking lot.

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“That just absolutely fascinated me, and so I decided right at that moment that I was going to write my dissertation on the history of bananas,” Stansifer said.

His plan was derailed when he learned that banana companies wouldn’t allow him to look at their documentation, but his love for the yellow fruit was born.

“You couldn’t do the history of Central America without being interested in bananas,” he said. “That was essential.”

Stansifer came to KU in 1962, and during his tenure he would become director for the Center of Latin American Studies and director of the History Department. That was also when he started collecting.

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AFTER RETIRED KU HISTORY PROFESSOR Charles Stansifer started collecting banana-themed items, he started receiving banana objects from friends, family and former students.

Each semester, Stansifer would give a banana lecture during his history of Central America class. BELOW, only a few items from Stansifer’s basement banana room are pictured.

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There was a young girl from Savannah I think that her name was Susannah I’m sorry my pet Her face I forget But her figure was like a banana — Charles Stansifer

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Stansifer picks up a banana-shaped bottle labeled “Tanana” — it’s suntan lotion. Farther down on the shelf is a toy monkey getting ready to eat a banana, and then a sign that says “This place is driving me bananas.”

On the wall is a banana puzzle, a solid yellow rectangle broken up only by one small red banana sticker.

“You never know what you’re going to see related to bananas,” Stansifer said.

After Stansifer started collecting banana items, they became the gifts of choice given by friends and family.

Former students would find banana objects on their trav-

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It seemed to be working for Andrew, who, even though he isn’t supposed to talk in his role as Chester, interacted with hundreds of customers throughout his shift.

“This confronts the disorder head-on,” said Burke, as many with autism spectrum disorders struggle with the

els, such as his two bananashaped harmonicas, marked “I went bananas in Philadelphia” and “I went bananas in Los Angeles.”

He figures his students remembered his humorous banana lecture he would give every semester in his history of Central America class.

“Obviously, the kids who took the class, they remembered about the bananas more than they did about the history of Central America,” he said.

For the lecture, Stansifer would use a banana squeeze toy as a pointer, wear glasses with a banana nose attached and threatened to shoot anyone who came in late with a Banana Blaster — a banana water gun.

His threat wasn’t just halfcocked.

“Sure enough, the only one who came in late that day was the wife of the chancellor,” he said. “So I shot her.”

Every square inch of his banana room is covered, and

interactions that for others seem casual and routine.

Burke said the pilot program is looking at expanding using the feedback from the experiences of participants like Andrew. Though it’s only temporary employment, Burke said the opportunity is an “inroad” to employment for those with autism, who as a whole have only a 10 percent employment rate.

“We’re looking at ‘is it feasible?’” Burke said of possible

Stansifer said he’s received lots of repeats, such as the Bananagrams game.

“They began to fall into my lap from all my grandkids and other friends of mine,” he said.

Most of Stansifer’s collection stays confined in his banana room, but items have started creeping out. A banana plant sits in the next room over, nicknamed the Costa Rica room, for Stansifer’s professional specialty at KU, from which he retired in 2005.

Out in the main room of the basement are a few more banana novelty items, and upstairs is a thermometer from a banana warehouse.

Most of it has to stay downstairs though, says Stansifer’s partner, Mary Miller, 83. She’s amused by his banana humor, though.

“I think it’s pretty farfetched, especially the limericks,” she said.

Stansifer doesn’t consider himself an expert on the history of bananas, but he knows he’s pegged himself as the banana guy.

“I think my life is determined, to a certain extent, by bananas,” he said.

— Reporter Brenna Hawley can be reached at 832-7217.

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For Gail, the experience her son has had and the personal growth she’s seen have been “unbelievable.”

— Reporter Shaun Hittle can be reached at 832-7173.

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By Bob Christie

Associated Press Writer

YUMA , A RIZ . — Inspectors have found small, subsurface cracks in three more Southwest Airlines planes that are similar to those suspected of causing a jetliner to lose pressure and make a harrowing emergency landing in Arizona, a federal investigator said Sunday.

Southwest said in statement that two of its Boeing 737-300s had cracks and will be evaluated and repaired before they are returned to service. A National Transportation Safety Board member told The Associated Press later Sunday that a third plane had been found with cracks developing.

The cracks found in the three planes developed in two lines of riveted joints that run the length of the aircraft.

Nineteen other Boeing 737300 planes inspected using a special test developed by the manufacturer showed no problems and will be returned to service. Checks on nearly 60 other jets are expected to be completed by late Tuesday, the airline said.

That means flight cancelations will likely continue until the planes are back in the air. About 600 flights in all were canceled over the weekend.

NTSB board member Robert Sumwalt said Boeing was developing a “service bulletin” for all 737-300 models with comparable flight

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A MEMBER of the National Transportation Safety Board investigating the emergency landing of Southwest Airlines flight 812 cuts away a portion of the plane’s fuselage on Sunday in Yuma, Ariz.

Federal records show cracks were found and repaired a year ago in the frame of the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 that made an emergency landing at an Arizona military base after a hole was torn in the passenger cabin. Inspectors have found cracks in three more of Southwest’s planes. cycle time as the Arizona jet, which was 15 years old and had about 39,000 takeoff and landing cycles.

There are 931 such models in service worldwide, 288 of which are in the U.S. fleet.

Boeing’s bulletin would strongly suggest extensive checks of two lines of “lap joints” that run the length of the fuselage. The NTSB has not mandated the checks, but Sumwalt said the FAA will likely make them mandatory.

Friday’s flight carrying 118

people rapidly lost cabin pressure after the plane’s fuselage ruptured — causing a 5-foot-long tear — just after takeoff from Phoenix.

Passengers recalled tense minutes after the hole ruptured overhead with a blast and they fumbled frantically for oxygen masks. Pilots made a controlled descent from 34,400 feet into a southwestern Arizona military base. No one was seriously injured.

The tear along a riveted “lap joint” near the roof of the

Boeing 737 above the midsection shows evidence of extensive cracking that hadn’t been discovered during routine maintenance before the flight — and probably wouldn’t have been unless mechanics specifically looked for it — officials said.

“What we saw with Flight 812 was a new and unknown issue,” Mike Van de Ven, Southwest executive vice president and chief operating officer, said. “Prior to the event regarding Flight 812, we were in compliance with the FAAmandated and Boeing-recommended structural inspection requirements for that aircraft.“ Sumwalt said that the rip was a foot wide, and that it started along a joint where two sections of the plane’s skin are riveted together. An examination showed extensive pre-existing damage along the entire tear.

The riveted joints that run the length of the plane were previously not believed to be a fatigue problem and not normally subjected to extensive checks, Sumwalt said.

“Up to this point only visual inspections were required for 737s of this type because testing and analysis did not indicate that more extensive testing was necessary,” Sumwalt said.

That will likely change after Friday’s incident, he said.

The FAA declined to say if it was requiring other operators to check their aircraft for similar flaws.

GOP budget plan cuts more than $4 trillion

By Douglass K. Daniel Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — A Republican plan for the 2012 budget would cut more than $4 trillion over the next decade, more than even the president’s debt commission proposed, with spending caps as well as changes in the Medicare and Medicaid health programs, its principal author said Sunday.

The spending blueprint from Rep. Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, is to be released Tuesday. It deals with the budget year that begins Oct. 1, not the current one that is the subject of negotiations aimed at preventing a partial government shutdown on Friday.

In an interview with “Fox News Sunday,” Ryan said budget writers are working out the 2012 numbers with the Congressional Budget Office, but he said the overall spending reductions would come to “a lot more” than $4 trillion. The debt commission appointed by President Barack Obama recommended a plan that it said would achieve nearly $4 trillion in deficit reduction.

Ryan said Obama’s call for freezing nondefense discretionary spending actually locks in spending at high levels. Under the forthcoming GOP plan, Ryan said spending would return to 2008 levels and thus cut an additional $400 billion during 10 years.

Speaking broadly about the proposal, Ryan said it would include: ● A “premium support system” for Medicare. In the future, older people would choose plans in the marketplace and the government would subsidize those plans.

Ryan said that would differ from the voucher system he has proposed in the past.

Those 55 and older would remain under the present Medicare system.

Ryan acknowledged that the “premium support system” would shift more costs to Medicare recipients, especially what he called “wealthy seniors.” He did not define at what level someone would be considered wealthy. ● Block grants to states for Medicaid, the health program for the poor. Ryan disputed reports that the plan would seek savings of $1 trillion over 10 years from Medicaid, but would say only that

the details would be in the plan.

“Medicare and Medicaid spending will go up every single year under our budget.

They don’t just go up as much as they’re going right now,” he said. Ryan said governors have told members of Congress they want “the freedom to customize our Medicaid programs. ... We want to get governors freedom to do that.” ● A statutory cap on actual discretionary spending as a percentage of the economy.

While Ryan did not specify the amount during the interview, he said it would be at a lower level than proposed by Obama and would return the government to its “historic size.” ● Pro-growth tax changes, including lower tax rates and broadening the tax base.

Ryan said overhauling taxes would boost the economy.

The plan will not propose tax increases.

Ryan was a member of the bipartisan debt commission but voted against its final recommendations, saying they failed to reduce spending on health care. The commission also endorsed tax increases along with painful spending

Fixing heart valves without open-heart surgery supported in new study

By Marilynn Marchione Associated Press Writer

NEW ORLEANS — Cardiologists are reporting a major advance: A long-awaited study suggests that many people with a bad aortic valve, the heart’s main gate, can avoid open-heart surgery and have a new one placed through a tube in an artery instead.

There is a downside — a higher risk of stroke — and uncertainty about how long these valves will last.

Still, doctors predicted that if the new valve wins federal approval, patients would embrace it as they did balloon angioplasty, which has allowed millions to have clogged arteries fixed without an operation.

“The fact that it’s not openheart surgery sells itself, and the rest gets lost in the mix,” said Dr. Craig Smith, heart surgery chief at Columbia University and New YorkPresbyterian Hospital.

He led the study and gave results Sunday at an American College of Cardiology conference in New Orleans.

Dr. Michael Crawford, chairman of the meeting and

cardiology chief at the University of California, San Francisco, called it “a historic event” that would dramatically change practice. “As good as surgery is, patients just don’t want it,” he said.

The aortic valve can stiffen and narrow with age, making the heart strain to push blood through it. Severe cases are treated with surgery to replace the valve, but that’s risky for many older people who have this problem. Without an operation, half die within two years.

The study tested a way to wedge in a new valve without surgery. Dr. Edward McNulty, a cardiologist at the University of California, San Francisco, explained how it works: Through an artery in the groin or the chest, “a new heart valve is literally crimped on a balloon and advanced across the narrowed, older, diseased heart valve. The balloon is inflated and the new valve left in place.”

A test of this gentler approach in people too sick for surgery found it greatly improved survival, doctors reported last fall. The new study involved nearly 700

people eligible but at high risk for surgery.

Their median age was 84, and they were randomly assigned to get valves replaced through surgery or the new way. Here’s how much people dread this operation: 28 people withdrew from the study or refused treatment once they learned they had been placed in the surgery group.

In the end, both groups did very well.

After one year, about 24 percent of the artery patients and 27 percent of the surgery patients had died — comparable results in a study this size and considerably fewer than researchers had predicted.

However, strokes and other neurological problems were twice as common in the arterytreated group — 8 percent versus 4 percent. Previous studies also found more strokes with the artery approach.

Other complications were a trade-off: Major bleeding and new cases of a fluttering heartbeat called atrial fibrillation were more common after surgery; there were more blood-vessel problems with the artery approach.

cuts as necessary to dealing with the debt problem.

“We’re not going to go down the path of raising taxes on people and raising taxes on the economy. We want to go after the source of the problem, and that is spending,” Ryan said Sunday.

Ryan didn’t mention how the budget plan would address Social Security.

protests spread east

JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN (AP) — Demonstrators battled police in southern Afghanistan’s main city on Sunday and took to the streets in the turbulent east for the first time as Western pleas failed to halt a third day of rage over a Florida pastor’s burning of the Quran.

An officer was shot dead in a second day of clashes in the city of Kandahar, said provincial health director Qayum Pokhla. Two officers and 18 civilians were wounded, he said.

In Jalalabad, the largest city in the east, hundreds of people blocked the main highway for three hours, shouting for U.S. troops to leave, burning an effigy of President Barack Obama and stomping on a drawing of a U.S. flag.

The violence was set off by anger over the March 20 burning of the Quran by a Florida church — the same church whose pastor had threatened to do so last year on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, triggering worldwide outrage.

The protests, which began

Friday, also appear to be fueled more broadly by the resentment that has been building for years in Afghanistan over the operations of Western military forces, blamed for killing and mistreating civilians, and international contractors, seen as enriching themselves and fueling corruption at the expense of ordinary Afghans.

Thousands of demonstrators in the previously peaceful northern city of Mazar-iSharif poured into the streets after Friday’s Muslim prayer services and overran a U.N. compound, killing three U.N. staff members and four Nepalese guards.

Military commander Gen. David Petraeus and the top NATO civilian representative in Afghanistan, Mark Sedwill, said they “hope the Afghan people understand that the actions of a small number of individuals, who have been extremely disrespectful to the holy Quran, are not representative of any of the countries of the international community who are in Afghanistan to help the Afghan people.”

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Special gift A local athlete’s attitude and accomplishments can teach a valuable lesson.

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rady Tanner is Lawrence’s Special Olympian and, today, its greatest inspiration.

Tanner, 31, a powerlifter, is a member of Team USA that will be competing in the Special Olympics World Games from June 25 to July 4 in Athens, Greece. Team USA includes more than 300 athletes from around the country.

Tanner will face other powerlifters in three lifts and an overall competition.

“I want to win four gold medals,” he recently told the Journal-World.

Tanner believes he can do it.

Tanner is now in San Diego for training camp with Team USA. His story is compelling. Tanner, who was born prematurely, had Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, which impaired his speech and delayed his mental growth. But it also meant he was unable to think negatively, so for his whole life he’s only been positive and happy.

He became an athlete, where it’s common to experience more downs that ups, so his personality is perfect for someone who is competing at the highest level.

He was an average-sized teen until he started hanging out with the Haskell Indian Nations University football team in the off season. He tried weightlifting and discovered he had a special talent.

He has been competing in Douglas County and Kansas Special Olympics since 2000 and has improved his skills each year, challenging himself to do better every time.

“He goes as hard as he can as long as he can,” said Brady’s father, Gary. “He has no boundaries, no limits.”

We can all learn something from Tanner: Try new things, and, if you like it, see where it takes you.

WASHINGTON — A dialectic of judicial deference and political arrogance is on display in St. Louis. When excessively deferential courts permit governmental arrogance, additional arrogance results as government explores the limits of judicial deference. As Jim Roos knows.

He formed a nonprofit housing and community development corporation that provides residences for low-income people. Several times its properties have been seized by the city government, using “blight” as an excuse for transferring property to developers who can pay more taxes to the seizing government.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2005 Kelo decision legitimized this. It permits governments to cite “blight” — a notoriously elastic concept, sometimes denoting nothing more than chipped paint or cracked sidewalks — to justify seizing property for the “public use” of enriching those governments.

Roos responded by painting on the side of one of his buildings a large mural — a slash through a red circle containing the words “End Eminent Domain Abuse.”

The government that had provoked him declared his sign “illegal” and demanded that he seek a permit for it. He did. Then the government denied the permit.

The St. Louis sign code puts the burden on the citizen to justify his or her speech rather than on the government to justify limiting speech. And the code exempts certain kinds of signs from requiring permits. These

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The original “constitutional structure

has, she says, been inverted: Citizens are required to convince the courts that laws restricting liberty are ‘irrational’; government should be required to articulate justifications for limiting liberty.”

include works of art, flags of nations, states or cities, symbols or crests of religious, fraternal or professional organizations. And, of course, the government exempted political signs. So the exempted categories are defined by the signs’ content.

The Institute for Justice, a libertarian public interest law firm defending Roos, notes that signs may be the oldest form of mass communication — Gutenberg made advertising posters — and they remain an inexpensive means of communicating with fellow citizens. St. Louis says it regulates signs for “aesthetic” reasons and to promote

traffic safety, but admits it has no guidelines for the bureaucrats exercising aesthetic discretion and no empirical evidence connecting signs with traffic risks. And why would Roos’ mural be less aesthetic and more distracting to drivers than, say, a sign — exempted from any permit requirement — urging the election of the kind of city officials who enjoy censoring Roos?

St. Louis is not the problem; government is. Many people go into it because they enjoy bossing people around. Surely this is why a court had to overturn a decision by the government of Glendale, Ohio, when it threatened a man with fines and jail because he put a “for sale” sign in his car parked in front of his house. The city said people might be distracted by the sign and walk into traffic.

St. Louis Alderman Phyllis Young is distressed that Roos’ speech might escape government control: “If this sign is allowed to remain, then anyone with property along any thoroughfare can paint signs indicating the opinion or current matter relevant to the owner to influence passersby with no control by any City agency. The precedent should not be allowed.”

The alderman’s horror of uncontrolled speech is an example of what Elizabeth Price Foley, law professor at Florida International University, calls “an ineluctable byproduct of disregarding the morality of American law.” In her book “Liberty for All” (2006, Yale), she says the grow-

ing exercise of legislative power “in the name of majoritarian whims” has eroded America’s “twin foundational presumptions” — limited government and residual individual sovereignty.

The original constitutional structure has, she says, been inverted: Citizens are required to convince the courts that laws restricting liberty are “irrational”; government should be required to articulate justifications for limiting liberty. The Founders’ goal — in John Adams’ formulation, a nation of “laws, and not of men” — has, Foley believes, “been taken much too far.”

She thinks we have become a nation of laws, and not of liberty.

We are, she notes, a nation with local laws prohibiting the wearing of hats in theaters or courtrooms, catching fish with one’s bare hands, carrying a slingshot, teaching others about polygamy, having a garage sale for more than two days a year, serving alcohol within a mile of a religious camp meeting. ...

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering whether the city of St. Louis can regulate what Roos can say concerning what the government has done to him. This case, which arises from unwise judicial deference to city governments wielding the power of eminent domain, demonstrates the dialectic of courts inciting governmental arrogance by deferring to it. So judicial deference often is dereliction of judicial duty.

— George Will is a columnist for Washington Post Writers Group.

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 4, 1911: YEARS “On one of their AGO recent hikes the IN 1911 Lutheran Boys League visited the old forgotten cemetery along the Santa Fe about two miles west of town. The burying ground is almost concealed in a neglected clump of trees and underbrush, and is remembered by only the earliest Lawrence pioneers. It covers about a half acre of ground and still had fifteen stones standing. … There is in this cemetery the grave of a soldier which has probably not been remembered on Decoration Day for years. The soldier was Robert L. Hughes, a member of the 1st Reg. Kansas Volunteers who died in 1862. The Lutheran boys formed a military file around the grave and planted their own tiny emblem of the stars and stripes on its sunken surface.”

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MLK fought for labor rights now under attack Once upon a long time ago, a tired man faced an audience of public workers. They were on a wildcat strike, demanding the right to bargain collectively and to have the city for which they worked automatically deduct union dues from their paychecks. The city’s conservative mayor had flatly refused these demands.

“You are doing many things here in this struggle,” the tired man assured them. “You are demanding that this city will respect the dignity of labor.” Too often, he said, folks looked down on people like them, people who did menial or unglamorous work.

But he encouraged them not to bemoan their humble state. “All labor has dignity,” he said.

Forty-three years ago today, that man was shot from ambush and killed in Memphis, Tenn.

Martin Luther King’s last public actions were in defense of labor and union rights.

One wonders, then, what he would say of Wisconsin.

Or Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Florida or any of the other places where, like a contagion, the move to weaken or effectively outlaw unions has spread. One wonders what he would make of a conservative governing ethos that now defines public employees — teachers, police officers, firefighters — as the enemy.

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it tell you that “someWhat’s of us are on the

offensive against working people, but breathe scarcely a peep when a giant corporation somehow slips through government-provided loopholes, paying no taxes? If need is a character flaw, what, then, is greed?”

Actually, we need not wonder what King would have said, because he already said it. In the speech quoted above, he warned that if America did not use its vast wealth to ensure its people “the basic necessities of life,” America was going to hell.

The Baptist preacher in him reared up then, and his voice sang thunder. For all the nation’s

achievements, he roared, for all its mighty airplanes, submarines and bridges, “It seems that I can hear the God of the universe saying, ‘Even though you have done all that, I was hungry and you fed me not. I was naked and you clothed me not. The children of my sons and daughters were in need of economic security and you didn’t provide it for them.”’

It will come as a surprise to some that the civil rights leader was also a labor leader, but he was. He had this in common with Asa Philip Randolph, who suffered long years of privation to establish the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. And with Walter Reuther, brutally beaten when he organized sitdown strikes that helped solidify the United Automobile Workers.

And with Crystal Lee Sutton, inspiration for the movie “Norma Rae,” who lost her job for trying to unionize a textile plant in Roanoke Rapids, N.C. These people and many others fought to win the rights now being taken away.

Granted, those rights have sometimes been abused — used to shelter the incompetent or reward the greedy.

But to whatever degree our workplaces are not filled with children working adult hours, to whatever degree an employer is required to provide a clean and

safe workplace, break time, sick time or fair wages, that also reflects organized labor’s legacy.

It is instructive that this campaign to roll back that legacy is contemporaneous with a New York Times report on how General Electric earned $14.2 billion in profit last year, yet paid no U.S. taxes. Indeed, the Times says, GE netted a tax benefit of $3.2 billion.

What’s it tell you that some of us are on the offensive against working people, but breathe scarcely a peep when a giant corporation somehow slips through government-provided loopholes, paying no taxes? If need is a character flaw, what, then, is greed?

In some sense, we have traveled 43 years forward to get back where we were in 1968. King would doubtless find that sobering. One is reminded of the axiom about those who will not learn from history. One is reminded of the quote about the price of freedom.

And one is reminded of a song Billy Preston sang in the summer of 1973. “Will it go round in circles?” he asked.

Apparently, it already has.

— Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, is a columnist for the Miami Herald. He chats with readers from noon to 1 p.m.

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Mudstomp Mondays Bluegrass fans, head to the Granada, 1020 Mass., for Mudstomp Monday. The weekly event hosted by Hank Osterhout of Deadman Flats features local bluegrass, country and folk artists playing an eclectic mix of music in the Granada’s lounge. The first two hours are dedicated to an open jam before a headliner plays at 11 p.m.

The showcase starts at 9 p.m. and is a reasonable $2.

tute, 2350 Petefish Drive.

Conroy’s Trivia, 7:30 p.m., Conroy’s Pub, 3115 W. Sixth St. Strange Boys, Natural Child, Rooftop Vigilantes, L5, 9 p.m., Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass.

Dollar Bowling, Royal Crest Lanes, 933 Iowa, 9:30 p.m.

Fresh Ink Open Mic Poetry & Spoken Word, featured poet Tyree T and guest musician DJ Cquence, 10 p.m., Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

White Fang (marriage recs), Drakkansasomeone, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

Casbah Karaoke, 10:30 p.m., The Casbah, 803 Mass.

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Red Dog’s Dog Days winter workout, 6 a.m., Allen Fieldhouse, Enter through southeast doors and meet on the southeast corner of the second floor.

