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Pearl Harbor fading from memory

By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com

Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series marking the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, which occurred on Dec. 7, 1941.

Seventy years after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, scholars of history say the event shaped the lives of many who

lived through it, long after the Dec. 7, 1941, date that lived in infamy. But that influence may be waning with younger generations.

From 1969 to 2006, Ted Wilson, a Kansas University history professor, taught a course on World War II. As part of the course, he required his undergraduate students to conduct oral histories of people from the time period. It didn’t have to be

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someone who served in the military, Wilson said, but it certainly could have been. Though the course was an introductory history course with large numbers of students, Wilson graded all the oral history papers himself.

He estimates he read about 8,500 of them over the years, and he’s kept about 3,500 of them in the basement of his home.

Wilson said several major themes emerged for the people

who remembered the event firsthand.

Only a small number of them knew about Pearl Harbor or where it was before the attack, Wilson said. And, as it represented the beginning of America’s entry into World War II, it also represented the beginning of many changes for people all across the country.

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PEARL HARBOR VISITORS enter the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, which is built over the sunken remains of the battleship, to experience and pay their respects on Nov. 19, 2011. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the attack that drew the U.S. into World War Please see PEARL, page 2A II.

‘I was right in the middle of heart attack and had no idea what was going on.’

By Shaun Hittle sdhittle@ljworld.com

Kansas enacted new drunken driving laws, effective July 1, making ignition interlock devices mandatory for even first-time offenders, creating a central repository to better track drunken drivers across the state and expanding treatment options.

The law also earned the state the highest possible rating from Mothers Against Drunk Driving for laws designed to combat drunken driving. Today, we check in with the people who deal with understanding — and implementing — the law on a daily basis. Here’s what we found:

Ignition interlock devices For Ace Bail Bonds, the DUI law has been a big boost to business, said owner Steve Robson.

Ace is one of a few local businesses that install the interlock devices, and Robson said they’ve seen installations increase significantly over the past couple of months.

Before the new law, Ace Bail Bonds would install a small number of the devices every month, but now, they’re averaging about a 100 monthly.

The biggest issue Robson has been hearing about usage of the devices is people who drink alcohol the night before and then fail the breath test in the morning. After three failures within 15 minutes, users of the interlock must pay a $25 fee to have the device reset.

Breathalyzer refusals One of the disappointments with the law expressed by state Sen. Tim Owens, R-Overland Park, who helped craft the legislation, was that Breathalyzer, or alcohol-level breath test, refusal Please see DUI, page 2A

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“ALL THOSE PEOPLE (family members) were standing there crying because of me. That was the worst part of it all,” said Barbara Sufian, 62, who came home Nov. 30 after suffering two heart attacks on Oct. 24. Sufian, who says her family has a history of heart attacks and bypasses, would like more women to get checked for heart problems.

Classic symptoms often absent in women

By Christine Metz cmetz@ljworld.com

Barbara Sufian was preparing lunch when she felt a sharp pain that radiated from her waist, up her back and to her right shoulder.

“I was right in the middle of heart attack and had no idea what was going on,” Sufian said of the Oct. 24 medical emergency.

With a sister who had a heart attack at age 41 and

two brothers who underwent heart bypass surgery, Sufian said she was aware of the typical symptoms.

But because Sufian didn’t feel any pain on her left side, she didn’t think it was a heart attack. And that almost cost the 62-year-old woman her life.

“Historically, we have been told if you are hav-

ing a heart attack the pain goes up your arm on the left side to your neck and face,” Sufian said “If I had one of those symptoms, I would have gone to the doctor.”

It’s only when she collapsed that she realized she might be having a heart attack and called 911.

She was taken by ambulance to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where she had

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ECKAN volunteer familiar with clients’ needs

By Micki Chestnut

When people struggling with poverty come into the ECKAN office for assistance, whether they need funds to pay their rent or canned goods from the agency’s Just Food pantry, volunteer Nicole Dyke provides them with much more than physical assistance.

She offers emotional support born out of empathy.

She knows what folks are facing, the sense of hopelessness and frustration Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo they feel when they can’t NICOLE DYKE, a volunteer at ECKAN, can pay the rent or feed their empathize with recipients of services there families.

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the Senior Commodities program and running the Holiday Bureau, through which individuals and families are “adopted” for the holidays.

ECKAN, which stands for East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp., is a community action agency that serves low-income people by providing services ranging from food and utilities assistance to access to affordable housing.

Lillie Okwuone, ECKAN’s coordinator, is so thankful for Dyke’s unflagging support that she nominated Dyke for the United

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The ECKAN Holiday Bureau is already busy taking applications from people in need and pairing them with donors who want to make someone’s holiday wishes come true.

“The demand will be higher this year,” said Lillie Okwuone, ECKAN coordinator.

Last year, ECKAN paired 50 donors with 170 individuals and families, and 313 people received gifts. By the second week of November this year, ECKAN had already received 115 applications from families and individuals, with more coming in daily, said Nicole Dyke, a volunteer who helps administer the Holiday Please see VOLUNTEER, page 2A Bureau. If the pace keeps up, she

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lived it. I’ve been homeless,” Dyke said.

Years ago, she was a single mom, working to support her two boys, then ages 3 and 4, when she was injured. The injury caused her to lose her job and prevented her from finding another.

“We lived in a car, in the wintertime,” she remembers. “It was tough. But I didn’t let my spirits get down.”

Dyke’s indomitable spirit has made her a powerful volunteer for ECKAN, where she’s been a full-time unpaid staff member for the past five years, logging up to 40 hours a week manning the phones, administering

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said, the number of people hoping to be adopted will far outpace last year’s total.

Donors may specify how many gifts they’d like to donate or how many people they would like to adopt. They may also make cash donations, which ECKAN will use to purchase gifts for those who are not adopted. Usually, the gift requests are for basic items, Okwuone says, such as clothing and shoes, books and toys for children. “This year, people are asking for simple things, like forks and spoons, pots and pans.”

To adopt a family through the ECKAN Holiday Bureau, contact Okwuone at 785-841-3357 or lokwuone@eckan.org.

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DEATHS DOROTHY STEWARD Funeral services for Dorothy Steward, 95, Lawrence, formerly of Belleville, are pending and will be announced by Warren-McEl-

wain Mortuary.

She died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at Baldwin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Baldwin City.

EDWARD J. GERGICK SR. Funeral services for Edward J. Gergick Sr., 87, Tonganoxie, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Tonganoxie. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Tonganoxie.

Mr. Gergick died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at his home.

The family will meet friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Tuesday at the church, with a rosary to be recited at 7 p.m.

Obituary policy Information about what the newspaper accepts and other guidelines, including costs for obituaries, can be obtained through your mortuary, by calling the Journal-World at 785832-7154, or online at LJWorld.com/obits/policy/.

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Yearly cost of a first conviction for driving under the influence: Interlock installation and fees: $917 Insurance increase: $60/month Court/jail costs: $143.50 Treatment: $220 to $270 Fines and probation costs: $810, $1150 Lawyer: $1,000 minimum License reinstatement fee: $100 Refusal of breath test to find blood-alcohol level: $400 Total estimated cost range: $3,910 to $4,700

wasn’t criminalized. That is, it’s not a criminal — but rather a traffic — offense for someone to refuse a Breathalyzer during a traffic stop.

While a person who refuses a Breathalyzer automatically loses his or her driver’s license for a year, it’s more difficult for prosecutors to obtain a DUI conviction without the test.

“Defendants (who refuse) are less likely to face criminal charges,” said Charles Branson, Douglas County District Attorney.

But some prosecutors, including Branson, have taken steps to close that loophole by working with police and judges to streamline the search warrant process for a blood test when probable cause exists.

Scott McPherson, county attorney for Rice County, said his office has copied the Douglas County model.

“It seems to be working well,” said McPherson, who estimates officers have requested search warrants for blood tests in about a dozen cases since the new law was implemented.

Whether district attorneys take the steps Branson and McPherson have to handle refusals is up to each district, and it’s unclear how many counties have implemented similar plans.

The takeaway for drivers who are pulled over, at least in Douglas County, is simple: A refusal will likely lead to a search warrant for a blood test, and refusing will bring about more consequences than if a driver consents. In addition to losing a license for a year, drivers who refuse will be assessed a $400 lab fee for the blood test.

Treatment Kendall Heiman, addictions counselor at Professional Treatment Services, performs the substance abuse assessments and evaluations required for all DUI offenders. Judges use the assessments when deciding whether to order further treatment.

The biggest change with the new law, Heiman said, is an opening up of state funding for offenders who are tagged in assessments as needing additional treatment. Since the law has passed, Heiman said the treatment needs for of-

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Way Roger Hill Volunteer Center’s 2010 Wallace Galluzzi Outstanding Volunteer Award.

With Dyke sharing many of the day-to-day duties of the busy office, which serves about 4,800 clients a year, Okwuone says she is freed up to do more comprehensive case management for clients and to collaborate with other social service partners in Douglas County.

“Nicole loves people and gives joy to others,” Okwuone shares. “She has such a caring and giving personality that you feel good when she is around you.”

“I like helping people — it’s

Costs will vary based on service providers chosen and whether someone applies for diversion. Information provided by Ace Bail Bonds, Professional Treatment Services, Douglas County Assistant District Attorney Greg Benefiel, the Ron King Agency and local attorney John Frydman.

fenders who come through her door vary.

For DUI offenders who don’t present the markers for a substance abuse disorder, their treatment plan will consist of the assessment and follow-up at an eight-hour alcohol awareness and information course, Heiman said.

But when someone fits the criteria for further treatment, Heiman can recommend outpatient treatment, which can range up to 20 hours of group and individual treatment per week.

Heiman said they’ve seen success at this stage of treatment, which can provide the wake-up call to people that they have a substance abuse problem.

“There’s this moment of clarity” for offenders, Heiman said.

In rare cases, Heiman can recommend inpatient treatment, and the new law allocates state funding for offenders who don’t have insurance and can’t afford inpatient treatment.

Gary Lee, director of services at Valeo, the Topeka-based substance abuse treatment facility, said they haven’t yet begun to see DUI offenders sent to their 40bed facility based on the new law, but he expects to in the coming years.

The center provides a wide-range of treatment, including detox, group therapy and individual counseling for their clients, who typically stay about two weeks.

— Reporter Shaun Hittle can be reached at 832-7173. Follow him at Twitter.com/ shaunhittle.

something I was born to do,” Dyke said. “Knowing you can help someone and get something they need, it makes you feel good. Sometimes people just want to talk to someone, but no one else will listen.”

During the holiday season the ECKAN office is busy, so Okwuone is hoping other volunteers will join the team.

Now, ECKAN needs volunteers to provide general administrative support, to adopt families and individuals through the Christmas Bureau, and to stock food shelves at Just Food.

To find out more about volunteer opportunities at ECKAN, contact Okwuone at 785-841-3357 or lokwuone@ eckan.org.

— Micki Chestnut, associate director of the United Way Roger Hill Volunteer Center, can be reached at 785-865-5030.

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Salvation Army enlisting help for serving community meal Agency: Salvation Army Contact: Liz Coleman, 785843-4188 or liz_coleman@ usc.salvationarmy.com Salvation Army needs volunteers for its Holiday Community Dinner on Wednesday.

The meal will be served from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Volunteers are needed to help set up and start preparing food from 9 a.m. to noon and are then needed for cleanup from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

If you’d like to help provide a hot holiday meal for community members in need, contact Liz Coleman at 843-4188 or liz_coleman@usc.salvationarmy.com.

Immediate needs

Ballard Community Services is seeking volunteers to help at its food pantry from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Ideally, volunteers will be able to commit to one day a week, at least. However, days are flexible. Volunteers

will perform a variety of tasks including entering data into a computer and answering phones. Additionally, volunteers must have the ability to carry 25 pounds up stairs. For more information, contact Doug Davison at 785-842-0729 or doug@ballardcenter.org.

Just Food is always in need of new volunteers to help support its mission of fighting hunger in Douglas County. Volunteers are the backbone of Just Food and perform a variety of tasks including warehouse assistance, data entry, client assistance, and food collection and delivery. If you’d like to find out more about specific volunteer needs, attend one of the regularly scheduled trainings: 10 a.m. the first Monday of each month, 1:30 p.m. the second

Tuesday of each month, 2 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month, or 8 a.m. the fourth Thursday of each month. All training takes place at the Just Food warehouse, 1200 E. 11th St. Call 785-856-7030 or email justfood@eckan.org to reserve a spot.

The United Way Roger Hill Volunteer Center still has “How to Help at the Holidays” brochures available for the community. If you’re still looking for a way to give back this holiday season, this brochure is a great way to find an agency that needs your help. Go to volunteerdouglascounty.org to download the brochure, or contact the Volunteer Center office at 785-865-5030 or volunteer@ rhvc.org to request a copy.

— For more volunteer opportunities, contact Shannon Reid at the Roger Hill Volunteer Center, at 785865-5030 or volunteer@rhvc.org, or go to volunteerdouglascounty.org.

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Women, in particular, often found jobs and opportunity. Women whose husbands were serving suddenly found themselves working for the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant and living in tiny cabins in De Soto. Men, both inside and outside of the military, were able to learn new skills that prepared them for new careers.

“There are several seminal events that, at least in terms of perception, change the way the population and the people think about issues,” Wilson said. Pearl Harbor, he said, was one of a relatively few of those moments.

Hal Wert was a graduate student teaching assistant for Wilson’s class and has since gone on to his own career as a World War II historian. He currently teaches history at the Kansas City Art Institute and serves as an adjunct faculty member at KU in its international studies program.

He’s noticed that the attack is slipping from the minds of his students more and more.

“If you ask me what it means to my students, it’s nothing,” he said. “The war in Vietnam is ancient history.”

This is nothing new, though, Wert said. History has a natural tendency to fade. And with more and

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a second heart attack.

“I feel pretty fortunate to be alive,” Sufian said.

What Sufian didn’t know was that signs are different between men and women.

According to the Women’s Heart Foundation, women wait longer to go to the emergency room during a heart attack, and physicians are slower to recognize that a heart attack is occurring because often the telltale signs of chest pains and EKG changes aren’t present. Each year more women than men die from heart disease. And, after having a heart attack, women are twice as likely to die within the first couple of weeks.

While heart disease is just as serious in women as it is in men, decades’ worth of research has been focused on men. One of the reasons is because a large national data set came from patients at veterans hospitals. And those hospitals overwhelming cared for male patients.

For both men and women, the most common heart attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. But the health organization warns that women are more likely than men to experience other symptoms, such as shortness of breath, nausea or vomiting or back or jaw pain. Women can also have pain in the arms, neck, jaw and stomach.

Women are beginning to recognize those differences, said Dr. Roger Dreiling, a cardiologist at Lawrence

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A MEMORIAL WALL LISTS THE NAMES of the servicemen on board the U.S.S. Arizona who were killed in the attack and entombed with the wreckage of the battleship. Of the 2,400 Americans who died in the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, nearly half, 1,177, were killed on board the Arizona. more members of the World War II generation dying each day, Pearl Harbor will likely continue to slip from the national consciousness, he said.

“Before Pearl Harbor, the patriotic rallying cry was ‘Remember the Maine,’” Wert said, referring to an ill-fated battleship in the Spanish-American War, in 1898. “I would guess not too many people today remember the Maine.”

Still, for many older Americans, the parallels between Pearl Harbor and the 9/11 attacks are obvious, Wert said.

Both were surprise attacks that profoundly affected the nation’s people.

“The same issues persisted afterward,” he said. “Should we have known and could you connect the dots?”

Grant Goodman, an

87-year-old retired KU Japanese historian, gave a presentation on Pearl Harbor last year with Wilson from the point of view of the Japanese.

“People today have no idea what the people in Japan suffered” after the war, Goodman said.

The booming economy of Japan today bears little reflection of the difficult postwar times. But the world’s technology is advancing at a far greater pace.

“Seventy years in today’s world is like hundreds of years, years ago,” Goodman said. “You talk about World War II, you may as well be talking about the Trojan War.”

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He pointed to a patient he saw over Thanksgiving. She was out taking a walk when she started feeling pain, but it wasn’t in her chest. She was 54, had no risk factors for heart disease but knew women’s symptoms for heart attacks could be a bit different than men’s. So she went to the emergency room where an EKG showed she was having a heart attack.

Dreiling said it is more common for women to come in with angina, a pain or discomfort that occurs when the heart isn’t getting enough oxygen, than heart attacks. Angina occurs during everyday physical activities. The pain can show up in unexpected places, like the high back and even right elbow.

One of the reasons women may have a lower threshold for coronary heart disease than men is because their arteries are smaller, so it doesn’t take as much plaque to block them. And, one of the reasons they may have a tougher time recovering from a heart attack is that they are on average older. The average age for coronary heart disease in men is 56 or 57. For women it’s 10 years later.

Looking back, Sufian said she had warning signs even earlier than the day of her heart attack. During the previous two months, she would get a sharp pain in her shoulder while directing choir music for her church. But she just thought it was a sore muscle.

A 2003 report by the National Institutes of Health showed that 95 percent of the women studied often experienced new or different physical symptoms as much as a

month before a heart attack.

Those symptoms included unusual fatigue, sleep disturbances, shortness of breath, indigestion and anxiety. All of those symptoms were more common than chest pains or discomfort.

Sufian’s recovery wasn’t an easy one. She spent three weeks at LMH and another two and half weeks at a rehabilitation center in Kansas City, Kan. She had two stents put in her heart and a pacemaker. And there were complications along the way. At one point, her kidneys started shutting down, and she wasn’t taking any oxygen in. Her daughter began spreading word among friends and family that it was time to say their goodbyes.

“I just decided I wasn’t going to die. I was going to live.

I was going to walk home,” Sufian said.

Last week Sufian arrived home, where she continues her recovery.

“Pay attention to your body,” she advises women.

“If something says it’s not right, it probably isn’t.”

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

— Reporter Christine Metz can be reached at 832-6352.

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Iran says it shot down U.S. spy plane Iran’s armed forces have shot down an unmanned U.S. spy plane that violated Iranian airspace along the country’s eastern border, the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday.

An unidentified military official quoted in the report warned of a strong and crushing response to any violations of the country’s airspace by American drone aircraft.

“An advanced RQ-170 unmanned American spy plane was shot down by Iran’s armed forces. It suffered minor damage and is now in possession of Iran’s armed forces,” IRNA quoted the official as saying.

No further details were published.

The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan said in a statement the aircraft may be an American drone that its operators lost contact with last week while it was flying a mission over neighboring western Afghanistan.

A U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the classified nature of the incident, said the U.S. had “absolutely no indication” that the drone was shot down.

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Leader: Liberals ‘decimated’ in vote Egypt’s top reformist leader said Sunday the liberal youth behind the country’s uprising have been “decimated” in parliamentary elections dominated

by Islamists and expressed concern about the rise of hard-line religious elements advocating extremist ideas such as banning women from driving.

Mohamed ElBaradei, a Nobel Prize laureate and possible presidential candidate, said he hopes moderate Islamists will rein in the extremists and send a reassuring message to the world that Egypt will not go down an ultraconservative religious path.

“The youth feel let down. They don’t feel that any of the revolution’s goals have been achieved,” ElBaradei told The Associated Press in an interview on the same day electoral authorities announced that Islamist parties captured an overwhelming majority of votes in the first round of elections last week.

“They got decimated,” he said, adding the youth failed to unify and form “one essential critical mass.”

The High Election Commission announced that the Islamic fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party garnered 36.6 percent of the 9.7 million valid ballots cast last week for party lists. The Nour Party, representing the more hardline Salafi Islamists, captured 24.4 percent.

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Artists honored at Kennedy Center President Barack Obama, in lauding the actors, musicians and others receiving Kennedy Center Honors Sunday night, also was looking for advice.

“Everybody likes him,” Obama said of Yo-Yo Ma, one of the several artists honored. “You’ve got to give me some tips.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was home for less than 36 hours between diplomatic travels but found time to honor the artists.

On Saturday night, between her historic visit to Myanmar and a trip to Germany to discuss Afghanistan’s future, Clinton hosted a dinner for some big names from Broadway, jazz, pop, classical music and Hollywood. Ma, Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond, Sonny Rollins and Meryl Streep also were saluted by Obama and their fellow artists with tribute performances at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

After visiting the isolated Southeast Asian country also known as Burma, Clinton said such U.S. artists have worldwide influence by using their freedom of creativity and expression. CBS will broadcast the show Dec. 27.

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Megachurch leader taking time off Megachurch leader Bishop Eddie Long announced Sunday he’s taking time off to focus on his family after his wife filed for divorce.

Long’s spokesman, Art Franklin, said the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church leader told his congregation during church services that he will continue to serve as senior pastor at the church in Lithonia just outside Atlanta. But Long said he needs a sabbatical.

Franklin declined to say how long the pastor’s sabbatical from the church would be. He said Long and his family “are asking for privacy and sensitivity to their family.”

Long’s wife, Vanessa Long, filed a petition for divorce Thursday in DeKalb County Superior Court to end her 21-year marriage to the embattled minister.

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Toy drives, adopt-a-family programs, Salvation Army bell ringers and holiday meal deliveries keep charities busy through the holiday season.

Fortunately for nonprofits, something about the holiday season equals an increase in donations.

“There’s definitely a surge,” said Jane Blocher, executive director of

the Douglas County American Red Cross.

The extra holiday giving couldn’t have come at a better time for some nonprofits, such as the Just Food pantry, said Jeremy Farmer, agency director. Just Food had planned on 300 families signing up for a Thanksgiving food package this year, but they received more than 500 requests.

“We were distributing food like crazy,” he said. Holiday generosity

carried them through.

We knew “stuff would come in to take care of them,” Farmer said.

The increase in giving this time of year mimics national trends and amounts to a boost for charities across the country, said Kim Klein, author and fundraising consultant.

In 2010, charitable contributions between Thanksgiving Day and New Year’s Day added up to $48 billion, according to

the research firm Convio.

Klein said there are several reasons why people seem more inclined to give this time of year. For starters, the end of the year is also the end of the tax year, and some get those taxdeductible donations in at the last minute. Add in the religious holidays, and “people are really thinking about giving,” Klein said.

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Home tours for the holidays

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A record number of people took part in the seventh annual Holiday Homes Tour on Sunday.

Eight homeowners opened their doors to more than 550 people to benefit Health Care Access, a clinic in Douglas County that provides health care to uninsured patients.

Bill Hougland’s 504 Canyon Drive home was one of the residences featured. He smiled as he looked across the room and mingled with visitors. He explained how he and his wife, Carolie, have been preparing the house since they returned from Hawaii to watch the Kansas University basketball team in the Maui Invitational. He said he loves being a part of the tour.

“It’s for such a good charity,” Hougland said. “That’s why you do these things.”

He didn’t talk about himself, but the walls of his study did the talking for him. There’s a mounted trout on the wall.

There’s a black-and-white photo of him dressed in a military uniform next to Marilyn Monroe. And there’s the banner honoring him as a member of the 1951-1952 national champion KU basketball team. Hougland also won two Olympic gold medals in basketball, in 1952 and 1956.

Each house told a story about the people living there.

The paper cranes that decorated Sue and Richard Givens’ home, 2145 Owens Lane, were a few of the 1,000 constructed for their daughter’s wedding.

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SHARON AND BOB BROWN, LAWRENCE, CHECK OUT an angel-covered Christmas tree in the family room of Steve and Lori Myrick’s home, 3207 Nottingham Court, on Sunday during the Holiday Homes Tour.

BELOW, Marlene Witthaus, Lawrence, takes a photo of Lisa Patrick’s decorations Sunday at 4560 Bauer Brook Court. Money from the event goes to support Health Care Access Clinic.

Sue has volunteered at Health Care Access since it began.

Connie and David Ehrlich converted a dining room into a personal art gallery at their home at 201 Fall Creek Road.

