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“Our proposal is a modern formula that will provide districts the flexibility that is necessary to meet today’s challenges, prepare tomorrow’s opportunities and excel in education,”

By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com

TOPEKA — A huge battle over school funding started Wednesday as Gov. Sam Brownback unveiled a finance overhaul that would let local taxpayers raise

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But Brownback’s plan quickly came under fire. Advocates for school funding said the proposal failed to restore cuts, that it would spread dollars in an unequal manner and would result

in some districts being left in the dust.

“Under the Brownback plan, school funding will be permanently locked in at an inadequately low level despite increasing state revenue,” said Karen Godfrey, vice president

of the Kansas NEA. “There will be no adjustments for increases due to inflation. If there’s any change in a school’s demographics, Brownback is saying, ‘too bad,’” she said.

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Spreading Christmas joy

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TWO-YEAR-OLD ALLISON GRIMM ENTERTAINS HERSELF with a couple of bears pulled from the piles of toys Wednesday during The Salvation Army’s Christmas Joy shop at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. “It really, really does help. Sometimes you just can’t make enough,” said her mother, Alicia Grimm. Registered families were able to shop for their children from a selection of new toys, many of which were donated or purchased by The Salvation Army, during appointed times. The event continues today until noon for already-registered families. See the video at LJWorld.com.

Shawnee officer interrupts twins’ apparent suicide pact

By Sara Shepherd sshepherd@theworldco.net

SHAWNEE — The twins were slumped in the front seats, exhaust pouring into the driver’sside window through a garden hose duct-taped to the tailpipe.

It was their 31st birthday.

Shawnee Police Officer Nick

Shurmantine believes both men would have been dead in minutes had he not come across their car.

“I think I was their guardian angel (Tuesday) night,” Shurmantine said.

On Wednesday, Shurmantine told reporters he was glad he interrupted the men’s suicide at-

tempt — as a police officer, he said, it’s his job to protect life.

But he was left wondering why they did what they did.

“That’s the question I want answered more than anything,” he said. “But I don’t think I’ll ever know.”

Shurmantine, a three-year veteran of the police depart-

ment, was nearing the end of his shift Tuesday night when he decided to make one last pass through a neighborhood where copper thieves have been targeting partially constructed homes.

About 9:15 p.m. he spotted the car running in the driveway of an Please see SUICIDE, page 2A Shurmantine

TOPEKA — State higher education officials on Wednesday called on Kansas University to change its student admission standards so it can improve its national academic rankings and maintain membership in the Association of American Universities.

“A more comprehensive admissions policy would enhance KU’s reputation, and reputation is important in maintaining this critically important membership,” said Kansas Board of Regents member Fred Logan Jr. On Logan’s motion, the Gray-Little board directed KU to come back in the spring with a proposed admissions policy focused on improving retention and graduation rates and keeping more academically talented students in the state.

Logan said a new policy “need not be about restricting access to KU; it should be viewed as an opportunity to give students, teachers and parents a clear picture about what is expected to succeed at KU.” The board Please see REGENTS, page 2A

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As anti-bullying efforts evolve, ‘data drives decisions’ in schools

By Mark Fagan mfagan@ljworld.com

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

University researchers test innovative programs. State officials gather data. School administrators train educators, educate students and raise awareness.

For leaders in the Lawrence school district, the ongoing drive to prevent and manage bullying problems means looking to such places and beyond for opportunities that could lead to effective change.

“We’re always trying to

intervention services.

As district schools administer their own plans, Harrell is among administrators statewide set to receive information intended to help guide decisions about how and where to address bullying problems.

Beginning this academic year, the state is mandating that each school track and report the number of bullying incidents occurring on campus and during school events.

Those numbers, in turn, will be

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improve,” said Rick Ingram, a member of the Lawrence school board.

All schools in the state are required to have anti-bullying plans in place, both to educate students in what to look out for and to train teachers and other employees how to handle bullying problems. Such plans also strive to prevent problems before they can begin.

“It does seem to work pretty well right now,” said Kevin Harrell, who oversees districtwide bullying issues as division director for student

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PATRICIA HAWLEY participates in a lab meeting with graduate student researchers Dec. 8. Hawley, a Kansas University professor of developmental psychology, is part of a KU team working on KiVa, an anti-bullying program developed in Finland. Hawley and other researchers are translating the program for U.S. use and will be testing it with some fourth- and fifth-graders in Lawrence schools next year.

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DEATHS HAROLD HEINRICH A memorial service for Harold Heinrich, 80, Alachua, Fla., formerly of Vinland, will be held at a later date.

Mr. Heinrich died Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, at his residence.

SKYLER JAMES BARBEE Memorial services for Skyler James Barbee, 25, Atchison, formerly of Lawrence, will be at 1:30 p.m.

Saturday at Victory Bible

Church, 1942 Mass.

Mr. Barbee, the grandson of the Rev. Leo Barbee Jr., Lawrence, died Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, in Atchison.

DONALD DUANE WILLSON A memorial celebration of life visitation for Donald Duane “Don” Willson, 70, Lawrence, will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home and Crematory.

Mr. Willson died Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, of heart failure at Lawrence Willson Memorial Hospital.

He was born Aug. 21, 1941, in Hoisington, the son of Lawrence and Pearle Thoman Willson.

Mr. Willson attended schools in Hoisington and Ellinwood, and graduated from Winfield High School in 1959. He later graduated from Southwestern College in Winfield in 1963 with a bachelor’s degree in math education. He went on to earn his first master’s degree in mathematics from Pittsburg State University in 1971 and a second master’s in school administration from Wichita State University.

Mr. Willson spent 45 years as a public school educator in Kansas and Colorado. He taught math for many years in Newton and Lawrence, as well as Washburn University and Ottawa University. Mr. Willson was an assistant principal, athletic director, principal and assistant school superintendent, eventually retiring

SCHMIDT Memorial service for Margaret “Sue” Schmidt, 68, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 21, at First United Methodist Church – West Campus.

She died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.

She was born Feb. Schmidt 27, 1943, in Bartlesville, Okla., the daughter of Jesse and Gena Chichester Salisbury.

She was a secondary school teacher in biology and physical science for Holmes High School in San Antonio for 24 years. She received an M.P.H. from the University of Texas Health Science Center and an M.S. from Avila College.

She served as an elder for Forest Hills Presbyterian Church in Helotes, Texas. She was an active member of Oxford United

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unfinished home in the 6100 block of Clearcreek Parkway.

Shurmantine’s first guess was thieves. But he didn’t see movement on the property or flashlights in the house, he wrote in his report. As he got closer to the car he noticed the garden hose, then shined his light inside and saw the unconscious men.

“It went from being ‘I’m going to catch some criminals in the act’ to saving someone,” Shurmantine said.

“It’s an instant switch.”

Shurmantine, who said he spent five years as an emergency medical technician before becoming a police officer, pulled open the driver’s-side door to let in fresh air and checked the men’s carotid arteries for pulses. Both were very weak.

He shook the men and yelled

as superintendent of schools in Concordia. After retiring, he taught math at Free State High School. He was a member of Rotary Club, a Paul Harris fellow, member of the Elks Club, and served as president of the National Association of Athletic Directors from 1978-79. He was a former head high school and college football coach, and a high school wrestling coach. He was an avid 30-year Canadian fisherman, enjoyed traveling adventures and 14 cruise vacations, and was an avid Kansas University Jayhawk fan.

He married Carol Otto in 1964, and together they had three children. He later married Gay Gregg in 1982. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include three children, Sheri Burge and husband Chris, Overland Park, Debbi Croxton, Kansas City, Mo., and Brad Willson and wife Lesley, Overland Park; two brothers, Wayne, Weatherford, Okla., and Garrell, Loveland, Colo.; and 14 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and grandparents Lorena and Clyde Thoman and Ida and Floyd Willson.

Because Mr. Willson was a child polio survivor, the family suggests memorials to the Rotary International Polio Plus Program, sent in care of the funeral home, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS 66044.

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

FLOYD M. HUBBEL Funeral services for Floyd M. Hubbel, 87, Basehor, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Basehor United Methodist Church, 18660 158th St., Basehor. Burial will be in Hubbel Hill Cemetery, Ton-

ROBIN FRANCES POTTORF Funeral services for Robin Frances Pottorf, 51, Oskaloosa, are pending at Barnett Family Funeral Home in Oskaloosa. Burial will be at

Pleasant View Cemetery.

She died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, at her home after a long fight with cancer.

County grants OK for museum addition

By Mark Fagan mfagan@ljworld.com

DANNY L. COYNE

The Clinton Lake Historical Society doesn’t need to Mr. Coyne died Wedneshire a consultant or compile a day, Dec. 14, 2011, at St. master plan or seek out ways Luke’s Hospital in Kansas to generate grants from the City, Mo. National Endowment for the Humanities or anyone else.

No, the society can go ahead and spend a $20,000 heritage grant the way its leaders would YNCH RIFFIN prefer: to help add a room for storage, research and exhibits Connecticut State Library. at the Wakarusa River Valley Mrs. Griffin, a retired Heritage Museum in Bloominglibrarian, enjoyed talking ton Park East at Clinton Lake. politics, keeping up with Douglas County commisher Elms classmates and sioners previously had apLawrence, Kan., friends, proved the $20,000 grant to finding a good mystery to go toward consulting serread, and volunteering for vices, to help the society take Beacon Hill Village. stock of its museum and plan Survivors include a son, for future growth and susStephen M. Griffin, Mantainable operations. deville, La.; two daughters, But that’s not what the soAnne E. Griffin, Boston, and ciety wanted. And WednesAngela C. Griffin, Lawrence; day evening, commissiona granddaughter, Christina ers honored those wishes, S. Griffin; a brother, David amending the grant award to M. Lynch, Dallas; and a let the society put the money sister, Margaret A. Lynch, toward expanding the former Naples, Fla. milk shed it has outgrown.

She was preceded in death “We’re here to help them, by her husband, Clifford S. not to dictate to them,” said Griffin; a brother, John B. Jim Flory, commission chairLynch; and her parents. man, stating his case for changThe family suggests ing the grant restrictions. “To memorials to the College of me, it’s the right thing to do.”

Our Lady of the Elms, 291 The society’s grant is part Springfield St., Chicopee, of nearly $300,000 awarded MA 01013. by commissioners to help preThe Corridan Funeral serve the county’s cultural and Home, 333 Springfield St., natural heritage. The commisChicopee, was in charge of sion had relied on an appointed the arrangements.

Heritage Conservation Council to review grant applications and recommend how to spend up to $350,000 in tax money.

Services for Danny L. Coyne, 67, Lecompton, are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

MARIANNE (L Mass of Christian Burial for Marianne (Lynch) Griffin, 81, Boston, was Dec. 5 at the College of Our Lady of the Elms Chapel in Chicopee, Mass. Burial followed in St. Patrick’s Cemetery.

Mrs. Griffin died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011.

She was born July 31, 1930, in Springfield, Mass., the daughter of Michael J. and Mary C. (Sullivan) Lynch.

She was raised in the western Massachusetts area and was educated in the local schools, receiving a bachelor’s degree from the College of Our Lady of the Elms. Mrs. Griffin continued her education at Boston College, where she was awarded a master’s degree in history, and later earned a master’s degree in library science from Emporia State University.

Her employment as a librarian included working for Kansas University (1969-1979), law firms in Kansas City, Mo., and Providence, R.I., and the

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THEODORA B. ‘THEO’ PUCKETT

Funeral services for SERVICES Theodora B. “Theo” Puckett, 91, Eudora, will be at 10 a.m.

Methodist Church in San Saturday at Warren-McElAntonio and the First wain Mortuary in Lawrence.

United Methodist Church Burial will follow at Memoin Bartlesville. She attended rial Park the West Campus First Cemetery United Methodist Church in in LawLawrence. rence.

Survivors include two Mrs. daughters, Christin WilPuckett liams, Katy, Texas, and died TuesCarol Nichol and husband day, Dec. Keith, Pflugerville, Texas; 13, 2011, a sister, Karen Salisbury at MediPuckett Henry and husband Gary, calodges in Lawrence; a brother, Thom- Eudora. as Salisbury and wife Ellen, She was born March 16, of San Carlos, Calif.; two 1920, in Kansas City, Mo., granddaughters, Grace Wil- the daughter of Ernest and liams and Charlotte Bailey; Lillian Marchion Browne. and a niece, Liz Walsh.

She had lived in Lawrence She was preceded in death since 1938 and had lived in by her parents, a sister, Eudora for the past several Elizabeth Salisbury, and son months.

Stephen Schmidt.

Mrs. Puckett was a homeThe family suggests memaker. morials to the Lewy Body She was a longtime Dementia Association, sent member, since 1956, of the in care of Warren-McElwain Central United MethodMortuary, 120 W. 13th St., ist Church. She was active Lawrence, KS 66044. in the United Methodist Online condolences may Women and the Memorial be sent at warrenmcelwain.

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at them before one gasped for air. Both were talking but confused before they left for the hospital, Shurmantine said.

There was no note or anything else explaining their actions on the men or in the car.

Suicide pacts are rare but real, Shawnee police spokesman Capt. Dan Tennis said.

He said that he’d heard of more cases — though none in Shawnee — involving teens than adults and that, often, those were successful.

Tennis said it would probably be up to the men’s mental health professionals to decide whether they would talk to Shurmantine. As suicide is not illegal, Tennis said, police would not interview the men, who are Olathe residents, as they would in a criminal investigation.

Shurmantine said he would speak with the men if given the chance.

“I would love to sit down and talk to them and try to get some answers for myself,” he said. “It’s a lot to soak in.”

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Mr. Hubbel died Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011.

Friends may call one hour before service time at the church.

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has the authority to approve changes in admission standards.

KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said the university has been studying possible changes in admissions standards. She said the goal is to better identify students who can be successful and enhance

Puckett Jr. on Dec. 25, 1938, in Lawrence. He survives of the home at Medicalodges of Eudora.

Other survivors include one son, Norman Puckett, Lawrence; two daughters, Karen Seutter and husband Bill, Rogersville, Mo., and Patricia A. Kirk, Lawrence; a sister, Vera Mae Gallon and husband William, Liberty, N.C.; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her mother, her stepfather, two brothers and two great-grandchildren.

The family will greet friends from 9 a.m. until service time Saturday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence.

The family suggests memorials to Central United Methodist Church or to American Bible Society, sent in care of the mortuary, 120 W. 13th St., Lawrence, KS 66044.

Online condolences may be sent at warrenmcelwain. com.

opportunities for success.

Currently, the admission standards for KU BOARD OF and the other REGENTS five public universities are the same. Generally, students must meet one of the following requirements: ACT score of 21 or higher or an SAT score of 980 or higher, or rank in the top third of high school class, or have

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Santa to chat today 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 today 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.

a 2.0 grade point average or higher on a 4.0 scale in the Kansas Qualified Admissions curriculum.

Board Chairman Ed McKechnie said, “I’ve come to realize that the most important thing is for a kid to have access to a regents university as opposed to all universities.”

The regents also invited the other schools to work on possible admissions changes if they wanted.

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Dems drop millionaires tax in dispute Democrats backed away from their demand for higher taxes on millionaires as part of legislation to extend Social Security tax cuts for most Americans on Wednesday as Congress struggled to clear critical year-end bills without triggering a partial government shutdown.