Skillbuilders, Gardening for Well-Being, 10-11:45 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Goran Sabah Ghafour Book Talk & Signing, from “Iraqi Fulbrighter: Removing Fear & Hatred Between American & Middle Eastern People,” 4-5:30 p.m., KU Bookstore, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

Reception for “Metamorphosis It’s Karaoke Time, 10 p.m., Metaphora,” MFA thesis exhibit Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass.

by Rebecca Barton, 4:30 p.m. to 7 The Seedy Seeds, John Lamp.m., KU Art and Design Gallery, onica, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 1467 Jayhawk Blvd.

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Theology on Tap, discussion of a selected religion topic, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Henry’s, 11 E. Eighth St. University-Community Cathy Hunt and the Jump Forum, “Immigration Dynamics House Band, 6 p.m., Jackpot Speaking Tour,” Carlos Euceda, Music Hall, 943 Mass.

Mexico Solidarity Network, Cooking class: Fantastic Slow noon, ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Cooker Recipes, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bay Leaf, 717 Mass.

Douglas County, noon, 1525 W. Read Across Lawrence kickSixth St., Suite A. Information off with Charles Shields, author meeting for prospective volunof “Mockingbird: A portrait of teers.

Harper Lee” and “I Am Scout,” 7 Dole Institute study group: p.m., Lawrence Public Library, “Corporate Responsibility,” with 707 Vt. Walt Riker and guests Kent Wells Brendan James, Matt White, and Clarkson Hine, AT&T and For- 7 p.m., The Bottleneck, 727 N.H. tune Brands, 4 p.m., Dole InstiJunkyard Jazz Band, 7 p.m., tute, 2350 Petefish Drive.

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Memorial Theatre, Murphy Hall, Zoogma, 7 p.m., The Bottle1530 Naismith Drive. neck, 727 N.H. Yellowthief, This Is My CondiLecture, “Leadership and tion, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, Globalization in Sports,” with 946 Mass.

Brenda Tinnen, general manager Casbah DJ Night, 10 p.m., The and senior vice president of the Casbah, 803 Mass.

Sprint Center in Kansas City, Sobriquet, Walking Oceans, 10 Mo., 7:30 p.m. at the Dole Insti- p.m., Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

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Read Across Lawrence: “To Kill a Mockingbird” film screening, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Watson Library 1425 Jayhawk Blvd.

Dole Institute study group: “Life in Congress,” with former U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, with guest former Congresswoman Jan Meyers, 4 p.m., Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish 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.

Bilingual yoga class, gentle, 5:45 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. Open jam session, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St. 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. Cory Hills, Tuesday Concert Series, 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. Drakkar Sauna, Busman’s Holiday, 9 p.m., Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass.

Teller’s Family Night, 746 Mass., 9 p.m.-midnight Tuesday Night Karaoke, 9 p.m., Wayne & Larry's Sports Bar & Grill, 933 Iowa.

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Lecompton City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Lecompton City Hall, 327 Elmore St. Baldwin City Council meeting, 7:30 p.m., City Hall, 803 S. Eighth St. Open mic night, 9 p.m., the Bottleneck, 737 N.H. Dollar Bowling, Royal Crest Lanes, 933 Iowa, 9:30 p.m.

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Feds taking aim at violent repeat offenders

By Bill Draper Associated Press Writer

KANSAS CITY , K AN . — Federal prosecutors in Kansas said last week they are getting tough with convicted felons who commit new gun crimes after the U.S. attorney general told U.S. attorneys across the country to do whatever it takes to remove violent criminals from the streets.

Barry Grissom, U.S. attorney for Kansas, said the aim of the initiative targeting violent repeat offenders is to increase community safety and protection for law enforcement officers.

He said it’s just a fact of life that some hardened criminals will never change their ways, so they need to be dealt as severely as federal law will allow.

“That person is not going to be rehabilitated,” Grissom said. “They’ll live a lifestyle of crime until he or she draws their last breath.”

At a news conference last week, Grissom said Attorney General Eric Holder issued the directive after 27 officers

were killed nationwide in the past 15 months.

Grissom said it’s time to stop the revolving door through which violent offenders are sentenced at the state level, serve modest sentences and then are released back into the community, where some revert to the lifestyles that landed them in prison in the first place.

“I want to send a message,” Grissom said. “If you’re using a gun to commit a crime, you’re the target. If you’re caught and convicted, you’re going to federal prison.”

The U.S. attorney said he has asked county prosecutors across the state to turn over to his office cases in which a convicted felon is charged with new violent crimes.

“What the attorney general asked us to do, ’give us a list of folks who have been repeat offenders,’” Grissom said. “If you have them, why not give them to us?”

Not only are prison sentences at the federal level far harsher than punishment under state laws for the same crimes, but they come with no chance for parole.

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By Gary Bedore

Woodland CAN win Masters

Horton Smith won the first Masters, in 1934, and Gene Sarazen, who did not play the year before, won in 1935. Fortyfour years later, Fuzzy Zoeller was fitted for the green jacket in his Augusta National debut.

Since Zoeller is the only Masters novice to win in the past 75 years, it’s often stated that firsttime participants can’t be considered serious contenders. The pressure is too great, the course too mysterious, the first-time Masters golfer too jacked up to play his normal game.

Nonsense. It can be done.

Until this year, no Final Four had been played without at least one No. 1 or No. 2 seed. Tonight, UConn, the No. 3 seed from the West, faces Butler, the No. 8 seed from the Southeast, for the national title.

First-timers don’t win the Masters in much the same way geldings don’t win at Churchill Downs. Heading into the 2009 Kentucky Derby, just one gelding had won since 1929. No wonder Mine That Bird was a 50-to-1 shot. That day’s Daily Racing Form included the words: “Well, there is a good chance he’ll make someone happy as he’s the favorite in the finish-last pool,” of Mine That Bird. Perhaps someone posted that on the bulletin board in the horse’s stable to motivate him.

We’ll never know. Unlike Mr. Ed, Mine That Bird doesn’t talk to the media. What we do know about him is that he finished first, paying those who plunked $2 down on him $103.20.

Gary Woodland can’t win The Masters in much the same fashion the fourth-place finisher in the Colonial Athletic Association couldn’t reach the Final Four by defeating schools from the Pac-10, Big East, Big Ten, ACC and Big 12. Thinking Phil Mickelson could slip the green jacket onto Woodland is as preposterous as dreaming about Butler University getting to consecutive Final Fours with a coach who would get carded at every bar in Lawrence and a star who looks more like Napoleon Dynamite than a physical Div. I post player.

Nobody figured Rocky Balboa could go the distance again in his rematch with Apollo Creed, much less win, but win he did. Remember, truth is stranger than fiction.

Woodland, former Kansas University golfer and native of Topeka, can win The Masters.

Why? Because he’s in the field.

He made it by winning the Transitions in Orlando and almost made it earlier in the year, but lost a playoff to Jhonny Vegas in the Bob Hope Classic.

Woodland, 26, ranks fourth on the money list with $1,964,130 in 2011 earnings. He has played nine events and finished in the top six four times.

He finished tied for 13th, 10 strokes behind the winner, Mickelson, in the Houston Open that ended Sunday. Thirty holes into it, Woodland was 1over par and had carded four bogeys and two double-bogeys.

In his final 42 holes, he carded one bogey and was 11-under par.

On Sunday, he had four birdies and 14 pars.

What a steady round to ride into The Masters.

Woodland made the cut in the 2009 U.S. Open, firing a second-round 66 at Beth Page Black. A quadruple-bogey 8 on No. 5 spoiled his final round, but that was then. He’s doing a much better job of avoiding big numbers now.

Mickelson’s the favorite, but Woodland has a tee time at Augusta, and that means he has a shot.

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BEN MCLEMORE MEETS WITH THE MEDIA after announcing his decision Sunday to attend Kansas University.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Sitting in a dark meeting room in the basement of Sears Centre, with his mom, Sonya, to his left and AAU coach, Darius Cobb, to his right, Ben McLemore finally put an end to his college recruitment late Sunday afternoon in this Chicago suburb.

“Rock Chalk Jayhawk,” McLemore exclaimed in choosing Kansas University over rival Missouri.

McLemore, a 6-foot-5 senior guard from St. Louis, announced his choice after scoring 14 points — two off a vicious dunk in overtime — in the Black Team’s 109100 victory over the White

squad in the NeXt All-America Classic.

McLemore entered the interview room with his cousin, Richard Boyd, and girlfriend, Tricia, who added some levity to the situation.

Richard wore a Mizzou T-shirt (he stressed later he’s a KU fan, but needed to wear MU’s colors to pull off the joke) and Tricia a KU top.

The two applauded as McLemore announced his choice of the Jayhawks.

“I had a good high school senior year (first at Oak Hill Academy, where he was dismissed for violating undisclosed team rules, then at Houston’s Christian Life Center). I feel I played hard all year,” McLemore said in beginning the news conference.

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Gone with the wind

“I narrowed it down to Kansas and Missouri. I sat down and talked to my mom last night. It was a tough decision, but next year I’ll be at Kansas University.”

McLemore visited KU for the 2010 Late Night in the Phog and later made a trip to Columbia, Mo. It was the KU trip that first started to soften his mom, a Mizzou fan who goes by the nickname “Peaches.”

“It was great. The love was there. The excitement was there.

I felt it is where he needed to be,” Sonya said of KU. “The crowd was nice. The people were nice.

It felt comfortable.”

Still, she admitted there were Please see McLEMORE, page 3B

Royals upend Angels ——

Rookie Collins gets win, 12-9 in 13th

By Doug Tucker Associated Press Sports Writer

John Young/Journal-World Photo

KANSAS LEFT FIELDER JIMMY WATERS WATCHES THE BALL SAIL over his head and the fence for a Baylor home run. KU fell to the Bears, 12-4, on Sunday at Hoglund Ballpark.

Baylor’s 12-4 blowout ends KU’s hope for sweep

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

Kansas University took the baseball field in position to sweep a Top-25 conference foe and left it wondering why that wasn’t enough to fire the Jayhawks up.

Sunday at Hoglund Ballpark, KU fell to No. 19 Baylor, 12-4, in a series finale in which the Jayhawks never threatened.

“I was disappointed in our level of competitiveness today,” KU coach Ritch Price said. “We could’ve done something really special today and made a statement.”

Instead, it was the Bears who did

that, scoring 12 runs on 13 hits, including four home runs, to improve to 17-12 overall, 4-5 in Big 12 play, while dropping the Jayhawks to 12-15 and 4-5.

“From the first inning, putting up a two-spot, it seemed like they were kind of energized,” said KU catcher James Stanfield, who went 2-for-5 and was the only Jayhawk to record more than one hit. “They really didn’t want to get swept.”

Baylor scored two runs in the top of the first, on RBIs from Cal Towey and Dan Evatt, and didn’t seem to have any interest in slowing down. The Bears added three in the third, one in the fourth, sixth and seventh, three more in the

eighth and a final run in the ninth.

That last run came in the form of a solo home run from Evatt, one of four Bears who hit home runs despite a 20-plus mile-per-hour wind blowing in from right field.

While the Bears knocked the ball to all parts of the field, the Jayhawks struggled to string hits together. Despite giving up two runs out of the gate, KU loaded the bases in the bottom of the first, but could not push a run across.

“I think I was most disappointed in the at-bats we had early,” Price said. “We squandered a lot of opportunities to score. If we could Please see BASEBALL, page 3B

KANSAS CITY, MO. — Tim Collins smelled like a brewery. He was supposed to.

The diminutive rookie lefthander threw three innings of two-hit relief and got his first major-league victory Sunday when Matt Treanor hit a threerun homer with two outs in the 13th inning to lift the Kansas City Royals over the Los Angeles Angels and their ineffective bullpen, 12-9.

As soon as Collins got in the clubhouse, he was treated to a beer shower by teammates who had just beaten the Angels in their final at-bat for the third day in a row.

“They got me good,” said Collins, who had five strikeouts.

“It was probably the best shower of my life. It was awesome.”

The Royals hit three home runs on the windy afternoon, and the Angels hit five, including two

by Howie Kendrick.

Treanor, who came over from Texas in the last week of spring training, drove a breaking ball from Jason Bulger (0-1), the eighth Angels pitcher, to leftcenter. All three runs were unearned because the first batter of the inning reached base on Bulger’s error trying to cover first base.

“We saw the ball flying a bit today,” Treanor said. “It’s good for us that ours was the last one hit. It was a battle, really.”

The five home runs were the most for Los Angeles in almost two years. Maicer Izturis, Bobby Abreu and Alberto Callaspo also connected for the Angels, who slugged their way out of a 5-0 hole only to see their bullpen falter for the third day in a row. Abreu finished with five hits. ● Box score on page 4B

UConn, Butler in bizarro final

HOUSTON (AP) — Butler coach Brad Stevens loves an underdog, whether it’s his team back in the Final Four or Connecticut making an unprecedented f ivegames-in-five-nights run through the Big East tournament.

Wait, what?

A Big East team as an underdog? The coach at tiny Butler cheering for big, bad UConn?

Welcome to the bizarro world of college basketball in 2011 — a sport where not only is anything possible, but where nothing quite makes sense. A sport in which the — Sports editor Tom Keegan can be reached at story of a small school from a 832-7147 small conference making a run to

a title is no more rare than that of the late-season magic conjured NCAA MEN’S by a power program with one TITLE GAME of the nation’s Who: Butler vs. best players.

Butler and UConn When: 8 tonight Connecticut will meet today Where: Houston in the national TV: CBS (channels, title game — 5, 13, 205) the eighth1 seeded Bull- Line: UConn by 3 ⁄2 dogs trying to finish the deal after coming ohso-close last season and the third-seeded Huskies (31-9), led

by Kemba Walker, talking about shocking the world with their 11th straight victory after a regular season that foreshadowed none of this.

“We were all rooting for UConn because it was a great story,” Stevens said, “a lot of fun to follow.”

As is Butler, the team from a 4,500-student campus in Indianapolis that practices at Hinkle Eric Gay/AP Photo Fieldhouse, used as the backdrop for the classic movie “Hoosiers” CONNECTICUT COACH JIM CALHOUN, LEFT, — the based-on-reality melodra- talks to Butler coach Brad Stevens prior to tapma in which tiny Hickory High ing a television interview. Butler will meet UConn for the national championship tonight Please see TITLE GAME, page 3B in Houston.

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Late charge lifts Harvick in Virginia MARTINSVILLE, VA. (AP) — It was supposed to be a showdown between Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson, the only two drivers able to win at tricky Martinsville Speedway of late.

Instead, the end of Sunday’s race became a battle among the unexpected.

First it was Kyle Busch, a master at seemingly every short track except this one, in the lead. Then, with a bump to get to the front came Dale Earnhardt Jr., loser of 99 consecutive races. But closing quickly was Kevin Harvick, driving for a Richard Childress Racing team that hadn’t won at Martinsville since 1995.

The race went to Harvick for the second consecutive week in another come-from-nowhere vic-

tory. He passed Earnhardt with four laps remaining and knew denying NASCAR’s most popular driver the win might not have been, well, popular.

“As I was catching him, I’m like, ‘Man, I’m going to be the bad guy here,”’ Harvick said. “I’ve got to do what I’ve got to do. I know the fans want to see him win. I want to see him win. It would be great for the sport, and I think today went a long ways to showing how competitive (Earnhardt) can be and that’s what we need. We all need him to win.

“But I’m not going to back down.”

Earnhardt settled for second and still has not won since Michigan in June 2008, his first season with Hendrick Motorsports. But he’s running much better this sea-

COMMENTARY

In tonight’s NCAA title, root for Butler

By David Teel Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)

HOUSTON — Richmond and Cleveland State were the 1980s pioneers, charming and obscure underdogs who crashed the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16.

Loyola Marymount, Rhode Island and Gonzaga went a step beyond during the ’90s, reaching the Elite Eight. But bankrolled by television and their Div. I-A football programs, the power-conference alpha pups ruled the Final Four like the Castro family does Cuba.

Until George Mason in 2006. Until Butler in 2010. Until VCU and Butler this year.

Yet one thing is missing: a national championship.

Butler attempts to fill that void tonight when it faces Connecticut in the title game at Reliant Stadium, and here’s hoping coach Brad Stevens and Co., close the deal.

For themselves, a year after their agonizing loss to Duke in the tournament final.

For the so-called mid-majors, the programs with undersized budgets and oversized dreams.

And for college basketball, which could do without a national champion that violated NCAA recruiting standards.

The NCAA in late February restricted UConn’s scholarships and suspended coach Jim Calhoun for three games next season. The Huskies’ sin: Prospect Nate Miles received $6,000 in improper benefits from an agent who was also a UConn booster.

Calhoun insisted he was unaware of the payments, but the NCAA cited him for failing to promote an atmosphere of compliance. Last week, however, Miles told the New York Times that Calhoun was aware.

Handing the championship bling to Calhoun would be the NCAA’s most awkward trophy presentation since UNLV and Jerry Tarkanian squashed Duke in 1990.

But even if you ignore the Dudley DoRight versus Snidely Whiplash morality play, Butler’s quest merits embracing.

Same would have applied were VCU in the final.

“College basketball’s evolved over the past two, three decades,” Rams coach Shaka Smart said after Saturday’s 70-62 loss to Butler. “And ... with the rise of grass-roots (summer) basketball, these guys have played against all the good players ... from all the major conferences and ... so they’re not afraid.”

No one fit the mold like Butler. The Bulldogs returned six of their top nine players, and that seasoning showed in tournament victories over BCS programs Pittsburgh, Wisconsin and Florida.

“I’m not surprised,” Smart said of Butler’s return to the title game.

Stevens is 34, half Calhoun’s age, and appreciates his Bulldogs’ little-man appeal.

“I’m a fan of teams like Butler in other sports,” he said. “The next thing I’m moving on to is the Masters, and I’m hoping I find somebody who I don’t know anything about who wins at the end so I can root for them. It’s the fun thing about sports, and it’s fun to be the team that everybody is talking about in that light.”

But for decades, convention has held that the Butlers and Masons and VCUs face too many roadblocks, that they can’t win it all.

“Certainly there are a lot of reasons to say you can’t,” Stevens said. “But it’s a lot more fun to say you can, and it’s a lot more fun to believe.”

Late tonight, all of college basketball may have to believe as well.

son, and Sunday pushed him to eighth in the standings, the highest he’s been since Texas this time last year.

“I am frustrated. I got close,” Earnhardt said. “I ain’t won in a long time. I was thinking at the end I was meant to win the damn race.”

Busch was third. And the favorites? Well, they were nowhere near the leaders during the action-packed final 20 laps.

Hamlin and Johnson had combined to win the last nine races at Martinsville, and ran most of the day as if one of them would again make the trip to Victory Lane.

Johnson was flagged for speedSteve Helber/AP Photo ing on pit road late, finished 11th, and was irritated with NASCAR KEVIN HARVICK AND HIS CREW CELEover what he thought was a bogus BRATE his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series penalty. Hamlin was 12th. victory on Sunday in Martinsville, Va.

DAYTON, OHIO — Archie Miller was hired Sunday to lead the Dayton basketball program, less than a week after Brian Gregory left to take over at Georgia Tech.

The 32-year-old Miller has been associate head coach the last two seasons for older brother Sean Miller at Arizona. He started as an assistant under Herb Sendek, spending three years at North Carolina State and two at Arizona State. He also was one of Thad Matta’s assistants at Ohio State for two years before joining his brother’s staff.

Utah picks Nets aide Krystkowiak SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah hired New Jersey Nets assistant Larry Krystkowiak as its coach Sunday, picking him to lead the Utes into the Pac-12 Conference.

The move came three weeks after athletic director Chris Hill fired Jim Boylen following consecutive losing seasons. Krystkowiak, who traveled Sunday, will be introduced today.

Lehman claims another victory SAUCIER, MISS. — Tom Lehman pulled away for his second Champions Tour victory of the season Sunday with a final-round 69 at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic at Fallen Oak.

TENNIS Red-hot Djokovic outlasts Nadal KEY BISCAYNE — Novak Djokovic won his fourth consecutive tournament Sunday, beating top-ranked Rafael Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) in a grueling final at the Sony Ericsson Open.

Djokovic has won 26 consecutive matches since December, and his record of 24-0 in 2011 is the best to begin a year since Ivan Lendl started 25-0 in 1986.

The No. 2-ranked Djokovic was pushed the distance by Nadal on a sunny, 85-degree 1 afternoon. They played for nearly 3 ⁄2 hours, and it was Djokovic who looked fresher at the finish.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL New McCoy shines in UT scrimmage AUSTIN, TEXAS — There’s a new McCoy at Texas and it was his turn to have a big day for the Longhorns.

The question now is whether Case McCoy, younger brother of former Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, can make a push to be the Longhorns’ No. 1 QB next fall.

McCoy was the standout offensive player Sunday in Texas’ annual spring scrimmage, passing for 124 yards and a touchdown. Most of the yards and the score came with the second-team offense against the first-team defense.

Garrett Gilbert, the starter in Texas’ disastrous 5-7 season in 2010, was 8-of-15 for 76 yards and an interception. The turnover set up McCoy’s TD pass.

Texas officially unveils network GOLF Mickelson wins Masters tuneup HUMBLE, TEXAS — Phil Mickelson feels pretty confident about his game heading into the Masters.

The defending champion at Augusta outdueled Scott Verplank on Sunday to win the Houston Open by three shots, his first victory since earning his third green jacket last April.

And it comes with a notable distinction.

The win moved Mickelson’s world ranking to No. 3, while Tiger Woods dropped to No. 7.

It’s the first time Mickelson has been ahead of Woods in the ranking since the week before Woods won the 1997 Masters for his first major championship.

“It feels really good for me to have played well and gained some momentum heading into next week,” Mickelson said. “I needed to have a week where I kind of put it together.”

The 40-year-old Mickelson shot a 7-under 65, the lowest closing score by a winner this year, to finish at 20 under.

Former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland placed in a tie for 13th with a final round of 68 (10 under total).

Lewis holds off defending champ RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF. — Stacy Lewis held off defending champion Yani Tseng to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship by three strokes Sunday, earning her first LPGA Tour title in the year’s first major.

Lewis shot a 3-under 69 to finish at 13under 275, rallying from an early two-stroke deficit.

Horsey nets hole-in-one, wins

TUESDAY • Tennis at home quad, 3:30 p.m.

• Softball at OSouth (ODAC), 4:15 p.m.

• Baseball vs. Olathe East, 5:30 p.m.

• Soccer vs. Leavenworth, 6:30 p.m.

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TODAY • Golf at SM South Invitational, 3 p.m.

TUESDAY • Tennis vs. Bonner Springs, 3:30 p.m.

• Softball vs. Olathe North (2), 4:15 p.m.

• Baseball vs. Olathe North, 5:30 p.m.

• Soccer at SM North, 7 p.m.

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TUESDAY • Tennis at Immaculata Invite, 3:30 p.m.

• Girls soccer at Hyman Brand, 4:30 p.m.

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TUESDAY • Track at Oskaloosa Invitational, 4 p.m.

TUESDAY • White Sox, 7:10 p.m. in Kansas City

Source: Mizzou expected to hire Haith

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Dayton hires Archie Miller

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A person with knowledge of the negotiations tells the Associated Press that Frank Haith has agreed to leave Miami after seven seasons and take over as coach at Missouri.