It features some of Connie’s paintings and art she has collected from around the world, including Mexico, Italy and, closer to home, Eudora. Upstairs, there’s an entire room dedicated to her Barbie doll collection, including “Star Please see HOMES, page 5A

State, county see parole and probation numbers increase in 2010

By Shaun Hittle sdhittle@ljworld.com

Kansas ! Probation caseload increased by 1 percent during 2010, up to 17,402. Those on parole also increased by about 1 percent during 2010, to 5,063. ! 812 of every 100,000 Kansans were on probation at the end of 2010, much lower than the national average of 1,711 per 100,000 people. ! 236 of every 100,000 Kansans were on parole at the end of 2010, while the national average is 312 per 100,000 people.

Recently, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released annual probation and parole numbers for 2010, which showed a slight decrease — about 1 percent — in the number of people on community supervision across the country.

The state of Kansas, however, showed a slight increase in probation and parole numbers, while Douglas County caseload statistics spiked during the past few years. Here’s a Douglas County ! The number of Douglas look at some of the numbers: County residents on parole has

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increased the past two years, from 107 in 2009 to 136 in 2011. ! Douglas County residents sentenced to probation has also seen a similar increase since 2009, from 113 to 140 in 2011.

Looking ahead Here’s what Nancy La Vigne, director of justice policy at the Urban Institute, said about the national outlook for probation and parole: ! As cash-strapped states look to reduce costs, there could be significant changes in community corrections and prison in the coming years. ! What those changes will

be, however, is not yet clear.

One possibility is that both probation and parole numbers could increase, as fewer offenders are sent to prison and more inmates are released. ! Each state faces unique budgetary challenges, so it’s difficult to make strong predictions about how statewide changes will affect national numbers.

— Reporter Shaun Hittle can be reached at 8327173. Follow him at Twitter.com/shaunhittle.

— Numbers provided by the Kansas Department of Corrections and Douglas County, and reflect a July-to-June fiscal year.

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MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED Brian Clark Wright, 51, Lawrence, and Valerie April Harrington, 50, Lawrence.

Joseph Anthony Rortina, 28, Lawrence, and Michelle Dawn Worley, 29, Lawrence.

Brian DeWayne Phillips, 52, Lawrence, and Amy Louise Davis, 52, Lawrence.

John David Land, 24, Broken Arrow, Okla., and Leslie Ann Stauffer, 22, Lawrence.

Harry Lake McCain, 85, Lancaster, S.C., and Corinne Mildred Averitt, 80, Lawrence.

Wyatt Jason Rogers, 33, Lawrence, and Lindsey Rae Redman, 33, Lawrence.

Michael Paul Gaus, 26, Lawrence, and Henna Margit Kainiemi, 32, Helsinki, Finland.

DIVORCES GRANTED Lynette J. Hosek, 50, Lawrence, and Bruce A. Hosek, 54, Waialua, Hawaii.

Michelle A. Metzger, 22, Lawrence, and Scott James Peters, 25, Lawrence.

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: • Patricia Renee McHardie, 3100 W. 22nd St., Apt. B3, Lawrence.

• Dale Willis Jackson, 1418 Davis Road, Lawrence.

• April Lynn Joyes, 2516 University Drive, Lawrence.

• Kenneth Boe Williams and Kayle Ann Williams, 135A Santa Fe Drive, Baldwin City.

• James Joseph Rosenthal, 5004 Congressional Way, Lawrence.

• Ivalee Dougherty, 808 Deer Ridge Court, Apt. 4, Baldwin City.

• Jean Elaine Robart, 1101 Vt., Apt. 407, Lawrence.

• Bruce Duane Coleman and Richelle Lynn Coleman, 3511 Fieldstone Court, Lawrence.

• Thomas William Shilling, 1412 Elmwood St., Lawrence.

The Journal-World does not print accounts of all police reports filed.

The newspaper generally reports: • Burglaries, only with a loss of $1,000 or more, unless there are unusual circumstances. To protect victims, we generally don’t identify them by name.

• The names and circumstances of people arrested, only after they are charged.

• Assaults and batteries, only if major injuries are reported.

• Holdups and robberies.

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of funding needs and ask the community for help.

That’s a lesson Farmer’s learned, and he said reminding people that hunger is a year-round issue in the area usually brings in funding.

“If somebody tells us there’s a need, (the community) steps up,” he said.

her home, 3207 Nottingham Court, for the tour. Both she and her husband, who provides care for Health Care Access, are long-time supporters of the clinic.

“It’s fun; you see lots of people from the community,” she said.

Kim Johnson, assistant director of Health Care Access and tour coordinator, said this year’s attendance was record-breaking — twice the number of visitors as last year. The clinic has already provided 6,400 medical appointments this year, and

Johnson said money from the tour will help provide many more.

“Homeowners want to give to Health Care Access and want to share what they do with others,” Johnson said.

She said she doesn’t believe the economy will discourage charity.

“Regardless of how bad the economy is, you still feel like you’ve got to give it forward,” she said.

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CORRECTIONS The Journal-World’s policy is to correct all significant errors that are brought to the editors’ attention, usually in this space.

If you believe we have made such an error, call (785) 8327154, or email news@ljworld. com.

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MISSION HILLS (AP) — Property owners in Mission Hills, an upscale Kansas City suburb, have been at odds over the size of new homes and home additions, but the issue may be close to resolution.

The Kansas City Star reports “the McMansion issue” has been going on for decades, with some residents concerned that large additions and new construction compromise the character of the city of 3,500 residents.

But now the city, where home appraisals average $1 million, has hired a planning consultant whose report could help end the squabbling. The consultant, David Sargent, was hired to create design guidelines that would allow for housing upgrades while preserving the character of Mission Hills.

Sargent’s first draft came out last month, and his recommendations are expected to be in final form next year.

“There’s a group that wants to build whatever the hell they want,” says lawyer Ann Alexander, a Mission Hills resident who in 2009 sued a neighbor over lot setbacks, “and there’s a group that wants renovation and vibrancy, but who want to do that in the context of the community.”

Mayor Richard Boeshaar said he’d be happy if the two

sides could agree that keeping the look and feel of Mission Hills is important.

Typically, someone will propose tearing down the house he or she lives in, or recently bought, with an eye toward building something bigger. That is followed by neighbors who claim construction is too big or too ugly.

But after failing to define Mission Hills with regulations and zoning laws, the city last spring hired Sargent to do just that.

As of mid-2011, more than 1,000 of the city’s 1,319 homes held their value or had gained some from the previous year, according to the Johnson County appraiser’s office.

“Some of the houses that have been torn down have been replaced by houses that are just humongous,” says longtime resident Sherry Coughlin.

They have 10- and 12-foot ceilings, movie theaters, exercise rooms and home offices the size of an ordinary living room.

At least 40 teardowns have occurred in the past decade, and many of the new houses have fit in quite nicely.

Take George Brett’s current digs. The baseball great’s 5,500-square-foot Mediterranean is appraised at $3.5 million and considered by many to be a stunner.

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Jefferson County man arrested after shooting A Jefferson County man was arrested late Sunday morning after a shooting in rural Valley Falls, about 40 miles northwest of Lawrence.

Jefferson County emergency personnel responded to a reported shooting at a residence near the intersection of Edwards Road and 142nd Street about 10:30 a.m.

According to law enforcement officials, a man called Jefferson County Dispatch to report that he shot a man who attacked him. William Schoonover, 58, from rural Valley Falls, sustained one gunshot wound to the left side of his chest. Schoonover was alive and conscious when authorities arrived and was transported to Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka by ambulance. He was in

surgery Sunday afternoon.

A Stormont-Vail representative could not confirm if Schoonover was a patient as of Sunday night.

The man who is alleged to have shot Schoonover, a 62-year-old from rural Valley Falls, was booked into the Jefferson County Jail on suspicion of intentional murder in the second degree. The charges could be revised.

The suspect was not injured.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating the shooting.

–Reporter Chris Hong may be reached at 832-6354. Follow him at Twitter.com/ ChrisMHong

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The tour also stopped at The Windsor of Lawrence, an assisted living center at 3220 Peterson Road. Kelley Moore, sales director, said a few residents previously had their homes in the tour and wanted to participate again.

Lori Myrick spent the last few weekends preparing

end of the year, but move on from that,” she said.

Blocher said the Red Cross prepares for slower times, such as hosting its major fundraiser in the spring.

“Most nonprofits are used to” a dip in donations after the holidays, she said.

“You budget based on history.”

The No. 1 way to increase nonholiday giving, Klein said, is to increase awareness

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of roughly the same size and value can bring howls from neighbors.

“People come back later and say, ‘How did this ever get approved?’” Boeshaar said.

The one key foundation is green space, Sargent said.

Mission Hills is a desirable place to live, he said, because developer J.C. Nichols designed it so the streets and houses would conform to the terrain, blending into its hills and valleys, rather than scrape the land flat and run streets at right angles like so many suburban developers.

“I’m a firm believer in property rights,” Sargent said. “It’s more a question of balance.”

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On December 30, I will be retiring from my parttime practice of neuromuscular disease. If you are an active patient seen within the last 2 years, you may call us at 842-8240 to receive a copy of my retirement letter and, upon your written authorization, arrange for transfer of your record to another neurologist. I expect to continue seeing patients at Health Care Access.

Thank you for granting me the privilege and the honor of providing your neurological care, and I extend to you my best wishes for your future health and happiness.

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By David McHugh and Raf Casert Associated Press

BRUSSELS — Europe’s government-debt crisis, which has dragged on for more than two years, is entering a pivotal week, as leaders across the continent converge to prevent a collapse of the euro and a global financial panic that could result.

Expectations are rising that Friday’s summit of leaders of the 27 countries in the European Union will yield a breakthrough. An agreement on tighter integration of the 17 EU countries that use the euro — especially on budget matters — would be seen as a crucial first step. That could trigger further emergency aid from the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund or some combination, analysts say.

The coming days “will decide if the euro will survive or not,” Emma Marcegaglia, the head of Italy’s industrial lobby, Confindustria, said Sunday.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Central Bank Chief Mario Draghi and even U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will star in a 5-day financial drama leading up to the summit.

If the summit is a failure, Sarkozy warned last week, “the world will not wait for Europe.”

Sarkozy and Merkel meet in Paris today to unveil a proposal for closer political and economic ties between the 17 euro countries. While the leaders differ on some of the details, their cooperation has been so tight they have come to be known by a single name: “Merkozy.”

The two agree overall on the need for tougher, enforceable rules that would prevent governments from spending or borrowing too much — and on certain penalties for persistent violators.

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GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL AND FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY leave their meeting in Strasbourg, France, in this Nov. 24, 2011, file photo.

Sarkozy and Merkel meet in Paris today to unveil a proposal for closer political and economic ties between the 17 countries that use the euro. While the leaders differ on some of the details, their cooperation has been so tight they have come to be known by a single name: “Merkozy.”

“Where we today have agreements, we need in the future to have legally binding regulations,” Merkel said Friday.

Merkel wants to change the basic EU treaty to reflect the tougher rules on euro countries and make them enforceable. Even if there is general agreement on Friday, actually putting new rules in place through treaty changes could take more than a year.

And many economists fear the new rules alone would not be enough to halt the rise in Europe’s borrowing costs.

The hope is that a firm expression of intent, however, would reassure the ECB so that it can make stronger efforts in the short term. That would give governments time to get their finances under better control and make economic reforms that would improve growth.

Obama defends faith in America amid critique

By Ken Thomas Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Republican Mitt Romney accuses President Barack Obama of considering America “just another nation.” To other GOP politicians running for the White House, Obama has apologized for the United States and is presiding over the nation’s decline.

Now comes the counteroffensive.

The president of the United States is defending his faith in America, confronting GOP efforts to undercut his leadership and raise questions about his patriotism as he seeks re-election.

In the battle over “American exceptionalism,” Obama used a recent trip to Asia to highlight America’s role as the strongest and most influential nation on earth. In this election season, responding to the Republican critique is essential for Obama, the only incumbent ever compelled to show a birth certificate to defend his legitimacy.

“Sometimes the pundits and the newspapers and the TV commentators love to talk about how America is slipping and America is in decline,” Obama said Wednesday at a New York fundraiser. “That’s not what you feel when you’re in Asia. They’re looking to us for leadership.

They know that America is great not just because we’re powerful, but also because we have a set of values that the world admires.”

“We don’t just think about what’s good for us, but we’re also thinking about what’s good for the world,” he said.

“That’s what makes us special. That’s what makes us exceptional.”

Republicans have seized on “American exceptionalism,” a belief among many in the nation that the U.S. is special among global powers, and tried to portray Obama as expressing ambivalence about the promise of his own country. The message resounds with party activists who still admire President Ronald Reagan, who memorialized America as that

Italian government OKs austerity measures

By Colleen Barry Associated Press

MILAN — Premier Mario Monti said Sunday his government of technocrats has approved a package of austerity and growth measures worth 30 billion euros, or $40.53 billion, to “reawaken” the Italian economy and help save the euro common currency from collapse.

The measures include immediate cuts to the costs of maintaining Italy’s bulky political class as well as significant measures to fight tax evasion, Monti told a news conference following a threehour Cabinet meeting.

As part of the political cost cuts, Monti said he would forgo his salaries as premier and finance minister — a

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“We have a president right now who thinks America’s Obama just another nation. America is an exceptional nation,” Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, said during a GOP debate in Las Vegas last month. Even his campaign slogan — “Believe in America” — suggests that the current president doesn’t.

Others have tried to use it to their advantage.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in an interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly last month, said Obama had “traveled around the country making excuses for America, apologizing for America, saying that America is not an exemplary country.”

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich criticized Obama after 16 Latin American and Caribbean nations filed “friend of the court” briefs in a Justice Department lawsuit against a tough new immigration law in South Carolina, home to an important GOP primary. “It makes you wonder what country does President Obama think he is president of,” Gingrich said.

Obama has given detractors ample material for their attacks.

At a San Francisco fundraiser in October, the president talked about the importance of investing in education, new roads and bridges and other ways to build the economy.

“We used to have the best stuff. Anybody been to Beijing Airport lately?” Obama said, asking what has changed.

“Well, we’ve lost our ambition, our imagination and our willingness to do the things that built the Golden Gate Bridge and Hoover Dam.” Republicans picked up on the comments, accusing Obama of calling Americans unambitious.

During a meeting with business executives in Honolulu last month, Obama was asked about impediments to investment in the U.S. He said many foreign investors

GOP rivals vie for Cain supporters WASHINGTON — A day after Herman Cain shuttered his Republican candidacy for president, struggling GOP hopefuls looked to pick up the fallen candidate’s tea party following and upset a primary dynamic that has pushed Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich to the forefront.

Reps. Ron Paul of Texas and Michele Bachmann of Minnesota said Sunday they expected Cain supporters would fall in line behind them because of their messages on limited government, despite their low standing in the polls.

Meanwhile, last-place rival Rick Santorum predicted he see opportunity here, “but we’ve been a little bit lazy, I think over the last couple of decades.” The “lazy” comments were quickly turned into an attack ad from Perry.

During a 2009 news conference, Obama was asked whether he subscribed to the concept of American exceptionalism. He said he believed in American exceptionalism, “just as I suspect

now had a good chance of winning the Iowa caucus.

While such brazen predictions are likely overstated, the 11th-hour press comes at a crucial time and could upset an already volatile race for the GOP endorsement. A month before the first vote is cast in the Iowa caucus and five weeks before the New Hampshire primary, most GOP candidates were looking to a week of heavy campaigning in Iowa ahead of the next debate, scheduled for Saturday. The stakes are possibly the highest for Mitt Romney, who could be hurt the worst if Cain supporters rally behind Gingrich. that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.”

The president said he was “enormously proud of my country” and highlighted the nation’s “core set of values enshrined in our Constitution” that ensure democracy, free speech and equality. Words that voters are likely to hear more of during the next year.

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The package also includes measures to spur growth and competition, while aiming to stamp out rampant nepotism.

But it also raises the retirement age and the number of years of service to qualify for a full pension, steps strongly opposed by unions, and imposes new taxes on Italians’ private wealth, including their homes, boats and luxury cars, measures that conservatives have protested.

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BRIEFLY Putin’s party losing support in election MOSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s party struggled to hang onto its majority in Russia’s parliamentary election, results showed today, suggesting Russians were wearying of Putin the man who has dominated Russian politics for more than a decade.

Rival parties and election monitors said even a result of about 50 percent was inflated, alleging ballot-stuffing and other significant violations at the polls. Many expressed fears that the vote count would be manipulated.

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Madonna to perform at Super Bowl halftime NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna will perform at halftime of the Super Bowl in Indianapolis in February.

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Postal Service cuts to slow Weakened Pakistani Taliban delivery of first-class mail splintering “into smaller factions

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WASHINGTON — Facing bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service is pushing ahead with unprecedented cuts to first-class mail next spring that will slow delivery and, for the first time in 40 years, eliminating the chance for stamped letters to arrive the next day.

The estimated $3 billion in reductions, to be announced in broader detail today, are part of a wide-ranging effort by the cash-strapped Postal Service to quickly trim costs, seeing no immediate help from Congress.

The changes would provide short-term relief, but ultimately could prove counterproductive, pushing more of America’s business onto the Internet. They could slow everything from check payments to Netflix’s DVDsby-mail, add costs to mailorder prescription drugs and threaten the existence of newspapers and time-sensitive magazines delivered by postal carrier to far-flung suburban and rural communities.

That birthday card mailed first-class to Mom also could arrive a day or two late, if people don’t plan ahead.

“It’s a potentially major change, but I don’t think consumers are focused on it, and it won’t register until the service goes away,” said Jim Corridore, analyst with S&P Capital IQ, who tracks the shipping industry. “Over time, to the extent the customer service experience gets worse, it will only increase the shift away from mail to alternatives. There’s almost nothing you can’t do online that you can do by mail.”

The cuts, now being finalized, would close roughly 250 of the nearly 500 mail processing centers across the country as early as next March. Because the con-

solidations typically would lengthen the distance mail travels from post office to processing center, the agency also would lower delivery standards for first-class mail that have been in place since 1971.

Currently, first-class mail is supposed to be delivered to homes and businesses within the continental U.S. in one day to three days. That will lengthen to two days to three days, meaning mailers no longer could expect nextday delivery in surrounding communities.

Periodicals could take between two days and nine days.

About 42 percent of firstclass mail is now delivered the following day. An additional 27 percent arrives in two days, about 31 percent in three days and less than 1 percent in four days to five days.

Following the change next spring, about 51 percent of all first-class mail is expected to arrive in two days, with most

of the remainder delivered in three days.

The consolidation of mail processing centers is in addition to the planned closing of about 3,700 local post offices.

In all, roughly 100,000 postal employees could be cut as a result of the various closures, resulting in savings of up to $6.5 billion a year.

Expressing urgency to reduce costs, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said in an interview that the agency has to act while waiting for Congress to grant it authority to reduce delivery to five days a week, raise stamp prices and reduce health care and other labor costs.

The Postal Service, an independent agency of government, does not receive tax money but is subject to congressional control on large aspects of its operations. The changes in first-class mail delivery can go into place without permission from Congress.

ISLAMABAD — Battered by Pakistani military operations and U.S. drone strikes, the once-formidable Pakistani Taliban has splintered into more than 100 smaller factions, weakened and is running short of cash, according to security officials, analysts and tribesmen from the insurgent heartland.

The group, allied with alQaida and based in the northwest close to the Afghan border, has been behind much of the violence tearing apart Pakistan over the last 4 1/2 years. Known as the Tehrik-eTaliban, or TTP, the Taliban want to oust the U.S.-backed government and install a hardline Islamist regime. They also have international ambitions and trained the PakistaniAmerican who tried to detonate a car bomb in New York City’s Times Square in 2010.

“Today, the command structure of the TTP is splintered, weak and divided, and they are running out of money,” said Mansur Mahsud, a senior researcher at the FATA, or Federally Administered Tribal Area, Research Center. “In the bigger picture, this helps the army and the government because the Taliban are now divided.”

The first signs of cracks within the Pakistani Taliban appeared after its leader, Baitullah Mehsud, was killed in a drone strike in August 2009, Mahsud said. Since then, the group has steadily deteriorated.

Set up in 2007, the Pakistani Taliban is an umbrella organization created to represent roughly 40 insurgent groups in the tribal belt plus al-Qaida-linked groups headquartered in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province.

“In the different areas, leaders are making their own peace talks with the government,” Mahsud added. “It could help the Pakistani government and military separate more leaders from the TTP and more foot soldiers

Today, the command structure of the TTP is splintered, weak and divided, and they are running out of money.”

— Mansur Mahsud, senior researcher at the FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Area) Research Center from their commanders.”

The two biggest factors hammering away at the Taliban’s unity are U.S. drone strikes and Pakistani army operations in the tribal region.

Turf wars have flared as militants fleeing the Pakistani military operations have moved into territory controlled by other militants, sometimes sparking clashes between groups. And as leaders have been killed either by drones or the Pakistani army, lieutenants have fought

Feds: Tuna Private college presidents probably see modest boost in pay OK after BP oil spill

Kevin J. Manning of Stevenson University in Maryland, whose total compensation of $1.49 milAs the economy staggered, lion was 16 times greater. private college presidents enBut only the very best-paid joyed modest raises and saw presidents can compete with the ranks of those making at the average big-time college least $1 million swell from 33 football coach. Last month, USA to 36 — including the president Today reported the average salof a West Virginia school that’s ary of major-college head footfacing accreditation problems ball coaches jumped 55 percent and has one of the worst official over the last six seasons, from graduation rates in the country. $950,000 to $1.47 million. Ohio The median 2009 compen- State’s new football coach, Ursation for leaders at private ban Meyer, will earn $4.4 milschools was $386,000, up 2.2 lion annually, not counting bopercent from the year before, nuses and incentives. according to the latest annual While college president pay analysis by The Chronicle of has risen in recent years, there Higher Education. The figures are signs it is leveling off as cover 519 presidents at private high compensation becomes colleges with total budgets of unseemly in an era of tight budat least $50 million, and re- gets and economic struggles. flect the most recent year for Presidents often note, corwhich data from federal tax rectly, that they generally earn reports are available. less than the CEOs Constantine Papaof comparably sized dakis, the president of for-profit businesses.

Drexel University who David Warren, presipassed away in 2009, dent of NAICU, which was the highest paid, represents private though the majority of institutions, said in a his $4.9 million comstatement that salaries SCHOOLS pensation came via “reflect supply and delife insurance and previously mand,” with colleges competaccrued compensation paid to ing for exceptional leaders. his wife. Papadakis earned a “The job of college presibase salary of $196,000. dent has changed dramaticalHe was followed by William ly in the last 30 years, as have Brody of Johns Hopkins ($3.82 the demands,” he said. He million) and Donald V. DeRosa also noted that, contrary to at the University of the Pacific widespread perception, costs ($2.36 million). Neither is still at private colleges have actupresident at those schools. ally declined over the last five The best-paid private col- years, after accounting for inlege presidents typically earn flation and financial aid. more than their public univerStill, the symbolism of milsity counterparts. In March, lionaire presidents at a time the Chronicle released its of acute anxiety about college separate salary survey of pub- affordability is a problem, said lic university leaders, which Patrick Callan, president of covers 2009-2010. That list in- the National Center for Public cluded just one president with Policy and Higher Education. total compensation over $1 “This is not a trend that is million: Gordon Gee of Ohio helping to build public confiState, who earned $1.82 million. dence in higher education,” said The Chronicle noted the Callan, who called on boards to typical private college president show more salary restraint. “It earned 3.7 times the compensa- helps explain why a majority tion of a full professor on his or of Americans think that higher her campus, ranging from Pat- education is more interested in rick White of Wabash College its own bottom line than in the in Indiana, who earned twice the educational experience of stupay of his average professor, to dents. It’s misplaced priorities.”

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By Seth Borenstein Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Last year’s BP oil spill probably won’t push the troubled bluefin tuna Gulf of Mexico population over the edge as some scientists had worried, a federal analysis shows.

