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Schools, economy, taxes In Lawrence, governor lays out priorities for 2012

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Owner says he’s closing facility at 12th and Haskell

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Gov. Sam Brownback on Tuesday said he would push to reduce the state personal income tax rate and overhaul the school finance system.

Speaking to reporters and editors at the Lawrence Journal-World, Brownback said growing the state economy was his primary goal as he prepares for his second legislative session as governor.

The 2012 session starts Jan. 9.

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Whoever the next president is, he said, “is going to cut.”

Brownback, a Republican, said he wanted to lower the state’s individual income tax rate to make it the second lowest in the region, behind Colorado. Kansas now has the second highest personal income tax rate in relation to neighboring states.

He predicted the lowered tax rates would spur economic growth, which then should be plowed back into more tax cuts. At this point, he said, he would not propose lowering the state corporate income tax.

Brownback also reiterated his desire to revamp the school finance formula, saying the current funding system was under constant legal challenge. General concepts of his plan include allowing more Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo local property tax funding KANSAS GOV. SAM BROWNBACK SPEAKS TO REPORTERS AND EDITORS Tuesday at the News Center, of schools, which has raised 645 N.H. Brownback said he would try to reduce the state’s personal income tax rate and overconcerns about increasing the haul school finance. Growing the economy is his primary goal for the 2012 legislative session.

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One of the city’s larger recycling centers is in jeopardy of being shut down by City Hall.

Lawrence city commissioners at their Tuesday evening meeting primarily sided with a group of east Lawrence residents who said the 12th and Haskell Recycling Center is operating in violation of city zoning laws and has become a neighborhood nuisance.

“Who wants to live next to a dump?” asked Byron Wiley, who lives near the recycling business that takes everything from paper to junk cars.

“We have a right to enjoy our property both inside and outside, and that is not happening now.”

Please see RECYCLING, page 6A

City interested in switching to vehicles that run on natural gas

By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

City leaders on Tuesday were told that there is a big difference between gasoline and gas these days. At a luncheon hosted by Black Hills Energy, the city’s natural gas utility, city commissioners were told that compressed natural gas currently is selling for about 40 percent less than a gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel.

“There is a high level of interest in compressed natural gas right now from cities and other operators of vehicle fleets,” said Tim Hess, manager of Black Hills’ gas marketing program.

Count Lawrence City Hall among those interested. The city already has confirmed that it plans to convert one standard pickup in its Public Works Department to a natural gas vehicle in 2012 to test the technology.

But on Tuesday, City Commissioner Bob Schumm said he wanted the city to be open to an even larger test of the alternative fuel source. Schumm said the city should have serious discussions with the city of Kansas City, Mo., which has more than 200 compressed-natural-gas vehicles in its fleet.

Please see GAS, page 6A

Thin line can separate coaching and bullying in schools

By Mark Fagan mfagan@ljworld.com

For three weeks, a Tonganoxie High School football player had been delivering unwarranted hits at practice — too much, too often and, one day in particular, too unexpected.

After a quarterback protected by a green jersey had been flattened by yet another improper tackle, coach Mark Elston pulled the defender up off a pile of others around the QB and started Special to the Journal-World screaming.

FORMER TONGANOXIE FOOTBALL COACH Mark “I love him to death,” Elston Elston resigned after a possible bullying incident with would explain soon afterward, a player that school officials regard as a “gray area.” “but I’ve been on him for three

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tolerance. The bystander witnessed the exchange and reported it to the Tonganoxie school district, which then suspended Elston the next day.

District officials never fully established whether the incident indicated a case of bullying or a simple act of outright aggression. By then the point was moot: Elston had resigned a day after the witness report, leaving folks to wonder both exactly what had happened and what would be an weeks now to stop it, and I reached appropriate response. my limit.”

Randy Weseman, serving this Someone across the street, in year as interim superintendent in the parking lot of the Dollar GenPlease see BULLYING, page 4A eral, reached a different limit of

“The old adage ‘Boys will be boys’? That doesn’t work anymore,” said Mike Hill, the Free State Firebirds’ athletic director. “That’s just absolutely not acceptable anymore.”

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Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series examining efforts to reduce bullying in the Lawrence school district.

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RICHARD HARRY SMITH Funeral services for Richard Harry Smith, 71, Lawrence, will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial with military honors will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in Lecompton.

Mr. Smith died Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born Feb. 1, 1940, in Lecompton, the son of Joseph and Rose Parrish Smith.

Mr. Smith served in the U.S. Navy for 29 years.

He worked for Allen Press and was a forklift operator for the Kmart Distribution Center. He was a lifetime member of the Lecompton Historical Society.

Survivors include two daughters, Jennifer Campbell and husband Jack, Lawrence, and Kristi Quist and husband

Mitch Holloway, Grain Valley, Mo.; a son, Tracy Smith and wife Julie, Wellsville; a brother, William Smith Smith and wife Dorothy; and two sisters, Virginia Allen and Betty Mitchell and husband Michael.

The family will greet friends from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the mortuary.

The family suggests memorials to The United States Navy Memorial, sent in care of the mortuary, 120 W. 13th St., Lawrence, KS 66044.

Online condolences may be sent at warrenmcelwain. com.

Mary Joan (Pauly) Stice Mary Joan (Pauly) Stice, 81, of Parkville, MO., passed away on December 13, 2011. Private family services are planned. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to NorthCare Hospice House at 2900 Clay Edwards Drive, North Kansas City, MO 64116 or online at www. northcarehospice.org.

The Family would especially like to thank the staff at NorthCare Hospice House for their kindness and compassion. Her family loved her dearly and will greatly miss her.

Mary was born August 10, 1930 in Chicago, Ill., to Thomas A. and Very Iorns Pauly, and the family moved to San Diego, California, when Mary was a toddler. After graduation from Kearny High School, she completed her education to become a dental assistant. It was in San Diego that she met the love of her life, Harold D. Stice, Sr., who was based there while in the Navy, and

they started their family. They later moved to Herington, Kansas, where Mary made her family her priority. The family moved to Kansas City, Kansas, and then later to the country outside Lawrence, Kansas.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brothers James, David and Richard Pauly, sister Linda Lind, niece Jennifer Lankovich and nephew Timothy Lind.

She is survived by seven children: Glen (Randa) Stice, Harold (Christine) Stice, Jr., Debbie (Greg) Sturtridge, Denise (Dan) King, David (Natalie) Stice, Denette Stice (Donal Haertl) and Warren (Cristin) Stice; 17 grandchildren; 19 greatgrandchildren; a brother, Thomas A. Pauly, Jr. of Perth, Australia; and other extended family.

Barnett Family Funeral Home in Oskaloosa is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be made at www.barnett familyfh.com.

Virginia R. Hird Funeral services for Virginia R. Hird, 83, of Lakeland, Fla., will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will follow at the Memorial Park Cemetery. She died Saturday, December 10, 2011, in Lakeland.

She was born on January 4, 1928 in Lawrence, Kansas, the daughter of W.O. and Bessie Churchbaugh Boehle.

She married Howard Lee Hird; he preceded her in death on January 6, 1968. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Gerald Boehle, who died April 18, 1988.

She is survived by her daughters Judy Eager

(Jim) and Sharon Brown (Steve); and two grandchildren, Bekki and Lee Hird Brown.

The family will receive friends from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, sent in care of the funeral home, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS 66044.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.rumsey-yost.com.

Charles Wood ‘Butch’ Clark Jr. Butch died of a heart attack at his Lawrence home on Friday, December 9, 2011. He was 64 years old.

He was born January 16, 1947 at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, the son of Charles Wood Clark and Ann Clark. He graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas, in 1965.

For the last twenty years he lived in Lawrence and worked as a carpenter.

Survivors include his daughter, Sunina Upshaw; his brother Jackson

Clark and wife Brigid Murphy and their daughter Aubin Murphy, all of Lawrence; his nephew Clark Adam Clark, Hong Kong; and many loving friends.

There will be a party in Butch’s honor at 7:00 PM, Saturday, January 14, 2012, at Johnny’s Tavern, North Lawrence.

Funeral services for Dr. James L. Ruble Jr., 85, Overbrook, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church in Overbrook.

JAMES E. STONE Funeral services for James E. Stone, 65, Princeton, will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Garnett.

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Mr. Stone died Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, at his home.

The family will greet friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

CHARLES BISHOP SCARBOROUGH JR. Funeral services for Charles Bishop Scarborough Jr., 89, Atchison, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the BeckerDyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison with the Rev. Cindy Meyer officiating.

Burial will follow at the Mount Moriah Cemetery in

Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Scarborough, formerly of Lawrence, died Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011, at the Atchison Senior Village.

The family will greet friends at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

PAUL KENNETH LAUGHLIN Memorial services for Paul Kenneth Laughlin, 88, Tahlequah, Okla., formerly of Vinland, were Dec. 7, 2011, in Tahlequah. Inurnment with military honors will

be at a later date in Vinland Cemetery.

Mr. Laughlin died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, in Tahlequah.

ROBERT E. BEDORE Funeral services for Robert E. Bedore, 78, will begin at 9:15 a.m. Thursday at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Lisle, Ill., and proceed to St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church for Mass at 10 a.m.

Burial will be in Assumption Cemetery in Wheaton, Ill. Mr. Bedore died Monday, Dec. 12, 2011.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. He was a former member of the Chicago Board of Trade.

Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Lorraine Peterson Bedore; his children, Gary Bedore, of Lawrence, Robert A. Bedore and wife Joan, Gail Jungels and Tim Bedore; five grandchildren, Julianne, Elizabeth, Ryan, Sean and Nathan; three great-grandchildren, Haley,

Ethan and Gabrielle; a brother, Jack Bedore and wife Lois; a sister, Joyce Kole and husband John; a sister-in-law, Bedore Carol Coffman and husband Jack; and many nieces and nephews. Friends may call from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

The family suggests memorials to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or at stjude.org.

Online condolences may be sent at blake-lambfuneral home.com.

LONNIE W. WELSH Funeral services for Lonnie W. Welsh, 65, rural Lawrence, will be at 3 p.m.

Friday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Military and Masonic graveside services will follow at Clinton Cemetery in Clinton.

Mr. Welsh died Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, at his home near Clinton.

He was born Dec. 12, 1946, in Lawrence, the son of Homer and Velva Hardister Welsh.

Mr. Welsh was a retired construction manager with Lawrence Construction Company and then was the assistant director of construction for Kansas University. In later years, he worked part time in the Clinton Store.

He was a member of the Clinton Presbyterian Church, the Albert Neese Masonic Lodge of Tecumseh, the Arab Shrine in Topeka, the National Rifle Association and Quail Unlimited.

Survivors include two sons, Derek and wife Brenda, of Lawrence, and J.T., of

Lawrence; his companion, Marilyn Stone, of the home; his father and stepmother, Homer and Judy Welsh, of Eudora; a Welsh sister, Pennie Scribner and husband James, of Perry; a stepdaughter, Janice Pasley, of Lawrence; two stepsons, Loren Stone, of Lawrence, and Bryan Stone, of Princeton; seven grandchildren, Dalton Welsh, Delanie Stone, Cody Stone, Kaylee Stone, Ashley Stone, Jackson Pasley, and Jalie Pasley; and one greatgrandson, Anthony James Wayne Welsh.

The family will greet friends from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday at the mortuary.

The family suggests memorials to the Clinton Presbyterian Church, sent in care of the mortuary, 120 W. 13th St., Lawrence, KS 66044.

Online condolences may be sent at warrenmcelwain. com.

KBA to consider investment in medical device company

By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com

A Kansas Bioscience Authority committee recommended on Tuesday that a $600,000 investment in a Lenexa medical device company be considered by the authority’s full board.

The committee discussed investing $600,000 with Spinal Simplicity, LLC, of Lenexa. Founded by a physician and an entrepreneur, the company has developed a medical device for spinal fusion as an alternative to open spinal surgery, according to UBLE R its website.

The committee passed the Friends may call from 4 recommendation along to p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at the full board without a recthe church, where the family ommendation of approval or will greet friends from 6 p.m. denial. to 8 p.m.

Keith Harrington, director of commercialization for Heartland BioVentures,

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which is the commercialization arm of the KBA, worked most closely with the applicant.

He said that while the investment committee typically makes a recommendation of approval on matters submitted to the board, in this case committee members wanted to solicit more opinions from board members before making a decision. Dan Watkins, KBA board chairman, is on the investment committee and was not able to attend the committee meeting, Harrington said.

The committee decided to seek input from him, as well as other members of the board before making a recommendation.

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

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disparity between rich and poor districts.

But he backed off a key part of his proposal, saying he would not recommend allowing counties to raise sales taxes for schools. He said a lot of opposition had arisen to that idea. Details of his school funding method are scheduled to be released today.

On other issues, Brownback:

Said the budget proposal he will send to legislators would recommend resumption of state funding of the Lawrence office of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.

The city and county picked up the lease costs of the local SRS office after Brownback and SRS Secretary Robert Siedlecki Jr. proposed closing nine offices, including the one in Lawrence.

That closure proposal prompted a public outcry from local officials who said closing the Lawrence office would have created havoc in the community and disrupted services to thousands of needy people.

Later, Siedlecki agreed to a plan for city of Lawrence and Douglas County taxpayers to pay the rent for the SRS building, saying he would pursue legislative approval to fund the office in future years.

Asked if he would have done anything differently during the controversy, Brownback said he probably should have asked for advice from former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat. Brownback said Sebelius closed numerous SRS offices without any controversy.

Called for construction of the controversial, $150 million South Lawrence Trafficway. “This one has got to get done. It is going to get done,” he said.

Said he planned to revisit his veto of state funding of the Kansas Arts Commission but refused to elaborate.

Brownback’s veto of funds made Kansas the only state to not fund the arts and cost Kansas $1.2 million in federal matching dollars.

Voiced support for a study commission’s recommendation to replace the state’s traditional pension plan for a 401(k)-like plan for public employees hired after July 1, 2013.

Continued his support of Texas Gov. Rick Perry for the Republican nomination for president. “He has a great track record,” Brownback said. He said Republican voters have become more conservative and they are “anxious to scared” about the future of the country.

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

BRIEFLY Fire that displaced family ruled accidental A fire at a west Lawrence home Monday night has displaced a family of four and caused an estimated $80,000 in damage to the house, a Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical spokeswoman said.

Division Chief Eve Tolefree said Tuesday investigators determined the fire at 3404 Oxford Court was an accident caused by combustible materials being too close to a water heater.

The fire was reported about 6 p.m. Monday at the residence near Bob Billings Parkway and Kasold Drive.

Jane Blocher, executive director of the Douglas County chapter of the American Red Cross, said the agency provided hotel lodging and financial assistance for food, clothing and other emergency needs to the parents and their two daughters. The family’s cat also escaped the blaze, Blocher said.

The family does have insurance, Blocher said, and are expected to be displaced from the house for quite some time.

“There is extensive damage in both levels of the house,” Blocher said.

According to Douglas County records, the home’s appraised value is $149,200.

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Tax cut bill pushed through House Defiant Republicans pushed legislation through the House Tuesday night that would keep alive Social Security payroll tax cuts for some 160 million Americans at President Barack Obama’s request — but also would require construction of a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline that has sparked a White House veto threat.

Passage, on a largely party-line vote of 234-193, sent the measure toward its certain demise in the Democratic-controlled Senate, triggering the final partisan showdown of a remarkably quarrelsome year of divided government.

The legislation “extends the payroll tax relief, extends and reforms unemployment insurance and protects Social Security — without job-killing tax hikes,” Republican House Speaker John Boehner declared after the measure had cleared.

Referring to the controversy over the Keystone XL pipeline, he added, “Our bill includes sensible, bipartisan measures to help the private sector create jobs.”

On a long day of finger pointing, however, House Democrats accused Republicans of protecting “millionaires and billionaires, “ and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., derided the GOP-backed pipeline provision as “ideological candy” for the tea party-set.

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Tickets scandal payments approach $500K

By Mark Fagan mfagan@ljworld.com

Kansas Athletics Inc. has collected nearly $500,000 toward defraying at least $2 million in losses from a scheme in which employees stole football and basketball tickets for redistribution through brokers and others.

As of this week, the department thus far had recovered a total of $496,952 lost in the scheme. An internal investigation conducted for Kansas University determined that thefts involved more than 17,000 tick-

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ets for regular-season basketball games and at least 2,000 tickets for football games.

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letics carried to protect against employee theft and $246,952 from defendants convicted in federal court as participants in the scheme.

Here are defendants ordered to pay restitution, identified

along with their locations in federal custody and expected release dates:

Ben Kirtland, former associate athletic director for deLiebsch velopment, is west of Boston and scheduled for release in August 2015.

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Attack leaves 5 dead, 122 wounded Summoned for questioning by Belgian police, a man with a history of weapons and drug offenses left home armed with hand grenades, a revolver and an assault rifle. Stopping at a central square filled with holiday shoppers, he lobbed three grenades into the crowd, then opened fire.

Four people were killed, including an 18-monthold toddler, and 122 were wounded in the assault Tuesday that brought tragedy to the pre-Christmas season.

Authorities said the shooter also died, but they were at a loss to explain the reason for the onslaught. The prime minister said it was not related to terrorism.

The midday attack in the eastern Belgian city of Liege sent hundreds of panicked shoppers stampeding down the cobbled streets of the old city, fleeing explosions and bullets.

Belgian authorities identified the shooter as Nordine Amrani, a 33-year-old Liege resident who had done jail time for offenses involving guns and drugs, and had been called in for questioning Tuesday in a sexual abuse case.

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Sandusky waives preliminary hearing Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky stunned a packed courtroom and backed out of a preliminary hearing at the last minute Tuesday, avoiding a face-to-face confrontation with accusers who his lawyer said were just trying to cash in by making up stories of child sex abuse.

Sandusky pleaded not guilty and vowed afterward to “stay the course, to fight for four quarters.”

His lawyer, Joe Amendola, then took the defense to the courthouse steps and spoke before dozens of news cameras for an hour, saying some of the 10 men who accuse Sandusky of molesting them as children were only out to profit from civil lawsuits against the coach and Penn State.

A prosecutor said about 11 witnesses, most of them alleged victims, were ready to testify at the hearing.

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Trump backs out of hosting debate Donald Trump says he is pulling out of a Republican presidential debate he had agreed to moderate in Iowa.

The real estate mogul announced Tuesday that he was stepping back in order to preserve the option of running for president in case he’s not satisfied that the eventual Republican nominee can defeat President Barack Obama. The conservative website Newsmax was to host the debate Dec. 27.

But the debate has been in jeopardy ever since Mitt Romney signaled he would not participate.

Other candidates bowed out. Only Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum agreed to take part.

Many Republican strategists warned that a presidential debate moderated by Trump, star of “Celebrity Apprentice,” would create a circus-like atmosphere that might diminish the candidates vying to challenge Obama.

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TWO-YEAR-OLD ORRIS IHLOFF LOOKS OVER HIS SHOULDER as he walks down a rainy alley Tuesday between Massachusetts and New Hampshire streets with his mother, Christina Ihloff, Lawrence, and his sister, Iris, 5.

State leaders to consider settlement in Kline case

By John Hanna Associated Press

TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback and Kansas legislative leaders expect to consider a proposed settlement today of a lawsuit against former Attorney General Phill Kline that was filed by a woman who claimed he fired her from a county prosecutor’s office for complaining about sex discrimination.

The governor and the Legislature’s eight top leaders were set to meet as the State Finance Council, which must Kline approve settlements of lawsuits against state employees. The claims against Kline arise from his actions as Johnson County district attorney in 2007, but he still was considered a state official.

The Finance Council’s agenda said it

would consider a request from current Attorney General Derek Schmidt for approval of a settlement in the case but provided no further details. Schmidt’s office declined to comment Tuesday.

Reid Holbrook, an attorney for Kline, and Joe Colantuono, an attorney representing Kline’s accuser, Jacqie Spradling, declined to discuss details of the proposed settlement, citing confidentiality requirements. But Holbrook said the settlement would end not only the lawsuit but also a separate claim before a federal administrative judge in Washington.

“A meeting of the minds has been reached,” he said.

The lawsuit against Kline had been scheduled to go to trial in October in Johnson County District Court, but the presiding judge delayed the trial until January so that attorneys could finish working on a settlement. The federal claim also has been on hold.

Student killed in accident A 19-year-old Kansas University student from Changsha, China, died in a Leavenworth County car accident on Monday afternoon, according to a statement from the university.

Yujie He was in her third semester at KU and was enrolled at the university’s Applied English Center.

The accident occurred about 3:30 p.m. Monday near County Road 1 and Hemphill Road just north of the Tonganoxie/Eudora interchange on Interstate 70.

According to the LeavenKANSAS worth County sheriff’s office, UNIVERSITY the woman was heading north on County Road 1 in a Volkswagen Beetle when she went to turn around at Hemphill Road and head back south on CR 1. A man driving a Dodge truck was headed south on the county road when his vehicle struck the passenger side of the Beetle. The vehicles came to rest southwest of the intersection.

Leavenworth County sheriff’s officers identified the other driver as 45-year-old Rob Linsin, of Prairie Village, who was taken by air ambulance to KU Hospital, where a spokesman said he was listed in serious condition.

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Tonganoxie, admittedly regards the case as something of a “gray area,” something inherently common in the world of school sports.

“His behavior on the field, when he’s reprimanding a player, could be interpreted by some people as bullying because he’s in a position of power,” said Weseman, who spent 34 years in the Lawrence school district, including his last nine as superintendent. “On the other hand, that’s how coaches coach. In football, it’s physical in nature, and emotions run pretty high.

“You don’t expect someone in a classroom setting to be yelling at someone. But that’s not out of the ordinary on a football field.”

Such observations and differentiations can complicate relations among players and coaches, parents and district administrators.

“Is it bullying or is it motivation?” said Kevin Harrell, the Lawrence district’s division director for student intervention services. “There’s that line where athletic people work, trying to figure out just where things are.”

School plans, district policies and state regulations don’t differentiate between instances of bullying in the

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Kline, a Republican who gained national attention as attorney general for investigating abortion providers, became district attorney in January 2007, two months losing re-election as attorney general. In April 2007, Kline dismissed Spradling, a senior prosecutor, who’d worked in the district attorney’s office for 15 years.

He contends Spradling was fired over issues such as insubordination, failure to follow office policy and a

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classroom or on the field.

Bullying — cyber, verbal and physical — is not tolerated, no matter where or when it occurs.

But sports provides a different context and, therefore, can spur different interpretations of the same rules.

Is a coach who continually criticizes a player’s lack of strength regarded as motivation in the weight room, or as a persistent personal attack on a student’s character?

Is singling out a player to repeatedly run laps considered a strategy to boost endurance and, therefore, performance? Or is it a punitive move to demean someone who doesn’t measure up to classmates?

Such questions apparently came to a head last month, after some parents of students associated with the volleyball program at Eudora High School had complained about Coach Jill Stutler’s handling of players.

The Eudora school board ultimately sided with the school’s principal, who chose not to renew Stutler’s coaching contract for next year.

Mark Johnson, whose daughter played and went on to become an all-conference player under Stutler, said he appreciated Stutler’s work as a coach, describing her as an old-school, hard-nosed disciplinarian along the lines of legendary Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers and Paul “Bear” Bryant of the Al-

I don’t call that bully- spect and dignity just to on the playing field isn’t ing. I call that coaching.” win worth the pain and lasting ef-

negative attitude. She alleged Kline and a former top deputy, Stephen Maxwell, tolerated incompetence in male attorneys but singled out female attorneys for “unwarranted criticism,” and Kline fired her in retaliation for complaining about it.

The county also had been a defendant in the lawsuit, but it agreed in October to pay $7,500 to help settle the case, leaving Kline, Maxwell and the state as defendants. The state is the only defendant in the case before the federal administrative judge.

Spradling had become leader of the office’s domestic violence unit under Dis-

trict Attorney Paul Morrison, who defeated Kline in the 2006 attorney general’s race.

Morrison had switched parties to run against Kline as a Democrat, allowing GOP officials in Johnson County to fill the vacancy in the DA’s office — and they picked Kline.

Kline left the district attorney’s office in January 2009, having lost a Republican primary in August 2008.

He’s now a visiting assistant professor of law at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., founded by the late evangelist and Rev. Jerry Falwell.

Spradling is deputy district

— Mark Johnson, father of a Eudora High School student who played volleyball under Coach Jill Stutler abama Crimson Tide.

Sure, Johnson said, players ran laps, endured screams and participated in intense diving drills as part of Stutler’s drive for excellence, which resulted in a state title in 2006.

“I don’t call that bullying,” said Johnson, a retired officer who served in the U.S. Army’s special forces. “I call that coaching.”

But with the number of girls participating in volleyball at Eudora steadily declining in recent years, critics had argued that such tactics were inappropriate when taken to extremes.

Johnson doesn’t agree, but that isn’t the point.

“When you’re a disciplinarian, it’s a thin line,” Johnson said. “Especially these days.”

Belinda Rehmer, in her fifth year on the Eudora school board, declined to discuss Stutler’s coaching tactics, nor the board’s vote to uphold seeking a new coach for next year. But, in general, Rehmer maintains that bullying — any bullying — is not to be tolerated at school or during any school activities.

Sacrificing personal re-

fects that bullying can cause, she said.

“I believe there is a better way to get people to do what you want them to do without being intimidating,” Rehmer said. “However, there are many people who don’t — they believe you can’t get anyone motivated without being intimidating. …

“Is there a different test for bullying in sports? I think there is. I just don’t agree with it.”

At Free State High School in Lawrence, coaches regularly discuss the importance of not engaging in bullying activities, said Mike Hill, the Firebirds’ athletic director. Actions that might have been regarded as acceptable in the “old days” — taping a freshman football player to a goalpost, snapping a teammate with towels in the locker room or shaving someone’s head against their will before practice — are neither welcomed nor embraced in any teambuilding environment.

“The old adage ‘Boys will be boys’? That doesn’t work anymore,” said Hill, who also coaches baseball and serves as an assistant principal.

“That’s just absolutely not acceptable anymore.”

— Schools reporter Mark Fagan can be reached at 832-7188. Follow him at Twitter. com/MarkFaganLJW.

attorney and leads the staff of prosecutors in Shawnee County, under District Attorney Chad Taylor, a Democrat. Maxwell is senior assistant district attorney in Reno County.

Morrison was forced to resign as attorney general in January 2008 because of a sex scandal, and Schmidt, a Republican, defeated Morrison’s appointed replacement last year.

Brownback and six of the legislative leaders on the Finance Council are Republicans. Approval of the settlement requires Brownback’s support, as well as five of the eight lawmakers.

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Thomas Blubaugh, Char- Kirtland and nearly $25,500 tolette Blubaugh’s husband and tal from Jeffries and Simmons. a former consultant to the — Schools reporter Mark Fagan can be ticket office, is west of Oklareached at 832-7188. homa City, scheduled for release in October 2014.

Rodney Jones, former assistant athletic director for the Williams Fund, also is west of Oklahoma City, scheduled for release in September 2014.

Kassie Liebsch, a former systems analyst who assumed ticket operations following Charlette Blubaugh’s resignation, is in Illinois, east of St. Louis, scheduled for release in January 2014.

Two other former employees have paid money back to the department through garnishments of wages. Those employees, Jason Jeffries and Brandon Simmons, were convicted of failing to notify authorities about the scheme.

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By George Diepenbrock gdiepenbrock@ljworld.com

Ben McLemore, a Kansas University freshman basketball player who is ineligible to play this year, was arrested on a warrant Tuesday morning for failing to appear to court.

According to Douglas County District Court records, McLemore, 18, received a ticket Nov. 4 from a state Alcoholic Beverage Control officer for being a minor in possession of alcohol. The officer alleged that McLemore was found with a Red Bull and vodka at Abe and Jake’s Landing, 8 E. Sixth St. The freshman from St. Louis was given notice to appear

in court Dec. 6, but a judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest when he didn’t show up, according to court records.

According to Douglas County Jail records, a sheriff’s officer arrested McLemore on the warrant at 11 a.m. Tuesday on campus. At 1:50 p.m. Tuesday, McLemore posted $500 bond through a bondsman and was given notice to appear in court Dec. 27.

The NCAA in October declared McLemore, as a partial academic qualifier, ineligible to play in games in the 20112012 season, and, according to the ruling, he would be allowed to practice beginning in January.

“Ben was arrested today for missing a Dec. 6 court date, which is obviously not

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acceptable. Ben, not 21, was given a citation earlier for possession of alcohol at Abe and Jake’s, a local Lawrence establishment. He exercised poor judgment,” KU coach Bill Self said in statement.

“He also did not let anyone know that he had been cited and had a court appearance because, certainly, we would have made sure he was there.

“This will be a learning experience for him and probably a fairly costly one.

Any other discipline will be handled in-house. He should begin practicing with our team when grades are turned in (following the fall semester).”

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— Reporter George Diepenbrock can be reached at 832-7144.

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Thibodo said he came to Lawrence but didn’t go into the A 13-year-old Lawrence house that night. He said he Men to stand trial in boy was taken to Lawrence saw that Words and Jackson 2008 robbery case Memorial Hospital after a were with another man and crash Tuesday morning east of that both later returned with A Douglas County judge Lawrence. the safe. Thibodo alleged JackBy Alex Garrison Tuesday ordered two Kansas Sgt. Steve Lewis, a Douglas son said he had pulled a gun City, Kan., men to stand trial on Read more responses and add County Sheriff’s spokesman, on a woman and then ripped charges in a 2008 Lawrence your thoughts at LJWorld.com said Kionna Coleman, 16, also open the safe. The men divided robbery case. of Lawrence, lost control of the up the marijuana inside. He the District Judge Kay Huff safe had $200 inside.

Do you send or receive sport utility vehicle she was made the ruling after Loren Prosecutors have not identiholiday cards or letters? driving west on North 1500 Thibodo, a cousin of one of the Road, which is an extension fied the third suspect. men, testified at a preliminary Asked at Checkers, 2300 La. of 15th Street, and struck the Craig Stancliffe, a defense hearing that the two defenconcrete barrier of a culvert at attorney for Words, said dants, John T. Words, 21, and East 1625 Road. The SUV came prosecutors had not presented Christopher J. Jackson, 22, to rest on its passenger side in enough evidence to show came to Lawrence on Dec. 3, the center of North 1500 Road.

Words participated, but Huff 2008, to rob an alleged drug The crash occurred just after 6 still ordered him to face a trial. dealer in the 3400 block of a.m. Tuesday.

Huff scheduled Jackson’s Augusta Drive.

Another westbound vehicle trial for Feb. 8. The trial for Prosecutors in November driven by Joseph Weber, 27, Words is Feb. 15. charged Jackson and Words of Lawrence, struck the top of with one count each of aggraColeman’s vehicle. Lewis said vated robbery, aggravated burWeber was unable to see Coleglary, aggravated assault and man’s vehicle in the road. misdemeanor theft. Thibodo, Coleman’s passenger, Zach 27, earlier this year as part Sanders, 13, of Lawrence, was of a plea agreement pleaded the only person injured in the Connie Avey, guilty to one count of burglary crash. He was taken to LawContinental Title Co. and received two years of rence Memorial Hospital.

His employee, probation in exchange for his injuries were not believed to Lawrence testimony in the case. be life-threatening, Lewis said, “Yes, Christmas cards with a Lawrence police have and LMH officials confirmed he family letter.” said that they believed three had been released by Tuesday suspects were involved and evening. that they took a safe from the Coleman was ticketed for home. A woman testified on speeding, according to the Monday that one man held a sheriff’s office. Darkness and gun to her head and made her a wet roadway were listed as

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Danni Lotton-Barker, teacher, Lawrence “We send cards, sometimes with letters, sometimes not, just depends on how busy we are. But it’s a nice way to catch up.”

Charles Martinez, student, Lawrence “I try to send them, mainly to people who have sent me something in the past.”

• A 23-year-old Lawrence man who was already convicted of lewd and lascivious behavior once this year was arrested Tuesday on a warrant in a new case.

Perry Lee Alexander was given notice to appear in court Dec. 27 on one count of lewd and lascivious behavior, a misdemeanor, after prosecutors filed charges, according to Douglas County Jail records.

Alexander posted $750 bond.

Sgt. Matt Sarna, a Lawrence police spokesman, said the alleged incident occurred about 8 p.m. Nov. 17 in the 3300 block of Iowa Street.

According to court records, Alexander pleaded no contest to lewd and lascivious behavior Oct. 13, and District Judge Paula Martin sentenced him to serve one year on probation.

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woman reported a battery in the 3300 block of Iowa Street on Monday.

• A 23-year-old Kansas University student reported his 1997 Honda Civic stolen by deception from the 1700 block of Ohio Street on Monday. He reported the car was worth $3,000.

• A 61-year-old Lawrence man reported his 1996 Honda Civic stolen from the 1700 block of Bullene Avenue on Dec. 9.

He reported the car was worth $2,300.

• A 37-year-old Lawrence man reported a Nikon camera lens stolen from the 2500 block of Alabama Street on Dec. 9. He reported the lens was worth $2,200.

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.

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

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City commissioners on Tuesday did not issue a formal order for the business to shut down, but it did direct staff members to move forward on enforcement action against the business, which may result in a cease and desist order.

Agitated after Tuesday evening’s meeting, owner Bo Killough said he was immediately closing the facility to all curbside recycling companies and residents who routinely bring their household recycling to the business.

Killough indicated that he would shut out six curbside recycling businesses that routinely use the facility, and he expected that the closing would make recycling in the community more difficult.

The city’s largest curbside recycling operation, run by Deffenbaugh Industries, does not use the facility. Smaller recycling companies, including Curbside Recycle, Sunflower Curbside, Tree Huggers, Ball Recycling, Honey Creek, and Home Recycling Service do use the facility, according to Killough. It wasn’t clear late Tuesday how the operations of those companies would be affected by Killough’s sudden decision.

City commissioners heard more than an hour’s worth of public comment against the operation that included video of car crushing, fires, excavation equipment and other industrial activities taking place at the site.

Commissioners generally expressed concern that such uses were happening right across the street from a neighborhood.

The property is zoned for residential use. But when the property entered the city in 1966, it was home to a salvage business. The business had some rights to continue to exist under a grandfather provision of the code.

But neighbors argue that the property long ago lost its grandfather status and that it has been operating in violation of the city’s zoning code.

Killough and his attorney dispute that assertion.

“If the information we get from them looks good, I think we should proceed with buying one new trash truck and see how it really works for us,” Schumm said.

At Tuesday’s meeting, leaders with Black Hills Energy said they were ready to work with the city on a pilot project. Black Hills has a compressed-naturalgas fueling station at its east Lawrence operations facility.

The fueling station is not open to the public, but Black Hills officials said they were willing to open the facility to the city and other organizations that want to test the feasibility of compressed-natural-gas vehicles.

Scott Zaremba, an owner of the Lawrence-based Zarco convenience store chain, has filed plans at City Hall to build a retail compressednatural-gas fueling station as part of a remodeling of his convenience store properties at Ninth and Iowa streets.

Zaremba has city approval to build the station, but he said having a major fleet operator like the city become a customer would make it easier for the approximately $1 million station to proceed.

Not surprisingly, Black Hills officials are bullish on the future of compressed natural gas for vehicles. Hess said fueling stations already are prevalent on parts of the West Coast. The trend is making it way to the Midwest with about 30 retail stations currently in Oklahoma, and stations have opened recently in Lincoln and Omaha, Neb. “I don’t think it is going to take 10 or 20 years to see major changes,” Hess said. “I think in the next three to five years you will be able to buy natural gas about anywhere.”

Officials at Kansas University’s Transportation Research Institute said it was too soon to say whether such an aggressive time line would prove to be true for compressed-natural-gas vehicles.

But Ilya Tabakh, a research associate at the institute, said the technology was getting a lot of discussion in the transportation industry.

— City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be “There is definitely poten-

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City rejects apartment expansion plan A controversial proposal to expand an apartment complex near Clinton Parkway and Crossgate Drive was struck down by Lawrence city commissioners Tuesday night.

Commissioners on a 3-2 vote rejected a plan to add 136 onebedroom apartments to the Remington Square apartment complex, which already has 224 one-bedroom apartments.

Several neighbors near the development objected to the plans, arguing that the area already has an excess of apartments.

The development group, led

by Lawrence businessman Tim Stultz, argued that a recently approved district plan designated the area as appropriate for additional apartment development.

City staff members recommended approval of the apartment project, but a majority of commissioners said they believed that neighbors had a reasonable expectation that the Remington Square complex was not going to be expanded in the future.

Mayor Aron Cromwell and commissioners Mike Amyx and Bob Schumm voted against the project.

Report recommends ways to fight ‘peak oil’ The city of Lawrence now has a plan to deal with the problem of “peak oil.”

City commissioners unanimously agreed to receive the final report from the city’s Peak Oil Task Force. The report provides a series of recommendations on how the community should react to the rising price of oil and possible disruptions in availability as world oil supplies fail to keep up with worldwide demand.

Among the recommendations are: Continue planning for “complete streets” that promote pedestrian and bicycle uses; commit to a growth pattern that supports mixed-use developments that promote biking and walking; reduce Lawrence’s water consumption by changing city water rates; and add edible landscape features such as fruit trees, nut trees and community gardens to city parks

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BILLS THIS WINTER As long as the weather cooperates, natural gas bills for Lawrence residents should be about the same or lower than they were last winter.