Haith’s deal with Missouri is not yet finalized, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because no contract has been signed. Missouri officials are scheduled to meet late tonight to confirm terms of the contract.

Miami officials did not return messages seeking comment late Sunday, and the Hurricanes’ players had not been told of Haith’s decision as of Sunday night.

Haith has two years left on his contract with Miami, worth a total of about $3 million.

He has gone 129-101 in seven seasons with the Hurricanes.

TODAY • Men’s golf at Cowboy Classic TUESDAY • Baseball vs. Missouri State, 6 p.m.

• Men’s golf at Cowboy Classic

AUSTIN, TEXAS — The University of Texas unveiled the name of its new television network Sunday, keeping it simple by calling the channel the Longhorn Network, or LHN. Texas struck a 20-year, $300 million deal with ESPN to create the network, which is scheduled to launch in August. It had been nicknamed the “Longhorn Network” when first announced and officials agreed the name best captured the brand of the university.

Texas and ESPN have yet to sign a deal with cable or satellite distributors. Sunday’s announcement was supposed to include a short promotional video for reporters, but it didn’t work.

BASEBALL Indians release Mattingly’s son CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians have released minor-leaguer Preston Mattingly, the son of Los Angeles Dodgers manager and former New York Yankees star Don Mattingly.

Cleveland acquired the 23-year-old outfielder from the Dodgers in a minor-league deal on Sept. 26, one week after the Dodgers announced his father would replace Joe Torre after the 2010 season.

AUTO RACING Hight notches second victory LAS VEGAS — Robert Hight roared to his second win of the season in his Funny Car on Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, giving John Force Racing its fifth consecutive victory dating to last season.

COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

AGADIR, MOROCCO — David Horsey of EngWashington claims McGuff land had a birdie on the second extra hole of a SEATTLE — Xavier coach Kevin McGuff is three-way playoff to earn his second European Tour title Sunday, taking the Trophee Hassan II leaving to take the same job at Washington.

Washington announced the hiring Sunday after a final round that included a hole-in-one.

Horsey had his hole-in-one at the par-3 sec- and said he has signed a multiyear deal. ond, giving him the lead after being tied with He replaces Tia Jackson, who resigned on Rhys Davies overnight.

March 14 after going 45-75 in four seasons.

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THE QUOTE “Unless Sylvester Stallone is writing your scripts, fairy tales come one per customer. Cinderella was not the previous year’s Miss Congeniality. Snow White wasn’t working on her second set of dwarfs. North Carolina State won.

Villanova won. Butler lost, and like it or not, that’s how the Bulldogs’ tale was supposed to end. Only it didn’t.”

— Kevin Sherrington, in The Dallas Morning News

TODAY IN SPORTS 1988 — Danny Manning scores 31 points and grabs 18 rebounds as Kansas wins its second NCAA championship with an 83-79 victory over Oklahoma.

2005 — Dmitri Young becomes the third player to hit three homers on opening day to lead Detroit over the Kansas City Royals 11-2.

2005 — North Carolina defeats Illinois to win the NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship. Sean May has 26 points, and the Tar Heels don’t allow a basket over the final 21⁄2 minutes to defeat Illinois 75-70.

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some “friendly fights” in the family in the months leading up to the decision, which became easy when MU coach Mike Anderson recently took the Arkansas job.

“It was tough. Really tough,” mom said of the discussions with her son. “He came to me and said, ‘KU is where I want to go.’ As a mother, I support him.”

Truth be known, Ben this past year needed to be sold on KU as well. He said KU’s coaches did a good job telling him how he’d fit into the system. He’s been around the program, having attended KU’s Elite camp the past four summers.

“Really, people don’t know this, but I grew up loving Mizzou,” Ben said. “My mom is a big fan of Mizzou. When Kansas came to the table, I knew they were a good program, but the decision was still back and forth. We decided it was the best place for me.”

Ben’s little brother, Kevin, a 16-year-old sophomore at St. Louis’ Normandy High, confirmed it was tough watching his brother wrestle over the decision between KU and his mom’s love, Mizzou.

“Talking with him it was just big emotion all the time,” Kevin said. “I was rooting for both schools. My mom always watches Mizzou when they play on TV. The way it worked out, I feel great. He played great today and then picked a great school. It was a good choice and a great day for my brother.”

McLemore’s cousin, Richard, said during all-star game festivities, “We were kept in suspense all weekend.

In my opinion, what made up his mind was when Missouri’s coach left for Arkansas. Ben asked him if he was staying, and he (Anderson) told him yes. That all made it easier on him.

“Let everybody know I’m a Kansas fan,” Richard added. “I took the Missouri shirt off right away (at news conference).”

AAU coach Cobb believes McLemore will be able to fit in at KU right away.

“Look up in the dictionary ‘team player’ and it’s Ben,” Cobb said. “He could score 30, 40 (he averaged 16 points and seven boards at his Houston high school), but I’ve seen him defer to get other people shots.

“The kid is so humble. If you tell him to be the man, he’ll be the man. If you tell him you want him to red-shirt, he’ll red-shirt. The way I describe him is, Ben is a role player. If you need him to get 30, he’ll get 30. If you need shut-down defense, he defends. He is one of the most athletic kids in the country.”

McLemore was asked about his upcoming role at KU. “You do not go in college thinking you are going to get a spot,” said Rivals.com’s No. 17-rated player nationally.

“You go in and work every day. I will be in the gym 24-7 until I get there. When I get there, I will go hard or go home.”

Coach Cobb said he’ll definitely play hard and do what’s asked of him.

“If you show me a person who doesn’t like Ben, I will show you a person who has a problem,” Cobb said, adding that he believes McLemore will have no problem qualifying for a scholarship.

Notes Just 300 fans attended the all-star game in 9,700-seat Sears Centre. ... Jamari Traylor, a 6-7 forward from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., scored 11 points with five rebounds for the winning team. He has a list of KU, St. John’s, Mississippi State and Indiana. He said he’ll visit KU in coming weeks. ... The game was not televised on CBS Sports Network as planned. Officials said before the game the sponsors didn’t provide the money for the network show. Nobody was informed of the change in plans until right before tipoff. ... McLemore will sign in the April signing period. … Kansas University basketball signee Naadir Tharpe reported on his Twitter account Sunday that he scored 10 points and had eight assists in the East’s 106103 loss to the West in Saturday’s All-America high school all star game in Houston.

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NEBRASKA’S GABBY BANDA, LEFT, SCORES as Kansas catcher Brittany Hile waits for the ball during KU’s 7-1 loss Sunday at Arrocha Ballpark.

KU softball falls to NU

By Ben Ward Journal-World Sports Writer

If it seems like Kansas University’s softball team is playing a ranked team every weekend, it’s because it is.

For the second straight day, No. 16 Nebraska’s Ashley Hagemann shut down KU’s lineup, this time in a 7-1 NU triumph on Sunday afternoon at Arrocha Ballpark.

A day after being limited to one hit in a shutout by Hagemann, KU scraped together five hits Sunday, including a second-inning homer by Liz Kocon that gave KU a 1-0 lead.

“Yesterday, we gave up,” Kansas coach Megan Smith said. “Today we fought, at least.”

Neither the Jayhawks’ confidence, nor their mood has wavered — even considering their 0-6 start to begin conference play, and the current stretch in which they’ve dropped seven of their last eight games.

The Big 12 Conference — with eight teams currently ranked in the Top 25 — is especially stacked this year, but Smith is intent on proving that KU (27-10 overall, 0-6 Big 12) can contend with anyone.

Keep fighting, she stressed.

Keep improving. Keep rebuilding the program, as she put it.

“They have to understand that there are going to be bad days,” Smith said. “And we’re

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just have gotten a base hit there, it’s a tie ballgame, and we’re back in it.”

Asked to defend their uninspired play, the Jayhawks had few answers.

“I can’t explain how I can’t we have two explain how really great games and we have then one two really where it great seems like games and everything’s then one going wrong,” Stan- where it f ield said. seems like “We played really great everything’s (Friday and going Saturday), wrong.” and you can’t just shove that under — KU’s James the rug. But it Stanfield is disappointing to end the series like this.

Like skip said, ‘This was a good weekend, but it could’ve been a great one.’”

Added first baseman Zac Elgie: “We have so many young guys, so many inexperienced people. It kind of just takes a little bit to get everybody on the same page because it really is a whole team effort. We gotta pitch well, we gotta play defense, a n d we go t t a sw i n g t h e bats.”

Freshman pitcher Alex Cox (0-3) took the loss for the Jayhawks. The Jayhawks sent 14 batters to the plate — nine starters and five pinch-hitters

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BOX SCORE NEBRASKA Nikki Haget cf Taylor Edwards c Brooke Thomason rf Julie Bretchel 2b Tatum Edwards dp Heidi Foland 3b Ashley Guile 1b Saige Wright pr Gabby Banda ss Megan Southworth lf Totals

ab 5 4 5 3 4 3 3 0 3 1 31

r 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 7

h 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 1 12

bi 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 7

KANSAS ab r h bi Alex Jones cf 3 0 2 0 Rosie Hull rf 3 0 1 0 Mariah Montgomery 2b 2 0 0 0 Maggie Hull lf 3 0 0 0 Liz Kocon dp 3 1 1 1 Brittany Hile c 3 0 0 0 Ashley Newman ss 3 0 1 0 Marissa Ingle 3b 2 0 0 0 Kendra Cullum 1b 1 0 0 0 Laura Vickers ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 24 1 5 1 Nebraska 000 111 4—7 Kansas 010 000 0—1 LOB—NU 11; KU 5. 2B—Edwards (5), Banda (6). 3B—Newman (1). HR—Thomason (4), Edwards (10); Kocon (10). SB—Foland (8). SH— Southworth (1); Cullum (4). SF—Southworth (2).

IP H R ER BB SO NEBRASKA A. Hagemann W, 22-3 7 5 1 1 1 11 KANSAS K. Martinez L, 12-4 6 9 5 5 1 4 Allie Clark 1 3 2 2 2 0 WP—Clark (9). PB—Hile (7). HBP—Southworth (by Martinez), Banda (by Martinez); Ingle (by Hagemann). T—2:03. A—673.

going to have to get over them quick. And I think we’re struggling with that right now.”

Bolstered by Kocon’s 10th home run of the season, freshman Kristin Martinez looked sharp to begin, as she tossed three scoreless innings, navigating her way out of a few jams.

But NU (30-4, 3-1), led by a four-hit day from Tatum Edwards, struck for single

BOX SCORE KANSAS Jason Brunansky, cf Jordan Brown, ph Casey Lytle, rf Tucker Tharp, ph Jimmy Waters, lf Alex DeLeon, ph Jake Marasco, 3b James Stanfield, c Brandon Macias, ss Zac Elgie, 1b Chris Manship, dh Jordan Dreiling, ph Kaiana Eldredge, 2b Kevin Kuntz, ph Totals

ab 4 1 4 1 3 1 2 5 3 4 3 0 3 1 35

BAYLOR Brooks Pinckard, cf Max Muncy, 1b Joey Hainfurther, dh Cal Towey, rf Josh Ludy, c Nate Goodwin, pr Dan Evatt, lf Landis Ware, c Jake Miller, 3b Steve DalPorto, 2b Totals Baylor 203 Kansas 002

ab 5 3 4 4 4 1 4 5 5 3 38 101 010

r 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4

h 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 9

bi 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4

r h bi 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 12 13 11 131 — 12 13 0 001 — 4 9 3

E—Stanfield (2); Macias (8); Elgie (4). DP—KU 1. LOB —BU 13, KU 10; 2B—Evatt (3); DalPorto (4); Stanfield (2); Elgie (7). HR—Muncy (3); Towey (1); Evatt (1); Miller (1). HBP— Hainsfurther; Towey 2; Ludy. SF—Evatt (1); Ware (6). SB—Pinckard 2 (26); Muncy (5). CS—Towey (1); Lytle (6).

IP H R ER BB SO BAYLOR Nolan Trent W, 2-1 6 7 3 3 4 3 Brad Kuntz Sv, 1 3 2 1 1 2 4 KANSAS 1 Alex Cox L, 0-3 3 ⁄3 5 6 5 3 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 Nolan Mansfield 2 ⁄3 2 Jordan Jakubov ⁄3 1 1 1 1 0 1 Tyler Smith 0 1 1 1 0 ⁄3 Scott Heitshusen 1 3 2 2 2 2 Matt Kohorst 1 1 1 1 0 0 T—3:07. A—1,083.

— and managed to bang out just nine hits in 35 at-bats. One highlight for Kansas came in the ninth when Tucker Tharp picked up the first hit of his college career on a bloop single to right field.

KU will play host to Missouri State at 6 p.m. Tuesday before traveling to Kauffman Stadium, home of the Kansas City Royals, to take on Missouri at 5:30 p.m.

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runs in the fourth, fifth and six to pull ahead, 3-1.

The Huskers put the game away with a four-run sixth inning, but the 3-1 edge was plenty for Hagemann, who settled in after Kocon’s homer and went the distance while striking out 11 to earn her 22nd win.

After a torrid start at the plate to begin the season, KU’s bats have cooled considerably. The Jayhawks are hitting only .172 with 10 runs scored in their six conference games.

Smith was complimentary of NU’s pitching, but at the same time emphasized her team can hit. The Jayhawks, still batting .298 as a team with 41 homers, know they can swing it, too.

“I think our eyes our just getting a little too big," Kocon said. "We just need to go back to the basics of hitting and stay tight. And not swing for the fences all the time."

Still in search of their first conference win, the Jayhawks will play host to No. 14 Oklahoma in a doubleheader starting at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

“We need to get back to remembering that we’re good team,” said Rosie Hull, who had one of KU’s five hits.

“Like, look at our (nonconference) season. We’re the same team … I think it’s just about realizing that we’re as good as these teams, and we can play with them.”

BRIEFLY Kansas women’s tennis upended by Huskers LINCOLN, NEB. — Freshmen Dylan Windom and Amy Barnthouse won at Nos. 5 and 6 singles, but they provided the only points for Kansas University’s tennis team in a 5-2 loss Sunday to Nebraska.

The Jayhawks fell to 7-9 overall, 1-5 in the Big 12. The Cornhuskers moved to 16-3 and 4-1.

Windom beat Frederike Putthoff, 6-4, 6-1, at No. 5 singles, and Barnthouse concluded the day by collecting her first career Big 12 victory over Jennifer Holmberg in No. 6 singles, 5-7, 6-4 (10-8).

KU will host Missouri on Friday and Colorado on Sunday.

Boonraksasat 4th; KU women’s golf 9th UNIVERSITY, MISS. — Thanuttra Boonraksasat tied for fourth — just four strokes out of first place — to pace Kansas University’s women’s golf team to a ninth-place finish Sunday at the Ole Miss Rebel Intercollegiate Boonraksasat carded a 54hole career-best 217.

Tennessee’s Nathalie Mansson and Erica Popson tied for the victory at 213.

Other KU scores: Katy Nugent, tied for 39th, 230; Grace Thiry, tied for 64th, 235; Meghna Bal, tied for 77th, 240; and Meghan Potee, tied for 80th, 242.

Kansas will wrap up the regular season at the Baylor Spring Invitational on April 1112 in Waco, Texas.

stares down the biggest schools in Indiana and wins the state championship. On its second try.

What seemed impossible in that movie is becoming more the norm, at least in the college game. Last season, Butler (28-9) came one desperation heave from toppling Duke to become the first true midmajor to win the championship. This season, Butler wasn’t even the biggest longshot at the Final Four. That was VCU, an 11th seed that fell to the Bulldogs in Saturday’s semifinal.

As recently as 2008, the NCAA tournament landed all four No. 1 seeds in the Final Four. This year, there wasn’t a single 1 or 2 for the first time in the 33-year history of seeding.

UConn coach Jim Calhoun said this has been the natural progression since the NCAA started limiting scholarships and new NBA rules triggered a flood of players who would come to college for one year, then declare for the draft.

“It’s as close to parity as there can be,” Calhoun said.

“It certainly can occur in a tournament a lot more than it could playing a Saturday night, then Big Monday. It’s just the nature of things. ...

The one-and-done thing, walking the tightrope is a hard thing, a very difficult thing.”

If anyone can say they’ve mastered it this season, it’s UConn. Led by Walker, the junior guard on the verge of becoming the best player to ever put on a Huskies uniform, Connecticut won five games in five nights against Big East competition to win the postseason tournament.

A remarkable accomplishment in any conference, but especially the Big East — the 16-team behemoth that placed a record 11 teams in the tournament this year. Maybe because of the grueling nature of its regular season, the Big East wore down and had a terrible showing, only moving two teams into the second weekend.

But Connecticut is still

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standing, a testament to Walker’s playmaking ability (he’s averaging 25.5 points during this 10-game winning streak) and Calhoun’s ability to adjust on the fly to the fatigue that has predictably set in.

“Our code has been very simple: ’The hell with it, let’s just go play basketball,”’ Calhoun said. “Well, we wouldn’t be doing all the things we did last night defensively to Kentucky if we just kind of rolled the thing out there. We worked very hard on it. But we worked on it in a different way.”

Connecticut advanced to the final by holding the Wildcats to 33.9 percent shooting in a 56-55 victory Saturday night.

Butler, meanwhile, only needed two wins in four nights to capture the tournament title in the less-heralded Horizon League. Still, the Bulldogs are on a 14-game winning streak that began after losing their third straight back on Feb. 3. At that point, this was a team that had no guarantees it would even make the NCAA f ield. It looked nothing like the one that captured hearts as it made its run through last year’s tournament.

In the final last April, Butler trailed Duke 61-59 with 3.6 seconds left when Gordon Hayward (now playing for Utah in the NBA) grabbed the rebound off an intentionally missed free throw, dribbled four times to the halfcourt line and launched a shot at the buzzer. It hit the backboard, the inside of the rim and bounced out. It could have been the greatest finish ever in sports. It wound up as something less, though Stevens insists he walked away that night feeling like a winner.

“Our guys played as well as they could have,” Stevens said. “They represented themselves in an unbelievable manner throughout that whole game. That might be the reason why we had parades, too, even though we lost. It was remarkable the way people treated us even though we lost.”

One win away from the pinnacle once again, the Bulldogs are talking about finishing the deal this time.

Butler vs. UConn at a glance (33.3 percent), but had been terrific in the NCAA until going 1-for-12 against Lamb is 11-for-17 No. 8 Butler (28-9) vs. Kentucky. from the arc in this NCAA ...

No. 3 UConn (31-9) In this postseason, UConn has beaten the regular-seaWhat: NCAA Tournament son champs of the Big East Championship Game (Pittsburgh) and Pacific-10 When: 8:23 tonight (Arizona), as well as the Where: Reliant Stadium, tournament champions of Houston the Mountain West (San TV: CBS (cable channels Diego State) and Southeast5, 13, 205). Radio: ESPN. ern (Kentucky) ... Butler has How Butler got here: beaten the Colonial TournaDefeated Old Dominion, 60- ment champion (Old Domin58; Pittsburgh, 71-70; Wision), the SEC regular-season consin, 61-54; Florida, 74-71 champ (Florida) and Pitts(OT); and Virginia Common- burgh ... Butler and UConn wealth, 70-62. played the second and third How Connecticut got rounds in the same subhere: Defeated Bucknell, 81- regional (Washington).

Prediction: I always think 52; Cincinnati, 69-58; San Diego State, 74-67; Arizona, the team that plays the first 65-63; and Kentucky, 56-55. game Saturday has an edge Coaches: Butler’s Brad on Monday, especially if the Stevens (117-24); UConn’s second game requires Jim Calhoun (606-230; 854- major effort to win. UConn 367 overall). looked exhausted at the end Notable: If you are lookof the Kentucky game. Buting for high-possession ler may not look it in layup hoops and high scoring, you lines, but the Bulldogs are will be in the wrong place Big East physical. At this here. Every possession will stage of the season, even be intense. Each team is three extra hours can help. here because of defense.

Butler has that time. Last UConn has held its NCAA season, Duke had the older opponents to 110-for-293 team in the title game. This shooting (37.5 percent). time, Butler has the far Butler’s opponents are more veteran team. It is difshooting 107-for-262 (40.8 ferent playing for a champipercent) ... UConn’s stars onship than trying to get Kemba Walker and Jeremy there. There is something Lamb have scored 210 tangible on the line. Players points in the tournament. react in different ways.

Butler’s stars Shelvin Mack There is no way to undersell and Matt Howard, have what UConn has done to scored 191 ... UConn has 218 get here. I can’t imagine any blocked shots this season; team will ever win five Big Butler has 59 ... In three East conference tournaFinal Four games over the ment games and five NCAA last two years, Butler has games again. People forget shot just 56-for-166 (33.7 that Butler actually had two percent). And nearly won all shots to beat Duke at the three games. Butler is end last year — Gordon shooting just 110-for-280 Hayward missed a short (39.3 percent) in five NCAA baseline shot before that games this season. But the half-court heave. These Bulldogs keep winning ...

Bulldogs were in this exact UConn is a below-average spot a year ago. I think that three-point shooting team matters. I like Butler.

By Dick Jerardi

Philadelphia Daily News

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L 1 1 2 2 2

Pct .750 .667 .333 .333 .333

GB — 1 ⁄2 11⁄2 11⁄2 11⁄2

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L 0 1 2 3

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GB — 1 2 21⁄2

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West Division Los Angeles San Diego Arizona Colorado San Francisco

SCOREBOARD AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 7, White Sox 1 Detroit 10, N.Y. Yankees 7 Minnesota 4, Toronto 3 Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 1 Texas 5, Boston 1 Kansas City 12, L.A. Angels 9, 13 innings Oakland 7, Seattle 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati 12, Milwaukee 3 N.Y. Mets 9, Florida 2 Atlanta 11, Washington 2 Philadelphia 7, Houston 3 St. Louis 2, San Diego 0 Pittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 4 Arizona at Colorado, ppd., rain L.A. Dodgers 7, San Francisco 5

UPCOMING American League

TODAY’S GAMES Detroit (Porcello 0-0) at Baltimore (Arrieta 0-0), 2:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Baker 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 0-0), 6:05 p.m.

Seattle (Bedard 0-0) at Texas (Holland 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

TUESDAY’S GAMES L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay, 5:40 p.m.

Boston at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.

Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.

Oakland at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.

Seattle at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.

National League

MONDAY’S GAMES Atlanta (Beachy 0-0) at Milwaukee (Narveson 0-0), 1:10 p.m.

Arizona (Enright 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Wells 0-0), 1:20 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Morton 0-0) at St. Louis (Lohse 0-0), 7:15 p.m.

TUESDAY’S GAMES Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 5:35 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.

Houston at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.

Washington at Florida, 6:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 7:40 p.m.

Rays slugger Longoria could miss three weeks ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. (AP) — Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria was placed on the 15-day disabled list Sunday because of a strained a muscle in his left side.

The strained oblique muscle could sideline the All-Star third baseman a minimum of three weeks, manager Joe Maddon Longoria said before the series finale against the Baltimore Orioles.

The injury comes with Tampa Bay’s offense off to slow start. The defending AL East champions were limited to two runs and eight hits while batting .133 in losing the first two games of the series to the Orioles.