Of all the potential damage from the 172 million gallon spill in April 2010, scientists had been most concerned about how the oil spill would harm an already overfished species of large tuna. That’s because about one-fifth of the spawning habitat where the Gulf’s baby tuna were living was coated with oil, according to satellite records.

Tuna less than a year old are most vulnerable to pollution.

An analysis by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, using two different projections from computer models, says that at most, such a spill probably would result in a 4 percent reduction in future spawning of the fish, but probably far less.

Bluefish tuna is considered one of the Gulf’s signature species. A summit that begins today in Houston will examine the Gulf’s health, including the government’s restoration plans and the tuna’s fate.

“It appears so far that the impact on the larval population is relatively small,” said Clay Porch, director of sustainable fisheries for NOAA’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center in Miami.

The agency’s analysis, which was mentioned in two pages of a 114-page government update on overall tuna health released in May, is based on an assumption that 1 in 5 baby tuna was killed or unable to reproduce in the future because that’s the size of the spill in the spawning area.

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among themselves over who will replace them.

“The disintegration ... has accelerated with the Pakistan military operation in South Waziristan and the drone attacks by the United States in North Waziristan,” Mahsud said, referring to the two tribal areas that are the heartland of the Pakistani Taliban.

Another factor is the divide-and-conquer strategy Pakistan’s military has long employed in its dealings with militants. Commanders have broken away from the TTP and set up their own factions, weakening the organization. Battles have broken out among the breakaway factions, and in one particularly remote tribal region, the TTP was thrown out. These growing signs of fissures among the disparate groups that make up the Pakistani Taliban indicate the military’s strategy could be paying off.

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Residential strategy Multi-story apartment buildings are about the only way to increase the number of people who live downtown, but it’s worth the time and effort to ensure those developments are compatible with existing historic neighborhoods.

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uesday night, Lawrence city commissioners will consider whether to override the city’s Historic Resources Commission and allow plans for another tall apartment and commercial building at the corner of Ninth and New Hampshire streets to move forward.

The plan submitted for the southeast corner of the intersection has many positive aspects. However, there may be ways to lessen the impact the six-story building would have on neighboring structures to the east. It’s reasonable to be concerned about nearby structures, including some that are listed on various historical registers. The structure is shorter than the new seven-story building nearing completion across the street to the west, but it also is located directly adjacent to a district of historic homes in the 900 block of Rhode Island, including some of the oldest residences in the city.

The challenge of this proposal and others like it is to allow downtown Lawrence to change in ways designed to strengthen its vitality and economic viability without encroaching on the area’s historical character.

Many development experts contend that one of the best ways to preserve a vital downtown district is to increase the number of people who live in that district. Having a concentration of residents in the area helps support a variety of retail businesses in addition to the restaurants and entertainment-related uses that have grown significantly in Lawrence in recent years.

The only practical way to build new residences in downtown is to go up. There isn’t enough real estate downtown to add significant residential units in one- or two-story apartment buildings; six- or seven-story buildings are much more to the point. Such buildings also provide a density that many people think is desirable to counteract urban sprawl.

Tall buildings in downtown are a significant change, but even some strong historical preservation supporters see the value of such developments. They also, however, see the need to take a broad look at where taller developments should be situated. A number of vacant properties downtown should be considered, along with the possibility of redeveloping some of the large city-owned surface parking lots on New Hampshire and Vermont streets to accommodate both parking and other uses.

Most local residents would agree that downtown Lawrence still is the heart of the city, but it’s no longer the commercial center it was a few decades ago. Attracting more residents will help encourage additional businesses that serve those residents like drug stores, a deli or even a grocery store. Projects like the one proposed on the southeast corner of Ninth and New Hampshire can be a step in the right direction for downtown, but it also makes sense to work with neighbors and city officials to get the best possible structure to enhance and strengthen the downtown area.

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LOS ANGELES — In 1941, Carl Karcher was a 24-year-old truck driver for a bakery. Impressed by the large numbers of buns he was delivering, he scrounged up $326 to buy a hot dog cart across from a Goodyear plant. And the war came.

So did millions of defense industry workers and their cars.

And, soon, Southern California’s contribution to American cuisine — fast food. Including, eventually, hundreds of Carl’s Jr. restaurants. Karcher died in 2008 but his legacy, CKE Restaurants, survives. It would thrive, says CEO Andy Puzder, but for government’s comprehensive campaign against job creation.

CKE, with more than 3,200 restaurants (Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s), has created 70,000 jobs, 21,000 directly and 49,000 with franchisees. The growth of those numbers will be inhibited by — among many government measures — Obamacare.

When CKE’s health care advisers, citing Obamacare’s complexities, opacities and uncertainties, said it would add between $7.3 million and $35.1 million to the company’s $12 million health care costs in 2010, Puzder said: I need a number I can plan with. They guessed $18 million — twice what CKE spent last year building new restaurants.

Obamacare must mean fewer restaurants.

And therefore fewer jobs.

Each restaurant creates, on average, 25 jobs — and as much as 3.5 times that number of jobs in the community. (CKE spends

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In an economic climate of increasing uncertainties, Puzder says, one certainty is that many businesses that now are marginally profitable will disappear when Obamacare causes that margin to disappear.”

about $1 billion a year on food and paper products, $175 million on advertising, $33 million on maintenance, etc.)

Puzder laughs about the liberal theory that businesses are not investing because they want to “punish Obama.” Rising health care costs are, he says, just one uncertainty inhibiting expansion. Others are government policies raising fuel costs, which infect everything from air conditioning to the cost (including deliveries) of supplies, and the threat that the National Labor Relations Board will use regulations to impose something like “card check” in place of secretballot unionization elections.

CKE has about 720 California

restaurants, in which 84 percent of the managers are minorities, and 67 percent are women. CKE has, however, all but stopped building restaurants in this state because approvals and permits for establishing them can take up to two years, compared to as little as six weeks in Texas, and the cost to build one is $100,000 more than in Texas, where CKE is planning to open 300 new restaurants this decade.

CKE restaurants have a 95 percent employee turnover in a year — not bad in this industry — and the health care benefits under CKE’s current “minimed” plans are capped in a way that makes them illegal under Obamacare. So CKE will have to convert many full-time employees to part-timers to limit the growth of its burdens under Obamacare.

In an economic climate of increasing uncertainties, Puzder says, one certainty is that many businesses that now are marginally profitable will disappear when Obamacare causes that margin to disappear. A second certainty is that “employers everywhere will be looking to reduce labor content in their business models as Obamacare makes employees unambiguously more expensive.”

According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, by 2008 the cost of federal regulations had reached $1.75 trillion. That was 14 percent of national income unavailable for job-creating investments. And that was more than 11,000 regulations ago.

Seventy years ago, the local health department complained that Karcher’s hot dog cart had no restroom facilities. He got help from a nearby gas station.

A state agency made him pay $15 for workers’ compensation insurance. Another agency said he owed more than the $326 cost of the cart in back sales taxes.

For $100, a lawyer successfully argued that Karcher did not because his customers ate their hot dogs off the premises.

Time was, American businesses could surmount such regulatory officiousness. But government’s metabolic urge to boss people around has grown exponentially and today CKE’s California restaurants are governed by 57 categories of regulations. One compels employees and even managers to take breaks during the busiest hours, lest one of California’s 200,000 lawyers comes trolling for business at the expense of business.

Barack Obama has written that during his very brief sojourn in the private sector he felt like “a spy behind enemy lines.”

Puzder knows what it feels like when gargantuan government is composed of multitudes of regulators who regard business as the enemy. And 22.9 million Americans who are unemployed, underemployed or too discouraged to look for employment know what it feels like to be collateral damage in the regulatory state’s war on business.

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

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 5, 1911: YEARS [Editorial] “The AGO near-riot in this IN 1911 city yesterday is alarming. It also must be stopped. It is no punishment to give the leader of such a gang a fine of $15.50. It is not fair for such a man to throw himself on the mercy of the court and get away with it. ... There should not be such rough and tumble games between races. It leads to trouble. The two races get on well together in the city as a rule, but such things as yesterday cannot be tolerated. ...

This is not a color question. ... It is a question of law and of common decency. Let the guilty be punished. The town cannot be disgraced.”

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voritism for the rich and powerful. I wish our state government could be looking out for the To the editor: welfare of all the citizens of Kansas.

I grew up in Oklahoma, so it is easy to unErnie Fantini, derstand how I did not like the highly successLawrence ful quarterback of the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Today, I not only like Turner Gill but believe in the plan he was instituting at Kansas University. What I like most about him is how To the editor: How can anyone be “offended” when he treats people and how he carries himself, even in adversity. I also believe that, given caught indulging in the very offensive bemore time, he would have translated that havior of snooping and spying on American citizens? What is the governmental purpose character into wins on the playing field.

This staff was not yet successful on the of monitoring Twitter, Facebook and/or field, but they were successful in life. They email for the name of “Brownback”? There are dedicated to the young men they men- are no justifiable reasons in a country uptored, were dedicated to the families they holding free speech.

Aren’t the behaviors exhibited by our goverloved and committed to the assignment they were given. No matter what happens to them nor those demonstrated by dictators and usualthe rest of their lives, their identity is marked ly associate with thin-skinned, low-self-esteem by their character, not their careers. No one or psychologically disturbed individuals?

He so publicly parades his religion that his can fire them from that. Thanks, Coach Gill and the rest of your staff, for your contribu- incident begs the question: What was he setting as an example? Was this an example of tion to our community. “do unto others…,” “forgive seven times sevNate Rovenstine, enty…” or “judge not…”? It’s rather difficult to Lawrence find a Christian tenet in his actions, isn’t it?

The governor should put the tax money and manpower that he is wasting on spying and haTo the editor: rassment back into the school coffers. May he Instead of the governor lowering or elimi- contemplate the shame that he has brought to nating income and corporate taxes, why not his office and to the state of Kansas. first eliminate sales taxes on food or reduce Sarah Karl, the sales tax back to where it was before the McLouth extra 1 percent was added “temporarily” to Letters Policy reduce the state debt?

The Journal-World welcomes letters to the Public Forum. Letters Can any of my Republican friends show be 250 words or less, be of public interest and should avoid me a time when trickle-down economics should name-calling and libelous language. The Journal-World reserves the created jobs? Right now, the effective tax right to edit letters, as long as viewpoints are not altered. By submitrate on the rich and large corporations is ting letters, you grant the Journal-World a nonexclusive license to the lowest it’s been in 50 years. Why don’t publish, copy and distribute your work, while acknowledging that you are the author of the work. we have jobs coming out of our ears?

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Veteran could have charges dismissed WICHITA (AP) — A federal judge is considering whether to suppress evidence and dismiss charges against a Kansas veteran accused of illegally possessing incendiary bombs and grenades.

U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten set a Dec. 15 hearing date for Alfred Dutton, who is charged with possession of unregistered destructive devices.

His attorney has asked the judge to dismiss the charge involving eight grenades for failure to state a crime. Attorney John Henderson argued the inert grenades are not destructive devices, and his client was preparing to sell decorative and inoperable World War II vintage hand grenades on eBay. The defense also is seeking to suppress search warrants that were obtained based on information provided by his ex-wife’s boyfriend.

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Cupboard not totally bare at KU Kansas University’s new football coach will need to identify, recruit and develop a quarterback, a few explosive defensive lineman, at least one long, strong, fleet wideout and a linebacker or two.

If that reads like a classified ad begging for a best offer — needs a rebuilt engine, new tires and a brake job — for a jalopy, it’s not quite as bad as it sounds.

New Kansas football coaches have inherited worse, and no one has ever had better facilities to develop players, although the location of the practice fields makes spying a little too easy.

Glen Mason said he learned upon arriving at KU the facilities were, “worse than at Kent State. Our meeting room was a closet underneath the stands.”

Many would argue that the talent Mason inherited, particularly on defense, made the meeting room look by comparison like the Taj Mahal. Turner Gill didn’t leave his successor talent as slick as the facilities, but the Jayhawks will have some impressive names on the backs of the jerseys.

Up front on offense, both guards, Duane Zlatnik and Trevor Marrongelli, return, as does right tackle Tanner Hawkinson. Zlatnik dominated weaker opponents, and with another year of muscle on his bones will have a shot at having the edge on Big 12 defenders as well. If Marrongelli can match the improvement he showed from sophomore to junior year, he’ll have a solid final season. Hawkinson’s quick feet intrigue pro scouts, so if a new strength and conditioning staff can sculpt him the right way and he sharpens his fangs, he’ll have a shot at all-conference honors.

Darrian Miller has a chance at a 1,000-yard rushing season, and James Sims, Tony Pierson and Brandon Bourbon combine to make running back the deepest position on the roster.

Back from injury, Daymond Patterson will show his positive attitude and speed to a third coaching staff, and D.J. Beshears gives KU another quick receiver on the small side. It’s the big, fast targets KU lacks.

Tight end Jimmay Mundine, if he can commit to daily attendance for summer conditioning workouts better than last year, has the potential to develop into a productive target.

An offense is only as good as its quarterback, so finding the right trigger man with so little time to recruit represents the biggest challenge.

The secondary qualifies as the strength of the defense.

Bradley McDougald emerged as a big-time safety late in the season. Keeston Terry, should the new coach decide to keep him there and not use him instead as a receiver, has potential as well. True freshman Victor Simmons needs to get bigger, but he showed he’s an active safety. Cornerbacks Greg Brown and Tyler Patmon won’t get to show much until Kansas develops a pass rush, but they’re talented.

Toben Opurum gained valuable experience as a hybrid linebacker/defensive end, and his speed will impress the new coaching staff, which will need to determine the best way to use him. Linebackers Collin Garrett and Michael Reynolds gained experience as true freshmen.

Kansas isn’t loaded, but has more talent than a coach inheriting a team that has gone 1-23 in its last 24 Big 12 games might think.

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CHIEFS QUARTERBACK TYLER PALKO (4) SCRAMBLES in the first half. Palko helped lead the Chiefs to a 10-3 victory over the Bears on Sunday in Chicago.

QB yanked, then returns to spark K.C. CHICAGO (AP) — Tyler Palko got yanked from the game — and possibly saved his job. He wasn’t making any bold proclamations, though.

Palko shook off two miserable starts and threw for 157 yards and a touchdown even though he was briefly lifted for Kyle Orton, and the Kansas City Chiefs beat Chicago 10-3 Sunday on a day when the Bears lost Matt Forte to a sprained right knee.

“No one likes to get taken out, but at the end of the day, it’s the coach’s decision and you’ve got to roll with the punches,” Palko said. “(Coach Todd Haley) indicated earlier in the week by any means necessary, we need to get a win.”

The Chiefs got one, and their four-game losing streak ended.

The quarterback debate?

Well, that might not be over, but Palko can at least say he made a strong case.

“You have to earn the right to put your hands underneath center,” he said. “If that’s a week-byweek basis, then that’s how it’s going to be. I’m not the coach, and I don’t handle those decisions.”

He might get some more time, considering Orton took just one snap at the start of the second quarter and left the game after injuring his right index finger.

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KANSAS CITY QUARTERBACK KYLE ORTON stands on the sidelines after an injury to a finger in the first half.

Haley said he doesn’t “really have much to give you” when asked about the injury.

Palko gave him enough, though.

He connected with Dexter McCluster on a wild 38-yard pass to end the first half on a ball that got

deflected by Brian Urlacher and Chris Conte, giving the Chiefs a 7-3 lead and their first touchdown in three games.

Kansas City (5-7) got a 21-yard field goal from Ryan Succop in the third quarter to make it a sevenpoint game, and Jon McGraw intercepted struggling backup Caleb Hanie in the end zone in the fourth.

The Chiefs also recorded seven sacks — three by Justin Houston — and intercepted Hanie three times.

The Bears (7-5) dropped their second straight after winning five in a row, but the biggest loss Sunday came in the first quarter.

Forte took a hit to the right knee from Derrick Johnson on a run for no gain deep in Chicago territory with 6 minutes left in the period, another big blow for a team contending in the NFC. Quarterback Jay Cutler was already out indefinitely after breaking his right thumb against San Diego on Nov. 20, and now Chicago might have to make do without the league’s third-leading rusher.

“It’s not a good feeling when you see your star tailback go down with a knee injury,” coach Lovie Smith said. “Part of the game.

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It turns out Southern Miss’ victory against Houston in the Conference USA championship game Saturday might have been a major development in the coaching search at three universities, perhaps more.

At kickoff of Saturday’s game in Houston, it looked all but certain that Cougars coach Kevin Sumlin had emerged as the clear-cut favorite at Texas A&M, which fired coach Mike Sherman abruptly late last week.

Then the game began, and USM torched Sumlin’s previously unbeaten Houston team, 49-28, making Southern Miss coach Larry Fedora a much more popular man with athletic directors across the country.

Fedora, now in his fourth season in Hattiesburg, Miss., had emerged as one of the top candidates at Kansas. Deemed by many to be a serious candidate for the Jayhawks both in 2009 and this time around, Fedora’s Texas ties and Big 12 roots seemed to make him an solid candidate to replace Turner Gill at Kansas.

But now Fedora’s name is being floated for just about every BCS opening, including A&M’s, and KU’s chances at snagging him appear to be up in the air.

Mississippi, another school interested in Fedora heading into Saturday’s game, had all but closed the book on hiring Arkansas State coach Hugh Freeze

by Sunday night.

Kansas officials have been quiet throughout the first seven days of the coaching search and figure to stay that way until it’s over.

Although Fedora remains in the mix for Kansas, his mass appeal elsewhere has to mean that other candidates are still alive for the KU job. Most popular among them are: Dave Christensen (Wyoming), Dave Doeren (Northern Illinois), Sonny Dykes (Louisiana Tech), Mark Stoops (Florida State defensive coordinator) and Dirk Koetter (Jacksonville Jaguars offensive coordinator).

Other names that have surfaced in connection with Kansas during the past couple of days include Auburn offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn and Wisconsin offensive coordinator Paul Chryst. SMU head Please see FOOTBALL, page 3B

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TUSCALOOSA, ALA. — Kansas University rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit, but ultimately settled for an 80-76 setback Sunday at Alabama.

Junior Carolyn Davis and sophomore Keena Mays scored 21 points apiece for the Jayhawks (7-1). Aishah Sutherland contributed 15 points and six rebounds, and Angel Goodrich had seven points, a career-best nine rebounds and 12 assists for KU. Mays’ 21 points were a career high and came on 8-for-12 shooting (4-for-6 from three-point range) —off the bench.

Jasmine Robinson had a game-high 24 points for ’Bama (7-2).

KU will entertain Wisconsin at 7 p.m. Thursday at Allen Fieldhouse. The game will be televised on Metro Sports. ! Box score on page 3B

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

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KANSAS FORWARD KEVIN YOUNG COMES AWAY WITH A REBOUND against Florida Atlantic during the first half of their game Nov. 30 in Allen Fieldhouse. Young, who prides himself on his rebounding, has 23 boards in 43 minutes this season.

Kansas University junior forward Kevin Young made the most of his five minutes of playing time in Saturday’s 70-42 rout of South Florida in Allen Fieldhouse.

The 6-foot-8, 195-pound transfer from Loyola Marymount grabbed six rebounds, while hitting two of four free throws and recording a steal during his short stint to conclude the game.

“It’s wanting to be around the ball. I just try to go and get every rebound I can,” Young said of his late board work “I don’t really need to put up that many points. My teammates can handle that. I just want to get every

opportunity to get the ball back in our hands.”

Young, who averaged 10.0 points and 6.2 rebounds a game in two years at Loyola Marymount, set the school’s freshman-rebounding record (7.2 per game) back in 2008-09. He followed that with 5.3 boards his sophomore season before sitting out last year while attending class at San Bernardino CC. It should come as no surprise Young lists his favorite NBA players as current San Antonio Spurs big man Tim Duncan and former rebounding specialist/ Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman.

“Before the games, I usually watch a couple of his highlights, to get me pumped up for the Please see KU HOOPS, page 3B

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Play it again, LSU and Alabama.

The Crimson Tide edged out Oklahoma State in the final round of voting Sunday and will play the top-ranked Tigers in the BCS national championship game on Jan. 9 in New Orleans.

Undefeated LSU is the only team to beat Alabama all year, and the top BCS official sees a do-over as a perfectly good title game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Absolutely, if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 1 and 2, and they are in all the polls released today,â&#x20AC;? executive director Bill Hancock said.

Still, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not exactly a game the public was clamoring for â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at least outside of Southeastern Conference territory. And it will do nothing to quiet the critics of the Bowl Championship Series or the calls for a college football playoff.

BCS Standings Rk 1. LSU 1 2. Alabama 2 3. Oklahoma St. 3 4. Stanford 4 5. Oregon 5 6. Arkansas 7 7. Boise St. 6 8. Kansas St. 10 9. South Carolina 9 10. Wisconsin 8

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But like it or not, the BCS has ensured that the SEC â&#x20AC;&#x201D; home to both schools â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will run its streak of national championships to six in a row.

The Cowboys made a late surge by beating Oklahoma 4410 on Saturday night, and closed the gap between themselves and Alabama in the polls. But it was not enough to avoid the first title game rematch in the 14-year history of the BCS.

USA Today Pts 1475 1399 1367 1286 1232 1112 1128 878 971 1085

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Other Big 12 Men Kansas State 69, Virginia Tech 61 BLACKBURG, VA. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jamar Samuels scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half, and Kansas State used a 10-0 second-half run to take command.

Samuels also grabbed 14 rebounds for the Wildcats (5-0), who were playing their first road game of the season and first at an ACC school since 1959. They missed often from in-close early, but attacked the basket in the second half.

Oklahoma State 80, Langston 58 STILLWATER, OKLA. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; With a handful of new players, Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford is trying to find the right combinations.

Keiton Page and Markel Brown are a good starting point. The two combined for 39 points as the Cowboys pulled out a victory over NAIA school Langtston.

Big 12 Women No. 1 Baylor 89, Minnesota 60 MINNEAPOLIS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brittney Griner scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds while Odyssey Sims added 15 points to help Baylor roll.

No. 13 Purdue 60, No. 4 Texas A&M 51 WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Courtney Moses scored 15 points, and Brittany Rayburn added 14. The defending national champion Aggies (6-1) saw their winning streak end at 12 games. A win would have set a new school record for consecutive victories.

No. 8 Tennessee 73, No. 21 Texas 57 KNOXVILLE, TENN. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Shekinna Stricklen scored 20 points, and Tennessee held off Texas.

No. 17 Ohio State 69, No. 18 Oklahoma 63 NORMAN, OKLA. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tayler Hill scored 20 points, and Samantha Prahalis added 19 for Ohio State.

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San Diego State 64, No. 24 Cal 63 SAN DIEGO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chase Tapley scored 25 points, including two free throws with 8.6 seconds left, and San Diego State beat California for the second straight season.

Tapley came up huge with his offense and defense down the stretch for the Aztecs (8-2), whose last six wins have been by four points or fewer.

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homa State was ahead in the computer ratings.

The Cowboys (11-1), champions of the Big 12, will play in the Fiesta Bowl against Stanford from the Pac-12.

The other BCS matchups are: ! Michigan vs. Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl ! Clemson vs. West Virginia in the Orange Bowl. ! Oregon vs. Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl.

No BCS busters made it into the big money games this year, teams such as Boise State, TCU or Houston, which had a chance but lost in the Conference USA championship Saturday. The Cougars will now play Penn State, which dropped to the Ticket City Bowl in Dallas.

Baylor teams still unbeaten

Wichita State 89, No. 18 UNLV 70 WICHITA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Joe Ragland had eight threepointers, one off the school record, and finished with 31 points for Wichita State.

Ragland entered the game with five three-pointers this season.

Carl Hall added 17 points for the Shockers (5-2).

Chace Stanback had 16 points for UNLV (8-1), which handed then-No. 1 North Carolina its first loss of the season on Nov. 26.

Mike Moser added 12 points and seven rebounds for the Runninâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rebels.