Republicans, too, signaled an eagerness to avoid gridlock and adjourn for the holidays. With a bipartisan $1 trillion funding bill blocked at the last minute

by Democrats, GOP lawmakers and aides floated the possibility of a backup measure to run the government for as long as two months after the money runs out Friday at midnight.

In a written statement late Wednesday, White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said the administration objected to several environmental, financial and other provisions in the mammoth spending bill and said Congress should approve a short-term spending measure to avoid a federal shutdown and give lawmakers time to iron out their final disputes.

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City to consider naming street after KU coach

By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

Presumably Missouri motorists would still be allowed, but Lawrence city commissioners will soon consider renaming a city street after former Kansas University football coach Don Fambrough.

Commissioners are expected in January to consider a proposal that would rename the stretch of 11th Street north of KU’s Memorial Stadium after Fambrough, who died in September.

“This really isn’t about his win-loss record or anything like that,” said City Commissioner Hugh Carter, who presented the idea. “This is more of a commu-

nity thing and a chance for the community to say it remembers Don.” Fambrough was twice head coach of the KU football program in the 1970s and Fambrough 1980s and played for the Jayhawks in the 1940s. But he is known by many in the region for stoking the rivalry between KU and Missouri. Fambrough often addressed the KU football team before games with the Tigers, invoking battles between the two states leading up to the Civil War. The city previously had con-

sidered naming a portion of Missouri Street after Fambrough, but that idea sputtered after some residents along the street expressed concern over having to undergo an address change.

Carter now is suggesting renaming the portion of 11th Street that runs from Mississippi Street to West Campus Road. City officials believe there are only a handful of properties that would require an address change.

Carter said he has had about 20 individuals approach him with the idea of naming a street after Fambrough. Carter said the city perhaps could more easily name a new street after Fambrough, but he thinks it would

An old-fashioned farewell

The Senate on Wednesday voted against changing the Constitution to require a balanced budget as Congress hit yet another dead end in its search for a way out of its fiscal morass.

Two proposals for balanced budget amendments were doomed by the partisanship that dominates Congress. All but one Republican voted against a Democratic measure, and every Democrat opposed the GOP-backed version. Amendments to the Constitution must be approved by two-thirds of the House and Senate and three-fourths of state legislatures.

With the votes, Congress fulfilled a commitment to take up balanced budget amendments that were part of the agreement last summer to raise the government’s debt limit in exchange for $2 trillion in future spending cuts.

The House held its vote last month, falling 23 votes short of reaching the two-thirds majority.

Census: 1 in 2 people poor, low-income Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income.

The latest census data depict a middle class that’s shrinking as unemployment stays high and the government’s safety net frays. The new numbers follow years of stagnating wages for the middle class that have hurt millions of workers and families.

“Safety net programs such as food stamps and tax credits kept poverty from rising even higher in 2010, but for many low-income families with workrelated and medical expenses, they are considered too ‘rich’ to qualify,” said Sheldon Danziger, a University of Michigan public policy professor who specializes in poverty.

“The reality is that prospects for the poor and the near poor are dismal,” he said. “If Congress and the states make further cuts, we can expect the number of poor and low-income families to rise for the next several years.”

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be more fitting to have a street near the football stadium.

University officials, Carter said, also are planning on naming a street that runs on university property for Fambrough.

Carter said university officials told him they are planning to name the road that runs along the west edge of Memorial Stadium — currently unnamed but would be Maine Street extended — Fambrough Way. But Carter said he thought naming an official city street after the coach would be appropriate, too.

“This really would be a chance for the community to do something,” Carter said.

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Mitt Romney says his business background makes him a better presidential candidate than Newt Gingrich, who has spent decades in Washington. But the argument is not moving Republicans his way, underscoring Romney’s challenge in finding a way to stem Gingrich’s rise three weeks before the Iowa caucus, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds.

Republicans are evenly divided on whether a Washington insider or outsider is best-suited to be president. That’s a problem for Romney, who cites his private-sector experience as the biggest difference between the two front-runners for the GOP nomination.

The poll also found a significant drop in satisfaction with the overall field of Republicans vying to challenge President Barack Obama next year.

In October, 66 percent of Republican adults were satisfied with the field and 29 percent unsatisfied. Now, 56 percent are satisfied and 40 percent unsatisfied.

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ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILES, driven by friends of Raymond Russell, 74, Lawrence, join in a funeral procession Wednesday for Russell at Oak Hill Cemetery. Russell belonged to the Antique Auto Club of Lawrence, and several members of the club drove their vintage vehicles in honor of their friend.

KU expert agrees with banning cellphones while behind wheel

By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com

A Kansas University professor who has studied distracted driving praised the National Transportation Safety Board’s recommendation this week to ban cellphone use while driving.

The recommendation, which includes a ban on hands-free devices, is well-supported by research in the field, said Paul Atchley, a KU associate professor of psychology.

Atchley said many media reports focused on a double-fatality crash: an Aug. 5, 2010, accident near Gray Summit, Mo., involving a pickup truck, a tractor truck and two school buses. Besides the fatalities, including a 15-year-old, 38 were injured in the crash.

The 19-year-old pickup truck driver, who also died in the

crash, sent and received 11 texts in the 11 minutes before the crash.

“Driving was not his only priority,” said Deborah Hersman, NTSB chairman.

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

Kansas is one of 35 states with a ban on texting and driving, Atchley said, but doesn’t have any laws regulating cellphone use while driving. Nine states have such laws, he said, none of which bans hands-free devices.

The United States as a whole lags behind countries with more restrictions on cellphones and other devices while driving.

Enforcement remains an issue, Atchley said, particularly through the courts.

Some areas, such as Chicago, have had success in law enforcement working with the courts to effectively enforce texting bans, but such cases are still rare, he said.

The statistics are well-documented, Atchley said. Researchers have found any type of phone use, including handsfree devices, increases the likelihood of a crash by four to four and a half times, a similar rate to drunken driving. Texting and driving increases the likelihood of a crash by six to eight times.

“Put it in the trunk,” Atchley said. “That’s what I tell my students to do.”

— Higher education reporter Andy Hyland can be reached at 832-6388. Follow him at Twitter.com/LJW_KU. — The Associated Press contributed to this report.

TOPEKA — The first honorary degree recipients to be named by Kansas University are former U.S. Sen. Robert Dole, Ford Motor Co. chief executive officer Alan Mulally, former chairwoman of the FDIC Sheila Bair, and Kirke Mechem, a noted choral composer.

“These four individuals are truly worthy of being the inaugural recipients of this honor,” said KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little. The Kansas Dole Board of Regents approved the degrees on Wednesday. The doctorates will be presented at KU’s commencement on May 13.

More than 100 people were conMulally sidered by a committee chaired

by KU psychology professor Susan Kemper. “We had a strong pool of more than 100 nominees, but these four stood out for their c o n t r i b u t i o n s Bair and achievements,” Kemper said.

In 2010, the Board of Regents changed its policy to allow conferring honorary degrees.

KU awards its honorary degrees based on nominees’ outstanding scholarship, research, creative activity, service to humanity, or other achievements.

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

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By John Hanna Associated Press

TOPEKA — Kansas will pay $350,000 to a woman fired by former Attorney General Phill Kline to settle the sex discrimination lawsuit she later filed against him, Gov. Sam Brownback and top legislative leaders decided Wednesday.

Brownback and the legislators approved the settlement with former Johnson County prosecutor Jacqie Spradling at the request of current Attorney General Derek Schmidt. The agreement ends Spradling’s lawsuit in Johnson County District Court and a separate complaint before a federal administrative judge in Washington.

Brownback and eight legislative leaders met as the State Finance Council, which under Kansas law must approve legal settlements involving

state officials.

Kline had left the attorney general’s office and was J o h n s o n County district attorney when he fired Spradling in Kline April 2007, but he still was considered a state official.

Kline has said he dismissed Spradling for insubordination and other reasons, but Spradling alleged in her lawsuit that he retaliated against her for complaining about gender discrimination within the DA’s office. The state and a top Kline deputy, Stephen Maxwell, also were named as defendants in the lawsuit, while the state is the only defendant in the federal complaint.

An internal memo for Brownback and the legislators, obtained by The Associ-

ated Press, said Spradling had 15 witnesses, all employed in the district attorney’s office in spring 2007, who agreed she “was treated differently than other employees” after written complaints to Kline and others, less than five weeks before her dismissal. The memo said the defendants had the legal burden of showing Spradling was fired for non-discriminatory reasons.

“The State of Kansas would be exposed to far more than this amount in attorney fees alone should this matter go to trial, in addition to any damage award,” the memo said.

The Finance Council’s vote was 8-0, with House Majority Leader Arlen Siegfreid, an Olathe Republican, abstaining because, he said, he knew Spradling’s spouse.

Senate Majority Leader Jay Emler, a Lindsborg Republican, said he voted to approve the settlement reluctantly

but saw it as “fiscally prudent.”

And Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat, said: “I don’t think anybody’s happy about it.”

Attorneys for the parties in the lawsuit had little to say, citing confidentiality requirements imposed with the lawsuit pending. The case had been scheduled to go to trial in October, but the presiding judge delayed it until January to allow attorneys to work on a settlement.

“The number was the result of — I’m going to use the word tedious — negotiations,” said Kline attorney Reid Holbrook.

Spradling attorney Joe Colantuono said: “This allows all parties to move forward and put this behind them.”

Kline did not return a phone message Wednesday evening seeking comment.

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tive leaders discussed the settlement in a closed, 20-minute session with attorneys for the state. Brownback and six of the eight lawmakers are Republicans, like Kline.

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By Christine Metz cmetz@ljworld.com

Every week, Headquarters Counseling Center receives calls from someone who is concerned that one of their Facebook friends could be suicidal based on a comment made on the social networking site.

Sometimes it turns out that friend was only posting song lyrics, but in some instances the person was at serious risk for suicide.

Whether posted or spoken, expressions of suicidal thoughts need to be taken seriously, director of Headquarters Counseling Marcia Epstein said.

This week, Facebook launched a new feature that would make it easier for friends to report comments that they believe could indicate a risk of suicide. After a friend reports a distressing comment, the tool would allow a person at risk of suicide to connect with a counselor through a confidential chat session.

While the Facebook feature is helpful, Epstein said the best alternative is to always call the local suicide hotline. For Lawrence, that number is 841-2345.

“We can tell so much more by hearing a person’s tone of voice and can clarify things quickly if needed,” she said.

When Headquarters receives a call from someone who is concerned that a Facebook friend is having suicidal thoughts, Epstein said questions need to be asked. They need to know how well the

caller knows the person, how old the person is and whether she or he has any contact information for the person.

Sometimes, the caller barely knows the person.

“You can be friends with people that you don’t really know,” Epstein said of the dynamics of Facebook.

If there is a threat of suicide, Facebook will help Headquarters track down someone at risk.

From her experience, Epstein said younger Facebook users tend to post intense comments that at times are a plea for help and at other times are just expressions of dramatic feelings.

“Adolescent and teens are likely to use that kind of language more readily and not be as close to acting on it,” Epstein said.

While Facebook has offered ways to provide suicide prevention before, the new feature will make it easier to do so. According to The Associated Press, here’s how the Facebook reporting will work:

A user spots a suicidal comment on a friend’s page.

He then clicks on a “report” button next to the posting that leads to a series of questions about the nature of the post, including whether it is violent, harassing, hate speech or harmful behavior.

If harmful behavior is clicked, then self-harm, Facebook’s user safety team reviews it and sends it to Lifeline. Once the comment is determined to be legitimate, Facebook sends an email to the user who originally posted the thoughts perceived as suicidal. The email includes Lifeline’s phone number and a link to start a confidential

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We can tell so much more by hearing a person’s tone of voice and can clarify things quickly if needed.”

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The recipient decides whether to respond.

Facebook also sends an email to the person who reported the content to let the person know that the site responded. If a suicide or other threats appear imminent, Facebook encourages friends to call law enforcement.

While calling the local hotline number is preferred, Epstein acknowledges that suicide prevention centers have to be able to reach people through the avenues in which they communicate.

The widespread use of telephones resulted in hotline crisis centers taking root in the 1950s.

Nowadays, nearly everyone uses computers and smartphones.

Headquarters doesn’t have the capability to chat online with people at risk of suicide.

They also don’t have a dedicated phone for answering text messages. However, at times, counselors have used their personal cellphones to reach out to someone who was at risk of suicide but wasn’t answering a phone call.

“It’s something we are seeing happen more and more,” Epstein said.

Headquarters also responds by email, although

they don’t receive the immediate attention that a phone call to the hotline does. The agency is looking at software that would allow for new forms of communication.

The barrier isn’t so much the technology as the staffing.

“It takes a lot of extra staff time. The back and forth in a chat conversation takes much longer than a voice conversation. And, you can’t be doing multiple things. You’ve got to be focused on the counseling,” Epstein said.

Epstein reminds people that whether it is online or in person, the suggestions for responding to someone who is showing suicidal signs are the same:

Listen and show you care.

Ask the question “Are you thinking about suicide?”

For teens, find a trusted adult to help you both.

For adults, find someone to be with the person and someone trained in suicide prevention, such as Headquarters Counseling Center staff, to help.

Always eliminate access to firearms, large amounts of medications and other dangers.

Never keep a secret about suicide.

Know that suicide is never someone else’s fault.

And Epstein said when in doubt seek help.

“It is better for someone to call us worried about a person than later to find out they died by suicide and say, ‘Oh man, we should have done something different,’” Epstein said.

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

Recycling businesses seek options after center closes

By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

Several curbside recycling companies continued to operate in Lawrence on Wednesday despite a sudden decision by the 12th and Haskell Recycling Center to stop accepting many materials following a dispute with City Hall.

Bo Killough, owner of the recycling center, followed through on promises made after Tuesday’s Lawrence City Commission meeting that he would stop accepting most household recycling items.

Six curbside recycling companies used the 12th and Haskell center as their dropoff point for recycling, but several providers Wednesday said they were adjusting to the change.

“I probably will drive about twice as many miles as I normally do, but we’re working hard to make it work,” said Jeff Joseph, owner of Jeff’s Curbside Recycling.

Killough gave the recycling companies little notice that he was going to close the household portion of his business. Killough made the announcement about 11 p.m.

Tuesday after city commissioners directed staff members to formulate a future enforcement action against the company.

The business had drawn

concerns from several neighbors about large numbers of junk cars and other recycled material that are being stored outside. Neighbors also expressed concerns about noise and large amounts of industrial activity related to crushing cars and loading recycled materials for shipping.

City commissioners on Tuesday did not force Killough to close the recycling operations. Killough instead made the decision after hearing commissioners criticize how the business was being operated. Killough did keep open the part of the business that buys scrap metal.

An employee at the center said Killough plans to keep the household portion of the business closed.

The decision left some curbside recycling companies miffed.

“It is going to be real inconvenient for us,” said Chris Scafe, owner of Sunflower Curbside Recycling, who was selling some materials at a recycling center in Topeka on Wednesday. “But we’re going to make it work. I feel like Bo is kind of playing a game here.

“I’m not going to deal with him anymore. It probably is best that he get out of the business.”