“There’s never a good time. ... It’s just unfortunate,” Maddon said. “We’re having a hard time scoring runs out of the chute. He’s probably our best run producer, and now we don’t have him. So, we’re just

Rangers slug, sweep BoSox The Associated Press

E—Ryan (1), Barton (3). DP—Seattle 1, Oakland 2. LOB—Seattle 8, Oakland 8. 2B— Bradley (1), Smoak (2), Crisp (1), Willingham (1), Matsui (1), K.Suzuki (1). 3B—Crisp (1). HR— Langerhans (1). SB—J.Wilson (1). S—J.Wilson, Pennington. SF—Kouzmanoff.

Rangers 5, Red Sox 1 A R L I N G T O N , T E X A S — Ian IP H R ER BB SO Kinsler and Nelson Cruz Seattle Fister L,0-1 5 2-3 8 3 2 0 2 became the first set of team- Lueke 2-3 2 4 4 2 2 mates to homer in each of the Pauley 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 Home Away Wilhelmsen 1 0 0 0 0 1 first three games in a season, Oakland 3-1 0-0 7 6 1 1 4 4 and Matt Harrison pitched G.Gonzalez W,1-0 2 0 0 0 1 3 0-0 2-1 Texas to a sweep of its season- Blevins HBP—by Pauley (K.Suzuki), by Fister (Barton).

1-2 0-0 opening series.

T—2:44. A—22,292 (35,067).

David Murphy and Mike 0-0 1-2 Napoli also homered as Texas’ 0-0 1-2 Tigers 10, Yankees 7 first three hits — and four of NEW YORK — Miguel Cabrfive — were solo shots. era hit a pair of two-run Home Away Boston Texas homers, Brennan Boesch had ab r h bi ab r h bi 3-0 0-0 Ellsury cf 4 0 0 0 Kinsler dh 1 1 1 1 a two-run shot and four RBIs, Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 0 MiYong 2b 4 0 2 1 and Detroit earned its first 0-0 2-1 AdGnzl 1b 4 0 0 0 Hamltn cf 3 0 0 0 Youkils 3b 3 1 0 0 ABeltre 3b 4 0 0 0 win of the season.

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Monday, April 4, 2011

going to have to make some adjustments and keep playing.”

The Rays filled the roster by purchasing the contract of infielder Felipe Lopez from Triple-A Durham.

Longoria, 0-for-5 with a walk through two games, was removed from the lineup in the sixth inning of Saturday night’s 3-1 loss to the Orioles.

He felt some soreness in the muscle during batting practice, and it continued as the night progressed.

Sean Rodriguez started at third base Sunday.

Lopez signed a minorleague contract with the Rays in February and has spent parts of 10 major-league seasons with Toronto, Cincinnati, Washington, St. Louis, Arizona, Milwaukee and Boston.

“During moments like this, a lot of times people ... elevate their games, and things turn out to be OK,” Maddon said.

“We’re looking for that to happen.”

Tampa Bay will open a twogame series against the Angels on Tuesday at home.

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IP H R ER BB SO Boston C.Buchholz L,0-1 6 1-3 5 4 4 2 3 D.Reyes 2-3 2 0 0 0 1 Papelbon 1 2 1 1 1 3 Texas Harrison W,1-0 7 5 1 1 2 8 Oliver H,1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Feliz 1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP—by Papelbon (Kinsler). WP—Harrison.

T—2:41. A—46,326 (49,170).

Detroit New York ab r h bi ab r h bi AJcksn cf 3 2 0 0 Gardnr lf 5 0 0 0 Santiag 2b 5 1 2 1 Jeter ss 4 0 0 0 Boesch dh 4 4 4 4 Teixeir 1b 5 1 2 1 MiCarr 1b 5 2 3 4 AlRdrg 3b 5 0 1 0 VMrtnz c 5 0 0 0 Cano 2b 5 2 1 1 Raburn lf 5 0 2 1 Swisher rf 3 2 3 1 Kelly rf 4 0 0 0 Posada dh 5 2 2 4 JhPerlt ss 4 1 3 0 Grndrs cf 4 0 0 0 Inge 3b 4 0 0 0 Martin c 4 0 3 0 Totals 39 10 14 10 Totals 40 7 12 7 Detroit 203 022 001 — 10 New York 022 020 100 — 7 E—Raburn (1). DP—New York 1. LOB—Detroit 6, New York 9. 2B—Santiago (1), Raburn (1), Swisher (1), Martin (1). HR—Boesch (1), Mi.Cabrera 2 (2), Teixeira (3), Cano (1), Posada 2 (2). SB—A.Jackson (1). SF—Boesch.

IP H R ER BB SO Detroit Scherzer W,1-0 5 9 6 6 2 6 Coke H,1 2 2 1 1 0 0 Benoit H,1 1 1 0 0 0 1 Valverde S,1-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 New York P.Hughes L,0-1 4 5 5 5 2 1 Colon 4 6 4 4 1 5 Chamberlain 1 3 1 1 0 1 WP—Coke.

T—3:20. A—40,574 (50,291).

Athletics 7, Mariners 1 OAKLAND, CALIF. — Mark Ellis drove in three runs to back Gio Gonzalez’s strong 2011 debut, and Oakland avoided a season-opening weekend sweep by holding off the Orioles 5, Rays 1 ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Zach Mariners.

Britton pitched six sharp Seattle Oakland innings in his major-league ab r h bi ab r h bi ISuzuki rf 3 0 1 0 Crisp cf 5 1 3 1 debut, and J.J. Hardy hit a twoFiggins 3b 4 0 0 0 Barton 1b 3 1 0 0 run double, leading Baltimore Bradly lf 4 0 1 0 DeJess rf 4 1 0 0 Cust dh 4 0 1 0 Wlngh lf 4 2 1 0 to the season-opening threeSmoak 1b 3 0 1 0 Matsui dh 4 1 2 1 Olivo c 3 0 0 0 KSuzuk c 3 0 1 1 game sweep.

Lngrhn cf 4 1 2 1 M.Ellis 2b 3 0 1 3 Britton (1-0) allowed one Ryan ss 1 0 0 0 Kzmnff 3b 3 1 2 1 LRdrgz ph 1 0 0 0 Pnngtn ss 3 0 0 0 run and three hits, struck out JWilson 2b 2 0 0 0 six and walked three. He was AKndy ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 30 1 6 1 Totals 32 7 10 7 recalled before the game from Seattle 010 000 000 — 1 Oakland 001 101 40x — 7 Triple-A Norfolk.

Baltimore

Tampa Bay ab r h bi BUpton cf 4 0 1 0 EJhnsn ss 4 0 1 1 Zobrist 2b 3 0 1 0 MRmrz dh 4 0 0 0 Shppch c 3 0 0 0 Jaso ph 1 0 0 0 SRdrgz 3b 3 0 1 0 FLopez ph 1 0 0 0 DJhnsn 1b 4 0 0 0 Joyce rf 2 1 0 0 Fuld lf 2 0 0 0 Totals 36 5 11 5 Totals 31 1 4 1 Baltimore 100 000 301 — 5 Tampa Bay 001 000 000 — 1 E—Mar.Reynolds (1). DP—Tampa Bay 1.

LOB—Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 6. 2B— Mar.Reynolds 2 (2), Hardy (2), B.Upton (2), Zobrist (1), S.Rodriguez (1). SB—Ad.Jones (1).

CS—B.Upton (2).

IP H R ER BB SO Baltimore Britton W,1-0 6 3 1 1 3 6 Berken H,1 1 0 0 0 0 3 Ji.Johnson H,1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Rupe 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay W.Davis L,0-1 6 1-3 8 4 4 1 3 C.Ramos 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 J.Cruz 1 0 0 0 0 1 A.Russell 2-3 2 1 1 0 1 Sonnanstine 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 T—2:42. A—17,408 (34,078).

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Indians 7, White Sox 1 CLEVELAND — Orlando Cabrera hit a two-run homer.

Chicago

Cleveland ab r h bi Brantly cf 3 0 1 1 ACarer ss 4 0 0 1 Choo rf 3 0 0 0 CSantn 1b 4 0 2 0 Hafner dh 4 2 1 0 OCarer 2b 4 2 3 2 T.Buck lf 4 1 1 0 Hannhn 3b 2 1 0 0 Duncan ph 1 0 1 2 Marson c 3 1 2 1 Totals 31 1 7 1 Totals 32 7 11 7 Chicago 001 000 000 — 1 Cleveland 000 002 23x — 7 E—Hannahan (1). LOB—Chicago 7, Cleveland 7. 2B—Pierzynski (1), Marson (1). HR— O.Cabrera (1). S—Pierre, Brantley. SF—Brantley, A.Cabrera.

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Danks L,0-1 6 6 2 2 1 8 Ohman 1 1-3 2 3 3 1 1 Humber 0 2 2 2 0 0 Thornton 2-3 1 0 0 1 0 Cleveland Masterson W,1-0 7 7 1 1 2 0 Sipp H,1 1 0 0 0 0 2 C.Perez 1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP—by Masterson (Beckham). WP—Danks.

T—2:27. A—8,726 (43,441).

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Twins 4, Blue Jays 3 TORONTO — Danny Valencia Royals Box Score and Denard Span homered, Royals 12, Angels 9, 13 innings and Minnesota held on to Los Angeles Kansas City ab r h bi ab r h bi avoid a three-game sweep.

MIzturs ss 7 1 3 2 Aviles 2b 6 1 1 0 Jose Bautista hit his second HKndrc 2b 6 3 3 2 MeCarr cf 7 1 1 1 Abreu dh 5 1 5 2 Gordon lf-1b6 homer of the season, but it TrHntr rf 7 0 1 0 Butler 1b 5 24 14 11 V.Wells lf 6 0 1 0 Maier pr-lf 1 0 0 0 wasn’t enough for Toronto.

Minnesota

Toronto

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R ER BB SO IP H Minnesota Blackburn W,1-0 5 2-3 6 2 1 1 2 Mijares H,1 1-3 0 0 0 2 1 Capps H,1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Perkins H,1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Nathan S,1-1 1 2 1 1 2 0 Toronto Cecil L,0-1 5 6 3 3 2 3 Janssen 1 2 0 0 0 1 Frasor 1 0 0 0 0 1 Rzepczynski 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 Camp 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 Rauch 1 1 1 1 1 0 HBP—by Rzepczynski (Kubel).

T—2:58. A—35,505 (49,539).

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2B—M.Izturis (1), Callaspo (2), Trumbo 2 (2), Aviles (1), Gordon (2), Ka’aihue (1), Francoeur (1), Betemit (1). HR—M.Izturis (1), H.Kendrick 2 (3), Abreu (1), Callaspo (1), Me.Cabrera (1), Butler (1), Treanor (1). SB—Aviles (2), Getz (1), Francoeur (1), Betemit (1), Dyson 2 (2). CS— M.Izturis (1).

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T—4:46. A—14,085 (37,903).

NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP

Garcia, Cards blank San Diego Braves 11, Nationals 2 Reds 12, Brewers 3 WASHINGTON — Tim Hudson CINCINNATI — Ryan Hanigan pitched seven solid innings. hit two of Cincinnati’s four homers on a windy afternoon, Atlanta Washington ab r h bi ab r h bi finishing with a career-high Prado lf-3b 5 1 3 1 Dsmnd ss 4 0 0 0 four hits as the Reds completMcLoth cf 4 3 1 1 Werth rf 2 1 0 0 C.Jones 3b 4 0 1 1 L.Nix ph 1 0 0 0 ed an emphatic season-openMaYng pr-lf 0 1 0 0 Zmrmn 3b 3 0 0 0 McCnn c 5 1 3 4 AdLRc 1b 3 0 1 1 ing sweep by overpowering Uggla 2b 5 0 1 0 Morse lf 4 0 1 0 Milwaukee.

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Cardinals 2, Padres 0 ST . L OUIS — Jaime Garcia threw a four-hitter with a career-best nine strikeouts, moving beyond a shaky spring as St. Louis beat San Diego to avoid a season-opening sweep at home.

Garcia (1-0) walked two in his second career shutout and the majors’ first this season, needing only 102 pitches in a game that lasted 2 hours, 3 minutes.

San Diego

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LOB—San Diego 4, St. Louis 4. SB—O.Hudson (1). CS—Schumaker (1). S—Moseley.

IP H R ER BB SO San Diego Moseley L,0-1 7 4 1 1 1 2 Gregerson 1 3 1 1 0 1 St. Louis J.Garcia W,1-0 9 4 0 0 2 9 WP—Moseley.

T—2:03. A—36,414 (43,975). ab 4 4 3 4 2 3 3 3 1 1 0 28

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Pirates 5, Cubs 4 CHICAGO — Pedro Alvarez drove in two runs with an infield single off closer Carlos Marmol in the ninth inning, and Pittsburgh rallied past Chicago to take two of three in the series. The Pirates won only four road series last season, two at Wrigley Field.

Pittsburgh

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T—2:42. A—30,857 (41,159). ab 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 3 0 1 0 40

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ST. LOUIS STARTER JAIME GARCIA PUMPS HIS FIST after pitching a complete game against San Diego. The Cardinals shut out the Padres, 2-0, on Sunday in St. Louis.

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SB—McCann (1). SF—Prado.

IP H R ER BB SO Atlanta T.Hudson W,1-0 7 3 1 1 1 5 Venters 1 1 1 1 0 0 Linebrink 1 0 0 0 2 1 Washington Zimmermann L,0-1 6 4 3 2 3 2 Coffey 2-3 1 2 2 1 1 Slaten 1-3 1 0 0 1 0 Broderick 2-3 2 4 4 1 0 Gaudin 1-3 4 2 2 0 0 Storen 1 0 0 0 0 0 WP—T.Hudson. Balk—Broderick.

T—2:47. A—22,210 (41,506).

Mets 9, Marlins 2 MIAMI — Willie Harris and Phillies 7, Astros 3 Ike Davis homered, knucklePHILADELPHIA — Roy Oswalt baller R.A. Dickey picked up pitched six strong innings where he left off last year, and against his former team.

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Florida

ab r h bi ab r h bi JosRys ss 6 1 2 0 Coghln cf 4 0 0 0 Harris lf 5 2 1 2 Infante 2b 4 1 2 1 DWrght 3b 3 0 0 0 HRmrz ss 5 0 1 0 I.Davis 1b 5 2 2 1 GSnchz 1b 5 0 3 1 Pagan cf 2 1 0 1 Morrsn lf 2 0 0 0 Duda rf 3 1 1 0 J.Buck c 5 0 1 0 Hairstn ph-rf 1 0 0 1 Bonifac 3b 5 0 2 0 DnMrp 2b 3 1 1 1 Cousins rf 3 1 0 0 Beltran ph 1 0 0 0 DMrph ph 1 0 0 0 Byrdak p 0 0 0 0 Sanchs p 1 0 1 0 TBchlz p 0 0 0 0 Helms ph 1 0 0 0 Thole c 3 0 1 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0 Dickey p 2 0 0 0 Hayes ph 1 0 1 0 Hu 2b 2 1 0 0 R.Webb p 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 9 8 6 Totals 37 2 11 2 New York 304 000 020 — 9 Florida 001 000 100 — 2 E—Choate (1), H.Ramirez (1), Bonifacio (1).

LOB—New York 11, Florida 14. 2B—Jos.Reyes (1), Dan.Murphy (1), Thole (1), G.Sanchez (3), J.Buck (2), Bonifacio (1). HR—Harris (1), I.Davis (1). SB—Harris (1). S—Dickey. SF—Infante.

R ER BB SO IP H New York Dickey W,1-0 6 5 1 0 3 7 Capuano 2-3 3 1 1 1 0 D.Carrasco H,1 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 Byrdak 1 2 0 0 0 1 T.Buchholz 1 1 0 0 1 1 Florida Vazquez L,0-1 2 1-3 6 7 4 5 1 Mujica 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 Sanches 4 0 0 0 1 2 Choate 1 1 2 0 2 1 R.Webb 1 1 0 0 0 1 HBP—by Sanches (Duda). WP—Dickey. PB— Thole.

T—3:21. A—18,936 (38,560).

Totals 33 3 7 2 Totals 36 7 13 7 Houston 000 101 001 — 3 — 7 Philadelphia 401 002 00x DP—Philadelphia 1. LOB—Houston 6, Philadelphia 11. 2B—Hall (1), C.Johnson (1), Polanco 2 (2), Howard (1). HR—Pence (1), Howard (1), B.Francisco (1). S—Valdez.

IP H R ER BB SO Houston Norris L,0-1 4 6 5 5 1 7 Abad 1 1 0 0 0 0 An.Rodriguez 1-3 1 2 2 1 0 Del Rosario 2-3 2 0 0 1 0 Melancon 1 2 0 0 0 0 Fulchino 1 1 0 0 2 1 Philadelphia Oswalt W,1-0 6 5 2 2 1 6 Herndon 2 1 0 0 0 0 K.Kendrick 1 1 1 1 1 0 HBP—by Oswalt (Ca.Lee).

T—2:46. A—45,562 (43,651).

Rockies, Diamondbacks ppd. snow DENVER — The Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks were postponed by a mix of rain and snow Sunday after playing in unseasonably warm temperatures the day before.

The teams said a makeup date would be determined at a later time.

Milwaukee Cincinnati ab r h bi ab r h bi Weeks 2b 4 1 2 2 Stubbs cf 3 1 1 1 Gomez cf 4 0 0 0 Heisey ph-cf2 1 1 0 Braun lf 4 1 1 1 Phillips 2b 6 2 3 3 Fielder 1b 3 0 0 0 Votto 1b 4 1 1 0 McGeh 3b 4 0 2 0 Rolen 3b 3 0 1 1 Kotsay rf 4 0 0 0 Cairo ph-1b 1 0 1 1 YBtncr ss 4 0 0 0 Gomes lf 4 2 2 1 Kottars c 4 0 1 0 Bruce rf 5 1 1 0 Wolf p 1 1 1 0 Hanign c 4 3 4 4 Reed ph 1 0 0 0 Janish ss 5 1 2 1 Kintzlr p 0 0 0 0 Arroyo p 2 0 1 0 Stetter p 0 0 0 0 JFrncs ph-3b2 0 1 0 Morgan ph 1 0 0 0 Almont 1b 1 0 0 0 Totals 35 3 7 3 Totals 41 12 19 12 Milwaukee 101 001 000 — 3 — 12 Cincinnati 020 414 10x E—Y.Betancourt (1). DP—Milwaukee 1. LOB— Milwaukee 6, Cincinnati 11. 2B—Weeks (2), McGehee (1), Kottaras (1), Wolf (1), Rolen (1), Janish (1), Arroyo (1). HR—Weeks (2), Braun (2), Phillips (1), Gomes (1), Hanigan 2 (2). SB— Gomes (1), Bruce (1). S—Arroyo. SF—Rolen.

IP H R ER BB SO Milwaukee Wolf L,0-1 4 10 6 6 2 5 Kintzler 1 1-3 4 4 1 0 1 Stetter 2-3 1 1 1 0 0 Green 1 2 1 1 2 0 Axford 2-3 2 0 0 0 0 Loe 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati Arroyo W,1-0 7 6 3 3 0 5 Ondrusek 1 1 0 0 0 3 Chapman 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP—by Arroyo (Fielder). WP—Ondrusek.

Balk—Kintzler.

T—3:06. A—24,805 (42,319).

Dodgers 7, Giants 5 L O S A N G E L E S — Marcus Thames tripled in the goahead run during a four-run seventh inning, and Los Angeles defeated San Francisco, taking three of four from the defending World Series champions.

San Francisco Los Angeles ab r h bi ab r h bi Torres cf 4 0 0 0 Furcal ss 4 2 2 1 FSnchz 2b 4 1 2 0 Carroll 2b 3 1 1 1 Huff rf 5 1 2 0 Ethier rf 3 0 1 1 Posey c 4 0 1 1 Kemp cf 4 1 1 2 PSndvl 3b 4 1 1 1 Uribe 3b 4 0 1 0 Burrell lf 3 1 1 1 Loney 1b 4 1 1 0 Belt 1b 3 0 0 1 Barajs c 4 0 0 0 Tejada ss 4 0 1 0 Thams lf 3 0 1 1 Zito p 2 0 0 0 Gwynn pr-lf 1 1 0 0 Fontent ph 1 0 0 0 Kuroda p 2 0 0 0 Runzler p 0 0 0 0 Miles ph 1 1 1 1 Rownd ph 1 1 1 1 Totals 35 5 9 5 Totals 33 7 9 7 San Francisco 010 001 111 — 5 000 40x — 7 Los Angeles 300 LOB—San Francisco 8, Los Angeles 4. 2B— Huff (1), Tejada (1), Furcal (1). 3B—Carroll (1), Thames (1). HR—P.Sandoval (1), Burrell (2), Rowand (1), Kemp (1). S—F.Sanchez.

IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Zito 6 3 3 3 2 5 Runzler L,0-1 1-3 4 4 4 0 1 Romo 2-3 1 0 0 0 1 Mota 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 Ja.Lopez 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles Kuroda W,1-0 7 6 3 3 0 5 Kuo 2-3 1 1 1 1 1 Guerrier H,2 1-3 0 0 0 2 0 Broxton S,3-3 1 2 1 1 0 0 HBP—by Kuroda (Torres). Balk—Mota.

T—3:03. A—50,896 (56,000).

SPORTS

L AWRENCE J OURNAL -WORLD

X Monday, April 4, 2011

| 5B.

NBA Roundup The Associated Press

Rockets 114, Hawks 109 HOUSTON — Kevin Martin scored 35 points, and Luis Scola added 12 of his 15 in the second half to lead Houston past Atlanta for its seventh straight home win on Sunday.

ATLANTA (109) M.Williams 4-6 2-2 11, Smith 8-16 5-7 21, Horford 7-17 0-0 14, Hinrich 2-3 0-0 5, Johnson 11-19 2-2 25, Crawford 5-13 3-3 15, Pachulia 2-2 4-4 8, Teague 4-5 2-2 10. Totals 43-81 18-20 109.

HOUSTON (114) Budinger 5-8 0-0 11, Scola 7-10 1-3 15, Hayes 89 3-4 19, Lowry 5-12 6-6 17, Martin 11-19 12-13 35, Lee 1-7 3-3 5, Dragic 1-2 0-0 2, Patterson 4-5 0-0 8, Hill 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 43-75 25-29 114.

Atlanta 23 40 18 28 — 109 Houston 21 33 32 28 — 114 3-Point Goals—Atlanta 5-15 (Crawford 2-6, M.Williams 1-1, Hinrich 1-2, Johnson 1-3, Teague 0-1, Smith 0-2), Houston 3-15 (Budinger 1-2, Lowry 1-3, Martin 1-7, Dragic 0-1, Lee 0-2).

Fouled Out—Hinrich. Rebounds—Atlanta 36 (Smith 11), Houston 40 (Hayes 12). Assists— Atlanta 24 (Johnson, Smith 7), Houston 24 (Lowry 8). Total Fouls—Atlanta 24, Houston 16.

Technicals—Houston defensive three second. A— 15,993 (18,043).

Hornets 108, Pacers 96 N E W O R L E A N S — Trevor Ariza scored 19 points, and Chris Paul shook off a minor knee injury with 18 points and eight assists to lead New Orleans over Indiana.