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The Tigers (13-0) beat the Tide 9-6 in overtime on Nov. 5 in Tuscaloosa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This could be a totally different type of game,â&#x20AC;? Alabama coach Nick Saban said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so many good players on both sides of the ball for both teams.â&#x20AC;?

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No. 7 Baylor 69, Northwestern 41 EVANSTON, ILL. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Quincy Acy and Pierre Jackson both scored 16 points, and Baylor remained unbeaten on Sunday.

Four players scored in double figures for the Bears (7-0). Jackson scored 14 points in the first half, while Perry Jones III added 12 and Brady Haslip 11.

Acy had six blocks to lead a dominant performance in the paint on both ends of the court. Baylor outscored Northwestern 46-12 in the lane and hit 25 of 30 shots from inside the three-point line.

Drew Crawford had 15 points to lead Northwestern (7-1).

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TIGER WOODS WAVES HIS CAP after winning the Chevron World Challenge golf tournament Sunday in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Woods ends drought with Chevron win THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Two years after his life and career came crashing down, Tiger Woods is a winner again.

One shot behind with two holes to play, Woods finally looked like the player who dominated golf for so much of his career. He birdied his last two holes Sunday, making a 6-foot putt on the 18th, to win the Chevron World Challenge by one shot over former Masters champion Zach Johnson.

Woods closed with a 3-under 69, sweeping his arm when the final putt dropped, then slamming down his first in celebration. It had been 749 days and 26 official tournaments since he last won on Nov. 15, 2009 at the Australian Masters, back when he looked as though he would rule golf as long as he played.

But he crashed his car into a fire hydrant outside his Florida home on Thanksgiving night, and shocking revelations of extramarital affairs began to emerge, which eventually led to a divorce. Since then, he has changed swing coaches and endured more injuries, missing two majors this summer and missing the cut in another.

Now, however, it looks clear that Woods is on an upward path.

This was his 83rd win worldwide, and the fifth time he has captured the Chevron World Challenge, which he hosts for his foundation.

Woods finished at 10-under 278 and donated the $1.2 million to his foundation.

Johnson finished with a 71. Paul Casey (69) was third at 5 under in the 18-player event.

Former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland tied for 10th, 10 strokes behind Woods. Woodland pocketed $177,500.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Celebrating OSU fans hurt STILLWATER, OKLA. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Thousands of fans stormed the field and tore down goalposts after Oklahoma Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 44-10 victory over archrival Oklahoma, leaving at least 13 people injured, including two who were airlifted to hospitals, medical and university officials said Sunday.

Michael Authement, who heads the command post at emergency medical provider LifeNet EMS, told the Associated Press that a throng so big took to the field as the game ended that some fans were trampled and one person fell at least 15 feet onto concrete during a wild celebration by Oklahoma State fans.

No. 3 Oklahoma State routed the No. 13 Sooners on Saturday night to win the Big 12 championship and make its case to play for the BCS national title. The Cowboys (11-1, 8-1 Big 12) snapped an eight-game losing streak in the rivalry and won their first outright conference title since 1948 in the three-team Missouri Valley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They won the game and stormed the field and ripped down the goalposts, and some were jumping off the stands and hit the field and others got trampled. It was a nasty deal,â&#x20AC;?

Authement said.

Colorado State fires Fairchild Colorado State football coach Steve Fairchild has been fired after three straight 3-9 seasons.

New athletic director Jack Graham announced his decision Sunday, a day after the Rams lost their eighth straight game, 22-19 to Wyoming.

Hill out at Fresno State Fresno State fired coach Pat Hill on Sunday, a day after the Bulldogs matched a school record for losses in the final game of his 15th season.

Hill built a reputation at Fresno State as a giant killer with the mantra of playing anybody, anywhere, anytime. But in recent years, the Bulldogs struggled both in conference play and in meetings against major teams and fans stopped packing Bulldog Stadium.

Ole Miss, Freeze to meet Mississippi scheduled a meeting on Sunday night with Arkansas Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hugh Freeze about its opening, a person familiar with the coaching told the Associated Press.

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the school has not announced the meeting.

Arkansas State athletic director Dean Lee confirmed in a statement that Mississippi had requested to speak with Freeze, but did not give any other details.

UAB names McGee BIRMINGHAM, ALA. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; UAB has hired Arkansas offensive coordinator Garrick McGee as head coach.

Blazers athletic director Brian Mackin announced the hiring Sunday night, a day after Razorbacks coach Bobby Petrino issued a statement congratulating McGee on landing the job.

McGee is a finalist for the Broyles Award given to the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top assistant. He replaces Neil Callaway, who was ousted after five seasons when he failed to post a winning record.

BASEBALL

Marlins splurge on Reyes DALLAS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The suddenly splurging Miami Marlins landed their second big free agent in a matter of days, agreeing Sunday night to a $106 million, six-year contract with All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes, a person familiar with the negotiations told the Associated Press.

After adding All-Star closer Heath Bell for $27 million over three years, the Marlins gave the NL batting champion a deal that includes a club option for 2018 that would make the contract worth $120 million, the person said, speaking Sunday night on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not yet been announced.

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Journal-World All-Area Football Team

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THE 2011 LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD ALL-AREA FOOTBALL TEAM, FROM LEFT: Anthony Buffalomeat, Lawrence High; Shawn Dailey, McLouth; Sean Thomas, Lawrence High; Kyle McFarland, Free State; Derek Webb, Eudora; Hayden Chandler, De Soto; coach Gregg Webb, Eudora; Brad Strauss, Lawrence High; Cody Stanclift, Free State; Nick Bennett, Veritas Christian; Greg Snell, Eudora.

First Team ! Nick Bennett, Veritas Christian senior quarterback — a one-man wrecking crew, QB threw 23 passing touchdowns and ran for 27 on his way to more than 6,400 all-purpose yards for 10-1 Eagles. ! Anthony Buffalomeat, Lawrence senior wide receiver — Lions’ most reliable receiver hauled in 49 receptions for 609 yards while also serving as a starting defensive back and punter. ! Hayden Chandler, De Soto senior lineman — missed some action due to an elbow injury, but the 6-foot-2, 300-pounder still made All-

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coach June Jones, a man some have said would be a good pick for KU, appears to be the favorite at Arizona State.

Elsewhere on the coaching landscape, NFL guys Jim Mora Jr. and Herman Edwards recently have pushed their names for college jobs.

On a recent Seattle sports talk radio show, Mora said he’d be interested in openings at both Arizona State and UCLA. Mora has 24 years of NFL experience, including head-coaching stops in Atlanta (2004-06) and Seattle (2009).

Edwards, also a former NFL head coach (New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs), is rumored to be interested in a number of openings.

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We’ll just keep our fingers crossed and hopefully it’s not that serious.”

In the fourth and final year of his rookie contract, Forte has been one of the Bears’ most valuable players. He has also been durable during his career, starting all 60 games since he entered the league in 2008, but that run could be in jeopardy.

Forte stayed on the ground while being examined by medical personnel and walked to the sideline under his own power after that hit to the knee. He remained there for several minutes before heading to the locker room.

Orton, a former Bear, didn’t last long in this one.

On his first play since he was claimed off waivers from Denver, he was hit in the hand by Major Wright as he tossed an incomplete pass.

Palko came back in and wound up completing 17 of 30 passes without an interception. It was a big improve-

Frontier League on offense and managed 38 total tackles defensively in six games. ! Shawn Dailey, McLouth senior running back — former slot receiver became starting single back for the Bulldogs (7-2) and ran for 1,126 yards and 19 touchdowns, helping MHS outscore opponents an average of 41-13. ! Kyle McFarland, Free State junior quarterback/ cornerback — two-way player passed for 1,265 yards and 12 TDs, added 783 yards and seven scores on the ground, and, as a corner, broke up nine passes and intercepted three others. ! Greg Snell, Eudora senior lineman — a dominating

presence for the Cardinals’ rush-heavy attack, Snell constantly showed great punch off the snap and finished blocks as EHS (12-2) took second place in the Class 4A state playoffs. ! Cody Stanclift, Free State junior lineman — first-team All-Sunflower League defensive lineman had 45 tackles and 11 tackles for loss in Firebirds’ 6-3 season. ! Brad Strauss, Lawrence junior quarterback/ free safety — do-it-all Lion not only went for 2,501 total yards and 23 total touchdowns on offense, but led LHS (6-4) in tackles on the other side of the ball. ! Sean Thomas, Lawrence senior tackle — two-

Recruiting rolls along Although the identity of the next leader of the KU football program remains a mystery, interim head coach Reggie Mitchell is doing his best to keep the train on the tracks while the Jayhawks attempt to fill their coaching vacancy.

This weekend, KU welcomed to town five members of the Class of 2012 for official visits that were set up before Gill was fired. Included among the visitors were a couple of junior-college defensive linemen, along with two of the top prospects in Texas, Wilmer-Hutchins High (Dallas) teammates, Damien Lawry, a 6-foot, 175-pound athlete, and safety LaDarrell McNeil, 6-1, 190.

Wide receivers coach David Beaty is the lead recruiter for both.

Mitchell, who served as KU’s recruiting coordinator the past two seasons, said

many of the recruits he had contacted since Gill’s firing said they understood that college football was a business.

“When you go to a school, you try to pick it because that’s where you want to be, not because of who’s coaching there,” Mitchell said.

“Right now, the big thing is to calm them down and say, ‘Listen, there’s gonna be a head coach hired (soon), give him an opportunity to come into your home and sell himself and sell his vision for Kansas.’”

While coming up with the pitch was easy, Mitchell said being convincing was a little more difficult.

“You’re selling them something they can’t see,” he said.

“So you just have to talk to them and calm them down and let them know that we’re gonna find a guy who’s going to take the program in the direction we all want it to go to.”

SUMMARY Kansas City 0 7 3 0—10 Chicago 0 3 0 0— 3 Second Quarter Chi-FG Gould 32, 9:44.

KC-McCluster 38 pass from Palko (Succop kick), :00.

Third Quarter KC-FG Succop 21, 6:16.

A-61,973.

KC Chi First downs 13 11 Total Net Yards 252 181 Rushes-yards 37-113 24-93 Passing 139 88 Punt Returns 5-13 3-39 Kickoff Returns 2-40 1-23 Interceptions Ret. 3-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 17-31-0 11-24-3 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-18 7-45 Punts 11-40.6 7-43.4 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-0 Penalties-Yards 8-60 5-35 Time of Possession 32:42 27:18 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Kansas City, McCluster 9-61, Jones 16-36, Battle 11-15, Palko 1-1. Chicago, Barber 14-44, Bell 4-34, Forte 5-12, Hanie 1-3.

PASSING-Kansas City, Palko 17-30-0-157, Orton 0-1-0-0. Chicago, Hanie 11-24-3-133.

RECEIVING-Kansas City, Breaston 5-41, Bowe 4-49, McCluster 4-46, Copper 1-10, Baldwin 1-7, McClain 1-3, Urban 1-1.

Chicago, Knox 5-53, Hester 3-35, K.Davis 2-40, Bennett 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Chicago, Gould 41 (WL).

ment for a quarterback who got picked off three times in each of his first two starts after Matt Cassel suffered a season-ending hand injury.

“I really thought Tyler did a great job today,” Orton said.

“He’s been through a lot. It’s great to see a guy get his

chance and take advantage of it.”

Hanie might be blowing his opportunity, though.

“Don’t blame one guy for this loss,” Smith said. “We all had a big say in what happened today.”

Hanie did nothing to quiet the calls for the Bears to go after Donovan McNabb, completing 11 of 24 passes in his second start for Cutler.

Besides getting sacked seven times against a team that came in with just 13, he threw three interceptions for the second straight week, and whatever chance the Bears had, basically disappeared when he got picked off in the end zone.

Hanie had completed four straight passes to put the ball on the Chicago 13 after connecting on just one in the second half when Roy Williams juggled a throw. The ball hit off several defenders before a diving McGraw picked it off in the end zone with just over 4 minutes left.

“Obviously, the production wasn’t there,” Hanie said.

“Three points is not good enough. I’ve just got to do a better job getting us in the right position and getting the ball to our guys.”

way lineman and LHS team captain graded out consistently by coaching staff as Lions’ top offensive lineman and was a key cog in the team’s success on both sides of the ball. ! Derek Webb, Eudora senior quarterback/safety — a leader for EHS offensively and defensively, Webb finished with 1,690 total yards, 19 TDs, 73 total tackles and four picks during the Cardinals’ wildly successful 12-2 season.

Player of the year Lawrence junior Brad Strauss Despite missing all of one game and most of another because of a left ankle injury,

KU WOMEN’S BOX KANSAS (76)

MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Angel Goodrich 40 2-7 1-4 4-9 2 7 Aishah Sutherland 35 7-13 1-2 2-6 3 15 Carolyn Davis 36 9-15 3-6 1-9 4 21 CeCe Harper 5 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 Natalie Knight 26 0-5 0-0 0-1 0 0 Keena Mays 28 8-12 1-3 1-1 2 21 Monica Engelman 21 3-5 2-2 0-1 3 8 Tania Jackson 9 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 team 3-8 Totals 31-63 8-17 11-35 14 76 Three-point goals: 6-13 (Mays 4-6, Goodrich 2-3, Engelman 0-1, Knight 0-3).

Assists: 18 (Goodrich 12, Engelman 2, Mays 2, Sutherland, Knight). Turnovers: 16 (Goodrich 3, Engelman 3, Jackson 3, Sutherland 2, Harper 2, Davis, Knight, Mays). Blocked shots: 6 (Goodrich 2, Davis 2, Sutherland, Mays). Steals: 3 (Goodrich, Sutherland, Engelman).

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MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Jasmine Robinson 37 10-19 2-4 3-5 5 24 Meghan Perkins 38 6-11 5-6 2-6 2 17 Erin Hogue 22 2-7 0-0 1-5 0 4 Khristin Lee 19 1-6 0-0 1-5 2 2 Ericka Russell 27 3-7 0-0 0-2 2 7 Jessica Merritt 23 5-9 2-2 1-3 0 12 Aneesah Daniels 20 3-7 3-4 6-13 4 9 Shafontaye Myers 14 2-4 0-0 0-1 1 5 team 1-2 Totals 32-70 12-1615-42 16 80 Three-point goals: 4-10 (Robinson 2-4, Myers 1-2, Russell 1-3, Merritt 0-1). Assists: 8 (Lee 4, Perkins, Hogue, Daniels, Myers).

Turnovers: 11 (Robinson 4, Perkins 2, Hogue, Lee, Daniels, Myers, Merritt). Blocked shots: 3 (Perkins 3). Steals: 5 (Russell 3, Lee 2).

Kansas 33 43 —76 Alabama 43 37 —80 Officials: Kelly Johnson, Eric Koch, Jules Gallien. Attendance: 1,138.

Strauss was a semifinalist for the Simone Award, given each year to the top football player in the Kansas City metro area.

The junior QB rushed for 723 yards and 11 TDs, threw for 1,778 yards and 12 scores, blocked three kicks, returned a kickoff for a touchdown and even served as a holder on LHS field goals and PATs.

Coach of the year Gregg Webb, Eudora Webb’s Cardinals disposed of 11 opponents in a row on their way to a berth in the 4A state title game, a first for the program. EHS lost to Rose Hill, 21-0, in the championship, but still finished with a 12-2

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game,” Young said of Rodman. “My favorite part of the game is rebounding. He obviously mastered rebounding.”

Young has grabbed 23 rebounds while playing 43 total minutes heading into Tuesday’s 8 p.m. home game against Long Beach State. He has 22 points in six games.

He did not play (coach’s decision) against Duke in Maui.

On what does he need to improve to land more minutes?

“My defense,” Young said.

“I need to move my feet a little bit more, stop using my hands. I’ve got to play a lot harder in practice. I’ve just got to make everybody around me better every day.”

He has no complaints.

“Coach knows what he’s doing,” Young said of Bill Self. “If he decides it’s a game I’m not ready for, then it’s a game I’m not ready for. I

record, held the opposition to 11.4 points a game and ran for 4,136 yards and 40 touchdowns in a historic season.

Honorable mention (alphabetical, by school) Chad Berg, Dayton Valentine, Baldwin; Alex Whitten, Eudora; Joe Dineen, Free State; Alen Kramer, Marc Walbridge, McLouth; Jonathan Denton, Jeremy Immenschuh, Luke Kellum, Perry-Lecompton; Alex Dahl, Blade Wright, Santa Fe Trail; Ryan Lynch, Tonganoxie; Bryce Boland, Preston Randall, Veritas; Logan O’Dea, Jesse Lamay, Nolan Rush, Wellsville.

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don’t see that as a bad thing.

I just go out the next day and try to get better.”

Of Young, Self said: “I think Kevin can do some good things. His strength is obviously a factor with him.

He’s still thinking, not reacting. I think he can be more aggressive. I mean that in a positive way, having more a presence out there and getting his hands on balls, carrying out assignments, doing things we know he can do.

When he starts doing those things, he’ll start scoring a little better, no question.” "

Tuesday’s foe: Long Beach State (4-3) claimed a huge 86-76 victory at Pitt in the 49ers’ second game of the season. Long Beach State has also defeated Idaho (6961), Boise State (72-62) and BYU Hawaii (79-43) at home and lost at San Diego State (77-73, OT), Montana (73-71) and Louisville (79-66). The 49ers return four starters off a 22-12 team that won the Big West Conference title with a 14-2 mark last season.

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PACKERS 38, GIANTS 35 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Aaron Rodgers engineered a last-minute drive to set up a 31-yard field goal by Mason Crosby on the final play of regulation, and Green Bay remained undefeated and clinched a playoff berth on Sunday.

Rodgers hit three passes of more than 18 yards on the drive in the final 58 seconds as the Super Bowl champion Packers (12-0) won their 18th straight game and handed the Giants (6-6) their fourth straight loss.

Green Bay 7 14 7 10—38 N.Y. Giants 10 7 7 11—35 First Quarter NYG-Beckum 67 pass from Manning (Tynes kick), 13:24.

GB-Finley 12 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 5:06.

NYG-FG Tynes 38, 2:00.

Second Quarter GB-Matthews 38 interception return (Crosby kick), 14:50.

NYG-Jacobs 1 run (Tynes kick), 6:44.

GB-Driver 13 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 1:10.

Third Quarter GB-G.Jennings 20 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 9:50.

NYG-Nicks 4 pass from Manning (Tynes kick), 6:30.

Fourth Quarter NYG-FG Tynes 50, 10:53.

GB-Driver 7 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 3:34.

NYG-Nicks 2 pass from Manning (Ware run), :58.

GB-FG Crosby 30, :00.

A-80,634.

GB NYG First downs 29 24 Total Net Yards 449 447 Rushes-yards 28-89 20-100 Passing 360 347 Punt Returns 2-6 0-0 Kickoff Returns 3-76 5-125 Interceptions Ret. 1-38 1-9 Comp-Att-Int 28-47-1 23-40-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-9 1-0 Punts 5-44.2 4-44.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 4-30 6-55 Time of Possession 33:03 26:57 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Green Bay, Rodgers 4-32, Grant 13-29, Saine 6-16, Kuhn 2-7, Starks 3-5. N.Y. Giants, Jacobs 8-59, Bradshaw 11-38, Ware 1-3.

PASSING-Green Bay, Rodgers 28-46-1-369, Cobb 0-1-0-0. N.Y. Giants, Manning 23-401-347.

RECEIVING-Green Bay, G.Jennings 7-94, Finley 6-87, Nelson 4-94, Driver 4-34, Saine 4-29, Grant 1-17, Crabtree 1-7, Quarless 1-7.

N.Y. Giants, Cruz 7-119, Nicks 7-88, Ballard 3-47, Bradshaw 2-9, Ware 2-8, Beckum 1-67, Barden 1-9.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Green Bay, Crosby 43 (WR).

Broncos 35, Vikings 32 MINNEAPOLIS — Tim Tebow led yet another late rally, passing for a season-best 202 yards and two third-quarter touchdowns to help Denver win its fifth straight game.

Denver 7 0 14 14—35 Minnesota 5 10 7 10—32 First Quarter Min-J.Allen safety, 12:39.

Den-Haggan 16 interception return (Prater kick), 5:42.

Min-FG Longwell 40, 1:24.

Second Quarter Min-Rudolph 19 pass from Ponder (Longwell kick), 3:33.

Min-FG Longwell 25, :00.

Third Quarter Den-D.Thomas 21 pass from Tebow (Prater kick), 11:18.

Min-Harvin 52 pass from Ponder (Longwell kick), 3:12.

Den-D.Thomas 41 pass from Tebow (Prater kick), 2:48.

Fourth Quarter Min-Harvin 48 pass from Ponder (Longwell kick), 9:41.

Den-McGahee 24 run (Tebow run), 8:52.

Min-FG Longwell 39, 3:06.

Den-FG Prater 46, 1:33.

Den-FG Prater 23, :00.

A-62,939.

Den Min First downs 13 27 Total Net Yards 336 489 Rushes-yards 32-150 30-129 Passing 186 360 Punt Returns 3-12 3-14 Kickoff Returns 4-132 5-111 Interceptions Ret. 2-36 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 10-15-0 30-48-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-16 3-29 Punts 6-51.2 6-49.5 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8-73 6-54 Time of Possession 22:09 37:51 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Denver, McGahee 20-111, Ball 7-25, Tebow 4-13, Larsen 1-1. Minnesota, Gerhart 21-91, Harvin 5-19, Ponder 1-12, Webb 1-4, Booker 2-3.

PASSING-Denver, Tebow 10-15-0-202.

Minnesota, Ponder 29-47-2-381, Webb 1-10-8.

RECEIVING-Denver, D.Thomas 4-144, Decker 2-25, Ball 2-14, Willis 1-12, Royal 1-7. Minnesota, Harvin 8-156, Gerhart 8-42, Aromashodu 6-90, Shiancoe 4-36, S.Burton 2-38, Rudolph 1-19, Booker 1-8.

Steelers 35, Bengals 7 PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger passed for two touchdowns and set a team record for career completions against error-prone Cincinnati.

Cincinnati 0 7 0 0— 7 Pittsburgh 0 28 7 0—35 Second Quarter Pit-Mendenhall 3 run (Suisham kick), 12:47.

Pit-Mendenhall 5 run (Suisham kick), 10:12.

Pit-Wallace 12 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 8:33.

Cin-Green 11 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 4:06.

Pit-A.Brown 60 punt return (Suisham kick), 1:16.

Third Quarter Pit-Wallace 19 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 3:26.

A-63,697.

Cin Pit First downs 13 22 Total Net Yards 232 295 Rushes-yards 22-104 33-136 Passing 128 159 Punt Returns 5-54 3-65 Kickoff Returns 4-103 1-16 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 14-30-1 15-23-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-24 3-17 Punts 7-45.3 5-54.2 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 10-109 4-29 Time of Possession 27:16 32:44

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Cincinnati, Benson 13-52, Scott 5-30, Green 1-15, Dalton 2-6, Gradkowski 1-1.

Pittsburgh, Mendenhall 16-60, Redman 8-51, Moore 1-13, A.Brown 1-9, Dwyer 3-8, C.Batch 3-(minus 2), Wallace 1-(minus 3).

PASSING-Cincinnati, Dalton 11-24-0135, Gradkowski 3-6-1-17. Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 15-23-0-176.

RECEIVING-Cincinnati, Green 6-87, Leonard 4-20, Gresham 3-37, Hawkins 1-8. Pittsburgh, Ward 5-30, Wallace 3-38, A.Brown 2-67, Miller 2-12, Saunders 1-14, Johnson 1-9, Sanders 1-6.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Cincinnati, Nugent 33 (BK). Pittsburgh, Suisham 50 (WR).

Cardinals 19, Cowboys 13, OT GLENDALE, ARIZ. — LaRod Stephens-Howling caught a short pass from Kevin Kolb and zipped 52 yards for a touchdown in overtime, snapping the Cowboys’ fourgame winning streak.