The long-term future of the business wasn’t entirely clear after Tuesday’s meet-

ing. Commissioners largely sided with neighbors who showed videos and pictures of intensive operations that occur just across the street from their homes.

The recycling center is located on property that is zoned for residential use.

Killough and his attorney have argued that the business has certain rights to exist under a grandfather provision in the city’s zoning code. Neighbors have disagreed with that assertion, and city staff members have struggled with how to interpret the code.

A new option for curbside recycling companies may come online by late January.

Kevin Weldon with Tonganoxie-based Honey Creek Disposal said he hopes to have his company’s recycling processing center open by the end of next month. The company is remodeling the former Lacy Steel building on the Leavenworth-Douglas County line along Kansas Highway 32.

Honey Creek, which is a regular customer of Killough’s, will use the new facility to service its curbside operations in Eudora and De Soto. Weldon said the facility also will be open to other curbside recycling companies, but it will not be open to the general public.

Killough’s operations were open to the general public,

and unlike the Walmart recycling center, patrons did not have to sort the recycling.

The 12th and Haskell center also took some items that Walmart did not.

“The unfortunate thing is I’m concerned more people are going to start dumping items in the trash,” Joseph said.

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

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BRIEFLY Ex-KU, NFL player seeks review in case A former Kansas University and NFL football player who faces a Douglas County DUI case alleges a sheriff’s officer did not have probable cause to arrest him.

According to a civil suit filed on behalf of Elvis Patterson asking a judge to review a decision to suspend his license, Patterson’s attorney said officers overlooked a medical condition his client has.

Douglas County prosecutors allege Patterson, 51, Lenexa, was traveling 12 mph above the 70 mph speed limit on eastbound Kansas Highway 10 when a Douglas County Sheriff’s officer stopped him June 4 east of Lawrence. In addition to DUI and speeding, he faces a third misdemeanor charge for refusing to take a preliminary breath test.

In the civil petition, Patterson’s attorney disputed his client was speeding, and the defense contends Patterson has a medical condition and a disability that he communicated to the officers that made it “impossible for him to perform the balance and coordination tests.”

According to the petition, a sheriff’s officer alleges he smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from Patterson, that he had trouble finding his driver’s license and had slurred speech. But the defense says a patrol car video recorded only officers at the scene and not Patterson.

District Judge Michael Malone scheduled a trial for April 9.

Patterson played for KU as a defensive back from 1981 to 1983 and won two Super Bowls as a member of the 1986 New York Giants and 1993 Dallas Cowboys.

Willow center has families to adopt

Sheridan Kuehler, fifth-grader, Lawrence “Sherron Collins.”

Matt Gorney, law student, Lawrence “I’d probably pick James T. Kirk.”

The Willow Domestic Violence Center has 11 families that need to be adopted before the holidays. The Willow center’s Adopt-A-Family program supports domestic violence survivors.

Aimee Bradshaw, director of community engagement, said the families range in size from a single mom and a child to a family that includes six children.

Typically, the center has about 30 to 40 families signed up for the program. But this year there were 53 families, all of which have used the Willow center’s services at some time.

Because of concerns over the families’ confidentiality, the Willow center doesn’t partner with other holiday adoption programs in the community.

If you’re interested in adopting a family, call the Willow center’s offices at 785-3312034. The center would like to have the families matched by Dec. 19 and gifts delivered by Dec. 21.

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that, potentially, could help spur new rules for dealing with bullying in all its forms in the state’s 283 districts and more than 1,300 schools.

“We’re hoping to collect more information and more data so we can guide decisionmaking,” said Kent Reed, the department’s program consultant for counseling.

Research shows that anywhere from 25 percent to 35 percent of students nationwide either have been bullied or have bullied someone themselves, said Anne Williford, an assistant professor of social welfare at KU who follows bullying. And with the rise of cyberbullying — students hiding behind the anonymity of the Internet to deliver their abuse, or feeling more comfortable by not having to look at a victim face to face — such numbers could be even higher.

Momentum for collecting more specific data has been building as bullying awareness grows. Schools organize anti-bullying rallies, provide anti-bullying resources and conduct anti-bullying training for students, teachers and administrators.

But schools and, potentially, districts need solid information upon which to decide what efforts or plans might work best.

“What we want to do is help schools to find the best pathways to finding a safe culture and a safe climate,” Reed said. “Data drives decisions. Once we have the data, we can find out what areas of the schools might be susceptible to bullying situations. … And then we can provide them with the resources, the interventions necessary in order to address bullying.”

Innovative, international approach The Lawrence school district already is preparing to tap into some new resources, through a project being conducted by researchers at Kansas University.

Next year, the KU researchers intend to target fourth- and fifth-graders in Lawrence for assistance through a program established four years ago in Finland. The plan, known as KiVa, already is in use for nearly 90 percent of schools in that country, where studies show that bullying and bullying victimization have been reduced by 50 percent.

The goal: See if such success translates across the Atlantic Ocean, starting around Mount Oread and then expanding, they hope, in Kansas and elsewhere in the United States through the introduction of a proven system backed by research, testing and data.

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HOSPITAL BIRTHS Khashtsetseg and Seddorj, Lawrence, a girl, Wednesday.

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— Patricia Hawley, an aggression researcher and KU professor of developmental psychology gan or a zero-tolerance policy,” said Patricia Hawley, an aggression researcher and KU professor of developmental psychology working with Williford on the project. “We’re trying to change norms, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of the large population inhabiting a school in ways that will foster wellbeing, academic achievement and physical and psychological safety.”

Schools no longer can simply respond to incidents and expect to halt bullying, Hawley said.

Pulling a bully aside and delivering a “stern talkingto” isn’t all that effective, she said. And helping the victim — while necessary — also isn’t likely to address core problems.

Another complication: People who might otherwise be able to stop bullying as it occurs, such as students on

a playground or teachers in a hallway, oftentimes choose not to do so because they worry about the repercussions.

“You and I both know the cost of standing up to a bully: That means we’re next,” Hawley said. “It’s a costly behavior.”

Changing school ‘ecology’ That’s why the KiVa system aims to change the “ecology” of a school community so that everyone inside or outside the building — students, teachers, employees, parents, volunteers — not only understands that bullying is not OK but also that doing something to prevent or halt problems is a worthwhile thing to do.

Supported by training, lessons and materials provided through the KiVa plan, Hawley said, such “bystanders” should find it easier to step

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• Rob Linsin, 45, of Prairie Village, was listed in serious condition Wednesday at Kansas University Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., a hospital spokesman said. Linsin was injured Monday near County Road 1 and Hemphill Road in Leavenworth County. A 19-year-old KU student, Yujie He, from Changsha, China, died in the crash.

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in and make a difference because the community’s overall fears are reduced.

“If you change everyone’s norms and attitudes, you change their behavior,” Hawley said. “You give them support and foster their advocacy.”

Harrell, who as an administrator helps mediate bullying problems and ensures that the district’s antibullying policy is followed, isn’t ready to expect the KiVa plan to solve all bullying issues. But he acknowledges that the search for improvement continues, whether it’s through individual school plans, state data collection or an international translation effort.

“If one thing’s working really well in one building, and there are zero incidents, then let’s see what they’re doing and see if we can replicate it,” Harrell said. “Let’s see what’s working well, and see if we can duplicate it.”

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

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TOPEKA — Kansas officials authorized issuing $45.4 million in bonds on Wednesday for the next phase of construction on the $650 million National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan.

Gov. Sam Brownback and legislative leaders who comprise the state finance council approved the bonds during a brief meeting at the Statehouse. Of the total bonds issued, $40 million will be matched with the same amount in federal funding to construct a central utilities building for the new lab.

“This is big, delicate, stepby-step process,” Brownback said. “This continues to have a lot of nurturing to move this process forward.”

The federal government is constructing the lab near the Kansas State campus to conduct research on plant and animal diseases. It will

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State Board of Education member Janet Waugh, a Democrat from Kansas City, Kan., said: “I’m really concerned about my districts. They are already in serious trouble.

Raising the local effort would be extremely challenging.”

But several others on the board praised Brownback’s proposal, saying it would create stability in funding.

“It appears there has been a really strong effort to make the formula fair, and it is infinitely more understandable than the current formula, and remarkably it increases funding for education during a very difficult time,” said board member Kenneth Willard, a Republican from Hutchinson.

Big fight awaits Brownback’s push to change the way the state distributes approximately $3 billion per year to schools is sure to be one of the biggest fights of the 2012 legislative session, which starts Jan. 9.

The divide over the issue started to emerge at a meeting of the State Board of Education as Brownback’s policy director Landon Fulmer laid out the proposal.

Currently, school districts may increase through local property taxes an amount up to approximately 30 percent of its state aid.

But Brownback’s plan would remove that cap, allowing for “unlimited local control of property taxes for educational purposes.”

The proposal would also do away with “weightings” that are used to provide school districts additional funds for transportation costs, bilingual education, students who are at risk of failing and other factors that increase the cost of education. Brownback said his plan would provide additional funding through a “supplemental equalization fund” and give school superintendents more discretion in how dollars are spent.

Brownback proposes delaying implementation of the plan until the 2013-14 school year and leaving in place for one more school year the current level of base state aid of $3,780 per pupil, which is

replace an aging facility at Plum Island, N.Y. The remaining $5.4 million will be used to demolish a grain mill on the site and rebuild it at a new location on the Kansas State University campus. The new mill will combine operations of the grain science and animal science departments under one milling operation to make feed for animals and food for humans, said Kansas State spokeswoman Sue Peterson. Private funds will be matched with the bonds to construct it.

Landon Fulmer, the governor’s policy director, says the Department of Homeland Security expects to begin final site preparation and construction of the utility plant in early 2012. Construction on the lab is supposed to start in 2012, with operations transferred from Plum Island by as early as 2017.

The lab would research foot-and-mouth and other the lowest level in a decade.

Once the new plan is put into place, Brownback said it will cost an additional $45 million in base state aid, which is approximately 2 percent more than what is spent now. Under the plan, no district would receive less money than it receives currently, and about half would receive more, he said.

Lawrence stays the same after years of cuts According to a spreadsheet of funding for school districts provided by the governor’s office, the Lawrence school district would see no change in its total funding between the current formula and the one being proposed by Brownback. In addition, Baldwin City would see no increase.

But those amounts could go up if the local school boards approved local property tax increases. Eudora would have an increase of $615,286 in a nearly $11 million budget under Brownback’s plan.

Lawrence Superintendent Rick Doll said he was disappointed that after three years of drastic cuts, there is “no real new money flowing into it at all.”

He said removing the cap on local dollars helps Lawrence but will cause funding inequities across the state.

He said he was glad that Brownback canned an earlier proposal to allow local sales tax increases for schools.

Many of the state’s larger, urban and suburban districts with high concentrations of low-income families or students requiring help with learning English would receive no additional funds from the state under the plan.

Mark Tallman, a representative of the Kansas Association of School Boards, said that was a problem.

He said the Brownback plan had “a lack of sensitivity” to changing student populations. If a district were to start seeing an increase in at-risk students, “nothing in this formula would respond to that,” he said.

Small, rural districts fare better Small, rural and low-property-wealth districts did better under the Brownback plan than larger districts with large numbers of low-income students, he said.

Americas until it was acquired in April by Attachmate Corp. Previously, he was executive vice president of the consulting Wolfe and business technologies firm Covansys and spent about two decades rising through the executive ranks at IBM. His family moved to Columbia when he was in fourth grade, and Wolfe played quarterback for his high school’s state champion football team before graduating with a bachelor’s degree in person-

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Penn State, Kansas University failure to report suspected Chancellor Bernadette Grayabuse.

Little put out a message to TOPEKA — Kansas Univerthe “KU Community,” saying, Kansas leaders tout sity students will pay more “Beyond any legal responsifor room and board under an bilities, we each have a moral engineering initiative increase in student housing obligation to look out for the dangerous animal diseases TOPEKA — State leaders on and food service that was safety of the other members that can be passed to humans.

Wednesday announced the approved Wednesday by the of our community, especially Kansas State already conducts first funding, $1 million, for a Kansas Board of Regents. when they are children. similar research at the Bioseprogram aimed at increasing The room-and-board pro“The state’s mandatory recurity Research Center, which the number of engineering posal would increase the yearly porting law does not cover inis located near where the new graduates in Kansas. rate by $178, stitutions of higher education, lab will be constructed.

The state funds will be from $7,080 but we are examining changes Fulmer said the federal divided evenly between Kanto $7,258, to KU’s own policies, which funding is expected to be sas University, Kansas State which equals would codify that responsibilreleased in February when a University and Wichita State 2.5 percent. ity for our employees.” site-specific risk assessment That increase The schools are supposed to University to conduct planning report is completed and reon ways to recruit and retain is for a typical report back to the regents in leased to the public. Officials more engineering students. double-occuJanuary. from Kansas were to travel BOARD OF Gov. Sam Brownback, pancy roomFormer Penn State assistant to Washington this week for REGENTS Kansas Department of Comand-board football coach Jerry Sandusky more discussions with the merce Secretary Pat George, contract, and has been charged with more Department of Homeland SeSenate President Steve Morwill take effect July 1. than 50 counts of sexually curity about the project.

All six state universities abusing 10 boys over 12 years. ris, R-Hugoton, Kansas Board The finance council was reof Regents Chairman Ed were granted increases by the Sandusky has denied the alquired to approve issuing the McKechnie, Andy Tompkins, regents. legations. bonds after legislation signed president and chief executive The increases will range Critics said Penn State ofearlier this year by Brownback officer of the regents, and from 1.7 percent at Wichita ficials failed for years to do stripping that responsibility others were on hand for the State to 4 percent at Pittsburg anything about Sandusky. from the Kansas Bioscience State. Kansas State’s is 3.5 The scandal led to the recent announcement.

Authority after the agency In future years, the program percent; Emporia State, 2.6 firing of longtime Penn State came under legislative scrutipercent; and Fort Hays State, football coach Joe Paterno and will provide $3.5 million per ny. Among concerns were the year in grant funding to each of 2.4 percent. university President Graham authority’s operations and an the three schools and will reEven with the increases, the Spanier. investigation by the Johnson cost of room and board at the Athletic director Tim Curley quire a dollar-for-dollar match County district attorney into provided by the universities.

Kansas schools would remain and former university vice its finances.

The future funding will come below the $8,194 average for president Gary Schultz have public universities in the Midbeen charged with perjury and from state gambling revenue. west, according to a regents Several Education Board memo. members also said that About 4,800 students live in Brownback’s so-called “hold KU student housing. harmless” provision, where no district gets less funding Regents seek policy than current levels, isn’t adequate because schools have on reporting sex abuse suffered significant cuts in Edward T. Riling TOPEKA — The Kansas base state aid over the past 1875-1946 John J. Riling Board of Regents on Wednesseveral years.