INDIANA (96) Granger 5-11 4-6 15, Hansbrough 4-7 1-4 9, Hibbert 5-13 0-0 10, Collison 5-9 0-0 10, George 1-5 0-0 3, Rush 3-4 0-0 8, Dunleavy 4-7 5-6 15, Price 5-12 0-0 12, McRoberts 2-4 1-1 5, Foster 13 0-0 2, Posey 1-5 2-2 4, D.Jones 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 37-81 13-19 96.

NEW ORLEANS (108) Ariza 8-13 1-1 19, Landry 6-9 6-7 18, Okafor 611 2-3 14, Paul 8-13 1-2 18, Belinelli 4-9 0-0 9, Green 3-9 2-2 9, Pondexter 1-6 0-2 2, Gray 4-5 00 8, Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Jack 2-6 7-7 11, Ewing Jr. 00 0-0 0. Totals 42-82 19-24 108.

Indiana 21 23 21 31 — 96 New Orleans 29 28 32 19 — 108 3-Point Goals—Indiana 9-26 (Rush 2-2, Dunleavy 2-3, Price 2-7, D.Jones 1-1, George 1-2, Granger 1-4, Hibbert 0-1, Collison 0-1, Foster 0-1, Posey 0-4), New Orleans 5-15 (Ariza 2-3, Paul 12, Green 1-4, Belinelli 1-5, Jack 0-1). Fouled Out— McRoberts. Rebounds—Indiana 43 (Hibbert 6), New Orleans 52 (Okafor 17). Assists—Indiana 21 (Price 6), New Orleans 20 (Paul 8). Total Fouls— Indiana 23, New Orleans 21. Technicals—Foster, Pondexter. A—13,898 (17,188).

Raptors 102, Magic 98 TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points, and Jerryd Bayless had 21 top help Toronto snap a six-game losing streak.

How former Jayhawks fared Mario Chalmers, Miami Did not play (knee injury) Kirk Hinrich, Atlanta Pts: 5. FGs: 2-3. FTs: 0-0.

Darnell Jackson, Sacramento Pts: 11. FGs: 4-6. FTs: 3-4.

Paul Pierce, Boston Pts: 22. FGs: 7-10. FTs: 5-6.

Brandon Rush, Indiana Pts: 8. FGs: 3-4. FTs: 0-0.

Julian Wright, Toronto Did not play (coach’s decision)

ORLANDO (98) Turkoglu 5-11 0-3 11, Bass 6-9 1-2 13, Howard 11-20 9-15 31, Nelson 7-14 5-6 21, J.Richardson 513 0-1 13, Q.Richardson 1-4 0-0 3, Anderson 2-4 0-0 6, Allen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-75 15-27 98.

TORONTO (102) J.Johnson 4-10 2-4 11, A.Johnson 1-4 0-0 2, Davis 4-7 0-0 8, Bayless 7-14 6-7 23, DeRozan 816 8-8 24, Evans 2-3 0-0 4, Dorsey 2-4 1-1 5, Barbosa 7-12 0-2 14, Weems 5-9 0-0 11. Totals 4079 17-22 102.

Orlando 19 30 30 19 — 98 Toronto 23 23 27 29 — 102 3-Point Goals—Orlando 9-21 (J.Richardson 3-7, Anderson 2-3, Nelson 2-4, Q.Richardson 1-2, Turkoglu 1-5), Toronto 5-10 (Bayless 3-6, J.Johnson 1-2, Weems 1-2). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Orlando 41 (Bass, Howard 9), Toronto 53 (Evans 17). Assists—Orlando 15 (Nelson 7), Toronto 24 (Bayless 8). Total Fouls— Orlando 16, Toronto 21. Technicals—Orlando defensive three second 2, Toronto defensive three second. A—19,800 (19,800).

Heat 108, Nets 94 N E W A R K , N . J . — LeBron James had 31 points and 11 rebounds, and Miami opened a 16-point first-quarter lead on the way to clinching the Southeast Division title.

MIAMI (108) L.James 13-18 5-8 31, Bosh 6-9 4-7 16, Dampier 3-6 4-6 10, Bibby 2-5 0-0 5, Wade 7-13 3-4 18, Miller 2-6 0-0 4, Jones 3-4 1-2 10, Ilgauskas 5-9 12 11, Chalmers 1-5 1-3 3. Totals 42-75 19-32 108.

NEW JERSEY (94) Morrow 3-10 0-0 7, Wright 0-0 0-0 0, Lopez 5-13 6-8 16, Williams 8-17 2-3 18, Vujacic 4-13 1-2 12, Outlaw 6-12 5-6 17, West 1-3 0-0 2, Farmar 3-10 4-4 13, Petro 1-2 0-0 2, Gadzuric 2-3 0-2 4, Uzoh 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 34-85 18-25 94.

Miami 32 26 19 31 — 108 New Jersey 18 26 25 25 — 94

3-Point Goals—Miami 5-15 (Jones 3-4, Wade 12, Bibby 1-3, Chalmers 0-1, L.James 0-2, Miller 03), New Jersey 8-28 (Vujacic 3-7, Farmar 3-7, Uzoh 1-1, Morrow 1-5, Outlaw 0-2, West 0-2, Williams 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Miami 63 (Dampier 14), New Jersey 41 (Outlaw 9). Assists—Miami 22 (L.James 7), New Jersey 22 (Williams 12). Total Fouls—Miami 23, New Jersey 25. A—18,711 (18,500).

Knicks 123, Cavaliers 107 N E W Y O R K — Amare Stoudemire scored 28 points to lead New York to its first postseason berth since 2004.

CLEVELAND (107) Gee 2-4 6-6 11, Hickson 10-17 3-6 23, Hollins 11 2-2 4, Davis 8-14 1-2 22, Parker 5-8 0-2 11, Sessions 5-13 0-0 10, Samuels 4-7 1-4 9, Eyenga 2-3 1-2 5, Gibson 4-9 0-0 9, Harangody 1-3 0-0 3, Harris 0-0 0-0 0, Graham 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 42-79 14-24 107.

NEW YORK (123) Anthony 8-18 9-9 25, Stoudemire 9-20 10-12 28, She.Williams 3-4 3-3 9, Billups 7-12 6-6 23, Fields 1-6 0-0 2, Jeffries 0-2 0-0 0, Douglas 4-10 0-0 11, Sha.Williams 3-4 0-0 8, Carter 2-4 0-0 4, Walker 4-5 3-3 13. Totals 41-85 31-33 123.

Cleveland 25 32 31 19 — 107 New York 36 31 26 30 — 123 3-Point Goals—Cleveland 9-22 (Davis 5-8, Parker 1-2, Gee 1-2, Harangody 1-3, Gibson 1-5, Eyenga 0-1, Sessions 0-1), New York 10-24 (Douglas 3-6, Billups 3-7, Sha.Williams 2-2, Walker 2-3, Fields 0-2, Anthony 0-4). Fouled Out—Hollins. Rebounds—Cleveland 53 (Samuels 9), New York 40 (Stoudemire 7). Assists— Cleveland 21 (Sessions 8), New York 23 (Billups 7). Total Fouls—Cleveland 24, New York 19.

Technicals—Samuels. A—19,763 (19,763).

Wizards 97, Bobcats 91 CHARLOTTE , N.C. — Andray Blatche had 25 points and 17 rebounds, and Jordan Crawford added 23 points for Washington.

WASHINGTON (97) Evans 4-11 3-3 11, Blatche 10-19 5-7 25, McGee 7-16 1-2 15, Wall 7-12 4-6 18, Crawford 10-20 1-1 23, Yi 1-4 0-2 2, Jeffers 0-3 3-4 3, Seraphin 0-3 00 0, Martin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-88 17-25 97.

CHARLOTTE (91) Diaw 5-10 2-2 13, Cunningham 2-8 0-0 4, Brown 0-2 0-0 0, Augustin 6-16 8-9 21, Henderson 5-10 3-4 13, White 4-9 2-2 10, McGuire 1-5 2-2 4, Carroll 11-16 2-2 26, Temple 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 3479 19-21 91.

Washington 22 26 28 21 — 97 Charlotte 19 24 22 26 — 91 3-Point Goals—Washington 2-10 (Crawford 2-5, Wall 0-1, Jeffers 0-1, Evans 0-3), Charlotte 4-8 (Carroll 2-3, Diaw 1-1, Augustin 1-3, Temple 0-1).

Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Washington 57 (Blatche 17), Charlotte 47 (White 8). Assists— Washington 16 (Wall 5), Charlotte 26 (Augustin 7). Total Fouls—Washington 20, Charlotte 22.

Technicals—Augustin. A—16,444 (19,077).

Celtics 101, Pistons 90 B O S T O N — Kevin Garnett scored 23 points, and Boston got a rare, brief and potentially final glimpse of Shaquille

O’Neal, who played less than 51⁄2 minutes before leaving due to a new injury, a strained right calf muscle.

DETROIT (90) Prince 4-11 5-6 16, Wilcox 2-4 0-0 4, Monroe 46 3-4 11, Bynum 8-14 2-3 20, Hamilton 6-15 2-2 14, McGrady 1-1 0-0 2, Daye 1-5 2-2 4, Villanueva 6-13 0-0 15, Maxiell 1-5 0-0 2, Gordon 1-6 0-0 2.

Totals 34-80 14-17 90.

BOSTON (101) Pierce 7-10 5-6 22, Garnett 10-14 3-3 23, J.O’Neal 2-2 1-2 5, Rondo 2-8 0-0 4, Allen 5-6 2-2 13, West 4-5 0-0 10, Davis 5-9 1-4 11, S.O’Neal 33 0-0 6, Green 2-5 0-0 4, Arroyo 0-0 0-0 0, Wafer 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 41-64 12-17 101.

Detroit 29 19 18 24 — 90 Boston 26 23 33 19 — 101 3-Point Goals—Detroit 8-21 (Prince 3-5, Villanueva 3-7, Bynum 2-2, Hamilton 0-1, Daye 01, Gordon 0-5), Boston 7-11 (Pierce 3-5, West 2-2, Wafer 1-2, Allen 1-2). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Detroit 30 (Wilcox, Villanueva, Monroe 5), Boston 47 (Garnett 8). Assists— Detroit 17 (Hamilton, Monroe 5), Boston 30 (Rondo 14). Total Fouls—Detroit 13, Boston 12.

A—18,624 (18,624).

Kings 106, Jazz 97 SACRAMENTO , C ALIF . — Tyreke Evans had 24 points and 10 assists to help Sacramento end a two-game losing streak.

UTAH (97) Hayward 8-14 1-2 19, Millsap 8-13 5-6 21, Jefferson 4-13 3-4 11, Watson 4-7 0-0 9, Miles 313 0-0 6, Fesenko 0-0 2-2 2, Weaver 7-11 2-2 19, Favors 2-7 0-2 4, Elson 0-1 0-0 0, J.Evans 2-2 2-2 6. Totals 38-81 15-20 97.

SACRAMENTO (106) Garcia 6-12 2-2 17, Cousins 6-13 5-6 17, Dalembert 1-2 0-0 2, T.Evans 10-16 2-2 24, Thornton 6-16 3-4 15, Thompson 2-5 2-2 6, Jackson 4-6 3-4 11, Udrih 5-7 1-2 12, Greene 1-2 00 2. Totals 41-79 18-22 106.

Utah 19 21 32 25 — 97 Sacramento 26 24 31 25 — 106 3-Point Goals—Utah 6-13 (Weaver 3-5, Hayward 2-3, Watson 1-3, Miles 0-2), Sacramento 6-15 (Garcia 3-6, T.Evans 2-4, Udrih 1-1, Greene 0-1, Thornton 0-3). Fouled Out— Cousins. Rebounds—Utah 40 (Jefferson 9), Sacramento 50 (Cousins 9). Assists—Utah 25 (Watson 8), Sacramento 29 (T.Evans 10). Total Fouls—Utah 17, Sacramento 18. A—17,215 (17,317).

Nuggets 95, Lakers 90 LOS ANGELES — Danilo Gallinari scored 22 points, and Denver held on for its sixth straight victory.

DENVER (95) Gallinari 7-13 5-11 22, Martin 8-15 2-2 18, Nene 5-8 2-5 12, Lawson 1-6 3-4 5, Chandler 3-9 1-2 7, J. Smith 2-8 0-0 4, Felton 6-15 1-1 16, Mozgov 24 1-1 5, Harrington 2-4 1-2 6. Totals 36-82 16-28 95.

L.A. LAKERS (90) Artest 1-5 2-2 5, Gasol 7-10 2-3 16, Bynum 4-7 0-0 8, Fisher 2-8 0-0 5, Bryant 10-27 8-9 28, Odom 7-17 1-4 17, Blake 1-2 0-0 2, Barnes 2-3 1-2 5, Brown 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 36-84 14-20 90.

Denver 21 19 29 26 — 95 L.A. Lakers 20 27 22 21 — 90 3-Point Goals—Denver 7-17 (Felton 3-4, Gallinari 3-6, Harrington 1-3, J. Smith 0-1, Lawson 0-1, Chandler 0-2), L.A. Lakers 4-18 (Odom 2-6, Artest 1-3, Fisher 1-4, Barnes 0-1, Bryant 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Denver 56 (Martin 8), L.A. Lakers 56 (Bynum 16).

Assists—Denver 24 (Lawson 8), L.A. Lakers 20 (Odom 5). Total Fouls—Denver 23, L.A. Lakers 24.

Technicals—Denver Coach Karl, Bryant. A— 18,997 (18,997).

y-Boston x-Philadelphia x-New York New Jersey Toronto Southeast Division

Spurs 114, Suns 97 SAN ANTONIO — George Hill scored 29 points for San Antonio.

y-Miami x-Orlando x-Atlanta Charlotte Washington Central Division

PHOENIX (97) Gr.Hill 4-9 0-0 11, Frye 5-7 3-3 14, Gortat 5-10 00 10, Dudley 4-9 4-5 12, Brooks 5-12 3-3 14, Carter 6-11 0-0 12, Dowdell 3-11 0-0 6, Childress 2-5 0-0 4, Lopez 4-7 2-3 10, Warrick 1-2 0-0 2, Siler 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 40-85 12-14 97.

SAN ANTONIO (114) Jefferson 4-5 0-0 12, Duncan 4-7 0-0 8, McDyess 4-8 0-0 8, Ginobili 3-8 0-0 6, Parker 2-11 3-4 7, Ge.Hill 10-16 5-5 29, Bonner 6-10 1-1 16, Splitter 1-2 1-4 3, Neal 6-9 0-0 15, Anderson 1-5 3-4 5, Blair 1-6 0-0 2, Novak 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 43-89 13-18 114.

Phoenix 20 26 25 26 — 97 San Antonio 35 35 21 23 — 114 3-Point Goals—Phoenix 5-14 (Gr.Hill 3-3, Frye 1-1, Brooks 1-4, Dudley 0-1, Childress 0-1, Dowdell 0-1, Carter 0-3), San Antonio 15-29 (Jefferson 4-4, Ge.Hill 4-7, Bonner 3-4, Neal 3-4, Novak 1-2, Ginobili 0-2, Parker 0-2, Anderson 04). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Phoenix 41 (Dudley 10), San Antonio 57 (Bonner 11).

Assists—Phoenix 17 (Brooks 6), San Antonio 28 (Parker 8). Total Fouls—Phoenix 17, San Antonio 17. Technicals—Brooks. A—18,581 (18,797).

y-Chicago Indiana Milwaukee Detroit Cleveland WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

Trail Blazers 104, Mavericks 96 P O R T L A N D , O RE . — Gerald Wallace scored 19 points, and Portland took advantage of road-weary Dallas.

DALLAS (96) Marion 8-11 2-2 19, Nowitzki 5-12 6-7 16, Haywood 2-3 1-4 5, Kidd 0-6 0-0 0, Beaubois 6-12 6-6 20, Stojakovic 1-1 0-0 3, Terry 1-6 1-1 4, Mahinmi 2-2 3-6 7, Barea 5-10 0-0 12, Stevenson 2-4 0-0 5, Cardinal 1-2 0-0 3, Brewer 1-1 0-0 2.

Totals 34-70 19-26 96.

PORTLAND (104) Wallace 8-10 2-4 19, Aldridge 9-17 0-0 18, Camby 2-3 0-0 4, Miller 4-9 2-2 10, Matthews 4-7 8-8 16, Batum 5-9 3-5 15, Roy 3-9 2-2 9, Fernandez 3-6 4-4 11, C.Johnson 1-2 0-0 2, Mills 01 0-0 0, Babbitt 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-73 21-25 104.

Dallas 17 29 21 29 — 96 Portland 23 38 24 19 — 104 3-Point Goals—Dallas 9-24 (Barea 2-4, Beaubois 2-4, Stojakovic 1-1, Marion 1-1, Cardinal 1-2, Stevenson 1-3, Terry 1-3, Nowitzki 0-1, Kidd 0-5), Portland 5-15 (Batum 2-5, Wallace 1-2, Roy 1-2, Fernandez 1-3, Miller 0-1, Matthews 0-2). Fouled Out—Barea. Rebounds—Dallas 40 (Haywood 11), Portland 41 (Wallace, Aldridge 8).

Assists—Dallas 21 (Beaubois, Kidd 4), Portland 20 (Roy, Batum 4). Total Fouls—Dallas 21, Portland 20. Technicals—Dallas defensive three second, Portland defensive three second. A— 20,534 (19,980).

STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

y-San Antonio x-Dallas New Orleans Memphis Houston Northwest Division x-Oklahoma City x-Denver Portland Utah Minnesota Pacific Division

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L 23 37 38 53 55

Pct .697 .519 .500 .303 .276

GB — 131⁄2 15 30 32

W 54 48 44 32 20

L 23 29 33 44 56

Pct .701 .623 .571 .421 .263

GB — 6 10 211⁄2 331⁄2

W 56 35 31 26 15

L 20 43 45 50 61

Pct .737 .449 .408 .342 .197

GB — 22 25 30 41

W 58 53 44 44 41

L 19 24 33 33 36

Pct .753 .688 .571 .571 .532

GB — 5 14 14 17

W 50 47 45 36 17

L 26 29 32 41 60

Pct .658 .618 .584 .468 .221

GB — 3 51⁄2 1 14 ⁄2 331⁄2

Pct .724 .487 .429 .390 .289

GB — 18 221⁄2 251⁄2 33

W L y-L.A. Lakers 55 21 Phoenix 37 39 Golden State 33 44 L.A. Clippers 30 47 Sacramento 22 54 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Today’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games San Antonio at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Washington, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Toronto at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Chicago, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Houston, 7:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Denver, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Portland, 9 p.m.

Utah at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

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SCOREBOARD NCAA Men’s Tournament

FINAL FOUR At Reliant Stadium Houston National Semifinals Saturday Butler 70, Virginia Commonwealth 62 Connecticut 56, Kentucky 55 National Championship Today Butler (28-9) vs. Connecticut (31-9), 8 p.m.

NCAA Women’s Tournament

FINAL FOUR At at Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis National Semifinals Sunday Texas A&M 63, Stanford 62 Notre Dame 72, Connecticut 63 National Championship Tuesday Texas A&M (32-5) vs. Notre Dame (31-7), 7:30 p.m.

BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Recalled LHP Zach Britton from Norfolk (IL). Placed LHP Brian Matusz on 15-day DL, retroactive to March 30.

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Released OF Preston Mattingly.

TAMPA BAY RAYS—Placed 3B Evan Longoria on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of INF Felipe Lopez from Durham (IL).

National League ATLANTA BRAVES—Placed RHP Jair Jurrjens on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 25.

Recalled LHP Mike Minor from Gwinnett (IL).

HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Activated LW Kristian Huselius from injured reserve. Assigned RW Maksim Mayorov to Springfield (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS—Reassigned D Andre Benoit and D Patrick Wiercioch from Binghamton (AHL).

COLLEGE DAYTON—Named Archie Miller men’s basketball coach.

UTAH—Named Larry Krystkowiak men’s basketball coach.

WASHINGTON—Named Kevin McGuff women’s basketball coach and signed him to a five-year contract.

MLS

Sunday’s Game Colorado 4, D.C. United 1 Wednesday’s Game New England at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

NHL

Sunday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 3, Philadelphia 2, SO Buffalo 2, Carolina 1, OT Detroit 4, Minnesota 2 St. Louis 6, Columbus 1 Tampa Bay 2, Chicago 0 Calgary 2, Colorado 1 Dallas 4, Anaheim 3 Today’s Games Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Jose, 9 p.m.

College Women

NEBRASKA 5, KANSAS 2 Sunday in Lincoln, Neb. Singles 1. Madeleine Geibert, NU, def. Monica Pezzotti, 6-3, 6-1.

2. Patricia Veresova, NU, def. Sara Lazarevic, 61, 6-3.

3. Stefanie Weinstein, NU, def. Paulina Los, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.

4. Janine Weinreich, NU, def. Erin Wilbert, 6-3, 6-0.

5. Dylan Windom, KU, def. Frederike Putthoff, 6-4, 6-1.

6. Amy Barnthouse, KU, def. Jennifer Holmberg, 5-7, 6-4 (10-8).

Doubles 1. Geibert/ Weinstein, NU, def. Morozova/ Windom, 8-4.

2. Veresova/ Weinreich, NU, def. Wilbert/ Lazarevic, 8-4.

3. Pezzotti/ Los, KU, def. Zeppernick/ Putthoff, 8-3.

Sony Ericsson Open

Sunday At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park Key Biscayne, Fla. Purse: Men, $4.5 million (Masters 1000); Women, $4.5 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Championship Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Doubles Women Championship Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, def. Liezel Huber, United States, and Nadia Petrova (3), Russia, 7-6 (5), 26, 10-8 tiebreak.

Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500

Sunday At Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Va. Lap length: .526 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (9) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 500 laps, 99 rating, 47 points, $200,786.

2. (26) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 102, 43, $118,200.

3. (11) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 500, 133.4, 43, $150,416.

4. (27) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 500, 97.6, 40, $135,733.

5. (21) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 500, 110.3, 40, $123,461.

6. (24) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 500, 90.5, 38, $123,461.

7. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 500, 110, 38, $127,564.

8. (14) David Ragan, Ford, 500, 91.1, 36, $90,525.

9. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 500, 111.1, 36, $126,583.

10. (12) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 500, 84.9, 34, $88,625.

11. (17) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 500, 114.9, 34, $134,461.

12. (5) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500, 118.7, 33, $123,350.

13. (4) Joey Logano, Toyota, 499, 81, 31, $87,650.

14. (6) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 499, 96.4, 31, $114,811.

15. (8) David Reutimann, Toyota, 499, 94, 29, $105,958.

16. (20) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 499, 64.9, 28, $118,675.

17. (13) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 499, 72, 27, $104,139.

18. (23) Carl Edwards, Ford, 499, 70.6, 27, $119,816.

19. (22) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 498, 70.3, 25, $102,508.

20. (2) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 498, 88.3, 25, $117,325.

21. (33) Greg Biffle, Ford, 498, 66.8, 23, $90,200.

22. (39) Ken Schrader, Ford, 497, 48.7, 22, $91,383.

23. (34) Robby Gordon, Dodge, 497, 56, 21, $90,033.

24. (32) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 495, 68.9, 20, $82,625.

25. (40) Tony Raines, Ford, 493, 37, 19, $74,825.

26. (37) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 493, 40.5, 0, $85,608.

27. (7) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 489, 64.3, 17, $100,970.