Dallas 0 10 3 0 0 —13 Arizona 3 0 3 7 6 —19 First Quarter Ari-FG Feely 48, 4:13.

Second Quarter Dal-FG Bailey 50, 5:50.

Dal-Bryant 5 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 3:09.

Third Quarter Ari-FG Feely 23, 8:18.

Dal-FG Bailey 37, :34.

Fourth Quarter Ari-Wells 4 run (Feely kick), 13:08.

Overtime Ari-Stephens-Howling 52 pass from Kolb, 11:43.

A-62,180.

Dal Ari First downs 20 16 Total Net Yards 336 327 Rushes-yards 20-75 25-103 Passing 261 224 Punt Returns 3-16 1-1 Kickoff Returns 3-112 3-66 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 28-42-0 16-25-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 5-38 5-23 Punts 5-38.2 7-50.1 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 7-49 6-41 Time of Possession 33:42 29:35 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Dallas, Murray 12-38, Jones 6-36, Romo 2-1. Arizona, Wells 20-67, Kolb 3-20, Stephens-Howling 2-16.

PASSING-Dallas, Romo 28-42-0-299.

Arizona, Kolb 16-25-0-247.

RECEIVING-Dallas, Bryant 8-86, Witten 5-47, Robinson 4-72, Phillips 4-22, Ogletree 3-25, Holley 2-31, Chapas 1-9, Jones 1-7.

Arizona, Roberts 6-111, Fitzgerald 4-55, Housler 2-23, Doucet 2-0, Stephens-Howling 1-52, Wells 1-6.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Dallas, Bailey 53 (WL), 49 (SH).

Texans 17, Falcons 10 HOUSTON — Rookie T.J. Yates threw a touchdown pass in his first NFL start, Arian Foster rushed for 111 yards and Houston overcame another hamstring injury to Andre Johnson.

Atlanta 0 3 7 0—10 Houston 3 7 0 7—17 First Quarter Hou-FG Rackers 43, 4:03.

Second Quarter Hou-Dreessen 3 pass from Yates (Rackers kick), 10:08.

Atl-FG Bryant 19, 5:06.

Third Quarter Atl-White 4 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 1:46.

Fourth Quarter Hou-Foster 1 run (Rackers kick), 6:05.

A-71,545.

Atl Hou First downs 18 20 Total Net Yards 337 337 Rushes-yards 18-70 44-162 Passing 267 175 Punt Returns 2-22 3-10 Kickoff Returns 2-47 3-54 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-34 Comp-Att-Int 20-47-2 12-25-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 3-13 Punts 4-50.5 5-52.8 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 7-43 5-35 Time of Possession 24:56 35:04 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Atlanta, Turner 14-44, Snelling 2-16, Ryan 1-10, Rodgers 1-0. Houston, Foster 31-111, Tate 11-41, Yates 2-10.

PASSING-Atlanta, Ryan 20-47-2-267.

Houston, Yates 12-25-0-188.

RECEIVING-Atlanta, Gonzalez 7-100, Jones 4-68, White 4-51, Douglas 4-43, Rodgers 1-5. Houston, A.Johnson 4-97, Foster 3-41, Daniels 3-35, Walter 1-12, Dreessen 1-3.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Houston, Rackers 54 (SH).

49ers 26, Rams 0 SAN FRANCISCO — Frank Gore ran San Francisco right into the playoffs, becoming the 49ers’ career rushing leader in a shutout that wrapped up the franchise’s first NFC West crown and postseason berth since 2002.

St. Louis 0 0 0 0— 0 San Francisco 3 6 10 7—26 First Quarter SF-FG Akers 36, 4:54.

Second Quarter SF-FG Akers 19, 8:39.

SF-FG Akers 28, 1:41.

Third Quarter SF-Crabtree 52 pass from Ale.Smith (Akers kick), 11:14.

SF-FG Akers 34, 5:41.

Fourth Quarter SF-K.Williams 56 pass from Ale.Smith (Akers kick), 12:42.

A-69,732.

StL SF First downs 10 18 Total Net Yards 157 389 Rushes-yards 23-31 34-144 Passing 126 245 Punt Returns 0-0 3-19 Kickoff Returns 3-66 1-31 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-13 Comp-Att-Int 12-22-1 17-25-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-30 4-29 Punts 8-39.6 5-45.2 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-35 8-72 Time of Possession 23:56 36:04 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-St. Louis, Norwood 11-19, S.Jackson 10-19, B.Miller 1-(minus 1), Pettis 1-(minus 6). San Francisco, Gore 21-73, K.Williams 1-25, Ginn Jr. 1-16, Walker 1-14, Ale.Smith 2-10, Hunter 5-4, Dixon 3-2.

PASSING-St. Louis, Feeley 12-22-1-156.

San Francisco, Ale.Smith 17-23-0-274, Kaepernick 0-2-0-0.

RECEIVING-St. Louis, B.Gibson 4-42, Pettis 3-33, Lloyd 1-34, B.Miller 1-18, S.Jackson 1-11, Alexander 1-10, N.Miller 1-8. San Francisco, V.Davis 5-32, Crabtree 4-96, Ginn Jr. 4-56, K.Williams 2-66, Hunter 2-24.

Saints 31, Lions 17 NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees passed for 342 yards and three touchdowns, and the New Orleans Saints won their fourth straight.

Detroit 0 7 10 0—17 New Orleans 3 21 0 7—31 First Quarter NO-FG Kasay 39, 5:45.

Second Quarter NO-Ingram 14 run (Kasay kick), 11:44.

NO-Meachem 67 pass from Brees (Kasay kick), 8:03.

Det-K.Smith 2 run (Hanson kick), 2:28.

NO-Moore 20 pass from Brees (Kasay kick), :22.

Third Quarter Det-FG Hanson 31, 9:11.

Det-Morris 9 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick), :43.

Fourth Quarter NO-Sproles 6 pass from Brees (Kasay kick), 9:44.

A-73,042.

Det NO First downs 25 21 Total Net Yards 466 438 Rushes-yards 22-87 23-100 Passing 379 338 Punt Returns 2-13 2-13 Kickoff Returns 3-70 3-74 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-(-7) Comp-Att-Int 31-44-1 26-36-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-29 2-4 Punts 4-45.8 4-44.8 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 11-107 3-30 Time of Possession 35:06 24:54 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Detroit, K.Smith 6-34, Morris 12-28, K.Williams 2-14, T.Young 1-11, Logan 1-0. New Orleans, Ingram 16-54, Sproles 4-28, P.Thomas 2-10, Meachem 1-8.

PASSING-Detroit, Stafford 31-44-1-408.

New Orleans, Brees 26-36-0-342.

RECEIVING-Detroit, Johnson 6-69, K.Smith 6-46, Burleson 5-93, Morris 5-47, T.Young 2-60, Scheffler 2-41, Pettigrew 2-13, R.Davis 1-22, Heller 1-10, K.Williams 1-7. New Orleans, Graham 8-89, Colston 6-54, Sproles 5-46, Meachem 3-119, Moore 2-23, P.Thomas 2-11.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Detroit, Hanson 42 (BK), 55 (WL).

Patriots 31, Colts 24 FOXBOROUGH, MASS. — Rob Gronkowski caught two touchdown passes then scored on a lateral and New England then withstood a fourth-quarter rally to keep Indianapolis winless.

Indianapolis 0 3 0 21—24 New England 3 14 14 0—31 First Quarter NE-FG Gostkowski 39, 9:30.

Second Quarter Ind-FG Vinatieri 31, 14:11.

NE-Gronkowski 11 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 2:57.

NE-Green-Ellis 1 run (Gostkowski kick), :13.

Third Quarter NE-Gronkowski 21 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 12:16.

NE-Gronkowski 2 run (Gostkowski kick), 4:13.

Fourth Quarter Ind-D.Brown 5 run (Vinatieri kick), 10:24.

Ind-Garcon 33 pass from Orlovsky (Vinatieri kick), 2:12.

Ind-Garcon 12 pass from Orlovsky (Vinatieri kick), :36.

A-68,756.

Ind NE First downs 26 24 Total Net Yards 437 362 Rushes-yards 31-99 24-73 Passing 338 289 Punt Returns 1-21 2-19 Kickoff Returns 2-34 2-48 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-2 Comp-Att-Int 30-37-1 29-38-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-15 1-0 Punts 3-48.0 4-46.8 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-29 3-20 Time of Possession 35:39 24:21 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Indianapolis, D.Brown 14-41, Addai 13-39, Carter 3-20, Orlovsky 1-(minus 1). New England, Ridley 8-33, Green-Ellis 6-14, Woodhead 4-12, Brady 3-7, Faulk 2-5, Gronkowski 1-2.

PASSING-Indianapolis, Orlovsky 30-37-1353. New England, Brady 29-38-0-289.

RECEIVING-Indianapolis, Garcon 9-150, Collie 7-70, Wayne 5-55, Tamme 5-49, D.Brown 1-15, Felton 1-7, Hill 1-5, Addai 1-2.

New England, Welker 11-110, Hernandez 7-43, Gronkowski 5-64, Branch 3-37, Faulk 1-13, Ochocinco 1-12, Underwood 1-10.

Dolphins 34, Raiders 14 MIAMI — Reggie Bush rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown and once-woeful Miami won for the fourth time in the past five games.

Oakland 0 0 0 14—14 Miami 6 7 21 0—34 First Quarter Mia-FG Carpenter 48, 10:11.

Mia-FG Carpenter 33, 1:30.

Second Quarter Mia-Bess 12 pass from Mat.Moore (Carpenter kick), 8:24.

Third Quarter Mia-Bush 1 run (Carpenter kick), 13:56.

Mia-Mat.Moore 6 run (Carpenter kick), 5:01.

Mia-Burnett 34 interception return (Carpenter kick), 4:41.

Fourth Quarter Oak-Houshmandzadeh 40 pass from Palmer (Janikowski kick), 7:51.

Oak-Heyward-Bey 3 pass from Palmer (Janikowski kick), 3:26.

A-57,225.

Oak Mia First downs 18 23 Total Net Yards 304 362 Rushes-yards 14-46 44-209 Passing 258 153 Punt Returns 1-11 3-28 Kickoff Returns 0-0 1-77 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-34 Comp-Att-Int 20-41-1 13-25-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-15 1-9 Punts 8-46.5 4-55.5 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 10-91 8-79 Time of Possession 21:40 38:20 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Oakland, Bush 10-18, Murphy 2-16, Reece 1-10, Palmer 1-2. Miami, Bush 22-100, Thomas 13-73, Mat.Moore 5-22, Hilliard 3-10, Gates 1-4.

PASSING-Oakland, Palmer 20-41-1-273.

Miami, Mat.Moore 13-25-0-162.

RECEIVING-Oakland, Schilens 6-89, Myers 3-33, Bush 3-27, Heyward-Bey 3-23, Murphy 2-15, Houshmandzadeh 1-40, Reece 1-38, Boss 1-8. Miami, Fasano 4-66, Marshall 4-60, Bess 4-27, Hartline 1-9.

Titans 23, Bills 17 ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Chris Johnson rushed for 153 yards and two touchdowns as Tennessee remained in the playoff chase.

Tennessee 10 7 3 3—23 Buffalo 7 3 0 7—17 First Quarter Ten-FG Bironas 48, 12:27.

Buf-Spiller 35 run (Rayner kick), 7:17.

Ten-Johnson 48 run (Bironas kick), 5:50.

Second Quarter Ten-Johnson 4 run (Bironas kick), 13:48.

Buf-FG Rayner 27, 6:46.

Third Quarter Ten-FG Bironas 27, 6:45.

Fourth Quarter Ten-FG Bironas 44, 8:55.

Buf-St.Johnson 2 pass from Fitzpatrick (Rayner kick), 2:58.

A-56,463.

Ten Buf First downs 18 18 Total Net Yards 317 379 Rushes-yards 31-187 23-97 Passing 130 282 Punt Returns 3-72 2-10 Kickoff Returns 1-21 1-12 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 16-25-0 29-46-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-10 1-6 Punts 5-47.8 4-48.5 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-2 Penalties-Yards 3-20 2-15 Time of Possession 28:14 31:46 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Tennessee, Johnson 23-153, Ringer 5-21, Hall 2-14, Hasselbeck 1-(minus 1). Buffalo, Spiller 14-83, Choice 5-20, Fitzpatrick 4-(minus 6).

PASSING-Tennessee, Hasselbeck 16-25-0140. Buffalo, Fitzpatrick 29-46-0-288.

RECEIVING-Tennessee, Williams 4-62, Washington 4-40, Hall 2-12, L.Hawkins 2-9, Ringer 2-(minus 8), Graham 1-21, Johnson 1-4. Buffalo, B.Smith 7-72, St.Johnson 5-52, Chandler 3-48, Nelson 3-34, Spiller 3-19, L.Smith 3-11, Caussin 2-16, Roosevelt 1-25, Choice 1-7, McIntyre 1-4.

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Jets 34, Redskins 19 NFL CONFERENCE LANDOVER, MD. — Mark AMERICAN East Sanchez hit Santonio Holmes W L for a 30-yard touchdown pass New England 9 3 N.Y. Jets 7 5 with 4:49 to play.

Buffalo 5 7 N.Y. Jets 7 3 3 21—34 Washington 7 6 0 6—19 First Quarter Was-Helu 2 run (Gano kick), 10:21.

NYJ-Greene 1 run (Folk kick), 1:15.

Second Quarter Was-FG Gano 33, 11:32.

NYJ-FG Folk 45, 3:06.

Was-FG Gano 23, :19.

Third Quarter NYJ-FG Folk 51, 6:36.

Fourth Quarter Was-FG Gano 46, 7:52.

NYJ-Holmes 30 pass from Sanchez (Folk kick), 4:49.

NYJ-Greene 9 run (Folk kick), 3:42.

Was-FG Gano 43, 1:59.

NYJ-Greene 25 run (Folk kick), 1:47.

A-74,121.

NYJ Was First downs 16 17 Total Net Yards 266 304 Rushes-yards 30-101 23-100 Passing 165 204 Punt Returns 2-14 2-14 Kickoff Returns 6-84 7-164 Interceptions Ret. 1-3 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 19-32-0 19-46-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-17 Punts 5-44.6 6-37.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 6-40 6-50 Time of Possession 32:12 27:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-N.Y. Jets, Greene 22-88, Kerley 1-6, Tomlinson 1-5, Conner 2-2, Sanchez 3-1, McKnight 1-(minus 1). Washington, Helu 23-100.

PASSING-N.Y. Jets, Sanchez 19-32-0-165.

Washington, Grossman 19-46-1-221.

RECEIVING-N.Y. Jets, Holmes 4-58, Burress 3-33, Greene 3-26, Keller 3-12, Tomlinson 1-16, Kerley 1-7, P.Turner 1-6, Mulligan 1-5, McKnight 1-2, Conner 1-0. Washington, Davis 6-99, Moss 5-42, Helu 4-42, Anderson 2-21, Stallworth 1-14, Royster 1-3.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-N.Y. Jets, Folk 40 (WR).

Ravens 24, Browns 10 CLEVELAND — Ray Rice rushed for a career-high 204 yards, breaking loose on a game-changing 67-yarder in the third quarter.

Baltimore 0 10 7 7—24 Cleveland 0 0 3 7—10 Second Quarter Bal-Rice 6 run (Cundiff kick), 13:17.

Bal-FG Cundiff 21, :13.

Third Quarter Cle-FG Dawson 21, 5:55.

Bal-R.Williams 1 run (Cundiff kick), 4:56.

Fourth Quarter Bal-Webb 68 punt return (Cundiff kick), 6:58.

Cle-Moore 22 pass from McCoy (Dawson kick), 4:22.

A-63,648.

Bal Cle First downs 24 13 Total Net Yards 448 233 Rushes-yards 55-290 17-59 Passing 158 174 Punt Returns 2-72 1-9 Kickoff Returns 2-34 4-95 Interceptions Ret. 1-32 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 10-23-0 18-36-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-0 3-22 Punts 3-36.0 8-39.6 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 4-18 3-37 Time of Possession 37:34 22:26 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Baltimore, Rice 29-204, R.Williams 16-76, Leach 4-12, Taylor 1-2, Flacco 4-(minus 1), T.Smith 1-(minus 3). Cleveland, Hillis 12-45, McCoy 4-12, Ogbonnaya 1-2.

PASSING-Baltimore, Flacco 10-23-0-158.

Cleveland, McCoy 17-35-1-192, Wallace 1-10-4.

RECEIVING-Baltimore, Dickson 3-47, Boldin 2-32, Rice 2-10, T.Smith 1-32, Pitta 1-26, Leach 1-11. Cleveland, Ogbonnaya 5-28, Watson 3-34, Norwood 3-29, Little 3-18, Moore 2-28, Hillis 1-52, Massaquoi 1-7.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Baltimore, Cundiff 34 (WR), 41 (WR).

Panthers 38, Buccaneers 19 TAMPA, FLA. — Cam Newton ran for three touchdowns to set the NFL single-season record for rushing TDs by a quarterback.

Carolina 14 10 7 7—38 Tampa Bay 3 9 0 7—19 First Quarter Car-Newton 1 run (Mare kick), 11:21.

Car-Stewart 1 run (Mare kick), 5:07.

TB-FG Barth 50, 1:23.

Second Quarter TB-FG Barth 47, 10:52.

Car-Naanee 19 pass from Newton (Mare kick), 7:04.

TB-FG Barth 46, 4:25.

TB-FG Barth 44, :58.

Car-FG Mare 43, :00.

Third Quarter Car-Newton 1 run (Mare kick), 6:29.

Fourth Quarter Car-Newton 1 run (Mare kick), 9:48.

TB-Briscoe 23 pass from J.Johnson (Barth kick), 6:35.

A-56,270.

Car TB First downs 26 15 Total Net Yards 385 285 Rushes-yards 39-163 27-78 Passing 222 207 Punt Returns 1-12 2-42 Kickoff Returns 1-17 3-79 Interceptions Ret. 1-9 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 13-22-0 16-27-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-9 2-22 Punts 3-38.0 2-41.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 2-20 9-73 Time of Possession 32:41 27:19 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Carolina, Stewart 14-80, Newton 14-54, D.Williams 11-29. Tampa Bay, J.Johnson 5-45, Madu 8-25, Blount 11-19, Lumpkin 2-1, Benn 1-(minus 12).

PASSING-Carolina, Newton 12-21-0-204, Naanee 1-1-0-27. Tampa Bay, J.Johnson 16-27-1-229.

RECEIVING-Carolina, LaFell 3-64, Naanee 2-38, Smith 2-32, Stewart 2-19, Newton 1-27, Shockey 1-26, Olsen 1-21, Ajirotutu 1-4.

Tampa Bay, Williams 5-93, Winslow 4-41, Benn 3-46, Parker 3-26, Briscoe 1-23.

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W L T Pct PF Denver 7 5 0 .583 256 Oakland 7 5 0 .583 274 Kansas City 5 7 0 .417 163 San Diego 4 7 0 .364 249 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Dallas 7 5 0 .583 283 N.Y. Giants 6 6 0 .500 287 Philadelphia 4 8 0 .333 271 Washington 4 8 0 .333 202 South W L T Pct PF New Orleans 9 3 0 .750 393 Atlanta 7 5 0 .583 269 Carolina 4 8 0 .333 290 Tampa Bay 4 8 0 .333 218 North W L T Pct PF x-Green Bay 12 0 0 1.000 420 Chicago 7 5 0 .583 291 Detroit 7 5 0 .583 333 Minnesota 2 10 0 .167 246 West W L T Pct PF x-San Francisco 10 2 0 .833 288 Seattle 5 7 0 .417 216 Arizona 5 7 0 .417 232 St. Louis 2 10 0 .167 140 x-clinched division Thursday’s Game Seattle 31, Philadelphia 14 Sunday’s Games Kansas City 10, Chicago 3 Houston 17, Atlanta 10 Denver 35, Minnesota 32 Carolina 38, Tampa Bay 19 Pittsburgh 35, Cincinnati 7 N.Y. Jets 34, Washington 19 Miami 34, Oakland 14 Tennessee 23, Buffalo 17 New England 31, Indianapolis 24 Baltimore 24, Cleveland 10 San Francisco 26, St. Louis 0 Arizona 19, Dallas 13, OT Green Bay 38, N.Y. Giants 35 New Orleans 31, Detroit 17 Today’s Game San Diego at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 7:20 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 11 New Orleans at Tennessee, noon Indianapolis at Baltimore, noon Kansas City at N.Y. Jets, noon Minnesota at Detroit, noon Houston at Cincinnati, noon Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, noon Atlanta at Carolina, noon Philadelphia at Miami, noon New England at Washington, noon San Francisco at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.

Chicago at Denver, 3:05 p.m.

Buffalo at San Diego, 3:15 p.m.

Oakland at Green Bay, 3:15 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 7:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 12 St. Louis at Seattle, 7:30 p.m.

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College Bowls

Saturday, Dec. 17 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Wyoming (8-4) vs. Temple (8-4), 1:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho Utah State (7-5) vs. Ohio (9-4), 4:30 p.m.

(ESPN) New Orleans Bowl Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4) vs. San Diego State (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 20 Beef ‘O’Brady’s Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. Marshall (6-6) vs. FIU (8-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 21 Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego TCU (10-2) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 22 MAACO Bowl At Las Vegas Boise State (11-1) vs. Arizona State (6-6), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Nevada (7-5) vs. Southern Mississippi (112), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 26 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. North Carolina (7-5) vs. Missouri (7-5), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 27 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl At Detroit Western Michigan (7-5) vs. Purdue (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina State (7-5) vs. Louisville (7-5), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl At Washington Air Force (7-5) vs. Toledo (8-4), 3:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Holiday Bowl At San Diego Texas (7-5) vs. California (7-5), 7 p.m.

(ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 29 Champs Sports Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Florida State (8-4) vs. Notre Dame (8-4), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Baylor (9-3) vs. Washington (7-5), 8 p.m.

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Friday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl At Dallas Tulsa (8-4) vs. BYU (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl At Bronx, N.Y. Rutgers (8-4) vs. Iowa State (6-6), 2:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.

Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Wake Forest (6-6), 5:40 p.m. (ESPN) Insight Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Oklahoma (9-3) vs. Iowa (7-5), 9 p.m.

(ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 31 Meinke Car Care Bowl At Houston Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Northwestern (6-6), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Georgia Tech (8-4) vs. Utah (7-5), 1 p.m.

(CBS) Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

Vanderbilt (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco UCLA (6-7) vs. Illinois (6-6), 2:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Virginia (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 6:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Monday, Jan. 2 TicketCity Bowl At Dallas Penn State (9-3) vs. Houston (12-1), 11 a.m. (ESPNU) Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Nebraska (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), noon (ESPN) Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Georgia (10-3) vs. Michigan State (10-3), noon (ABC) Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Florida (6-6) vs. Ohio State (6-6), noon (ESPN2) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

Oregon (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (11-2), 4 p.m.

(ESPN) Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

Stanford (11-1) vs. Oklahoma State (11-1), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 3 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Michigan (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Jan. 4 Orange Bowl At Miami West Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 6 Cotton Bowl At Arlington, Texas Kansas State (10-2) vs. Arkansas (10-2), 7 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 7 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5), 11 a.m.

(ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 8 GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 9 BCS National Championship At New Orleans LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1), 7:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 21 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, TBA, (NFLN) Saturday, Jan. 28 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 3 p.m. (NFLN) Saturday, Feb. 5 Texas vs. Nation At San Antonio Texas vs. Nation, 1 p.m. (CBSSN)

AP Top 25

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 3, total points based on 25 points for a firstplace vote through one point for a 25thplace vote, and previous ranking: RecordPts Pv 1. LSU (60) 13-0 1,500 1 2. Alabama 11-1 1,418 2 3. Oklahoma St. 11-1 1,400 3 4. Stanford 11-1 1,283 4 5. Southern Cal 10-2 1,179 9 6. Oregon 11-2 1,170 8 7. Arkansas 10-2 1,148 6 8. Boise St. 11-1 1,107 9 9. Wisconsin 11-2 1,038 15 10. South Carolina 10-2 946 14 11. Kansas St. 10-2 829 16 12. Michigan St. 10-3 733 11 13. Michigan 10-2 707 17 14. Clemson 10-3 663 21 15. Baylor 9-3 656 19 16. TCU 10-2 632 18 17. Virginia Tech 11-2 591 5 18. Georgia 10-3 566 12 19. Oklahoma 9-3 386 13 20. Houston 12-1 370 7 21. Nebraska 9-3 363 20 22. Southern Miss.