Chartered, Est. 1900 1885-1971 day told the leaders of the state’s public universities to Democrats say Brownback Helping the working class for 110 years put together proposed polioff base cies on mandatory reporting www.rilinglaw.com 808 Massachusetts 841-4700 Brownback, a Republican, of sexual abuse to law authorihowever, pushed his proposties. al, saying, “Our current K-12 The directive was in refunding formula is broken.” sponse to allegations of longDemocrats disagreed. running sexual abuse against a “We believe the goverformer assistant football coach nor is focused on the wrong at Penn State University. problem. The current formuRegents Chair Ed McKechla doesn’t need to be fixed, nie said he would like the six just funded,” said Kansas public universities in Kansas to 843-8991 Democratic Party Chair Joan work on policies and possibly 3401 W. 6th Wagnon. combine them all into one WWW.HITECOLLISION.COM Some education advocates statewide standard. have been wary of proposals After the allegations of Quality Service • Quick Turnaround giving local districts more auabuse were made public at Environmentally Friendly thority to raise taxes, saying that will increase the gap between rich and poor districts and make the finance system unconstitutional. Brownback said his plan will distribute the state-mandated property tax of 20 mills in a way that will help equalize funding between rich and poor districts.

A group of school districts suing the state has said the current school finance formula is OK but the state has failed to fund it at an adequate level.

Fulmer, the governor’s policy director, criticized the lawsuit, saying the state simply doesn’t have the $700 million to $1 billion that the districts say is required.

Brownback has said he wants to change the formula to break the cycle of litigation, but the attorney representing the suing school districts and students said Brownback’s plan would invite more litigation.

John Robb said Brownback’s proposal moves away from a cost-based system, eliminates “weights” to provide funding to children whose education costs more, freezes budgets for schools over half the state, and allows unlimited local taxation without statewide equalization.

“In medicine they say, A Lawrence resident struggling ‘First, do no harm.’ This does harm to Kansas kids,” he said. through a winter storm, January 2010.

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Ex-executive Wolfe named president of MU COLUMBIA, MO. (AP) — Former software executive Timothy Wolfe was named the University of Missouri’s next president on Tuesday, capping a nearly yearlong search for a business-minded leader with ties to academia and Missouri roots.

Wolfe, 53, said he will assume leadership of the four-campus system in mid-February, using the time until then to visit with people around the state and learn more about the university.

Among his chief challenges: securing financing for a university that has been repeatedly hit by state budget cuts and has been forced to raise student tuition.

Wolfe was the president of software company Novell

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He replaces Gary Forsee, another former businessman, who stepped down in January to care for his wife, who is battling cancer. Interim president Steve Owens did not seek the job permanently and plans to return to his role as general counsel when Wolfe officially takes over as president.

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Could U.S. drivers ever abide by cellphone ban?

By Jamie Stengle Associated Press

DALLAS — Junior Woods’ has a well-practiced routine for conducting business on the road: While driving throughout rural Arkansas, the electronics salesman steals a glance at his cellphone every so often, checking for text messages and emails.

“I can keep both hands on the steering wheel and just look down my nose and read in 10-second intervals,” Woods said in a phone interview from Rogers, Ark. “I’m actually doing that right now.”

Like millions of other Americans, Woods uses his car as a mobile office, relying on his phone almost every hour of every workday to stay productive and earn a living. So would drivers ever abide by a proposed ban on almost all cellphone use behind the wheel, even if it is hands-free?

Could they afford to?

Those are just a few of the questions looming over a federal recommendation that seeks to rein in what has become an essential tool of American business.

Woods said the ban, if adopted, would devastate his sales. Because he lives in a rural state, his minimum drive is an hour and a half.

“If I have a 3-and-a-halfhour drive to Little Rock, and I’ve got 100 messages to return, it’s going to turn that into a six-hour drive,” he said.

“I’ve got no secretary. I’m the administrative assistant. I’m the salesman. I’m the sales director.”

The National Transportation Safety Board declared Tuesday that texting, emailing or chatting while driving is just too dangerous to be allowed anywhere in the United States. It urged all states to impose total bans except for emergencies.

The NTSB, an independent agency that investigates acci-

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INDEPENDENT TAXI DRIVER MATTHEW BAHAR PLACES his cellphone back in a cradle inside his taxi while waiting to pickup customers Wednesday at Hobby Airport in Houston. The National Transportation Safety Board declared Tuesday that texting, emailing or chatting on a cellphone while driving is just too dangerous to be allowed anywhere in the United States and is urging all states to impose total bans except for emergencies. dents and makes safety recommendations, doesn’t have the power to impose regulations or make grants. But its suggestions carry significant weight with lawmakers and regulators.

Still, a decision rests with the states, meaning that 50 separate legislatures would have to act. And many lawmakers are just as wedded to their cellphones as Woods.

“I think all of us have mixed feelings on this issue.

How could you not?” said U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, whose northern Virginia district has some of the longest, most traffic-choked commutes in the country.

Before going to Congress, the Democrat spent most of his career at the county level, driving around Fairfax County with his cellphone. Now he commutes to Capitol Hill by carpool or mass transit so he can use his phone without getting behind the wheel.

While he’s sympathetic to the NTSB’s safety concerns, he said, a blanket ban on cellphone use would be unen-

forceable. But he agrees that hands-free devices offer little improvement over those that are hand-held.

“It’s a cognitive distraction,” he said. “The mental attention shifts ... to that other party, not to the task at hand.”

Dallas event planner Debbie Vaughan said she would abide by any ban, but her service to clients would be diminished.

“I know many people are frustrated when all they get is voicemail,” said Vaughan, who spends about 10 hours a week on her cellphone in her car.

Bruce McGovern said he would have no choice but to defy the law.

McGovern, who owns four Massage Envy and four European Wax Center franchises in the Dallas area, said he spends up to four days a week on the road, traveling between his businesses.

“My business would go down. We’d have problems we couldn’t solve. My employees wouldn’t be able to reach me and get timely answers,” McGovern said.

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Survey: 1 in 4 women attacked by partner

By Mike Stobbe Associated Press

ATLANTA — It’s a startling number: 1 in 4 women surveyed by the government say they were violently attacked by their husbands or boyfriends.

Experts in domestic violence don’t find it too surprising, although some aspects of the survey may have led to higher numbers than are sometimes reported.

Even so, a government official who oversaw the research called the results “astounding.”

“It’s the first time we’ve had this kind of estimate” on the prevalence of intimate partner violence, said Linda Degutis of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The survey, released by the CDC Wednesday, marks the beginning of a new annual project to look at how many women say they’ve been abused.

One expert called the new report’s estimate on rape and attempted rape “extremely high” — with 1 in 5 women saying they were victims.

About half of those cases involved intimate partners. No documentation was sought to verify the women’s claims, which were made anonymously.

But advocates say the new rape numbers are plausible.

“It’s a major problem that often is underestimated and overlooked,” said Linda James, director of health for Futures Without Violence, a San Francisco-based organization that advocates against domestic abuse.

The CDC report is based on a randomized telephone survey of about 9,000 women and 7,400 men.

Among the findings: As many as 29 million women say they have suffered severe and frightening physical violence from a boyfriend, spouse or other intimate partner. That includes being choked, beat-

en, stabbed, shot, punched, slammed against something or hurt by hair-pulling.

That number grows to 36 million if slapping, pushing and shoving are counted.

Almost half of the women who reported rape or attempted rape said it happened when they were 17 or younger.

As many as 1 in 3 women have experienced rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetimes, compared to about 1 in 10 men.

Both men and women who had been menaced or attacked in these ways reported more health problems. Female victims, in particular, had significantly higher rates of irritable bowel syndrome, asthma, frequent headaches and difficulty sleeping.

Certain states seemed to have higher reports of sexual violence than others.

Alaska, Oregon and Nevada were among the highest in rapes and attempted rapes of women, and Virginia and Tennessee were among the lowest.

Several of the CDC numbers are higher than those of other sources. For example, the CDC study suggests that 1.3 million women have suffered rape, attempted rape or had sex forced on them in the previous year. That statistic is more than seven times greater than what was reported by a Department of Justice household survey conducted last year.

The CDC rape numbers seem “extremely high,” but there may be several reasons for the differences, including how the surveys were done, who chose to participate and how “rape” and other types of assault were defined or interpreted, said Shannan Catalano, a statistician with the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

“It is an evolving field, and everyone is striving to get a handle on what’s the best estimate,” Catalano said.

Hard-line police shave punkers’ mohawks BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA (AP) — Police in Indonesia’s most conservative province raided a punk-rock concert and detained 65 fans, buzzing off their spiky mohawks and stripping away body piercings because of the perceived threat to Islamic values.

Dog-collar necklaces and chains also were taken from the youths before they were thrown in pools of water for “spiritual” cleansing, local police chief Iskandar Hasan said Wednesday.

After replacing their “disgusting” clothes, he handed each a toothbrush and barked “use it.”

The crackdown marked the latest effort by authorities to promote strict moral values in Aceh, the only province in this secular but predominantly Muslim nation of 240 million to have imposed Islamic laws.

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Return rates spiked when the Great Recession struck and have stayed high. For every dollar stores take in this holiday season, they’ll have to give back 9.9 cents in returns, up from 9.8 last year, according to the National Retail Federation’s survey of 110 retailers. In better economic times, it’s about 7 cents.

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Euro under pressure as EU summit optimism fades

By David McHugh and Gabriele Steinhauser Associated Press

FRANKFURT, GERMANY — Investors have soured on the latest attempt to resolve the European debt crisis.

Stocks tumbled around the world, the euro slid to an 11-month low and borrowing costs spiked for heavily indebted Italy. The markets’ jitters reflect rising doubts about the deal European Union leaders reached at a summit last Friday in Brussels.

The agreement requires the 17 countries that use the euro and nine other EU countries to balance their budgets and gives the International Monetary Fund up to 200 euros ($264 billion) to help countries with high debt loads.

But there’s growing disappointment that the new EU treaty: Doesn’t reduce existing government debt levels; Doesn’t do much to promote the long-term growth that would shrink those burdens; Doesn’t provide enough money to reassure financial markets that Italy and Spain won’t default on their debts.

It was also unclear how the treaty would be enforced and whether some of the countries that signed on might end up dropping out because of resistance to budget cuts back home. Britain has refused to sign the treaty.

“Markets like quick fixes

and have no patience with the length of the political processes,” said Gianni Toniolo, a professor of economics and history at Duke University.

The euro traded below $1.30 for the first time since January 12, hitting a low of $1.2973. Some of that is loss of confidence in the assets of the 17 euro nations, but it’s also the result of two quarterpoint interest rate cuts from the European Central Bank.

The cuts lower the return on euro-denominated holdings and can induce investors to move money elsewhere.

European stock markets fell broadly. Germany’s DAX dropped 1.7 percent; France’s main stock index lost 3.3 percent.

Italy held its last bond auction of the year on Wednesday and it didn’t go well. Investors demanded even more money to lend to the eurozone’s third-largest economy. Italy paid 6.47 percent interest to borrow 3 billion euros ($3.95 billion) for five years, up from 6.30 percent just a month ago.

The higher rates reflected investors’ fears over the inadequacy of last week’s agreement to keep eurozone governments from piling up more debt in the future. Italy has a staggering 1.9 trillion euros ($2.5 trillion) in outstanding debt, and its economy is too large for Europe to bail out. Greece, Ireland and Portugal have been bailed out.

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NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS Date of Publication: December 15, 2011 Expires: December 26, 2011 Development Services Division, City of Lawrence, Kansas P.O. Box 708 – 1 Riverfront Plaza Level 1, Suite 110 Lawrence, KS 66044 785-832-7700 These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by the City of Lawrence.

REQUEST Q FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS On or after December 26, 2011, the City of Lawrence will submit a request to the State of Kansas for the release of Federal funds from the 2009 Neighborhood Stabilization Program (#09-NSP-005). The 2009 Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) is funded under Title III of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, as amended, hereinafter called “HERA”.

As provided by HERA, the City of Lawrence, through the Kansas State Department of Commerce, has elected to administer the Federal NSP to undertake the following projects: Project Number: #09-NSP-005 Project Name: City of Lawrence NSP Project Purpose: NSP eligible use “B” (purchase and rehabilitate homes); NSP eligible use “D” (Demolition); NSP eligible use “E” (redevelop demolished or vacant properties) Project Location: 828 Elm Street, Lawrence, KS 66044 (Legal Description: NORTH LAWRENCE ADD NO 11 LT 27(N07796 & 97 COMBINED 1988)) Estimated NSP Funds: $344,787.43 Estimated Total Project Cost: $344,787.43 FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The City of Lawrence has determined that the project will have no significant impact on the human environment.

Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR) on file at the Development Services Division, City of Lawrence, Kansas, P.O. Box 708 – 1 Riverfront Plaza, Level 1, Suite 110, Lawrence, KS 66044 and may be examined or copied weekdays 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

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Driving distractions There are many ways to distract a driver, but it’s hard to deny that the use of cellphones is at the top of the list.

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t’s amazing how quickly Americans have become devoted to, even dependent on, their cellphones — and how reluctant they are to temper their use of instant communication devices even in a life-saving cause.

This week, the National Transportation Safety Board unanimously recommended that all states adopt laws that ban drivers from talking, texting, surfing the Internet or otherwise turning their attention to a cellphone or mobile device, even if they are using hands-free technology. The NTSB doesn’t have the power to enforce such restrictions, but its recommendations can be used as a basis for things like how much federal highway money a state will receive. The NTSB’s 1995 recommendation that state legislatures pass a primary seat belt law is an example.

NTSB officials acknowledged that the cellphone recommendation wouldn’t be popular and that it would be difficult to change a behavior that had become so ingrained across the nation. However, the connection between cellphone use and accidents — sometimes fatal accidents — was just too great to ignore, they said.

As predicted, many individuals and industry groups quickly jumped in to discount the dangers of cellphone use. They make some valid points, including that overall traffic fatalities have declined in the U.S. in recent years and that cellphones are just one of many distractions that can contribute to a traffic accident.

They are particularly critical of the ban on hands-free phone use, which they say poses no greater distraction than a conversation with a passenger riding in the car.

Several studies confirm the distracting impact of cellphones, and anecdotal evidence is strong. Think about how many times you’ve seen a driver take an erratic, potentially dangerous, action while holding a cellphone to his or her ear. Think honestly about your own cellphone use. Even if you’re using a hands-free device, the distraction of talking on the phone is different — and often more complete — than the distraction of a live conversation in the car.

Can you honestly say you’ve never been on the phone having a significant personal or business conversation and then realized you’ve traveled some distance, perhaps many miles, with little attention to or awareness of your driving or the traffic around you?

People are quick to contend that talking on the phone doesn’t significantly impair their ability to drive. Drunken drivers often have the same erroneous perception of their driving ability.

Another way to think about this is to consider just how essential it is to be able to talk on the phone when driving. Obviously, we got along fine without that ability before a decade or two ago. The NTSB would allow phones to be used in emergency situations, but most calls obviously don’t fall into that category. If the phone rings, while you’re driving, is it really that inconvenient to wait until you can safely pull over and return the call? That inconvenience seems minor compared to the danger posed by streets and highways filled with drivers paying more attention to their mobile communication devices than to their driving.

Kansas already has laws banning texting by all drivers and the use of any mobile communications device by drivers on instruction permits or restricted licenses. A broader ban on the use of mobile devices won’t be popular, but it deserves some serious consideration in Kansas and across the nation.

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WASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich — the friend of his detractors, to whom he offers serial vindications — provided on Monday redundant evidence for the proposition that he is the least conservative candidate seeking the Republican nomination. He faulted Mitt Romney for committing acts of capitalism.