Officials with Black Hills Energy, the city’s largest natural-gas utility, said the price of natural gas is at about the same level it was a year ago. That means that a customer’s heating bill will be determined more by how much gas they use rather than the price of gas this season.

Curt Floerchinger, a Black Hills spokesman, said forecasting services the utility subscribes to predict winter temperatures to be below normal from January through March.

Natural gas prices are down about 70 percent from levels in 2008 as more domestic supplies have been tapped using new extraction technologies. tial because you have a ready fuel supply,” Tabakh said. “It all kind of depends on how you get the gas, how you get it to the stations, how you use it in vehicles. You’ll need to do a cradle-to-grave type of analysis to really understand its benefits and drawbacks.”

Natural gas supplies have been on a steady rise since 2008, when “fracking,” a new type of extraction technology, became more prevalent in the industry. As a result, natural gas prices are down about 70 percent from 2008 levels. Fracking, though, has drawn concern from some environmentalists over worries that it can contaminate groundwater supplies.

Currently it costs about $10,000 to convert a standard vehicle to operate on compressed natural gas. But Schumm said research suggests that for fuel-guzzling vehicles, such as trash trucks, the payback can be about three years.

“I think it is a technology that has a future,” Schumm said.

Cat-shooting case going to trial A Lawrence man accused of shooting a stray cat twice last May is taking his case to trial, and his attorney says he has an alibi.

Lawrence Municipal Court officials said Tuesday a judge scheduled a Jan. 19 trial for Jimmy R. Wilkins, 73, who faces charges of animal cruelty and discharging a firearm in the city limits.

Lawrence police said animal control officers rescued the 2-year-old cat, later named Bullet, from a trap at a mobile home park in the 100 block of Michigan Street. Police said a witness alleged he heard a neighbor shoot what sounded like a gun earlier in the day and then observed the cat in the trap.

Officers said the cat had been shot twice.

But Wilkins’ defense attorney Hatem Chahine said Tuesday he was filing a motion for an alibi witness to show Wilkins was visiting his sister that Memorial Day weekend and not in the area when the shooting occurred. Chahine said that Wilkins and his wife are animal lovers and that his family has often given stray cats they’ve trapped to the humane society or released them in other areas.

According to the Lawrence Humane Society, Bullet recovered from his injuries. A family later adopted him.

Dads retreat set for Saturday

Dads of Douglas County is inviting fathers to attend a retreat from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Community Health Facility, 200 Maine.

The group, which helps equip men with the tools they need to be successful fathers, will develop a mission statement, clarify core values and discuss plans for the coming year.

Let them know you’re com— City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be ing by going to http://j.mp/ reached at 832-6362. Follow him at dadsretreat. For more informaTwitter.com/clawhorn_ljw.

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tion, contact Charlie Bryan at father@charliebryan.com or 785-218-7966.

Santa to chat at LJWorld.com Calling all kids! Santa Claus will be answering your questions about Christmas, the naughty list, reindeer, life at the North Pole and more on Thursday as he participates in a live chat on LJWorld.com. The chat begins after school at 4 p.m. and will last for roughly 30 minutes.

Parents, now is the time to

shoo the kids away from the paper.

Joining the Journal-World for this online chat is “Santa” Bob Beebe, a longtime Lawrence resident who has played Santa for nearly 30 years. Each year, he picks a charity to benefit from his numerous appearances in Lawrence, and this year all donations he receives will go toward a brightly painted Van Go Mobile Arts bench at Kansas University’s Schiefelbusch Speech-Hearing-Language Clinic. Donations should be mailed to Van Go, 715 N.J., Lawrence 66044, in care of Santa Bob project.

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Jingle Jog set for Thursday

By Christine Metz cmetz@ljworld.com

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On Thursday, a barrage of Christmas spirit will sweep down Lawrence’s Massachusetts Street.

Every year, members of the community workout group led by Don “Red Dog” Gardner celebrate the season by donning festive garb and holiday lights and run through downtown.

This year’s event, which is open to anyone, begins at 6 p.m. in the parking lot behind Kizer-Cummings, 833 Mass.

The run, which is about a mile, loops runners along Massachusetts from Sixth Street to South Park.

“I can always stand there at Kizer-Cummings and tell where they are at by all the horn honks,” Gardner said.

Gardner is best known for the summer workouts he leads at Memorial Stadium, guiding hundreds of Lawrence residents through situps, pushups, runs, sprints and other forms of exercise.

Laura Dahnert proposed the Jingle Jog nearly a decade ago. She got the idea from a running group in Kansas City that would run from bar to bar decked out in holiday lights.

“I thought the idea of running in Christmas lights and tying jingle bells to your shoes sounded like a blast,” said Dahnert, who also admits to being prone to throwing theme parties.

The Red Dog group decided to spread the joy downtown and picked Thursday night, when stores are open later.

“I thought she was crazy.

But it has turned out to be a really great thing,” Gardner said about the idea.

Runners come decked in ornaments, tinsel, Santa hats, reindeer antlers and elf costumes.

During several runs, Dahnert has dressed as Santa.

Of course, as a runner, she doesn’t quite have the traditional Santa build, so she has to pull the belt extra tight.

“There’s lots of silliness,” Dahnert said.

Along with spreading holiday cheer, the group passes around a velvet red stocking to raise money for local nonprofits. This year, money will be raised for Toys for Tots and the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence.

Gardner said the event is for runners or walkers. Wellbehaved dogs are allowed, and young children are encouraged to come. Afterward, treats will be served, and the group will visit downtown drinking establishments.

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U.S. urges full ban on cellphones for drivers

By Joan Lowy Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Texting, emailing or chatting on a cellphone while driving is simply too dangerous to be allowed, federal safety investigators declared Tuesday, urging all states to impose total bans except for emergencies.

Inspired by recent deadly crashes, including one in which a teenager sent or received 11 text messages in 11 minutes before an accident, the recommendation would apply even to hands-free devices, a much stricter rule than any current state law.

The unanimous recommendation by the five-member National Transportation Safety Board would make an exception for devices deemed to aid driver safety such as GPS navigation systems.

A group representing state highway safety offices called the recommendation “a game-changer.”

“States aren’t ready to support a total ban yet, but this may start the discussion,” Jonathan Adkins, a spokesman for the Governors Highway Safety Association, said.

NTSB chairman Deborah Hersman acknowledged that the recommendation would be unpopular with many people and that complying would involve changing what has become ingrained behavior for many Americans.

While the NTSB doesn’t have the power to impose restrictions, its recommendations carry significant weight with federal regulators and congressional and state lawmakers. Another recommendation issued Tuesday urges states to aggressively enforce current bans on text messag-

ing and the use of cellphones and other portable electronic devices while driving.

“We’re not here to win a popularity contest,” she said.

“No email, no text, no update, no call is worth a human life.”

Currently, 35 states and the District of Columbia ban texting while driving, while nine states and D.C. bar hand-held cellphone use. Thirty states ban all cellphone use for beginning drivers. But enforcement is generally not a high priority, and no states ban the use of hands-free devices for all drivers.

A total cellphone ban would be the hardest to accept for many people.

Leila Noelliste, 26, a Chicago blogger and business owner, said being able to talk on the cellphone “when I’m running around town” is important to self-employed people like herself.

“I don’t think they should ban cellphones because I don’t think you’re really distracted when you’re talking, it’s when you’re texting,” she said. When you’re driving and talking, “your eyes are still on the road.”

The immediate impetus for the recommendation of state bans was a deadly highway pileup near Gray Summit, Mo., last year in which a 19-year-old pickup driver sent and received 11 texts in 11 minutes just before the accident.

NTSB investigators said they are seeing increasing texting, cellphone calls and other distracting behavior by drivers in accidents involving all kinds of transportation. It has become routine to immediately request the preservation of cellphone and texting records when an investigation is begun.

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District Judge Kay Huff ordered COURTS David Allen Thomas to also undergo a mental health evaluation as a special condition of his probation.

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Upcoming issues A visit with the Kansas governor produced a few items of interest to Lawrence and the rest of the state.

W

hile discussing a number of issues facing the state Tuesday, Gov. Sam Brownback provided several tidbits of information that will be of interest to local residents.

During a meeting with Journal-World staff members, the governor confirmed that his budget would include funding to replace the city and county funds currently committed to pay rent for the local office of Social and Rehabilitation Services. The deal worked out to keep the Lawrence SRS office open called for the SRS secretary to make a good-faith effort to find state funding for that purpose.

Although it remains to be seen whether that funding will be in the final budget approved by state legislators and signed by Brownback, it’s good news that the appropriation will be in the governor’s initial proposal. Local officials should work with the state to reduce the cost of keeping the local SRS office open, but that cost ultimately is a state, not a local, responsibility.

Another state action that has drawn considerable local attention is the current status of the Kansas Arts Commission and its companion Kansas Arts Foundation. Brownback used his line-item veto to eliminate all funding for the KAC from the state budget this year. He pointed out on Tuesday that the current situation wasn’t what he had initially proposed for the arts and acknowledged that he wasn’t completely satisfied with the current structure. When asked, he confirmed that he planned to revisit the situation in his proposed budget for next year but declined to give any details.

The destruction of the KAC has been broadly criticized across the state, and it’s good Brownback is willing to take another look at the plan. Hopefully, the governor will be able to work with legislators to forge a good solution for arts funding that will avoid the kind of standoff that occurred in the last legislative session. At minimum, such a plan should provide some support for the staff and structure that allowed KAC to provide so much benefit to arts across the state.

Most people in Lawrence also will applaud the governor’s assertion concerning the South Lawrence Trafficway. Brownback said the SLT is an important part of the state’s overall traffic system and he plans to make sure funding is available to finish it. “This one has got to get done,” he said. “It is going to get done.” After decades of debate, it’s good to know that funding will be available to build this road if no new legal obstacles occur.

More details on revisions to the state school finance formula will be announced today, and the governor said he still is working on his tax overhaul. Both will be part of a huge agenda for the upcoming legislative session. Many issues that could fundamentally change the social and economic fabric of Kansas will be on the table. The governor is providing a few details on his plans now but many remain to be revealed or, perhaps, worked out. Kansans who care about the future of the state should keep a close eye on Topeka and stay in close contact with their elected representatives during the upcoming session.

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U.S., Israel must coordinate on Iran Early this month, the top U.S. military officer was asked whether he thought Israel would alert the United States ahead of time if it attacked Iran’s nuclear program.

“I don’t know,” said Gen. Martin Dempsey, the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs, in a blunt assessment. In other words, our military is unsure whether our closest Mideast ally would give us advance notice of an act that could drag us into another Mideast war.

I’m aware that Dempsey’s remarks might have been a bit of psychological warfare. There’s the obvious advantage of giving us deniability. And there might be benefit to portraying Israel as beyond U.S. control.

It might give the Iranian regime pause if it believed Israel was getting ready to take matters into its own hands. And China might be more willing to endorse tough sanctions on Iran, as Washington has fruitlessly urged, if Beijing thought the alternative was an Israeli military attack.

Yet, there is something about Dempsey’s words that should make us uneasy. They exemplify a disturbing level of mistrust between Washington and Jerusalem that makes them ring true.

This mistrust is not, as Republican election campaign rhetoric would claim, a product of the administration’s failure to support Israel. On the contrary, defense cooperation between the two countries has never been closer.

Moreover, President Obama has twisted himself in knots to support Israel’s opposition to Palestinian statehood efforts at the United Nations.

Nor is the mistrust — on the surface, anyway — a product of public differences over approaching Iran’s nuclear program. After early attempts at engaging Iran failed, Obama adopted a tough stance toward Tehran, including harsh economic sanctions and diplomatic isolation. The presi-

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Yet the forum — and my talks with individual participants — still left me with the impression that Israel might attack Iran without giving us advance notice, especially because Jerusalem fears Obama would say no.”

dent repeats at every opportunity that Iran will not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons and that all options (including military) are on the table.

Yet, as I witnessed at a fascinating, high-level dialogue in Washington between current and former Israeli and American officials, along with journalists and intellectuals, Israelis don’t believe Obama. At the eighth Saban Forum, sponsored by the Brookings Institution, I heard Israelis say repeatedly that Obama and his team were not credible when they said Iran wouldn’t be permitted to have nuclear weapons.

By the end of the forum, however, I was convinced that the issue isn’t so much credibility, as it is the Israeli conviction that the United States and Israel have a different take on the urgency of the threat.

Washington thinks the costs of a military strike on Iran would be so high that it shouldn’t be considered unless every other option is exhausted. Israel, on the other hand, thinks the Iran threat is immediate.

As Dempsey said, the United States believes sanctions and diplomatic pressure are the right path, while leaving open the possibility of future military action.

“I’m not sure the Israelis share our assessment (of how to handle Iran and its nuclear program),” the chairman told Reuters. “And because they don’t and because to them this is an existential threat, I think probably that it’s fair to say our expectations are different right now.”

In other words, the United States thinks there is still plenty of time to explore options other than military — although many Israelis don’t.

At the forum, Israeli participants expressed concern that a U.S. decision on using force would come too late, perhaps not until Iran publicly announces it is withdrawing from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and kicks out international inspectors. By that time, they worry, most of the program may be deep underground.

Yet the most salient point, I believe, was made by Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, in the only forum address that was on the record. He pointed out that, at best, a military strike “might postpone (Iran’s nuclear program) maybe one, possibly two years.” It wouldn’t destroy, merely delay, Iran’s ability to produce an atomic weapon.

However, the “unintended consequences” of such a strike would be enormous, Panetta cautioned. Now isolated, Iran’s rulers would get renewed regional support. Prospects for regime change within the country would shrink.

An oil price spike would undermine the fragile global economy, while rewarding the ayatollahs.

A military strike could precipitate another regional war at a time when the Mideast is already going through convulsions. It could embroil us in a new Mideast war, at a time when

nuclear-armed Pakistan presents a greater danger to U.S. interests than Iran does. (Careless talk by Republican presidential candidates in support of hitting Tehran ignores the strategic implications of such an act.)

Israeli participants at the forum criticized Panetta for discussing the downside of an attack in public. Yet most of them also stressed that force must be the last option.

Some even made clear that they believe it is preferable to use covert means, along with tougher sanctions, to delay Iran’s program — although they don’t think U.S. sanctions are tough enough.

In other words, their approach was not that different from the administration’s. After all, if a military strike would only push the program back by one or two years, why not try other options?

Yet the forum — and my talks with individual participants — still left me with the impression that Israel might attack Iran without giving us advance notice, especially because Jerusalem fears Obama would say no.

Such an Israeli move would cost America dearly. Israel’s military capacity doesn’t match America’s, and the United States would be dragged into any military action. Moreover, we would inevitably be blamed for an Israeli strike, with Iran and its proxies striking back at U.S. interests in the Muslim world.

More to the point, the United States is Israel’s closest ally. For Jerusalem to ignore U.S. concerns and go it alone would be a betrayal of that friendship. Yet one can’t rule this prospect out.

I came away from the Saban Forum thinking how urgent it is that U.S. and Israeli officials do better at coordinating Iran strategy in private. And Israel must factor in American interests. Otherwise, one can envision disaster ahead.

— Trudy Rubin is a columnist and editorial board member for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 14, 1911: “The Lawrence Creamery Co. is now installing steam cooking vats YEARS and machinery for the manufacAGO ture of mush and hominy, which IN 1911 they intend to put up in parafinned cartons of convenient size for family use and distribute to the Lawrence people through the agency of the groceries and meat markets. Who does not like fried mush? And what dish is cheaper or better? In this venture the Lawrence Creamery is following the lead of several creameries that have been engaged in the business for some years in Kansas City where the products have proven very popular.”

“The Spirit of Christmas has arrived. In fact it has been hovering about for quite a while but now it has settled down, bringing its usual message of good cheer and gift giving. One way that the Spirit of Christmas manifests itself is in the decorations, and also the display of articles.”

— Compiled by Sarah St. John

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America once was a nation of ‘makers’ As regular readers of this column know, I have a passion for old books and American history.

The other day I was in Topeka and had the opportunity to visit the used book shop owned by my friend Lloyd Zimmer. While looking through his shelves I came across I book that I knew I had to own: “Cincinnati in 1851” by Charles Cist. This small volume contains a study of the population, industry and architecture of the city of Cincinnati 160 years ago.

Among the most interesting chapters is one on the various trades and professions carried out by residents based on the 1850 national census. Given all the attention in the media these days about the employment market, about what jobs are disappearing and what jobs seem like good bets for the future, I thought that this analysis of the job market in 1851 was fascinating.

To put it mildly, the nature of work in America, judged by this book, has changed greatly in the past century and a half. In 1851, Cincinnati had 1,569 bootmakers, 868 coopers (barrel makers), 2,318 carpenters, 40 daguerreotypists (photographers on silvercoated metal plates), 298 printers,

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This was an America in which those who could make things and fix things were praised and held up as examples of success.”

176 saddlers and 7,864 laborers.

Among the more unusual jobs we see very little of today were 11 gilders, 130 riverboat pilots, seven bedstead makers, five bonnet pressers, 42 carriage drivers, and four city criers.

Today’s professions were well represented in 1851 Cincinnati. There were 10 architects, 11 professors, five civil engineers, 26 editors (presumably newspaper editors), 176 lawyers, 153 druggists, nine nurses, four opticians and 278 physicians.

There were also 11 people who listed their profession as “gen-

tleman,” one bishop, four patent medicine makers, two congressmen and 42 people who listed their occupation on the census as “thieves”!

To combat the latter there were 28 policemen, six magistrates, and two judges. To put these various numbers in perspective, it is important to know that the overall population of Cincinnati in 1850 was 115,000. Thus, there were only 278 physicians and 176 lawyers for 115,000 people.

Of course, these figures come from a time when the industrial revolution was just starting up in the western United States and when the word “outsourcing” had not been invented. It was also a period during which the idea of craft and being a craftsman was held in high regard. To be a carpenter, cooper or printer was to follow a proud trade.

There were office workers in Cincinnati in 1851; the census listed 1,853 “clerks” but it was not nearly so prestigious as being a member of one of the skilled trades. This was an America in which those who could make things and fix things were praised and held up as examples of success. It was a nation of “makers” and inventors and the 1850 census

illustrates this fact.

The text accompanying these statistics also includes comments about the importance of immigrants to the U.S. economy: “To the industry of foreigners, Cincinnati is indebted In a great degree, for its rapid growth. Their presence here has accelerated the execution of our public improvements, and given an impulse to our immense manufacturing operations, without which, they could not have reached their present extent and importance.”

I think that it is extremely important for us to remember what made this great country great: hard-working folks, many of them who came to the U.S. seeking a chance to better themselves.

These were people who took on whatever tasks needed to be done, took pride in their skills and the products they made, and understood that their labors would not only provide financial support for themselves and their families but would also make America great.

There are lessons we can learn from them.

— Mike Hoeflich, a distinguished professor in the Kansas University School of Law, writes a regular column for the Journal-World.

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Warmer with rain tapering off

Cooler with partial sunshine

Partly sunny

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Times of clouds and sun

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High 42° Low 20° POP: 5%

High 39° Low 19° POP: 5%

High 45° Low 23° POP: 5%

High 50° Low 30° POP: 25%

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Wind NNW 8-16 mph

Wind SSE 4-8 mph

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Kearney 44/20

Oberlin 46/18 Goodland 46/18

Beatrice 58/26

Oakley 47/20

Manhattan Russell Salina 65/28 54/24 Topeka 62/27 62/32 Emporia 62/30

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Lawrence Kansas City 64/34 65/32

Sedalia 66/40

Nevada 64/39

Chanute 66/34

Hutchinson 64/27 Wichita Pratt 64/30 59/29

Centerville 56/34

St. Joseph 60/32

Sabetha 59/28

Concordia 59/27 Hays 54/23

Clarinda 56/29

Lincoln 50/25

Grand Island 46/21

Springfield 62/44

Coffeyville Joplin 64/39 62/41

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

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45°/39° 41°/22° 71° in 1933 -7° in 1901

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Today Cities Hi Lo W Acapulco 90 72 s Amsterdam 41 36 sh Athens 63 54 s Baghdad 65 45 pc Bangkok 89 73 s Beijing 36 18 s Berlin 43 34 sh Brussels 45 29 sh Buenos Aires 75 61 sh Cairo 68 51 c Calgary 25 6 pc Dublin 43 36 pc Geneva 45 40 sh Hong Kong 68 63 pc Jerusalem 63 48 pc Kabul 53 22 s London 45 36 pc Madrid 55 37 sh Mexico City 75 45 s Montreal 36 34 c Moscow 36 32 sf New Delhi 79 41 s Oslo 37 23 sn Paris 45 38 r Rio de Janeiro 89 75 t Rome 62 51 c Seoul 45 21 c Singapore 86 77 t Stockholm 39 34 c Sydney 70 57 pc Tokyo 54 46 sh Toronto 44 39 r Vancouver 38 35 r Vienna 48 43 c Warsaw 45 36 pc Winnipeg 28 9 pc

Thu. Hi Lo W 90 72 pc 41 38 r 65 55 pc 68 46 pc 88 74 s 32 14 s 37 32 pc 40 37 sh 77 57 sh 68 48 s 20 8 pc 41 32 pc 41 39 sh 68 61 pc 58 41 s 52 22 s 46 37 sh 50 34 pc 77 45 s 43 32 r 38 34 r 79 41 s 30 24 c 47 46 sh 85 74 t 59 38 sh 30 19 s 88 77 t 39 32 sn 72 59 pc 57 41 s 52 28 r 42 33 sh 45 36 r 43 30 pc 11 -6 pc

Houston 76/63

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Atlanta 65/49

El Paso 53/31

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Washington 52/39

Miami 80/67

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Today Thu. Today Thu. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Memphis 67 59 c 69 44 r Albuquerque 44 28 sf 41 25 s 80 67 pc 78 68 pc Anchorage 21 14 sn 29 25 sn Miami 48 40 r 43 25 pc Atlanta 65 49 s 64 55 pc Milwaukee 40 25 r 29 13 pc Austin 76 55 c 61 44 sh Minneapolis 66 53 pc 66 44 r Baltimore 54 36 pc 61 42 sh Nashville New Orleans 74 62 pc 76 61 sh Birmingham 70 54 pc 69 56 r 48 42 pc 56 45 sh Boise 38 24 pc 40 24 sn New York Omaha 50 26 r 33 17 pc Boston 42 36 s 52 44 r Orlando 78 57 pc 79 60 c Buffalo 46 40 r 55 32 r 48 39 pc 58 46 sh Cheyenne 40 17 pc 36 22 pc Philadelphia 60 44 pc 63 44 s Chicago 50 44 r 50 26 pc Phoenix Pittsburgh 48 44 r 57 36 r Cincinnati 60 51 c 60 36 r Portland, ME 40 30 s 44 35 r Cleveland 48 45 r 59 33 r Dallas 72 46 t 63 37 pc Portland, OR 46 32 pc 44 33 sh 43 22 pc 43 22 c Denver 44 18 pc 41 20 pc Reno 57 38 pc 65 50 pc Des Moines 51 31 r 35 19 pc Richmond 52 34 s 52 33 c Detroit 46 43 r 53 31 sh Sacramento St. Louis 64 48 t 53 29 pc El Paso 53 31 pc 51 30 s Salt Lake City 38 22 pc 40 23 c Fairbanks -1 -16 pc -4 -17 c San Diego 60 47 pc 60 48 pc Honolulu 80 70 s 80 70 s Houston 76 63 pc 76 56 sh San Francisco 53 43 pc 51 42 sh Seattle 42 35 c 46 33 sh Indianapolis 58 51 r 56 28 c 30 22 pc 30 18 sf Kansas City 64 34 r 41 22 pc Spokane Tucson 56 37 pc 62 40 s Las Vegas 53 39 s 56 39 s 64 39 r 52 27 pc Little Rock 67 56 c 66 43 pc Tulsa 52 39 pc 58 47 sh Los Angeles 63 49 pc 63 48 pc Wash., DC National extremes yesterday for the 48 contiguous states High: Harlingen, TX 86° Low: West Yellowstone, MT -11°

WEATHER HISTORY

On Dec. 14, 1895, in Rayne, La., snow accumulated 24 inches in 24 hours.

Precipitation in Rayne usually falls as rain. On that day, rain did not reign there.

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LAWRENCE ALMANAC Through 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Group names Roberts’ aide Kansan of Year TOPEKA — An aide to U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts has been named Kansan of the Year by a group that celebrates the state’s heritage.

Harold Stones, of Topeka, will be honored Jan. 27 in Topeka at the annual banquet of the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas.

The group picks both a Kansan of the Year, honoring a native of the state, and a Distinguished Kansan of the Year, which can honor someone born elsewhere.

Stones has been director of special projects for Roberts since 1997. He serves primarily as the Kansas Republican’s liaison to military bases, local governments, chambers of commerce, economic development groups and private companies.

Stones also is a former CEO for the Kansas Bankers Association.

Roberts himself was Distinguished Kansan in 1999.

L AWRENCE J OURNAL -W ORLD

Good/Bad reunion Friends since birth 92 years ago, Betty Dobbins and retired Dr. Gene Manahan, Lawrence, met again recently. Unfortunately, their reunion was Nov. 22 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital while both were recovering from falls. Dobbins and Manahan went to high school in Wellington. Their mothers were also good friends. Their daughters, Sherri Millsap and Kylee Manahan, submitted the photo.

The Salvation Army Christmas JOY shop, 9 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m.-4 p.m., 946 N.H. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County, noon, 536 Fireside Court, Suite B. Information meeting for prospective volunteers. For more information, call 843-7359.

Douglas County Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m., Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Mass.

Conroy’s Trivia, 7:30 p.m., Conroy’s Pub, 3115 W. Sixth St. Spaghetti supper fundraiser for Douglas County Senior Services, 5:30 p.m., Meadowlark Estates, 4430 Bauer Farm Road “White Christmas,” 7:30 p.m., Theatre Lawrence, 1501 N.H. Dark Times at The Granada with Jay Maus, 8 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.

Free salsa lessons, 8:309:30 p.m., Taste Lounge, 804 W. 24th St. Pride Night, 9 p.m., Wilde’s Chateau, 2412 Iowa.

Dollar Bowling, 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Royal Crest Lanes, 933 Iowa.

15 THURSDAY

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

The Salvation Army Christmas JOY shop, 9 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m.-4 p.m., 946 N.H. Proposal writing basics, noon, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Theology on Tap, discussion of a selected religion topic, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Henry’s, 11 E. Eighth St. Jingle Jog, a Dog Days fundraiser for Boys & Girls Club and Toys for Tots, 6 p.m., starts behind KizerCummings Jewelry at Ninth and Vermont streets.

Sgt. Samuel J. Churchill Camp 4 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 6:30 p.m., Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass.

Lawrence Arts & Crafts group, 7-9 p.m., Java Break, 17 E. Seventh St. Junkyard Jazz Band, 7 p.m., American Legion, 3408 W. Sixth St. “White Christmas,” 7:30 p.m., Theatre Lawrence, 1501 N.H. Poker Night, 8 p.m., Applebee’s, 2520 Iowa.

Team trivia, 9 p.m., Johnny’s West, 721 Wakarusa Drive.

16 FRIDAY

Amazing Olive Press Workshop for children, 10:30 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.

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Mannheim Steamroller It may be Christmastime, but the holiday season isn’t officially here until it’s welcomed with thundering bombast usually reserved for epic movie soundtracks and any time Michael Bay does anything.

Enter Mannheim Steamroller, champions of arena Christmas music. Led by mastermind Chip Davis, the most successful Christmas musicians of all time stop by the Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive, tonight as part of their annual Christmas tour. Tonight’s show starts at 7:30, and tickets start at $50.

Magazine Give Away Day, purging 2010 issues of most of the library’s magazines, noon-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. New Horizons Band Concert, 4 p.m. Drury Place at Alvamar, 1510 St. Andrews Drive.

Ecumenical Advent Taize Service, 7 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church,, 925 Vt. The Kansas Nutcracker, 2011 Sesquicentennial Edition with Mandolin Orchestra, 7 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. “White Christmas,” 7:30 p.m., Theatre Lawrence, 1501 N.H. Stranger Creek Band, 8 p.m., Knights of Columbus, 2206 E. 23rd St. The Wilders 8 p.m., Liberty Hall

17 SATURDAY

Red Dog’s Dog Days, 7:30 a.m., parking lot behind Kizer-Cummings Jewelry, Ninth and Vermont streets.

Photos with Santa, 9:3011:30 a.m., Orscheln, 1541 E. 23rd St. Festival of Nativities, noon-4 p.m., Centenary United Methodist Church, North Fourth and Elm streets in North Lawrence, donations accepted.

December Music Series, The Topeka Brass Quintet, 1 p.m., Watkins Community Museum, 1047 Mass., free.

Ragtime Piano Rehearsal / Jam Session, 2-4 p.m., Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass.

Teen Super Smash Bros.

Brawl Tournament, 3 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Americana Music Academy Saturday Jam, 3 p.m., Americana Music Academy, 1419 Mass.

The Kansas Nutcracker, 2011 Sesquicentennial Edition with Mandolin Orchestra, 7 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. “White Christmas,” 7:30 p.m., Theatre Lawrence, 1501 N.H. Community Contra Dance, 7:30 p.m., Community Building, 115 W. 11th St. Video Jerry / DJ John, 9 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Second St.

ONGOING

Van Go Adornment Sale, 715 N.J., 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 27 through Dec. 23.

The Territorial Capital Museum Christmas display, with three floors of vintage Christmas decorations including 21 trees with various period decorations; 11 a.m to 4 p.m. WednesdaySaturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, through Jan. 1, 640 E. Woodson Ave., Lecompton.

Watkins Community Museum of History exhibit: “It Happened on Mass Street: 150 Years in Lawrence,” featuring historic photographs and objects illustrating the growth of downtown Lawrence, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Thursday, 1047 Mass.

Freedom’s Frontier exhibit, Wednesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, 1-4 p.m., Carnegie Building, 200 W. Ninth St.

Tuesday’s markets Dow Industrials

—66.45, 11,.954.94 Nasdaq

—32.99, 2,579.27 S&P 500

—10.74, 1,225.74

30-Year Treasury —0.05, 3.00% Corn (Chicago) +0.50 cent, $5.95 Soybeans (Chicago) +6.5 cents, $11.19 Wheat (Kansas City) —3.75 cents, $6.56 Oil (New York) —$1.64, $97.77 Gold —$5.10, $1,663.10 Silver +25.8 cents, $31.26 Platinum +$5.40, $1,492.30

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CHIEFS: GM Scott Pioli takes some blame for recent woes. 4B ON THE BIG STAGE Former Lawrence High standout Jared Vinoverski will play for a national championship with Pitt State on Saturday. Story on page 3B

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LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD LJWorld.com/sports Wednesday, December 14, 2011

KANSAS FOOTBALL

Weis adds coaches to staff

HASKELL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Legacy coach

KANSAS MEN’S BASKETBALL

Self: Taylor criticisms unfair

By Jesse Newell

By Matt Tait

jnewell@ljworld.com

mtait@ljworld.com

Kansas coach Bill Self beWhen asked at his introduclieves guard Tyshawn Taylor is tory news conference last week taking more criticism this seawhat he would do if his son son than is warranted. wanted to coach defense, Kan“I can do that probably more sas University football coach so than anybody, because he’s Charlie Weis painted a clear and the point guard and he’s the comedic picture. quarterback and he’s more re“I would say he’s a commusponsible than anything,” Self nist if he went over to defense,” said during his Hawk Talk raWeis said of his son, Charlie Jr., dio show on Monday. “But the who recently transferred to KU bottom line is, instead of seeand plans to learn the ins and ing sometimes what he doesn’t outs of coaching under his fado, I think we should look at ther. what he does It’s no wonder, then, that five do.

Because days into his if you look at KU career, us, we don’t Weis already beat Long had filled four Beach State offensive poif he doesn’t sitions on his play. And we coaching staff certainly don’t and none on beat Ohio the defensive Taylor State if he side of the ball. doesn’t play.”

Grunhard Two of Playing with a torn meniscus those posiin his right knee, Taylor scored Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo tions were 12 points with four assists and HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH SHANE FLANAGAN, a former assistant at made official five turnovers in 34 minutes New Mexico, took over the program from Phil Homeratha, who served as head coach since 1995 before his on Tuesday, against LBSU on Dec. 6. retirement earlier this year. when Weis anAgainst Ohio State, Taylor nounced the contributed nine points to go hiring of offenwith a career-high 13 assists in sive line coach 35 minutes. He also had seven Tim Grunhard turnovers. and quarterPowlus “He can do so many things to backs coach get in the paint to force help to Ron Powlus. get us easy baskets that when Like Weis, both men graduated he doesn’t make some plays, we from Notre Dame, and both look at the negatives as opposed

By Tom Keegan have long-standing relationfrom Green Bay, Wis., and the There is a reason player-coachto all the positive things that ships with KU’s new head coach. tkeegan@ljworld.com three other seniors on the roster es are rare. he does,” Self said. “He’s got The other offensive positions — Kayla Davis, Sharon Forte and “It’s hard being the one to tell to tighten his game up. We’ve Once battling colon cancer Nataska Rouse — agreed to do everybody what to do, but somethat have been filled belong to talked about it. We’re going to became a full-time job for Phil their best to keep the team togeth- body had to do it,” Stevens said.

Weis, who also will serve as watch a lot more tape. He’s got Homeratha, he stepped down er until they found a coach.

KU’s offensive coordinator, and “The main thing I wanted to do a chance to watch a lot of tape from his work as athletic director former interim head coach Reg“We were on our own all sum- was make sure everybody stayed right now and (we can) try to gie Mitchell, who coached KU’s and women’s basketball coach at mer and for the here and looked forward to the fuhelp him with that. running backs from 2010-11 and Haskell Indian Nations University first few weeks ture, not the present.”

“But gosh, does he have a lot will continue in that role during in February. of school,” SteThe future of Haskell women’s of talent. I mean, that is one tal2012.

Winter turned to spring, which vens said. “We basketball arrived on campus ented kid that’s a phenomenal Tuesday afternoon, durbecame summer, but Haskell still still had condi- in mid-September. His name is athlete.” ing his weekly radio spot with had no basketball coach. tioning, and we Shane Flanagan, his pedigree DiviSelf has his own theories Soren Petro, Grunhard, a forSome seniors in Lois Stevens’ would play pick- sion I. about why Taylor is criticized mer sports talk radio host with sneakers might have put basketup games whenFlanagan, 37 and a native of more than others. For one, the 810 WHB, explained what it was ball behind them and gotten on ever we could Albuquerque, N.M., played point guard has been at Kansas a long about Weis that made him jump with their education. That wasn’t Stevens find a court to guard for Boise State, where he time. He’s also had some offat the chance to join his staff. an option for her. play on.” earned Big Sky all-tournament the-court incidents in the past.

“He’s as happy as I’ve seen “Both my parents played here In the process, honors in 1996. He spent the last Taylor had surgery to repair him in a long time,” Grunhard in the ’80s,” Stevens said. “My two the seniors learned something five seasons as assistant coach to the torn meniscus Sunday. The said. “He’s excited and he’s moolder brothers played for Haskell. about coaching. his father, Don Flanagan, at the senior could miss up to three tivated. I know one thing about So did my two older sisters. I’ve “It’s not easy,” Stevens said.

University of New Mexico. His weeks depending on his recovCharlie Weis, when he’s excited known coach Homeratha for 15 Agreed Davis: “I just couldn’t father retired, and Shane was out ery time, though Self said it’s and he’s motivated, great things years. He’s just like a grandpa to wait for us to actually have a per- of work. possible Taylor could be back happen.” me.” son in charge. It was really diffiPlease see FLANAGAN, page 3B as soon as KU’s game Monday Grunhard, who played 11 seaSo Stevens, a 5-foot-10 center cult.” against Davidson. sons with the Kansas City Chiefs before moving on to coach high Please see KU MEN, page 6B school football in Kansas City, has had his eye on joining Weis’ staff for quite some time. When Weis was hired at Notre Dame HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL in 2005, he and Grunhard talked about a collaboration, but Grunhard’s family and its ties to the Kansas City area kept him from heading to South Bend, Ind. When the opportunity to join We don’t have enough

By Benton Smith for a bucket inside, junior Kyle Weis at Kansas presented itself basmith@ljworld.com firepower to dig ourselves a McFarland gathered an oflast Sunday, the offer was too fensive rebound after getting hole like that.” good for Grunhard to pass up.

With one of the top teams in blocked and went up for a score, This time, his family agreed. the state coming to Free State and Dabney drained a baseline “I don’t know if this is good High on Tuesday night, it would — Free State boys coach Chuck Law jumper in the final seconds of or bad, but it was a unanimous the quarter. By the half, FSHS have taken four quarters of exvote for me to (take the job),” trailed 32-26. cellence for the Firebirds’ boys said Grunhard, who has four Law was very pleased with basketball team to knock off that I think they’re the secondchildren. “They’re excited. They Blue Valley North. best team in the state,” the that stretch, which carried over were born here. They grew up Though FSHS played well coach said, giving the No. 1 spot into the opening minutes of the here. They’re KU fans.” third quarter. at times, it was nowhere near to Wichita Heights.