11-2 336 24 23. West Virginia 9-3 199 22 24. Penn St. 9-3 129 23 25. Florida St. 8-4 49 25 Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 23, Cincinnati 22, Arkansas St. 18, BYU 12, Georgia Tech 7, N. Illinois 7, Missouri 5, Virginia 5, Tulsa 2, Louisville 1.

BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB-Announced Manny Ramirez applied for reinstatement and his suspension for a second failed drug test was cut from 100 games to 50 because he sat out nearly all of last season.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Named Lee Thomas special assistant to the executive vice president of baseball operations and Fred Ferreira executive director of international recruiting.

HOCKEY National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS-Recalled F Jordan Caron and D Steven Kampfer from Providence (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS-Assigned F Aaron Palushaj to Hamilton (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES-Recalled D Chris Summers from Portland (AHL) on an emergency basis.

COLLEGE ARIZONA-Announced freshman men’s basketball F Sidiki Johnson is leaving the school.

CLEMSON-Agreed to terms with offensive coordinator Chad Morris on a contract extension.

COLORADO STATE-Fired football coach Steve Fairchild.

FRESNO STATE-Fired football coach Pat Hill.

PITTSBURGH-Announced the resignations of co-offensive coordinator Calvin Magee, tight ends coach Tony Dews and secondary coach Tony Gibson.

UAB-Named Garrick McGee football coach.

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14820 Parallel Road Basehor, KS 66007 Services: Shake, Net & Load Trees & Hayrides Type of Trees: Scotch, Austrian & White Pine, Fraiser & Balsam Fir Hours: Weekdays 1-5pm.

Sat. & Sun. 9am-5pm.

913-724-1057, 913-724-3788

Shop for the Kids!

Sat., Dec. 3, 9 am - 4 pm Johnson Co. Fairgrounds Gardner, KS Over 50 booths of local craft and gift vendors.

Proceeds benefit Johnson County 4-H Livestock Club Plus... Pancake Breakfast 1 am with Santa. 9 - 11 Kids under 10 eat free with adult! Christmas Tree Raffle. Win one of 8 decorated theme trees!

Complete your Holiday shopping, support the 4-H youth of Johnson County.

Crafts, jewelry, bags, designs, scents, collectibles, body care, clothes, and much, much more! Plenty of free, close parking.

For more info: www.4-HLivestock.com

Unique Sports Memorabilia, Coins, Stamps, Antiques & Collectibles Located at: lower level Lucky’s Brewgrill 5401 Johnson Drive Mission, KS

Dinner Available Phil Detrixhe - Auctioneer www.auctionsbyphil.com 913-624-4644

“A Lasting Gift”

Quality Since 1947 Murphy Furniture Service 409 E. 7th, 785-841-6484 www.murphyfurniture.net

Auction Tues., Dec. 13, 6 PM

Celebrate Christmas and history in historic Lecompton Territorial Capital Museum 22 Vintage Trees Traditional Christmas Vespers - 2PM, Dec. 4th Tour Constitution Hall Shop 2 New Antique & Art Businesses Open Wed.-Sun. 785-887-6148

PLUM PUDDINGS

Trinity Episcopal’s Environmental Stewardship Team is again selling Plum Puddings for the Holidays.

Large $15 serves 8 - 12, Small $7.50 serves 4 - 6, Hard sauce $1.50 serves 4-6 Call Trinity 785-843-6166 or Vashti 785-843-2855

Adult Care Provided Loving Caregiver For Your Loved One. 24/7 or live in.

20yrs. exp. Prof. ref. Call Yvonne 785-393-3066

Child Care Provided Day Care on Kasold - Food program. Licensed, Refs.

Full & part time openings.

785-865-5143, 913-940-8153 Lawrence Montessori School Limited Infant Openings www.lawrencemontessori school.com Part & Full Time Openings at LMS. Enrolling for ages 5 mos to 6 years. 2 Weeks FREE in Jan. 785-840-9555.

AccountingFinance Holiday Bake Sale

Linda’s Cleaning done right 30 years experience, excellent references.

One time or regularly.

Only $15 per hour.

785-393-2599.

Sunday, Dec. 11 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Plymouth Church

925 Vermont St.,

Lawrence 785-843-3220 Come buy your holiday baked goods here!

Olathe Mortgage Company seeking an experienced FHA/VA mortgage loan processor. Experience with Encompass would be preferred.

Competitive salary and benefits included. Hours are 8:30 - 5:00. Office is located in the Cedar Creek area. Please send resumes only to people@mischomeloans.com

Banking

Commercial Lender

Found Item

All packages include AT LEAST 7 days online, 2 photos online, 4000 chracters online, and one week in top ads.

Announcements FINAL WEEK!

AdministrativeProfessional

Administrative Professional

University Kansas School of Music Full-time, benefits eligible position. Salary based on experience The Administrative Professional reports to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Primary responsibilities include: 1) processing prospective graduate student inquiries, applications, and admissions; 2) management of graduate student records; 3) serving as a resource for graduate students as well as faculty with regard to enrollment and graduation procedures/protocols; 4) work closely with the Graduate School regarding matters pertaining to graduate music degree programs, admissions, and graduation; 5) work closely with the Dean’s office regarding Graduate Teaching Assistant awards; and 6) assist as called upon to support the successful operations of the School of Music.

The position is fully responsible for interpreting and enforcing policy pertaining to graduate studies in music with students and faculty.

Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled.

For more information and to apply, go to: https://jobs.ku.edu and search for position 01114026 Apply by December 10, 2011 EO/AA Employer

CASE MANAGER

Full time Case Manager needed for adults and children with Intellectual/ Developmental Disabilities.

This position coordinates, monitors, and ensures delivery of services and resources. A degree in Rehabilitation or related field preferred.

Valid drivers license and good driving record and computer skills a must.

Apply at: Cottonwood Inc. 2801 W 31st Street Lawrence, KS 66047 or www.cwood.org EOE

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INTRUST Bank has a career opportunity for a Commercial Lender in our Lawrence market.

This person will develop new business, including loan, treasury management and deposit products. Will focus on delivering a high level of customer service. Administer a portfolio of loans and also be responsible for conducting appropriate collection efforts. The position requires a college degree in business, preferably a major in finance, accounting, or economics. Experience of 3-7 years of lending is required. We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that includes; Medical, dental and cancer insurance + 401k and pension plan + Tuition reimbursement + Life insurance and Long-term disability.

Apply online at www.intrustbank.com

Customer Service

APPLY TODAY

10 TO 15 Hard Workers to start Immediately. No experience necessary.

We will Train FT. Starting Pay of $400 to $600 wk.

Opportunity for Advancement. Call 785-783-3021

General 10 HARD WORKERS NEEDED NOW! Immediate Full Time Openings! 40 Hours a Week Guaranteed!

Weekly Pay! 785-841-0755

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

New Years Resolutions?

Start Now and Bring in the New Year in High Gear. $1,200 to $2,400/mo.

To start if you qualify.

Call 785-856-1243

Basehor-Linwood USD 458

is seeking a district wide custodian.

Apply online at www.usd458.org

BOOKKEEPER Full charge bookkeeper for business office mgr.

F/T. Must have A/P, A/R, P/R, computer exp.

Knowledge of Medicare/ billing a plus. Multi - tasking skills a must.

Send resume/salary requirements to Hickory Pointe Care & Rehab, 700 Cherokee, Oskaloosa, KS 66066 785-863-2108

HR Assistant VA Chief Business Office, Workforce Management, Human Resources office has employment opportunitiies for HR Assistant, Worklife & Benefits (Employee Benefits).

Cleaning Technician

Part-time: 5 evenings/wk.

2 to 3 hours per night $8 per hour Apply at 939 Iowa, Lawrence 785-842-6264

This position is responsible for assisting employees on the full range employee benefits including program entitlements and on interpretations of the HBO EXPANDING Entertainlaw, regulations and poli- ment Co. Needs 12 self cies. The incumbent will motivated individuals, to contact third parties as start immediately, trainappropriate to resolve ingprovided. Management benefits issues. The in- opportunities for right percumbent will gather the son. $2400/mo. while in necessary information re- training. Excellent comgarding benefits coverage pensation. Good benefits determinations on enti- No felonies. Call Seth at tlements for employees. 785-218-8836.

Reviews documents and reports for completeness and enters pertinent information into an automated tracking system.

This is a full-time, 40 hours per week, work schedule to be determined by the needs of the agency.

Starting salary ranges Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! from $38,790 to $50,431 annually, depending upon • Production Operators experience.

(Must have manufacturing and machine operatYou must be a US citizen. ing experience) The VA offers excellent benefits including com- $10.53 hr. petitive salary, 10 paid 2nd & 3rd Shifts (with shift differential) holidays, excellent leave programs, life and health • Processing Techs insurance, and a tax - de- Experience needed: ferred retirement pro- Mechanical skills in Set-up, repair and gram.

Troubleshooting You will find this vacancy TSL, PTI Extruders announcement at: 2nd & 3rd shift (with shift www.usajobs.gov differential) Announcement • Maintenance Technicians #VZ-12-NRT-564641 (Experience with industrial maintenance, Applications must be reBasic Pneumatics, ceived by closing date mechanical, electrical, And listed in vacancy antrouble shooting) nouncement. You must TSL, TRIA, PTI, 480 Volt, reference the announce3phase DC voltage ment number on your ap(Thermoform experience plication materials for a plus) this position.

• Tooling Technicians Experience with measurPUT YOUR ing tools. math, analytiEMPLOYMENT AD IN cal skills. Lathes, mills, TODAY!! grinders & G-code exp a plus. Mech. ability & Go to ljworld.com or call electric knowledge 785-832-1000. needed. 12 hr shift. ExUP TO FOUR PACKAGES cellent Benefits after 60 TO CHOOSE FROM! days.

Applications only All packages include AT accepted online at: LEAST 7 days online, 2 WWW.BerryPlastics.com photos online, 4000 (Click on) corporate chracters online, and one (Click drop down link to) week in top ads. employment Background check/drug Days in print vary with test required EOE package chosen.

Health Care Baldwin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center has openings for: Part time & Full time CNAs weekends & nights. and Full time weekend RN Please call Chelsea & Lori at 785-594-6492

MEDICALODGES OF EUDORA FT Nurse RN or LPN on the 6p-6a shift.

To apply come to 1415 Maple or email resume to dkfox@medicalodges.com

Please NO phone calls Come work in a friendly, resident centered, family oriented home

RN & LPN needed to join our great family practice team! Full time positions with benefits. Some evening and weekend hours required.

Please email resume to: slhalllfpc@yahoo.com or fax to (785) 841-3129

Management Assistant Director/Supervisor for Toddler and Two year old classrooms. Full time position starting 1/3/12.

Req. Bachelor’s degree in child or family related field, two years teaching exp. with 1-2 year olds and good computer skills.

Knowledge of Child Care Food Program procedures preferred but not required.

Contact Hilltop Child Development Center, 1605 Irving Hill Rd. Lawrence 66045, 785 864-4940, or ppisani@ku.edu to apply. EOE

Estimator/PM

Oliver Electric Construction has an immediate opening for an Estimator/ PM position. Competitive salary, great benefits.

Must have experience. EOE Email resume to: info@oliverelectric.com

Property Manager

Now hiring property manRN, Part Time Call 785- ager for small luxury com842-3301 Professional Sit- munity in Lawrence. Must have knowledge in Word ters Home Health. and Excel, problem- solving, multitasking, marketing & organizational skills.

Maintenance Competitive pay & benefits

Commercial Property Maintenance

Submit resume to: First Management, Inc. PO Box 1797 Lawrence, KS 66044 or email to: jobs@firstmanagementinc.com

Apartments Unfurnished A CHRISTMAS GIFT Move in December and Get $300 OFF your rent 1, 2, and 3 BRs available 3 Great Locations Nice Communities Remodeled Units avail.

Call 785-841-5444 or 785-830-0888

Apartments Unfurnished 2BR — 725 W. 25th, In 4plex, CA, W/D hookup, offst. parking. $410-$420/mo.

No pets. Call 785-841-5797 2BR — 934 Illinois, In 4-plex, 1st floor, DW. $490/month.

No pets. Call 785-841-5797 www.rentinlawrence.com 2BR avail. now, very nice & quiet, DW, W/D, off-st. parking. $545/mo. No pets.

785-423-1565, 785-841-4035 2BR, 925 Alabama. 1 Bath, Central Air, $500/mo. 2 Car garage is avail. for $100 per month. 785-842-7644

A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE

Last One Left!!

Move-in Special for 1BRs Only one of each left: 2BR Apt.& 2BR Townhome

941 Indiana - 2BR 1 bath $650/mo. 785-841-4935

Quiet, great location on KU bus route, no pets, W/D in all units.

785-842-5227 www.villa26lawrence.com

Parkway Terrace Apts.

2340 Murphy Drive 1 Bedrooms - $440/mo.

2 Bedrooms - $500/mo.

VILLA 26 APARTMENTS

Applecroft Apts.

19th & Iowa, Lawrence 1 Bedroom Gas, Water & Trash Paid

785-843-8220

chasecourt@sunflower.com

Aspen West

2900 Bob Billings Pkwy.

Half Month FREE

1 & 2 Bedrooms, Near KU. Water/trash paid, No pets.

AC Management 785-842-4461

Large kitchens, bedrooms and closets. Newly updated. Convenient to all services, on the bus route

Call Today 785-841-1155

RENT SPECIAL!

2BR starting at $525 W/D included. Pool

The Woods of Old West Lawrence 785-841-4935 2BR — 909 Missouri or 1305 Kentucky, in 4-plex. Have CA & DW. No pets. $450/ month. Call 785-841-5797

2BR Near hospital. Large, has CA, off-street parking, Successful candidate will & is on bus route. $550/mo. have a diverse back- Sonic Drivein MGMT TrainAvail. now. 785-550-7325 ground in maintenance of ees. Baldwin/Eudora Sonic commercial buildings, in- Drive-In is hiring Assistant BRAND NEW 2BR, 1310 Kentucky. CA, DW, cluding: heating and air Managers. Salary range is One Month FREE laundry. Close to KU. $550/ conditioning, electrical, $23,000-$35,000/yr.

Call mo. One Month FREE. $200 and general construction.

Scott at 785-690-7200 Tuckaway at Frontier Deposit. Call 785-842-7644 Please send resume to: 542 Frontier, Lawrence First Management, Inc. Sales-Marketing Village Square 1BR, 1.5 bath PO Box 1797 Stonecrest • Hanover 2BR, 2.5 baths Lawrence, KS 66044 1, 2 and 3 Bedrooms fax to: 785-841-8492 Rent Includes Near KU, Pool, Pet Friendly or email to: All Utilities. Plus Cable, jobs@firstmanagementinc.com Reserve YOUR Apt. for 2012 Internet, Fitness & Pool.

NOW HIRING Call 785-842-3040 or email: Garages Available Direct Sales Representatives village@sunflower.com Elevators to all floors Full Time Positions Reserve Bring your resume to the ASHBURY TOWNHOMES Marriott YOURS Near K-10, W/D hookups Spring Hill Suites, for Spring/Fall & fenced courtyard.

1 Riverfront Plaza 2BR & 3BRs Available Call Today 785-856-8900 for open interviews MOVE IN SPECIALS www.tuckawaymgmt.com EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES Tuesday, December 6th Call NOW 785-842-1322 4 to 6:30 p.m.

TECHNICIAN This is a door to door Performs mechanical and sales position that offers One Month FREE! building maintenance base pay plus commissions.

Sunrise Terrace — 951 Arwork in the operation, reNo appointment needed; kansas, so close to KU! pair, evaluation, replaceDowntown Lofts Questions?

2BR w/study or 3rd BR, 2 full ment, installation and Call: 785-312-6901 New Studio, 1, & 2 BRs bath, CA, DW, laundry, lots preventative mainteof parking, some with LIVE IN LUXURY nance of mechanical sysW/D. $550 - $750/month. tems, physical structures Schools-Instruction at 901 New Hampshire No pets. Call 785-841-5797 and building appliances 785-830-8800 www.rentinlawrence.com at the KU Memorial ALLIED HEALTH career www.firstmanagementinc.com Unions. Must have prior training. Attend college experience in and the 100% online. Job placeability to use a wide range ment HIGHPOINTE APTS assistance.

Comof tools, specific equip- puter available. Financial MOVE-IN SPECIALS ment and supplies in the Aid if qualified. SCHEV cer- 2001 W. 6th. 785-841-8468 performance of various tified. www.firstmanagementinc.com Call 800-481-9409 maintenance tasks. Prefer www.CenturaOnline.com Sunrise Place universal refrigerant liSunrise Village PARKWAY COMMONS cense. Job description at: Apartments & Townhomes www.union.ku.edu/hr Trade Skills One Month Rent FREE! 2, 3 & 4BRs 2 & 3 Bedrooms Starting salary $14.47 Limited Time Special Painters Clubhouse lounge, gym, $16.22 per hour plus ex- Experienced cellent benefits including needed for local repaint garages avail., W/D, walk All Units: Pool, on KU bus health, dental, life & long jobs. Must have own phone in closets, and 1 pet okay. route, DW, & microwave term disability insurance & car. $8-9/hr. 785-841-3633 3601 Clinton Pkwy., Lawrence 2BRs - 1/2 Mo. Rent FREE plans, retirement, paid 785-842-3280 near KU, laundry facilities NOW HIRING vacation, sick leave and 837 MICHIGAN Electricians holidays. Employment apRed Oak Apts.

3 & 4BRs - Special Prices plications available in the Torgeson Electric Co. W/D, FREE wireless internet Human Resources Office 711 W 1st Ave. 2408 Alabama 660 GATEWAY COURT 3rd Floor, Kansas Union Topeka, KS 2BR, water & trash paid 1301 Jayhawk Blvd. $510/mo.

Deposit -$300 Call 785-841-8400 Apply in person or online: Lawrence, KS 66045 On the Bus Route www.torgesonelectric.com www.sunriseapartments.com EOE

Call Today 785-841-1155

General Maintenance Worker Kansas Athletics (University Support Staff) Responsible for regular labor work within the Athletics Department.

Work involves performance of standard as well as technical tasks for successful completion of equipment maintenance, landscaping, carpentry, painting, grounds maintenance, custodial, & set-up/take down of athletic events preparation.

Must be available for scheduled over-time including nights and week-ends. $10.68- $11.75/hr.

Deadline 12/09/2011.

On-line application https://jobs.ku.edu position # 00063050 EO/AA Employer

Apartments Furnished Rooms (newly remodeled) Rent by week or by month.

With cable & internet. Call Virginia Inn 785-856-7536

Apartments Unfurnished 1BR, 1/2 block to KU, reserved parking, $510. GAS & WATER PAID. 785-842-7644 www.gagemgmt.com

Crossgate Casita’s

New 1BR - $540/mo. Open Mon.-Sat. Noon-4pm, 2451 Crossgate Dr. 785-760-7899

Ad Astra Apartments

1 & 2 BRs from $390/mo.

Call MPM for more details at 785-841-4935

Cedarwood Apts 2411 Cedarwood Ave. Beautiful & Spacious

Lawrence Public Schools is accepting applications in the Facilities & Operations Department for a full time Licensed HVAC Technician. Must have a valid KS Driver’s License.

HVAC experience preferred. Apply on-line at www.usd497.org. EOE

1 & 2BRs start at $400/mo. * Near campus, bus stop * Laundries on site * Near stores, restaurants * Water & trash paid 4BR duplex - start at $795 —————————————————— Get Coupon* for $25 OFF

EACH MONTH’S RENT

*Sign lease by Dec. 30, 2011 AND College Students

GET 25% DISCOUNT

Call for SPECIALS

785-838-3377, 785-841-3339 www.tuckawaymgmt.com

YOUR PLACE, YOUR SPACE

2BR at 1BR price

Newer 2BR for only $475.

Jacksonville Apts.

Act fast! (785) 841-4935

785.843.4040 www.thefoxrun.com

Winter is here No high gas bill to pay, all electric units only!

• Small dog welcome • Income restrictions apply • Students welcome

LAUREL GLEN APTS

For Current Rent Specials Call 785-838-9559 EOH 3BR — 1131 Tennessee, 1st floor, 1 bath. Avail. now. No pets. $650/mo. 785-841-5797 www.rentinlawrence.com

Start at $495 One Bedroom/studio style Pool - Fitness Center -On-Site Laundry - Water & Trash Pd.

3BR - 2121 Inverness, 2 story, 2.5 bath, CA, DW, W/D hookup, 2 car, 1 pet ok. $850/mo. 785-841-5797

Available January 2012

NEW RENT SPECIALS

785.856.7788

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1 - 4 BRs

Garages - Pool - Fitness Center • Ironwood Court Apts.

• Park West Gardens Apts • Park West Town Homes • Homes at Monterey Bluffs and Green Tree Call for more details 785.840.9467

Campus & Downtown 2 & 3 Bedroom Apts 785-749-7744 Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 www.GageMgmt.com

Heatherwood Valley & Sunflower Apartments 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Units • No Application Fee • Short-term Leases avail.

• Leasing Programs for Applicants w/Bad Credit 785-856-1237 www.AssetMgmtPlus.com

2BR — 1017 Illinois. 2 story, Studio Apt., 1907 W. 25th, 1 bath, CA, DW. $570/mo. $390/mo. + Tenant only No pets. Call 785-841-5797 pays elect. 785-841-1155 www.rentinlawrence.com

—————————————————— 2BR - 2406 Alabama, Bldg. 2, 2 story, 1.5 baths, CA, DW, CALL TODAY (Mon. - Fri.) $570. No pets. 785-841-5797 785-843-1116 www.rentinlawrence.com

Maintenance Tech -

FT Evening. Medical facility near the Legends is seeking individual to perform routine maint.

At least 3 yrs exp; including electrical & plumbing; mechanical.

PT benefits. Fax resume w/salary req. to 913.596.4901 or email to plux@ppikc.com

Great Locations! Great Prices!

1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms

DOWNTOWN LOFT

Studio Apartments 600 sq. ft., $675/mo.

825 sq. ft., $855/mo.

No pets allowed Call Today 785-841-6565

2BR — 2412 Alabama in 4-plex. 1 bath, CA, washer & dryer. No pets. $470/mo.

Call 785-841-5797

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2BR - 3503 W. 7th Court, 2 story, 1 bath, CA, DW, W/D hookup, garage, 1 pet ok. $650/mo. 785-841-5797

Studios — 2400 Alabama, all elect., plenty of parking, AC, laundry. $390, water/cable paid. No pets. 785-841-5797

2BR - 415 W. 17th, laundry on site, wood floors, off-st. parking, CA. No pets. $500$550, water pd. 785-841-5797

Studios - 1708 W. 5th, all elect, plenty of parking, AC, laundry. $410. water/cable paid. No pets. 785-841-5797

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Firewood-Stoves

3BR just remodeled. 1518 W. 26th, dead end st. On bus route. CA, garage, DW, W/D hookup, $645. 816-721-5183

Studio apt., Bonner Springs.

Newly redecorated, 1st mo. free, water/trash paid, $295/mo. 913-710-8889

Firewood: Mixed firewood and/or hedge, cured for 1 year. More than a cord for $180. 785-766-4272 Lawrence

ONE MONTH FREE RENT 2 & 3BR duplexes, DW, W/D Tonganoxie hookup, patio, no pets.