Gingrich did so when goaded by Romney regarding his, Gingrich’s, self-described service as a “historian” for Freddie Mac, which paid him more handsomely than anyone paid

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Intra-party competitions are supposed to reveal candidates’ potential susceptibilities to attacks. Two unfair attacks against Romney concern his polish and his past.”

Herodotus. Romney was asked by an interviewer about the $1.6 million Gingrich earned, or at any rate received, from Freddie Mac, the misbegotten government-backed mortgage giant. In the service of Washington’s bipartisan certitude that too few people owned houses, Freddie Mac helped produce the housing bubble and subsequent crash. It did so even though it paid Gingrich $30,000 an hour. That is about what he received if, as he says, he worked for Freddie Mac about an hour a month, telling it that what it was doing was “insane.”

Anyway, Romney’s interviewer mischievously asked him if he thought Gingrich should “give that money back” to Freddie Mac. Romney said, “I sure do.”

Soon thereafter, Gingrich, when asked about Romney’s cheeky judgment, replied: “I would just say that if Governor Romney would like to give back all the money he’s earned from bankrupting companies and laying off employees over his years at

Bain, that I would be glad to listen to him.”

This departure from his pledge that his campaign “will be relentlessly positive” represents the virtue of recycling applied to politics. Gingrich is reusing the attack honed by Ted Kennedy in 1994, when Romney suffered a 17-point loss in attempting to take Kennedy’s Senate seat.

The Kennedy-Gingrich doctrine is this: What the economist Joseph Schumpeter called capitalism’s “creative destruction” is not really creative.

Rather, it is lamentable and, when facilitated by capitalists, reprehensible. For Kennedy, this made sense: Reactionary liberalism holds that whatever is, from Social Security to farm subsidies to the Chrysler Corp., should forever be. But Gingrich is supposedly our infallible guide to the sunny uplands of a dynamic future.

Gingrich has three verbal tics which, taken together — and they usually come in clumps — signal his depth and seriousness. Deploying his three F words, he announces his unique candor by prefacing this or that pronouncement with the word “frankly.” What he frankly says is that “fundamental” change is necessary for America. He knows this because he sees over the horizon, into a “future” requiring “transformational” (Gin-

grich’s self-description) leadership.

Romney, while at Bain Capital, performed the essential social function of connecting investment resources with opportunities. Firms like Bain are indispensable for wealth creation, which often involves taking over badly run companies, shedding dead weight and thereby liberating remaining elements that add value. The process, like surgery, can be lifesaving. And like surgery, society would rather benefit from it than watch it.

Romney surely anticipated that such an attack would come — but from Democrats, in the general election, not from a volatile Republican. He now understands Rep. Paul Ryan’s response when Gingrich attacked his entitlement reform as “rightwing social engineering.” Said Ryan: “With allies like that, who needs the left?”

Intra-party competitions are supposed to reveal candidates’ potential susceptibilities to attacks. Two unfair attacks against Romney concern his polish and his past. Four years ago, Mike Huckabee, targeting Romney without mentioning him, slyly said, “I want to be a president who reminds you of the guy you work with, not the guy who laid you off.” And there is a photograph of Rom-

ney that will eventually be seen far and wide (and can be seen at http://bit.ly/svv3Ho).

It shows a young Romney and six Bain colleagues feeling their oats, with paper currency protruding from their dark suits. The young men are overflowing with what John Maynard Keynes called “animal spirits.”

We should welcome such spirits and should hope for political leadership that will hasten the day when American conditions are again receptive to them. Until then, economic dynamism will not return. We should not expect Gingrich to understand this until he understands that his work for Freddie Mac was not, as he laughably insists, in “the private sector.”

He probably believes that.

He seems to believe there is always some higher synthesis, inaccessible to lesser intellects, that makes all his contradictions disappear. One awaits the synthesizing of his multicity tour in 2009 with Barack Obama’s Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Al Sharpton promoting “a common education reform” of primary and secondary schools.

Disclosure: This columnist’s wife, Mari Will, is an adviser to Rick Perry.

OLD HOME TOWN

PUBLIC FORUM

Essential skills

No talking

To the editor: I loved the article “Writing more important than ever” by Gene A. Budig and Alan Heaps.

They are right on in discussing the power of the written word.

Wars are caused by it, treaties are signed with it, and libraries fill the bookshelves with it. Yet it irritates me when I see ads that abuse grammar.

I once attended a book fair where there were misspellings in a handout I saw. I’ve read articles saying things like “there are less people shopping this year than in the past.” Some blogs kill the English language, and I have to wonder if those bloggers proofread their messages.

According to Budig and Heaps the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) says only 24 percent of 12th-graders were graded as either advanced or proficient. This is a bleak statistic, and the challenge for us will be to encourage children to read at an early age and put their thoughts down on paper.

If you’re seeking volunteer work, you might consider helping children learn to read or write better. The Breakfast Optimist Club, for instance, helps children read at New York School and gives away free dictionaries to every fourth-grader in every school in Lawrence. You can also volunteer to assist teachers who would appreciate helping children develop their writing skills.

I personally get a lot of pleasure in watching children’s eyes light up when I inform them they spelled a big word correctly or that they’ve written an interesting story.

Tom Mach, Lawrence

To the editor: The National Transportation Safety Board has adopted a recommendation for all states to ban motor vehicle drivers from engaging in electronic activity, even talking on a cellphone with a hands-free device. That made me reflect on what is the difference between banning a driver from talking on a cellphone using a hands-free device and talking with a passenger in the vehicle.

An NTSB spokesperson said their recommendation was motivated by the desire to save lives lost in fatality accidents where drivers are distracted by electronic activity. Safety is, of course, always the goal, and the loss of freedom is always, of course, the best solution. If banning a driver from talking on a cellphone using a hands-free device makes sense, then it makes sense for the same driver to be barred from talking to anyone in the vehicle.

Actually, I would favor making it illegal for a drivers to talk with themselves as well because conversations with yourself are also not protected by the First Amendment.

Michael Lee Kobe, Lawrence

Immigration route To the editor: I just observed what I deem to be a hateful and prejudiced TV spot encouraging the cancellation of legal immigration into the United States. I would assume this is the ultimate goal of some of the political candidates who are pandering to the voting public for some imaginary appeal to voters.

These politicians also like to pontificate on “creating a sys-

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

tem” where immigrants can work in the U.S. One already exists. I worked for a time in the USCIS project at the local call center several years ago and one of the legal and approved methods of obtaining legal permanent residency in the United States is petitioning for a work permit and being approved permanent residency. It has been there for years. But this is a long and difficult process; there are waiting lists for each country and some of the most obvious (Mexico, China, Philippines) can be a long wait. Yet political candidates seeking more leverage to bash their opponents continue to harp on this nonissue.

If you need verification of this, you can look on the official website uscis.gov and click on “Working in the U.S.” It should explain the accurate and credible information regarding this political hot potato Fred Whitehead, Lawrence

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Journal-World engraving department employee Bruce Silkey was YEARS shown in a phoAGO tograph holding IN 1971 a sizeable owl.

Newspaper employees arriving for work at about 7 a.m. had found the bird “fluffed up and perched on a planter railing” south of the building’s main entrance, apparently undisturbed by passersby.

When Silkey called the state fish and game authorities for advice, they recommended taking the owl to a wooded area and turning it loose.

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 15, 1911: YEARS “Today Etta LowAGO ery is a raving IN 1911 maniac and confined in the padded cell at the county jail. Only yesterday afternoon this woman called for a reporter to come and see her as she wanted to tell something. A representative of the Journal-World called at her home, to whom she told a story that is filled with the remorse of one who has led a life of vice and immorality as a resident of the underworld. The gnawings of a guilty conscience would impel her to speak and endeavor to clear up her past. Something was preying upon her and seemed to drive her almost to desperation. Etta declared that Letters Policy The Journal-World welcomes letters to the Public she was about to die and that Forum. Letters should be 250 words or less, be of her sins had preyed upon her public interest and should avoid name-calling and until she was forced to tell them libelous language. The Journal-World reserves the and ask forgiveness.” right to edit letters, as long as viewpoints are not altered. By submitting letters, you grant the JournalWorld a nonexclusive license to publish, copy and distribute your work, while acknowledging that you are the author of the work.

Letters must bear the name, address and telephone number of the writer. Letters may be submitted by mail to Box 888, Lawrence Ks. 66044 or by email to: letters@ljworld.com

— Compiled by Sarah St. John

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NON SEQUITUR

HI AND LOIS

BEETLE BAILEY

GARFIELD

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE

SHERMAN’S LAGOON

WILEY

PLUGGERS

GARY BROOKINS

GREG BROWNE/CHANCE WALKER

MORT, GREG & BRIAN WALKER

JIM DAVIS

STEPHAN PASTIS

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SHOE

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CHARLES M. SCHULZ

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CHRIS BROWNE

GARRY TRUDEAU

MUTTS

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PATRICK MCDONNELL

JERRY SCOTT/RICK KIRKMAN

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Thursday, December 15, 2011

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

CALENDAR

MONDAY

SUNDAY

15 TODAY

Partly sunny and cooler

Partly sunny

Mostly sunny

Times of clouds and sun

Cloudy, chance for rain; cooler

High 42° Low 20° POP: 5%

High 39° Low 19° POP: 5%

High 48° Low 23° POP: 0%

High 55° Low 30° POP: 20%

High 43° Low 25° POP: 35%

Wind NNW 8-16 mph

Wind NE 3-6 mph

Wind WSW 6-12 mph

Wind SSW 8-16 mph

Wind NE 12-25 mph

POP: Probability of Precipitation

Kearney 34/16

McCook 38/15 Oberlin 36/14 Goodland 38/16

Beatrice 36/18

Oakley 38/16

Russell Salina 40/15 44/18

Manhattan 43/14 Topeka 44/20 Emporia 42/21

Great Bend 42/15 Dodge City 42/18

Garden City 42/18 Liberal 46/18

Kansas City 43/25 Lawrence Kansas City 42/22 42/20

Chillicothe 42/22 Marshall 44/25 Sedalia 44/25

Nevada 48/24

Chanute 46/22

Hutchinson 44/15 Wichita Pratt 44/21 46/20

Centerville 36/22

St. Joseph 40/15

Sabetha 34/17

Concordia 38/17 Hays 40/16

Clarinda 37/19

Lincoln 36/12

Grand Island 34/17

Coffeyville Joplin 48/25 50/27

Springfield 50/26

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

LAWRENCE ALMANAC Through 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Temperature High/low Normal high/low today Record high today Record low today

63°/45° 40°/21° 70° in 2002 -14° in 1989

Precipitation in inches 24 hours through 8 p.m. yest.

Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date

0.16 1.53 0.80 27.94 39.09

REGIONAL CITIES

Today Fri. Today Fri. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Atchison 40 16 pc 38 19 pc Independence 48 24 pc 44 23 pc 42 14 pc 41 18 pc Belton 45 23 pc 39 26 pc Fort Riley 42 23 pc 39 25 pc Burlington 46 21 pc 41 23 pc Olathe Coffeyville 48 25 pc 44 24 pc Osage Beach 52 27 pc 44 25 pc 43 20 pc 39 22 pc Concordia 38 17 pc 39 23 pc Osage City Ottawa 41 23 pc 38 24 pc Dodge City 42 18 s 44 22 s 44 21 s 43 22 pc Holton 42 20 pc 39 22 pc Wichita Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

NATIONAL FORECAST

Seattle 44/37

SUN & MOON Fri.

Last

New

First

Full

Dec 17

Dec 24

Jan 1

Jan 9

LAKE LEVELS

As of 7 a.m. Wednesday Lake

Clinton Perry Pomona

Level (ft)

873.13 891.82 972.00

Billings 33/21

7:33 a.m.

5:00 p.m.

11:30 p.m.

11:22 a.m.

Discharge (cfs)

8 1200 25

INTERNATIONAL CITIES Cities Acapulco Amsterdam Athens Baghdad Bangkok Beijing Berlin Brussels Buenos Aires Cairo Calgary Dublin Geneva Hong Kong Jerusalem Kabul London Madrid Mexico City Montreal Moscow New Delhi Oslo Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Tokyo Toronto Vancouver Vienna Warsaw Winnipeg

Today Hi Lo W 88 72 s 41 36 sh 64 55 c 69 48 pc 88 74 s 34 16 s 44 32 sh 46 31 sh 77 59 sh 68 48 pc 20 8 pc 43 34 sh 44 40 sh 68 57 pc 58 41 s 52 22 s 46 37 r 48 36 pc 77 45 s 46 36 r 39 38 sh 79 41 s 38 24 sn 47 44 sh 85 72 t 57 40 sh 30 19 pc 86 77 t 39 34 sh 72 55 c 50 41 s 54 30 r 43 32 c 45 39 sh 43 30 c 16 5 pc

Hi 88 41 68 65 87 36 34 37 77 66 26 41 42 64 58 55 38 52 75 37 39 79 28 45 85 55 27 86 39 73 48 33 40 47 40 18

Fri. Lo W 72 s 34 r 53 s 41 s 73 s 18 pc 28 i 27 i 55 sh 53 pc 21 s 34 pc 33 sn 55 s 46 s 24 s 32 sh 36 sh 45 s 14 sf 32 r 42 s 22 sn 35 r 75 r 46 sh 18 s 77 t 32 r 57 pc 37 sh 17 pc 33 pc 38 sh 38 r 8c

Detroit 53/30

Denver 36/17

San Francisco 53/42 Los Angeles 63/45

Kansas City 42/22

El Paso 51/32

Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation.

Temperature bands are highs for today.

Atlanta 67/55

Fronts Warm Stationary

Miami 78/68

Precipitation Showers T-storms

Rain

Flurries

Snow

Ice

-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s National Summary: Rain will fall along a cold front from coastal Texas to New England today. Sunshine and warmth will hold on over the southern Atlantic coast.

Blustery weather will affect the Great Lakes. Rain will push southward on the Pacific coast with flurries in the northern Rockies.