A native of Chicago, Grun“I thought we played beautienough to counter the balance It didn’t help Free State (2-2), hard said his home and adopted and precision of the Mustangs either, that the Firebirds began fully for 10 minutes,” Law said. cities would be his primary re“I honestly believe that was the in a 75-49 loss. the game in a 23-7 hole. cruiting areas at Kansas. He ofFour BVN players — Conner “We don’t have enough fire- best basketball we’ve played in ficially will begin his new job on Crooker, Erik Higginbotham, power to dig ourselves a hole the first four games of the year.”

Jan. 1.

Free State kept it close early Jawan Emery and Matthew like that,” Law said, noting that “I’m just thrilled and excited,” McHugh — scored in double slow starts have been a recur- in the second half with four he said. “It’s such a great chalpoints in the paint from Patterfigures. Free State coach Chuck ring issue. lenge.... I wouldn’t have taken Law said every player Blue ValFortunately for the Firebirds, son (10 points on the night) and the job if I didn’t believe Charlie ley North put on the floor had they put together a much better a pair of free throws from DabWeis could win. And I wouldn’t athleticism and the ability to second quarter. Oddly enough, ney (11), but in the final six minhave taken the job if that wasn’t handle, pass or shoot at any it began when sophomore sub- utes of the third, the Mustangs one of the finer universities in time. On top of that, Law went stitute guard Joe Dineen banked outscored FSHS, 25-6, dashing the country.” on, the Mustangs ran their sets in a three-pointer, sparking a any thoughts of an upset.

Grunhard comes to KU on “They’re so explosive,” Law “exceptionally well,” played 15-4 run. the heels of a successful, sixJohn Young/Journal-World Photo hard and hustled for loose balls.

Dineen scored again with a said of BVN. “You can’t allow year coaching stint at Bishop FREE STATE SENIOR GUARD SHAWN KNIGHTON, As far as the coach was con- steal and lay-in, senior Tyler that to happen, and then you’ve Miege High, where he led the CENTER, LOOKS FOR A TEAMMATE to pass the cerned, not many teams are bet- Self made a reverse layup, se- got to organize and get good Stags to five straight district ball to as he is smothered by defenders during ter than BVN (4-0). nior Cameron Dabney scored shots.” titles and the 2009 Class 4A Free State’s game against Blue Valley North on “They’ve got a ton of weap- in the paint, senior Brett Frantz Please see FOOTBALL, page 5B Tuesday at FSHS. Please see FREE STATE, page 3B ons. I’m adamant about the fact found senior Gabe Patterson

First-year HINU coach Shane Flanagan is following in the footsteps of family, heritage

Free State boys fall to BVN, 75-49 “

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MLB deal includes extra replay NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball’s new labor contract includes more video replay, the chance for a longer All-Star break and a small, but likely welcome perk for players: the chance to get a private room instead of a roommate during spring training.

The Associated Press obtained the document that includes several changes, many starting next year. They include allowing teams from the same division to meet in the playoffs before the league championship series, a ban on players getting tattoos with cor-

porate logos and the possibility of players wearing microphones during games.

Players already have ratified the hundreds of pages contained in Major League Baseball’s Memorandum of Understanding. Owners are scheduled to vote Thursday.

Also part of the deal: Any big leaguer who wants to change uniform numbers without switching teams better give eight months’ notice unless he’s willing to buy warehouses full of his overstocked jerseys.

MLB wants to expand replay to include fair-or-foul calls, “whether a fly ball or line drive was trapped� and fan interference all around the ballpark. Umpires still must give their approval, and it’s uncertain whether the extra replay will be in place by opening day. Video review began in August 2008, but only to look at potential home runs.

The All-Star break will be expanded to four days, rather than the traditional three-day gap. The five-year deal says starting in 2013 that MLB “shall have the right to

elect to switch the All-Star game from Tuesday to Wednesday and the Home Run Derby from Monday to Tuesday.� Sixty-nine of 82 All-Star games have been played on Tuesday, according to STATS LLC. Gone, too, are the days of roommates, something that dates back decades, to the days players rode the rails to Florida. Now, all players on 40-man rosters are assured of single rooms during spring training. They’ve had that perk during the regular season since 1997.

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Stern now public enemy No. 1 in L.A.

Steelers’ Harrison suspended for one game

By Bill Plaschke Los Angeles Times

Five days into this new NBA, there is already a new rivalry.

The city of Los Angeles versus David Stern.

We don’t like each other, not anymore, not one bit, not after the NBA commissioner’s misuse of his powers has ripped out the heart of one Los Angeles team and the hopes of the other.

Stern is the Boston Celtics with a smug grin. He is the Dallas Mavericks with a weak spine. He wears a suit, but he has shamefully spent the last week as if sitting in a Sacramento cheap seat screaming a chant that can be heard from here to Bourbon Street. “Beat L.A!� David Stern hollered, speaking as the de facto owner of the New Orleans Hornets, a position that should never be held by the boss of any league.

Yes, since last season, the NBA has owned the failing Hornets. So, yes, as the NBA’s top executive, Stern has the right to veto Hornets trades like Jerry Buss can veto Lakers trades.

But should he? Shouldn’t those calls be made by an independent consultant working in close conjunction with the New Orleans basketball people? Shouldn’t basketball learn from baseball, which in recent years has quietly and successfully overseen transitions within the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Texas Rangers and the Washington Nationals?

Stern has the right to run the Hornets, but the duty to stay out of their business, a duty he has recently ignored, such that the integrity of the league has suffered more in five days than during the lockout’s 149 days. “Completely unexpected,� is how Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak describes Stern’s behavior, and he’s being completely kind, because Stern has been completely derelict in his mandate to treat all 30 NBA teams equally.

First, on Thursday, Stern and his lieutenants killed a trade of star point guard Chris Paul to the Lakers, under pressure from other league owners, which included a venomous email from Cleveland owner Dan Gilbert. Then, Monday, under the direction of Stern’s office, the Hornets ground down the Clippers until their proposed trade also vanished.

The Lakers and Clippers deals weren’t killed in the same fashion; Stern’s involvement in the Clippers deal was less direct, as the Clippers have dealt only with Hornets General Manager Dell Demps, and there is still a chance that Demps can sell some form of this deal to Stern.

But in both cases, the damage caused by a commissioner’s office with a huge conflict of interest could be considerable.

Start with the Lakers. Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol were gone. Then they weren’t.

Then Odom became so upset at the idea that the Lakers didn’t want him, he demanded to be gone, giving the Lakers the excuse they needed to ship him out and save about $34 million in salary and luxury taxes.

I’d be screaming at Mitch Kupchak right now if I weren’t so mad at Stern.

Next up, the Clippers, who waded through the Lakers carnage to forge a solid deal that would send to the Hornets Chris Kaman, Eric Bledsoe, Al-Farouq Aminu and a 2012 first-round draft pick from Minnesota that would surely be high lottery.

Stern’s biggest complaints about the Lakers deal seemingly were all answered in the Clippers deal. These guys were younger and more athletic, with Kaman’s huge contract coming off the books after this season and that draft pick potentially worthy of a franchise cornerstone.

As owner of the Hornets, if he can’t approve a deal that would give the franchise a future in the wake of the impending departure of its best player, then he should just shut down the franchise.

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison has carved out a niche as one of the NFL’s most feared defenders over the last five years by straddling the line between clean and dirty play.

After one dangerous hit too many, the league apparently has seen enough.

The NFL suspended Harrison for one game following his helmet-to-facemask hit on Browns quarterback Colt McCoy last Thursday, making Harrison the first player to miss game time as a penalty under the league’s revamped policy on such collisions.

Harrison’s agent, Bill Parise, said Tuesday afternoon Harrison already had filed an appeal and expected it to be heard later this week by Art Shell or Ted Cottrell, jointly appointed by the NFL and the players’ association to hear such cases.

They’ll have to determine Harrison’s intent when he laid out McCoy late in the fourth quarter of Pittsburgh’s 14-3 victory. The 2008 NFL Defensive Player of the Year was penalized for roughing the passer on the play and said Monday he believed the hit didn’t warrant further punishment.

NFL Executive Vice President Ray Anderson disagreed, pointing out the violation marked the fifth illegal hit on a quarterback by Harrison in the last three seasons. The fourtime Pro Bowler also has been fined on two other occasions for unnecessary roughness over the same period.

Though Harrison hasn’t been fined for such a hit in over a year, he was considered a repeat offender under the 2011 League Policies for Players manual, leading to the suspension.

Harrison, who has been highly critical of the league’s crackdown on vicious hits, thanked his fans for their support on his Twitter account after the suspension was levied, adding, “I’m just going to move on from here and get ready for my next game.�

Barring a successful appeal, that won’t be until the Steelers (10-3) face St. Louis on Christmas Eve.

procedures and protocol on head injuries. McCoy sustained a concussion when he was hit last week by Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison, who was suspended for one game for the helmet-to-helmet hit, his fifth illegal one on a quarterback in the past three seasons. McCoy was off the field for less than four minutes after the hit.

Medical representatives from the league and NFLPA met Tuesday with the Browns’ medical staff and discussed the team’s response and treatment of McCoy’s injury, which may have exposed some previously unaddressed issues tied to concussion policies.

NFL

ST. LOUIS — Second baseman Skip Schumaker has agreed to a $3 million, two-year deal with the St. Louis Cardinals, who did not tender a contract offer to infielder Ryan Theriot before Monday night’s deadline. The 31-year-old Schumaker batted .283 in 117 games for the Cardinals this year.

McCoy handling under review CLEVELAND — An investigation by the NFL and Players Association into the Browns’ handling of Colt McCoy’s concussion could lead to changes in the league’s medical

NBA

Wallace gets probation PONTIAC, MICH. — Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace was sentenced Tuesday to a year of probation but avoided jail time on drunken driving and gun possession charges stemming from a September traffic stop in suburban Detroit. Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Shalina Kumar also sentenced Wallace to fines, court costs and 30 hours of community service.

Wallace was arrested at about 3 a.m. on Sept. 24 in Bloomfield Township after officers spotted him driving a Cadillac Escalade erratically. An unloaded pistol was in a backpack.

Nuggets trade for Mavs pair DENVER — The Denver Nuggets acquired versatile swingman Rudy Fernandez and forward Corey Brewer from the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday for a future second-round pick. The trade gives the Nuggets added depth as the team attempts to work out deals with free agent big man Nene and guard Arron Afflalo, who is a restricted free agent.

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Tuesday, Dec. 27 Little Caesars Bowl Ford Field-Detroit Purdue ..........................2 1/2 (60) ............. W. Michigan Belk Bowl Bank of America Stadium-Charlotte, N.C. N.C. State .....................2 1/2 (45) .................. Louisville Wednesday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl RFK Stadium-Washington D.C. Toledo ..............................3 (70) ...................... Air Force Holiday Bowl Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego Texas ..................3 1/2 (47) .......... California Thursday, Dec. 29 Champs Sports Bowl Citrus Bowl Stadium-Orlando, Fla. Florida St ........................3 (47) ................ Notre Dame Alamo Bowl Alamodome-San Antonio Baylor ....................9 (78) .......... Washington Friday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl Gerald Ford Stadium-Dallas Byu .................................2 1/2 (55) ........................... Tulsa Pinstripe Bowl Yankee Stadium-Bronx, N.Y. Rutgers ..................2 (45) ................ Iowa St Music City Bowl LP Field-Nashville, Tenn.

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1965 — Rookie Rick Barry of the San Francisco Warriors scores 57 points in a 141-137 loss to the New York Knicks.

1982 — Marcel Dionne of the Los Angeles Kings scores his 500th goal in a 7-2 loss to the Washington Capitals.

1985 — UCLA beats American U., 1-0, in the eighth overtime period, in the longest soccer match held in the United States, to capture the NCAA soccer title.

1986 — Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins sets an NFL record with the seventh 400-yard game of his career as he passes for 403 yards and five touchdowns in a 37-31 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Rams. Marino hits Mark Duper with a 20-yard touchdown pass in overtime to win the game.

1991 — Desmond Howard, the nation’s second-leading scorer with 23 TDs, wins the Heisman Trophy by the secondbiggest margin in history. The Michigan receiver beats runner-up Casey Weldon of Florida State by 1,574 points.

1995 — The first-ever Division I-A overtime game takes place at the Las Vegas Bowl with Toledo beat Nevada, 40-37.

1997 — The New York Jets equal the NFL mark for greatest turnaround in modern NFL history with their 31-0 victory over Tampa Bay. The Jets, 1-15 last season, post their ninth win of the season.

2002 — Marvin Harrison breaks Herman Moore’s 1995 mark of 123 catches. By making nine receptions in a 28-23 win at Cleveland, Harrison reaches 127 with two games remaining. He also gains 172 yards, giving Harrison 1,500 yards for the second straight season.

2002 — Michael Jordan matches his career low with two points as the Washington Wizards beat the shorthanded Toronto Raptors. The 39-year-old Jordan shoots 1-for-9 from the field, but has nine assists and eight rebounds as he matches his season high by playing 40 minutes.

2008 — Pittsburgh holds another team under 300 yards in beating Baltimore, 13-9. The Steelers tie the 1973 Los Angeles Rams for the longest streak — 14 games to start a season — since the NFL merger in 1970.

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By Benton Smith basmith@ljworld.com

The ability to adapt is a critical aspect of every successful football player’s repertoire. For Jared Vinoverski, that quality has come in quite handy.

When the Lawrence High football product first arrived at Pittsburg State University after transferring from Drake, the program with which he originally signed, Vinoverski was on the bottom of the totem pole at wide receiver.

His freshman season in 2010 included some bright flashes of promise. As a reserve, he caught six passes and a touchdown in four games before suffering a season-ending injury at a practice, when he broke a wrist.

Then, when spring drills came around, the wideout learned Gorillas coach Tim Beck and his staff wanted to move Vinoverski to safety in order to provide the secondary with some quality depth.

The former Lion didn’t mind the move to the defensive side of the ball, but he had only played corner at LHS, so safety was “a lot different” for him when he first tried it out this past spring.

Still, he picked up the nuances he needed to and became a backup free safety on the Pitt State depth chart as a sophomore.

“I think I came a long way, and I’m getting a lot more used to it now,” Vinoverski said. “I like it.”

He didn’t mind his role as a backup, either, as PSU (121) won its first eight games of the season and earned a No. 2 seed in its region of the NCAA Division II playoffs.

Vinoverski got on the field now and then, often on spe-

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FORMER LAWRENCE HIGH RECEIVER JARED VINOVERSKI PUSHES ASIDE an Olathe Northwest linebacker in this file photo from Sept. 6, 2007 in Olathe. Vinoverski was an All-Sunflower League selection before heading off to college at Pittsburg State.

Photo courtesy of Pittsburg State

FORMER LAWRENCE HIGH WIDE RECEIVER, AND CURRENT PITTSBURG STATE SAFETY, JARED VINOVERSKI TACKLES a Lincoln player on Oct. 15 at Pitt State. cial teams duty, but primarily was a spectator as Pitt State made its run through the regular season and began its chase for the program’s second national championship (Pitt State won the 1991 title).

His role remained the same in the Gorillas’ first two postseason victories, over Washburn and Northwest Missouri State. As Pitt State played host to Delta State Saturday in a national semifinal, though, Vinoverski was thrown into the action when

starting safety Jason Peete tore some cartilage in his ribs.

The 6-foot-2, 204-pound sophomore stepped in for his fallen teammate in the second half and played the remainder of the game as the Gorillas won, 49-23, and secured the program’s fifth championship-game appearance.

Vinoverski said he was thoroughly prepared for his increased role, because the Gorillas had dissected Delta State film in the days lead-

Free State

BOX SCORE Blue Valley North 75, Free State boys 49

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BVN 23 9 29 14 — 75 FSHS 9 17 12 11 — 49 BVN (75) Scott Edwards 2-7 1-2 5, Conner Crooker 7-9 1-2 19, Erik Higginbotham 5-9 0-1 11, Connor Erickson 4-6 0-0 8, Ross Thornton 3-5 1-2 8, Jawan Emery 3-6 5-6 11, Matthew McHugh 5-8 0-0 11, Danny Weston 0-1 0-0 0, Cody Weems 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 30-53 8-13 75.

FSHS (49) Shawn Knighton 1-4 0-0 2, Cameron Dabney 4-6 3-4 11, Brett Frantz 0-1 0-0 0, Tyler Self 1-2 0-0 2, Gabe Patterson 5-10 0-0 10, Blake Winslow 4-7 2-4 10, Logan Bannister 2-3 0-0 4, Kyle McFarland 1-5 0-0 2, Joe Dineen 2-3 0-0 5, Wilson Hack 0-1 0-0 0, Reshawn Caro 1-3 1-2 3. Totals 21-45 6-10 49.

Three-point goals: BVN 7-16 (Crooker 4, Higginbotham, Thornton, McHugh); FSHS 1-8 (Dineen). Fouled out: None. Turnovers: BVN 9, FSHS 17.

Disappointed with the drubbing being issued to Free State’s starters in the third, Law turned to his bench late in the quarter, and stuck with the subs for the remainder of the game.

For most of the fourth quarter, backups Blake Winslow, Logan Bannister, McFarland, Wilson Hack and Reshawn Caro took on the No. 5-ranked team in 6A. Although Free State was down 20-plus points throughout the final quarter, Law liked what he saw out of the bench players, and decided to keep them in, even though they were winded.

“I was real pleased with how our second lineup competed,” Law said. “We’ve got to get the rest of the roster to compete that way.”

Winslow scored eight of his 10 points in the final stanza, and said the subs played with a purpose.

“We just wanted to come off the bench and prove a point, and at least bring us back a little and try to give the starters a little energy,

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FREE STATE SENIORS TYLER SELF, LEFT, AND GABE PATTERSON WATCH FROM THE BENCH after head coach Chuck Law pulled his starters for poor play midway through the third quarter of Free State’s game against Blue Valley North on Tuesday at FSHS.

... that was part of it for me, the Native American aspect, coming to a CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1B university like this, with He learned of the Haskell that type of history.” job from Nana Allison-Brewer, first-year volleyball coach at Haskell and a former player for Don Flanagan at New Mexico. Shane, his two brothers and their father lived within two miles of each other, so his preference was to stay in New Mexico. Shane’s wife, Kimberly, and their daughter, Gracie, loved their lives, too.

The coach needed to coach.

“When Haskell came up, I’m Native American — my mother’s from the Taos Pueblo (tribe) — that was part of it for me, the Native American aspect, coming to a university like this, with that type of history,” Flanagan said.

The seeds of his desire to coach at Haskell were planted in stories by his father.

“He coached on a reservation in New Mexico,” Flanagan said. “He was there three or four years, and those are basically his fondest years.

He tells stories of how he turned the program around and had caravans of people following him to the games, stuff like that.”

How did he do it?

“He made the kids accountable,” the son said of the fa-

ing up to the big game, and his coaches gave him some quick reminders before he took the field: “Keep everything in front of you. Don’t let any of the big plays happen.”

Considering PSU’s 35-13 halftime lead, the substitute safety was able to play a little more relaxed, too. Vinoverski said he wasn’t nearly as nervous when he got into the game as he was when he played safety for the first time in his career, earlier in the season.

— Haskell women’s basketball coach Shane Flanagan ther. “He really just cared about them and expected a lot out of them.”

His retired father has made two trips to Lawrence to see his son and his family and to join him in instructing the players at practice. During one trip, while having lunch downtown, Don Flanagan ran into a familiar face. He and Kansas assistant basketball coach Joe Dooley knew each other from when Dooley was on Fran Fraschilla’s staff at New Mexico. Dooley invited Flanagan to attend a KU practice, but Flanagan had a more pressing concern, helping his son at his practice.

Weakened by academic-ineligibility problems, Haskell is off to a 4-10 start, but is 4-0 at home in the Coffin Complex. Don’s help won’t stop there. He’s on the lookout for talent at Native American-dominant basketball powerhouse high schools in Arizona and New Mexico.

because in the first half that’s exactly what we did,” Winslow said, referring to a span of the first and second quarters when backups Bannister

The Haskell coach’s father compiled a 401-13 record at El Dorado High in New Mexico before becoming the winningest women’s basketball coach at UNM. “I’ve got nothing to do, so I can help him with that,” Don of spotting prospects.

“Being around in 32 years, I know a whole bunch of those coaches.”

From the sound of it, Shane was a typical coach’s son.

“His senior year, I took him to the hospital four or five times,” Don Flanagan said. “He was one of those kids who would dive on the floor and split his chin open, and I’d take him to the hospital. One time, he up-faked a guy and the guy came down and landed with his teeth on top of Shane’s head.”

Now it’s the younger Flanagan’s job to try to get his players to match the intensity he brought to the court. He doesn’t have any paid assistants helping him, just three student assistants. Also, he and Chad Kills Crow, second-year coach of the 6-6 men’s program, work closely together and swap ideas.

“I really like Chad,” Don Flanagan said. “They’re about the same age and they get along. Both those programs are going to get a lot better.

They’ll get better.”

and Dineen accounted for nine straight FSHS points.

Winslow, a sophomore guard, said Free State has the pieces to become a much better team.

“We’ve just got to believe in ourselves,” he said. “I think we came out and didn’t really believe.”

At 7 p.m. Friday, Free State plays host to Lawrence (3-1).

“My teammates did a really good job,” he said, “and it was a lot easier on me getting thrown into the fire.”

The former All-Sunflower League player from Lawrence now has five games of playing safety on his college resume and has made six solo tackles and assisted on three others. That experience, especially playing most of a half this past week, figures to do the sophomore well as Pitt State takes on Wayne State (12-3) for the national championship Saturday morning (10 a.m. local time, televised on ESPN2) in Florence, Ala. Though Peete is planning on giving it a go for the title game, Vinoverski said he is preparing with the same mentality as usual.

“Obviously, I’ve got to be ready no matter what,” he said. “I’m on special teams, too, so I’ll be in the game, but I’ve got to be ready at any time (to play safety).”

After a walk-through on Monday and practice Tuesday, the Gorillas are sched-

uled to fly down to Alabama for the title game today.

Vinoverski said their routine will be pleasantly different this week, as the players will be visiting some elementary schools to read to children and attending some banquets before the big game.

There’s been much talk among the Gorillas, Vinoverski said, of what they’ve accomplished.

“It’s so surreal right now,” he said. “We can believe we’re in the championship, but at the same time we’re like, ‘Wow. Where’d the season go?’ We can’t believe we’re going to Alabama and stuff like that.”

Through Pitt State’s playoff run, Vinoverski said the team has tried to stick with the same routine, and the players and coaches don’t want the things that accompany a championship game to distract them from the primary goal.

“We’re only there for one thing,” he said, “and that’s to win a national championship.”

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Pioli: ‘I need to do a better job’ KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) — Scott Pioli spoke quietly and carefully, not at all like his reputation might suggest.

He had just fired coach Todd Haley after a miserable 5-8 start, leaving the Chiefs’ general manager to explain the organization’s failures.

Pioli pointed his finger right at himself.

“We have a locker room that has talent. We also have a good makeup of character in that locker room,” Pioli said, “but it’s abundantly clear that we’re not in a spot we need to be with our record where it is and our team in a position it is. I need to do a better job.”

Kansas City has lost five of its last six games to fall from a tie for first in the AFC West to the brink of another losing season. After winning the division title last year, devastating injuries and discouraging losses have quickly turned the environment surrounding the team toxic.

The Chiefs’ 37-10 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday culminated in the decision to fire Haley, once a rising star in the NFL, and the appointment of defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel as interim coach for the final three games of the regular season.

The Chiefs host the unbeaten Green Bay Packers on Sunday.

There was no shortage of blame to heap on Haley, from an unorthodox approach to training camp that left the team woefully unprepared to the decision to stick with journeyman Tyler Haley Palko as his quarterback once Matt Cassel went down with a season-ending injury. But there has been just as much reason to blame Pioli for the shortcomings, something he was quick to acknowledge.

“I do believe in the players

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KANSAS CITY CHIEFS GENERAL MANAGER SCOTT PIOLI, FRONT, and Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt, rear, leave a news conference after announcing the firing of head coach Todd Haley on Monday in Kansas City, Mo. we have here,” Pioli said. “We need to continue to improve this roster and improve the depth of this football team.”

Depth may be the biggest reason the Chiefs have struggled.

Palko has led the offense to two touchdowns in four games. Jackie Battle and Thomas Jones have been unable to fill in for Pro Bowl running back Jamaal Charles, who was lost for the season with a torn ACL. The tight end position has been virtually non-existent since Tony Moeaki sustained the same injury, and Pro Bowl safety Eric Berry’s torn ACL has left an enormous void in the secondary.

The fact that the cupboard was bare was particularly discouraging given the reputation Pioli cultivated during his time in the front office of the New England Patriots.

After the NFL lockout wiped away much of the offseason and forced teams to

scramble to sign free agents, it was thought that Pioli would be able to shine. He’s considered among the best in the game at finding players who may have slipped under the radar, one of the reasons he’s been honored several times as the league’s executive of the year.

Instead, Pioli brought in just a handful of players and hardly took a bite out of the salary cap, leaving the Chiefs with more money available than nearly every other franchise in the league.

“I do have a lot of confidence in Scott and I do believe he’s going to help us be successful over the long run,” said Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt, who likewise has received plenty of fan criticism for the appearance that he’d rather make money than field a winning team.

Pioli’s inability to land talent on the open market hasn’t been his only shortfall.

There have been 24 draft picks in his three seasons running the team, only a handful of which have given Kansas City meaningful downs this season. Among the most glaring misses are Tyson Jackson, the third overall pick in 2009, and third-round pick Alex Magee, who isn’t even on the team.

The Chiefs’ best players — Tamba Hali, Dwayne Bowe, Jamaal Charles, Brandon Flowers, Brandon Carr and Derrick Johnson — were holdovers from the previous regime.

“We’ve made some progress the last couple years and we’re at the point where some of that progress has slowed down,” Pioli said.

“I do think we have a good, strong core of players here, but clearly I need to get to work, too, because if we’re going to be a good football team and continue to get better and consistently compete for championships, we need to have a good roster.”

That goes for whoever is chosen as the next head coach.

Crennel has said he wants a shot at the permanent job, and there are several other experienced coaches who have ties to Pioli. The decision to fire Haley with three games remaining gives him a chance to start surveying the candidates and whittling down the list.

Pioli said he understands the importance of getting this hire right. He was the one who picked Haley as his first head coach, and he saw firsthand how things unraveled this season.

Now that he’s missed on one head coach, he knows another failure may cost him his own job.

“Probably nobody is harder on himself or holds himself more accountable than Scott,” Hunt said, when asked specifically about Pioli’s job status. “As hard-working as he is, I know he’ll redouble his efforts to make sure we’re more competitive next year and the year after that.”

Crennel interested in second shot at NFL head coaching job KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) — Romeo Crennel wants another chance to be a head coach in the NFL. He may have the opportunity with the Kansas City Chiefs if he can hold together a franchise in disarray over the next three weeks.

Crennel spoke Tuesday for the first time since he was appointed interim coach, telling reporters on a conference call that he wants to be considered for the permanent job in Kansas City. Crennel will lead the Chiefs through the end of the season after Todd Haley was fired on Monday.

“There were no conditions to this,” Crennel said. “I want to try to be helpful in this situation, and I knew one of the ways I could be helpful was to be the interim coach.”

Long considered one of the game’s brightest defensive minds, Crennel has spent the past two seasons as the Chiefs’ defensive coordina-

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KANSAS CITY CHIEFS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR ROMEO CRENNEL TALKS to his team during the first half against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Aug. 12 in Kansas City, Mo. Crennel has been named the Chiefs’ interim head coach after the firing of Todd Haley. tor, presiding over a unit that has been their biggest strength. His track record includes five Super Bowl rings as an assistant coach.

Crennel received his first

chance to be a head coach in Cleveland, where he had mixed results in five seasons.

He took over a moribund franchise and went 10-22 his first two years, but had the

Browns on the cusp of the playoffs after finishing 10-6 in 2007. Crennel received a contract extension, but the team slipped to 4-12 the following year and Crennel was let go.

Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli said Monday that Crennel will be given the opportunity to interview for the full-time job, though he’s by no measure a certainty.

Potential candidates could include Rams offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, who worked with Pioli in New England, and Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz, who has rebuffed every overture from the NFL in recent years It’s unclear whether Pioli has even begun to formulate a wish list.

“I know the respect Romeo commands in the locker room,” Pioli said. “We talked with Romeo and I think he’s someone we’re definitely going to be talking to.”

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VERITAS JUNIOR KRISTEN FINGER (30) TRIES TO KEEP THE BALL against Wichita Homeschool on Tuesday at the Eudora Community Center. Veritas lost, 50-17.

Veritas girls stumble, 50-17

By Corey Thibodeaux cthibodeaux@ljworld.com

Both the girls and boys Veritas Christian School basketball teams showed their youth against Wichita Homeschool on Tuesday night.

In the girls match-up, coach Kevin Shelton said visiting Wichita imposed its will by being the aggressor and taking command early, leading to a 50-17 wallop at the Eudora Recreation Center.

“Anything they wanted to do, we let them tonight,” Shelton said. “And that’s not how we’ve been playing.”

The Eagles (2-4) have had a couple of rough games in a row, and this one was especially disappointing because the coaches and players didn’t think they stood up to what the Warriors were doing.

“They played a physical game, and I expected us to play physical back,” Shelton said. “I just didn’t feel that we did that.”

In the second and third quarters combined, Veritas was outscored 25-5 and was dominated on the glass. Five players scored for the Eagles: Brittany Rask led the team with five, Madison Bennett and Ellen Phillips had four and Joy Brooks and Kristen Finger added two.

The Veritas girls team will play next against Olathe Christian at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday in Eudora.

Wichita Homeschool boys 45, Veritas 36 The Veritas Christian School boys basketball team essentially played just three quarters of Tuesday’s 45-36 loss against Wichita Homeschool.

After a dismal all-around second quarter, the Eagles found themselves down 15 at the break. They did come back to score nine straight in the fourth quarter, which brought the deficit to six, but they couldn’t complete the comeback.

GIRLS BOX SCORE Wichita Homeschool girls 50, Veritas 17 Veritas 9 0 5 3—17 Wichita 15 9 16 10—50 VERITAS (17) Brittany Rask 5, Madison Bennett 4, Ellen Phillips 4, Kristen Finger 2, Joy Brooks 2; WICHITA HOMESCHOOL (50) Bethany Snow 13, Rachael Sidwell 11, Samantha Shrout 6, Rebeccas McAdams 6, Shannon Tibbits 6, Kaitlyn Metz 6, Allison Newport 7.

BOYS BOX SCORE Wichita Homeschool boys 45, Veritas 36 Veritas 11 4 9 12—36 Wichita 12 18 4 11—45 VERITAS (36) Elijah Penny 15, Eric Shin 7, Thomas Bachert 6, Andrew Currier 5, Caleb Holland 3; WICHITA HOMESCHOOL (45) Nolan McClure 19, Levi Peffly 8, Luke Tibbits 6, Matt LeBegue 6, Brennon Moeder 4, Weston Warner 2.

“We just dug ourselves too big of a hole to come up all the way out,” Veritas coach Gary Hammer said.

The guards had difficulty getting the offense going against Wichita’s pressure defense. In that second quarter, that undid Veritas (3-3), and the Eagles were outscored 18-4, allowing the Warriors to roll off a 16-point run. Veritas’ offense spent more time turning the ball over than trying to shoot with it. Hammer said the youth on a team that has one senior revealed itself many times.

“We need to get our underclassmen comfortable out there, and the only way is to experience it,” Hammer said.

“It’s like baptism under fire.”

Junior Thomas Bachert, who had six points in the game, likened his team’s attitude to that of Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, who has made a name for himself with miraculous comebacks.

“He’s always like, ‘In times of peril, get closer,’” Bachert said. “I think that’s something we’re trying to do – when times are tough, get closer. On another side of it, we’ve got to learn not to get behind.”

Senior Elijah Penny led the team with 15 points.

Veritas will play Whitefield Academy at 7 p.m. Saturday.

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Tonganoxie boys notch first win, 49-37 against Kansas City Ward Baldwin 49, Paola 42 PAOLA — A strong third quarter and a career-high Boys night from sophomore CorTonganoxie 49, nell Brown helped Baldwin K.C. Ward 37 High win its opening Frontier KANSAS CITY, KAN. — TonLeague game of the season. ganoxie junior John Lean Baldwin (5-0) will play scored 10 points, sophomore host to Eudora next Tuesday.

Eric McPherson added nine and Tonganoxie (1-1) defeat- Baldwin 15 6 14 14 — 49 Paola 9 14 4 15 — 42 ed Bishop Ward, 49-37.

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Tonganoxie 10 12 13 14 — 49 KC Ward 11 6 5 15 — 37 Tonganoxie — John Lean 4-13 2-2 10, Eric McPherson 4-8 1-2 9, Dylan Jacobs 3-8 0-0 8, Tyler Ford 2-4 2-2 8, Dane Erickson 2-6 3-4 7, Colby Yates 1-1 2-3 5, Josh Ghale 1-4 0-0 2.

K.C. Ward — Austin Kochsmeier 3-7 3-6 10, CJ Vallejo 4-13 1-1 9, Evan Brull 3-10 1-3 8, Connor Burns 1-7 1-2 3, Duane Joseph 1-5 0-0 3, Jon Roblez 1-2 0-0 2, Michael Golubski 1-2 0-0 2, Luke Slupski 0-1 0-0 0.

6, Cornell Brown 17, Michael Burton 8, Clayton Duncan 3, Caleb Gaylord 12.

Paola — Austin Dent 4, Justin Dunmars 14, Matt Haefele 3, Mike Wilkes 2, Brandon Goodman 4, Lucas Wilson 9, Jobie Debrick 6.

Johanning added 11, but Per- girls (1-1) held on for a 50-46 ry-Lecompton fell to Jeffer- win over Kansas City Ward son West. on Tuesday night.

The Kaws (0-4) will play Tonganoxie 18 14 6 12 — 50 K.C. Ward 12 11 9 14 — 46 Friday at Nemaha Valley.

Tonganoxie — Emma Stilgenbauer 5-6 6-13 Jefferson West 11 13 15 12 — 51 Perry-Lecompton 11 7 13 15 — 46 Jefferson West — Ricklets 2, Baker 5, Brown 17, Leed 3, Dean 14, Miller 10.

Perry-Lecompton — Jeremy Immenschuch 4, Addison Jones 7, Zack Linquist 4, Austin Johanning 11, Derrick Eddy 6, Jon Denton 14.

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Tonganoxie 50, K.C. Ward 46 KANSAS CITY, KAN. — SophJefferson West 51, omore Emma Stilgenbauer Perry-Lecompton 46 scored 16 points, including PERRY — Jon Denton a 5-of-6 shooting effort from scored 14 points, and Austin the floor, and the Tonganoxie

16, Jenny Whitledge 4-11 1-3 9, Hannah Kemp 2-6 1-2 6, Tavia Brown 3-7 0-2 6, Haley Smith 2-3 0-0 5, Madee Walker 1-4 2-2 4, Amanda Holroyd 1-6 0-0 3, Katelyn Walker 0-0 1-2 1.

Ward — Hanna Barnhart 9-15 0-1 18, Taylor Williams 5-16 3-3 15, Frankie Oropeza 3-7 2-4 8, Samantha Morrissey 1-7 1-2 3, Jade Waldrup 1-2 0-2 2, Caitlin Reed 0-5 0-0 0, Cari Scotland 0-6 0-0 0.

Baldwin 56, Paola 47 PAOLA — Baldwin High’s backcourt combined to score 24 points in the Bulldogs’ first Frontier League action of the season.

Baldwin (3-2) will host Eudora next Tuesday.

Baldwin 11 12 9 21 — 56 Paola 14 11 14 8 — 47 Baldwin — Kelsey Dighans, 5; Katie Jones, 11; Kailyn Smith, 13; Callie Enick, 2; Jessie Katzer, 4; Katie Kehl, 9; Hailey Cope, 9.

Paola — Lyndsee Johnson, 11; Remick Paulsen, 2; Kaylee Farmer, 13; Emilee Johnson, 2; Annie Kessler, 19.

Jefferson West 34, Perry-Lecompton 30 PERRY — Madison Hess led Perry-Lecompton with nine points and six rebounds, but the Kaws fell to Jefferson West, 34-30.

Perry-Lecompton (0-4) will play Friday at Nemaha Valley.

Jefferson West Perry-Lecompton

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Jefferson West — Siess 8, Essman 6, Slimme 2, Ricklets 4, Mundhenke 5, Johnson 4, Hothan 1, Brees 4.

Perry-Lecompton — Halsten Coyle 5, Natasha Carver 5, Annie Mehl 3, Taylor Fuller 4, Lauren Jamison 4, Madison Hess 9.

Effingham 42, Oskaloosa 25 OSKALOOSA — Haley Pfau scored 13 points, but Oskaloosa suffered its first loss of the season.

The Bears (3-1) will play Friday at Horton.