3BR, 1.5 bath, FP, $625/mo. 2BR, 2 bath, 2 car, like new 2BR, $525 /mo. 2832 Iowa. luxury duplex, 112 Bradley Ct., Tonganoxie. $750/mo. + 785-841-5454, 785-760-1874 deposit. 1 yr. lease. Avail. now. No pets. 913-208-0723 Apartments, Houses & 3BR, 2 bath, CA, master Duplexes. 785-842-7644 suite w/fireplace, jacuzzi www.GageMgmt.com tub, vaulted ceilings, 2 car.

No pets. $975/mo. 821 S. Kentucky Street Place Delaware. Call 913-441-1545 1700 Kentucky Street 4BR Townhome on quiet * 4BR, 2 Bath, Balcony cul-de-sac. No smoking. 2 * W/D, DW, Microwave car garage. 2,500 sq. ft. of * Off-street parking living space. 1 year lease. * Close to downtown/KU $1,100/mo. $1,100 deposit. * $1,000/month 913-845-9005, 816-872-7343 Inquire About Incentives!

Call Today 785-550-7430 CEDAR HILLS

Firewood: Mixed hardwoods, mostly split.

Stacked/delivered. $85 -1/2 cord. James 785-241-3530

Townhomes 2BR, 1 bath, 2100 Haskell.

CA, DW, W/D hookup, carport. $575/mo. Available Now. Call 785-842-7644

New Management

1-3BR apts. in Tonganoxie

Many improvements!

816-260-8606, 913-845-0992

Office Space Downtown offices, 3 avail. $325, $350, $450/mo. New! Nice ammenities. Utils. pd.

Year lease. 785-842-7337

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

Pets under 20 lbs. allowed Call 785-842-2575 www.princeton-place.com

PARKWAY 4000

Move-In Specials!

• 2 & 3BRs available now • 2 Bath, W/D hookups • 2 Car garage w/opener • New kitchen appliances • Maintenance free 785-749-2555/785-766-2722 2BRs from $600 - $800/mo.

West side or close to KU. 785-832-8728 / 785-331-5360 www.lawrencepm.com

Four Wheel Drive Townhomes

2859 Four Wheel Drive Amazing 2BR, tranquil intimate setting, free standing townhome w/ courtyard, cathedral ceilings, skylights, & W/D. Most residents professionals.

Pets ok. Water & trash pd. $750/mo.

785-842-5227 www.villa26lawrence.com

Office Space Available

at 5040 Bob Billings Pkwy.

785-841-4785

Firewood: mostly split oak delivered/stacked. $190 full, $95 half. Call Mike at 785-241-1857 Red Oak/White Oak Mix, $150/truck, $210/cord Stacked & delivered. Cured & Seasoned.

Adam 816-547-1575 Seasoned Firewood for sale. hedge, oak, locust, & other mixed hardwoods. $160/cord. Split stacked & Delivered. Call Ryan at 785-418-9910 Seasoned Mixed Firewood, 2-1/2 miles south of Lawrence. $80/half cord. Call Lloyd 785-842-4502

Cabinet, 4-drawer, black metal file cabinet in working order and ready to go. $60. Call 785-331-7413 Consign & Design, 925 Iowa, Ste. L. Furniture Consignment. Now offering full interior design services.

Mon. - Fri. Call 785-856-9595 Loveseat - Blue and white plaid loveseat. $30.00 Please Call 785-842-1760

1311 Wakarusa - office space available. 200 sq. ft.

- 6,000 sq. ft. For details call 785-842-7644

SOFA, 7 1/2 foot reclining sofa. Brown, blue, & white pattern.

Non-smoking home. Good condition $20 Call 785-841-4192 Soma Queen Size Tube & Foam Water Bed with box spring & frame. Like new, used very little. Complete $150. Call 913-845-3297

Holiday Decor Lawrence

Christmas Decor: Brand New 6 reversible Tartan Priced to sell. Recent re- Plaid /Red Chair Pads Org. model 2BR, 1 bath, CA, Price $8. each. Asking $4. nice appls., laundry rm., each or all 6 for $20. Call privacy fence.

Sunset 785-865-2813 Hills. 809 Madeline Lane. Christmas Decor: Large $94,500. Call 785-393-4322 box Christmas decor. Ornaments, decorations, garlands, lights. $7.

Call 785-749-4490 after 4:00 pm.

Downsized Christmas decorations, - in mint condition to sell at a bargain!

Burgundy, white, gold, nutcrackers, snowman styles.

Some linens & candles.

785-856-2227/785-764-2763 afternoons or evenings.

Gutter Clips for your outdoor Christmas lights.

Omni brand all in one clip for tube, mini, icicle, C7, C9 lights. 3 new boxes with Handmade/Signed primi- 100 clips each. $1.50 each. tive trunk made in Grafton, 785-842-8776 ND. ca 1914. zinc top embellished brass tacks & ac- Inflatable snowman, outcents, very unusual, $75. side Christmas decoration.

3BR Townhomes Avail.

Can be seen Fri.-Sun. 8 foot, lights up, accessoAdam Ave. - 2 bath, 2 car, 12/2-12/4 8am, 1117 New ries for set up. Good condition. $15. 785-842-8776.

1,700 sq. ft., some with York, Chris at 619-655-1670. fenced yards, $895/mo.

Santa Figurines: 2-piece Bainbridge Cir. - 1,200 Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus 1,540 sq. ft., 1.5-2.5 bath, 1 Holiday Baking figurines. car, $695 - $775/mo.

Perfect Condition. $35 for 423B E 4th Street set. Call (785) 843-5655 Pets okay Tonganoxie, KS 66086 with paid pet deposit 913-704-5037 www.garberprop.com Antiques, Collectibles, Household Misc.

785-841-4785 Glass, Furniture, Treasures Blanket: Vintage wool blanket, teal with satin bindApartments, Houses & Appliances ing. Excellent condition, no Duplexes. 785-842-7644 holes or fraying. $5. Call www.GageMgmt.com Dryer, white frigidaire elec785-749-4490 after 4:00 pm. tric dryer, 8 years old.

Avail. Now. 2BR, 2 bath, $100. call 785 760-3711 if in- Cookie tins- Three Holiday cookie tins, 8” diameter, bsmt., lawn care provided. terested.

Wood floor & newer tile. Bluray Player, New, never 2.5 “ deep. Old-fashioned colorful snow scene em$650/mo.

785-393-9359 used bluray player, asking bossed on lid. Lovely gift $35.

Please call container for your baked INVEST IN A NEW HOME 785-550-4142 goods. $2 per tin/offer.

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Instruction and Tutoring

Foundation Repair

Origins Interior Design

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CONCRETE INC Your local foundation repair specialist!

Waterproofing, Basement, & Crack Repair

Concrete, Block & Limestone Wall Repair, Waterproofing Drainage Solutions Sump Pumps, Driveways.

785-843-2700 Owen 24/7

Garage Doors

Buckingham Palace Commercial & Residential Cleaning Services “The Greener Cleaner”

785-842-6264

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Chim-Chiminee Sweeps Chimney/Dryer Duct Sweeping, Stoves, Inserts, & Liners installed.

25 yrs. exp. 913-724-1957

Eco-Friendly Cleaning

Get Lynn on the line!

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• Color & Design • Space Planning • Furniture Layouts • Trade Discounts • Project Management 785-766-9281 originsinteriordesign.com

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

Insured. Free estimates.

Yoga is more than getting on the mat.

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Moving-Hauling

Employment Services

Insurance

Heating & Cooling

Auto-Home- BusinessLife- Health Dennis J. Donnelly Insurance Inc. 913-268-5000 11211 Johnson Dr. insuranceinckc.com

“Your Comfort Is Our Business.”

Installation & Service Residential & Commercial (785) 841-2665 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/rivercityhvac

Housecleaner

Free estimate. Honest and Dependable. References available.

785-691-7999

Let Us Help With The Holidays

Gift Certificates Avail.

Family owned and operated since 1992 For Your Holiday Cleaning Needs

Sue Bee’s Cleaning 785-841-2268

Air Conditioning/ & Heating/Sales & Srvs.

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

Roger, Kevin or Sarajane

785-841-3088

• Garage Doors • Openers • Service • Installation 930 E 27th Street, 785-843-1691 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/chaneyinc

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

785-856-GOLD(4653) Jewelry, coins, silver, watches. Earn money with broken & Unwanted jewelry

Fast Quality Service

Landscaping Low Maintenance Landscape, Inc.

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

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

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Haul Free: Salvageable items. Minimum charge: other moving/hauling jobs.

Also Maintenance/Cleaning for home/business, inside/out plumbing / electrical & more. www.a2zenterprises.info 785-841-6254

STARVING ARTISTS MOVING

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 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/starvingartist

I COME TO YOU!

Dependable & Reliable Holiday pet sitting, feeding, overnights, walks, more!

References! Insured!

785-550-9289

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

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

Roofing Professional Service with a Tender Touch

Stress Free for you and your pet.

Call Calli 785-766-8420

Plumbing

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Lawn, Garden & Nursery

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LAWN & LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE Big/Small Jobs Fall Clean Up Leaf Clean Up Snow Removal

We’re There for You!

785-749-4391

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

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Prompt Superior Service Residential * Commercial Tear Off * Reroofs

Free Estimates

Insurance Work Welcome

785-764-9582

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KEYS of JOY

Piano Lessons 4704 W. 24th St Learn to play 30-50 songs in the first year!

Re-Roofs: All Types Roofing Repairs Siding & Windows FREE Estimates (785) 749-0462 www.meslerroofing.com

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785-331-8369

Salon & Spa

Int/ext. Drywall, Tile, Siding, Wood rot, & Decks 30 plus yrs. Refs. Free Est. albeil@aol.com

Int/Ext/Specialty Painting Siding, Wood Rot & Decks Kate, 785-423-4464 www.kbpaintingllc.com

Painting

Husband & wife team, exp., fast & good.

Reasonable, Carolyn& Mark 785-424-5860

Professional Painters Home, Interior, Exterior Painting, Lead Paint Removal Serving Northeast Kansas 785-691-6050 http://lawrencemarket place.com/primecoat

Riffel Painting Co. Specializing in new homes & Residential interior and exterior repaints Power Washing Deck staining Sheet Rock Repair Quality work and products since 1985

Supplying all your Painting needs.

Serving Lawrence and surrounding areas for over 25 years.

Locally owned & operated.

Free estimates/Insured.

Pet Services

Whatever U Need

Serving the Douglas & Franklin county areas

Complete Roofing

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

Music Lessons

913-585-1846

Dependable Service

Commercial &Residential 24 hour Service

For all your Heating, Air Conditioning and Plumbing needs

NOT Your ordinary bicycle store!

Free Quote

Al 785-331-6994

Green Grass Lawn Care Air Conditioning Heating/Plumbing

House Cleaner

785-842-3030

A. B. Painting & Repair

785-842-0094

www.scott-temperature.com www.lawrencemarketplace. com/scotttemperature

General Services

• Unsightly black streaks of mold & dirt on your roof?

• Mold or Mildew on your house?

• Is winter salt intrusion causing your concrete to flake?

Mobile Enviro-Wash LTD

Painting

jayhawkguttering.com

785-843-2244

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Five yrs. exp. References, Bonded & Insured Res., Com., Moveouts 785-840-5467

12 years experience.

Reasonable rates.

References available

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

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JAYHAWK GUTTERING

Mudjacking, Waterproofing. We specialize in Basement Repair & Pressure Grouting.

Level & Straighten Walls & Bracing on wall. BBB. Free Estimates Since 1962

Wagner’s 785-749-1696 www.foundationrepair.com

Adorable Animal Designs

Full Service Grooming All Breeds & Sizes Including Cats!

Flea & Tick Solutions

TRI-C LAWNS LLC LEAF/LAWN CLEAN UP FERTILIZATION 913-220-5615 Medical-HealthTherapy

Repairs and Services

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All Your Banking Needs

1-888-326-2799 Toll Free

Pet Services

Breathe Holistic Life Center

Int. & Ext. Remodeling All Home Repairs Mark Koontz

Quality work at a fair price!

1783 E 1500 Rd, Lawrence

PineLandscapeCenter.com Find us on Facebook Pine Landscape Center 785-843-6949

785-550-5610

Call 785-393-1647

Specializing in Carpet, Tile & Upholstery cleaning.

Carpet repairs & stretching, Odor Decontamination, Spot Dying & 24 hr Water extraction. www.doctor-clean.com 785-840-4266

PLANNING AN EVENT/PARTY

FOUNDATION REPAIR

785-842-3311

For Promotions & More Info: http://lawrencemarketplace .com/kansas_carpet_care

MAGIC SHOWS stage & strolling, holiday gatherings, office parties birthdays & more! www.8sillyrabbitsmagic.com 785-443-1029

We provide door-to-door transportation as well as many additional services to residents of Douglas County living with disabilities.

Home Improvements

Bus. 913-269-0284

Stacked Deck

Harris Auto Repair

Domestics and Imports Brake repair Engine repair AC repair / service Custom exhaust systems Shock & Struts Transmissions Tire sales / repairs

“If you want it done right, take it to Hite.”

Auto Body Repair Windshield & Auto Glass Repair 3401 W 6th St (785) 843-8991 http://lawrencemarket place.com/hite

1-888-326-2799 Toll Free

DECK BUILDER

Oakley Creek Catering

For All Your Battery Needs

Hite Collision Repair

Quality work at a fair price!

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

Accessible and General Public Transportation

Decks & Fences

Family Owned & Operated

785-838-4488

CONCRETE INC. Your local concrete repair specialists Sidewalks, Patios, Driveways

Eagles Lodge

General Services

Catering

785-887-6936 http://oakleycreek.com

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Concrete

Events/ Entertainment

*”Compare At” values..

BBB Accredited A+

On-Site Cooking Available

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

Computer/Internet

Marty Goodwin 785-979-1379 Lots of LEAVES!!??

Try ECO-Mulching!

No Bagging or hauling nec.

Steve 785-393-9152

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913-721-3917 Free Estimates com/ruffends Licensed Insured.

RETIRED MASTER PLUMBER & Handyman needs small work.

Bill Morgan 816-523-5703

Travel Services Lawrence First Class Transportation Limos Corporate Cars Drivers available 24/7

Taking Care of Lawrence’s Plumbing Needs for over 35 Years (785) 841-2112 lawrencemarketplace.com /kastl

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

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

785-841-5466

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WorldClassNEK.com Tree/Stump Removal

Lonnie’s Recycling Inc. Buyers of aluminum cans, all type metals & junk vehicles. Mon.-Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-4, 501 Maple, Lawrence.

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Arborscapes Tree Service Tree trimming & removal Ks Arborists Assoc. Certified Licensed & Insured.

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ENHANCE your listing with

BUDGET TREE SERVICE, LLC.

MULTIPLE PHOTOS, MAPS, EVEN VIDEO! WorldClassNEK.com

913-593-7386

Trimmed, Shaped, Removed Shrubs, Fenceline Cleaned

No Job Too Small Free Est. Lic. & Ins. 913-268-3120 Chris Tree Service 20yrs. exp. Trees trimmed, cut down, hauled off.

Free Est. Ins. & Lic. 913-631-7722, 913-301-3659

Fredy’s Tree Service

cutdown• trimmed• topped Licensed & Insured.

14 yrs experience.

913-441-8641 913-244-7718

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2010 Mazda CX-7isport 4cyl., Auto., Carfax 1 owner $18,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

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Cars-Imports

Crossovers

Mitsubishi 2009 Galant ES, alloy wheels, power equipment, great fuel economy and dependability!

Only $11,750. stk#10854.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

2009 Toyota Prius Auto, Leather, Carfax 1 owner $18,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Crossovers

Sport Utility-4x4

Here’s What You Need To Know!

Ford 2006 Escape Limited - a nice ride. Be the Envy of all your Friends in this fully loaded Escape.

82,000 miles, leather, sunroof. All the Goodies! $13,995.

All American Auto Mart 1200 East Santa Fe Olathe KS 66061 visit our website www.aaamkc.com Call 888-239-5723 Today.

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• $4,000

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• $1,000

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GMC 2008 DENALI AWD SUV Stk#D8782 Special Price $40,000 Robert Brogden Olathe Buick - GMC KC’s #1 Low Price Dealer 1500 E. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 800-536-5346 913-782-1500 www.brogdenauto.com

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2009 Mazda3 4cyl., Auto, 45,000 mi, $15,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

2006 Mitsubishi Lancer ES V6, 5speed manual Silver $7,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

2008 Mazda6 4cyl., Auto., Carfax 1 owner $18,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Nissan 1997 Altima SE, 97,300 miles, tan with tan interior, auto, AC, PW & PL, cruise control, and priced at $4,350. Very clean with Carfax.

See pictures online. 785-218-7290

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Hyundai 2007 Sonata GLS 4 cyl, Auto, gray, Carfax 1 owner $9,998 Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportsback GTS Auto, Black, Carfax 1 owner $15,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

2010 Mazda3 4cyl., Auto, Carfax 1 owner $18,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

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Robert Brogden Olathe Buick - GMC KC’s #1 Low Price Dealer 1500 E. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 800-536-5346 913-782-1500 www.brogdenauto.com

Nissan 2010 Versa 1.8 S 30K, Brilliant Silver etallic, Swear By Your Car, Not At It! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

With Approved Credit

Mazda 2006 Mazda5 Sport Wagon. Really nice, 5 door with dual sliding side Kia 2010 Forte 4dr, 1 doors. Dark gray, only 63K owner, extra clean, great miles. Automatic. FUN car! gas mileage. Lots of cars Brand new tires. Reduced. for under $200/mo. WAC. See website for photos.

All American Auto Mart Rueschhoff Automobiles 1200 East Santa Fe rueschhoffautos.com Olathe KS 66061 2441 W. 6th St. visit our website 785-856-6100 24/7 www.aaamkc.com Call 888-239-5723 Today.

Saturn 2004 Ion Quad Coupe, 4cyl, FWD, spoiler, power equipment, very sporty & great gas mileage!

Stk#581581 only $8450.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Scion 2008 TC, AT, SR, 2 Door Hatch-Back, 67K

Toyota 2003 Sequoia Limited, 4WD, tow, lthr, 3rdrow, JBL/6disc, ABS, ht.seat, loaded, 124k $14,000.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Volkswagon 2007 GTI one owner, local trade, sunroof, spoiler, alloy wheels, CD changer, some much fun to drive! stk#319421Only $15,700.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Motorcycle-ATV

Hyundai 2011 Santa Fe GLS 4cyl, Auto, Carfax 1 owner $22,988 Call 785-838-2327 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

Volkswagon 2004 Passat AWD, low miles, power equip, sunroof, leather, heated seats, alloy wheels, great gas mileage!

Only $12,455.00 stk#14587A3.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Ducati 2004 1000 DS only 1K miles on multistrada like new.

Save money only $5,988.

All American Auto Mart 1200 East Santa Fe Olathe KS 66061 visit our website www.aaamkc.com Call 888-239-5723 Today.

2008 Lincoln MKX V6, Auto,34,000 mi., $30,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

2008 Lincoln MKX V6, Auto,Loaded $24,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

www.academycars.com 785-841-0102 LAIRD NOLLER HYUNDAI 2829 Iowa St. Lawrence

2009 Mazda3 sSport 4cyl., Auto., Carfax 1 owner $15,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

SMART Car 2010 Passion Leather, Alloys, Panorama, How Smart Are You? www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Volvo 2008 XC70 AWD leather, sunroof, alloy wheels, you’ve gotta drive this one! Stk#16624 only $22,841.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

2007 Mazda3 sSport 4cyl., 5speed manual Carfax 1 owner $14,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

2008 Suzuki Forenza Auto, Silver, Carfax 1 owner $16,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Toyota 2006 Camry LE 65k, Dark Grey Metallic From Lawrence’s Favorite On-line Dealership! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Lexus 2007 RX350, leather, heated memory seats, traction control, plenty of luxury and safety! Stk#50849B1 only $22,845.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

2008 MAZDA Stk#T96620B Special Price $15,000 Robert Brogden Olathe Buick - GMC KC’s #1 Low Price Dealer 1500 E. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 800-536-5346 913-782-1500 www.brogdenauto.com

Kawasaki Vulcan 500cc, 7K, 1 owner nice bike only $2,488.

All American Auto Mart 1200 East Santa Fe Olathe KS 66061 visit our website www.aaamkc.com Call 888-239-5723 Today.

2007 Toyota Camry XLE Auto, gray, Carfax 1 owner $16,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

2010 Misubishi Galant ES 4Cyl, Auto,7,000 mi Carfax 1 owner $15,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Toyota 2010 Corolla CE 21K, Barcelona Red Can You Afford to NOT Buy Your Next Car On-Line at Academy? www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Nissan 2007 Murano AWD S, alloy wheels, power seat, power pedals, and more.

Stk#15039 only $16,500.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Sport Utility-4x4

Chevrolet 2005 Silverado ext cab, 4x4 Z71, one owner, Bose sound, bed liner, very hard to find, stk#399471 only $16850.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

2003 Lincoln Navigator Luxury 4x4, V8, Auto., $12,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

What’s GM Certified?

2yrs of free regular maintenance 172 Pt. Inspection 12 Mo./12,000 Mi. Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty 100,000 mi./5-yr. limited Powertrain warranty, no deduct.

24-hr. Roadside Assistance Courtesy transportation.

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Buick 2008 Enclave FWD 4dr CXL Stk#D8742 Sale Price $24,918 Saturn 2008 Outlook XE, sunroof, alloy wheels, 2nd row bench, room for 8! Lots of style for a very affordable price!

Only $21,736. stk#14344 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Scion 2009 XD, 35K Silver, 4 Door Hatch-back,

Are You Listening?

www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Robert Brogden Olathe Buick - GMC KC’s #1 Low Price Dealer 1500 E. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 800-536-5346 913-782-1500 www.brogdenauto.com

Dodge 2007 Nitro SLT 4X4, 61K, Brilliant Black Metallic Perfect for Today’s Busy Family! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

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Call Allen or Tony at 785-843-5200

Olathe Buick - GMC KC’s #1 Low Price Dealer 1500 E. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 800-536-5346 913-782-1500 www.brogdenauto.com

FORD 2007 TRUCK Stk#B96918A Special Price $21,000.

Robert Brogden Olathe Buick - GMC KC’s #1 Low Price Dealer 1500 E. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 800-536-5346 913-782-1500 www.brogdenauto.com

GM CERTIFIED is not like any other dealer backed warranty. Don’t let the other dealers tell you any different. Dale Willey Automotive is the only dealer in Lawrence that GM Certifies their cars and trucks.

Come see the difference!

Call for details.

785-843-5200 ask for Allen

GMC 2011 2500HD STK#T6764A Sale Price $59,999

Robert Brogden Olathe Buick - GMC KC’s #1 Low Price Dealer 1500 E. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 800-536-5346 913-782-1500 www.brogdenauto.com

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Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. 785-856-6100 24/ /7

Chrysler 2009 PT Cruiser 40K, Surf Blue Pearl You Have the Right To Love Your Car! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Ford 2008 Edge SE, 58K, dark ink blue, Red, off-lease, Carpet vehicle Online credit so easy a child can do it! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Toyota 2010 Corolla, CE Barcelona Red, 48K Can you believe It?! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Lincoln 2009 MKZ premium alloy wheels, steering wheel controls, CD changer, Sync, leather, and more for only $16,900. stk#404101.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Chevrolet 2011 Traverse, Nobody beats us on selection! We’ve got 15 to choose from starting at $21,995 and GM certified!

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Chevrolet 2008 Colorado LT 2WD, crew cab, power equip, alloy wheels, bed liner, hurry before this one is gone! Stk#132031 Jeep 2005 Liberty RENE- only $16,844.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 GADE model with tons of www.dalewilleyauto.com fun options. Nice silver color, clean condition and history.

Automatic and 4X4. Light rack, skid plate package, and lots more!

See website for photos.