Today Fri. Today Fri. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 67 44 r 48 32 r Albuquerque 40 25 s 41 26 pc Memphis 78 68 pc 80 69 pc Anchorage 29 25 sn 30 19 pc Miami Milwaukee 40 25 pc 33 26 pc Atlanta 67 55 pc 65 47 c Minneapolis 32 13 pc 27 18 c Austin 61 47 sh 54 44 r Nashville 66 44 r 51 32 r Baltimore 60 42 sh 53 32 c New Orleans 76 61 sh 74 54 c Birmingham 69 56 r 64 39 c 59 45 sh 51 32 pc Boise 40 24 sn 36 24 pc New York 36 17 pc 35 21 pc Boston 52 44 r 51 30 pc Omaha 77 60 c 78 61 pc Buffalo 55 32 r 36 25 pc Orlando Philadelphia 60 46 sh 52 33 pc Cheyenne 34 19 pc 37 19 s 63 44 s 60 44 pc Chicago 47 26 pc 35 24 pc Phoenix Pittsburgh 58 34 r 41 27 pc Cincinnati 60 36 r 42 26 c 47 23 pc Cleveland 56 32 r 35 26 pc Portland, ME 46 35 r Portland, OR 44 33 c 44 32 pc Dallas 58 37 r 52 37 c Reno 41 22 c 41 22 s Denver 36 17 pc 40 19 s 62 50 pc 58 38 c Des Moines 36 21 pc 35 23 pc Richmond 54 35 pc 57 32 s Detroit 53 30 sh 36 24 pc Sacramento 53 29 pc 41 29 pc El Paso 51 32 s 53 34 pc St. Louis Salt Lake City 37 20 c 36 19 s Fairbanks 5 -5 c 10 -12 sf San Diego 60 48 pc 62 48 pc Honolulu 80 70 pc 81 69 s San Francisco 53 42 pc 57 42 s Houston 76 54 sh 60 48 r 44 37 c 49 35 pc Indianapolis 56 31 c 42 27 pc Seattle 28 18 sf 31 24 pc Kansas City 42 22 pc 39 24 pc Spokane 62 40 s 60 42 pc Las Vegas 56 39 s 54 40 pc Tucson Tulsa 54 27 pc 48 24 pc Little Rock 62 43 r 46 32 r Wash., DC 60 47 sh 53 35 c Los Angeles 63 45 pc 68 48 s National extremes yesterday for the 48 contiguous states High: Harlingen, TX 86° Low: Bodie State Park, CA -4°

WEATHER HISTORY

On Dec. 15, 1969, in Los Angeles, Calif., a chain-reaction car crash involved more than 100 vehicles on a 12-mile stretch of the fog-cloaked Santa Ana Freeway.

WEATHER TRIVIA™

Q: Are raindrops shaped like pears?

Historic Hays House closed after fire COUNCIL GROVE (AP) — The historic Hays House 1857 Restaurant and Tavern in Council Grove will be closed until further notice because of a fire.

The fire started early Wednesday at the regionally popular restaurant. No one was injured.

WIBW-TV reports that the owner says the kitchen, which was located in an addition to the building, was completely destroyed. The rest of the building is covered in soot but intact. The fire did not spread to any other buildings.

The cause of the fire has not been determined.

According to its website, the Hays House was opened in 1857 by Seth M. Hays, the grandson of Daniel Boone. Its customers have included Jesse James and George Armstrong Custer.

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Washington 60/47

Houston 76/54

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, Douglas County Fairgrounds Building 21, 21st and Harper streets.

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.

New York 59/45

Chicago 47/26

Cold

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Minneapolis 32/13

No. They actually look more like a mushroom.

7:32 a.m.

4:59 p.m.

10:24 p.m.

10:51 a.m.

A:

Today

Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset

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

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19 MONDAY

Communist Daughter Last year in a small town in Wisconsin, former Friends Like These front man Johnny Solomon poured his experiences with addiction and lost chances into what would be the debut album of his second band, Communist Daughter, “Soundtrack to the End.” Since then he and his new group from Minneapolis have played to rave reviews nationwide and have received nods from Rolling Stone as well as the coveted musical interlude on “Grey’s Anatomy.” Check out Communist Daughter at the Replay Lounge, 946 Mass., tonight at 10, appearing with one of Kansas City’s own, The Caves. Must be 21 or older to attend.

Admission is $3.

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.

18 SUNDAY

Festival of Nativities, noon-4 p.m., Centenary United Methodist Church, North Fourth and Elm streets in North Lawrence, donations accepted.

Clara’s Tea Party, preperformance event and photo opportunity, 12:301:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. The Kansas Nutcracker, 2011 Sesquicentennial Edition with Mandolin Orchestra, 2 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. Holiday Music in the Stacks: Keys of Joy Studio, 2-4 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. “White Christmas,” 2:30 p.m., Theatre Lawrence, 1501 N.H. Bethlehem Express, 5-6:30 p.m., Immanuel Lutheran Church, 2104 Bob Billings Parkway.

Poker tournament, 7 p.m., Johnny’s Tavern, 410 N. Second St. Smackdown! trivia, 8 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H. Acoustic Open Mic Night, free entry, signup at

Experience the tantalizing flavors of Europe, Latin America, Asia, the United States and more in your own back yard.

Lawrence Originals restaurants: Independent. Locally-owned. A world of unique cuisine with the delicious taste of Lawrence in every bite.

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Honorary pit crew member NAPA Auto Parts recognized NAPA AutoCare Center owner Danny Fox with the Honorary Pit Crew Member award during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series weekend Oct. 8-9 at Kansas Speedway. Fox and his group were given a private tour of the garage area, pit road and the NAPA hauler led by Michael Waltrip Racing’s Rick Wainright.

From left are Justin Fox, John Krones, Martin Truex Jr., Danny Fox and Steve Bruce. All are of Lawrence, except Truex. Beth Fox submitted the photo.

9 p.m., The Casbah, 803 Mass.

Karaoke Sunday, 11 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.

Monday Movie for Teens: “Eight Crazy Nights,” 4 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Lecompton City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Lecompton City Hall, 327 Elmore St. Baldwin City Council meeting, 7:30 p.m., City Hall, 803 S. Eighth St. Dollar Bowling, 9:30 p.m., Royal Crest Lanes, 933 Iowa.

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. Wednesday-Saturday, 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 through Saturday, 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. Lawrence Arts Center exhibits: Yesnomaybe Exhibition, collaborative works

by Kristi Arnold, Eric Conrad and Yoonmi Nam, Dec. 2 through Jan. 14; Lived : Living, works by Isadora Stowe and Jordan Schranz Dec. 2 through Jan. 14; Learning is Remembering, works

by Amber Hansen, Dec. 2 through Jan. 14; Constellation, an aerial installation by Juniper Tangpuz; 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, 940 N.H. Christmas Village Display at the Lumberyard Arts Center, 1-4 p.m.

Tuesdays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays, through Dec. 30, 718 High St., Baldwin City.

Lawrence Public Library storytimes for December: German storytime, 4 p.m.

Tuesdays; Toddler storytime, 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Fridays; Library storytime, 10:30 a.m.

Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Fridays; Storytime in Spanish and English, 10:30 a.m. Saturdays; Family storytime, 3:30 p.m. Sundays; Books & Babies, 10:30 a.m. Mondays and 9:30 a.m., 10:10 a.m. and 10:40 a.m.

Wednesdays, 707 Vt. Lawrence Public Library teen programs for December: Monday Movies for Teens, 4 p.m. Mondays; Wii Olympics for Teens, 7 p.m.

Tuesdays; Gaming with the Pro, 3 p.m. Wednesdays; Teen Zone Cafe, 4 p.m.

Fridays; Teen tutoring, 3 p.m.

Sundays, 707 Vt.

More information on these listings can be found at LJWorld.com and Lawrence.com.

COMING FRIDAY: A LOOK AHEAD AT THE BOYS BASKETBALL CITY SHOWDOWN

SPORTS

EIGHT GREAT FOR BEARS Perry Jones III (1) and Baylor fended off Anthony Breeze and Bethune-Cookman, 69-42, on Wednesday for the Bears’ eighth-straight victory. Page 4B.

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LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD O LJWorld.com/sports O Thursday, December 15, 2011

Weis’ deal: no buyout, $12.5M guaranteed

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

Tom Keegan tkeegan@ljworld.com

Robinson moving up menu nicely Four starters, including two NBA lottery picks, gone. Not a McDonald’s All-American on the roster. The two recruits who likely would have earned the most minutes among freshmen declared academically ineligible for the season. Two rotation players who arrived at school as walk-ons.

Coach Bill Self’s ninth Kansas University basketball team had all that going against it and somehow less than three weeks shy of the Jan. 4 Big 12 opener against Kansas State in Allen Fieldhouse is ranked No. 12 in the nation. The Jayhawks can’t be counted out of any conversation about Big 12 title contenders and have a 7-2 record with the only losses coming on neutral courts against Kentucky and Duke, now ranked third and seventh in the country.

How is this possible?

Certainly, the improved games of junior center Jeff Withey and fifth-year senior sharp-shooter Conner Teahan have played a part in Kansas not yet getting exposed for lack of depth. Yet, the main reason Kansas has hung tough so far has more to do with the “main course,” as Thomas Robinson was described by his coach.

“He’s been the icing, so to speak,” Self said before the season. “He’s been the dessert. Now he has to be the main course.”

Robinson has moved from reserve to focal point so smoothly that it has felt as if it were a given from a player who last season averaged 7.6 points and 6.4 rebounds in 14.6 minutes per game.

Robinson knew in order to give a depth-challenged team a shot at remaining high in the rankings he would need to reduce his fouls and attain a level of conditioning high enough to sustain his high-energy style for 30-plus minutes. So far, so impressive. As a freshman, Robinson averaged 7.3 personal fouls per 40 minutes, 5.6 as a sophomore and 3.5 so far this season.

He’s averaging 31.6 minutes a game, second only to Tyshawn Taylor (32.6 overall, 34.5 in two games playing with a torn meniscus and sprained ACL).

Robinson also needed to do a better job of cashing in on freethrow opportunities. Again, he has met the challenge. He clanked at a .395 success rate from the line as a freshman, improved to .510 as a sophomore and is shooting .714 nine games into this season.

A testament to his conditioning, Robinson tends to do some of his best work in the final minutes of games. In earning National Player of the Week honors from the United States Basketball Writers Association last week, Robinson scored six of his game-high 26 points in the final 5:17 of an eight-point victory against Long Beach State.

He followed that by turning nine field-goal attempts and eight free-throw attempts into 21 points, 10 coming in the final 3:54 of an 11-point victory against No. 2 Ohio State, a tough out even with star sophomore center Jared Sullinger sidelined.

On paper, Baylor still looks as if it shapes up as the favorite to win the conference title, with Kansas and Missouri strong contenders. Again on paper, Baylor’s Perry Jones III looks like the strongest contender for Big 12 Player of the Year honors.

Then again, the game’s played on hardwood by sweating men under bright lights. Robinson has a shot to become KU’s sixth post player to win the award Raef LaFrentz won twice.

The contract for new Kansas University football coach Charlie Weis has been finalized and was released to the media Wednesday afternoon. Like the one drawn up for former KU coach Turner Gill in 2009, Weis’ contract does not include a buyout for early termination.

Weis, who signed on at Kansas for five years, will make $2.5 million per year plus incentives.

That’s $12.5 million, guaranteed, whether he coaches one game, one year or all five seasons. The only way Weis would be owed

less would be if he were fired for cause.

According to KU athletic director Sheahon Zenger, such a contract is the price paid for hiring a high-profile coach and is common throughout athletics. If anything, it further condemns the previous administration for offering Gill a similar deal despite being his being an unproven head coach with a losing record.

Gill, who was fired Nov. 27 after going 5-19 during his two seasons in Lawrence, will receive the remaining $6 million on his five-year, $10 million deal in the next 72 days, as outlined in his contract.

“I’m fully aware that was an area of concern on the last contract,” Zenger told the JournalWorld. “It’s something we don’t take lightly. And it is typical, in today’s world, to guarantee the yearly income when dealing with higher-profile coaches.”

While the contracts for Weis and Gill are similar in that regard, they differ in a couple of major ways. Should Weis elect to break the contract prior to Dec. 31, 2014, he would owe the university $2.5 million. If he chose to terminate the deal between Jan. 1, 2015 and Dec. 31, 2016 (the end of Please see WEIS, page 3B

PADDING THE PAYCHECK Here’s a look at the annual incentives included in Charlie Weis’ contract: Q Five Big 12 Conference game wins: $50,000 Q Each additional Big 12 win after 5 wins: $10,000 Q Big 12 Regular Season Championship: $100,000 Q Bowl Game participation: $50,000 Q Bowl Game win: $25,000 Q BCS Bowl Game participation: $100,000 Q BCS Bowl Game win: $50,000 Q AP National Coach of the Year: $75,000 Q Big 12 Coach of the Year: $50,000 Q National Championship Game participation: $200,000 Q National Championship Game win: $100,000

A fine line

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WHEN FREE STATE HIGH’S CHELSEA CASADAY (NO. 32 IN PHOTO AT LEFT) and Lawrence High’s Marissa Pope (at right in photo at right) meet in Friday’s City Showdown, their coaches — the Firebirds’ Bryan Duncan (at left below) and the Lions’ Nick Wood (below right) — want the players to treat it like just another game. Good luck with that.

Girls coaches try to keep hype in check

By Benton Smith basmith@ljworld.com

In high school hoops, there is a fine line between getting hyped for a rivalry game and not letting it become something bigger than it needs to be.

When the girls basketball teams from Free State and Lawrence high schools square off at 5:30 p.m. Friday, it may be THE game for the players, but as far as the coaches for both programs are concerned, the Firebirds and Lions are better off with a businessas-usual approach.

Coach Nick Wood’s LHS team enters Part 1 of the city showdown (the teams will meet again Feb. 24) with a 2-1 record, and,

considering the Lions are coming off a one-point loss to Kansas City (Mo.) St. Teresa’s in which they turned the ball over 32 times, Wood said Free State shouldn’t be their primary concern.

“We’ve got to focus on us,” the coach said. “We’ve got to get better.”

That message isn’t lost on the players, but LHS junior Emma Kelly said any time the Lions, who have lost four straight in the series, play the Firebirds, they are more jacked for that game. Still, she said they should play better because of those emotions.

“It’s so nerve-wracking, but exciting at the same time,” Kelly said. “I think it all gives us an extra boost of energy when we play Free State that we don’t have any other game.”

With more people in the stands and interest high on both sides of town, it’s easy to see why the game can be a powder keg of energy for the players involved.

Free State coach Bryan Duncan said each time the rivals meet, he knows the players will be juiced.

And that can make for greater unpredictability in the game.

“Sometimes you have kids that might not normally be big-time scorers become big-time scorers Please see RIVALRY, page 3B

Crennel makes change at QB for Chiefs KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) — Romeo Crennel stepped to the podium inside the Chiefs’ practice facility, gripping both sides of it with his meaty hands, and promptly named Kyle Orton his starting quarterback.

Let the changes in Kansas City begin.

In just a shade over 48 hours since he was appointed the interim coach in place of the fired Todd Haley, Crennel has already put his stamp on the franchise. Tyler Palko is out and Orton is in as the starting quarterback, the daily schedule of weight lifting and practice has

been reworked, and tension that coursed through the Chiefs over the past several weeks seems to have lifted.

Perhaps the biggest change is Crennel himself, who cracked jokes and answered every question he was posed Wednesday with the kind of direct honesty

that Haley lacked during his tenure.

“In meeting with the players today, I think they were attentive, they were excited about getting started, they know it’s a big challenge to face, and I think Please see CHIEFS, page 3B Crennel

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NFL renews television contracts NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has renewed its television deals with CBS, Fox and NBC for nine years through the 2022 season, the league announced Wednesday.

The current contracts expire after the 2013 season.

The deals will also expand the number of Thursday-night games on NFL Network, but the league has not determined how many.

Earlier this season, the NFL and ESPN reached an eight-year extension to keep “Monday Night Football� on the cable channel through the 2021 season.

CBS, Fox and NBC will each televise three Super Bowls during the term of the contracts, continuing the current rotation.

The nine-year terms are the longest for NFL television agree-

ments with over-the-air broadcast networks. The previous longest were the eight-year deals with CBS, Fox and ABC from 1998-2005.