Effingham 11 13 11 7 — 42 Oskaloosa 5 6 6 8 — 25 Effingham — Vanderweide 6, Thompson 3, Walisch 5, Sheeley 8, Fowler 6, Reiss 2, Ellerman 10, Corpstein 2.

Oskaloosa — Haley Pfau 13, Rachel Schmanke 3, Jordan Miller 2, Lakin Thompson 7.

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‘Tis the season: A guide to the 35 bowl games Odds Based on the close game they played the first time around, it’s no wonder the BCS championship game between LSU and Alabama had the closest odds among the 35 bowls, opening at 1 point on the Glantz-Culver line and a pick ‘em as of Tuesday.

Next closest was 1.5 points: Arkansas State over Northern Illinois in the GoDaddy.com Bowl and Auburn over Virginia in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.

The biggest spread? Oklahoma at plus-14 over Iowa in the Insight Bowl. Highest over/under is 74.5 points between Oklahoma State and Stanford in the Fiesta Bowl.

By John Marshall AP College Football Writer

Like it or not, the BCS championship game will be a rematch between LSU and Alabama.

Oklahoma State complained it should have had a shot at the top-ranked Tigers, BCS bashers had more fodder for the we-need-aplayoff debate and many fans scrunched up their noses at the thought of another field goal-kicking contest like the previous incarnation of the Game of the Century.

The good news, particularly if you’re in the no-rematch camp, is that there are 34 other bowl games with some great players, great matchups and even some interesting nicknames, starting with that rascally Honey Badger in the Bayou.

Here’s a rundown of some of the things to look for over the next month or so:

Top games Even if you’re not a fan of LSU and Alabama getting a return engagement in the BCS title game, you HAVE to watch. It is for the national title, after all.

But there are plenty of other games worth watching.

Fiesta Bowl, Stanford vs.

Oklahoma State, Jan. 2, Glendale, Ariz. — If the national championship game were to have an undercard, this could be it. Two great offenses, two great quarterbacks in Andrew Luck and Brandon Weeden — expect lots of yards and points in what has the potential to be the most entertaining bowl of them all.

Rose Bowl, Wisconsin vs.

Oregon, Jan. 2, Pasadena, Calif. — Speaking of shows, how about Badgers running back Montee Ball and Ducks dynamo LaMichael James trading jukes and touchdowns? Going to be some day on the couch the day after New Year’s.

Alamo Bowl, Baylor vs, Washington, Dec. 29, San

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AUBURN, RIGHT, KICKS OFF to Oregon to start the 2011 BCS National Championship game at the University of Phoenix Stadium, in this file photo from Jan. 10, in Glendale, Ariz. This season’s BCS championship will be held in New Orleans and will feature LSU and Alabama.

Antonio, Texas — Robert Griffin III on one side, Keith Price and Chris Polk on the other, not a lot of defense.

Yeah, this is going to be good.

Cotton Bowl, Arkansas vs.

Kansas State, Jan. 6, Arlington, Texas — Arkansas’ two losses were to LSU and Alabama, K-State’s to the two big Oklahoma schools. All you need to know.

Players To Watch Robert Griffin III, Baylor.

The Heisman Trophy? You may have heard of it — and him.

Andrew Luck, Stanford.

The Cardinal quarterback is the fourth player to be Heisman runner-up in consecutive seasons, a threat to pass or run, the likely No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft.

Tyrann Mathieu, LSU. The Honey Badger has a knack for coming up with big plays at big moments. Now he gets his chance on the big stage.

Case Keenum, Houston.

The sixth-year senior will leave Houston with his own section in the NCAA record

book. Being relegated to the TicketCity Bowl against Penn State after a late-season loss will likely have him motivated to go out with a big game.

Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State. The All-American is just the second two-time winner of the Biletnikoff Award, given to the nation’s top receiver, and a big-play threat every touch.

Trent Richardson, Alabama. The Crimson Tide’s running back won the Doak Walker Award as the nation’s best running back and was third in Heisman voting.

Montee Ball, Wisconsin.

Montee should have a ball at the Rose Bowl.

LaMichael James, Oregon.

Give him a seam and he’s gone; a likely Heisman finalist for the second straight season if that elbow hadn’t kept popping out of place.

Bowl Sponsors After a run of dot-coms, food-related companies have been kings of the bowlgame sponsorships recently, and this year is no different

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FORMER NOTRE DAME HEAD COACH (AND CURRENT KANSAS UNIVERSITY COACH) CHARLIE WEIS, LEFT, LOOKS UP at the scoreboard as quarterbacks coach Ron Powlus gives instructions to quarterback Jimmy Clausen (7) in this file photo from Sept. 12, 2009, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

championship.

During Grunhard’s time leading the program, six Miege players went on to earn Div. I scholarships. It would have been seven, but former KU commitment Phil Ford fell short academically and spent the 2011 season at Iowa Western Community College.

Ford, a 6-foot-6, 335-pound offensive lineman who redshirted the 2011 season, always kept his eye on coming back to Kansas. Now, with his former high school coach involved with the program, Ford’s hopes for a reunion are bigger than ever.

“I think he’s gonna do really good,” Ford said of Grunhard. “He’s a really smart coach and, even though he was the head coach, he was always around other positions and would spend extra time working with all of us. He relates really well to everyone, and some of the

BRIEFLY Colo. St. introduces Bama O.C. as coach FORT COLLINS, COLO. — Colorado State introduced Jim McElwain as its new head coach Tuesday.

McElwain, Alabama’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, becomes Colorado State’s 20th head coach.

“I feel like I am getting in (on the ground floor) of the bold new era, as they put it,” McElwain said.

McElwain “And the vision and the passion is here and that’s what it’s all about.”

Athletic director Jack Graham said McElwain’s five-year contract includes an annual base salary of $1.35 million.

He can earn an additional $150,000 in bonuses.

“I believe Jim McElwain is an outstanding fit for Colorado State,” said Graham. “He has a plan. He can articulate that vision and plan really clearly and engender passion in the people around him.”

McElwain replaces Steve Fairchild, who was fired Dec. 4 after going 16-33 in four seasons with the Rams, including three straight 3-9 finishes.

McElwain said he would find a role for Sonny Lubick, whom Fairchild replaced.

McElwain will return to Alabama to coach in next month’s BCS championship game against LSU.

New UCLA coach Mora ready to work LOS ANGELES — Jim Mora figures he can only fill his knowledge gaps about college football through hard work and repetition.

That’s why UCLA’s new coach planned to start recruiting Tuesday night, right after

the Bruins introduced him as the latest savior for their beleaguered program.

Mora made no outlandish promises when the former Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks head coach debuted in WestMora wood. He only vowed to make UCLA fans proud of a football team that hasn’t reached the Rose Bowl in 13 seasons.

Mora hasn’t coached college football since a single season at Washington 25 years ago, but UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero believes he can figure it out in time to compete with the Pac-12’s elite offenses and star-studded coaching staffs.

Mora replaces Rick Neuheisel, who went 21-29.

with seven: Tostitos, Beef O’Brady’s, Chick-fil-A, Outback, Little Caesars Pizza, Kraft Fight Hunger and Famous Idaho Potato.

OK, so Fight Hunger is more of a cause and the Idaho bowl is sponsored by a spud commission, but this is a loosely based count.

Financial companies are right behind with six and the automotive industry pulls in with five.

There are also sponsorships from a helicopter company, an aerospace and defense contractor, a department store, a moving company, one that sells blank T-shirts and sweatshirts that can later be screened, and a ticket broker.

Nicknames Every team has players with nicknames. Here’s some of the coolest we could find: Honey Badger, LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu.

He reportedly didn’t like the ode to the furry and ferocious little beast at first, but it has grown on him.

things that he showed me really helped me in high school and have helped me much more in college.”

Powlus, a former Notre Dame quarterback, who CONTINUED FROM 1B coached QBsPAGE under Weis from 2005-09, has spent the past two seasons at Akron, coaching QBs for former Notre Dame assistant Rob Ianello.

As a coach, Powlus helped develop former Notre Dame and current Carolina Panthers QB Jimmy Clausen into one of the most prolific passers in Fighting Irish history.

In 2009, Clausen was named an All-American after completing a school-record 68 percent of his passes (289for-425) for 3,722 yards and 28 touchdowns with four interceptions.

As a player, Powlus was a four-year starter at Notre Dame from 1994-97. He set 20 school records and started 44 games for the Irish. After college, he played three seasons in the NFL and also played one season for the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe.

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RG3, Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III. Combination of initials and being the third in a line of Robert Griffins sounds like a cool new line of shoes.

Wolf Man, Utah running back John White. Has a tattoo of a wolf on his chest because wolves roll in packs and eat meat to the bone.

Sharks, Oklahoma’s defensive backs. Pulled from a Lil Wayne song, quite catchy.

Zeus, Alabama’s Dont’a Hightower. A mythologically proportioned linebacker at 6-foot-4, 260 pounds.

Moose, Stanford offensive lineman Jonathan Martin.

Protector of Andrew Luck’s blindside got the moniker after mauling other kids in Pop Warner.

Nuke, Clemson receiver DeAndre Hopkins. Had a preference for Nuk (pronounced Nuke) pacifiers when he was little and would spit out any other brand.

Somehow still cool.

Shug, LSU running back Michael Ford. A name given to him by his grandmother.

A native of Berwick, Pa., Powlus graduated from Notre Dame in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the school’s College of Business Administration.

Grunhard graduated from Notre Dame in 1990 and was a member of Notre Dame’s 1988 national championship squad.

“We have to build a winning tradition at Kansas,” Grunhard said. “They have that winning tradition on the basketball side, and I don’t understand why you can’t find that on the football side.

That is our challenge. That is our goal.”

Steele honors 3 Jayhawks KU seniors Tim Biere, Jeremiah Hatch and Steven Johnson each were named to college football analyst Phil Steele’s third team all-Big 12 squad on Tuesday.

Hatch, a center from Dallas, also earned all-Big 12 second-team honors from the league’s coaches, while Biere, a tight end from Omaha, Neb., and Johnson, a line-

Distances Last bowl season, several teams had the chance to play in their home cities, including SMU, which played the Armed Forces Bowl in its own stadium because TCU’s was being renovated.

This year, there won’t be any so-called home games, but there are several teams that won’t have to go very far: LSU in the BCS title game (it’s in New Orleans), Texas A&M in the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Houston, Florida State at the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, and Rutgers in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium.

Western Michigan also is playing in Detroit, Louisiana-Lafayette in New Orleans, Vanderbilt in Memphis, Tenn., and N.C. State in Charlotte.

The longest trip will be Southern Mississippi in the Hawaii Bowl, a distance of (we’re ballparking here) 4,200 miles.

Longest kids-in-the-car trip? Illinois at the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco, a distance of just over 2,100 miles. That’s roughly 31 hours with long, horizonrarely-changes sections through the Midwest and Nevada, so good luck if you try that one.

backer from Media, Pa., were honorable mention selections.

Johnson was named to the Associated Press second team all-Big 12 squad, while Hatch and Biere earned honorable mention nods on that list.

Crist update Weis was scheduled to travel to Notre Dame quarterback Dayne Crist’s home on Tuesday for an in-home visit. Crist, who visited Delaware a couple of days after coming to KU last weekend, will visit Wisconsin on Thursday and Friday, and could make a decision by this weekend.

Once he transfers, the 6-foot-4, 235-pound pro-style QB, who will graduate from Notre Dame this month, will have one season of eligibility remaining and will be able to play right away because of NCAA rules that allow athletes to play out their eligibility at another school immediately after graduation, without sitting out.

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No. 14 Badgers slip by in-state rivals The Associated Press

No. 14 Wisconsin 60, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 54 MILWAUKEE — Jared Berggren scored 17 points to help Wisconsin fend off a secondhalf surge from in-state rival Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Jordan Taylor had 14 points for Wisconsin (9-2), including a critical 3-pointer with just over 40 seconds left to help put the game away.

Ryan Evans scored a careerhigh 16 points for the Badgers, who have won three straight to recover from consecutive losses earlier in the season.

Tony Meier scored 15 points, playing a key role in a second-half comeback for Wisconsin-Milwaukee (8-3).

Leading 31-20 at halftime, the Badgers pushed their lead to 44-27 on a three-point play by Evans with 15:17 left.

But the Panthers went on a 16-1 run that included two 3-pointers, an inside score and a three-point play by Meier, cutting Wisconsin’s lead to 45-43 with 9:27 left.

The Panthers later tied the game at 48 on a layup by Meier with 5:19 left.

Berggren hit a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired, but Milwaukee’s Ryan Allen answered with a dunk.

Taylor then scored inside and later made two free throws, giving the Badgers a 55-50 lead with 3:27 left. Milwaukee’s Kaylon Williams scored, cutting the lead to three with 1:08 left.

Taylor then hit a 3-pointer with just over 40 seconds left to put the game away.

With the win, Bo Ryan once again came out on top against Milwaukee coach Rob Jeter, his former assistant.

Milwaukee was without two starters because of injuries, forward Kyle Kelm and guard Ja’Rob McCallum.

Wisconsin had won two straight games coming in, recovering from losses at North Carolina and at home to Marquette by beating UNLV and Wisconsin-Green Bay at home.

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WISCONSIN’S JORDAN TAYLOR DRIVES PAST Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Paris Gulley during the first half on Tuesday in Milwaukee.

Taylor scored 14 points for Wisconsin, which won, 60-54.

WISCONSIN (9-2) Evans 5-8 6-7 16, Bruesewitz 1-3 0-0 2, Berggren 4-6 6-8 17, Taylor 5-14 2-2 14, Gasser 2-2 0-1 4, Brust 1-9 2-2 5, Wilson 0-1 0-0 0, Kaminsky 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 19-46 16-20 60.

MILWAUKEE (8-3) Meier 6-16 1-1 15, Haarsma 5-6 1-4 11, Williams 3-12 0-2 7, Allen 2-5 3-6 7, Gulley 0-6 1-2 1, Richard 4-6 0-0 10, Haggerty 1-2 0-0 2, Wolf 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 21-55 7-17 54.

Halftime-Wisconsin 31-20. 3-Point GoalsWisconsin 6-14 (Berggren 3-4, Taylor 2-3, Brust 1-5, Kaminsky 0-1, Bruesewitz 0-1), Milwaukee 5-22 (Richard 2-3, Meier 2-10, Williams 1-6, Haggerty 0-1, Gulley 0-2).

Fouled Out-Allen. Rebounds-Wisconsin 32 (Berggren 9), Milwaukee 34 (Allen 8).

Assists-Wisconsin 9 (Brust, Taylor 3), Milwaukee 11 (Williams 7). Total FoulsWisconsin 12, Milwaukee 16. A-10,143.

No. 17 Mississippi St. 75, Florida Atlantic 68 STARKVILLE, MISS. — Dee Bost scored 22 points, Rodney Hood added 19 and Mississippi State survived a late scare from Florida Atlantic.

The Bulldogs had a comfortable 39-29 lead at halftime, but the Owls clawed

their way back into the game, taking a 55-54 lead on Pablo Bertone’s 3-pointer with 9:22 remaining. Mississippi State fought off the rally, with Bost and Hood scoring a combined 24 second-half points on the way to the team’s ninth straight victory.

Jalen Steele scored 12 points for the Bulldogs and Renardo Sidney added 10.

Raymond Taylor had 20 points for Florida Atlantic (4-6) while Bertone scored 14 and Kore White added 12.

Mississippi State (10-1) was playing without two starters — guard Brian Bryant and forward Arnett Moultrie. Bryant missed a third straight game for a violation of team rules while Moultrie, who averages 17 points and 11 rebounds, missed the game because of knee tendinitis.

FAU (4-6) Bertone 6-12 0-0 14, White 5-11 2-4 12, Tucker 0-4 0-2 0, Mavin 1-3 2-6 4, Gantt 2-5 0-0 5, Richardson 1-4 0-0 2, Taylor 7-13 2-4 20, Mattison 0-0 0-0 0, McCoy 1-4 1-2 3, Grier 3-5 0-0 8, Penn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-61 7-18 68.

MISSISSIPPI ST. (10-1) Sidney 4-8 1-1 10, Lewis 3-3 2-2 8, Steele 2-5 7-8 12, Bost 8-18 5-5 22, Hood 8-14 2-4 19, S. Smith 1-2 0-0 2, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, D. Smith 1-4 0-2 2. Totals 27-54 17-22 75.

Halftime-Mississippi St. 39-29. 3-Point Goals-FAU 9-20 (Taylor 4-7, Grier 2-3, Bertone 2-5, Gantt 1-3, White 0-2), Mississippi St. 4-16 (Sidney 1-1, Hood 1-2, Steele 1-4, Bost 1-7, D. Smith 0-2). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsFAU 30 (Bertone, White 7), Mississippi St. 36 (Hood 10). Assists-FAU 10 (Taylor, Tucker 4), Mississippi St. 7 (Bost 3). Total Fouls-FAU 20, Mississippi St. 15. A-7,390.

No. 20 Michigan 63, Ark.-Pine Bluff 50 ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Freshman Trey Burke scored 13 of his 15 points in the first half, and Michigan went on an early 19-point run en route to a victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Evan Smotrycz added 16 points for the Wolverines

(8-2) and Tim Hardaway Jr. scored eight.

Lazabian Jackson scored 23 points for the Golden Lions (1-6). UAPB doesn’t have a home game scheduled this season until Jan. 14.

ARK.-PINE BLUFF (1-6) Weathers 0-0 0-0 0, Broughton 1-9 0-0 2, Jackson 7-15 3-3 23, Johnson 2-4 0-0 4, Townsend 6-14 2-2 15, Floyd 0-0 0-0 0, Harris 0-3 0-0 0, Anderson 2-5 0-0 4, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Bailey 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 19-53 5-5 50.

MICHIGAN (8-2) Smotrycz 4-6 5-5 16, Morgan 1-2 0-0 2, Novak 2-6 0-0 5, Burke 6-15 0-1 15, Hardaway Jr. 3-6 0-0 8, Douglass 2-5 1-2 6, Brundidge 0-0 0-0 0, Akunne 0-0 0-0 0, Vogrich 4-7 0-0 11, Bartelstein 0-0 0-0 0, McLimans 0-2 0-0 0, Person 0-0 0-0 0, Christian 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-50 6-8 63.

Halftime-Michigan 37-17.

3-Point Goals-Ark.-Pine Bluff 7-17 (Jackson 6-11, Townsend 1-3, Broughton 0-1, Bailey 0-1, Anderson 0-1), Michigan 13-26 (Smotrycz 3-4, Vogrich 3-5, Burke 3-5, Hardaway Jr. 2-4, Douglass 1-4, Novak 1-4). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Ark.-Pine Bluff 26 (Broughton 6), Michigan 36 (Smotrycz 8). Assists-Ark.-Pine Bluff 6 (Townsend 3), Michigan 17 (Burke 7). Total Fouls-Ark.-Pine Bluff 12, Michigan 9. A-9,005.

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Brown leads Longhorns in rout of Nicholls St. AUSTIN, TEXAS (AP) — J’Covan Brown scored 23 points to lead Texas to a 9340 victory against Nicholls State on Tuesday night.

It was Brown’s most points for the Longhorns (8-2) since Nov. 19. The team’s leading scorer, Brown recovered from a five-game stretch in which he averaged 12.2 points per contest.

Bryan Hammond had nine points and Trevon Lewis seven for Nicholls State (37), which played its second game in as many days after visiting Louisiana-Monroe on Monday.

Brown had 12 of Texas’ first 17 points and finished with 18 in the opening half as the other starters went a combined 3 of 15 from the floor.

In a one-minute span, Brown hit an jumper off a screen, converted a fast-break layup, nailed another jumper and finished a three-point play to amass nine points.

Jaylen Bond and Sterling Gibbs combined for 18 points off the bench in the first half to help put Texas up 53-30 at intermission.

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“Nobody anywhere can question how much it means to him to be out there and how much he wants to play and wants to win,” Self said, “because there’s a lot of people that would say, ‘No, no, no, go ahead and do this (surgery),’ and, ‘I don’t want to risk anything.’ Not that he was risking anything from a medical deal, but he put it in his rear-view mirror and never looked at it again.”

Self said Taylor didn’t use his injury as an excuse.

Texas scored 16 of the first 17 points after the break and later went on a 12-3 run over four minutes to put the game out of reach.

Nicholls State did not convert a field goal in the second half until Dantrell Thomas sank a jumper with 6:25 to play. The Colonels finished with three field goals in the final 20 minutes, tying a Texas school record for fewest allowed in a half.

Bond finished with 12 rebounds and 18 points for his first double-double as a Longhorn.

NICHOLLS (3-7) Prest 1-2 0-0 2, McBeath 0-2 2-2 2, Hammond 3-11 2-2 9, Rillieux 0-3 2-4 2, Lewis 3-14 0-0 7, Thomas 3-5 0-0 6, West 0-0 0-0 0, Talkington 1-8 1-2 3, Triggs 0-0 0-0 0, Bailey 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 2-5 3-5 7, Smith-Hyde 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 14-51 10-15 40.

TEXAS (8-2) Holmes 2-5 4-7 8, Wangmene 0-3 0-0 0, Lewis 3-11 0-0 7, Kabongo 1-2 1-2 4, Brown 9-19 3-3 23, McClellan 5-10 2-2 12, Bond 9-12 0-0 18, Melchionni 0-1 0-0 0, Gibbs 5-5 1-1 14, Dick 0-1 0-2 0, Chapman 2-7 3-3 7. Totals 36-76 14-20 93.

Halftime-Texas 53-30. 3-Point GoalsNicholls 2-17 (Hammond 1-3, Lewis 1-3, Thomas 0-1, Prest 0-1, Rillieux 0-2, Talkington 0-7), Texas 7-27 (Gibbs 3-3, Brown 2-8, Kabongo 1-2, Lewis 1-8, Chapman 0-1, Melchionni 0-1, McClellan 0-4). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Nicholls 28 (McBeath 8), Texas 52 (Bond 12). Assists-Nicholls 9 (Prest, Smith 2), Texas 17 (Kabongo 8). Total Fouls-Nicholls 22, Texas 14. A-9,135.

“That’s what toughness is — if you know something’s going on, and you’re able to put it in your rear-view mirror and not even think about it,” Self said. “He did that, and of course, because of that, we had a pretty good week.”

Taylor’s effort Saturday came against one of the top point guards in the country.

Ohio State sophomore Aaron Craft posted 11 points, six assists, five rebounds and two steals to go with three turnovers in his team’s 78-67 loss to Kansas.

“Here’s what I think, and I could be wrong,” Self said.

“I think that Craft is the best defensive guard that we’ll see

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TEXAS GUARD J’COVAN BROWN, LEFT, GOES TO THE BASKET against Nicholls State forward Lachlan Prest (2) during the first half on Tuesday in Austin, Texas.

all year. I think he’s the best true point guard we’ll see all year. I think he’s as tough as any guard we’ll see all year.

I think he’s as smart as any guard that we’ll see all year.

And I think Tyshawn Taylor is just as good.

“So that’s how I feel about Craft, that he’s terrific, but I think Tyshawn is too. He’s just got to make some better decisions.”

Robinson wins award Kansas forward Thomas Robinson was selected as the Oscar Robertson national player of the week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.

As the Big 12 conference player of the week, Robinson was nominated for the weekly award, which is chosen by a representative of the USBWA board of directors.

The 6-foot10 Robinson is the first recipient of the award this season.

Robinson, a junior from Washington, Robinson D.C., averaged 23.5 points and nine rebounds in victories last week over Long Beach State and Ohio State.

Holiday Clinic The 2011 KU men’s basketball Holiday Clinic will be from 1-3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 27, at Allen Fieldhouse for boys and girls in second through sixth grades.

The annual clinic is $85 and will include instruction, a camp T-shirt, a Junior Jayhawk Basketball, a 2011-12 KU basketball team picture and one GA ticket to KU’s Dec. 29 home game against Howard. There also will be an autograph session afterward.

For more information or to register for the camp, go to billselfbasketballcamp. com.

Sullinger still on sidelines for OSU COLUMBUS, OHIO (AP) — Ohio State coach Thad Matta still isn’t sure when injured star forward Jared Sullinger will play next.

“It’s the progression we’re trying to take in terms of step by step,” he said of the pace at which Sullinger is being brought back from back spasms that have caused him to sit out the last two games.

“As opposed to running the full marathon, we’re going to warm up with a 5K and then get to a 10K.” The 6-foot-9 Sullinger is able to run, jump and shoot.

But he still hasn’t been cleared to play when the second-ranked Buckeyes (8-1) host South Carolina-Upstate on Wednesday night.

“You know me, I’m a guy that likes to not play guys a lot,” Matta joked. “I don’t know the answer. Hopefully I’ll know more (after Tuesday’s practice). Probably more of the tell-all (will be) in the morning, how he feels.”

The Buckeyes suffered their first loss of the season on Saturday at No. 13 Kansas, a 78-67 setback on one of the toughest home courts in the country. Maybe because they at least hung with the Jayhawks for most of the game despite Sullinger’s absence, poll voters kept the Buckeyes in the No. 2 spot.

Meanwhile, top-ranked Kentucky — which lost at Indiana on a 3-pointer at the buzzSullinger er — fell two spots to third. Syracuse climbed around Ohio State to the No. 1 position this week.

Point guard Aaron Craft said the Buckeyes learned a lot from their first defeat.

“Watching the tape, we played hard and we played with some good toughness, it being our first road game,” he said. “But we made mistakes that we don’t normally make.

If Jared would have played and we made the same mistakes, they still would have won the game because we didn’t play Ohio State basketball.”

Swingman William Buford pointed to how the Buckeyes struggles with shooting led to letdowns at the other end.

“We have to learn from mistakes we had in our loss,” he said. “Just valuing every possession, not taking any plays off and continuing to play defense and let our defense lead to our offense. I feel the last game we weren’t hitting shots and it affected our defense.

We can’t let that happen.”

The Buckeyes, with just one senior (Buford) and one junior (Sullinger’s fill-in, Evan Ravenel) on the roster, travel to play at South Carolina on Saturday.

Matta said one thing he has insisted on in the wake of the Kansas loss is that everyone must be responsible for the team’s play and cannot rely on tired excuses.

“The message is still being heard loud and clear that we don’t believe we played as well as we could possibly play.

Not that we were going to win the basketball game, but the mistakes that we made have got to be corrected,” he said.

“There’s a standard that we want to operate by. Just like making the excuse that we’re a really, really young basketball team, or making the excuse that Jared Sullinger didn’t play for us — we can’t do that. We have to accept the responsibility of the actions that we had and they weren’t all as good as they needed to be in order to have a chance to win that game.”

Standout freshman LaQuinton Ross, who rejoined the team Sunday after clearing up some academic questions, practiced with the Buckeyes for the first time on Monday. Even with Sullinger possibly out or limited, it is unlikely that Ross will be ready to see much or any action until he gets more accustomed to the playbook and what is expected defensively.

SPORTS

L AWRENCE J OURNAL -W ORLD

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

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SCOREBOARD NFL

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 10 3 0 .769 396 274 N.Y. Jets 8 5 0 .615 327 270 Buffalo 5 8 0 .385 288 341 Miami 4 9 0 .308 256 246 South W L T Pct PF PA y-Houston 10 3 0 .769 330 208 Tennessee 7 6 0 .538 266 251 Jacksonville 4 9 0 .308 193 252 Indianapolis 0 13 0 .000 184 382 North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 10 3 0 .769 320 202 Pittsburgh 10 3 0 .769 282 198 Cincinnati 7 6 0 .538 285 270 Cleveland 4 9 0 .308 178 254 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 8 5 0 .615 269 302 Oakland 7 6 0 .538 290 354 San Diego 6 7 0 .462 324 299 Kansas City 5 8 0 .385 173 305 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 7 6 0 .538 324 349 Dallas 7 6 0 .538 317 281 Philadelphia 5 8 0 .385 297 292 Washington 4 9 0 .308 229 290 South W L T Pct PF PA x-New Orleans 10 3 0 .769 415 286 Atlanta 8 5 0 .615 300 267 Carolina 4 9 0 .308 313 355 Tampa Bay 4 9 0 .308 232 370 North W L T Pct PF PA y-Green Bay 13 0 0 1.000 466 278 Detroit 8 5 0 .615 367 305 Chicago 7 6 0 .538 301 255 Minnesota 2 11 0 .154 274 364 West W L T Pct PF PA y-San Francisco 10 3 0 .769 307 182 Seattle 6 7 0 .462 246 259 Arizona 6 7 0 .462 253 288 St. Louis 2 11 0 .154 153 326 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday’s Game Pittsburgh 14, Cleveland 3 Sunday’s Games New Orleans 22, Tennessee 17 Baltimore 24, Indianapolis 10 N.Y. Jets 37, Kansas City 10 Detroit 34, Minnesota 28 Houston 20, Cincinnati 19 Jacksonville 41, Tampa Bay 14 Atlanta 31, Carolina 23 Philadelphia 26, Miami 10 New England 34, Washington 27 Arizona 21, San Francisco 19 Denver 13, Chicago 10, OT San Diego 37, Buffalo 10 Green Bay 46, Oakland 16 N.Y. Giants 37, Dallas 34 Monday’s Game Seattle 30, St. Louis 13 Thursday, Dec. 15 Jacksonville at Atlanta, 7:20 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 17 Dallas at Tampa Bay, 7:20 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 18 New Orleans at Minnesota, noon Seattle at Chicago, noon Cincinnati at St. Louis, noon Carolina at Houston, noon Green Bay at Kansas City, noon Tennessee at Indianapolis, noon Miami at Buffalo, noon Washington at N.Y. Giants, noon Detroit at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

New England at Denver, 3:15 p.m.

Cleveland at Arizona, 3:15 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 3:15 p.m.

Baltimore at San Diego, 7:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 19 Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 7:30 p.m.

NFL Playoff Scenarios

Week 15 AFC NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Clinches AFC East division with: New England win OR New England tie and a N.Y. Jets loss or tie OR N.Y. Jets loss — Clinches a playoff spot with: New England tie OR Cincinnati loss or tie and an Oakland loss or tie and a Tennessee loss or tie BALTIMORE RAVENS — Clinches a playoff spot with: Baltimore win or tie OR N.Y. Jets loss and Oakland loss or tie OR N.Y. Jets loss and Tennessee loss or tie OR Oakland loss or tie and Tennessee loss or tie PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Clinches a playoff spot with: Pittsburgh win or tie OR Oakland loss or tie OR Tennessee loss or tie OR Denver loss OR N.Y. Jets loss NFC CLINCHED GREEN BAY - NFC North and first-round bye SAN FRANCISCO - NFC West NEW ORLEANS - playoff spot GREEN BAY — Clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with: A win or tie OR San Francisco loss or tie NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Clinches NFC South division with: New Orleans win and a Atlanta loss or tie OR New Orleans tie and an Atlanta loss

Chiefs

Buffalo, L 7-41 (0-1) at Detroit, L 3-48 (0-2) at San Diego, L 17-20 (0-3) Minnesota, W 22-17 (1-3) at Indianapolis, W 28-24 (2-3) BYE at Oakland, W 28-0 (3-3) San Diego, W 23-20 (OT) (4-3) Miami, L 3-31 (4-4) Denver, L 10-17 (4-5) at New England, L 3-34 (4-6) Pittsburgh, L 9-13 (4-7) at Chicago, W 10-3 (5-7) at N.Y. Jets, L 10-37 (5-8) Dec. 18 — Green Bay, noon Dec. 24 — Oakland, noon Jan. 1 — at Denver, 3:15 p.m.

College Bowl Games

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), 4 p.m. (ESPN2) 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.

(ESPN) 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 Meineke 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, 4 p.m. (NFLN) Saturday, Feb. 5 Texas vs. Nation At San Antonio Texas vs. Nation, 1 p.m. (CBSSN)

Kansas Men

Exhibition Pittsburg State, W 84-55 Fort Hays State (exhibition), W 101-52 Regular season Towson (first-round Maui Invitational), W 100-54 (1-0) Kentucky in New York (Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden), L 65-75 (1-1).

Georgetown (Maui Invitational), W 67-63 (2-1) UCLA (Maui Invitational), W 72-56 (3-1) Duke (Maui Invitational), L 61-68 (3-2) Florida Atlantic, W 77-54 (4-2) South Florida, W 70-42 (5-2) Long Beach State, W 88-80 (6-2) Ohio State, W 78-67 (7-2) Dec. 19 — Davidson, (M&I Bank Kansas City Shootout), 8 p.m.,at Sprint Center, ESPNU. Dec. 22 — at USC, 10 p.m., Fox Sports Net. Dec. 29 — Howard, 7 p.m., JTV. Dec. 31 — North Dakota, 3 p.m., ESPNU. Jan. 4 — Kansas State, 7 p.m., Big 12 network.

Jan. 7 — at Oklahoma, 1 p.m., ESPNU. Jan. 11 — at Texas Tech, 8 p.m., ESPNU. Jan. 14 — Iowa State, 3 p.m., Big 12.

Jan. 16 — Baylor, 8:30 p.m., ESPN. Jan. 21 — at Texas, 3 p.m., CBS. Jan. 23 — Texas A&M, 8 p.m., ESPN. Jan. 28 — at Iowa State, 1 p.m., ESPN/ ESPN2.

Feb. 1 — Oklahoma, 8 p.m., ESPNU. Feb. 4 — at Missouri, 8 p.m., ESPN.

Feb. 8 — at Baylor, 6 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2.

Feb. 11 — Oklahoma State, 3 p.m., Big 12.

Feb. 13 — at Kansas State, 8 p.m., ESPN. Feb. 18 — Texas Tech, 7 p.m., Big 12.

Feb. 22 — at Texas A&M, 8 p.m., ESPN2.

Feb. 25 — Missouri, 3 p.m., CBS. Feb. 27 — at Oklahoma State, 8 p.m., ESPN. March 3 — Texas, 8 p.m., ESPN. March 7-10 — Big 12 championship, Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.

Kansas Women

Exhibition Emporia State W, 83-61 Pittsburg State W, 68-43 Regular season Western Michigan W, 76-64 (1-0) Creighton W, 73-59 (2-0) at Wake Forest, W 74-73 (3-0) Lamar in Basketball Traveler’s, Inc. Tipoff Classic, W 90-40 (4-0) IUPUI in Basketball Traveler’s, Inc. Tipoff Classic, W 71-50 (5-0) FAU in Basketball Travelers, Inc. Tipoff Classic, W 82-63 (6-0) SMU, W 75-52 (7-0) at Alabama, L 76-80 (7-1) Wisconsin, W 73-44 (7-2) Dec. 17 — UMKC, 7 p.m. (Knology) Dec. 21 — Oral Roberts, 7 p.m. (Knology) Dec. 28 — Sam Houston State, 7 p.m.

(Knology) Jan. 4 — at Texas, 8 p.m. (Longhorn) Jan. 7 — Kansas State, 7 p.m. (Metro) Jan. 11 — Iowa State, 7 p.m. (Knology) Jan. 15 — at Missouri, 11:30 a.m. (FSN) Jan. 18 — at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

Jan. 21 — Texas A&M, 7 p.m. (Knology) Jan. 25 — Texas Tech, 7 p.m. (Knology) Jan. 28 — at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Jan. 31 — Oklahoma, 7 p.m. (Metro) Feb. 4 — at Texas A&M, 7 p.m.

Feb. 8 — Texas, 7 p.m. (Metro) Feb. 12 — at Kansas State, noon (FSN) Feb. 15 — at Iowa State, 7 p.m.

Feb. 18 — Missouri, 1 p.m. (Metro) Feb. 21 — at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.

Feb. 24 — Baylor, 6:30 p.m. (FSN) Feb. 29 — Oklahoma State, 7 p.m. (Metro) March 4 — at Oklakhoma, TBA March 7-10 — Big 12 championship at Kansas City, Mo.

Lawrence High Boys

Junction City, W 59-42 (1-0) KC Sumner at Blue Valley Shootout, W 59-47 (2-0) Blue Valley at Blue Valley Shootout, W 51-34 (3-0) Olathe Northwest at Blue Valley Shootout, L 41-57 (3-1) Dec. 16 — at Free State, 7 p.m.

Jan. 6 — Olathe Northwest, 7 p.m.

Jan. 7 — Rockhurst, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 10 — SM Northwest, 7 p.m.

Jan. 13 — at Olathe South, 7 p.m.

Jan. 19 — at Topeka Invitational, TBA Jan. 20 — at Topeka Invitational, TBA Jan. 21 — at Topeka Invitational, TBA Jan. 31 — at Leavenworth, 7 p.m.

Feb. 3 — at SM East, 7 p.m.

Feb. 7 — SM West, 7 p.m.

Feb. 10 — Olathe North, 7 p.m.

Feb. 14 — at SM South, 7 p.m.

Feb. 17 — at Olathe East, 7 p.m.

Feb. 21 — at SM North, 7 p.m.

Feb. 24 — Free State, 7 p.m.

Lawrence High Girls

at KC Wyandotte, W 68-22 (1-0) Junction City, W 35-30 (2-0) St. Teresa’s Academy, L 34-35 (2-1) Dec. 16 — at Free State, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 6 — Olathe Northwest, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 10 — SM Northwest, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 12 — Olathe South, 7 p.m.