28. (42) Hermie Sadler, Chevrolet, 488, 34, 0, $81,325.

29. (19) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 487, 60.3, 15, $103,141.

30. (29) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 486, 46.6, 14, $83,572.

31. (10) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 476, 59.6, 13, $96,220.

32. (35) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 470, 47.7, 12, $69,725.

33. (36) David Gilliland, Ford, 468, 38.2, 11, $70,450.

34. (28) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 462, 49.9, 10, $114,783.

35. (25) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 460, 43.7, 0, $77,325.

36. (30) Casey Mears, Toyota, 457, 52.8, 8, $69,275.

37. (31) Travis Kvapil, Ford, drive shaft, 443, 34.7, 0, $69,200.

38. (16) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, overheating, 261, 43, 6, $69,150.

39. (3) Kasey Kahne, Toyota, accident, 219, 73.4, 6, $78,100.

40. (18) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, accident, 219, 41.5, 4, $77,025.

41. (41) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, brakes, 33, 29.4, 3, $68,975.

42. (38) Mike Skinner, Toyota, brakes, 31, 28.3, 0, $68,895.

43. (43) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, brakes, 25, 27.4, 0, $68,418.

College Women

Ole Miss Rebel Challenge Sunday in University, Miss.

Team scores 1. Tennessee 290-279-294—863 2. Tulsa 300-293-300—893 3. Tulane 299-307-292—898 4. Mississippi 298-299-303—900 5. Coastal Carolina 298-297-310—905 6. Southern Mississippi 303-293-310—906 7. Michigan 302-301-305—908 8. Maryland 298-303-308—909 9. Kansas 308-306-306—920 10. Murray State 309-306-307—922 11. Mississippi State 314-303-306—923 12. UCF 304-317-303—924 13. SMU 306-313-306—925 14. Missouri 310-306-310—926 15. Memphis 309-308-311—928 16. East Tennessee State 308-310-312—930 17. Rollins College 317-308-306—931 18. South Florida 315-309-318—942 Top Individuals t1. Nathalie Mansson, Tennessee 72-67-74—213 t1. Erica Popson, Tennessee 71-69-73—213 3. Virginia Espejo, So. Miss 68-73-74—215 t4. T. Boonraksasat, Kansas 73-73-71—217 t4. Sarah Elliot, Tulsa 73-71-73—217 t6. Ashley McKenney, Tulane 72-74-72—218 t6. Sara Monberg, Tennessee 72-73-73—218 Kansas Individuals t4. Thanuttra Boonraksasat 73-73-71—217 t39. Katy Nugent 79-74-77—230 t64. Grace Thiry 80-78-77—235 t77. Meghna Bal 77-81-82—240 t80. Meghan Potee 79-82-81—242

Houston Open

Sunday At Redstone Golf Club, Tournament Course Humble, Texas Purse: $5.9 million Yardage: 7,457; Par: 72 Final Round P. Mickelson (500), $1,062,000 70-70-63-65—268 Chris Kirk (245), $519,200 66-69-69-67—271 Scott Verplank (245), $519,200 73-65-65-68—271 Steve Stricker (123), $259,600 67-72-67-69—275 A. Baddeley (123), $259,600 73-65-66-71—275 Robert Allenby (95), $205,025 68-72-67-69—276 David Hearn (95), $205,025 69-70-66-71—276 Greg Chalmers (75), $159,300 70-73-66-68—277 Matt Kuchar (75), $159,300 72-70-67-68—277 Brandt Jobe (75), $159,300 69-72-68-68—277 P. Harrington (75), $159,300 68-69-70-70—277 Hunter Mahan (75), $159,300 70-71-66-70—277 Chad Campbell (58), $114,067 71-70-71-66—278 Gary Woodland (58), $114,067 71-70-69-68—278 Anthony Kim (58), $114,067 72-64-69-73—278 Louis Oosthuizen (54), $94,400 72-69-70-68—279 Webb Simpson (54), $94,400 72-72-66-69—279 Tim Petrovic (54), $94,400 70-68-71-70—279 Charles Howell III (50), $71,50869-75-69-67—280 Nick O’Hern (50), $71,508 65-74-72-69—280 Josh Teater (50), $71,508 65-72-73-70—280 David Mathis (50), $71,508 70-70-70-70—280 J.J. Henry (50), $71,508 73-70-65-72—280 Charley Hoffman (45), $47,790 72-68-72-69—281 Ben Crane (45), $47,790 70-68-73-70—281 M. Thompson (45), $47,790 72-69-70-70—281 John Senden (45), $47,790 72-69-70-70—281 Michael Putnam (45), $47,790 70-69-69-73—281 Ben Curtis (45), $47,790 70-70-68-73—281 Lee Westwood (0), $35,843 68-72-74-68—282 Charl Schwartzel (39), $35,843 74-67-71-70—282 Tommy Gainey (39), $35,843 68-73-70-71—282 Jimmy Walker (39), $35,843 63-74-72-73—282 Nathan Green (39), $35,843 67-73-69-73—282 Vaughn Taylor (39), $35,843 68-71-69-74—282 Johnson Wagner (33), $27,189 69-67-76-71—283 C. Beckman (33), $27,189 69-74-67-73—283 Alex Cejka (33), $27,189 71-70-69-73—283 Ben Martin (33), $27,189 73-66-70-74—283 Zack Miller (33), $27,189 68-74-67-74—283 Nate Smith (33), $27,189 69-72-66-76—283 Troy Merritt (27), $20,060 72-71-71-70—284 Michael Bradley (27), $20,060 71-71-72-70—284 Joseph Bramlett (27), $20,060 73-68-72-71—284 Bill Lunde (27), $20,060 68-71-73-72—284 Scott Piercy (27), $20,060 71-72-69-72—284

Mississippi Gulf Resort

Sunday At Fallen Oak Golf Club Biloxi, Miss.

Purse: $1.6 million Yardage: 7,054; Par: 72 Final Round Tom Lehman (240), $240,000 Nick Price (117), $117,333 Jeff Sluman (117), $117,333 David Frost (117), $117,333 Olin Browne (70), $70,400 Jay Haas (70), $70,400 Fred Funk (51), $51,200 Hale Irwin (51), $51,200 Steve Lowery (51), $51,200 Mark Calcavecchia (42), $41,600 Bob Tway, $36,800 Russ Cochran, $36,800 Michael Allen, $28,800 Peter Senior, $28,800 Phil Blackmar, $28,800

Committed to Excellence Since 1972 67-64-69—200 68-69-67—204 66-66-72—204 68-67-69—204 70-68-67—205 69-68-68—205 70-68-68—206 70-68-68—206 69-68-69—206 70-67-70—207 70-70-68—208 70-69-69—208 73-67-69—209 69-69-71—209 71-68-70—209

Kraft Nabisco

Sunday At Mission Hills Country Club Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,738; Par: 72 Final Round (a-denotes amateur) Stacy Lewis, $300,000 Yani Tseng, $184,255 Katie Futcher, $106,763 Angela Stanford, $106,763 Morgan Pressel, $106,763 Michelle Wie, $68,093 Julieta Granada, $50,608 Chie Arimura, $50,608 Mika Miyazato, $50,608 I.K. Kim, $37,997 Anna Nordqvist, $37,997 Se Ri Pak, $37,997

66-69-71-69—275 70-68-66-74—278 70-71-74-69—284 72-72-67-73—284 70-69-69-76—284 74-67-69-75—285 72-70-75-69—286 68-73-71-74—286 67-75-70-74—286 75-67-75-70—287 69-74-73-71—287 73-71-71-72—287

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Successful candidates will be highly motivated, organized and detail-oriented, have great people skills (in person and over the phone) and ability to work in a team atmosphere. Monday thru Friday hours with minimal on call requirements, based in a clinic setting.

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Townhomes 1, 2, & 3BR townhomes avail. in Cooperative. Units starting at $375 - $515/mo.

Water, trash, sewer paid.

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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.

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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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Duplexes

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785-842-3040

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Apartments Unfurnished

Studios, 1 & 2 Bedrooms Gas, Water & Trash Paid

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Cedarwood Apartments

2411 Cedarwood Ave.

Beautiful & Spacious

Available now - 3 Bed1BR duplex near E. K-10 ac- room town home close to cess. Stove, refrig., off-st. campus. For more info, parking. 1 yr. lease. $410/ please call: 785-841-4785 mo. No pets. 785-841-4677 www.garberprop.com

* Near campus, bus stop * Laundries on site * Near stores, restaurants

Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 www.GageMgmt.com

1BRs starting at $400/mo.

2BRs, 1 bath, $495/mo.

2BR duplex, remodeled unit. New carpet, 1 car, W/D hookup, DW. No pets.

Avail. now. $545/mo. 1021 W. 29th Terr. 785-841-5454

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Also, Check out our Luxury 1-5BR Apts. & Town Homes!

Garages - Pool - Fitness Center Ironwood Court Apts.

Park West Gardens Apts.

Park West Town Homes

785-840-9467

2BR — 2406 Alabama, bldg.

10, 2 story, 1.5 bath, CA, Come join our growing DW, W/D hookup, garage, company. We set the $730. No pets. 785-841-5797 standard for excellence 2BR — 2406 Alabama, in 4in our industry. Competi- plex. 2 story, 1½ bath, CA, tive Pay, Benefits, and of- DW, W/D hookup. $550 per fer a drug-free workplace. mo. No pets. 785-841-5797 Apply at: www.hitechinteriors.com 2BR, nice garden level, 1028 No phone calls please.

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3BR - 1010 Alma, 2 story, 2 bath, CA, DW, W/D hookup, 2 car garage, 1 pet ok. $825/mo. 785-841-5797

1, 2, & 3 Bedrooms

Experienced Limo Driver Large 2BR open now, close Established 20 yr. company with management skills to downtown Lawrence. seeking traveling sales wanted. Send resume to: $630/mo. Water & gas pd. rep. Gone Mon. - Fri. ComLFCT, PO Box 1797, 905 Avalon 785-841-1155 pany avg. pays $910/wk.

Lawrence, KS 66044 Call 1-800-225-6368 ext. 400.

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3BR - 1000 Alma, 2 Story, 2 bath, DW, microwave, W/D hookup, CA, 2 car, 1 pet ok. $815/mo. Call 785-841-5797

3BR - 2121 Inverness, 2 story, 2.5 bath, CA, DW, W/D hookup, 2 car, 1 pet ok. $940/mo. 785-841-5797

Successful candidates will have solid experience in online media sales; minimum two years experience in sales, marketing and/or advertising; demonstrated success with 1BR & 2BR Apts. prospecting and cold callstarting at $675. ing; excellent verbal and written communication Free Carport, full size skills; networking, time W/D, extra storage, all management and inter- electric, lg. pets welcome. personal skills; proficient Quiet location: 3700 Clinin Microsoft Office appli- ton Parkway. 785-749-0431 cations; and a valid driver’s license, reliable 1BR, downtown S. Park lotransportation with cur- cation, 1021 Rhode Island, rent auto insurance, and a W/D, DW, low utils., off-st. parking, quiet. For June & clean driving record.

Aug. $525/mo. 785-331-6064 We offer an excellent benefits package including Apartments, Houses & health, dental, 401k, paid Duplexes. 785-842-7644 time off and more! www.GageMgmt.com To apply submit a cover letter and resume to S t u d ios & 1BRs - Half Block hrapplications@ljworld.com Background check, preem- to KU. Some utilities paid. ployment drug screen, and Laundry, off-street parkphysical lift assessment re- ing. Call 785-842-7644 EOE quired.

1BR for $599 + All utils. pd.& 3BR, $875/mo. Both w/ DW, W/D, parking lot, near KU & Sales Representative downtown. Pet w/pet rent.

Grow Your 9AM-8:30PM: 785-766-0743 Relationships-Grow the Business-Topeka and Lawrence, KS. Currently we are seeking a professional Sales Representative with a background in office solutions and IT. Benefits package, salary Great Locations! Great Prices! plus commission.

1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms Submit resume & salary Leasing for Summer & Fall requirements to 785-838-3377, 785-841-3339 jobs@lbm-sharp.com www.tuckawaymgmt.com

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Apartments Unfurnished

2BR — 1214 Tennessee. In 4plex. 1 bath, DW, CA. $450 / mo. No pets. 785-841-5797 www.rentinlawrence.com

Apartments Furnished

2BR, NW Lawrence. On-site laundry, newer carpet.

Available now, $535/mo.

No pets. Call 785-865-8699

Lawrence Suitel - Special Rate: $200 per week. Tax, utilities, & cable included.

No pets. 785-856-4645

2BR, upper in 4-plex, 1745 Tennessee. $485/mo. Has DW. Quiet & clean. No pets.

Avail. now. 785-218-3616

Lawrence Journal-World is hiring for positions in our Distribution Center.

These are full-time positions and candidates must be available to work between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily.

DISTRIBUTION SUPERVISOR Responsible for ensuring the processing and bundling of newsprint products from the press to distributors; oversee mailroom activities, including the labeling, sorting, mailing and preparation of outgoing newspaper products; troubleshoot machinery; and supervise and train team members. Successful candidate will have supervisory experience; experience operating machinery and maintenance skills preferred; strong communication skills; good attention to detail and able to multi-task; able to lift up to 70 lbs., stand for long periods of time and frequently twist and bend; and proficient with MS Office products.

DISTRIBUTION TEAM LEADER Responsible for handling the processing and bundling of newsprint products from the press to distributors; troubleshoot machinery; and assist with supervising and providing training to team members.

Successful candidate will have leadership experience and be a team player; experience operating machinery and maintenance skills preferred; strong communication skills; good attention to detail and able to multi-task; able to lift up to 70 lbs.; stand for long periods of time and frequently twist and bend; and proficient with MS Office products.

TO APPLY: Submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com. We offer an excellent benefits package including health insurance, 401k, paid time off and more! Background check, preemployment drug screen and physical lift assessment required. EOE

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3BR, 2 bath, $820-$840 2BR, 1 bath, $750/mo.

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Sunrise Place Sunrise Village Apartments & Townhomes

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3BR, very nice area near KU. 2 Bath, W/D, 2 car w/ remote, lawn care. $975/mo.

No smoking. 785-393-3862

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785-865-2505

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

from $540 - $920/month

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785-841-8400

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• 2 & 3BRs, with 2 baths • 2 car garage w/opener • W/D hookups • New kitchen appliances • New ceramic tile • Maintenance free 785-832-0555/785-766-2722

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• 2BR, 2. bath, Gas FP • Walkout bsmt., Balcony • 2 car garage w/opener • W/D hookups • Maintenance free Call 785-832-0555 or after 3PM 785-766-2722

Automotive Services

K’s Tire

Air Conditioning Heating/Plumbing

930 E 27th Street, 785-843-1691 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/chaneyinc

Auctioneers

AUCTION Fastest Way To Liquidate Your Assets Auto • Farm • Estate Construction • Business Also consider Buyouts Call Dan Hiatt 913-963-1729

Hiaat Auction Full service auctions since 1990

Sales and Service Tires for anything Batteries Brakes Oil Changes Fair and Friendly Customer Service is our trademark 2720 Oregon St. 785-843-3222 Find great offers at

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Need a battery, tires, brakes, or alignment?

Lawrence Automotive Diagnostics

www.lawrenceautodiag.com

785-842-8665

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1st Class, Pet Friendly Houses & Apts.

LUXURIOUS TOWNHOMES * 2 BR, 1,300 sq. ft. * 3 BR, 1,700 sq. ft.

Kitchen Appls., W/D 2-Car Garage * Small Pets Accepted Showings By Appointment

Automotive Services

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 Automotive Sales

Matt Hecker - the man to see at Briggs Auto!

FREE AUTO APPRAISAL Retail & Commercial Subaru Nissan Ram Jeep Chrysler Dodge New Nissan NV Commercial Van Over 600 Quality Pre-owned Vehicles 100% Customer Service is our focus!

(785) 856-8889 Briggsauto.com 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 Buying Junk & Repairable Vehicles.

Cash Paid. Free Tow. U-Call, We-Haul!

Call 785-633-7556

Tires, Alignment, Brakes, A/C, Suspension Repair Financing Available 785-841-6050 1828 Mass. St lawrencemarketplace.com/ performancetire

Westside 66 & Car Wash

Full Service Gas Station 100% Ethanol-Free Gasoline Auto Repair Shop - Automatic Car Washes Starting At Just $3 2815 W 6th St | 785-843-1878 http://lawrencemarketplace.c om/westside66

under $100

KansasBUYandSELL.com

Computer/Internet Computer too slow?

Viruses/Malware?

Need lessons? Questions? techdavid3@gmail.com or 785-979-0838

Concrete CONCRETE INC. Your local concrete repair specialists Sidewalks, Patios, Driveways

Quality work at a fair price!

1-888-326-2799 Toll Free Decorative & Regular concrete drives, walks, & patios. 42 yrs. exp.

Jayhawk Concrete 785-979-5261

Driveways, Parking Lots, Paving Repair, Sidewalks, Garage Floors, Foundation Repair 785-843-2700 Owen 24/7

785-749-1904

Decks & Fences Looking for Something Creative?

Call Billy Construction Decks, Fences, Etc. Insured. (785) 838-9791 www.billyconstruction.com

Kansas Carpet Care, Inc.

Over 25 yrs. exp.

Licensed & Insured

FREE ESTIMATES

913-209-4055 prodeckanddesign.com

Stacked Deck

For Promotions & More Info: • Decks • Gazebos • Framing • Siding • Fences http://lawrencemarketplace • Additions • Remodel .com/kansas_carpet_care • Weatherproofing & Staining Insured, 20 yrs. experience.

785-550-5592

Carpets & Rugs Electrical

Limited time offer...

FREE INSTALLATION

100’s of carpet colors.

Many IN STOCK for quick service and 0% financing

Motors - Pumps Complete Water Systems 602 E 9th St | 785-843-4522

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125,000 Sq. Ft.

of Beautiful Flooring in your Lawrence Warehouse TODAY! Jennings’ Floor Trader 3000 Iowa - 841-3838 FloorTraderLawrence.com

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785-843-LYNN www.lynnelectric.com

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Catering Oakley Creek Catering

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

Employment Services

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

785-842-2108

http://lawrencemarketplace. com/dalerons

785-887-6936 http://oakleycreek.com

Child Care Provided Licensed Day Care, 2 Openings - birth & up, 1st aid, CPR, SRS. 4 slots for 5 - 11 yr. olds.

785-764-6660

Cleaning For All Your Battery Needs Across The Bridge In North Lawrence 903 N 2nd St | 785-842-2922 lawrencemarketplace.com/ battery

Hite Collision Repair

“If you want it done right, take it to Hite.”

Auto Body Repair Windshield & Auto Glass Repair 3401 W 6th St (785) 843-8991 lawrencemarketplace.com /hite

KansasBUYandSELL.com

Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 www.GageMgmt.com

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

Steve’s Place

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

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

Graphics

Lawrence’s Newest Sign Shop

• Full Color Printing • Banners & Decals • Vehicle Graphics • Yard Signs • Magnets • Stationary & Much More!!

785-856-7444 1717 W. 6th

Guttering Services

785-843-2174

• Baths • Kitchens • Rec Rooms • Tile • Windows •Doors •Trim •Wood Rot Since 1974 GARY 785-856-2440 www.winston-brown.com Licensed & Insured

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

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Interior Decorating

JAYHAWK GUTTERING

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

Insured. Free estimates.

Time For Change

Bird Janitorial & Hawk Wash Window Cleaning.

• House Cleaning • Chandeliers • Post Construction • Gutters • Power Washing • Prof Window Cleaning • Sustainable Options Find Coupons & more info: lawrencemarketplace.com/ birdjanitorial Free Est. 785-749-0244 House Cleaner Adding new customers.

Years of experience, references available, Insured.

785-748-9815 (local) Pristine Cleaning Affordable, honest, reliable, cleaning services - home or office. Experienced. Quality work. Refs. 785-393-7007

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

Office* Clerical* Accounting Light Industrial* Technical Finance* Legal

Apply at eapp.adecco.com Or Call (785) 842-1515 BETTER WORK BETTER LIFE lawrencemarketplace.com/ adecco

Temporary or Contract Staffing Evaluation Hire, Direct Hire Professional Search Onsite Services (785) 749-7550 1000 S Iowa, Lawrence KS lawrencemarketplace.com/ express

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

Garage Doors

jayhawkguttering.com

General Services

ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT

KansasBUYandSELL.com

• Studio/office, Wi-Fi avail., private bathroom, 697 sq.ft.

• Climate controlled garage — 503 sq. ft., shared bath 785-842-5227 for more info

lot. Fireplace, screened-in patio, shed, garden spot.

Stove, DW, W/D stay. New exterior paint Summer of 2010. 2244 Melholland Rd. (N. side of Clinton Pkwy., just off Lawrence Ave.) $131,500. Call 785-764-4289

http://lawrencemarketplace.co m/rivercityhvac

Air Conditioning/ & Heating/Sales & Srvs.

Roger, Kevin or Sarajane

785-843-2244

www.scott-temperature.com lawrencemarketplace.com/ scotttemperature

Home Improvements D& S Home Improvements 30 yrs. Experience Reasonable Senior. Discount Licensed Insured Quality 913-208-6478/913-207-2580

Full Remodels & Odd Jobs, Interior/Exterior Painting, Installation & Repair of: Decks, Drywall, Siding, Gutters, Privacy Fencing, Doors, & Trim.

Insured 20 yrs. experience

Git-R-Done Repairs Home, Barns, Sheds, Roofing, Painting, Siding Call Jeff 785-393-5201 Home Repair Services Interior/Exterior Carpentry, Plumbing, Windows, Doors Wood Rot Repair, & more.

35 yrs. exp. Free est.

913-636-1881/913-583-1624 JASON TANKING CONSTRUCTION New Construction Framing, Remodels, Additions, Decks Fully Ins. & Lic. 785.760.4066 lawrencemarketplace.com/ jtconstruction

Int. & Ext. Remodeling All Home Repairs Mark Koontz

Bus. 913-269-0284

Sewing Service & Repair

Riffel Painting Co. 913-585-1846

Specializing in new homes & Residential interior and exterior repaints Power Washing Deck staining Sheet Rock Repair

Quality work and products since 1985

Santa Fe Professional Mowers

785-691-7434

785-865-0600

Complete Roofing Services Professional Staff Quality Workmanship lawrencemarketplace.com/ lawrenceroofing

Allcore Roofing & Restoration

Roofs, Guttering, Windows, Siding, & Interior Restoration

Hail & Wind Storm Specialists

We Work With Your Insurance Inspections are FREE

Supplying all your Painting needs.

Serving Lawrence and surrounding areas for over 25 years.

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

Locally owned & operated.

Free estimates/Insured.

Pet Services Complete Roofing

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

We’re There for You!

785-749-4391

785-764-2220

Lawrencemarketplace.com/ksrroofing

Garrison Roofing Since 1982

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

Call 785-841-0809

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I COME TO YOU!

Dependable & Reliable Pet sitting, feeding, overnights, walks, more References! Insured!

785-550-9289

Prompt Superior Service Residential * Commercial Tear Off * Reroofs

Free Estimates

Insurance Work Welcome

785-764-9582

Plumbing

Lawrencemarketplace.com/ mclaughlinroofing

SPRING YARD CLEANUP

“Your Comfort Is Our Business.”