CBS will continue to show the AFC package on Sunday afternoons as it has since 1998, while Fox still has the NFC package that it first acquired in 1994. “Sunday Night Football� will

remain on NBC, which picked it up in 2006. The network will add the annual Thanksgiving prime-time game starting in 2012. Flexible scheduling will stay in effect to ensure quality late-season match-ups on Sunday late afternoons and nights.

That format will be expanded in 2014, with the details yet to be worked out.

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Hornets complete trade of Paul to Clippers NEW ORLEANS — Chris Paul is headed to Los Angeles for real this time — to the Clippers, not the Lakers.

The Hornets have traded Paul to the Clippers for guard Eric Gordon, forward AlFarouq Aminu, center Chris Kaman and a first-round draft choice.

The deal required the approval of NBA commissioner David Stern because the Hornets are owned by the league.

For Paul, the trade means no more lame-duck practices — and ducking questions — in New Orleans.

It also ended a tortured week in which the Hornets’ Paul season sat in limbo while the NBA took a public-relations beating over everything from potential conflicts of interest, to retarding the Hornets’ pursuit of free agents, to disrespecting the New Orleans fan base. “I knew we were doing the best thing for New Orleans and that was my job,� Stern said. “You have to stick with what you think was right. I must confess it wasn’t a lot of fun, but I don’t get paid to have fun.�

Stern said he never allowed other owners’ opinions or considerations of large and small markets to determine where Paul, one of the NBA’s biggest stars, would end up. He said his only focus was on getting the best deal for the Hornets.

By Mark Purdy San Jose Mercury News

I do not believe in satanic mystical forces that control the universe and the outcome of NFL overtime games.

I do believe in eerie weeks of coincidence that can totally haunt a national pastime.

This is one of those weeks.

The other day, we learned that Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun, the 2011 National League Most Valuable Player, tested positive for synthetic testosterone. In baseball, it is legal to play on synthetic turf while wearing synthetic fibers. But not while full of synthetic testosterone. As a result, Braun faces a 50-day suspension this season, unless he mounts a successful appeal.

Monday, the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot arrived in my mailbox. The ballot contains the names of two famous steroid cheaters: Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro. Thus, for yet another year, other voters and I are forced to become morality police while making our election choices.

And this Friday morning, Barry Bonds will be back in the courthouse to face sentencing for his obstruction of justice conviction in last summer’s trial, one based on Bonds’ grand jury testimony about steroids.

You’ve got to hand it to performance enhancing drugs. For baseball, they are the gift that keeps re-gifting.

And if this week’s three stories send a message, the message is that we must keep dealing with that reality for the next few decades. Or maybe forever.

Me? I just take it day by day. And case by case.

In Braun’s case, it would be nice to believe his protests that have followed the ESPN report that the urine sample he produced during the National League playoffs had been dirty. Braun and his attorney say the results can be explained and were not an attempt to violate baseball’s drug policy.

Braun is an affable fellow and an enormously fun talent to watch. But given the steroid swamp that MLB has waded through the past 10 years, he and every other player have forfeited their right to sound innocent. We have heard too many excuses, too many fishy explanations from too many accused cheaters who were subsequently proved to be liars.

Braun better have a more convincing story than those guys.

Assuming the ESPN report is correct, Braun failed two tests administered to the same urine sample. One test revealed too much testosterone in his body. The other test proved that the bonus testosterone was synthetic.

Braun’s attorney says that another test, taken on a later occasion, showed no phony testosterone. But that simply proves Braun wasn’t stupid. He knew enough not to take another test until he was guaranteed clean. (He might have even taken and passed his own private screening before facing MLB’s testers.)

Bud Selig, who likes to position himself as a warrior commissioner on PEDs, probably will spin Braun’s situation into “proof� that baseball’s drug policy is successfully cleaning up the game.

Wrong. The policy is functioning better than it did five years ago. I’ll allow that. But if an MVP outfielder is cheating in 2011 and is caught, that does not constitute success. Instead, it raises suspicions that plenty of non-MVPs are still cheating. And we haven’t seen what will happen after the first wave of tests for human growth hormone, provided for in the new collective bargaining agreement.

Meanwhile, we approach another Hall of Fame election where steroids will be an issue. Once upon a time, I would get a little smile on my face when my ballot arrived. Now I get a headache. With no directive from Cooperstown or baseball about how to consider the steroid issue in our decision making, we voters have to figure out our own strategy.

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Cavaliers cut Davis CLEVELAND — When the Cavaliers selected point guard Kyrie Irving with the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, veteran Baron Davis’ future in Cleveland became uncertain. On Wednesday, his short stay ended. Using the NBA’s new amnesty clause, the Cavs waived Davis, a move that knocks the $28 million he is owed over the next two seasons off the salary cap. The Cavs will have to pay Davis, but they’ll have more flexibility going forward as they try to improve a team that won just 19 games last season.

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50-game suspension, the Milwaukee Brewers needed another source of offense. The Brewers finalized a $36 million, three-year contract with free agent third baseman Aramis Ramirez on Wednesday, adding a muchneeded bat to their lineup.

Red Sox acquire Melancon BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox acquired reliever Mark Melancon from the Houston Astros on Wednesday for infielder Jed Lowrie and right-hander Kyle Weiland. The deal gives the Red Sox a potential replacement for closer Jonathan Papelbon, who signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies. Melancon had 20 saves this year, going 8-4 with a 2.78 earned-run average in 71 relief outings during his first full major-league season.

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LSU CBs All-Americans NEW YORK — LSU’s Tyrann Mathieu and Morris Claiborne have been selected to the Associated Press All-America team, making the top-ranked Tigers the first team with two cornerbacks on the first team. Mathieu, a Heisman Trophy finalists, and Claiborne were joined on the All-America team by Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III of Baylor and finalists Montee Ball of Wisconsin and Trent Richardson of Alabama.

Heisman runner-up Andrew Luck from Stanford was the second-team quarterback.

The Crimson Tide had the most first-teamers with four. Richardson was joined by tackle Barrett Jones, linebacker Dont’a Hightower and safety Mark Barron. Tide linebacker Courtney Upshaw and cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick made the second team, giving Alabama the most players selected overall.

Source: ASU lands Graham PITTSBURGH — A person familiar with the decision says Pittsburgh coach Todd Graham is leaving the Panthers to take the same position at Arizona State. Graham will replace Dennis Erickson, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because an official announcement has not been made. Erickson was dismissed following a 6-6 season in which the Sun Devils dropped their final four games. Graham spent just one season in Pittsburgh, where he led the Panthers to a 6-6 mark and a tie for second in the Big East.

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Mississippi St .......61â „2 (48) ...... Wake Forest Insight Bowl Sun Devil Stadium-Tempe, Ariz.

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one night,” Duncan said.

“You really see some strange things happen, and that’s what makes the game so much fun.”

FSHS senior guard Lynn Robinson said the hype surrounding the game hasn’t altered the team’s approach.

“We definitely get more excited for this game,” Robinson admitted, “but we prepare the same as we would for any other game.”

A fellow senior, Jackie Garcia echoed that line of thought.

“We’re definitely focused on just keeping up with what we’re doing,” she said.

Those statements are music to Duncan’s ears.

“I’ve been trying for years to avoid the situation where we practice harder for the Lawrence High game than any other game,” he said, “because that absolutely drives me bonkers.”

If anything is making

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his contract), he would owe KU $1.5 million. No such language existed in Gill’s contract. In addition, should the relationship between Weis and KU go south, KU would continue to pay Weis in monthly installments for the remainder of the contract and would not owe him a lump sum as it owes Gill.

Zenger said he did not foresee either side ending the relationship early and added that the contract clearly indicates that he is willing to give Weis the time and resources needed to turn KU into a winner. To that end, the contract specifies that at least an additional $2.1 million would be made available annually

Wood crazy this week, it might be the thought of Free State’s all-guard attack. The LHS coach said the Firebirds’ up-tempo lineup can be scary. With Robinson, junior Kennedy Kirkpatrick, senior Jackie Garcia, junior twins Abbey and Chelsea Casady, junior A’Liyah Rogers and sophomore Scout Wiebe leading the way, Free State (3-0) is averaging 62 points a game.

“They’re coming,” Wood said of Free State’s fastpaced approach. “Kennedy’s coming, Lynn’s coming, and we’ve got to be ready to get that ball stopped.”

Plus, Wood added, the Firebirds’ lead guards are surrounded with capable teammates.

“They’re all threats. You’ve gotta worry about all five of them,” he said.

Lawrence senior Christina Haswood said the Lions’ transition defense will be crucial Friday night.

“We don’t want them running up and down the court,” she said of the Firebirds.

That will be the first step for LHS. Kelly said half-court defense will be the next step

in keeping the game close.

“We’ve just got to lock in on defense, communicate on defense,” Kelly said. “We have to identify their shooters and get on them.”

If Lawrence has an advantage entering the game, it might be its balance. Wood said his team is young enough that it seemingly has someone different step up each night. While junior Monica Howard has been consistent in her scoring, the Lions also have benefited from quality outings from Haswood, juniors Krista Costa and Bri Anderson and sophomore Kionna Coleman. Kelly, junior Kylie Seaman and freshman Marissa Pope also have proven to be key contributors.

According to Wood, Lawrence will need all 12 of its players to be ready against Free State (ranked No. 5 in 6A in the latest KBCA rankings).

“They all need to be able to step up,” the coach said. “It’s a good team we’re playing, and it’s gonna be a big-time environment. We’re not good enough to have one or two girls show up and still have a chance.”

for assistant coaching contracts. The total value of the contracts for Gill’s assistants was $1.82 million. Prior to that, Mark Mangino’s assistants made a combined $1.77 million in 2009.

“We believe that Charlie Weis is the right coach at the right time for the University of Kansas,” Zenger added.

“And we understand it’s going to take time to build this program in the right direction.”

As for Weis’ incentives, they cover everything from Big 12 victories and bowl appearances to BCS title game appearances and national coach-of-the-year honors. They range in value from $10,000 (for each additional Big 12 victory in a given season beyond 5) to $200,000 for participation in the national championship game. The contract also states that the incen-

tives are intended to be cumulative. One other note of interest is that the length of Weis’ contract is 18 pages.

Gill’s was 15 pages.

Weis’ contract went into effect Dec. 9 and runs through Dec. 31, 2016.

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WR commits: Roeland Park Bishop Miege wide reciever Tre Parmalee (5-foot-10, 160 pounds) committed to Weis on Wednesay night, Rivals. com reports. Parmalee, son of Bernie Parmalee, Kansas City Chiefs tight-ends coach, won the Otis Taylor Award given to the top receiver in Kansas City and was a firstteam all-stater. He also was an all-league pick on defense and told Rivals.com he didn’t know what position he’d play at KU. Parmalee played at Miege for coach Tim Grunhard, who joined Weis’ KU staff on Tuesday.

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they’re ready to face the challenge,” said Crennel, whose first game couldn’t be more daunting: the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.

“I talked to them about the challenge,” Crennel said, “and what we have to do, how we have to play the game. I talked to them about change, and distractions, and when there’s change there’s some uncertainty because you really don’t know what to expect sometimes. We’re going to try to stay as much on schedule as we can, but then I told them we’re going to change some things.”

That starts with the quarterback situation.

Palko was bumped from the starter to the third team after leading the Chiefs to only two touchdowns in four games since taking over for the injured Matt Cassel. Orton will start against the Packers unless an injury to the index finger on his throwing hand causes him problems.

In that case, fifth-round draft pick Ricky Stanzi will make his first career start.

“We made the change and we’ll see how it plays out,” Crennel said. “If it works out with more points on the board, then it’ll be a good change.”

Orton took snaps under center with the first-team offense Wednesday during the brief portion of practice the media was allowed to observe.

He was wearing a sleeve to protect the finger, which he dislocated on his only play as a member of the Chiefs two weeks ago at Chicago.

Crennel said he made the decision Wednesday morning to switch quarterbacks, let Palko know and then informed general manager Scott Pioli. Crennel said he didn’t want the situation to become much of a distraction during a week of pronounced change within the organization.

“I’m feeling very comfortable with the offense,” said Orton, who was claimed off waivers from the Denver

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LHS wrestlers fall, 39-27, to G-E

Firebird Kirkpatrick commits to UWGB

GARDNER — Tristan Star, Derek Girard, Nick Pursel, Reece Wright-Conklin and Brad Wilson claimed victories, but Lawrence High’s wrestling team fell to Gardner-Edgerton, 39-27, on Wednesday night.

Next action for the Lions is Jan. 7 at the Maize Tournament.

With almost two full seasons of basketball ahead of her at Free State High, junior Kennedy Kirkpatrick has already committed to play at the college level.

The 5-foot-10 junior guard gave an oral commitment to the women’s basketball program at Wisconsin-Green Bay, which is currently ranked No. 19 in the AP poll.

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OTTAWA — Semi Ojeleye scored 34 points, and Ottawa defeated Kansas City Schlagle, 69-58 in overtime, on Wednesday night to remain undefeated. Ottawa (5-0) will entertain De Soto on Friday.

K.C. Schlagle 14 12 7 18 7 — 58 Ottawa 11 10 14 16 18 — 69 K.C. Schlagle — Clark 6, Browning 12, Sayles 5, Patton 5, Cal 14, Shackleford 8, Young 8.

Ottawa — Kaden Shaffer 4, Alex Hasty 8, Connor Goedert 8, Dallas Natt 10, James Peoples 5, Semi Ojeleye 34.

OUR TOWN SPORTS Lawrence swim team and lessons: Ad Astra Area Aquatics is a competitive year-round swim team that offers practices for ages 6-18 throughout the week. AAAA is always accepting new members. For information, visit adastraareaaquatics.org or call Patrick at 331-6940.

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Aquahawks openings: The Lawrence Aquahawks swimming team is always accepting new members. The Aquahawks are a year-round USA Swimming-sponsored competitive swim team. The Aquahawks offer a swim lesson program and competitive swim team for all ages.

The Aquahawks are coached by high quality professional coaches with weekly practices geared toward a variety of skill levels. For more information contact coach Zach at 785-393-7966 or zach@ aquahawks.org.

LET US KNOW Do you have a camp or a tournament or a sign-up session on tap? How about someone who turned in a noteworthy performance?

We’d like you to tell us about it. Mail it to Our Town Sports, Journal-World, Box 888, Lawrence 66044, fax it to 785 843-4512, e-mail to sportsdesk@ljworld.com or call 832-7147.

accept the first eight team entries per age division. A deposit will be required to reserve a spot in the league. For information, contact the youth sports office at 832-7940.

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p.m. Wednesdays for K-4 and 5:30-7 p.m. Thursdays for grades 4-8. And there will be a holiday youth camp Dec. 27-29. All camps in room 215.

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Baseball camps: The Jayhawk Baseball Camp has several camp options for area youth in the coming months.

O The Holiday Skills Camp will be Indoor facility rental: An from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Decemindoor baseball practice facility ber 28-30. There are also a is available for team rental and variety of hitting, pitching and taking reservations for the win- catching academies in Januaryter sessions. For information, April, as well as a Spring Trainvisit www.thefacilitylawrence. ing Camp in March. Contact com. the KU Baseball Office for more information at 785-864O 7907, or go to http://www.

Sidekicks seeking: The kuathletics.com/camps/kan12U Lawrence Sidekicks camps.html. are looking for one pitcher O and possibly one position Middle-school hoops: The player for the upcoming year.