Jan. 17 — KC Schlagle, 7 p.m.

Jan. 20 — at Emporia, 7 p.m.

Jan. 26 — at Free State Firebird Tournament, TBA Jan. 27 — at Free State Firebird Tournament, TBA Jan. 28 — at Free State Firebird Tournament, TBA Jan. 31 — at Leavenworth, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 3 — at SM East, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 6 — SM West, 7 p.m.

Feb. 10 — Olathe North, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 13 — at SM South, 7 p.m.

Feb. 17 — at Olathe East, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 21 — at SM North, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 24 — Free State, 5:30 p.m.

Free State Boys

Topeka Seaman, W 67-57 (1-0) at Shawnee Heights, W 56-47 (2-0) Lansing, L 44-46 (2-1) Blue Valley North, L 49-75 (2-2) Dec. 16 — Lawrence High, 7 p.m.

Jan. 3 — Blue Valley West, 7 p.m.

Jan. 6 — Olathe East, 7 p.m.

Jan. 10 — SM South, 7 p.m.

Jan. 13 — at Olathe Northwest, 7 p.m.

Jan. 19 — at McPherson Invitational, TBA Jan. 20 — at McPherson Invitational, TBA Jan. 21 — at McPherson Invitational, TBA Jan. 31 — at SM West, 7 p.m.

Feb. 3 — SM North, 7 p.m.

Feb. 7 — at Leavenworth, 7 p.m.

Feb. 10 — at Olathe South, 7 p.m.

Feb. 14 — SM Northwest, 7 p.m.

Feb. 17 — Olathe North, 7 p.m.

Feb. 21 — at SM East, 7 p.m.

Feb. 24 — at Lawrence High, 7 p.m.

Free State Girls

Topeka Seaman, W 39-30 (1-0) at Shawnee Heights, W 75-38 (2-0) Lansing, W 72-26 (3-0) Dec. 16 — Lawrence High, 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 20 — at Platte County (Mo.), 7 p.m.

Jan. 6 — Olathe East, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 10 — SM South, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 13 — at Olathe Northwest, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 17 — Emporia, 7 p.m.

Jan. 26 — Firebird Winter Classic at home, TBA Jan. 27 — Firebird Winter Classic at home, TBA Jan. 28 — Firebird Winter Classic at home, TBA Jan. 31 — at SM West, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 3 — SM North, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 7 — at Leavenworth, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 10 — at Olathe South, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 14 — SM Northwest, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 17 — Olathe North, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 21 — at SM East, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 24 — at Lawrence High, 5:30 p.m.

Big 12 Men

Conf. Overall W L W L Missouri 0 0 9 0 Baylor 0 0 7 0 Texas A&M 0 0 8 1 Oklahoma 0 0 7 1 Kansas State 0 0 6 1 Texas 0 0 8 2 Kansas 0 0 9 2 Iowa State 0 0 7 3 Oklahoma State 0 0 6 3 Texas Tech 0 0 4 4 Tuesday’s Game Texas 93, Nicholls State 40 Today’s Game Bethune-Cookman at Baylor, 7 p.m.

(FSSW) Thursday’s Game Kennesaw State at Missouri, 7 p.m. (MSN) Saturday’s Games Baylor at Brigham Young, 1 p.m. (BYUtv) Temple at Texas, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Florida vs. Texas A&M, 1:30 p.m. (FSN/ Sun Sports) Houston vs. Oklahoma, 7 p.m. (ESPNU) Alabama vs. Kansas State, 9 p.m. (ESPNU) New Mexico vs. Oklahoma State, 9:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Sunday’s Game Central Michigan at Iowa State, 1 p.m.

(CTN) William & Mary at Missouri, 2 p.m. (MSN) Grambling State at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.

(TTSN) Monday, Dec. 19 Paul Quinn College at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Davidson vs. Kansas at Kansas City, Mo., 8 p.m. (ESPNU)

Big 12 Women

Conf.

L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Overall W L 10 0 8 0 5 0 8 1 7 1 7 2 6 2 6 2 5 3 4 3

W Baylor 0 Texas Tech 0 Oklahoma State 0 Kansas 0 Missouri 0 Texas A&M 0 Iowa State 0 Texas 0 Kansas State 0 Oklahoma 0 Today’s Game Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Texas, 11 a.m.

(LHN) Saturday’s Games Texas Tech vs. Illinois, 1 p.m.

North Texas at Texas, 7 p.m. (LHN) UMKC at Kansas, 7 p.m. (Knology) Sunday’s Games Texas Pan American at Oklahoma State, 2 p.m.

Southern California at Texas A&M, 2 p.m.

(FSN) Ohio vs. Oklahoma, 4:30 p.m.

Connecticut at Baylor, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN Kansas State vs. North Dakota State, 9:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Syracuse vs. Oklahoma, 4:30 p.m.

Evansville at Missouri, 7 p.m.

Kansas State vs. Northwestern, 9:30 p.m.

High School

Sophomore Boys Tuesday at Free State Free State 68, Blue Valley North 55 FSHS highlights: Tristan Garber 10 points; John Gregory 14 points; Innocent Anazberokhai 16 points; Kamini Garrett 11 points.

FSHS record: 4-0. Next for FSHS: Saturday vs. Lawrence High.

Junior Varsity Boys Dec. 6 at Free State Free State 58, Topeka Seaman 43 FSHS scoring: Brock Edwards 12, Weston Hack 9, Joe Dineen 8, Blake Winslow 8, Seth Maples 6, Keith Loneker 6, Chris Heller 5, Rawhawn Caro 4.

Dec. 9 at Shawnee Heights Free State 76, Shawnee Heights 48 FSHS scoring: Dineen 14, Cody Scott 11, Heller 10, Maples 8, Loneker 8, Weston Hack 7, Winslow 6, Caro 5, Edwards 4.

Saturday at Free State Lansing 55, Free State 52 FSHS scoring: Scott 10, Maples 9, Winslow 7, Dineen 7, Loneker 7, Weston Hack 6, Caro 3, Edwards 3.

Tuesday at Free State Free State 68, Blue Valley North 63 FSHS highlights: Edwards 17, Caro 15, Dineen 14, Heller 9, Winslow 5, Maples 4, Weston Hack 2, Wilson Hack 2.

FSHS record: 3-1. Next for FSHS: Friday vs.

Lawrence High.

College Men

EAST Adelphi 83, CW Post 79 Drexel 71, Niagara 58 Holy Family 77, Lincoln (Pa.) 71 Merchant Marine 72, CCNY 45 NYU 78, Mass.-Lowell 55 New Haven 77, Nyack 61 Stonehill 79, Queens (NY) 64 Union (NY) 80, Utica 77 Villanova 68, Boston U. 43 York (Pa.) 94, La Roche 71 SOUTH Alcorn St. 106, Atlanta Christian 101, 2OT Chattanooga 98, Spalding 48 Ferrum 80, Piedmont 72 Middle Tennessee 65, Belmont 62 Miles 83, Fort Valley St. 73 Mississippi St. 75, FAU 68 Newberry 92, Coker 88 South Carolina 66, Presbyterian 58 UCF 77, NC A&T 65 UT-Martin 86, Bethel (Tenn.) 83 Xavier (NO) 57, William Carey 42 MIDWEST Beloit 78, Milwaukee Engineering 65 Green Bay 69, Michigan Tech 61 Hamline 88, Caltech 48 IPFW 56, Dartmouth 51 Michigan 63, Ark.-Pine Bluff 50 Minnesota 76, Cent. Michigan 56 Oakland 77, Rochester (Mich.) 62 Wisconsin 60, Milwaukee 54 SOUTHWEST Texas 93, Nicholls St. 40 FAR WEST Santa Clara 84, Pacifica 59 UC Santa Barbara 65, San Diego 61 Wyoming 58, UC Irvine 48

College Women

EAST Boston U. 70, Boston College 62 DePaul 78, Princeton 67 Fairfield 53, St. Francis (NY) 30 Tennessee 67, Rutgers 61 Towson 58, Md.-Eastern Shore 45 SOUTH LSU 58, UCLA 41 Nicholls St. 78, Belhaven 60 Presbyterian 92, Columbia (SC) 45 MIDWEST Miami (Ohio) 70, Wright St. 63 Ohio 50, Niagara 40 Ohio St. 83, Southern U. 49 Saint Louis 73, Missouri-St. Louis 51 SOUTHWEST Louisiana Tech 69, Arkansas St. 59 Oral Roberts 78, UALR 63 UTEP 74, N. Colorado 51 FAR WEST Oregon St. 85, CS Bakersfield 62 Portland St. 78, W. Oregon 58 Seattle 80, Santa Clara 62

High School Boys

Andale 45, Wellington 39 Andover Central 65, Arkansas City 38 Basehor-Linwood 69, KC Piper 33 Beloit 55, Southeast Saline 51 Bern 63, Wetmore 52 Bonner Springs 55, Mill Valley 52 Burlingame 61, Hartford 60 BV North 75, Lawrence Free State 49 BV Northwest 85, Smithville, Mo. 38 Central Plains 66, St. John 63 Centralia 54, Axtell 29 Chapman 55, Wamego 54 Chase 45, Tescott 41 Coffeyville 64, Labette County 63 Concordia 56, Marysville 42 Cunningham 66, Argonia 23 Derby 63, Goddard-Eisenhower 53 Douglass 50, Garden Plain 40 Ell-Saline 44, Canton-Galva 29 Ellis 35, Palco 12 Eudora 45, Louisburg 30 Eureka 61, Erie 46 Fairfield 65, Stafford 44 Gardner-Edgerton 59, Olathe North 53 Haven 51, Nickerson 45 Hesston 55, Lyons 33 Hillsboro 55, Smoky Valley 51 Hodgeman County 53, Pawnee Heights 16 Holton 56, Hiawatha 39 Hope 43, Bennington 33 Hoxie 60, Trego 44 Hutchinson 52, Salina Central 33 Inman 61, Solomon 55 Kapaun Mount Carmel 45, Bishop Carroll 34 Lakeside 49, Sylvan-Lucas 30 Lansing 59, KC Turner 41 Leavenworth 69, Topeka Hayden 46 Liberal 57, Gruver, Texas 33 Liberal, Mo. 64, Frontenac 59 Linn 70, Southern Cloud 35 Little River 67, Hutchinson Central Christian 45 Madison 54, Lebo 50 Maur Hill - Mount Academy 63, Troy 31 McLouth 44, Atchison 41 McPherson 60, Andover 59 Minneapolis 66, Ellsworth 49 Mulvane 50, Rose Hill 43 Nemaha Valley 58, Sabetha 40 Olathe Northwest 69, Valley Center 31 Onaga 45, Blue Valley 25 Osawatomie 75, Metro Academy 50 Parsons 60, Iola 53 Peabody-Burns 48, Burrton 43 Pittsburg Colgan 49, McDonald County, Mo. 44 Pleasant Ridge 56, KC Christian 55 Pretty Prairie 58, Norwich 17 Quapaw, Okla. 48, Riverton 40 Riley County 73, Clay Center 51 Riverside 51, Horton 42 Rock Hills 47, Pike Valley 40 Royal Valley 61, Santa Fe Trail 58 Salina Sacred Heart 51, Russell 32 Salina South 51, Maize 38 Shawnee Heights 29, Topeka Seaman 23 SM Northwest 54, Washington County 49 SM Northwest 54, KC Washington 49 SM South 43, SM North 39 South Central 59, Kiowa County 38 Sterling 41, Halstead 35 Tonganoxie 49, KC Bishop Ward 37 Udall 66, Central Burden 46 Victoria 52, Western Plains 30 Wichita Campus 60, Newton 51 Wichita Collegiate 64, Maize South 43 Wichita East 50, Wichita North 48 Wichita Independent 59, Belle Plaine 31 Wichita Northwest 53, Wichita West 30

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Andale 30, Wellington 28 Andover Central 40, Arkansas City 25 Ashland 56, Attica 35 Atchison 69, McLouth 26 Atchison County 42, Oskaloosa 25 Augusta 48, Winfield 47 Belle Plaine 56, Wichita Independent 34 Blue Valley 52, Onaga 32 Bonner Springs 38, Mill Valley 37 Bucklin 36, Ingalls 28 Buhler 84, El Dorado 51 Burrton 26, Peabody-Burns 23 Centralia 46, Axtell 16 Chanute 40, Independence 27 Chase 33, Tescott 28 Chase County 45, Osage City 41 Cheney 50, Chaparral 43 Cimarron 55, Meade 41 Clearwater 48, Circle 29 Coffeyville 45, Labette County 43 Council Grove 51, Mission Valley 26 Cunningham 39, Argonia 19 Deerfield 63, Johnson-Stanton County 37 Derby 55, Goddard-Eisenhower 35 Doniphan West 52, Jackson Heights 46 Ell-Saline 60, Canton-Galva 18 Ellis 51, Palco 28 Fairfield 49, Stafford 18 Frankfort 43, Rossville 41 Garden Plain 51, Douglass 31 Gruver, Texas 50, Liberal 18 Hanover 51, Clifton-Clyde 34 Hartford 46, Burlingame 39 Haven 56, Nickerson 32 Hays 40, Junction City 39 Hillsboro 53, Smoky Valley 32 Hoisington 42, Sedgwick 21 Holton 60, Hiawatha 14 Hope 45, Bennington 33 Horton 43, Riverside 20 Hoxie 74, Trego 46 Hutchinson 56, Salina Central 52, OT Hutchinson Central Christian 41, Little River 39 Inman 40, Solomon 33 Jefferson West 34, Perry-Lecompton 30 Kapaun Mount Carmel 48, Bishop Carroll 43 KC Piper 34, Basehor-Linwood 31 Kingman 40, Pratt 39 LaCrosse 55, Ness City 37 Lakeside 40, Sylvan-Lucas 38 Lansing 51, KC Turner 37 Liberal, Mo. 40, Frontenac 31 Linn 43, Southern Cloud 32

Louisburg 32, Eudora 27 Lyndon 44, Herington 26 Lyons 56, Hesston 46 Madison 54, Lebo 26 Maize South 42, Wichita Collegiate 34 Manhattan 54, Great Bend 20 McDonald County, Mo. 53, Pittsburg Colgan 20 McPherson 59, Andover 26 Minneapolis 53, Ellsworth 35 Norwich 43, Pretty Prairie 19 Osawatomie 52, Metro Academy 51 Oswego 60, Chetopa 20 Otis-Bison 35, Ellinwood 34 Parsons 50, Iola 23 Pike Valley 56, Rock Hills 35 Pleasant Ridge 44, KC Christian 31 Quapaw, Okla. 40, Riverton 29 Republic County 53, Valley Heights 19 Riley County 51, Clay Center 21 Rose Hill 38, Mulvane 32 Russell 52, Salina Sacred Heart 28 Sabetha 47, Nemaha Valley 40 Salina South 58, Maize 51 Santa Fe Trail 52, Royal Valley 29 South Central 60, Kiowa County 25 Southeast Saline 45, Beloit 38 Southern Coffey 60, Marais des Cygnes Valley 50 Southwestern Hts. 47, Satanta 20 Spearville 70, South Gray 31 St. John 58, Central Plains 39 Sterling 60, Halstead 26 Sublette 63, Lakin 35 Tonganoxie 50, KC Bishop Ward 46 Topeka Seaman 37, Shawnee Heights 24 Troy 48, Maur Hill - Mount Academy 36 Udall 43, Central Burden 34 Uniontown 44, St. Paul 23 Valley Center 48, Goddard 26 Victoria 49, Western Plains 16 Washburn Rural 41, SM West 30 Washburn Rural 41, SM West 30 Wetmore 58, Bern 15 Wichita North 47, Wichita East 42 Wichita Northwest 59, Wichita West 19 Wichita Trinity 63, Bluestem 37

Middle School

City Championships Tuesday at West Team standings: 1. South. 2. West. 3.

Southwest. 4. Central.

Round 1: South 94, Central 6; West 58, Southwest 48.

Round 2: South 80, Southwest 24; West 81, Central 6.

Round 3: South 61, West 33; Southwest 60, Central 31.

Note: South won its seventh consecutive City Championship (30th in school history).

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Philadelphia 29 19 7 3 41 106 82 N.Y. Rangers 28 17 7 4 38 83 61 Pittsburgh 31 17 10 4 38 95 79 New Jersey 30 16 13 1 33 79 86 N.Y. Islanders 28 9 13 6 24 65 93 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 29 19 9 1 39 97 59 Toronto 30 16 11 3 35 93 95 Buffalo 30 15 12 3 33 81 82 Montreal 31 13 11 7 33 79 80 Ottawa 31 14 13 4 32 94 107 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 31 16 9 6 38 84 80 Winnipeg 30 14 12 4 32 84 93 Washington 29 15 13 1 31 89 94 Tampa Bay 30 12 16 2 26 79 101 Carolina 32 9 18 5 23 80 110 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 30 18 8 4 40 99 92 Detroit 29 19 9 1 39 93 63 St. Louis 29 17 9 3 37 71 62 Nashville 30 15 11 4 34 79 80 Columbus 30 9 17 4 22 73 100 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 31 20 8 3 43 80 66 Vancouver 30 18 10 2 38 98 73 Edmonton 30 14 13 3 31 83 80 Calgary 30 14 14 2 30 74 82 Colorado 31 14 16 1 29 82 94 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 29 17 11 1 35 74 78 San Jose 28 15 10 3 33 78 68 Phoenix 29 15 11 3 33 77 76 Los Angeles 30 13 13 4 30 65 70 Anaheim 29 8 16 5 21 67 95 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Games Columbus 2, Vancouver 1, SO New Jersey 3, Florida 2, SO Colorado 4, San Jose 3, SO Boston 3, Los Angeles 0 Ottawa 3, Buffalo 2, OT Toronto 2, Carolina 1, OT Dallas 1, N.Y. Rangers 0 Detroit 4, Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 5, Washington 1 Montreal 5, N.Y. Islanders 3 Nashville 2, Calgary 1 Winnipeg 2, Minnesota 1 Today’s Games Boston at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

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Recipe revisions may yield healthier results Q:

I would like to modify some of my recipes when I’m baking this holiday season to make them healthier. Do you have any recommendations?

Cooking Q&A

A:

The first point to remember when revising recipes is that all changes for modifying recipes are experiments. Some work well. Others are less satisfactory. The following examples show how some ingredients can be reduced or changed to produce a product that is healthier. The decision of whether or not to change a recipe instead of serving it less frequently or in smaller portions is your choice.

Reduce sugar by onethird. For example, if a recipe says to use 1 cup of sugar, use 2/3 cup. This change works best when making puddings and custards. In cookies and cakes, try using 1/2 cup sugar per cup of flour. For quick breads and muffins, use 1 tablespoon sugar per cup of flour. To enhance the flavor when sugar is reduced, add vanilla, cinnamon or nutmeg.

Reduce fat by one-third.

For example, if a recipe calls for 2/3 cup of fat, use 1/3 cup.

This method works best in gravies, sauces, puddings, and some cookies. For cakes and quick breads, use 2 tablespoons fat per cup of flour.

Fats are not always interchangeable. Oil is 100 percent fat. Margarine is an emulsion containing 80 percent fat and 20 percent water (“lite” margarine-type spreads contain a higher proportion of water).

Substituting 1 cup of oil for 1 cup margarine adds more fat than the recipe intended.

Consequently, cookies will feel and taste greasy.

A well-textured cookie depends on thorough creaming

Susan Krumm skrumm@oznet.ksu.edu

Oat bran or oatmeal (that has been ground to flour consistency in a food processor or blender) can replace up to one-fourth of the all-purpose flour. For example, if a recipe has 3 cups all-purpose flour, use 3/4 cup oat bran or ground oatmeal and 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour. Bran cereal flour is made by grinding a ready-to-eat cereal such as Bran Buds or 100% Bran in a blender or food processor for 60 to 90 seconds. It can replace up to one-fourth of the all-purpose flour. For example, if a recipe calls for 2 cups all-purpose flour, use 1/2 cup bran flour and 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour.

Here are recipes for a pumpkin bread in which the fat has been modified with success. This recipe can also be baked in two mini-loaf pans (check for doneness after 50 minutes).

of the fat and sugar. Oil cannot be creamed, so substituting it for a solid shortening is likely to change both texture and volume.

It is possible to substitute a lite margarine-type spread for solid shortening when baking. But it cannot be a direct substitution. Since lite or diet margarines have more water, the amount of liquid in the recipe also must be reduced. Rather than substituting reduced-fat margarines, Pumpkin Bread try using less of the regular margarine. You won’t have to alter the amount of liquid, Modified Fat 1 cup pumpkin and you will save calories.

1/2 cup sugar Omit salt or reduce by 1/3 cup vegetable oil one-half. For example, if a 1 egg white recipe calls for 1/2 teaspoon 3/4 cup whole wheat flour salt, use 1/4 teaspoon. This 1 teaspoon baking powder method may be more accept1 teaspoon baking soda able if you gradually reduce 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon the amount of salt each time 1/4 teaspoon salt you make the recipe. Herbs, 1/2 cup raisins spices or salt-free seasoning mixes can also be used as flavor enhancers. Do not elimi- Low Fat 1 cup pumpkin nate salt from yeast bread or 1/2 cup sugar rolls. It is essential for flavor 2 tablespoons vegetable oil and helps the texture.

2 tablespoons plain low-fat Substitute whole grain and bran flours. Whole yogurt 1 cup all-purpose flour wheat flour can replace from 1 teaspoon baking soda one-fourth to one-half of the 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon all-purpose flour. For ex1/4 teaspoon salt ample, if a recipe has 3 cups 1/2 cup raisins all-purpose flour, use 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour and In a large mixing bowl, beat 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour.

Bakers share biscuit secrets

By Judith Evans

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Watching Lauren Vinciguerra make biscuits is poetry in motion.

She pours, mixes, rolls and shapes with sureness and efficiency. When she’s done, just a few minutes after she started, five pounds of flour, a pound of butter, a pound and a half of cream cheese and a half-gallon of buttermilk have been transformed into 126 biscuits filling a sheet pan, ready to go into the oven.

As manager of Callie’s Charleston Biscuits, Vinciguerra is used to baking in quantity. Her bakery makes about 80,000 biscuits a month, all by hand.

Nathalie Dupree takes a different tack. Her recipes make enough biscuits to mound in a bread basket, not to make a mountain. Instead of buttermilk, she mixes cream and plain yogurt. “The reality is, most people have yogurt in the house more than they have buttermilk,” says Dupree, author with Cynthia Graubart of the new cookbook “Southern Biscuits” (Gibbs Smith, $21.99).

Despite the differences, they both make biscuits more by feel than by measure. And both shared their hints and techniques recently at a demonstration for food journalists in Charleston, S.C. So whether you’re making a large batch or just a few, here are tips to turn out light, tasty biscuits.

Most recipes call for cold butter, but Vinciguerra lets it come to room temperature before rubbing it into the flour. Soft butter is easier on your hands, and the biscuits won’t suffer.

Vinciguerra’s biscuit dough is studded with chunks of cream cheese the size of small peas. “We call this a little insurance — you bite into the biscuit and there’s a little bit of love: the cream cheese.”

Both bakers recommend using a mixing bowl that’s wider than it is deep.

Use your hands to mix the flour-butter mixture into the liquid ingredients.

Dough “wet like lava” makes the lightest biscuits, Dupree says.

Callie’s Charleston Biscuits Yield: 120 biscuits (for 30 biscuits, see note) Melted unsalted butter, to

prepare pans 1 (5-pound) bag White Lily self-rising flour 1 pound salted butter, at cool room temperature 1 1/2 pounds cream cheese 1/2 gallon buttermilk (not nonfat), divided 1. Preheat the oven to 500 degrees. Brush two half-sheet pans or several smaller pans with melted butter.

2. Set aside about 2 cups flour; pour the remaining flour into a large bowl. Cut salted butter into large chunks and add to bowl. With your fingers, mix butter into flour until sandy. When no chunks of butter remain, cut cream cheese into large chunks and add to the bowl. Work the mixture with your hands, pulling the cream cheese into pieces about the size of small peas.

3. Pour in 2 1/2 to 3 cups buttermilk. Use your hand to scrape the flour mixture into the buttermilk, folding and kneading. Add more buttermilk as needed. The dough should be moist and sticky.

4. To clean your hands, rub the dough off with some of the remaining dry flour. With floured hands, scrape the dough from the bowl onto a floured surface.

(Unless you have a large surface, roll out dough in three or four batches.) Sprinkle dough with flour, and roll out gently to about 1 inch thick.

5. Flour a 2-inch biscuit cutter, and push straight down into the dough without twisting. (You can twist the cutter gently to remove it.) Arrange biscuits, with sides touching, on pans.

6. Bake, rotating the pan once, until golden, about 15 minutes.

7. Serve immediately or let cool completely, then wrap well and freeze. To reheat frozen biscuits, wrap a few in foil, and bake at in a preheated 450-degree oven for about 20 minutes or until hot. Open the foil and let the tops brown for a few minutes, then serve.

Note: To make 30 biscuits, use up to 5 cups flour; 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter; 6 ounces cream cheese; and up to 2 cups buttermilk.

Yogurt And Heavy Cream Biscuits Yield: 12 to 14 (2-inch) biscuits Softened or melted butter 2 1/4 cups self-rising flour, divided (see note) 3/4 cup heavy cream, divided 1/2 cup plain yogurt (not reduced-fat or nonfat)

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. For biscuits with a soft exterior, select an 8- or 9-inch cake pan, pizza plan or ovenproof skillet. For biscuits with a crisp exterior, select a baking sheet. Brush the pan with butter.

2. Place 2 cups flour in a large bowl, preferably wider than it is deep. Using the back of your hand, make a deep hollow in the center of the flour. Stir together 1/2 cup cream and yogurt; pour into the hollow. Stirring with a rubber spatula or large metal spoon, use broad circular strokes to quickly pull the flour into the liquid. Mix just until the dry ingredients are moistened and the sticky dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl. (If the dough is too wet, use more flour when shaping.)

3. Lightly sprinkle a board or other clean surface with some of the remaining flour.

Turn the dough out onto the board and sprinkle the top of the dough lightly with flour.

With floured hands, fold the dough in half, and pat dough into a 1/3- to 1/2-inch thick round, using a little additional flour only if needed. Flour again and fold the dough in half a second time. If the dough is still clumpy, pat and fold a third time. Pat the dough into a 1/2-inch-thick round for a normal biscuit, 3/4-inch-thick for a tall biscuit, and 1-inch-thick for a giant biscuit. Brush any visible flour from the top.

4. For each biscuit, dip a 2-inch-biscuit cutter into the reserved flour and cut out the biscuits, starting at the outside edge and cutting close together. The scraps may be combined to make additional biscuits, although those biscuits will be tougher.

5. Using a metal spatula if necessary, move the biscuits to the pan or baking sheet.

Bake the biscuits on the top rack of the oven for 10 to 14 minutes or until light golden brown. After 6 minutes, rotate the pan from front to back and check to see if the bottoms are browning too quickly. If so, slide a baking sheet underneath to add insulation.

6. Lightly brush the top of the biscuits with butter. Invert the biscuits onto a plate and lift off the pan; let cool slightly.

Serve hot, right side up.

Note: Use a Southern brand of self-rising flour, such as White Lily, or make your own: For each cup, sift together 1/2 cup cake flour, 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, 1/2 to 1 teaspoon salt and 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder.

Whisk lightly or stir with a fork before measuring.

together pumpkin, sugar, oil and eggs or yogurt. In a medium bowl, combine the flours, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Add to pumpkin mixture, stirring just until moistened. Stir in the nuts or raisins. Pour into a greased loaf pan. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for about 1 hour, or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.

Remove from the pan and cool completely. Yield: 16 slices Approximate nutritional value of calories and fat per slice: Modified Fat: 127 calories, 5 grams fat, 32 percent calories from fat, 0 mg cholesterol Low Fat: 105 calories, 3 grams fat, 17 percent calories from fat, 0 mg cholesterol — Susan Krumm is an Extension agent in family and consumer sciences with K-State Research and Extension-Douglas County, 2110 Harper St. She can be reached at 843-7058

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Hearty salad is The 12 days of cookies: Holiday healthy, filling treats inspired by classic desserts MEATLESS MONDAY

Each week Sarah Henning Lentil and Quinoa selects a meatless recipe for the Meatless Monday blog Salad with Cashews on Lawrence.com. But go1 cup quinoa ing meatless doesn’t have 1/2 cup green lentils to be limited to Monday.

2 tablespoons Bragg Liquid These recipes offer great Aminos vegetarian alternatives any 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard day of the week. Read more 2 tablespoons red wine Meatless Monday entries vinegar at Lawrence.com/meatless1 tablespoon Bragg Organic monday.

Sprinkle Seasoning 1 shallot, minced Quinoa is one of the best 2 cups baby arugula foods you can eat. A “pseu1 fennel bulb, trimmed and dograin,” it has a complete sliced as thinly as possible (use protein profile and its nutty a mandolin if you have one) flavor works well in just 1/2 cup diced roasted red about any format. I’m conbell pepper stantly using it to replace 1/4 cup toasted cashews couscous (a pasta) in recipes.

1 lemon, cut into wedges It’s more healthy and more Cook quinoa and lentils sepafilling to boot. rately according to package inThis recipe uses hearty structions. Drain lentils well and quinoa as a base and then set aside to let cool. In a large adds lentils, another really bowl whisk together aminos, beneficial food. Lentils are mustard, vinegar, seasoning and high in fiber, meaning this shallot. Add quinoa, lentils, arusalad will stick with you long gula, fennel and bell pepper and into the night. toss to combine. Chill until ready to serve. Garnish with cashews and lemon wedges.

The tiramisu cookie

By Alison Ladman For The Associated Press

Editor’s note: The Associated Press is offering a series to celebrate the holidays with 12 days of cookies, each inspired by a different classic dessert.

Tiramisu is an Italian dessert made from espressosoaked ladyfinger cookies, a mascarpone cream, a sprinkling of shaved chocolate and a dusting of cocoa powder. For our cookies we opted to make a crumbly espresso-flavored almond cookie. After baking, we topped the cookies with a mascarpone cream and sprinkled them with chocolate.

Tiramisu Drops

Start to finish: 45 minutes Makes about 40 cookies 1 cup slivered blanched almonds, lightly toasted 1/2 cup granulated sugar 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalt— Recipe from www.wholefoods- ed butter, room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 teaspoons instant espresso or coffee powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 8-ounce tub mascarpone cheese 3 tablespoons powdered sugar, divided 1 tablespoon cocoa powder Shaved chocolate, to decorate, if desired Heat the oven to 350 F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

In a food processor, pulse together the almonds and granulated sugar until finely ground but not reduced to a paste. Add the butter and vanilla, then pulse to incorporate.

Add the espresso or coffee powder, salt and flour and pulse until a crumbly dough comes together.

Shape the dough into 1-inch balls and place on the prepared baking sheets. Using your finger, or the handle of a wooden spoon, press an indent into the top of each cookie. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden

Matthew Mead/AP Photo

TIRAMISU DROPS ARE TOPPED with a mascarpone cream and sprinkled with chocolate. and firm. Allow to cool on the baking sheet.

When the cookies are cool, in a medium bowl stir together the mascarpone and 2 tablespoons of the powdered sugar.

Transfer the mixture to a pastry bag or a zip-close plastic bag with the corner snipped off. Pipe a dollop of the filling into the indent of each cookie.

Sift the remaining tablespoon of powdered sugar with

the cocoa powder. Sift over the tops of the cookies. Decorate with shaved chocolate, if desired.

Nutrition information per cookie (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 100 calories; 70 calories from fat (66 percent of total calories); 7 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 15 mg cholesterol; 7 g carbohydrate; 2 g protein; 1 g fiber; 15 mg sodium.

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Chicken pot pie reimagined as appetizer

By J.M. Hirsch Associated Press Food Editor

It’s chicken pot pie, only smaller, easier, faster and more party-friendly.

I took this classic winter comfort food and reimagined it as a holiday party appetizer.

Because when facing down party after party of relatives and dullards (you know who I’m talking about), a bite or two of comfort can help get you through the night.

To keep this simple, I started by using preformed pastry shells made from phyllo dough. These are widely available in the grocer’s freezer section. And because they are precooked, all you need to do is fill and heat them.

About that filling. Because the cups are small, the fillf ing needs to be simple. So I stuck with carrots, peas and chicken. For the creamy base, I opted for cream cheese (use low-fat if you prefer) thinned with just a bit of egg white.

To get a jump on things, make the filling up to a day in advance and refrigerate.

The cups can be filled a few hours before the party, then quickly popped in and out of the oven as needed (bake them a dozen or so at a time so you always have a fresh batch coming).

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These things were just a little more than $6 apiece. I got the motherload of basil, oregano and rosemary for under $20.

It has been a really fun time coming up with ways to use all that beautiful herbiage.

It’s no secret that I am a fan of the chicken thigh. I find chicken breasts to be dry, tasteless and almost useless except for fried chicken fingers. Thighs are inexpensive, tasty and versatile. The trifecta, in my kitchen.

I knew I had herbs to use up, and I knew I was tired of Sunday gravy. What could I do with all of the chicken that was thawed in my refrigerator?

By Alison Ladman For The Associated Press

Fruitcake is a love-it-orhate-it holiday tradition. But these cookies are everything a fruitcake should be. Studded with all manner of dried and candied fruit (you can easily substitute your favorites), these cookies are a chewy, spicy delight that’ll be sure to make a fruitcake lover out of even the skeptics.

Fruitcake Cookies Matthew Mead/AP Photo

THESE MINIATURE POT PIES can be topped with a layer of puff pastry.

3 packages (each package contains 15 cups) frozen phyllo cups 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened 2 egg whites 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 1/8 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 3/4 cup petite peas 1 carrot, finely grated 2 cups finely chopped cooked chicken 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese Heat the oven to 350 F. Arrange the phyllo cups over 1 rimmed baking sheet (or several baking sheets if you want to bake them in batches).

Chicken Pot Pie In a medium bowl, whisk together the cream cheese, egg Party Appetizers whites, thyme, paprika, salt and If you like, these miniature pepper. Add the peas, carrots pot pies can be topped with a and chicken, mixing well. Spoon layer of puff pastry. To prepare about 1 teaspoon of the filling the tops, thaw a sheet of into each cup, then sprinkle with prepared frozen puff pastry ac- Parmesan. Bake for 15 minutes. cording to package directions. Serve immediately.

Use a 1-inch round cookie Nutrition information per cutter to cut circles, then bake piece (values are rounded to them on a baking sheet at 350 the nearest whole number): 50 F for 15 minutes. Set one baked calories; 30 calories from fat round over each fully baked (56 percent of total calories); 3 pot pie just before serving. g fat (2 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 10 mg cholesterol; 3 g Start to finish: 25 minutes carbohydrate; 3 g protein; 0 g Makes 45 appetizers fiber; 70 mg sodium.

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The fruitcake cookie

But of course! Pasta — with a cream sauce. And what makes pasta fancier? Tortellini!

What I ended up churning out was a lovely weeknight dish, elegant enough for a dinner party. And, it only took about 30 minutes to make. But no one would know it, for it is so fancy and delicious.

First, I cut four boneless chicken thighs into smallish strips and gave them a liberal salt and peppering. Then I put them on a cookie sheet coated with cooking spray and popped them in a 350-degree oven.

You could cook the chicken in a saute pan, but I think this is easier and tastier. The roasting will help it retain juice and cook in flavor, and it’s one less step for the cook. This way, instead of pushing chicken around a skillet, you can focus directly on your sauce.

Start to finish: 1 hour (15 minutes active) Makes about 40 cookies 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 egg Zest of 1 orange 1/4 cup orange juice 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 cup candied peel 3/4 cup chopped dates 3/4 cup candied cherries 3/4 cup chopped dried apricots 3/4 cup chopped toasted pecans Colored sugars, if desired Heat the oven to 350 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the sugar, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, salt and baking soda.

Beat until light and fluffy.

Add the egg and orange zest, then beat to combine.

Add the orange juice and half of the flour, then mix, scraping down the bowl as needed to ensure even mixing. Add the remaining flour and mix to thoroughly incorporate. Stir in the candied peel, dates, cherries, apricots and pecans.

Matthew Mead/AP Photo

STUDDED WITH ALL MANNER OF DRIED AND CANDIED FRUIT (you can easily substitute your favorites), fruitcake cookies are a chewy, spicy delight that’ll be sure to make a fruitcake lover out of even the skeptics.

Working in batches, drop the dough by the tablespoon vonto the prepared baking sheet.

Sprinkle with colored sugars, if desired. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Allow to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.

Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 100 calories; 35 calories from fat (36 percent of total calories); 4 g fat (2 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 10 mg cholesterol; 15 g carbohydrate; 1 g protein; 1 g fiber; 45 mg sodium.

Strawberry shortcake cookie

By Alison Ladman

Start to finish: 45 minutes (15 minutes active), plus cooling Servings: 16 For the bars: 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted 2 eggs

1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup strawberry jam For the icing: 1 cup powdered sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 tablespoons milk or cream Heat the oven to 350 F. Line a 9-by-9-inch baking pan with foil, allowing a couple inches of excess to extend past the sides of the pan. This will help for removing the bars from the pan.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the granulated sugar and butter. Add the eggs, one at a time. Add the salt and vanilla and stir to combine.