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

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

Painting

PineLandscapeCenter.com Find us on Facebook Pine Landscape Center 785-843-6949

Landscaping

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LAWN AREATING SEEDING DETHATCHING MULCH INSTALLED Marty Goodwin 785-979-1379

Low Maintenance Landscape, Inc.

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

785-550-5610

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

Summer Mowing or 1 Time 15+ Years Experience & Dependable! Also do yard work & some hauling.

Call Harold 785-979-5117

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

Moving-Hauling

24 emergency service Missouri (816) 421-0303 Kansas (913) 328-4437

Lawn, Garden & Nursery AAA Mowing Commercial /Residential Insured Senior Citizen Dis. 785-727-3941

Affordable Mowing

Lawn Care • Yards • Pastures • Fertilizing Program • Light Tree Trimming Call Terry 913-721-2316

Curb Appeal Lawn Care Experienced 1 man crew Caleb Shaffer 785-608-7553 Curbappeallawrence@yahoo.com Earthtones Landscape & Lawn Mowing, Spring clean up, Monthly bed maintenance, Renovation, Retaining walls 10% off 1st Mo. 785-856-5566 15 yrs exp, Mowing, Yard Clean-up, Tree Trimming, Snow Removal All jobs considered. 15% Sr. Discount.

785-312-0813, 785-893-1509

Bob’s BERNINA

Sewing and Vacuum Center

15yr. locally owned and operated company.

Professionally trained staff. We move everything from fossils to office and household goods.

Call for a free estimate.

785-749-5073 lawrencemarketplace.com/ starvingartist

2449 B Iowa St. 785-842-1595

M-F 9-6, Th 9-8, Sat 9-4 CLASSES FORMING NOW Servicing Most Model Sewing Machines, Sergers & Vacs www.lawrencemarketplace. com/bobsbernina

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Music Lessons

Taking Care of Lawrence’s Plumbing Needs for over 35 Years (785) 841-2112 lawrencemarketplace.com /kastl

Painting Recycling Services 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

Complete interior & exterior painting Siding replacement

785-766-2785

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

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

Kate, 785-423-4464

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.c om/recyclecenter

Siding Services

Siding Installation New Construction, Repair, Replace, Painting Windows, Doors, Remodeling

FREE Estimates Licensed & Insured (785) 312-0581 www.crconstruct.com

lawrencemarketplace.com/crconstruct

Tree/Stump Removal Arborscapes Tree Service Tree trimming & removal Ks Arborists Assoc. Certified Licensed & Insured.

785-760-3684 www.KansasTreeCare.com

Lonnie’s Recycling Inc. Buyers of aluminum cans, Shamrock Tree all type metals & junk vehicles. Mon.-Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-4, Service 501 Maple, Lawrence.

We Specialize in 785-841-4855 Fine Pruning lawrencemarketplace.com/ If you value your tree for lonnies its natural shape and would like to retain its health and beauty in the long term, call on us!

Repairs and

www.kbpaintingllc.com

Services

Professional Painters Home, Interior, Exterior Painting, Lead Paint Removal Serving Northeast Kansas 785-691-6050

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

http://lawrencemarketplace.com/ primecoat

ROOF REPAIRS

Leaks, Flashing, Masonry.

Residential, Commercial References, Insured.

Tree/Stump Removal

STARVING ARTISTS MOVING

Piano-Voice-Keyboard Lessons in your home.

16 yrs. exper. Day/eve hrs. avail. Call Gwen at 785-393-4845

Re-Roofs: All Types Roofing Repairs Siding & Windows FREE Estimates (785) 749-0462 www.meslerroofing.com

KW Service 785-691-5949

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

midwestcustompools.com

Green Grass Lawn Care

NOT Your ordinary bicycle store!

2859 Four Wheel Drive

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

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

No Job Too Big or Small

@ kansasbuyandsell.com

NEW EARTH

• Mowing • Spring/Fall Clean-up • Irrigation • Chemical Applications FREE ESTIMATES 785-865-2724 www.NewEarthTurf.com

Signal Ridge Mowing Quality Lawn Mowing $25 per lawn.

785-248-9572 signalridgemow@yahoo.com

Heating & Cooling

913-488-7320 • Garage Doors • Openers • Service • Installation Call 785-842-5203 or visit us at Lawrencemarketplace.com /freestategaragedoors

Mowing...like Clockwork!

Honest & Dependable Mow~Trim~Sweep~Hedges Steve 785-393-9152 Lawrence Only

Lawn Mow $ 75. per month Aeration $ 35., Fertilize $ 35.

Mulch, Bush Trim & more.

785-842-0094

www.foundationrepairks.com

Furniture

MLS - Mowing w/Out Contracts Res/Com. Spring Cleanup Mulch-Stone/Tree Removal 785-766-2821 Free estimates mikelawnservice@gmail.com

Home Staging Home Interior Design Business & Residential Cleaning (785) 979-1135

1-888-326-2799 Toll Free

Foundation Repair

Lawrence Retail & Commercial Space 3BR, 2 bath ranch on corner

1783 E 1500 Rd, Lawrence

@ kansasbuyandsell.com

Concrete, Block & Limestone Wall Repair, Waterproofing Drainage Solutions Sump Pumps, Driveways.

785-843-2700 Owen 24/7

MB Mowing

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

ROCK-SOD-SOIL-MULCH

ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT

CONCRETE INC Your local foundation repair specialist!

Waterproofing, Basement, & Crack Repair

785-841-4785

KansasBUYandSELL.com

Auto-Home- BusinessLife- Health Dennis J. Donnelly Insurance Inc. 913-268-5000 11211 Johnson Dr. insuranceinckc.com

Christensen Floor Care LLC. Wood, Tile, Carpet, Concrete, 30 yrs. exp.

785-842-8315 lawrencemarketplace.com/ christensenfloorcare

Foundation Repair

GREAT SPECIALS Cedar Hill Apts.

Office Space Available

at 5040 Bob Billings Pkwy.

913-417-7200, 785-841-4935

Love’s Lawncare Free Estimates and Quality Service Senior Discounts call Danny 785-220-3925

Insurance

Flooring Installation

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3BR, 2 bath, 2 car, Newer ranch in Shadow Ridge area. All appl., Lg. kitchen, nice lot. Avail June 1. No pets, 995/mo. 785-766-9823

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Office w/AC, well lite shop Manufactured area, separate bathrooms, 10ft. OHD, asphalt parking, Homes Acreage large pkg. or storage in rear, 3,200 sq. ft., flexible Big 4BR doublewide. YOUR LAND AND $250 deposit is Acreage for rent 20 - 40 - terms, owner. 785-887-1026 what you need. Delivered 80 New fence ponds not to your land. Trades conincluded available water. sidered. It’s easy. Call Call 913-796-6140 or Office/Warehouse 800-375-3115 913-683-8008. for lease: 800 Comet Lane approximately 8,000 sq.ft. building perfect for servOffice Space ice or contracting busi3BR - Charming! 4 miles just 3BR, Right next to KU, 1322 1311 Wakarusa - office ness. Has large overhead S. of Lawrence/KU. 2 bath, Valley Ln. 2BRs - $400/BR, space available. 200 sq. ft. doors and plenty of work lg. 2 car/storage. No pets. 1BR - $375. W/D, LR, FP, - 6,000 sq. ft. For details and storage room.

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5BR, 2 bath, close to KU, CA, DW, W/D, fenced back yard, pets ok. $1,200/mo.

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Electric & Industrial Supply Pump & Well Drilling Service

C & G Auto Sales

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4BR, new, NW, executive 2 2BR town home, 1 bath, 1 story home. 2,400 sq. ft., 4 car garage, fenced in back bath, 2 car, finished bsmt. yard. $650/mo. 1334 Birch.

Avail. now. 785-550-3247 $1,900/mo. 785-423-5828

2BR bungalow on Mass. CA, porch, W/D in bsmt., garBrand New 4BR Houses age, storage, fenced. July. Avail. Now. 2½ Bath, 3 car 785-842-3458, 785-766-6497 garage, 2,300 sq. ft. Pets ok w/deposit. $1,700.

3BR to 6BR nice houses, Call 785-841-4785 most close to KU, free W/D Call 785-842-1524 www.garberprop.com www.mallardproperties use, woods floors. Start at www.mallardproperties lawrence.com $725/mo. Call 785-841-3633 lawrence.com Spacious 2 & 3BR Homes Call 785-842-1524 3BR, 1 bath, 1 car garage, for Aug. Walk-in closets, fenced yard, lots of trees, FP, W/D hookup, 2 car. 1 Houses 3805 Shadybrook, quiet SW pet okay. 785-842-3280 area. $850/mo. 785-842-8428 3 Bedroom 2 Bath 3 Car with opener fenced yard 3BR, 1 bath, 2641 Marverick Mobile Homes 2526 Lazy Brook Lane. Very nice. Has 1 car Rent $1,100 per month garage.

Available Now. RENT TO OWN 785-842-3911 $825/mo. Call 785-842-7644 3BR, 1989, very nice 14 x 80, 1 bath. $225/mo. Gas1BR In N. Lawrence. Refrig., 3BR, 2 bath, laundry rm., 2 light Village. 785-727-9764 stove, carport. New paint car, privacy fenced back Deerfield school. & furnace. Energy efficient. yard, Roommates $1,600/mo. 785-423-4228 $525/mo. Call 785-841-1284

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32 !O#$%&' %P*+, -' ./00 Mobile Homes Building Materials Music-Stereo Counter Top: Black, solid OWNER WILL FINANCE stone counter top (like for 2BR, 2 bath, FPL, wetbar, chem lab); 3 heavy pieces CH/CA, garden tub, Move total 173”x30” surface; in ready 816-830-2152 1.125”-thick; 17”x20” sink opening molded into one of sections; great for outAcreage-Lots door bar top surface, welding bench, etc. $75 3 Acre wooded bldg. site cash. 785-842-7419. near Wakarusa River, W. of Clinton Resevoir. Repo, Assume Owner financing w/ Clothing no down payment from $257/mo. Call 785-554-9663 Ladies’ shoes: Navy flats size 11. New- Dr. Scholl’s.

10 Acres SE of Baldwin. Lots $10. Red flats size 11 New. of trees, tall grass, small Dr. Scholl’s $10. Brown-ish stream, & lots of wildlife. Bass slide/slipon shoes Electric & water included. Size 10 New, $10. 2pr white $85,000. Call 785-979-7812 canvas shoes w/Jayhawk on top of foot. Size 10 $5.

11 & 14 Acre bldg. sites, ea.

All in ex. cond.

Lake Perry. Utils., old barn, 785-842-6456 wooded, deer &wildlife. No down payment. Repo, as- Tennis Shoes: Men’s walksume owner financing from ing. Black. Oil and slip re$343/mo. 785-554-9663 sistant. Size 11. Good condition. $25.00. 785-691-5162.

10-40 Acres, K-4 Hwy near Nortonville. Repo. Assume owner financing. No down Computer-Camera payment. From $257 per month. Call 785-554-9663 “FREE” Older Apple computer with monitor, caBANK ORDERED SALE! Tables and printer for ble Rock Lake. Missouri “FREE” - As Is - may be Lake Lot w/Deeded Slip great for parts - call $27,900 913-602-3127 Call 1-800-525-3140 now! www.tablerocklakesale.com Computer for Cheap. For someone who wants to get on the internet and doesn’t Farms-Acreage need a fancy computer. I have a full computer setup 30 Acres, near Big Springs for 80. 785-550-5865 on 40 Hwy, 9 mi. W. of LawCable Modem: rence.

Pasture, ponds. Motorola Model SB 5101, Barely $1,900/acre . 785-845-6238 used, $20.

Call Jackie Douglas Co. / Lecompton 785-979-4989 - 6 acres up to 50 acres, Speakers: Pioneer- 2- 30 wooded, ponds. A real inch 3 way Speakers, 100W MUST SEE! Owner finance $10 each.

Call Chrisavailable with little down.

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Food & Produce

Antiques

BellaRoca CUSTOM CAKES AND CAKE POPS Locally owned & operated. Let us satisfy all your cake needs bellarocadesigns.com info@bellarocadesigns.com 913-815-0343

Chickering Grand Piano, mahogany, like new, Will sacrifice price asking $6000. Also, Oak china cabinet, like new, asking $350.

Cadillac 2008 DTS Luxury 913-620-8451 III, White diamond, Panasonic Stereo System: heated/cooled seats, Remote start, alloy wheels, Holds 5 CD, 4 years old used very little with 2 front & rear park assist, Bose Sound, Very nice. speakers $95, Plus 2 RCA big speakers $15 each. STK#ONLY $25,995.

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Hide-a-bed: Nice, no tears, $50. Call after 4PM: 785856-0175 or 785-832-1049 .

Chain Mail Station: Storage and coiling. Asking Hospital Bed: FREE hospital bed. You haul it. Please $65. Call 785-766-3439 call 785-843-3266 Knitting Kit: Start christmas early! Mary Maxim Mattress Sets: Factory reChristmas stocking knitt- jects, new in plastic. Save ing kit - design & yarn in- up to 70%. All sizes. cluded. New. $25 cash. Call 785-766-6431 785-766-3439 Oak Rocker: $55 and other living room furnishings.

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Cars-Domestic

Pumper Pool Table: 38X55 good condition, two cues and pool balls with rules.

Free if you pick up: 785-887-6396.

Redfield Rifle Scope: 4x, CADILLAC 2004 XLR Conexcellent condition. $20. vertible, WOW!!

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Luxury and handling beyond belief. Only 23K miTV-Video les, local trade, very nice!! $30,745.00 TV: 27” Emerson TV flat STK#12545A. Screen. good picture, 5 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 years old, $75. www.dalewilleyauto.com 785-843-2791

Rocky Mountain Braunvieh Bull Sale April 21, 2011 i in Yoder, Colorado.

Selling 45 Braunvieh bulls and commercial females.

For catalog call 785-554-8596 or email Segarra@drrbraunvieh.com

Baby Spin and Play. Used only three times. In excellent condition. Asking $35.

Call 785-542-2492 Booster Seats. Two Graco brand and one Evenflo brand. Good condition. $15 each. 785-842-8776.

Boppy Prop’n Play. Boppy pillow plus a play gym!

Gym is easily removed to use only the pillow. Original packaging. Excellent condition. $20.

Call 785-550-9730.

Boys Clothes. Box of 45 plus pieces gently used, some new, boys clothes size 18-24 months. Pants, shirts, pajamas, sweatshirts. $25.

Call 785-841-3162 to see.

Graco Deluxe Playard: Like new playard w/bassinette, changing table, mobile, carry bag, diaper storage.

Winnie the Pooh design.

VERY CLEAN! $55. Call 785-550-9730.

Leap Frog Phonics Railroad. Perfect 1st train, figure 8, stops at RR crossings, teaches letter sounds. All pieces included & in excellent condition! $20. 785-550-9730 Medela Pump-In-Style Breastpump & Accessories Great Condition, $50. Baby Evenflow Mega Exersaucer, great condition, $15.

Graco 2009 Snug-ride Girls Infant Car Seat and Base, Pink & Brown Flower, only used a few months, Like New condition. $30. Call Jackie 785-979-4989 Park & Play Service Garage: 3 levels, 4 ramps, elevator, car wash, car lift, 2 gas pumps, 2 attendants.

Works w/hotwheels. 31”W x 28”D x 20”H. Mint condition. $40. 785-550-9730

Honda 2004 Civic EX How about up to 29MPG hiway?

Very nice, automatic, moonroof, newer tires, alloy wheels, PW, PL, CD, cruise. Nice clean car in champagne tan.

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“WE BUY CARS” WE WILL GIVE YOU THE MOST MONEY FOR YOUR LATE MODEL CAR, TRUCK, VAN OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE. IF YOU WANT TO SELL IT, WE WANT TO BUY IT. CONTACT ALLEN OR JEFF AT 785-843-5200 Sales@dalewilleyauto.com

Chevrolet 2009 Malibu LT FWD 4cyl., Steeringwheel control, ABS, traction control, cruise control, made right here in Kansas City!!! SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ECONOMY!!

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SPECIAL PURCHASE ‘09 & ‘10 G6’S 6 to choose from starting at $13,225. Rates as Low as 1.9% on GM Cerified cars! 29 MPG! Hurry for the Best Selection!!!

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CHEVY 2008 IMPALA FWD LT Leather heated seats, ABS, rear spoiler, alloy wheels, On Star, GM certified, XM radio and affordable only $16,995.00 STK#18910 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com Fleetwood 1998 Tioga Class Solid Oak computer C motorhome, 30 ft., sleeps desks - will stain to your 7, 1 slide, new tires, 34,000 preference $200.00 miles, loaded, excellent, (785) 594-3069 non-smoker, no pets. $22,900. 785-532-8978 Can Solid Oak entertainment be seen at Clinton Storage.

Cabinet room for 27” TV, Stereo set, DVD or Blue Travel Trailer: 2009 Wildray, set CD Stereo system wood by Forest River. 26ft, Lot of storage, $75. w/2doors, Dinette slide.

785-843-2791 Rear bedroom w/door. Full Bath. Gas cook top, oven.

Microwave. 2door refrigerHousehold Misc. ator& freezer. Front couch.

Electric hitch Cookware: Pressure cooker Awning.

- asking $15 cash. Please w/stabilizer bars. Lots of 2009 Sebring storage. Low miles. $14000. Chrysler call 785-766-3439 FWD, 4cyl., 30MPG, 785-865-2584/785-249-5738 cruise control, power Demitasse cups/saucers. equipment.

GREAT for Set of 6, multicolored, gold Commuting. 44K MILES, trim. See picture online.

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Dale Willey 785-843-5200 Philodendron: House plant www.dalewilleyauto.com in blue ceramic coffee mug. $5. 785-842-8776.

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Fishing Rods - Five (5) fishing rods for sale. Various sizes. $8 each. Please call 785-841-2228

Lawn, Garden & Nursery Glider: unique, very old, $75. Please call for more info. 785-887-6048.

Machinery-Tools

Bike: Boy’s 16” Schwinn SaMiscellaneous fari Bike for sale. Only $25.

Pickup in Lawrence, cash Lamp: Brooder Heat fixture only. Call 785-842-1735 with 2ft. cord, 250 W red lamp, clamp, no Bike: Girl’s 16” Disney Prin- heat cess Bike in great shape switch, $10. 785-843-5566 with training wheels for Pet Taxi. Large size. 36” L X only $30. Pick up in Law- 24” W X 26” H. $50 cash. rence, cash only. Call Call 785-842-1247 785-842-1735.

Music-Stereo (2) Spinet Pianos w/bench.

Lester $625, Lowery $425. & (1) Gulbransen console S425. Price includes delivery & tuning. 785-832-9906

Cars-Domestic

1-888-239-5723 All American Auto Mart 1200 E Sante Fe Olathe, KS www.aaamkc.com Dale Willey Automotive 2840 Iowa Street (785) 843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com Cadillac 2001 Deville, Leather dual power seats, alloy wheels, complete luxury, 84K miles and up to 27MPG, very nice only $8,995. STK#18717.

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Dodge 2007 Magnum SXT - Must be seen ... Hasn’t been on the street at all this winter, & it shows.

Drives amazing. Looks like it just came off the show room. Interior super clean, sports car red paint, great chrome tires. custom dual exhaust. 38k miles. $13,990, well below Blue Book price. No loan on car, clear title. Car is in Lawrence - You are welcome to come see it in person. My name is Josh.

You can call me at 785-691-5369 DON’T SEE WHAT YOU WANT? GIVE US A CALL WE CAN HELP YOU FIND IT! DALE WILLEY AUTOMOTIVE, JUST ASK FOR DOUG 785-843-5200

Kia 2010 Soul FWD, Automatic, Alloy wheels, CD/XM/FM Stereo, Power equipment, 26K Miles, LIKE NEW, ONLY $16,995.00 STK#13783 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

CADILLAC 2006 DTS Luxury II, 49K miles, Leather heated/cooled seats, Remote start, On Star, All power equip, and much more.

Only $16,744.00 STK#614861.

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Sport Utility-4x4

Jeep 2008 Wrangler UnlimHonda 2001 CRV SE. Recent ited Rubicon, Navigation, trade, two owner NO acci- heated seats, both tops, 1 dent clean history all local trade-in. wheel drive CRV. Alloy Johnny I’s Cars wheels and nice hard 814 Iowa 785-841-3344 cover on spare. Shows www.johnnyiscars.com great care even though higher miles. 4 cyl. for up to 23 MPG hiway. See website for photos.

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Nissan 2004 Murano SL, in popular Pearl White with Scion 2006 XA Auto Pearl tan heated leather. ONE Blue Package III, Local car owner, NO accident clean car. BOSE, moonroof, and - great mpg. much more. All wheel Johnny I’s Cars Drive, and well cared for 814 Iowa 785-841-3344 118K miles. See website for www.johnnyiscars.com photos.

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Call 785-840-6209 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com Subaru 2006 Forester. AWD, side airbags, 67K, auto Subaru 2006 Legacy Out- transmission, Twilight back Wagon, 1 owner, 57K Pearl Grey.

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Toyota 2003 Camry XLE. 4cyl leather, moon, 150kmiles excellent $8900.

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Toyota 2004 Celica GT 4cyl. Moon auto 1own 139k $7800 View pics at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

2004 Jeep Wrangler X 4x4 4.0L 5sp, Soft Top, 70k, AC, Nice Nice Jeep Call 888-239-5723

LINCOLN 2007 NAVIGATOR 4WD V8, Sunroof, DVD, Navigation, 20: Wheels, 3rd Row Power Seat, Heated 7 Cooled Seats, Power Running Boards, and much more! $31,995.00 STK#373951 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Toyota 1999 4Runner Limited. Leather interior, a few minor exterior dings, 121,300 miles. Starter replaced recently. Very reliable vehicle.

Call Toyota 2004 Rav4, FWD, 785-218-2456 for more info. auto, 4cyl., 1 owner, Dirt road metallic.

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Johnny I’s Cars 814 Iowa 785-841-3344 www.johnnyiscars.com WHAT IS GM CERTIFIED? 100,000 MILE/5YEAR LIMITED POWER TRAIN WARRANTY, 117 Point Inspection, 12 MONTH/12,000 Mile bumper to Bumper warranty, 24 Hour GM Roadside Assistance and courtesy transportation during term or power train warranty.

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Toyota 1999 4Runner Ltd leather, moonroof, 4WD 184k, $8900.

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Truck-Pickups

Motorcycle-ATV Protect Your Vehicle with an Extended Service Contract from Dale Willey Automotive.

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2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer SS

Volvo 2004 S60 2.5T AWD, black, sunroof, leather 112k $9900 View pics at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

JEEP 2008 Grand Cherokee Laredo 4WD, 26K miles, Warrenty, Alloy wheels, One owner, Power seat, XM/CD/MP3 Stereo, only $21,995.00 STK#10746.

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Cheverolet 2003 SILVERADO 2500HD Crew Cab, 4WD LS, Hard to find, Hurry before its gone!!

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Crossovers

Audi 2003 A6 3.0L AWD, sport, auto, leather, moonroof, 73k miles, $11,900 View pics at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

1989 Mercedes-Benz 300 with AMG Appearance package. Red w/Tan interior, Real Wood Trim, Low Profile Tires on Chrome Rims, Sunroof loaded. $4,888.