Rueschhoff Automobiles rueschhoffautos.com 2441 W. 6th St. /7 785-856-6100 24/ Chevrolet 2006 Silverado Crew Cab 4WD, one owner.

111,700 Mostly highway miles. $15,800 or best offer. Includes Z-71 off-road package, 5.3L V8, 295 HP, trailer hitch, black aluminum 4-fold tonneau cover, white with gray interior, and radio/ navigation system.

Call (785) 749-9455

2010 Mitsubishi Endeavor LS V6, Auto, white $17,495 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Crossovers Lexus 2004 RX330 All Wheel Drive, Sky Blue with gray int. Has every option you could get on this car. NADA retail, $20,125. ON SALE for Only $15,888.

All American Auto Mart 1200 East Santa Fe Olathe KS 66061 visit our website www.aaamkc.com Call 888-239-5723 Today.

Jeep 2004 Liberty Limited 4WD, V6, sunroof, leather heated seats, alloy wheels, automatic, pwr equip, and more!

Stk#359551 only $12,450.

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JEEP 2007 WRANGLER UNLIMITED X. Stk# T96620A Sale Price $21,999

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Buick 2007 Lucerne CXL, remote start, leather, sunroof, cd changer, On Star, only $16844. stk#404262 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Jeep 2007 Liberty Limited 4x4, 54K, Stone White. Perfect for today’s busy gal! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

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Volkswagon 2008 Jetta 2.5, local trade in, sunroof, leather heated seats, alloy wheels, very sharp, stk#308742 only $15,770 Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

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11 Should have said

43 It brings bad luck?

Discuss infidelity doubts with counselor or pastor Annie’s Mailbox

seemed genuinely surprised, but nothing changed. The next time Fido barked for three hours, we phoned them. We were told, “He’s a guard dog. That’s what they do.” We asked if they would please bring Fido inside at night, but they refused.

They won’t bring the dog inside even in below-freezing weather.

We could call the neighborhood association, but I’m anniesmailbox@comcast.net not sure it will help. How are we supposed to find quiet heard or saw. But sometimes in our own home? Why are opening a can of worms is people so inconsiderate? — not worth the end result. Can Noisy Dog Next Door you forgive an affair? If Jane insists she was faithful, will you believe her with your whole heart? Please discuss these questions with your pastor or counselor until you are at peace with your decision, whatever it is.

Dear Annie: We moved into a lovely house on a quiet street with friendly neighbors. The problem? One couple has a large dog that barks for hours on end.

“Fido” is kept in the fenced-in yard that faces our bedroom. Usually, he stands upright near their kitchen window, barking endlessly.

When they come in after a night out, often as late as 2 a.m., the dog barks for several minutes and wakes us up.

After enduring this for months, we gently told the neighbors about it. They

Marcy Sugar and Kathy Mitchell

Boldfaced names get ‘Mortified’ I’m always interested in seeing some new wrinkle in the talk show format.

“The Mortified Sessions” (7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Sundance) provides just that.

Host David Nadelberg made a name for himself in the late 1990s by publicly reading a pathetic, unsent love letter from his adolescent years. He invited others to reveal similar squirm-inducing artifacts.

The result was “Mortified,” a long-running stage performance that was painful and funny, narcissistic and communal at the same time. ‘‘Sessions” does the same thing, but with celebrities.

Over the course of the first two shows, Nadelberg invites Ed Helms (“The Hangover”), Mo’Nique (“Precious”) and Eric Stonestreet (“Modern Family”) to sit down with a shoebox of artifacts and discuss their dorkiest secrets from childhood and adolescence.

In some ways, “Sessions” is just another excuse for celebrities to talk about themselves. But it’s blissfully free of showbiz and the need to plug the next book, movie or CD. Mo’Nique discusses her weight issues as well as the incredible self-assurance that allowed her to open a comedy club in her early 20s. Affecting the emotional reticence of Andy Bernard (of “The Office”), Helms admits he made his biggest break when he stopped being called “Edward.”

Stonestreet makes the most of the confessional format. Like Mo’Nique, he praises his parents for never holding him back and for never making him feel that his dream to become a professional clown was the least bit unusual.

Stonestreet’s talent and his clown name, “Fizbo” (provided by his father), have been incorporated into the scripts of “Modern Family.” ‘‘Sessions” reveals just how much of Stonestreet is in his character, Cameron, and vice versa. “Modern Family” has become television’s best sitcom because of its emphasis on character and humanity, as opposed to cruelty and punch lines. And it is this humanity that often emerges on “Sessions.”

Tonight’s other highlights

Inspired by a popular YouTube series, “The Young Turks With Cenk Uygur” (6 p.m. and 9 p.m., Current) joins the political talk show fray.

Talents return from past seasons to sing holiday songs on “The Sing-Off” (7 p.m., NBC).

Performances galore on “The American Country Awards” (7 p.m., Fox).

A taunted outcast discovers the meaning of the holidays in the 1965 special “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (7 p.m., ABC).

Technology trumps sentiment in the animated “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs.

Nice” (7:30 p.m., ABC).

“The Layover” (8 p.m., Travel) looks at the best things to do (and eat) during a short stay in Rome.

Helen is adrift on “Enlightened” (8:30 p.m., HBO).

Grim findings fuel the two-hour search for “The Long Island Serial Killer” (8 p.m., A&E).

“Neverland” (8 p.m., Syfy), the fourhour prequel to “Peter Pan,” concludes.

A busload of kidnapped children on “Hawaii Five-O” (9 p.m., CBS).

AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT By Harper Dantley

— Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190 Chicago, IL 60611.

Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy E. Parker December 5, 2011

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22) Certainly, stepping up to the plate isn’t foreign to you. Others respond well to your leadership and thoughts.

Tonight: A force to behold.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Take the lead while moving in a new direction. Others tend to follow your initiative once they know this new path is not fraught with problems.

Tonight: Let your spirit soar.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) Relate to each person directly. Through this one-on-one contact, you will strengthen existing bonds, even if they are only work related. Tonight: A partner or friend takes the lead.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You could be challenged by a close associate, or you could decide that this person is presenting options and perspectives that you really hadn’t thought of.

Tonight: Say “yes” to a loved one.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Pace yourself, with an eye to what you can accomplish and what you expect from others.

Sometimes you could be overly tired and not able to be as optimistic. Tonight:

Run an errand or two on the way home.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21) Your spontaneity keeps coming out. You really don’t want everyone to know how spontaneous you can be when left alone. Tonight: Stop at a new spot. Let the music flow.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You might want to revisit a personal or domestic decision. Is this wish even a possibility? If it is, go for it. Tonight: On top of your game.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You have the ability to keep a conversation moving without allowing anyone to get hung up on petty thoughts.

You wonder why you cannot personally get past an obstacle. Tonight: Where you like to haunt.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) You might be taking a hard look at your finances and how to bypass a restriction. In any case, try not to make any important financial decisions just yet. Tonight: Pay bills.

Jim Plunkett is 64. World Golf Hall of Famer Lanny Wadkins is 62. Actress Morgan Brittany is 60.

Actor Brian Backer is 55.

Pro Football Hall of Famer Art Monk is 54. Country singer Ty England is 48.

Rock singer-musician

46 Type of fruit that’s high in vitamin C 49 Like charged particles 50 Hunter with a long belt 51 ___ up (confessed) 53 Make up one’s mind 56 It brings good luck?

58 Home under the midnight sun 60 Small digit 61 Opposite of “’tis” 62 Loop at the end of a rope 63 Tilde’s shape, loosely 64 Like bars in old films 65 Injured in the bullring DOWN 1 Sign on a store’s door 2 Beginning for “legal” 3 Rejections 4 UN body dealing with workers’ rights 5 Assemble for binding 6 Mower owner’s buy 7 What a scarf covers 8 “... ___ it Memorex?”

9 Gretchen of “Finding Graceland” 10 Pray 11 Should have said

ACROSS 1 Fiber-___ cable 6 Fairy-tale figure 11 Tub-safety item 14 Sao ___, Brazil 15 Golden calf crafter 16 ____ Lilly and Company 17 “Captain Blood” star Flynn 18 It brings bad luck?

20 One of the Bobbsey twins 21 Sneaker ties 23 Related to the kidneys 24 Opposite of comedy 26 Get hot under the collar 27 It brings good luck?

31 Hole for an anchor cable 32 Defeat resoundingly 33 Trendy 36 Bone in the arm 37 Attach with a string 39 Undeserving of a padded cell 40 Negative responses 41 Biting comment 42 “___ minute, Mr. Postman...”

43 It brings bad luck?

12 Deity of Islam 13 Book spine info 19 Oracle 22 “___ making myself clear?”

25 Civil rights pioneer Parks 26 Blow out of the water 27 Steer clear of 28 Angel’s topper 29 Aquatic bird similar to a loon 30 Michigan’s ____ Locks 33 Ash blond, e.g.

34 Enthralled by 35 Lute-shaped fruit 37 New Mexico artists’ colony 38 Annoy 39 Dress along

the Ganges 41 Blonds’ counterparts (Var.) 42 Twisty, as a road 43 Sis’ counterparts 44 A ripe old age 45 Curly’s smacker 46 Small Pacific salmon 47 Golf clubs 48 Foursome for a Ford 51 Akron’s home 52 Bookworm, in slang 54 What people often do for pictures 55 Word with “steel” or “pigeon” 57 America’s Uncle 59 Baby’s word

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BIRTHDAYS Singer Little Richard is 79. Author Joan Didion is 77. Author Calvin Trillin is 76. Musician J.J. Cale is 73. Actor Jeroen Krabbe is 67. Opera singer Jose Carreras is 65. Pop singer Jim Messina is 64. College Football Hall of Famer

12/5

Dear Noisy: Please call the neighborhood association.

Settling such disputes is part of its purpose. You also might discover that other neighbors have complained about this dog, which will strengthen your case should you decide to call the police and file a complaint. And finally, if the dog is being mistreated in the cold weather, notify your local humane society.

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS For Monday, Dec. 5: This year you discover how clarity of intentions lined up with authentic feelings draws strong results. If you are single, this person could be more than a friend. If you are attached, try to schedule that very special trip the two of you often speak of.

Don’t judge your sweetie and others so much. Walk in their shoes. Aries brings out your adventurous spirit.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) Others might need a fire extinguisher to chill you out. Your spontaneity is high. Tonight: So what if it is Monday night?

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Knowing when to assume the backseat could be important. Don’t allow others to undermine you, even if you don’t feel up for the power struggle.

Tonight: Get some extra R and R. Gemini (May 21-June 20) Meetings make you smile. If there is a problem, it will be resolved easily. Tonight: Where your friends are.

Cancer (June 21-July

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Dear Annie: Two years ago, my wife left me. I went to counseling immediately, and we worked hard to get back together for the sake of our children. We eventually reconciled. While I try not to dwell on the past, something still troubles me, and I’m not sure what to do about it.

A few days after “Jane” left me, I had a tearful phone conversation with my sisterin-law. She didn’t go into specifics, but made it quite clear that Jane had not been faithful to me. At the time, I was devastated. I called my wife and asked if there was someone else. She insisted there wasn’t. But my sister-in-law stands by her story.

I never discussed this possible affair with my pastor or my counselor, preferring instead to focus on what I needed to do to make myself a better husband and father.

While I am confident that our love is now strong, I still have lingering doubts about Jane’s fidelity. My sister-in-law isn’t the type to make this up.

After two years, should I bring up the subject or simply keep it to myself and cope as best I can? — Not Sure Dear Not Sure: Keeping it to yourself won’t diminish your suspicions because this is still preying on your mind after two years. It’s possible that your sister-in-law misinterpreted something she

12/4

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

A:

John Rzeznik (The Goo Goo Dolls) is 46. Country singer Gary Allan is 44. Comedian-actress Margaret Cho is 43.

Writer-director Morgan J. Freeman is 42. Actress Alex Kapp Horner is 42.

Saturday’s

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Case No. 11CV388 Court Number: 1

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to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com.

Kenneth McGovern, Sheriff Douglas County, Kansas

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Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. Megan Cello (KS # 24167) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff (129065) ________

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tion Home Equity Loan Trust, Series NC 2005-HE8, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series NC 2005-HE8, Plaintiff, v.

JAMES J. JOHNSON AND DIANA L. JOHNSON, et al., Defendants.

South & Associates, P.C. Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff (136727) _______

NAME UNKNOWN); MARY DOE (REAL NAME UNKNOWN); USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK; STATE OF KANSAS, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

VEHICLES ARE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVAL, STORAGE CHARGES AND PUBLICATION COSTS INCURRED BY THE CITY.

Foreclosure has been filed in the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas by Federal National Mortgage Association, praying for foreclosure of certain real property legally described as follows:

9, 2011, in the Court at Lawrence, Kansas.

A hearing on the matter is scheduled for January 9, 2011, at 9:00 a.m., at the court named above. If you fail to answer, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition.

Case No. 11CV545 Court No. 5 K.S.A. Chapter 60 TITLE TO REAL ESTATE INVOLVED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me out of the said District Court in the above-entitled action, I will on Thursday, the 15th day of December, 2011 at 10:00AM of said date inside the Jury Assembly Room of the District Court located in the lower level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center building, 111 East 11th St., Lawrence, KS, offer at public sale and sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in hand, the following described real property, to-wit:

All the following described (First published in the Law- property situated in the rence Daily Journal-World County of Douglas Kansas, November 21, 2011) to wit: Lot 3, in RiverRidge Addition, in the City of LawIN THE DISTRICT COURT OF rence, as shown by the ReDOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS corded Plat thereof, in CIVIL DEPARTMENT Douglas County, Kansas commonly known as: 505 BAC Home Loans Servicing, Lonetree, Lawrence, KS L.P. fka Countrywide Home 66044.

Loans Servicing, L.P. Plaintiff, Which is more correctly devs. scribed as: Jeremiah Adams and Heidi Adams, et al.

Lot 3, in Riverridge AddiDefendants. tion, in the City of Law-

Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

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The above-described real estate is taken as the property of the defendants Magen A. Cooper, et al. and is directed by said Order of Sale to be sold, and will be sold without appraisement to satisfy said Order of Sale.

rence, as shown by the recorded plat thereof, in Douglas County, Kansas.

The above-described real estate is taken as the property of the defendants James J. Johnson and Diana L. Johnson, et al. and is directed by said Order of Sale to be sold, and will be sold without appraisement to satisfy said Order of Sale.

and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of such of (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World the defendants as may be deceased; the unknown November 28, 2011) spouses of the defendants; the unknown officers, sucIN THE 7TH JUDICIAL cessors, trustees, creditors DISTRICT and assigns of such deDISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS fendants as are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown IN THE MATTER OF THE guardians and trustees of PETITION OF such of the defendants as Kaston Dariel Anderson Jr. are minors or are in anyto change his name to: wise under legal disability; Kaston Dariel and all other persons who Anderson-Carpenter are or may be concerned: Case No. 2011 CV 675 Div. No. 5 You are hereby notified PURSUANT TO K.S.A. that a petition has been CHAPTER 60 filed in the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, by NOTICE OF HEARINGPhh Mortgage Corporation PUBLICATION for judgment in the sum of THE STATE OF KANSAS TO $104,292.05, plus interest, ALL WHO ARE OR MAY BE costs and other relief; judgment that plaintiff’s lien is CONCERNED: You are hereby notified a first lien on the said real that Kaston Dariel Ander- property and sale of said son Jr. filed a Petition in the property to satisfy the inabove court on November debtedness, said property 23, 2011, requesting a judg- described as follows, to ment and order changing wit: his name from Kaston Dariel Anderson Jr. to Kaston Dariel AndersonCarpenter.

The Petition will be heard in Douglas County District Court, 111 E. 11th St., Lawrence, KS, on the 12th day of January, 2012, at 11:00am.

If you have any objection to the requested name change, you are required to file a responsive pleading on or before January 12, 2012, in this court or appear at the hearing and object to the requested name change. If you fail to act, judgment and order will be entered upon the Petition as requested by Petitioner.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Bank of America, N.A. successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP Plaintiff, vs.

Kent Ferguson a/k/a Kent E. Ferguson; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Unknown spouse, if any, of Kent Ferguson; State of Kansas, Department of Revenue; Jacquelyn K. Ferguson; University National Bank; Lawrence Bank, Defendants.

Case No. 11CV653 Court Number: 1 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SUIT THE STATE OF KANSAS, to the above-named defendants and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability; and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged to be deceased, and all other persons who are or may be concerned.

You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, praying to foreclose a real estate mortgage on the following described real estate:

Kenneth M. McGovern Beginning at a point 2612.5 Sheriff of Douglas County, feet East of and 58.1 feet Kansas South of the Northwest corner of Section 21, Township 12 South, Range 18 East of SUBMITTED BY: the 6th P.M., Douglas McNEARNEY & County, Kansas, said point ASSOCIATES, LLC also being the centerline of Brandon T. Pittenger Highway 4O, thence South #20296 Teri L. Westbrook #23578 660.0 feet, thence West Ryan P. McNearney #24510 330.0 feet, thence North 6800 College Blvd., Suite 400 691.91 feet to the centerline of said Highway, thence P.O. Box 7410 East along said centerline, Overland Park, KS 66207 to the point of beginning, (913) 323-4595, Ext. 176 commonly known as 445 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Hwy 40, Lawrence, KS 66049 (the “Property”) NOTICE Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 and all those defendants U.S.C. Section 1692c(b), no who have not otherwise information concerning the been served are required to collection of this debt may plead to the Petition on or be given without the prior before the 2nd day of Januconsent of the consumer ary, 2012, in the District of Douglas given directly to the debt Court collector or the express County,Kansas. If you fail permission of a court of to plead, judgment and decompetent jurisdiction. cree will be entered in due The debt collector is at- course upon the Petition. tempting to collect a debt NOTICE and any information obtained will be used for that Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 purpose.

U.S.C. §1692c(b), no infor_______ mation concerning the col(First published in the Law- lection of this debt may be rence Daily Journal-World given without the prior conNovember 21, 2011) sent of the consumer given directly to the debt collecIN THE DISTRICT COURT OF tor or the express permisDOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS sion of a court of compeCIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT tent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSO- collect a debt and any inCIATION, formation obtained will be as trustee, on behalf of the used for that purpose. holders of the Asset Backed Securities Corpora- Prepared By:

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THE SOUTH HALF OF LOTS 114, 116, 118 AND 120 ON IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONROE STREET IN BALD- DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT WIN CITY, IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS. Commonly known as 1307 8th Federal National Mortgage Association St., Baldwin City, Kansas Plaintiff, 66006 vs.

Lynette Lottinville aka Lynand you are hereby required to plead to said peti- ette L Lottinville, Mark Lottinville aka Mark A Lottion in said Court at Lawrence, Kansas on or before tinville, Jane Doe, and John the 19th day of January, Doe, et al.

Defendants, 2012.

Case No. 11CV685 Should you fail therein Court No. 5 judgment and decree will be entered in due course Title to Real Estate Involved upon said petition.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO /s/ Kaston Anderson Jr. COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY OBTAINED Petitioner, Pro Se INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THAT _______ PURPOSE. (First published in the LawKenneth M. McGovern rence Daily Journal-World SHAPIRO & MOCK, LLC Sheriff of Douglas County, December 5, 2011) Attorneys for Plaintiff Kansas 6310 Lamar - Suite 235 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Overland Park, KS 66202 SUBMITTED BY: DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS (913) 831-3000 McNEARNEY & Fax No. (913) 831-3320 ASSOCIATES, LLC Our File No. 11-003336/dkb PHH MORTGAGE Brandon T. Pittenger ________ CORPORATION #20296 PLAINTIFF Teri L. Westbrook #23578 (First published in the LawRyan P. McNearney #24510 LEWIS RINEHART rence Daily Journal-World 6800 College Blvd., Suite 400 DEFENDANTS November 28, 2011) P.O. Box 7410 Overland Park, KS 66207 Case No. 11CV684 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE (913) 323-4595, Ext. 176 Div. No. ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF K.S.A. 60 THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES Mortgage HAVE BEEN IMPOUNDED BY NOTICE Foreclosure THE LAWRENCE, KANSAS, Pursuant to the Fair Debt POLICE DEPARTMENT AND Collection Practices Act, 15 NOTICE OF SUIT WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC U.S.C. Section 1692c(b), no AUCTIONING IF THE OWNinformation concerning the The State of Kansas to: ERS DO NO CLAIM THEM collection of this debt may LEWIS RINEHART, A/K/A WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS OF be given without the prior LEWIS T. RINEHART; NANCY THE DATE OF THE SECOND consent of the consumer L. CRISP, A/K/A NANCY PUBLICATION OF THIS NOgiven directly to the debt CRISP; JOHN DOE (REAL TICE. THE OWNERS OF THE collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction.

The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ________ (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World November 21, 2011)

YEAR, VEHICLE TYPE, SERIAL # REGISTERED OWNER

Pursuant to K.S.A. § 60 NOTICE OF SUIT STATE OF KANSAS to the above named Defendants and The Unknown Heirs, executors, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; and the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability and all other person who are or may be concerned:

LOT TWO (2), BLOCK ONE (1), IN SCHWARZ ACRES, A ANDREA CAROL SHRESTHA, SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY PETITIONER OF LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS. Tax ID Christopher N. Behre No. U09458 #21273 Kansas Legal Services for a judgment against de- 2001 Haskell Avenue fendants and any other in- Lawrence, KS 66046 terested parties and, unless Attorney for Petitioner otherwise served by per________ sonal or mail service of summons, the time in which you have to plead to the Petition for Foreclosure in the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas will expire on January 17, 2012. If you fail to plead, (First published in the Lawjudgment and decree will rence Daily Journal-World be entered in due course November 21, 2011) upon the request of plainThe Law Offices of tiff.

Catherine Hess Catherine Hess S.Ct. #20053 MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC 1201 Wakarusa Drive, E-2 By: Lawrence, Kansas 66049 Chad R. Doornink, #23536 785-856-3881 cdoornink@msfirm.com 785-856-3882 Fax Lindsey L. Craft, #23315 lcraft@msfirm.com IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Jeremy M. Hart, #20886 DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS jhart@msfirm.com Jennifer L. Michaels, #24256 In the Matter of the jmichaels@msfirm.com Estate of: 11460 Tomahawk Creek ROBERT S. WINTERS, Parkway, Ste 300 Deceased Leawood, KS 66211 (913) 339-9132 Case No. 2011 PR 195 (913) 339-9045 (fax) Division 1 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Proceeding Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59 MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC AS ATTORNEYS FOR FEDERAL NOTICE TO CREDITORS NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ANY INFORMATION OB- ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: TAINED WILL BE USED FOR You are hereby notified THAT PURPOSE. that on November 10, 2011, ________ a Petition for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary under the (First published in the Law- Kansas Simplified Estates rence Daily Journal-World Act was filed in this Court

by Carol L. Gardinier, a deNovember 28, 2011) visee and legatee, and ExIN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ecutor named in the “Last DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Will and Testament of Robert S. Winters”, deceased.

DIVISION 3 In the Matter of the Marriage of ANDREA CAROL SHRESTHA, Petitioner, and PRADEEP KUMAR SHRESTHA, Respondent.

Case No. 2011-DM-1061 NOTICE OF SUIT

All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the estate within four (4) months from the date of first publication of this notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred. /s/ Carol L. Gardinier Carol L. Gardinier, Petitioner

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO PRADEEP KUMAR Prepared by: SHRESTHA AND ALL OTHER PERSONS WHO ARE OR MAY /s/ Catherine Hess Catherine Hess S.Ct. BE CONCERNED. #20053 You are hereby notified 1201 Wakarusa Drive, E-2 that a Petition has been Lawrence, Kansas 66049 filed in the Douglas County 785-856-3881 Court by ANDREA CAROL 785-856-3882 Fax SHRESTHA; you are hereby catherine@catherinehesslaw.com YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED required to answer the pe- Attorney for Petitioner _______ that a Petition for Mortgage tition on or before January