Stir in the flour and baking soda until well mixed. Spread the mixture into the prepared pan. Spoon the strawberry jam over the dough. Drag a knife through the dough and jam, swirling the jam into the dough. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden and a

wooden pick comes out clean.

Allow to cool in the pan.

To make the icing, in a small bowl whisk together the powdered sugar, vanilla and milk or cream. Drizzle the icing over the surface of the cooled bars.

Allow the icing to set up. Using the foil as handles, lift the bars out of the pan. Peel off the foil and cut the bar into 16 pieces.

Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 170 calories; 60 calories from fat (32 percent of total calories); 6 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 40 mg cholesterol; 28 g carbohydrate; 2 g protein; 0 g fiber; 110 mg sodium.

I began by making a thickening agent. Melt about 2 tablespoons of butter in a saute pan and add 2 heaping tablespoons of flour. Whisk it around until it’s all combined, and then add a cup of chicken stock. Then you have to turn up your heat to medium-high, and whisk madly until all the lumps are gone. This will get rather thick rather quickly, and then you can add another cup of chicken stock. Whisk like crazy again.

Next, I added a cup of Half and Half, but milk or even heavy cream would work, depending on what you have lingering in your refrigerator.

Whisk again, let it get bubbly and start to thicken.

Here is where I add the first round of “flavor.” A hearty pinch of kosher salt (maybe a teaspoon — don’t over salt),

a few good cranks of cracked black pepper, and half a cup of white wine went into the pot. Then I added some garlic cloves. I happened to have some garlic that I cooked thoroughly during an oil-infusion process the weekend before, so mine were soft and delicious already, but whole fresh cloves will work too, as long as you cook your sauce long enough to soften them.

Or, if you are averse to large hunks of garlic in your sauce, mince them up. Whatever works for you is fine. But I have to admit that the precooked and preserved garlic was an unexpected and welcome addition to our dish.

Next, I added half a cup of crumbled goat cheese and a handful of sundried tomatoes. Mine had been packed in oil so I rinsed them thor-

oughly before I put them in; I didn’t want the additional oil in my sauce.

Now is a good time to set your pasta water boiling. Frozen tortellini only takes about two minutes to cook, which is also a bonus in my book.

While the cheese melted and the tomatoes warmed, I occasionally stirred, and I pulled the chicken from the oven.

Into the boiling water went my bag of tortellini, and two minutes later I was ready to plate.

First, a large pile of tortellini went onto the center of a large plate. Then I dished the garlic/white wine/goat cheese/ sundried tomato sauce over the top. Next, I sprinkled on some fresh basil I had cut in a chiffonade (about three large leaves per plate), and then I

laid on several pieces of chicken on the top.

This dish is Christmasy, beautiful, and elegant. When you say words like garlic confit, white wine, and goat cheese, people start to marvel.

Little do they have to know the goat cheese was $3 a log at Costco and the basil was almost free. They don’t have to know the white wine came from a box or that the dish only took half an hour from start to finish. They don’t have to know you buy your chicken thighs in bulk from Checker’s or that your sundried tomatoes came off the salad bar as an afterthought. All your guests need to see is a beautiful plate full of red and green and flavor overflowing.

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The simplicity of strawberry shortcake is what makes it such a winning dessert. A biscuit (or cake), fresh strawberries and whipped cream are all it takes. We stuck to the basics to make a cakelike cookie bar, swirled with strawberry jam and drizzled with vanilla ice cream.

Be sure not to overbake these bars to avoid drying them out.

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STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE BARS are a cake-like cookie bar, swirled with strawberry jam and drizzled with vanilla ice cream.

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CHEF MOLLY MYERS OF THE OREAD, RIGHT, and sous chef Sean Jolly flambe some locally grown wild mushrooms in the hotel’s kitchen recently.

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Executive chef puts premium on freshness, creativity “

By Sarah Henning

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As a teen, it’s highly unlikely you’ll get to rub elbows with rock stars and get a chance to do your dream job at the same time.

But that’s exactly how Molly Myers started off her career as a chef.

“I started catering at an early age with a friend of my father’s and she catered all the rock concerts that came through Kansas City — at every venue, and in Lawrence and in Salina and in Wichita,” Myers says. “I worked with her for two years on that and then I took it over and worked another eight years.”

Her favorite performer to work with? Frank Sinatra (“Very cordial, very appreciative, very simple.”) One of her most memorable meals? A vegetarian birthday dish she made for the members of Brooks & Dunn and their families (“(They) could not believe that they were getting more than cheese and fruit and crisp vegetables.”)

But it wasn’t all glamour, of course; cooking for a rotating cache of stars was a lot of work.

Myers and her crew would have to be on call for a week at a time, preparing meals at any hour, while sleeping in a Winnebago and “shopping” in a semi truck full of food on site.

“You had your breakfast, lunch and dinner, you had your dressing rooms and then, sometimes when they’d have after-parties at the hotel, which they expected you to be there (and do),” she says.

Top of the chart It was exhausting, even for a young chef, but served as quite the springboard for Myers, who has parlayed that zero-to-60 start into a career as an executive chef. Her current gig is at The Oread, 1200 Oread Ave. It’s a job that’s still rarely inhabited by a woman in the male-dominated world of the culinary arts — something Myers knows all too well.

“Being a female in this industry is ... I’ve had issues in the past, where I’ve been stabbed in the back pretty hard,” she says.

MYERS, WHO GOT HER START in the food business by catering rock concerts, has risen to the top of her profession. As executive chef at The Oread, she plans menus around seasonal fare in order to offer the freshest food. She shops at local farmers’ markets and works with several area producers.

“Sabotaging food, the whole bit.

Pouring vinegar in it to make it go bad because they wanted the position.”

And thus, she values her staff at The Oread — people she either hand-picked or culled from the old staff. A 35-year veteran of professional cooking, she knew exactly what she wanted in her staff. For the first three months she had daily meetings with her sous chefs to get on the same page. From those beginnings she forged a relationship unlike any she’d had in her culinary career — a tight-knit bond with secondin-command Sean Jolly.

“Now, it’s like right foot, left foot walking the same line. I’ll start a process and then we’ll get into it and we’re both right there,” says Myers of Jolly, who was already on the staff at The Oread when she arrived. “That ‘marriage’ like that is hard to find between a chef and a sous chef. So, once you have it ... I could not do it without him, that’s for sure.”

Creative spark Jolly says Myers’ trust and top-notch experience — which includes a culinary degree she received after working for a decade in the industry — has really taught him not only how to work the business end, but also has revived his creativity.

“She’s incredibly creative and she allows other people to be creative,” Jolly says. “Not that we’re doing anything too wild and exotic here, but she lets us kind of breathe and it’s a little bit of fresh air back here to get somebody new and somebody that has that much experience and is that creative.”

That creativity is on display each day in a menu Myers dubs “our playground” — the series of nightly specials for the hotel’s high-end restaurant, Five 21. The menu is flexible, giving the chefs more latitude than just creating a fish special or a chicken special night in and night out. Rather, its premise is much more open, divided into “dishes to savor,” “dishes from the garden,” “dishes from the water,” “dishes from the land” and “sweet dishes.”

Myers got the idea for her flexible evening menu after checking out the produce each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at the Lawrence Farmers’ Market. She wanted a way to showcase the very best of each shopping trip, without being confined to something set. She started building relationships with local farms once the market opened in May and now has an extensive list of local producers with whom she prefers to work spring, summer and fall.

“I would just walk through the market and just purchase as an individual, rather than going up and grandstanding, ‘I’m the chef at the Oread.’ I don’t do that,” she says. Later, if she liked what she found, she’d contact the farms for a larger order, though she says, “I like going and picking and sorting through, versus just having something dropped off. I enjoy the interaction and watching the people shop and not knowing who we are.”

Included on her seasonal menus are Goddard Farms, Wakarusa Valley Farms, Backyard

We are a ‘made from scratch’ kitchen. All of our sauces are made from scratch. They’re not packaged. We use the freshest ingredients we can find ... . It makes all the difference in the world.”

— Oread Executive Chef Molly Myers Produce, La Ferme du Bonheur, Pendleton’s Country Market, Sundance Emu Ranch, Rocky Hills Elk Ranch, Tomato Allie, Blossom Trail Bee Ranch, Lulu’s Garden and Pome on the Range.

Using local ingredients works well into the style Myers has cultivated over her years in the business — a fusion of “across the board” cuisine made with the freshest, seasonal ingredients and always, always from scratch.

“We are a ‘made from scratch’ kitchen,” Myers says, proudly.

“All of our sauces are made from scratch. They’re not packaged.

We use the freshest ingredients we can find and make our own reductions, we make our own veal stock and then start building up from there. It makes all the difference in the world.”

Of course, the from-scratch nature of the kitchen, plus her constant hunt for the freshest ingredients means Myers is working day in and day out in the kitchen.

She, her husband and 19-year-old daughter (who works with Myers at The Oread) still have a home in Prairie Village, not that she’s seen it much recently. Until they find a suitable small farm around Lawrence, Myers has been commuting or crashing at a studio apartment she maintains in Lawrence. It’s a grueling schedule, but one totally worth it to Myers, who says there’s nothing she’d rather be doing than cooking each day.

“It’s in your blood, there’s no two ways about it,” she says of her need to be in the kitchen. “It’s not just something you take on, it runs through your veins.”

— Staff writer Sarah Henning can be reached at 832-7187.

ou might want to take away my woman card for saying this, but I do not like alfredo sauce. I do not like it from a jar, or in a restaurant, or even made by my own hand. I don’t know why — maybe it’s too salty or too heavy or maybe I just got sick of it in high school when I thought it was fancy and ordered it at every possible opportunity.

I’m not saying I can’t eat it.

I can, and I will. It’s just that I don’t crave it. I don’t seek it out, and I don’t make it at home anymore. But I do like an occasional departure from Sunday Gravy, and am constantly looking for ways to make a cream sauce that doesn’t feel like a heart attack on a plate or come across as one-dimensional and boring.

Recently, I made a trip to Restaurant Depot with a friend who is a member. This is not your average Costco, friends. Not just anyone with 50 bucks and a desire to sample frozen foods can get a membership. This place is reserved for restaurant owners, and it’s full of amazing things that are not as commercial as Costco’s items. But, people, it’s awesome. Stuff is really inexpensive. The most impressive part of my haul that day was three clamshells of fresh herbs.

And when I say clamshell, I’m talking about the oversized one like you get the giant salad in at the grocery store salad bar.

It was a ginormous amount of herbs. It was enough rosemary that, as one of my friends said, “I could make a bed with that stuff and roll around in it.”

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he holidays are upon us and with them and the cold weather, we get our fair share of homemade food both savory and sweet. We here at the Lawrence JournalWorld have a sizeable sweet tooth, teeth even. With that in mind, we’re calling for your favorite cookie recipes. Whether they’re trusted favorites like chocolate chip or something off the (egg) beaten path, we want them and will print them all on Dec. 21. You can send your culinary masterpieces to trevan@lawrence.com by Friday. Happy holidays and happy baking.

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Crossland Heavy Contractors is a growing company that is among the nation’s Top 200 environmental firms in the US, ranked by ENR. Crossland Heavy is experienced in bridge and roadways, water and wastewater treatment plants, along with a variety of other civil oriented projects.

We are currently seeking individuals to fill positions for loader/dozer operators, concrete workers and experienced construction workers for our Kansas City area division. Candidates must have own transportation and be highly motivated. Drug screen, physical & criminal background check is required of successful candidates. We offer excellent pay and benefits including health, dental, 401k and holiday pay.

We also offer paid educational opportunities to enhance your career.

Interested candidates should apply online at: www.heavycontractors. com Or email resumes to: hiring@crossland construction.com Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/V/H LANDSCAPE LABORER (Temporary 4/2/2012 -11/30/2012) 25 jobs w/Lawrence Landscape, Inc. in Lawrence, Kansas.

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Lay sod/mow/trim/plant/ water/fertilize/dig/ rake/assist w/irrigation install. Entry level/req’s supervision, no exp. req’d/will train. Lift/carry 50 lbs, when nec.

Pre-emp/employer pd drug test req’d for new hires, foreign and domestic.

40 hr/wk, M-F, 7am-4pm. Sat. work req’d, when nec. This job pays $8.48/hr (OT varies at $12.72/hr).

The hourly wage may be different in the future but this is not guaranteed as it depends on future events which may or may not occur. Employer provides transportation to/from jobsites in Douglas & Jefferson countys from central loc. To apply, fax resume to (785) 843-6524.

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CMK Counseling Resources is seeking resumes for a PT Mental Health Therapist. Applicants need a master’s in social work or similar degree. Must be eligible to provide individual, group & family therapy through KHS & KS Medicaid. Negotiable pay & flexible hours.

Send resumes to kwalter@cmkds.com CNA Wanted, Call 785842-3301 Professional Sitters Home Health.

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Experienced and verifiable work history with Medicare / Medicaid billing and insurance filing for growing medical center. Excellent Computer and 10 key skills. Must be able to pass a complete background check.

Qualified individuals only send resume: hr@jcmhospital.org or fax to 913-774-3366

Community Living Opportunities is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping adults and children with severe developmental disabilities achieve personally satisfying and fulfilling lifestyles Now hiring for:

Direct Support Professionals

Offering flexible schedules for day and night positions, including weekends, affordable benefits, and the chance to make a difference in the life of someone else every day!

Qualifications include: Must be at least 21 years of age; Minimum of high school diploma or GED; Operation of motor vehicle; Current and valid driver’s license; Experience working with persons who have disabilities a plus.

To learn more about these exciting opportunities OR to learn more about CLO services and other job opportunities, please visit our website:

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2 to 3 hours per night $8 per hour Apply at 939 Iowa, Lawrence 785-842-6264 HBO EXPANDING Entertainment Co. Needs 12 self motivated individuals, to start immediately, trainingprovided. Management opportunities for right person. $2400/mo. while in training. Excellent compensation. Good benefits No felonies. Call Seth at 785-218-8836.

SOCIAL S OCIAL M MEDIA EDIA S PECIALIST SPECIALIST The World Company is hiring for a Social Media Specialist to be responsible for designing and implementing social media strategies, products and tools to be used by the sales team to be sold to our advertisers.

Specialist will work directly with advertising and media marketing departments on effective use of social tools to promote our products, content and services to be sold to advertisers; and support the company’s ongoing efforts to integrate social and news media as a key component of our client services.

Ideal candidate will have at least two year’s experience working with social media tools and techniques with proven ability to create and execute online social media campaigns; leadership experience with strategic planning and marketing of successful online communities; proven track record for managing online communities and creating positive and successful community engagements; expertise publishing or participating on blogs, social news, video/photo sharing, social networking applications with a strong personal online reputation; strong results-driven project management experience plus proven public relations skills; detail-oriented and excellent verbal and written communication skills; outstanding organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines; bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communication, Marketing Public Relations or related field preferred; and ability to drive with valid driver’s license, proof of insurance and safe driving record.

To apply submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com. Please include links to online communities/accounts you have been responsible for managing. We offer an excellent benefits package including medical insurance, 401k, paid time off, employee discounts and more!

Background check, pre-employment drug screen and physical lift assessment required. EOE

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Community Living Opportunities is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping adults and children with severe developmental disabilities achieve personally satisfying and fulfilling lifestyles

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Full Time, evenings LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER Full Time Great Place To Work, Competitive Pay. Drug Test Required.

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Experience in Cosmetics 1BR, 1/2 block to KU, reor General Merchandise served parking, $510. GAS & preferred.

Permanent WATER PAID. 785-842-7644 part time day and night www.gagemgmt.com shifts available in the Crossgate Casita’s Lawrence and Topeka areas. Competitive pay New 1BR - $540/mo. Open and travel reim- Mon.-Sat. Noon-4pm, 2451 bursements. Must have Crossgate Dr. 785-760-7899 valid Driver License and Auto Insurance, work to begin in January 2012.

Send resume to: sroberts@sasretail.com 1BR, avail. now. Next to KU. $450/mo. Water/trash pd.

Jayhawk Apts. 1130 W. 11th St. No pets. 785-556-0713

Imagine that your career Sales-Marketing is to work with your partner to raise and care for your family. Your primary responsibility is to provide daily life experiences that are both enriching and ed- Positions Available immeucational. House Parents diately the Windsor of provide teaching and sup- Lawrence is looking for Great Company, port to up to four persons CMAs to join a wonderful with developmental disa- team of direct care staff.

Great Pay bilities who live in sepa- Positions open immedi- I am looking for a particurate, but attached du- ately for full time evenings lar type of person. One plexes in Lawrence & the and nights. Competitive who will take a personal Kansas City metro area. wages and benefits. All in- interest in my local busiHouse Parents work with terested parties can call ness. If you are willing to the individuals in the home 785-832-9900 and ask for work hard, follow instrucand manage both home Lindsay/Brandon or apply tions and can live on an operations & budgets. CLO at 3220 Peterson Rd., Law- average of $3,000 per is currently hiring couples rence, Ks. 66049. month until your skills with or without children. improve, I will TRAIN Lawrence and Kansas City RN Case Manager / Admis- YOU; train you well. PAY Metro locations available! sions needed for Hospice YOU; pay you well and advancement in LV & WY Counties. provide *CLO is also seeking Growing hospice in need limited only by your own Foster Families of FT & PT Case Manager. ability. We offer $60,000 for adults & children* Travel required through- $80,000 1st year potential.

• Cash Bonuses To learn more about these out LV & WY Counties. Exexciting opportunities OR perience preferred but not • 2 Retirement Programs to learn more about CLO required. Just a caring • Incredible Incentives Please call services and other job op- heart!

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Call Janel Stanfield from 8am - 7pm to set up an interview this week

CSL Plasma

CSL Plasma is now hiring LPNs, RNs, and Paramedics for our Full Time Medical and Reception Operations Supervisor.

Responsibilities include supervision of the plasma donor process, supervision and development of reception and medical staff, and assisting management with daily center operations.

We offer solid benefits package including no overnight shifts! Current license and CPR certification required. More information on the position and our company benefits can be found on our company website.

Interested candidates should apply online at cslplasma.com.

Tonganoxie Nursing Center Currently has positions open for CNA & CMA all shifts. Please apply in person at 1010 East Street, Tonganoxie, KS 66086. (913) 369-8705.

Or E-mail resumes to: Michelle Eickhoff, DON Email:meickhoff@cypress healthgroup.com

Maintenance 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

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Exciting Opportunities are available at Community Living Opportunities (CLO), an agency providing community services and supports for people with Developmental Disabilities.

We are accepting applications for a full-time Home Coach for Douglas County.

This position is responsible for the overall supervision of multiple living arrangements for adults with MR/ DD in community-based homes. Successful candidates will have prior experience serving persons with MR/DD, strong supervisory skills, and excellent communication and organizational skills. Bachelor’s degree in psychology, human development or a related field is preferred!

If you are interested in excellent benefits, a competitive salary, flexible hours and a team environment, reply with a resume and cover letter to: Employment Coordinator 2125 Delaware Lawrence, KS 66046 Apply online at:

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Maintenance Technician

Need general skills in plumbing, electrical, carpentry, HVAC and make ready.

Being a team player is an absolute requirement. Customer service skills are important in dealing with the public.

Requirements: Full time maintenance technician needed for cooperative townhouses in Lawrence.

Candidate should have general experience in plumbing, electrical, carpentry, & HVAC. Applicant should be in good physical condition as lifting & general physical activity is required. We offer an excellent benefits package including a 401k plan.

Please send resume via e-mail to: p.townhouses@sbcglobal.net or fax to 785-842-3037 EOE

Call 620-704-5442

Trade Skills Framing Carpenters (2) needed. Must have 1-3 yrs. experience & valid Driver’s License. Work in county or in town. Call 785-865-6012

Maintenance Tech

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

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1 & 2 BRs from $390/mo.

Call MPM for more details at 785-841-4935

Cedarwood Apts 2411 Cedarwood Ave. Beautiful & Spacious

NOW HIRING Electricians

Torgeson Electric Co. 711 W 1st Ave. Topeka, KS Apply in person or online: www.torgesonelectric.com

WarehouseProduction Special 6-8 Week Project At HALLMARK 1st & 2nd Shift Starts Early January!

Positions start at $10.00/hr No Production Experience Required!

Must have: • High attention to detail • Good hand dexterity • Excellent work history & references To apply on-line go to: https://eapp.adecco.com OR Call today or stop by our office to learn more about these great jobs!

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2 & 3 Bedrooms Clubhouse lounge, gym, garages avail., W/D, walk in closets, and 1 pet okay.

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785-842-3280

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2408 Alabama

1BR - $450, 2BR- $510/mo.

Water & trash pd. Deposit - $300. On the Bus Route.

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VILLA 26 APARTMENTS

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

785-842-5227 www.villa26lawrence.com

Applecroft Apts.

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

785-843-8220

Start at $495 One Bedroom/studio style Pool - Fitness Center -On-Site Laundry - Water & Trash Pd.

785.856.7788

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Apartments & Townhomes 2, 3 & 4BRs

Limited Time Special All Units: Pool, on KU bus route, DW, & microwave 2BRs - 1/2 Mo. Rent FREE near KU, laundry facilities 837 MICHIGAN 3 & 4BRs - Special Prices W/D, FREE wireless internet 660 GATEWAY COURT

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Winter is here No high gas bill to pay, all electric units only!

Garages - Pool - Fitness Center • Ironwood Court Apts.

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2BR - 415 W. 17th, laundry on site, wood floors, off-st. parking, CA. No pets. $500$550, water pd. 785-841-5797 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, lower in 4-plex, 1725 Tennessee. $465/mo. Has DW. Quiet & clean. No pets.

785-813-1344, 785-393-4510

3BR - 2121 Inverness, 2 story, 2.5 bath, CA, DW, W/D hookup, 2 car, 1 pet ok. $850/mo. 785-841-5797

Lawrence Journal-World is hiring a Team Leader in our distribution center. We are a family-owned operation with a 20,000 circulation daily newspaper, several weekly community newspapers, a Commercial Printing division, and a contract print site for USA TODAY. Team Leaders are responsible for handling the processing and bundling of newsprint products from the press to distributors; troubleshoot machinery; and assist with supervising and providing training to team members.

Candidates must be available to work between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily.

The World Company Account Executives are responsible for selling and maintaining print and online advertising for Lawrence Journal-World, LJWorld.com, KUsports. com, Lawrence.com, LawrenceDeals.com and other company newspapers, websites and digital products.

Our sales team will sell clients a platform of products including print and online advertising, web banners, and event marketing sponsorships. Account Executives are accountable for meeting or exceeding sales goals, prospecting new clients and making initial contact by cold-calling either in person or by phone. They are responsible for developing and building relationships with potential clients to build a large advertising client list. Sales opportunities include Lawrence, Kansas and surrounding communities.

We are looking for talented and hardworking individuals who are looking to grow in their career with a fastpaced company. Ideal candidate will have leadership experience; a team player; self starter with strong organizational skills; experience operating machinery and maintenance skills preferred; strong communication skills; good attention to detail and able to multi-task; a high school diploma or GED; able to lift up to 70 lbs.; stand for long periods of time and frequently twist and bend; and proficient with MS Office products.

To apply submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com or complete an employment application at 609 New Hampshire, Lawrence, KS. We offer an excellent benefits package including health insurance, 401k, paid time off, employee discounts, opportunities for career advancement and more!

Background check, pre-employment drug screen, and physical lift assessment required. EOE

Ideal candidates will have minimum two years experience in sales, marketing and/or advertising; experience in online media sales; demonstrated success with prospecting and cold calling; excellent verbal and written communication skills; networking, time management and interpersonal skills; regular achievement of monthly sales goals; self motivated; proficient in Microsoft Office applications; and a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation with proof of auto insurance, and a clean driving record.

To apply submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com. We offer an excellent benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401k, paid time off, employee discounts and more! Background check, pre-employment drug screen and physical lift assessment required. EOE

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

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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

1BR farm house, near Lawrence. Stove, refrig., W/D hookups. NO PETS! $560/ mo. +deposit. 785-979-6956 Leave name, phone#, msg.

1-5BRs: 615 Ohio, 608 & 945 Kentucky, 746 & 901 Missouri, 1128 New York, 1104 New Jersey. 785-842-2268

1st Class, Pet Friendly Houses & Apts.

2BR - Stonehouse, old stone house south of Lawrence.

All modern amenities. $900.

Avail now. 785-841-2828

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2BR & 3BRs Available

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Sunrise Terrace — 951 Arkansas, so close to KU! 2BR w/study or 3rd BR, 2 full bath, CA, DW, laundry, lots of parking, some with W/D. $550 - $750/month.

No pets. Call 785-841-5797 www.rentinlawrence.com

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Fully leased, excellent investment opportunity.

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Studios — 2400 Alabama, all Roommates elect., plenty of parking, AC, laundry. $390, water/cable 2BRs avail. now for females paid. No pets. 785-841-5797 in 4BR townhome. No pets/ smoking. $350/BR per mo.

Studios - 1708 W. 5th, all Share utils. 785-727-0025 elect, plenty of parking, AC, laundry. $410. water/cable paid. No pets. 785-841-5797 Baldwin City

Duplexes 2BR, 1 bath, 1 car, W/D. NW. No pets. Avail. Jan. 1. $645/mo. 785-865-6064

Near new 3BR townhome 2.5 bath, 1 car garage, Lawn care & snow removal provided. Avail.

Nov. 1. $1,050/mo. + utils.

785-456-4145, 913-927-1713

Bonner Springs Tiblow Village Apts

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Clothing Boots, Ladies Frye Boots.

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Color: Banana. Nearly new condition. $150.

785-256-7189 (Auburn) day and evening.

Designer Jean Open House Sat. Dec. 17, 2011 10am-5pm Sizes 0-24 Prices $48-$92 100% Authentic Jeans. 50% the price. For pictures visit Facebook-Vault Denim 2BR, clean mobile home, in Stacy Maslak or to learn quiet park. Appls., CA. No more about this FANTASpets. $475. Deposit & Refs TIC opportunity visit required. 785-331-6697 www.vaultdenim.com/stac ymaslak

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Edison Victrola, early 1900’s. Stand up type on rollers. Mint condition. Call 785-423-0108

3BR, 813 Crestline Ct. CA, 1 Building Materials bath, garage, fenced yard.

Avail. Now. $750/mo. 1/2 off STEEL ARCH BUILDINGS Studio Apt., 1907 W. 25th, Deposit. Call 785-842-7644 Arch and Framed. End of $390/mo. + Tenant only Year Clearance! Lowest pays elect. 785-841-1155 3BR, Remodeled old farm prices - Buy NOW for SprSave Thousands!! house, huge kitchen/LR, 1 ing, bath. 7 mi. S. of Lawrence 20x26, 25x40, others. DisDOWNTOWN LOFT on all blacktop. $800/mo. play savings also! Call Studio Apartments 866-352-0469.

Avail. Jan. 5. 785-979-0767

Underwear & Bras: Gently used undies, sizes medium - XXL, bras sizes 38D - 42K. all excellent condition. For appt. call 785-255-4368 or vchristy927@yahoo.com

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Sports-Fitness Equipment NordicTrack SL 705 exercise bike. $150/offer. Call 785-691-6473.

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Pets

Toy Poodles, Chihuahuas, Yorkies. Older puppies Monitor- LG 19” Flatron reduced. 785-883-4883.

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Supplies Save money on utilities!!

Units are all elect. & water Firewood-Stoves Ani-Pals is included in rent price.

2BR, 1 bath, 2100 Haskell. Lighted parking, on-site A Pet Resort Full Cord Seasoned CA, DW, W/D hookup, car- laundry, & pool. 1BRs start Hedge, Oak, Locust & is seeking a full dog port. $575/mo. Available at $435; 2BRs for $540/mo. mixed hardwoods, stacked groomer. Must have at Call 913-441-6108 Now. Call 785-842-7644 & delivered, $160. Call Lan- least 6 years experience to see a unit today! don, 785-766-0863 in a professional setting Firewood: Mixed hard- and experience in all De Soto woods, mostly split. breeds.

Stacked/delivered. $85 -1/2 The right person will have: Professional ap3BR, 1 bath, W/D hookup, cord. James 785-241-3530 pearance.

Professional 2BR, 2 bath, fireplace, CA, CH/CA, DR, bsmt., garage.

Firewood: mostly split oak attitude. Gentle and paW/D hookups, 2 car with No pets. Avail. now. $850/ delivered/stacked. $190 - tient grooming style. Exopener. Easy access to mo. Yr. lease. 913-585-1211 full, $95 half. Call Mike at cellant customer service I-70. Includes paid cable. skills and references.

785-241-1857 Pets under 20 lbs. allowed Please call 913-422-8108 Edwardsville Call 785-842-2575 Seasoned Firewood for to schedule and interwww.princeton-place.com sale. hedge, oak, locust, & view. Location is one 2-3BR duplexes, appls., CA, other mixed hardwoods. mile south of the Kansas 1-1/2 bath, FR, laundry rm., $160/cord. Split stacked & Speedway.

PARKWAY 4000 garage. 417 Beach. $695/mo. Delivered. Call Ryan at plus deposit. 913-667-3060 Move-In Specials!

785-418-9910 • 2 & 3BRs available now Seasoned Mixed Firewood, • 2 Bath, W/D hookups Overland Park 2-1/2 miles south of Law• 2 Car garage w/opener rence. $80/half cord. Call • New kitchen appliances Lloyd 785-842-4502 • Maintenance free 785-749-2555/785-766-2722

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2BR house, 1 bath. Nice home at 8819 W. 79th St., Breathing Machine, Overland Park, KS. $925/ PulmoAide.

Essential mo. Call 913-271-4521 equipment for breathing with winter colds. Less than 1/2 price of new maShawnee chines.

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3BR, Hwy 7/76 Terr. 2 Bath, all appls. + microwave, 1 car garage, 1,600 sq. ft. Household Misc. $985/mo. Call 816-507-4803 Silverware:Wm Rogers & Son Enchanted Rose 51 Tonganoxie piece set-has never been used, perfect condition.

3BR apt., fireplace, AC, car- Comes in black padded suitcase.

Only peted, quiet. Avail. now. No leather pets, no smoking. $650/mo. $100. 785-979-8726 utils. furn. 913-963-0890.

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 Medical www.villa26lawrence.com 4BR, 2,500 sq. ft. townhome located on quiet cul-de- Equipment sac.

2 car garage. $1,100/ 3BR, 2 bath, 2 car garage.

Newer spacious unit. All mo. 1 Year lease. $1,100 Electric Medical Bed- Bed appls. No pets. Avail. now. deposit. No smoking. Call and mattress, like new.

913-845-9005, 816-872-7343 $100. Call 785-331-6368 $895/mo. Call 785-766-9823

AVAIL. Now 3BR, 2 bath, major appls., FP, 2 car.

785-865-2505

Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 www.GageMgmt.com

MOVE IN SPECIALS

Call NOW 785-842-1322

Downtown Investment Property

2BR, lg. W. Lawrence home, Baby & Children's master BR suite w/garden tub & terrarium. 2 bath, 2 Items car & yard work included.

No pets. Call 785-979-7474 Adventure Playset, Complete set with school, char3BR, exceptionally nice! Fire- acters and fly boat. Plays place, 2 baths, double gar- music and phrases, excelage, fenced yard. Good for lent condition, $15. Please commuter, in Prairie Park. call 749-7984. $1,100/mo. 785-841-4201 Snowsuit- Carters 6 to 9 3BR, 1.5 bath, 2530 Ridge Ct. months snowsuit. Never $25. Please call Wood floors, W/D, DW, 2 worn. car.

Newly remodeled. 785-393-0749 $959/mo. Call 785-841-4449

CEDAR HILLS

New Management

1-3BR apts. in Tonganoxie

Many improvements!

2BR, 1310 Kentucky. CA, DW, 816-260-8606, 913-845-0992 3BR Townhomes Avail. laundry. Close to KU. $550/ mo. One Month FREE. $200 Adam Ave. - 2 bath, 2 car, Deposit. Call 785-842-7644 1,700 sq. ft., some with Office Space fenced yards, $895/mo.

Village Square Bainbridge Cir. - 1,200 - Downtown offices, 3 avail.

Stonecrest • Hanover 1,540 sq. ft., 1.5-2.5 bath, 1 $325, $350, $450/mo. New! Nice ammenities. Utils. pd. car, $695 - $775/mo.

1, 2 and 3 Bedrooms Year lease. 785-842-7337 Near KU, Pool, Pet Friendly Pets okay Reserve YOUR Apt. for 2012 with paid pet deposit Office Space Available Call 785-842-3040 or email: www.garberprop.com at 5040 Bob Billings Pkwy. village@sunflower.com 785-841-4785 785-841-4785

ASHBURY TOWNHOMES

Commercial Real Estate

Houses

2BR farm home avail. now between Lawrence & Baldwin. 1.5 Bath, stove, refrig., 3BR — 1131 Tennessee, 1st W/D hookup, CA, propane floor, 1 bath. Avail. now. No furnace. Pets maybe. $700/ pets. $650/mo. 785-841-5797 mo. + deposit. 785-594-3846 www.rentinlawrence.com

Last One Left!!

Parkway Terrace Apts.

2340 Murphy Drive 1 Bedroom - $440/mo.

2 Bedrooms - $500/mo.

Luxury 2BR, 2 Bath Units Gas FP, W/D, 1 Car garage Quiet West Side Area 625 Folks Rd. 785-832-8200 Saddlebrook@sunflower.com

2-3BR, 1 bath rancher, N. Lawrence. Nice, new stove & refrig. Jan. 1st. $735/mo. + deposit. 785-841-1284

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

MULTI-MEDIA ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES

Saddlebrook Townhomes

LAUREL GLEN APTS

For Current Rent Specials Call 785-838-9559 EOH

2BR, 925 Alabama. 1 Bath, Central Air, $500/mo. 2 Car 2BRs from $600 - $800/mo. garage is avail. for $100 West side or close to KU. 785-832-8728 / 785-331-5360 per month. 785-842-7644 www.lawrencepm.com

DISTRIBUTION TEAM LEADER

• 3 Bedroom, 2 bath • 2 car garage w/opener • W/D hookups • Maintenance free 785-832-0555, 785-766-2722

www.vintagemgmt.com 785-842-1069

3BR + loft, great south location, 2924 Crestline Dr. 2½ bath, walk-in closet, lots of storage, deluxe 2BR — 1017 Illinois. 2 story, kitchen, FP, sound proof1 bath, CA, DW. $570/mo. ing, 2 car garage w/opener, No pets. Call 785-841-5797 big back yard, patio. No pets. $900/mo. Avail. now. www.rentinlawrence.com Call Neil 785-423-2660 2BR - 2406 Alabama, Bldg. 2, 2 story, 1.5 baths, CA, DW, Apartments, Houses & $570. No pets. 785-841-5797 Duplexes. 785-842-7644 www.rentinlawrence.com www.GageMgmt.com 2BR — 2412 Alabama in 4-plex. 1 bath, CA, washer & dryer. No pets. $470/mo. Townhomes Call 785-841-5797 2BR - 3503 W. 7th Court, 2 story, 1 bath, CA, DW, W/D hookup, garage, 1 pet ok. $650/mo. 785-841-5797

PARKWAY 6000

• Small dog welcome • Income restrictions apply • Students welcome

Heatherwood Valley & Sunflower Apartments

Great Locations! Great Prices!

1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms

Reserve YOURS for Spring/Fall

Leasing Agents Wanted Saturday & Sunday’s required. Some week day Apartments shifts avail. from 1-6pm. Furnished Must be 18 and have a valid license. Apply at: Rooms (newly remodeled) Chase Court Apts., 1942 Rent by week or by month.

Stewart Ave., Lawrence or With cable & internet. Call www.firstmanagmentinc.com Virginia Inn 785-856-7536

www.firstmanagementinc.com

EACH MONTH’S RENT

1BR, 1.5 bath 2BR, 2.5 baths

Office-Clerical

LIVE IN LUXURY

at 901 New Hampshire 785-830-8800

Townhomes CALL FOR SPECIALS!

New Studio, 1, & 2 BRs

*Sign lease by Dec. 30, 2011 AND College Students —————————————————— CALL TODAY (Mon. - Fri.)

Apartments Unfurnished

Downtown Lofts

2001 W. 6th. 785-841-8468 www.firstmanagementinc.com

Tuckaway at Frontier 542 Frontier, Lawrence

100 E. 9th Street, Lawrence, KS 66044, 785-842-1515 EOE

Apartments Unfurnished

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

Property Management Company seeking a Maintenance Tech w/general maintenance experience, trouble shoot & repair appliances & HVAC certified a must. Interested candidates can submit resumes to: 2130 Silicon Ave., Lawrence, KS 66046

Management Estimator/PM

Apartments Unfurnished

Avail. Now. bsmt., lawn Wood floor $650/mo.

2BR, 2 bath, care provided. & newer tile.

785-393-9359

INVEST IN A NEW HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

1, 2, & 3BR townhomes avail. in Cooperative. Units starting at $412 - $485/mo.