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Chevrolet 2011 HHR LT FWD 4cyl, ONLY 8669 miles. WHY PAY FOR NEW When you can get this GM CErtified and save money!!! STK#17583 ONLY $17,995 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

HONDA 2007 PILOT EXL FWD V6, Leather, Sunroof, ABS, Alloy wheels, CD Changer, Keyless remote, 67K miles, Only $20,995.00 STK#18084 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Chevrolet 2010 HHR LS 35K Miles, 4cyl., FWD, automatic, ABS, CD, Cruise control, power windows,& locks, ONLY $13,995.00 STK#19566B. Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

1951 Chevrolet Hi-Boy 4x4 Well built 454CI bored to 468CI. Fun Driver with all the looks. $12,488 Call 888-239-5723 Today.

Audi 2004 Allroad AWD 2.7 Quatro wagon. Get the luxury of a sedan and the rougedness of an SUV! This vehicle is unbelieveable, leather, sunroof, Bose sound, 63K Miles and much more.

Only $14,890.

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2003 BMW 330CIC Convertible Auto, Leather, Heated Seats 89k. Awesome Car For Only $13,488 Call 888-239-5723 Today.

MINI 2007 COOPER FWD 68K Miles, Ultra sunroof, Heated seats, Alloy wheels, PWR Equip and more. Come live a little!

Only $14,487.00 STK#319811.

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BMW 2001 325i auto, premium pkg, 1 owner, leather, 4dr, silver, like new 110k miles, $9900 View pics at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Chevrolet 2009 Traverse LT AWD Only 35K Miles, GM Certified, On Star, alloy wheels, 8 Passenger Seating, 22 MPG and lots of room!

STK#359631 ONLY $26,412.

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2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution GSR 15k, All Wheel Drive, loaded. This Car is like Brand New! Call 888-239-5723 Today.

Hummer 2010 H3 5CYL, 4WD, ONLY 7600 Miles, Running boards, alloy wheels, sunroof, On star, AND MORE!!

ONLY $28,514.

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2006 Hummer H3 4x4 3.5L Auto, Nerf Bars, Premium Wheels, Leather Black on Black Only $21,988 Call 888-239-5723

Chevrolet 2010 Silverado 4WD LT 1500 CREW CAB, ONLY 21K MILES, 5.3Liter V8, ABS, Remote start, alloy wheels, running boards, On Star, GM CERTIFIED, STK#548191 ONLY $28,726. .

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CHEVY 2007 HHR LT FWD 4CYL 5SP, Great gas mileage @ 30 MPG, One owner, PWR Equip, Cruise Control, AM/FM/XM/CD Radio, Leatherl Only $12,450.00 STK#566532 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

2005 Ford Mustang GT Convertible

Black on Black 5 Speed, V8, Mechanics Special only $4,888.

Needs Engine Work. But Runs & Drives now.

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Scion 2010 TC with under 1000 miles! Super clean one owner, automatic.

Why buy new? Awesome alloy wheels, 160W Pioneer audio, Dual moon roof. See website for more info and photos.

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GMC 2008 ENVOY SLT 4WD 4.2 6CYL, 46K Miles, Sunroof, Heated Leather Seats, Running Boards, Tow pkg, Alloy Wheels, Steering Wheel Controls, On Star, GM Certified. $20,841.00. STK#11159 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Sport Utility-4x4

On Ford Chassis 48k Nice Coach Sleeps 6, Dual AC, 7500 Watt Generator.

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Hunting-Fishing

Saturn 2009 Aura XE FWD 3.5 V6 Leather heated seats, alloy wheels, On Star, keyless remote and much more!

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Toyota 2009 Prius, Local car, 50MPG, side air bags, Sage Metallic.

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Cars-Imports

Audi 2004 A4 3.0 AWD auto leather 2 owner, 88k, sport pkg. $11900 View pics at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

1993 Catalina Coachman RV

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HONDA 2008 FIT 4CYL, FWD, Manual, One owner, Alloy wheels, Keyless remote and Cruise control. What a great commuter car at 34 MPG! $13,995.00.

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Crossovers

Nissan 2001 Sentra 4cyl auto, gas saver , 97k, rough paint, dependable $4950.

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“We can locate any vehicle you are looking for.”

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Resentment stems from lazy roommate Annie’s Mailbox

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asking, and I’ve probably lost $100 that way. If I ever ask him about these things, he gets angry or promises to try harder, but it never happens.

Randy is now out of town, and he left me all the dirty dishes and a ton of garbage. I admit I’m disorganized and I procrastinate, but Randy makes no effort to contribute. What can I do? — Frustrated in New York

I have seen the future of animation and it is “The Problem Solverz” (7:45 p.m., Cartoon Network). Actually, that’s not true at all, I just said that because you have to trot out the phrase: “I have seen the future ... ” every now and then just to have your critic license renewed. Consider it done.

“The Problem Solverz” continues the “Adult Swim” habit of marrying the most minimal and cheerfully cheap style of cartooning with mind-warping plots and cosmic conundrums.

“The Problem Solverz” looks like it was cooked up in 1987 on a Commodore 64 computer. And I mean that as a compliment.

Much like “Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” this cartoon consists of weird-looking archetypal characters rendered in an aggressively ugly fashion. Horace is the sensible one with a weird butchered haircut. Roba is a super-logical but fearful nerd who feels protected by dressing as a robot. Alfe is described as “half man, half Anteater and half dog.” He’s a sort of an infantile Chewbacca with an insatiable appetite for pizza.

The first problem for the “Solverz” involves a rogue roller coaster called “The Time Twister,” which sends hapless riders into advanced old age. The “Solverz” decide to board it up to prevent any additional temporal damage, but Alfe sees it as a good way of getting to yesterday to eat a cold slice of pizza all over again. He quickly shreds the fabric of time and space, f illing downtown with dinosaurs, etc. You don’t have to be wellversed in any of Einstein’s theories to keep up here, but I’m sure it would help. ● Workaholic parents get a wake-up call from those they neglect most on the new series “Kidnapped by the Kids” (8 p.m., OWN). ● TCM commemorates the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War with a month-long film festival of Civil War-themed movies running on Monday and Wednesday night throughout the month of April. Things kick off with the 1939 epic “Gone with the Wind” (7 p.m., Eastern, TCM). ● PBS continues their repeat of the 1990 documentary series “The Civil War” (7 p.m., PBS) nightly through Thursday.

Tonight’s other highlights ● The Yankees host the Twins (6 p.m., ESPN). ● A candidate falls ill as an election nears on “House” (7 p.m., Fox). ● The NCAA Basketball Championships (8 p.m., CBS) conclude. ● “Intervention” (7 p.m., A&E, TV-PG), gives way to “Relapse” (8 p.m., A&E). ● Negotiations fizzle on “The Event” (8 p.m., NBC). ● A bank robber meets a grim fate on “The Chicago Code” (8 p.m., Fox). ● The documentary “His Way” (8 p.m., HBO) profiles producer Jerry Weintraub a power broker in Hollywood and Washington. ● Josh needs a defender on the season finale of “Harry’s Law” (9 p.m., NBC). ● A half-baked murder victim on “Castle” (9 p.m., ABC).

ROYAL FAMILY By Gary Cooper

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don’t deal with it and work out Annoyed Aunt a tolerable arrangement.

Dear Annoyed: A 12-yearDear Annie: My 12-year-old old girl should be able to say niece is terribly shy. When I hello to her aunt, but it is not recently visited my brother’s your place to make demands. home (with advance warning), The most you should do is sugshe hid in her parents’ bed- gest that your brother and his room and would not come out wife talk to the girl’s pediatrito say hello. cian. It sounds as if she has a Today, I was on the phone severe social anxiety disorder with my sister-in-law and that could become more of a asked to say hi to my niece. I liability as she gets older. was told the girl had left the room because she didn’t want — Please email your questions to to speak on the phone. I think anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or my brother and his wife should write to Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box insist that my niece speak to 118190 Chicago, IL 60611. others. Am I wrong? —

Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy E. Parker April 4, 2011

Dear New York: These are common issues between roommates, and everyone resolves them differently. You could specify which parts of the apartment you will clean and then do so, telling Randy the rest is his. You could ask Randy to contribute money in lieu of working so you can invest in cleaning supplies or hire help.

You could pool your resources to hire an occasional cleaning person. Whatever you decide, resentment will build if you

‘The Problem Solverz’ goes back to the future

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JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS For Monday, April 4: You could be surprised and delighted by everything that might occur in the next few months. You have entered a new life cycle, and the first year is often very lucky. If you are single, the person you have long dreamt of could appear. If you are attached, you'll be much happier within the relationship than you have been for years. Taurus could be quite possessive.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You'll Have: 5Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) ★★★★★ You wake up refreshed and ready to go.

If you're not working, you might have what seems like endless ideas and possibilities. Tonight: Treat yourself on the way home.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) ★★★ Much happens behind the scenes during the daylight hours. You wonder what your possibilities are, and you sense they might be limitless.

Tonight: Go for what you want.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) ★★★★★ Your ability to grasp concepts is far more unique than you know. For you, the problem

Author-poet Maya Angelou is 83. Actor Craig T. Nelson is 67. Actress Christine Lahti is 61.

Singer Steve Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 60.

Writer-producer David E. Kelley is 55. Actor Hugo

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lies in relaying the idea.

Tonight: Burning the midnight oil.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ★★★★ Deal with a partnership directly early on. You don't want a problem later, when a potential issue could have been rerouted and/or worked through. Tonight: Dream on.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★★★ You often visualize situations very differently from many people. Your ability to read between the lines helps you establish a greater sense of direction. Tonight: Until the wee hours.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★★★ Others naturally defer to you, as they know whatever the issue in question might be, you will handle it properly. Tonight: Say "yes." Open up to a discussion.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ★★★★ Dive into work knowing full well that a lot could happen and toss you into chaos. You see a networking option on the horizon. Tonight: Maintain a sense of humor.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ★★★★ Your creativity seems endless to many.

Please don't take it for granted, as nothing is endless, and a lot can and

BIRTHDAYS

Weaving is 51. Bassist Craiig Adams (The Cult) is 49. Comedian David Cross ("Arrested Development," ''Mr. Show") is 47. Actor Robert Downey Jr. is 46.

Actress Nancy McKeon is 45. Country singer Clay

might happen. Be clear with your choices. Tonight: Let the good times rock and roll.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21) ★★★★★ There is only so much one person can do in a key situation.

You might wonder what the best option is. Right now, you need to think as if you were on your own.

Tonight: Working a little too long for your taste.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ★★★★ Acting confident is half the battle, if not more. However, if you don't have the intellectual or mental grounding, situations could develop that you never wished for or dreamt of. Tonight: A friend becomes more receptive.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ★★★★ You can be succinct and forthright, but don't be too sure of yourself. Know when you don't know. Tonight: Head home.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★ Use caution with spending. A swirl of activity could cause a problem if you aren't ready.

Listen to what is being shared about a money matter. Tonight: Share with a pal.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

ACROSS 1 Watch chains 5 Golden Rule preposition 9 Fawning flattery 14 Big South American bird 15 Hog’s milieu?

16 Vietnam War bombing target 17 Worm catcher, in a saying 19 Dealer’s inventory 20 Joule fraction 21 Boathouse item 22 Jack Nicholson title role of 2002 24 Bow out 26 Land of the free, for short 27 When you pocket it, you scratch 31 ZIP code org.

35 Animal’s track 38 Highly skilled 40 ___ mode (served with ice cream) 41 Retaliatory tactics 44 Hockey legend Bobby 45 More wise

46 Dickens character Heep 47 Mental workout 49 Using intuition 51 Pub offering 53 Salad type 57 Swaggering show of courage 61 Ability to hit a target 62 Grounded bird 63 No longer squeaky 64 Settle a score physically 67 Really love 68 Bluesman Redding 69 “That smarts!”

70 A time of your life 71 Price of quarters 72 Big game (Var.) DOWN 1 Not as tied-up 2 Windy City airport 3 They might scrape bows 4 Erie Canal mule 5 Suave and polished 6 Gritty film genre 7 Sticky stuff 8 Chances 9 Former Iranian

leaders 10 Kenyan rebel of the 1950s 11 Social starter?

12 Ritual cross 13 Humidifier output 18 Dannon products 23 Mea ___ 25 Clickable image 28 Trash vessel 29 Pro pitchers 30 Casts desirous eyes 32 Hindu garment 33 Court action 34 Window framework 35 Aberdeen resident 36 Scrutinize (with “over”) 37 Not theirs 39 Coastal

disaster 42 Relaxed 43 Suggest strongly 48 Watering hole 50 Most standoffish 52 Puts cargo abroard 54 Asian capital 55 Wild way to run?

56 Buzzi and Ginsburg 57 Fishing vessel 58 Fair attraction 59 Skinsoothing stuff 60 Unpleasant smell 61 Similar 65 4x4 vehicle, for short 66 Tip of a boot

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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

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

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Dear Annie: I am a 22-yearold college student living on a fixed income in a small apartment with a roommate.

“Randy” is one of my best friends, and we’ve known each other for 10 years. We’re a good match. I suffer from Asperger’s, and Randy has a minor case of OCD. We are two average, slightly sloppy 20-somethings. But I have a problem with Randy.

We moved in together a year ago and have only twice set aside time to clean the place.

The first time, I was the only one doing anything. Randy spent those three days barking orders at me and playing on his computer. A few weeks ago, he asked if “we” could clean. He helped in the kitchen, although I did all the hard stuff while he mostly supervised. The next day, we started on the bathroom, but Randy got sidetracked playing on his computer, and I ended up cleaning it myself.

Once in a blue moon, Randy will vacuum the living room, but he gives up about a third of the way through. He refuses to wash the dishes with anything except cheap paper towels that come apart, so there’s always food still caked on them, and I have to rewash them. Randy yells at me for leaving things out, even though he does the same thing. He’s been known to throw my stuff away without

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9 Former Iranian

Bobby 45 More wise

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

Ans:

Davidson is 40. Singer Josh Todd of Buckcherry is 40. Singer Jill Scott is 39. agnus Bassist Ma Sveningsson of The Cardigans is 39. Magician David Blaine is 38. Singer Kelly Price is 38.

Saturday’s

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: POUCH ALONG CRUNCH PIGSTY Answer: What one gets when they carpool with someone who won’t stop talking — NO “YOU” TURNS

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WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR

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10B Monday, April 4, 2011

L AWRENCE J OURNAL -WORLD

A&M stifles Stanford ————

Layup in final seconds lifts Aggies to 63-62 win INDIANAPOLIS (AP ) — Texas A&M’s defense was good enough to upset two No. 1 seeds. The Aggies will find out Tuesday night if it is good enough to win their f irst national championship.

Sydney Colson drove the length of the floor and found a cutting Tyra White for a layup with 3.3 seconds left to give the Aggies a thrilling 6362 victory Sunday over Stanford, which goes home from its fourth straight Final Four without a championship. The teams traded leads five times in the final minute, capping A&M’s remarkable rally from a 10-point deficit in the final six minutes.

And they’re not finished yet.

“It’s time to make history,” Colson said.

The Aggies (32-5) already have done that by punching a ticket to their first title game.

Beat homestate favorite Notre Dame, a 72-63 upset winner over Connecticut, on Tuesday night and the Aggies (32-5) will have far more to celebrate in a year the program pro-

BOX SCORE TEXAS A&M (32-5) Carter 5-19 0-0 14, Bellock 0-0 0-0 0, Baker 1-3 0-0 2, White 8-16 1-1 18, Elonu 2-8 0-0 4, Adams 5-12 5-5 16, Pratcher 0-0 0-0 0, Gilbert 0-1 0-0 0, Assarian 1-1 0-0 2, Colson 1-5 4-4 7. Totals 23-65 10-10 63.

STANFORD (33-3) Murphy 3-5 2-2 8, Ruef 2-5 0-0 4, C. Ogwumike 2-7 0-2 4, Pedersen 2-6 0-0 4, La Rocque 0-0 0-0 0, Pohlen 4-8 0-1 11, N. Ogwumike 10-15 11-14 31, Kokenis 0-0 0-0 0, Boothe 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 2346 13-19 62.

Halftime—Stanford 27-23. 3-Point Goals— Texas A&M 7-20 (Carter 4-8, Colson 1-3, Adams 1-4, White 1-4, Baker 0-1), Stanford 3-6 (Pohlen 3-4, Ruef 0-1, Pedersen 0-1). Fouled Out— Murphy, C. Ogwumike. Rebounds—Texas A&M 29 (Elonu 8), Stanford 39 (Pedersen 10). Assists— Texas A&M 10 (Colson 6), Stanford 13 (Murphy, Pedersen, Pohlen 4). Total Fouls—Texas A&M 19, Stanford 18. A—NA.

duced its first All-American, Danielle Adams, and broke through on the national stage by beating Baylor last week after three losses to the topseeded Bears this season.

“Give credit,” coach Gary Blair said after winning his first semifinal game in two tries. “Defense will win for you.”

And Sunday’s comeback will not be soon forgotten.

When Stanford took a 54-44 lead with 6:01 to play, most people inside Conseco Field-

house assumed the Cardinal were heading to their third title game in four years.

The Aggies — and that oppressive defense — had other thoughts.

Stanford (33-3) managed only two more baskets the rest of the night, and A&M’s aggressive offensive moves got them back into the game.

The Cardinal just couldn’t stop the rally.

“I thought we played very well to get the lead,” Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said.

“We had to do some things that we don’t have to do all season long against anyone else.”

That was the plan all along.

The A&M players said they wanted to make Stanford uncomfortable and the Cardinal never looked more flustererd than in that frantic final minute.

Colson, who woozily went to the bench after a hard screen earlier in the half, gave Texas A&M a 59-58 lead by making two free throws with 53 seconds left.

Eighteen seconds later,

Adams was called for a foul on Stanford’s Nnemkadi Ogwumike. The upset Adams got up and started running toward the Aggies bench, with one of the referees telling her to calm down. Ogwumike made both shots to give Stanford a 60-59 lead.

“It was hectic, you know,” Aggies guard Sydney Carter said. “Everybody was saying 30 seconds for the rest of y’all’s lives.”

Turns out 30 seconds was still an eternity in this game.

A&M came back with White’s layup with 19 seconds to go, only to have Ogwumike answer with a tough layup of her own with 9 seconds left that gave Stanford a 62-61 lead.

The Aggies, without a timeout, immediately got the ball to Colson, who raced up the floor and dished to White for the winner.

White f inished with 18 points, and a slow-starting Adams had 16 points to lead the Aggies.

The Cardinal were led by Ogwumike’s 31 points.

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TEXAS A&M PLAYERS SYDNEY COLSON, LEFT, and Danielle Adams celebrate their 63-62 win over Stanford. A&M won Sunday in Indianapolis to advance to Tuesday’s national championship.

Notre Dame stuns top-seeded UConn, 72-63

NOTRE DAME’S BECCA BRUSZEWSKI, CENTER, goes up with a shot against Connecticut players Stefanie Dolson, left, and Tiffany Hayes. The Irish stunned UConn, 72-63, in a national semifinal Sunday in Indianpolis.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — It’s not often Maya Moore meets her match. Skylar Diggins was up to the task, and Notre Dame will play for a national championship because of it.

The sensational sophomore guard scored 28 points and hotshooting Notre Dame upset UConn, 72-63, on Sunday night, ending the brilliant career of Moore and the Huskies’ quest for a third straight national championship.

Ten years after their last title, the Irish will be playing for another one Tuesday night against Texas A&M, which beat Stanford, 63-62, in the first semifinal. The Aggies scored with 3 seconds left in a back-and-forth game to set up the improbable championship game that features no top seeds for the first time since 1994.

Connecticut and Stanford had each been to the Final Four the last four seasons and were expected to meet for the title on Tuesday night in a rematch of last year’s title game.

While UConn won that meeting, the Cardinal ended UConn’s record 90-game winning streak on Dec. 30. Everyone thought the rematch would come here in Indi-

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BOX SCORE NOTRE DAME (31-7) Diggins 10-14 6-6 28, Achonwa 2-4 0-2 4, Miller 0-0 0-0 0, Peters 3-8 2-3 8, Turner 0-1 0-0 0, Novosel 8-13 5-7 22, Mallory 3-6 1-2 8, Bruszewski 1-6 0-2 2. Totals 27-52 14-22 72.

CONNECTICUT (36-2) Hayes 2-7 0-0 4, Hartley 4-10 1-2 10, Moore 1430 3-7 36, Dixon 1-2 0-0 2, Dolson 2-4 3-4 7, Buck 0-0 0-0 0, Faris 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 25-59 7-13 63.

Halftime—Connecticut 32-26. 3-Point Goals— Notre Dame 4-8 (Diggins 2-4, Novosel 1-1, Mallory 1-3), Connecticut 6-18 (Moore 5-13, Hartley 1-2, Hayes 0-1, Faris 0-2). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—Notre Dame 39 (Bruszewski 8), Connecticut 27 (Moore 8). Assists—Notre Dame 10 (Diggins 6), Connecticut 16 (Faris 5).

Total Fouls—Notre Dame 13, Connecticut 19. A— NA.

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“This is what women’s basketball needs,” Texas A&M coach Gary Blair said. “It needs regional finals, national semifinal and national final games like this to sometimes wake up America.”

Notre Dame was 0-3 against its Big East rival this season, but the Irish had all the answers this time for the Huskies, who lost for just the second time in three seasons.

The Irish already had beaten Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament, ending a 20-game skid against the Volunteers.

Now the Irish (31-7) have knocked out the two-time defending champions.

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Moore finished with 36 points, including 12 straight as she tried to rally the Huskies from a 12-point deficit in the final 6 minutes, but it wasn’t enough for UConn (36-2).

“I don’t know that you could wish for somebody better to spend four years with,” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said of Moore. “I don’t think she needs to hang her head one bit.”

The four-time All-American and AP player of the year was overshadowed by Diggins, the South Bend native who felt right at home in Conseco Fieldhouse, where she led her high school to three straight championships.

Calmly directing her offense and fearlessly driving into the lane to create chances for herself and her teammates, Diggins now has a chance to add a NCAA championship to that list.

“We had to be poised, I mean, we had to try to make Maya take tough shots, and I think she did,” Diggins said.

“And at the end we said, ’We have to stay poised on defense and we have to execute on offense.’ We showed a lot more poise than we did in the

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Trailing 34-26 early in the second half, Diggins’ threepoint play started a 15-4 run by the Irish. Devereaux Peters’ added her own three-point play that gave Notre Dame a 38-37 advantage — its first lead since midway through the first half.

Diggins capped the burst with another three-point play that made it 41-38 with 13:17 left and brought the pro-Irish crowd to its feet and left Auriemma’s team reeling.

The Irish extended their lead to 47-40 a few minutes later before UConn cut the deficit to four on Bria Hartley’s 3-pointer.

Brittany Mallory and Natalie Novosel hit consecutive 3pointers to make it a 12-point game with just over 7 minutes left. Moore did her best to try to rally her young team, but the Huskies fell short.

Moore started her flurry with a three-point play and then a hit a deep three. After Novosel hit a layup Moore hit another 3-pointer that made it 63-60 with 2:26 left. That’s as close as the Huskies would get as Diggins and the Irish were too much for them down the stretch.

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