Water, trash, sewer paid.

FIRST MONTH FREE! Back patio, CA, hard wood floors, full bsmt., stove, refrig., W/D hookup, garbage disposal, Reserved parking. On site management & maintenance. 24 hr. emergency maintenance.

Membership & Equity Fee Required. 785-842-2545 (Equal Housing Opportunity) www.pinetreetownhouses.com

Retail & Commercial Space

Wheelchair, Like new, $40.

Please Call for more information, 785-331-6368

Miscellaneous Samsonite Carry-on luggage computer carrier.

Over $100, brand new at Office Depot.

Excellent condition.

Only $15.

785-979-8726

Priced to sell. Recent remodel 2BR, 1 bath, CA, nice appls., laundry rm., privacy fence.

Sunset Hills. 809 Madeline Lane. $94,500. Call 785-393-4322

Brush Hog - Service Rhino model SE-5, like new. 500 Gallon Fuel Tank with stand. Propane Tank, 500 gal. Electric Propane Pump with explosion proof motor. For more info and prices call 785-423-0108.

Cars-Domestic 1-888-239-5723 All American Auto Mart 1200 E Sante Fe Olathe, KS www.aaamkc.com

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Wall Hanging, Large 36”x59” Trapunto Wall hanging - 3 Geishas. $100.

785-843-5396

Music-Stereo

(3) Pianos, Winter Company Spinet or Acrosonic Spinet, $525.

Sterling 1311 Wakarusa - office Spinet, $175. Price includes space available. 200 sq. ft. tuning and delivery. Call: - 6,000 sq. ft. For details 785-832-9906 call 785-842-7644 Annie’s Country Jubilee DVD (2.5 hrs. long) of their last performance .

You can get it for $20 at: City of Angels, Tonganoxie or for $25, we will mail it.

Call 785-218-3519

Lawrence

Farm Equipment

HURRY IN! SALE ENDS SAT!

Save on acoustic & digital pianos.

6 months same as cash financing.

Call today 785-537-3774 piano4u.com

Buick 2010 ENCLAVE Certified, Stk#T96788A Special Price $30,000 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

Buick 2008 Lucerne CX, 46K, Maroon, Gray Cloth.

This Ain’t Your Grandpa’s Buick! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2011 3C

Auctioneers

Carpets & Rugs

Decorative & Regular concrete drives, walks, & patios. 42 yrs. exp.

Jayhawk Concrete 785-979-5261

BILL FAIR AND COMPANY AT YOUR SERVICE

SINCE 1970 800-887-6929

Automotive Services Auto Maintenance and Repair

CARPET TILE BUY-OUT!

(covers almost 11 sq.ft) Save to 84% while supply lasts!

Special Buy. Assorted.

785-842-8665

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

785-843-5803 bryantcollisionrepair@msn.com. lawrencemarketplace.com/ bryant-collision-repair

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One room or a whole house*,

Jennings’ Floor Trader 3000 Iowa - 841-3838

Quick Installation! *Details in store

Catering - Full Service Caterer Specializing in smoked meats & barbeque

- Corporate Events, Private Parties, Weddings-

Events/ Entertainment

General Services

Steve’s Place

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

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

Home Improvements

Lawn, Garden & Nursery

JASON TANKING CONSTRUCTION New Construction Framing, Remodels, Additions, Decks Fully Ins. & Lic. 785.760.4066 http://lawrencemarketplac e.com/jtconstruction

ROCK-SOD-SOIL-MULCH

1388 N 1293 Rd, Lawrence 1783 E 1500 Rd, Lawrence

Light Up The Season!

Financial Guttering Services

Staining & Engraving Existing Concrete Custom Decorative Patterns Patios, Basements, Garage Floors, Driveways 785-393-1109 www.robinseggconcrete.com

Decks & Fences Looking for Something Creative?

Call Billy Construction Decks, Fences, Etc. Insured. (785) 838-9791 www.billyconstruction.com

• Holiday Lighting Installation • Professional and timely • Residential & Commercial Year round storage

Firewood & Chimney Sweep

No Job Too Big or Small

Stacked Deck

Cleaning Chimneys/Stoves We install inserts & stoves, Home Repairs & Tree Trimming 785-331-6730

Dirt-Manure-Mulch

Foundation Repair

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

785-887-6936 http://oakleycreek.com

Child Care Provided

785-842-2108

Rich Black Top Soil No Chemicals Machine Pulverized Pickup or Delivery

Serving KC over 40 years 913-962-0798 Fast Service

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Electrical For All Your Battery Needs Across The Bridge In North Lawrence 903 N 2nd St | 785-842-2922 lawrencemarketplace.com/ battery

Harris Auto Repair

Domestics and Imports Brake repair Engine repair AC repair / service Custom exhaust systems Shock & Struts Transmissions Tire sales / repairs

785-838-4488

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Hite Collision Repair

“If you want it done right, take it to Hite.”

Auto Body Repair Windshield & Auto Glass Repair 3401 W 6th St (785) 843-8991 http://lawrencemarket place.com/hite

K’s Tire

Sales and Service Tires for anything Batteries Brakes Oil Changes Fair and Friendly Customer Service is our trademark 2720 Oregon St. 785-843-3222 Find great offers at

Lawrencemarketplace.com/ kstire

Hilltop Child Development Center, 1605 Irving Hill Road Lawrence, Kansas 785-864-4940 hilltop@ku.edu twitter.com/HilltopCDC Serving Lawrence since 1972.

Montessori Children’s House of Lawrence Preschool Enroll by 2-1/2-3 yr.old Half day or All day spots. www.montessorilawrence.org 785-843-7577/785-842-6002

Int. & Ext. Remodeling All Home Repairs Mark Koontz

Bus. 913-269-0284

Bird Janitorial & Hawk Wash Window Cleaning.

• House Cleaning • Chandeliers • Post Construction • Gutters • Power Washing • Prof Window Cleaning • Sustainable Options Find Coupons & more info: lawrencemarketplace.com/ birdjanitorial Free Est. 785-749-0244

785-842-7118 Lawrencemarketplace. com/adorableanimaldesign

Mobile Enviro-Wash LTD

785-842-3030

Medical-HealthTherapy

Yoga is more than getting on the mat.

Live Passionately Yoga Nutrition Classes Relaxation Retreats 1407 Massachusetts 785-218-0174 lawrencemarketplace.com/ breathe

Free Quote

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

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

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

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

KEYS of JOY

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ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT WorldClassNEK.com

Origins Interior Design

“where simple ideas become inspiring realities”

• Color & Design • Space Planning • Furniture Layouts • Trade Discounts • Project Management 785-766-9281 originsinteriordesign.com

Professional Service with a Tender Touch

Stress Free for you and your pet.

785-865-0600

Complete Roofing Services Professional Staff Quality Workmanship http://lawrencemarketplace. com/lawrenceroofing

Call Calli 785-766-8420

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STARVING ARTISTS MOVING

(785) 550-1565

mmdownstic@hotmail.com Lawrencemarketplace.com/tic

CONCRETE INC Your local foundation repair specialist!

Waterproofing, Basement, & Crack Repair

FOUNDATION REPAIR

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

I COME TO YOU!

Dependable & Reliable Holiday pet sitting, feeding, overnights, walks, more!

References! Insured!

785-550-9289

Moving-Hauling

15yr. locally owned and operated company.

Professionally trained staff. We move everything from fossils to office and household goods.

Retired Carpenter, Deck ReCall for a free estimate. pairs, Home repairs: Doors, 785-749-5073 Quality work at a fair price!

JAYHAWK GUTTERING Windows, Stairs, Wood Rot, http://lawrencemarketplace.

1-888-326-2799 Toll Free com/starvingartist Seamless aluminum gutter- Siding, ing. Many colors to choose Powerwash785-766-5285 Concrete, Block & Limestone from. Install, repair, screen, Wall Repair, Waterproofing clean-out. Locally owned.

Music Lessons Drainage Solutions Insured. Free estimates.

Instruction and Sump Pumps, Driveways.

785-842-0094 785-843-2700 Owen 24/7 Tutoring jayhawkguttering.com .

Piano Lessons 4704 W. 24th St Learn to play 30-50 songs in the first year!

Plumbing Complete Roofing

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

We’re There for You!

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

785-749-4391

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24 emergency service Missouri (816) 421-0303 Kansas (913) 328-4437

Prompt Superior Service Residential * Commercial Tear Off * Reroofs

Free Estimates

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Insurance Work Welcome

785-764-9582

785-331-8369

Lawrencemarketplace.com/ mclaughlinroofing

Painting A. B. Painting & Repair

Heating & Cooling

Get Lynn on the line!

785-843-LYNN www.lynnelectric.com

http://lawrencemarketplce.com/ lynncommunications

Employment Services

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

“Your Comfort Is Our Business.”

Installation & Service Residential & Commercial (785) 841-2665 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/rivercityhvac

Int/ext. Drywall, Tile, Siding, Wood rot, & Decks 30 plus yrs. Refs. Free Est.

Re-Roofs: All Types Roofing Repairs Siding & Windows FREE Estimates (785) 749-0462 www.meslerroofing.com

Westside 66 & Car Wash

• Garage Doors • Openers • Service • Installation Office* Clerical* Accounting Light Industrial* Technical Finance* Legal

Let Us Help With The Holidays

Temporary or Contract Staffing Evaluation Hire, Direct Hire Professional Search Onsite Services (785) 749-7550 1000 S Iowa, Lawrence KS lawrencemarketplace.com/ express

Family owned and operated since 1992 For Your Holiday Cleaning Needs

Events/ Entertainment

Gift Certificates Avail.

Sue Bee’s Cleaning 785-841-2268

Computer/Internet

785-842-3311 Computer Running Slow?

For Promotions & More Info: Viruses/Malware? http://lawrencemarketplace Troubleshooting? Lessons? .com/kansas_carpet_care Computer Questions, Advise?

We Can Help — 785-979-0838

Concrete CONCRETE INC. Your local concrete repair specialists Sidewalks, Patios, Driveways

Quality work at a fair price!

1-888-326-2799 Toll Free

Eagles Lodge

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

Auto-Home- BusinessLife- Health Dennis J. Donnelly Insurance Inc. 913-268-5000 11211 Johnson Dr. insuranceinckc.com

Interior/Exterior Painting

785-856-GOLD(4653) Jewelry, coins, silver, watches. Earn money with broken & Unwanted jewelry Accessible and General Public Transportation We provide door-to-door transportation as well as many additional services to residents of Douglas County living with disabilities.

Call to schedule a ride: 843-5576 or 888-824-7277 Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 3:30 pm We ask for $2.00 each way.

Even if you don’t have a disability and you live outside the Lawrence City limits, we can help.

Funded in part by KDOT Public Transit Program

Landscaping Low Maintenance Landscape, Inc.

785-550-5610

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

Roger, Kevin or Sarajane

785-843-2244

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

midwestcustompools.com

Fast Quality Service

Lawn, Garden & Nursery

Commercial &Residential 24 hour Service

For all your Heating, Air Conditioning and Plumbing needs

Serving the Douglas & Franklin county areas

15 yrs exp, Mowing, Yard Clean-up, Tree Trimming, Snow Removal All jobs considered. 785-312-0813 785-893-1509

LAWN & LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

www.ah-air.com

785-594-3357

Big/Small Jobs

Home Improvements

www.independenceinc.org

MAGILL PLUMBING • Water Line Services • Septic Tanks / Laterals 913-721-3917 Free Estimates Licensed Insured.

Husband & wife team, RETIRED MASTER PLUMBER exp., fast & good. & Handyman needs Reasonable, Carolyn& Mark small work.

785-424-5860 Bill Morgan 816-523-5703

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Whatever U Need Marty Goodwin 785-979-1379

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Taking Care of Lawrence’s Plumbing Needs for over 35 Years (785) 841-2112 lawrencemarketplace.com /kastl

Lawrence First Class Transportation Limos Corporate Cars Drivers available 24/7

785-841-5466

Lawrencemarkeptlace. com/firstclass

Recycling Services Riffel Painting Co. 913-585-1846

Specializing in new homes & Residential interior and exterior repaints Power Washing Deck staining Sheet Rock Repair Quality work and products since 1985

Supplying all your Painting needs.

Serving Lawrence and surrounding areas for over 25 years.

Free estimates/Insured.

Pet Services

785-764-2220

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

Tree/Stump Removal

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

Arborscapes Tree Service Tree trimming & removal Ks Arborists Assoc. Certified Licensed & Insured.

785-760-3684 www.KansasTreeCare.com

Lonnie’s Recycling Inc. Buyers of aluminum cans, all type metals & junk vehicles. Mon.-Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-4, 501 Maple, Lawrence.

785-841-4855 lawrencemarketplace.com/ lonnies

BUDGET TREE SERVICE, LLC.

Locally owned & operated.

Fall Clean Up Leaf Clean Up Snow Removal

Home Repair Services Interior/Exterior Carpentry, Vinyl siding, Roofing, Tearoff/reroof.

35 yrs. exp. Free est.

913-636-1881

• Hair styling /Coloring • Soft Curl Perms • Nails & Eye Lashes 785-856-9020 2400 Franklin Rd., Suite E LawrenceMarketplace. com/ruffends

Travel Services

Green Grass Lawn Care

Dependable Service

PLANNING AN EVENT/PARTY

Painting

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1210 Lakeview Court, Innovative Planting Design Construction & Installation www.lawrencemarketplace. com/lml Air Conditioning/ & Heating/Sales & Srvs.

MAGIC SHOWS stage & strolling, holiday gatherings, office parties birthdays & more! www.8sillyrabbitsmagic.com 785-443-1029

for up to 200 people?

Try the TEE PEES in North Lawrence. Call 785-766-3538

930 E 27th Street, 785-843-1691 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/chaneyinc

General Services

Apply at eapp.adecco.com Or Call (785) 842-1515 BETTER WORK BETTER LIFE lawrencemarketplace.com/ adecco

Eco-Friendly Cleaning

Salon & Spa Int/Ext/Specialty Painting Siding, Wood Rot & Decks Kate, 785-423-4464 www.kbpaintingllc.com

Quality Work Over 20 yrs. exp.

785-841-3088

Buckingham Palace Commercial & Residential Cleaning Services “The Greener Cleaner”

Insurance

Call Lyndsey 913-422-7002

Air Conditioning Heating/Plumbing

Five yrs. exp. References, Bonded & Insured Res., Com., Moveouts 785-840-5467

Specializing in Carpet, Tile & Upholstery cleaning.

Carpet repairs & stretching, Odor Decontamination, Spot Dying & 24 hr Water extraction. www.doctor-clean.com 785-840-4266

For Everything Electrical Committed to Excellence Since 1972 Full Service Electrical Contractor www.quality-electric.net

PineLandscapeCenter.com Find us on Facebook Pine Landscape Center 785-843-6949

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Chim-Chiminee Sweeps Chimney/Dryer Duct Sweeping, Stoves, Inserts, & Liners installed.

25 yrs. exp. 913-724-1957

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

• 24 Hour Emergency Water Damage Services Available

By Appointment Only

http://lawrencemarket place.com/patchen

• Unsightly black streaks of mold & dirt on your roof?

• Mold or Mildew on your house?

• Is winter salt intrusion causing your concrete to flake?

Al 785-331-6994

Tires, Alignment, Brakes, A/C, Suspension Repair Financing Available 785-841-6050 1828 Mass. St lawrencemarketplace.com/ performancetire

Kansas Carpet Care, Inc.

602 E 9th St | 785-843-4522

ADVANCED SYSTEMS Basement & foundation repair Your hometown company Over three decades 785-841-0145 mybasementiscracked.com

Garage Doors

785-842-6264

Carpet Cleaning

Motors - Pumps Complete Water Systems

Full Service Grooming All Breeds & Sizes Including Cats!

Flea & Tick Solutions

Roofing

Chimney Sweep

Cleaning

LawrenceMarketplace.com/ bpi

Full Service Gas Station 100% Ethanol-Free Gasoline Auto Repair Shop - Automatic Car Washes Starting At Just $3 2815 W 6th St | 785-843-1878 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/westside66

Electric & Industrial Supply Pump & Well Drilling Service

Adorable Animal Designs

Breathe Holistic Life Center

Your Local Lawrence Bank

Family Owned & Operated

Dale and Ron’s Auto Service

Repairs and Services

913-488-7320

All Your Banking Needs

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

785-550-5592

On-Site Cooking Available

Pet Services

785-843-2174

NOT Your ordinary bicycle store!

FINAL DAYS!

FREE CARPET INSTALLATION BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Oakley Creek Catering Buying Junk & Repairable Vehicles.

Cash Paid. Free Tow. U-Call, We-Haul!

Call 785-633-7556

Driveways, Parking Lots, Paving Repair, Sidewalks, Garage Floors, Foundation Repair 785-843-2700 Owen 24/7

Heavy-Duty Quality. 39”x39” ea.

Playroom, office, laundry/utility, workshop/storage room, etc.

WAY Below Wholesale!

Now $7.79 ea.

Compare to $50

www.lawrenceautodiag.com

Concrete

Every ad you place runs

in print and online.

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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Chevrolet 2010 Impala LT Stk#D8756 Sale Price $15,780

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6C WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2011 Lawrence approval of the Court.

Douglas County Sheriff MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC By: Jeremy M. Hart, #20886 Lawrence jhart@msfirm.com (First published in the Law- Lindsey L. Craft, #23315 rence Daily Journal-World lcraft@msfirm.com Chad R. Doornink, #23536 December 14, 2011) cdoornink@msfirm.com IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Jennifer L. Michaels, #24256 jmichaels@msfirm.com DOUGLAS COUNTY, 11460 Tomahawk Creek KANSAS Parkway, DIVISION 5 Suite 300 CAPITOL FEDERAL SAVINGS Leawood, KS 66211 (913) 339-9132 BANK (913) 339-9045 (fax) Plaintiff, vs.

LISA J. McCUNE a/k/a LISA ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF J. PULLIAM; KRIS M. KRAMER; RODGER W. McCUNE; MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC AS FOR STATE OF KANSAS, EX REL., ATTORNEYS CITIMORTGAGE, INC. IS ATSECRETARY, SOCIAL AND TEMPTING TO COLLECT A REHABILITATION SERVICES; STATE OF KANSAS, DEPART- DEBT AND ANY INFORMAMENT OF REVENUE, DIREC- TION OBTAINED WILL BE TOR OF TAXATION; SOUTH- USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ________ WESTERN BELL TELEPHONE, LP; CAPITAL ONE BANK, A BANKING ASSOCIATION; (First published in the LawUNITED STATES OF AMER- rence Daily Journal-World ICA; THE UNKNOWN December 14, 2011) SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF LISA J. McCUNE, a/k/a LISA J. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF PULLIAM; THE UNKNOWN DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF KRIS M. KRAMER; THE UNKNOWN Wells Fargo Bank, SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF RODGER National Association W. McCUNE; and The unPlaintiff, known heirs, executors, advs. ministrators, devisees, Donald Agustus Emanuel trustees, creditors and asSpencer and signs of any deceased Nualsri Noelle Spencer aka defendants; the unknown Noelle Spencer, et al., spouses of any defendants; Defendants. the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors Case No. 10CV774 and assigns of any defendDivision 5 ants that are existing, disK.S.A. 60 solved or dormant corporaMortgage Foreclosure tions; the unknown execu(Title to Real Estate tors, administrators, deviInvolved) sees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE any defendants that are or were partners or in partUnder and by virtue of an nership; the unknown Order of Sale issued by the guardians, conservators Clerk of the District Court and trustees of any defend- in and for the said County ants that are minors or are of Douglas, State of Kansas, under any legal disability; in a certain cause in said and the unknown heirs, Court Numbered 10CV774, executors, administrators, wherein the parties above devisees, trustees, credi- named were respectively tors and assigns of any per- plaintiff and defendant, and son alleged to be deceased. to me, the undersigned Defendants.

Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale Case No. 10 CV 875 at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash Pursuant to K.S.A. in hand at 10:00 AM, on Chapter 60 01/05/2012, the Jury AssemTitle to Real Estate Involved bly Room of the District Court located in the lower NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN building, 111 E. 11th St., that under and by virtue of Lawrence, Kansas, the folan Order of Sale issued by lowing described real esthe Clerk of the District tate located in the County Court of Douglas County, of Douglas, State of Kansas, Kansas, on the 2nd day of to wit: November, 2011, in the case above numbered, I will of- THE WEST 40 FEET OF LOT fer for sale at public auc- 123 AND THE EAST 40 FEET tion and sell to the highest OF LOT 125, ALL ON INDIbidder for cash in hand at ANA STREET IN THE CITY OF the Judicial & Law Enforce- BALDWIN CITY, IN DOUGLAS ment Center in the City of COUNTY, KANSAS. Lawrence, in said County and State, on the 5th day of SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS January, 2012, at ten o’clock COUNTY, KANSAS a.m. on said day, the following described interest Respectfully Submitted, in real estate situated in By: Douglas County, Kansas, Shawn Scharenborg, to-wit: KS # 24542 Sara Knittel, KS # 23624 Lot 155, in Country Club Kelli N. Breer, KS # 17851 North, an Addition to the Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. City of Lawrence, Douglas (St. Louis Office) County, Kansas (commonly 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 known as 215 Yorkshire St. Louis, MO 63141 Drive, Lawrence, Douglas Phone: (314) 991-0255 County, Kansas 66049).

Fax: (314) 567-8006 Email: together with all fixtures, sscharenborg@km-law.com appurtenances, etc., there- Attorney for Plaintiff ________ unto pertaining; said interest in real property is lev- (First published in the Lawied upon as the property of rence Daily Journal-World Defendants Lisa J. McCune December 14, 2011) a/k/a Lisa J. Pulliam and Rodger W. McCune, and all IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF other alleged owners, and DOUGLAS COUNTY, will be sold without apKANSAS praisal to satisfy said Order DIVISION 1 of Sale.

CAPITOL FEDERAL SAVINGS Dated this 14th day of DeBANK cember, 2011 Plaintiff, vs.

SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS DENNIS GROVER, MARY J. COUNTY, KANSAS GROVER, and PEOPLES James B. Biggs, #14079 BANK, ; and The unknown CAVANAUGH & LEMON, P.A. heirs, executors, adminis2942A SW Wanamaker trators, devisees, trustees, Drive, Suite 100 creditors and assigns of Topeka, KS 66614 any deceased defendants; (785) 440-4000 the unknown spouses of Attorneys for Plaintiff any defendants; the un________ known officers, successors, trustees, creditors and (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved December 7, 2011) or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, Millsap & Singer, LLC administrators, devisees, 11460 Tomahawk Creek trustees, creditors, succesParkway, Suite 300 sors and assigns of any deLeawood, KS 66211 fendants that are or were (913) 339-9132 partners or in partnership; (913) 339-9045 (fax) the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF of any defendants that are DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS minors or are under any leCIVIL DEPARTMENT gal disability; and the unknown heirs, executors, adCitiMortgage, Inc. ministrators, devisees, Plaintiff, trustees, creditors and asvs. signs of any person alleged Alberto Correa, et al. to be deceased.

Defendants.

Defendants.

Case No. 10CV544 Case No. 11 CV 193 Court No. 5

Pursuant to K.S.A. §60

Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 Title to Real Estate Involved

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

Title to Real Estate Involved

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, on the 7th day of November, 2011, in the case above numbered, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the Judicial & Law Enforcement Center in the City of Lawrence, in said County and State, on the 5th day of January, 2012, at ten o’clock a.m. on said day, the following described interest in real estate situated in THE NORTH HALF (N1/2) OF Douglas County, Kansas, THE SOUTH HALF (S1/2) OF to-wit: THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW1/4) OF THE NORTH- Lot 4, Oakwood Estates, a of Douglas WEST QUARTER (NW1/4) OF Subdivision SECTION THIRTY-SIX (36), County, Kansas (commonly known as 1104 East 1284 TOWNSHIP THIRTEEN SOUTH (T13S), RANGE Road, Lawrence, Kansas 66047).

TWENTY EAST (R20E) OF THE 6TH P.M., DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS, SUBJECT together with all fixtures, TO PUBLIC ROAD RIGHT OF appurtenances, etc., thereWAY AND EASEMENTS OF unto pertaining; said interRECORD. MORE ACCU- est in real property is levRATELY DESCRIBED AS FOL- ied upon as the property of LOWS: THE NORTH HALF Defendants Dennis Grover (N1/2) OF THE SOUTH HALF and Mary J. Grover, and all (S1/2) OF THE SOUTHWEST other alleged owners, and QUARTER (SW1/4) OF THE will be sold without apNORTHWEST QUARTER praisal to satisfy said Order (NW1/4) OF SECTION of Sale.

THIRTY-SIX (36), TOWNSHIP THIRTEEN SOUTH (T13S), Dated this 14th day of DeRANGE TWENTY EAST cember, 2011 (R20E) OF THE 6TH P.M., DOUGLAS COUNTY, KAN- SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS SAS, SUBJECT TO THE PUB- COUNTY, KANSAS LIC ROAD RIGHT OF WAY James B. Biggs, #14079 AND EASEMENTS OF REC- CAVANAUGH & LEMON, P.A. ORD BEING PARCEL 3A ON 2942A SW Wanamaker THE CERTIFICATE OF SUR- Drive, Suite 100 VEY RECORDED MAY 21, Topeka, KS 66614 2002 IN BOOK 817, AT PAGE (785) 440-4000 0424. Tax ID No. 200157, Attorneys for Plaintiff ________ Commonly known as 958 E 1900 Rd, Eudora, KS 66025 (First published in the Law(“the Property”) rence Daily Journal-World MS#116671 December 14, 2011) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at The Jury Assembly Room located in the lower level of the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center on January 5, 2012 at the time of 10:00 AM, the following real estate:

to satisfy the judgment in IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF the above entitled case.

DOUGLAS COUNTY, The sale is to be made KANSAS without appraisement and DIVISION 5 subject to the redemption period as provided by law, CAPITOL FEDERAL SAVINGS and further subject to the BANK

Lawrence Plaintiff, vs.

GLORIA S. LANDMAN, THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF GLORIA S. LANDMAN; 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 andassigns 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 defenants that are minors or areunder any legal disability; and the unknown heirs,executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditorsand assigns of any person alleged to be deceased.

Defendants.

Case No. 11 CV 325 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 Title to Real Estate Involved NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, on the 14th day of November, 2011, in the case above numbered, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the Judicial & Law Enforcement Center in the City of Lawrence, in said County and State, on the 5th day of January, 2012, at ten o’clock a.m. on said day, the followingdescribed interest in real estate situated in Douglas County, Kansas, to-wit: Lot 18, in Meadows Place, an Addition to the City of Lawrence, in Douglas County, Kansas (commonly known as 2736 Meadow Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66047).

Lawrence

Tonganoxie

of this debt, or would like known Heirs of Robert A. the name and address of Carl, deceased, et al. the original creditor, you Defendants. must advise us in writing within thirty (30) days of Case No. 10CV126 the first notice you receive Court Number: from us. Otherwise, we will assume the entire debt to Pursuant to K.S.A. be valid. This is an attempt Chapter 60 to collect a debt, and any NOTICE OF SALE information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Under and by virtue of an Respectfully Submitted, Order of Sale issued to me By: by the Clerk of the District Kelli Breer, KS Ct. #17851 Court of Leavenworth KOZENY & MCCUBBIN, L.C. County, Kansas, the underFairway Corporate Center signed Sheriff of Leaven4220 Shawnee Mission worth County, Kansas, will Parkway, Suite 200B offer for sale at public aucFairway, KS 66205 tion and sell to the highest Phone: (913) 677-0253/ bidder for cash in hand, at Fax: (913) 831-6014 the Justice Center, 2nd email: kbreer@km-law.com Floor Lobby, Leavenworth K&M File Code: FRIJOBOA County, Kansas, on January ________ 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate:

Tonganoxie (First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, vs.

WHITNEY E. FOLEY, Defendants.

Case No. 11CV644 Court Number: K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure NOTICE OF SUIT The State of Kansas to: WHITNEY E. FOLEY, A/K/A WHITNEY ERIN FOLEY, A/K/A WHITNEY FOLEY; JOHN DOE (REAL NAME UNKNOWN); MARY DOE (REAL NAME UNKNOWN); ST. LUKE’S SOUTH HOSPITAL, INC.; WHITE STAR CONSTRUCTION, INC.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Should you fail therein DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS judgment and decree will be entered in due course THE BANK OF NEW YORK upon said petition.

MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK,AS TRUSTEE FOR THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO THE HOLDERS OF CWMBS, COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INC., CHL MORTGAGE INFORMATION OBTAINED PASS-THROUGH TRUST HAT WILL BE USED FOR TH 2002-21, MORTGAGE PASS PURPOSE THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-21, SHAPIRO & MOCK, Plaintiff, LLC?Attorneys for Plainvs. tiff?6310 Lamar - Suite Joel D Fritzel AKA 235?Overland Park, KS Joel Fritzel, et al., 66202?(913)831-3000?Fax Defendants.

No. (913)831-3320 Our File No. 11-003111/dkb Case No. 11CV518 _______ Div. No. 1 K.S.A. 60 (First Published in the TonMortgage Foreclosure ganoxie Mirror on the 7th (Title to Real Estate day of December, 2011.)

Involved) IN THE FIRST NOTICE OF SUIT JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT, THE STATE OF KANSAS to: LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, Christine M Fritzel AKA C M KANSAS Fritzel AKA Christine M JenPROBATE DEPARTMENT nings , Defendants, and all other persons who are or IN THE MATTER may be concerned: OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES WILLIAM YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED: RINEHART, Deceased That a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Case No. 2008 PR 146 Douglas County, Kansas, Case No. 11CV518 by THE PURSUANT TO BANK OF NEW YORK MELCHAPTER 59 OF K.S.A. LON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK,AS TRUSTEE FOR THE NOTICE OF HEARING HOLDERS OF CWMBS, INC., CHL MORTGAGE THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PASS-THROUGH TRUST PERSONS CONCERNED: 2002-21, MORTGAGE PASS You are notified that a petition THROUGH CERTIFICATES, has been filed in this SERIES 2002-21, praying for Court by William R. foreclosure of a mortgage Rinehart, duly appointed, executed by Joel D Fritzel qualified and acting ExecAKA Joel Fritzel on utor of the Estate of 09/12/2002 and recorded in Charles William Rinehart, Book 796, Page 1555 in the deceased, requesting that real estate records of Petitioner’s acts be apDouglas County, Kansas, proved; account be settled related to the following and allowed; the heirs be property: determined; the “Valid Settlement Agreement” be BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH- construed and the Estate WEST CORNER OF LOT 1, be assigned to the persons PRESTWICK COURT, A SUB- entitled thereto; the Court DIVISION IN THE CITY OF find the allowances reLAWRENCE, DOUGLAS quested for attorneys’ and COUNTY, KANSAS; THENCE guardian ad litem fees and NORTH 00 DEGREES 05 MIN- expenses are reasonable UTES 57 SECONDS EAST and should be allowed; the ALONG THE WEST LINE OF costs be determined and SAID LOT 1, 156.25 FEET; ordered paid; the adminisTHENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES tration of the Estate be 54 MINUTES 03 SECONDS closed; upon the filing of EAST, 90.10 FEET; THENCE receipts the Petitioner be SOUTH 61 DEGREES 35 MIN- finally discharged as the UTES 15 SECONDS EAST, Executor of the Estate of 60.00 FEET TO THE EASTERN Charles William Rinehart, LINE OF SAID LOT 1; THENCE deceased, and the PetiON A 225.00 FEET RADIUS tioner be released from CURVE TO THE LEFT, AN further liability.

ARC DISTANCE OF 44.07 You are required to file FEET WITH A CHORD BEAR- your written defenses to ING SOUTH 13 DEGREES 16 the petition on or before MINUTES 47 SECONDS December 29, 2011, at 11:30 WEST, 44.00 FEET ALONG a.m., in the District Court, SAID EASTERLY LINE; in Leavenworth, LeavenTHENCE ON A 97.83 FEET worth County, Kansas, at RADIUS CURVE TO THE which time and place the RIGHT, AN ARC DISTANCE cause will be heard.

OF 140.75 FEET WITH A Should you fail to file your CHORD BEARING SOUTH 48 written defenses, judgDEGREES 53 MINUTES 01 ment and decree will be SECONDS WEST, 128.92 FEET entered in due course ALONG SAID EASTERLY upon the petition.

LINE; THENCE NORTH 89 DEWILLIAM R. RINEHART, GREES 54 MINUTES 03 SECExecutor ONDS WEST, 35.91 FEET ALONG THE SOUTHERLY SUBMITTED BY: LINE OF SAID LOT 1 TO THE Law Office of POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, Cathleen A. Gulledge IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, KAN- 310 West Center, Suite 108 SAS, AND SHOWN AS 1515 Wichita, Kansas 67202-1003 PRESTWICK COURT BY THE Attorney for Petitioner PLAT OF SURVEY FOR LOTS _______ 1, 2 AND 3 PRESTWICK COURT, RECORDED MARCH 11, 1994, IN BOOK C-1, PAGE (First published in The Mir127. ror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) You are hereby required to plead to the Petition on or IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF before January 10, 2012 in LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, the court at Douglas KANSAS County, Kansas. If you fail CIVIL DEPARTMENT to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due Bank of America, N.A. course upon the petition.

Plaintiff, vs.

NOTICE TO BORROWER: If The Unknown Heirs of Franyou wish to dispute the va- ces L. King Carl aka Frances lidity of all or any portion Carl, deceased and The Un-

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Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP Plaintiff, vs.

Donnell D. Martin and Christine M. Martin, et al.

Defendants.

feet; thence North 37 degrees 06’ East 711.2 feet; thence West 844.50 feet; thence South 567.50 feet to the place of Beginning, less any part thereof taken or used for road purposes.

And also less the following tract: Commencing at the Southwest Corner of said Section 11, thence North on the West line of said Section 11, a distance of 412.50 feet to a point of beginning; thence East a distance of 415.30 feet thence North 37 degrees 06; 00” East a distance of 64.76 feet; thence West a distance of 454.36 feet to the West line of said Section 11; thence South on the West Line of said Section 11 a distance of 51.65 feet to the point of beginning , commonly known as 25323 Chieftan Road, Lawrence, KS 66044 (the “Property”)

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.

Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP Plaintiff, vs.

Yvette S. Mullies, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 11CV456 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby, Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate:

Lots Thirteen (13), Fourteen (14) and Fifteen (15), Block Twenty-Seven (27), Leavenworth City proper, Leavenworth County, Kansas, commonly known as 224 Osage, Leavenworth, KS 66048 (the “Property”) Lot Two (2), VICTORY ACRES, a subdivision in Leavto satisfy the judgment in enworth County, Kansas, the above-entitled case. commonly known as 20511 The sale is to be made Golden Road, Linwood, KS without appraisement and 66052 (the “Property”) subject to the redemption period as provided by law, to satisfy the judgment in and further subject to the the above-entitled case. approval of the Court. For The sale is to be made more information, visit without appraisement and www.Southlaw.com. subject to the redemption period as provided by law, David Zoellner, Sheriff and further subject to the Leavenworth County, approval of the Court. For Kansas more information, visit www.Southlaw.com.

Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. David Zoellner, Sheriff Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) Leavenworth County, 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Kansas Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 Prepared By: (913)663-7899 (Fax) South & Associates, P.C. Attorneys For Plaintiff Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) (110801) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 _______ Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 (First published in The Mir- (913)663-7899 (Fax) ror, Wednesday, December Attorneys For Plaintiff (114080) 14, 2011) _______ IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF (First published in The MirLEAVENWORTH COUNTY, ror, Wednesday, December KANSAS 14, 2011) CIVIL DEPARTMENT

and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of such of the defendants as may be deceased; the unknown spouses of the defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of such defendants as are existing, dissolved or dormant corJPMorgan Chase Bank, porations; the unknown National Association s/b/m guardians and trustees of to Bank One, N.A. such of the defendants as Plaintiff, are minors or are in anyvs. wise under legal disability; Melinda R. Felix and and all other persons who John M. Felix, Jr., et al. are or may be concerned: Defendants.

together with all fixtures, appurtenances, etc., thereunto pertaining; said interest in real property is levied upon as the property of Defendant, Gloria S. Landman, and all other alleged owners and will be sold You are hereby notified without appraisal to satisfy that a petition has been filed in the District Court of said Order of Sale.

Leavenworth County, KanDated this 14th day of De- sas, by Phh Mortgage Corporation for judgment in cember, 2011 the sum of $159,551.93, plus interest, costs and other reSHERIFF OF DOUGLAS lief; judgment that COUNTY, KANSAS plaintiff’s lien is a first lien James B. Biggs, #14079 CAVANAUGH & LEMON, P.A. on the said real property and sale of said property to 2942A SW Wanamaker satisfy the indebtedness, Drive, Suite 100 said property described as Topeka, KS 66614 follows, to wit: (785) 440-4000 Attorneys for Plaintiff LOT 5, BLOCK 1, PEAK SUB________ DIVISION, A SUBDIVISION IN (First published in the Law- THE CITY OF LINWOOD, rence Daily Journal-World LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, November 30, 2011) KANSAS. Commonly known as 208 East 5th Ct, Linwood, Kelli Breer Kansas 66052 KOZENY & MCCUBBIN, L.C. Fairway Corporate Center and you are hereby re4220 Shawnee Mission quired to plead to said petiParkway, Suite 200B tion in said Court at LeavFairway, KS 66205 enworth, Kansas on or beemail: kbreer@km-law.com fore the 30th day of JanuK&M File Code: FRIJOBOA ary, 2012.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT

Case No. 11CV299 Court Number:

BOKF, NA dba Bank of Oklahoma, NA Plaintiff, vs.

Chase A. Smock, et al.

Defendants.

Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

Case No. 11CV467 Court Number:

NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby, Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate:

NOTICE OF SALE

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby, Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January Lot Two (2), Block One (1), 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the folJAHN’S REPLAT of a part of lowing real estate: Lots or Blocks 5, 6, 7 and 8, TANNER’S ADDITION to the The West 75 feet of Lot 9, City of Leavenworth, Leav- Block 3, PROGRESS, a Subenworth County, Kansas, division in the City of Lanscommonly known as 2840 ing, Leavenworth County, Broadway Terrace, Leaven- Kansas, commonly known worth, KS 66048 (the as 305 East Kay Street, Lansing, KS 66043 (the “Property”) “Property”) to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. to satisfy the judgment in above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made the without appraisement and The sale is to be made subject to the redemption without appraisement and period as provided by law, subject to the redemption and further subject to the period as provided by law, approval of the Court. For and further subject to the more information, visit approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com. www.Southlaw.com.

David Zoellner, Sheriff David Zoellner, Sheriff Leavenworth County, Leavenworth County, Kansas Kansas Prepared By: Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. South & Associates, P.C. Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Megan Cello (KS # 24167) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff Attorneys For Plaintiff (125096) (134365) ________ ________ (First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December (First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) 14, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT CIVIL DEPARTMENT Bank of America, N.A., sucBank of America, N.A. cessor by merger to BAC Plaintiff, Home Loans Servicing, LP vs. fka Countrywide Home Robert J. Welsh and Loans Servicing, LP Alice B. Welsh, et al.

Plaintiff, Defendants. vs.

Mary Arizmendi, et al.

Case No. 11CV447 Defendants.

Court Number: Case No. 11CV455 Pursuant to K.S.A. Court Number: Chapter 60 Pursuant to K.S.A. NOTICE OF SALE Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby, Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate:

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby, Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the folA tract of land in the Southlowing real estate: west 1/4 of Section 11, Lot 25, SHENANDOAH Township 12 South, Range HEIGHTS THIRD PLAT, a 20 East of the 6th P.A.L., desubdivision in the City of scribed as follows: BeginnLeavenworth, Leavenworth ing 412.50 feet North of the County, Kansas, commonly Southwest Corner of said known as 3810 Richmond Southwest 1/4 and running Drive, Leavenworth, KS thence east 415.30 feet; thence North 37 degrees 06’ 66048 (the “Property”) East 711.2 feet; thence West to satisfy the judgment in 844.50 feet; thence South the above-entitled case. 567.50 feet to the place of The sale is to be made Beginning, less any part without appraisement and thereof taken or used for And also subject to the redemption road purposes. period as provided by law, less the following tract: and further subject to the Commencing at the Southapproval of the Court. For west Corner of said Section more information, visit #1, thence North on the West line of said Section 11, www.Southlaw.com. a distance of 412.50 feet fro David Zoellner, Sheriff a point of beginning; thence East a distance of Leavenworth County, 415.30 feet thence North 37 Kansas degrees 06; 00” East a distance of 64.76 feet; thence West a distance of 454.36 Prepared By: feet to the West line of said South & Associates, P.C. Section 11; thence South on Kristen G. Stroehmann the West Line of said Sec(KS # 10551) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 tion 11 a distance of 51.65 feet to the point of beginnOverland Park, KS 66211 ing (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) MORE CORRECTLY DEAttorneys For Plaintiff SCRIBED AS: (134008) _______ A tract of land the South(First published in The Mir- west 1/4 of Section 11, ror, Wednesday, December Township 12 South, Range 20 East of the 6th P.M., in 14, 2011) Leavenworth County, KanIN THE DISTRICT COURT OF sas, described as follows: Beginning 412.50 feet North LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, of the Southwest Corner of KANSAS said Southwest 1/4 and CIVIL DEPARTMENT running thence east 415.30

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.

David Zoellner, Sheriff Leavenworth County, Kansas Prepared By: 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 (132233) ________ (First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1 Plaintiff, vs.

Becca Ayne Burgess and Tatjon A. Burgess, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 11CV474 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby, Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: LOT 14, BLOCK 3, STONECREEK ADDITION NO. 1, LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS, commonly known as 2141 Rock Creek Drive, Tonganoxie, KS 66086 (the “Property”) 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.

David Zoellner, Sheriff Leavenworth County, Kansas Prepared By: 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 (134581) ________ (First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH 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.

Errol P. Clark, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 11CV459 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd Floor Lobby, Leavenworth County, Kansas, on January 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate:

David Zoellner, Sheriff Leavenworth County, Kansas Prepared By: 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 (133948) _______

Case No. 11CV478 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auc(First published in The Mir- tion and sell to the highest ror, Wednesday, November bidder for cash in hand, at the Justice Center, 2nd 30, 2011) Floor Lobby, Leavenworth IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF County, Kansas, on January 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the folLEAVENWORTH COUNTY, lowing real estate: KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT LOT 5, HUNTERS RIDGE SUBDIVISION PHASE NO. 2, CITY Bank of America, N.A., OF LEAVENWORTH, LEAVPlaintiff, ENWORTH COUNTY, KANvs. SAS, commonly known as Kenneth Blair, et al.

3600 Winchester Drive, Defendants.

Leavenworth, KS 66048 (the “Property”) Case No. 11 CV 417 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

Title to Real Estate Involved NOTICE FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION The State of Kansas to Defendants: Kenneth Blair, John Doe, Mary Doe, 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 hereby notified that a Petition Quieting Title In Personal Property has been commenced against you in the Civil Court of Leavenworth County, the object and general nature of which is a Declaratory Judgment and Petition for Quiet Title regarding the following-described property:

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.

David Zoellner, Sheriff Leavenworth County, Kansas 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 (133527) _______ (First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December 7, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-FF11, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FF11 PLAINTIFF KRISTAN M. BRANSON DEFENDANTS Case No. 11CV545 Div. No. K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure NOTICE OF SUIT The State of Kansas to: KRISTAN M. BRANSON, A/K/A KRISTAN MICHELLE BRANSON, F/K/A KRISTAN M. GILMORE, F/K/A KRISTAN MICHELLE DIERSEN, F/K/A KRISTAN MICHELLE GILMORE; BILLY M. BRANSON, A/K/A BILLY MARTIN BRANSON, II; JOHN DOE (REAL NAME UNKNOWN); MARY DOE (REAL NAME UNKNOWN); GARY D. ROBINSON, A/K/A GARY DEAN ROBINSON; DLJ MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.

A tract of land in the Northwest Quarter of Section 8, Township 11 South, Range 22 East in Leavenworth County, Kansas being more fully described as follows: Beginning at a point that is N 89 degrees 21’53” W 223.75 feet from the Southeast Corner of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 8, thence N 89 degrees 21’53” W 254.15 feet; thence N 00 degrees 36’20” W 348.75 feet; thence S 89 degrees 21’53” E 477.90 feet; thence S 00 degrees 36’20” E 150.00 feet; thence No 89 degrees 21’53” W 223.75 feet; thence S 00 degrees and the unknown heirs, ex36’20” E 198.75 feet to the ecutors, administrators, point of beginning. devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of such of Plus the defendants as may be deceased; the unknown A tract of land in the North- spouses of the defendants; west Quarter of Section 8, the unknown officers, sucTownship 11 South, Range cessors, trustees, creditors 22 East in Leavenworth and assigns of such deCounty, Kansas, being more fendants as are existing, fully described as follows: dissolved or dormant corBeginning at a point that is porations; the unknown N 00 degrees 36’20” W guardians and trustees of 198.75 feet from the South- such of the defendants as east Corner of the North- are minors or are in anywest Quarter of said Sec- wise under legal disability; tion 8, thence N 89 degrees and all other persons who 21’53” W 208.75 feet; thence are or may be concerned: N 00 degrees 36’20” W 10.00 feet; thence S 89 degrees You are hereby notified 21’53” E 208.75 feet; thence that a petition has been S 00 degrees 36’20” E 10.00 filed in the District Court of feet to the point of beginn- Leavenworth County, Kaning., commonly known as sas, by Deutsche Bank Na18447 178th Street, Ton- tional Trust Company, As ganoxie, KS 66086 (“the Trustee For First Franklin Property”).

Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF11, Mortgage The names of all parties to Pass-Through Certificates, this action are stated in the Series 2006-FF11 for judgabove caption. The name ment in the sum of and address of the attor- $119,732.92, plus interest, neys for the Plaintiff is costs and other relief; judgAdrienne Strecker, South & ment that plaintiff’s lien is Associates, P.C., 6363 Col- a first lien on the said real lege Blvd., Suite 100, Over- property and sale of said land Park, MO 66211. property to satisfy the indebtedness, said property You are further notified described as follows, to that unless you file an an- wit: swer or other pleading or shall otherwise appear and LOTS 22 AND 23, LESS THAT defend against the afore- PART TAKEN FOR STREET, said petition within 45 days BLOCK 1, COUNTRY CLUB after the 10th day of Janu- ADDITION UNIT NO. 2, CITY ary, 2012 judgment by de- OF LANSING, LEAVENfault will be rendered WORTH COUNTY, KANSAS. against you.

Commonly known as 220 Highland Rd., Lansing, KanRespectfully submitted, sas 66043 /s/Adrienne Strecker South & Associates, P.C. and you are hereby reAdrienne Strecker quired to plead to said peti(KS # 23540) tion in said Court at Leav6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 enworth, Kansas on or beOverland Park, KS 66211 fore the 23rd day of Janu(913)663-7600, ext. 221 ary, 2012.

(913)663-7899 (Fax) Adrienne.strecker@southlaw.com Should you fail therein Attorneys for Plaintiff judgment and decree will File No. 94662 be entered in due course _______ upon said petition.

LOTS TWENTY-NINE (29) AND THIRTY (30), IN BLOCK NUMBERED FIVE (5) IN EW- (First published in The MirING, ROELOFSON ror, Wednesday, December AND COMPANY’S SUBDIVI- 14, 2011) SION OF THE CITY OF LEAVENWORTH, LEAVENWORTH IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF COUNTY, KANSAS, comLEAVENWORTH COUNTY, monly known as 1022 OtKANSAS tawa St, Leavenworth, KS CIVIL DEPARTMENT 66048 (the “Property”)

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

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You could argue that Pippa Middleton came into some folks’ consciousness this past spring when she looked rather pretty at the royal wedding. But if her chief claim to fame — make that “fascinating” fame — is being somebody’s sister, then she qualified for that role some years back.

And Donald Trump. Does anybody need to hear another syllable from this vain, vulgar serial bankrupt? His knack for transparent self-promotion drove most Republican presidential candidates to RSVP a “no thank you” to his “debate” invitation. Good for them. Barbara Walters should show as much good taste and good sense.

Don’t get me started on NBC’s groveling attitude toward “The Donald.” The network should have fired Trump and canceled his sclerotic “Apprentice” the second he associated himself with the racist “birther” movement. He has a First Amendment right to say stupid things, but NBC and its sponsors have no obligation to be associated with a jerk. ESPN cut its ties with Hank Williams Jr. just three days after he engaged in deranged jeremiads comparing the president to Hitler. And “Monday Night Football” has not suffered for it. The contrast in actions only reminds us that ESPN is a successful, well-run network and NBC is not. ‘‘Fascinating” shows like this make Walters, a pioneering journalist who has sat down with world leaders and recently interviewed Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, seem like just another uninspired hack, intent on promoting reality television exhibitionists. Leave that to Jay Leno. Seriously, if the choice comes down to retirement versus another interview with a Kardashian, Walters should choose retirement. That would be a fascinating move.

Tonight’s other highlights

Finalists sing to survive on “The X Factor” (7 p.m., Fox).

A biology teacher (Jason Alexander) finds religion and loses his job on “Harry’s Law” (8 p.m., NBC).

Any major dude will tell you on “Modern Family” (8 p.m., ABC)

A corpse in a doctor’s bedroom raises questions on “CSI” (9 p.m., CBS).

A mail-order bride’s death is investigated on “Law & Order: SVU” (9 p.m., NBC).

Vivien’s blessed event requires some house cleaning on “American Horror Story” (9 p.m., FX).

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SOMETHING’S FISHY By Henry Quarters

Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy E. Parker December 14, 2011

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and you will allow more of your impulsive spirit to emerge. Many people delight in your resilient and changing personality. Tonight: Enjoy the popularity.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) You delight in the holiday season, if you can give as you would like to. Drop the need to give so much on a material level. Tonight: Share a favorite dessert.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) The Force is with you once more. Your creativity soars. Tonight: Whatever makes the Lion purr.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) Listen to what is being suggested by various people. You probably need some time before making a decision. Tonight: Not to be found.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You like people. You like being with your friends. You think anything is possible when you are in your upbeat mood. Tonight: Join friends at a favorite spot.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Open up to being more experimental than in the past. Understand your limits and what

you feel you can no longer do. Tonight: Revise your holiday list.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21) Your mind seems to be anywhere but on the topic at hand.

Reining in your imagination could be close to impossible. Tonight: The world is your oyster.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Make time to pull back and handle a personal matter. Your ability to move in a new direction depends on your ability to recharge your batteries.

Tonight: Vanish while you can.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Friends and associates seek you out.

Don’t cancel a meeting just to give yourself some space. Tonight: Where your friends are.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) You might be left holding the bag on a very important project. Don’t forget to take care of yourself. Tonight: Put your feet up. You deserve a break.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

BIRTHDAYS Jazz musician Clark Terry is 91. Singer-actress Abbe Lane is 80. Actor Hal Williams is 73.

Actress-singer Jane Birkin is 65. Actress Patty Duke is 65. Pop singer Joyce Vincent-Wilson (Tony Orlando and Dawn) is 65.

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

— Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190 Chicago, IL 60611.

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS For Wednesday, Dec. 14: Some years are easier than others. This year, you seem to flow more easily.

You could have upsets, but the way you handle situations changes radically. If you are single, someone quite dashing, exciting and different whirls into your life. What you do with this person is your choice.

If you are attached, you enter a very dynamic year together. Opt for a special, long-talked-about vacation. Leo brings out your enthusiasm.

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) Let spontaneity be your guide. The extra enthusiasm that stems from accepting impulsiveness makes you smile. Tonight: Center of your universe.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) If you really would like to have a home-based business, start the process now. A partner or a potential co-worker expresses interest in joining you. Tonight: Where the action is.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Read Aries,

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intentions, chances are your complaints could get her fired.

We still think this is something best handled by the school and the parents, and we are certain they either know about her inadequate English skills or find them to be less important than her other attributes.

Marcy Sugar and Kathy Mitchell

Another year, another horrible Barbara Walters special!

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Entertainment executive Michael Ovitz is 65. Actress Dee Wallace is 63.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Ronnie McNeir (The Four Tops) is 62. Rock musician Cliff Williams (AC/DC) is 62. Actor-comedian T.K. Carter is 55. Rock singer-

ACROSS 1 Throw with great effort 6 Received 9 Like some wits or cheeses 14 Harold who composed “Over the Rainbow” 15 Stat for a clean-up hitter 16 Bear’s treat 17 Saber fish?

19 Rarin’ to go 20 Altoids containers 21 Sculpture material, sometimes 22 Alla ___ (cut time, in music) 23 Down greedily 25 Fluffy scarf 27 “Superman” baddie Luthor 28 Amazonian shocker 29 Hawaiian porch 31 Large lunch sandwich, for short 34 Done before an operation 38 Heel wheel 40 Take in, as a movie 41 Yard neatener’s tool 42 Like overt crimes 47 Young male 48 Immunesystem unit 49 Shepherd’s

devilish 12 “Superman” actor Christopher 13 Beaker material 18 Princeton mascot 24 Salesman, briefly 25 Aristocratic 26 It may go for a dip in the ocean 30 Every breath you take 31 180 degrees from NNE 32 Certain news agency (Abbr.)

33 Swimming stroke 35 ___ of Galilee 36 “Alias” equivalent 37 Batted first (with “off”) 39 GOP fundraising org.

43 Spooky to

milieu 50 Poetic work 52 “King of the Cowboys” Rogers 53 Footrest 58 ___ Gras 60 “The Iron Horse” Gehrig 61 “___Jail” (Monopoly directive) 62 1966 Michael Caine title role 63 Colorful squawker 65 Wheels at sea 66 Grow older 67 Pasta in tubes 68 Up until now 69 Peas’ package 70 A lot of assessments?

DOWN 1 Cause of waste?

2 “Desert Fox” Rommel 3 “All ___ the Watchtower” (Jimi Hendrix hit) 4 Left page, in a manuscript 5 Beginning’s counterpart 6 Without poise 7 Theater award 8 Up to, briefly 9 “Whole” thing 10 Coating of frost 11 Opposite of

the max 44 ___-mo (replay feature) 45 Rain more gently 46 “Put some meat on those bones!”

50 Largest city of Nebraska 51 Evans and Carnegie 54 Baddies in many bedtime stories 55 Daybreaks, poetically 56 When the mouse ran down the clock 57 Classroom jottings 59 Two-fifths of one quarter 60 Building block for kids 63 Music style 64 “Great” creature

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by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

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Dear Annie: My husband and I have noticed that his sister’s husband has been rather cool to us for quite some time.

We can barely get a civil hello from him at family events, yet he is warm and friendly to others. To the best of our knowledge, we have not done or said anything that would warrant the cold shoulder.

My husband and I have many friends and are wellrespected in our community.

We have tried not to let his attitude bother us, but it hurts.

We live in the same community and attend the same church, so avoiding him is not an option. He recently was a no-show at a family gathering at our home. My husband mentioned this to another relative and was told that it was because of me.

I was dumbfounded. I have no clue why he dislikes me.

We have never argued or had an unpleasant incident. I would apologize in a minute if I only knew what for. What can I do? — Clueless Dear Clueless: It’s possible that your brother-in-law misinterpreted something that happened involving you, and the only way to clear it up is to find out what occurred.

Your husband can speak to his brother-in-law (or his sister) privately, say you are mortified that you may have done something to offend him and

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

Answer here:

musician Mike Scott (The Waterboys) is 53. Singermusician Peter “Spider” Stacy (The Pogues) is 53.

Actress Cynthia Gibb is 48. Actress Natascha McElhone is 42. Actresscomedian Michaela Watkins is 40.

Yesterday’s

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: SKUNK PLUMP INJURY DECADE Answer: He didn’t earn the knot-tying badge because he was this — A SLACKER

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USED FOR ROAD PURPOSES, IN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS. Commonly known as 19890 McLouth Road, Tonganoxie, Kansas 66086

Book 994, Page 1933 in the real estate records of Leavenworth County, Kansas, related to the following property: LOT 8, SKYWALKER HEIGHTS, CITY OF LEAVENWORTH, LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS.

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.

the treatment works as determined by water meter(s) acceptable to the City.

and you are hereby re(First published in The Mir- quired to plead to said petiror, Wednesday, December tion in said Court at Leavenworth, Kansas on or be14, 2011) fore the 16th day of JanuIN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ary, 2012.

LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, Should you fail therein KANSAS judgment and decree will CIVIL DEPARTMENT be entered in due course The Bank of New York Mel- upon said petition. lon fka The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO Certificateholders CWABS, COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY OBTAINED Inc., Asset-Backed Certifi- INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THAT cates, Series 2005-14 PURPOSE. Plaintiff, vs.

Kimberly M. McCarbrey and SHAPIRO & MOCK, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff Robert A. Reed, et al.

6310 Lamar - Suite 235 Defendants.

Overland Park, KS 66202 (913)831-3000 Case No. 11CV483 Fax No. (913)831-3320 Court Number: Our File No. 11-003129/kv _______ Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 (First published in The MirNOTICE OF SALE ror, Wednesday, December 7, 2011) Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF by the Clerk of the District LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, Court of Leavenworth KANSAS County, Kansas, the under- CIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT signed Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, will GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, offer for sale at public aucPlaintiff, tion and sell to the highest vs. bidder for cash in hand, at JAMES A. MANGRAM A/K/A the Justice Center, 2nd JAMES ALLAN MANGRAM; Floor Lobby, Leavenworth ROSA MANGRAM A/K/A County, Kansas, on January ROSA P. MANGRAM and 5, 2012, at 10:00 AM, the fol- JOHN DOE/JANE DOE, lowing real estate: Defendants.

ants 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.

6310 Lamar - Suite 235 Overland Park, KS 66202 (913)831-3000 Fax No. (913)831-3320 Our File No. 11-002775/kv ________

ALL OF LOTS 35, 36, 37 AND A PART OF LOT 38, BLOCK 16, CENTRAL SUBDIVISION, CITY OF LEAVENWORTH, LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS, MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 35, SAID POINT ALSO BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF 1OTH AND CHEROKEE STREETS; THENCE SOUTH 89° 47’ 20” EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 125.00 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 35; THENCE SOUTH 00° 00’ 00” EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 94.00 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOTS; THENCE NORTH 89° 47’ 20” WEST FORA DISTANCE OF 125.00 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF LOT 38; THENCE NORTH 00° 00” 00” EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 94.00 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOTS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, commonly known as 303-305 South 10th Street, Leavenworth, KS 66048 (the “Property”) 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.

Case No. 11 CV 559 Court No. Title to Real Estate Involved NOTICE OF SUIT STATE OF KANSAS to the above named Defendants and all other persons who are or may be concerned: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Petition for Mortgage Foreclosure has been filed in the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas by Green Tree Servicing LLC, praying for foreclosure of certain real property legally described as follows: LOTS 1 AND 2, BLOCK 1, REASER`S SUBDIVISION OF LOT NUMBER TWELVE CLARK`S ADDITION OF OUT LOTS, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF LEAVENWORTH, LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS, (“PROPERTY”) and for a judgment against Defendant James A. Mangram and any other interested parties and you are hereby required to plead to the Petition for Foreclosure on or before January 18, 2012 at Leavenworth County, Kansas.

If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the request of plaintiff.

David Zoellner, Sheriff Respectfully submitted, Leavenworth County, Kansas MARTIN, LEIGH, LAWS & FRITZLEN, P.C. Prepared By: Beverly M. Weber KS South & Associates, P.C. #20570 Megan Cello (KS # 24167) Sara N. Faubion KS 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 #24865 Overland Park, KS 66211 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) MARTIN, LEIGH, LAWS & Attorneys For Plaintiff FRITZLEN, P.C. IS ATTEMPT(134754) ING TO COLLECT A DEBT _______ AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR (First published in The Mir- THAT PURPOSE. ror, Wednesday, November 30, 2011) (Mangram, 5613.132) 12/7, 12/14, 12/21 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ________ LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS (First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, November WELLS FARGO BANK, NA 30, 2011) PLAINTIFF Kelli Breer DANIEL E. THURSTON KOZENY & MCCUBBIN, L.C. DEFENDANTS Fairway Corporate Center 4220 Shawnee Mission Case No. 11CV558 Parkway, Suite 200B Div. No. Fairway, KS 66205 K.S.A. 60 email: kbreer@km-law.com Mortgage K&M File Code: BERANCOU Foreclosure IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF NOTICE OF SUIT LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS The State of Kansas to: DANIEL E. THURSTON; THE BANK OF NEW YORK JENNY M. THURSTON, A/K/A MELLON FKA THE BANK OF JENNY THURSTON; JOHN NEW YORK,AS TRUSTEE FOR DOE (REAL NAME UN- THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS KNOWN); MARY DOE (REAL OF THE CWABS, INC., NAME UNKNOWN) ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-18, and the unknown heirs, exPlaintiff, ecutors, administrators, vs. devisees, trustees, credi- Angella D Berg AKA Angella tors, and assigns of such of D McEachern AKA Angella the defendants as may be Dawn Tulette AKA Angella D deceased; the unknown Stephansen-Fitzgerald AKA spouses of the defendants; Angella D Tulette AKA Anthe unknown officers, suc- gella Berg and Christopher cessors, trustees, creditors A Berg AKA Christopher and assigns of such de- Berg AKA Christopher A fendants as are existing, Eady AKA Chris A Berg, et dissolved or dormant cor- al., porations; the unknown Defendants. guardians and trustees of such of the defendants as Case No. 11CV563 are minors or are in anywise under legal disability; K.S.A. 60 and all other persons who Mortgage Foreclosure are or may be concerned: (Title to Real Estate Involved) You are hereby notified that a petition has been NOTICE OF SUIT filed in the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kan- THE STATE OF KANSAS to: sas, by Wells Fargo Bank, Christopher A Berg AKA Na for judgment in the sum Christopher Berg AKA of $242,357.27, plus interest, Christopher A Eady AKA costs and other relief; judg- Chris A Berg; Unknown ment that plaintiff’s lien is Spouse of Christopher A a first lien on the said real Berg AKA Christopher Berg property and sale of said AKA Christopher A Eady property to satisfy the in- AKA Chris A Berg; and debtedness, said property Countrywide Home Loans, described as follows, to Inc., Defendants, and all wit: other persons who are or may be concerned: A TRACT OF LAND IN THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SEC- YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED: TION 31, TOWNSHIP 10 That a Petition has been SOUTH, RANGE 21 EAST, filed in the District Court of MORE PARTICULARLY DE- Leavenworth County, KanSCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: sas, Case No. 11CV563 by THE BANK OF NEW YORK COMMENCING AT THE MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NORTHWEST CORNER OF NEW YORK,AS TRUSTEE FOR THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SAID SECTION 31; THENCE OF THE CWABS, INC., SOUTH 00 DEGREES WEST ASSET-BACKED CERTIFI615.83 FEET ALONG THE CATES, SERIES 2006-18, SECTION LINE TO THE POINT praying for foreclosure of a OF BEGINNING OF THIS mortgage executed by AnTRACT; THENCE NORTH 87 gella D Berg AKA Angella D DEGREES 26’14” EAST 748.75 McEachern AKA Angella FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DE- Dawn Tulette AKA Angella D GREES WEST 407.65 FEET; Stephansen-Fitzgerald AKA THENCE SOUTH 90 DEGREES Angella D Tulette AKA AnWEST 748.00 FEET; THENCE gella Berg and Christopher NORTH 00 DEGREES EAST A Berg AKA Christopher 374.17 FEET TO THE POINT Berg AKA Christopher A OF BEGINNING, LESS ANY Eady AKA Chris A Berg on PART THEREOF TAKEN OR 09/25/2006 and recorded in

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You are hereby required to plead to the Petition on or before January 12, 2012 in the court at Leavenworth County, Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition.

NOTICE TO BORROWER: If you wish to dispute the validity of all or any portion of this debt, or would like the name and address of the original creditor, you must advise us in writing within thirty (30) days of the first notice you receive from us. Otherwise, we will assume the entire debt to be valid. This is an attempt to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Respectfully Submitted, By: Kelli Breer, KS Ct. #17851 KOZENY & MCCUBBIN, L.C. Fairway Corporate Center 4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Suite 200B Fairway, KS 66205 Phone: (913) 677-0253 Fax: (913) 831-6014 email: kbreer@km-law.com K&M File Code: BERANCOU _______ (First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-6 Plaintiff, vs.

Sheila K. Kelly a/k/a Sheila J. Kelly; Ronald K. Kelly, Defendants.

Case No. 11CV605 Court Number: Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SUIT

You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, praying to foreclose a real estate mortgage on the following described real estate: Part of Lot 7, Block 3, SOUTH PARK TOWNHOME SUBDIVISION, in the City of Tonganoxie, Leavenworth County, Kansas, described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot 7, thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 43 seconds East (meas & plat) along the North line of said Lot 7, 38.97 feet; thence South 0 degrees 03 minutes 27 seconds West, 120.49 feet to the South line of said Lot 7; thence North 89 degrees 50 minutes 23 seconds West (meas) North 89 degrees 48 minutes 43 seconds West (plat) along the South line of said Lot 1,38.82 feet to the Southwest corner of said Lot 7, thence North 0 degrees 07 minutes 42 seconds West (meas) North 0 degrees 04 minutes 27 seconds West (plat) along the West line of said Lot 7, 120.51 feet (meas) 120.50 feet (plat) to the point of beginning ALSO MORE CORRECTLY DESCRIBED AS: Part of Lot 7, Block 3, SOUTH PARK TOWNHOME SUBDIVISION, in the City of Tonganoxie, Leavenworth County, Kansas, described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot 7, thence South 90 degrees 48 minutes 43 seconds East (meas & plat) along the North line of said Lot 7, 38.97 feet; thence South 0 degrees 03 minutes 27 seconds West, 120.49 feet to the South line of said Lot 7; thence North 89 degrees 50 minutes 23 seconds West (meas) North 89 degrees 48 minutes 43 seconds West (plat) along the South line of said Lot 7,38.82 feet to the Southwest corner of said Lot 7, thence North 0 degrees 07 minutes 42 seconds West (meas) North 0 degrees 04 minutes 27 seconds West (plat) along the West line of said Lot 7, 120.51 feet (meas) 120.50 feet (plat) to the point of beginning, commonly known as 2010 Jackson Dr, Tonganoxie, KS 66086 (the “Property”)

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 and all those defendants may be concerned. who have not otherwise You are notified that a Peti- been served are required to tion has been filed in the plead to the Petition on or District Court of Leaven- before the 17th day of Januworth County, Kansas, ary, 2012, in the District of Leavenworth praying to foreclose a real Court estate mortgage on the fol- County,Kansas. If you fail lowing described real es- to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due tate: course upon the Petition.

Lot 26, ROLLING MEADOWS NOTICE SUBDIVISION NO. 2, City of Leavenworth, Leaven- Pursuant to the Fair Debt worth County, Kansas, Collection Practices Act, 15 commonly known as 1901 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no inforEvergreen Street, Leaven- mation concerning the colworth, KS 66048 (the lection of this debt may be given without the prior con“Property”) sent of the consumer given and all those defendants directly to the debt collecwho have not otherwise tor or the express permisbeen served are required to sion of a court of compeplead to the Petition on or tent jurisdiction. The debt before the 24th day of Janu- collector is attempting to ary, 2012, in the District collect a debt and any inCourt of Leavenworth formation obtained will be County,Kansas. If you fail used for that purpose. to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. course upon the Petition.

Megan Cello (KS # 24167) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 NOTICE Pursuant to the Fair Debt Overland Park, KS 66211 Collection Practices Act, 15 (913)663-7600 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no infor- (913)663-7899 (Fax) mation concerning the col- Attorneys For Plaintiff lection of this debt may be (137628) _______ given without the prior consent of the consumer given (First published in The Mirdirectly to the debt collector or the express permis- ror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) sion of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, collect a debt and any inKANSAS formation obtained will be CIVIL DEPARTMENT used for that purpose.

Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP Plaintiff, vs.

Kit Coggburn; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Unknown spouse, if any, of _______ Kit Coggburn; Bank of (First published in The MirAmerica Home Loans, ror, Wednesday, December Defendants.

7, 2011) Case No. 11CV631 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Court Number: LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS Pursuant to K.S.A. CIVIL DEPARTMENT Chapter 60 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 (62674)

Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP Plaintiff, vs.

Rita Colleen Price; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/ Occupant); Unknown spouse, if any, of Rita Colleen Price, Defendants.

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 asCase No. 11CV619 signs of any defendants Court Number: that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; Pursuant to K.S.A. the unknown executors, adChapter 60 ministrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, succesNOTICE OF SUIT sors and assigns of any defendants that are or were THE STATE OF KANSAS, to partners or in partnership; the above-named defend- the unknown guardians,

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You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, praying to foreclose a real estate mortgage on the following described real estate: Lot 9, Walnut Grove, City of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, commonly known as 1717 Michael Street, Leavenworth, KS 66048 (the “Property”) and all those defendants who have not otherwise been served are required to plead to the Petition on or before the 24th day of January, 2012, in the District Court of Leavenworth County,Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

NOTICE Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt 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.

Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. Kristen G. Stroehmann (KS # 10551) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff (131197) _______

(First published in The Mirror, Wednesday, December 14, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT

B.For residential contributors, monthly user charges will be based on average monthly water usage billed during the months of November, December, and January. Until a residential contributor has established a November, December, January average, his monthly user charge shall be the median charge of all other residential contributors. Note: Churches and religious institutions will be billed under the residential classification.

C.For industrial and commercial contributors, user charges shall be based on water used during the current month for which the sanitary sewer charge is incurred. If a commercial or industrial contributor has a consumptive use of water, or in some other manner uses water which is not returned to the wastewater collection system, the use charge for that contributor may be based on a separate water meter installed and maintained at the contributor’s expense, in a manner acceptable to the City.

D.The minimum monthly charge shall be $12.39 and shall be payment for 0 gallons to 1000 gallons of water used as determined in the preceding sections B and C. In addition, each contributor shall pay a charge for operation and maintenance, including replacement, of $3.62 per additional 1000 gallons of water used as determined in the preceding sections B and C. Section 2. Publication and effective date. That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in the Mirror, the official newspaper for the City and shall be effective with the January 2012 water bills.

Section 3. Repeal. That Ordinance No. 1198 is hereby repealed.

PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF TONGANOXIE, KANSAS, ON THIS 12th DAY OF DECEMBER, 2011.

HSBC Bank USA, N.A. as Trustee for the registered holders of the Renaissance Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-4, Plaintiff, vs.

Justin E. Oshel, et al.

Defendants.

/s/ Jason K. Ward Jason K. Ward, Mayor

Case No: 2011CV378 Division:

(First published in Chieftain, Thursday, cember 15, 2011)

Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 (Title to Real Estate Involved) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, to me, the undersigned Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, I will, pursuant to K.S.A. 60-2410, offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at 10:00 a.m. on January 5, 2012, in the 2nd Floor Lobby of the Justice Center, 601 S. 3rd Street, in the City of Leavenworth, State of Kansas, the following described real located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, to wit:

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ATTEST: /s/ Kathy Y. Bard Kathy Y. Bard, City Clerk ________

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee on behalf of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust and for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-HE4, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Plaintiff, vs.

Don Baer, et al.

Defendants.

Case No: 11CV1643 Division: 6 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 (Title to Real Estate Involved)

LOTS ONE (2), BLOCK TOWN OF ENWORTH SAS.

(1) AND TWO NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE EIGHTEEN (18), EASTON, LEAV- Under and by virtue of an COUNTY, KAN- Order of Sale issued by the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, to me, the More commonly known as: undersigned Sheriff of Wy201 Kickapoo St, Easton, andotte County, Kansas, I Kansas 66020; will, pursuant to K.S.A. 60-2410, offer for sale at to satisfy the judgment, public auction and sell to fully or partially, in the the highest bidder for cash above-entitled case.

The in hand, at 10:00 a.m. on sale is made without ap- January 10, 2012, on the praisement and is subject first floor of the Wyanto the redemption period dotte County Courthouse, as provided by law and is State of Kansas the followfurther subject to approval ing described real located by the Court. in Wyandotte County, Kansas, to wit: FROM: THE SHERIFF OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, LOT 64, CRESTVIEW HOMES KANSAS ADDITION, A SUBDIVISION IN KANSAS CITY, WYANBY: DOTTE COUNTY, KANSAS. THE BOYD LAW GROUP, L.C. Michael E. Boyd, #21325 More commonly known as: Keli N. Robertson, #23399 5018 August Court, Kansas 300 St. Peters Centre Blvd., City, Kansas 66106; Ste. 230 Saint Peters, MO 63376 to satisfy the judgment, Telephone: (636) 447-8500 fully or partially, in the Fax: (636) 447-8505 above-entitled case.

The ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF sale is made without ap12/14, 12/21, 12/28 praisement and is subject to the redemption period ________ as provided by law and is further subject to approval (Published in The Mirror, by the Court.

Wednesday, December 14, FROM: THE SHERIFF OF WY2011) ANDOTTE COUNTY, KANSAS ORDINANCE NO. 1330 BY: AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISH- THE BOYD LAW GROUP, L.C. ING A SEWER USER CHARGE Michael E. Boyd, #21325 SYSTEM BY AMENDING THE Keli N. Robertson, #23399 RATES CHARGED FOR 300 St. Peters Centre Blvd., SEWER USAGE AND REPEAL- Ste. 230 Saint Peters, MO 63376 ING ORDINANCE NO. 1198.

Telephone: (636) 447-8500 WHEREAS, the City of Ton- Fax: (636) 447-8505 ganoxie, Kansas operates a ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF wastewater treatment Be advised that this firm is works, and a debt collector. This is an WHEREAS, the costs of ma- attempt to collect a debt terial and labor and the and any information obcosts associated with oper- tained will be used for that ating a sewer utility plant purpose. have increased to where ________ the City cannot continue to adequately operate the City-owned wastewater treatment facility and sewer collection system on the present sewer rate, thereby requiring that the rates shall be amended.

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