Lawrence Parks & Recreation Contact Michael Monroe Department is taking registraat (785)423-1532 or e-mail tion for boys intramural middle hornet@sunflower.com to school, sixth-, seventh- and schedule a tryout. eighth-grade basketball program O through Dec. 31. Cost is $55 per 10-U Phenix: The 10U student. For info, call 832-7940 Lawrence Phenix is looking for O a couple of players to round Futsal registration: The out the roster. Please contact Rick Ross at 620-491-3260 or Lawrence Parks & Recreation email sooners_fan23@yahoo. Department is taking registracom for more information and tion for boys and girls indoor futsal (soccer), for K-sixth to schedule a tryout. grades, thru Dec. 31. Cost is O $40 for K-4 and $50 for fifth Vipers looking: Lawrence and sixth grades, per child. For Vipers are looking for girls information, call 832-7940. with 1997/98 birthdays for a O 14U C softball team. The team Softball camp: Former is looking for all positions.

Lawrence High softball Winter conditioning for the spring/summer tournament is coaches Reenie Stogsdill and Charlie Lauts will hold a starting. To schedule a tryout, contact coach Melvin at 785- softball came for 6- to 17-year331-6735 or email Lawrencevi- olds over the holiday break.

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Indoor facility: An indoor baseball/softball practice facility is available in Big Springs, with five full-size batting cages, three pitching tunnels and an 70-by-70-foot open area that can be expanded to 140-by-70. For information, visit www.BigSpringsSports. com or call 785-887-6700.

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Soccer squads forming: KC Core Soccer of Lawrence is now forming new premier soccer teams in Lawrence. We are currently recruiting for U9 (second and third grades) and U10 (fourth grade) girls teams but will consider players of all ages.

Teams are being formed now, with practices in Lawrence and league play in the Spring Heartland Soccer League. For information, contact Dan Stevens at 913-952-5264 or dstevens@ kccoresoccer.com.

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LGA placings: The Lawrence Gymnastics Academy Level 4 boys team won a tournament Dec. 4 in Blue Springs, Mo. LGA placings were: Level 4 — first place (1/8), age 6, Chase Mondi (85.3); third place (3/14), age 7, Peyton Wheat (81.4); first place (1/10), age 8, Devin Prather (85.4); fourth place (4/11), age 9, Daniel Warren (79.6); first place (1/8), age 10 & up, Caelan Cordes (86.5); Level 5 — first place (1/15), age 8, Keaton Stramberg (84.9); ninth place (9/11), age 10, Alden Hunt (76.0); 10th place (10/11), age 10, Sam Hindman (75.6); second place (2/10), 11 & up, Coulter Bisel (80.4); eighth place (8/10), 11& up, Blake Burgess (76.8); Level 6 — third place (3/9), age 11, Brandon Box (79.9); and Level 7 — third place (3/5), age 12 & up, Pip Cooper (76.0).

O Youth soccer camps: Baseball signups: LawSeveral youth soccer camps rence Parks & Recreation is CHIEFS QUARTERBACK KYLE ORTON STANDS ON THE SIDEwill be held through March at LINES after injuring a finger on his right hand against the taking team entries for the Kansas University’s Robinson Bears on Dec. 4 in Chicago. Interim coach Romeo Crennel 2012 Heinrich League & DougGym. A camp for boys will on Wednesday announced Orton is the Chiefs’ new startlas County Amateur Basebe held Tuesdays, 5:30-6:15 ing QB. ball Association season. To p.m. for preschool and kinderregister, stop by Holcom Park garten, 6:30-7:30 for grades Broncos a few weeks ago. “I Johnson said he also has a soft 1-5. A girls camp will be held Recreation Center or go online do what I’m told and do it to side that allows him to relate 5:30-6:15 p.m. Tuesdays for at www.lprd.org to download the best of my ability.” well to players. Johnson said preschool-kindergarten, 5:30-7 a registration form. LPRD will Crennel said he consid- that’s part of the reason the ered waiting until later in the pall in the locker room had week to make the announce- lifted — players were generment because he wanted ev- ally upbeat on Wednesday, ery possible advantage over despite having lost five of the Packers, who at 13-0 are their last six games and fallchasing a perfect season. ing out of playoff contention.

Then it occurred to Cren“You’d think there would nel that the Packers probably be a lot of distractions going don’t care who is starting. on right now, but there’s re“When you look at our ally not,” Johnson said. “We guys,” Crennel said, “they know this business is about look at Tyler and what he’s change all the time, so as done the last couple weeks, players you have to be prothey look at Orton and know fessional about what goes he has a finger, they look on.” at a rookie, so I don’t think Defensive back Brandon they’re shaking in their boots Flowers said the decision to about those choices.” fire Haley before the end of Packers coach Mike Mc- the season caught him by surCarthy said that was precise- prise, but then Flowers realy the case. soned that he’s on his third “We’re just trying to lock head coach in four years and down on their offense,” Mc- that perhaps nothing should wrence Journal-World Carthy said, “and be prepared surprise him. u see a photo in the La yo If or er t story online or go whether it’s Ricky Stanzi or “I wasn’t expecting it, Did you, a family memb edition, search for tha T IN PR the in Kyle Orton.” but you have to roll with m/photos. friend recently appear directly to LJWorld.co ld.com? or W Haley earned a reputation the punches. That’s not our LJ on or ld or W Journalduring his first NFL head call — that’s upper manageoto that Or just see a recent ph coaching job of being eva- ment’s call,” Flowers said. und? you’d love to keep aro sive, difficult to please and “Everybody’s going to pack often overly intense. Crennel their bags. I’m going to pack World.com couldn’t be much more op- my bags, Romeo Crennel, Click directly on any LJ will appear for posite.

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BIG 12 ROUNDUP

Baylor stretches streak to eight The Associated Press

Men No. 6 Baylor 69, Bethune-Cookman 42 WACO, TEXAS — The Baylor pep band played the Superman theme when Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III was honored at halftime.

Maybe the band members need to keep the tune handy for the high-flying act the sixth-ranked Bears have on the basketball court.

Quincy Acy had four of Baylor’s 10 dunks, and Pierre Jackson had a team-high 12 points to go with consecutive assists on early slams that put the Bears ahead to stay in a 69-42 victory over Bethune-Cookman on Wednesday night.

“I just like to get my bigs going. When we get a couple of dunks, we all just get out there and defend like crazy,” Jackson said. “Once you get the momentum, it’s hard to stop it.”

Jackson had a steal then a bounce pass to Deuce Bello for a dunk, and turned another Bethune-Cookman turnover right after that into a pass to Anthony Jones for another slam. That was part of an early 10-0 run that put the Bears (8-0) in front for good.

The Bears have won their first eight games for the first time under coach Scott Drew, who is in his 10th season. They played for the first time in 10 days after final exams.

“I was pleased the effort after a layoff,” Drew said.

“You always get a little concerned will you come out and be sharp. I thought the defensive intensity was there from the beginning.”

All 10 Bears who played scored, half of them with at least eight points.

Acy was the only other Baylor player in double figures with 10 points. The 6-foot-7 senior forward became the 25th player in school history with 1,000 points, the seventh since Drew became coach, with a free throw in the closing minutes.

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BAYLOR’S PIERRE JACKSON, RIGHT, works against BethuneCookman’s Ricky Johnson.

Baylor won, 69-42, on Wednesday night in Waco, Texas.

Garrius Holloman had 13 points and Anthony Breeze 12 for Bethune-Cookman.

BETHUNE-COOKMAN (3-7) Holloman 5-12 2-2 13, Scotland 0-1 0-0 0, Breeze 5-8 2-3 12, Elliott 0-3 1-2 1, Johnson 2-10 1-2 6, Coleman 0-4 0-0 0, Smith 1-1 1-2 3, Bryant 0-1 0-0 0, Mack 2-4 1-4 5, Dukes 0-0 0-0 0, McAfee 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 16-46 8-15 42.

BAYLOR (8-0) Jones III 4-7 0-0 8, Acy 4-8 2-6 10, Miller 3-6 0-0 7, Heslip 1-4 0-0 3, Walton 4-5 1-3 9, Ellis 1-3 0-0 3, Bello 4-5 1-2 9, Jefferson 1-3 0-0 2, Jones 2-3 1-2 6, Jackson 4-6 2-2 12. Totals 28-50 7-15 69.

Halftime-Baylor 31-16. 3-Point GoalsBethune-Cookman 2-7 (Johnson 1-2, Holloman 1-4, Elliott 0-1), Baylor 6-11 (Jackson 2-2, Ellis 1-2, Jones 1-2, Miller 1-2, Heslip 1-3). Rebounds-Bethune-Cookman 25 (Coleman, Holloman 4), Baylor 35 (Miller 8). Assists-Bethune-Cookman 11 (Bryant, Holloman 3), Baylor 15 (Jackson 4). Total Fouls-Bethune-Cookman 16, Baylor 14.

A-8,838.

Women No. 24 Texas 79, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 40 AUSTIN, TEXAS — Chassidy Fussell scored 14 of her 22 points in the first half.

ARK.-PINE BLUFF (0-8) Quarles 0-1 0-0 0, Gentry 3-11 1-2 8, Haggie 0-3 2-2 2, Vaden 0-6 3-4 3, Marsh 3-9 0-0 9, Lasane 1-2 1-2 3, Walker 1-4 1-1 3, Wormley 1-4 0-0 2, Okwumabua 4-9 2-3 10, McRae 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 13-49 10-14 40.

TEXAS (7-2) Gayle 2-4 2-2 6, Reed 3-5 4-6 10, Anderson 6-9 1-4 14, Fussell 8-12 3-4 22, Fontenette 4-10 0-0 10, Brewer 2-2 1-2 5, Enemkpali 0-2 0-0 0, Bass 4-7 0-0 9, Major 0-5 0-0 0, Hartung 1-3 1-2 3. Totals 30-59 12-20 79.

Halftime-Texas 41-17. 3-Point GoalsArk.-Pine Bluff 4-11 (Marsh 3-8, Gentry 1-1, Lasane 0-1, Vaden 0-1), Texas 7-18 (Fussell 3-7, Fontenette 2-4, Anderson 1-1, Bass 1-4, Enemkpali 0-1, Major 0-1).

Fouled Out-Gentry, Hartung. ReboundsArk.-Pine Bluff 31 (Okwumabua 7), Texas 36 (Gayle, Hartung 6). Assists-Ark.-Pine Bluff 6 (Marsh, Okwumabua 2), Texas 20 (Fontenette 9). Total Fouls-Ark.-Pine Bluff 19, Texas 18. A-6,742.

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Sullinger back on floor in Ohio State victory Ohio State 82, S. Carolina Upstate 58 COLUMBUS, OHIO (AP) — Everyone was pleased with how All-America forward Jared Sullinger played in his first game back after missing two because of back spasms.

Everybody but Sullinger, that is.

Deshaun Thomas scored 23 points, and No. 2 Ohio State welcomed back Sullinger in an 82-58 victory over South Carolina Upstate on Wednesday night.

“I was terrible tonight,” he said with a laugh after collecting a workmanlike 12 points and 10 rebounds in 33 minutes. “I was tired. Taking two weeks off is a killer.”

The 6-foot-9 sophomore wasn’t cleared to play until earlier Wednesday. He had missed the Buckeyes’ win over Texas-Pan American and Saturday’s 78-67 loss at No. 13 Kansas.

Coach Thad Matta said Sullinger played just about the way he expected.

“I thought he did a pretty decent job,” Matta said. “He hadn’t played since the Duke game (an 85-63 rout on Nov. 29). To get him out there and get him moving, he knew he was going to be rusty and probably a little bit winded.

But now that gives him some confidence to get back (to where he was) and to go to work.”

Sullinger received polite applause when he entered the game at the 14:37 mark of the first half. He took his time getting into the pace of the game.

AP All-America Team

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE Quarterback — Robert Griffin III, junior, 6-foot-2, 220 pounds, Baylor.

Running backs — Montee Ball, junior, 5-11, 210, Wisconsin; Trent Richardson, junior, 5-11, 224, Alabama.

Tackles — Barrett Jones, senior, 6-5, 311, Alabama; Matt Kalil, junior, 6-7, 295, Southern California.

Guards — David DeCastro, senior, 6-5, 310, Stanford; Kevin Zeitler, senior, 6-4, 318, Wisconsin.

Center — David Molk, senior, 6-2, 286, Michigan.

Wide receivers — Justin Blackmon, junior, 6-1, 215, Oklahoma State; Robert Woods, sophomore, 6-1, 180, Southern California.

Tight end — Dwayne Allen, junior, 6-4, 255, Clemson.

All-purpose player — Sammy Watkins, freshman, 6-1, 180, Clemson.

Kicker — Randy Bullock, senior, 5-9, 212, Texas A&M. DEFENSE Ends — Melvin Ingram, senior, 6-2, 276, South Carolina; Whitney Mercilus, junior, 6-4, 265, Illinois.

Tackles — Devon Still, senior, 6-5, 310, Penn State; Jerel Worthy, junior, 6-3, 310, Michigan State.

Linebackers — Luke Kuechly, junior, 6-3, 237, Boston College; Jarvis Jones, sophomore, 6-3, 241, Georgia; Dont’a Hightower, junior, 6-4, 260, Alabama.

Cornerbacks — Morris Claiborne, junior, 6-0, 185, LSU; Tyrann Mathieu, sophomore, 5-9, 175, LSU. Safeties — Mark Barron, senior, 6-2, 218, Alabama; Bacarri Rambo, junior, 6-0, 218, Georgia.

Punter — Brad Wing, freshman, 6-3, 184, LSU. SECOND TEAM OFFENSE Quarterback — Andrew Luck, junior, Stanford.

Running backs — LaMichael James, junior, Oregon; David Wilson, junior, Virginia Tech.

Tackles — Jonathan Martin, senior, Stanford; Nate Potter, senior, Boise State.

Guards —Will Blackwell, senior, LSU; Austin Pazstor, senior, Virginia.

Center — Peter Konz, junior, Wisconsin.

Wide receivers — Ryan Broyles, senior, Oklahoma; Kendall Wright, senior, Baylor.

Tight end — Tyler Eifert, junior, Notre Dame.

All-purpose player — Joe Adams, senior, Arkansas.

Kicker — Caleb Sturgis, junior, Florida.

DEFENSE Ends — Frank Alexander, senior, Oklahoma; Vinny Curry, senior, Marshall.

Tackles — Joe Vellano, junior, Maryland; Derek Wolfe, senior, Cincinnati.

Linebackers — Courtney Upshaw, senior, Alabama; Lavonte David, senior, Nebraska; Manti Teo, junior, Notre Dame.

Cornerbacks — David Amerson, sophomore, North Carolina State; Dre Kirkpatrick, junior, Alabama.

Safeties — Markelle Martin, senior, Oklahoma State; Antonio Allen, senior, South Carolina.

Punter — Ryan Allen, junior, Louisiana Tech.

THIRD TEAM OFFENSE Quarterback — Matt Barkley, junior, Southern California.

Running backs — Ronnie Hillman, sophomore, San Diego State; Bobby Rainey, senior, Western Kentucky.

Tackles — Levy Adcock, senior, Oklahoma State; Cordy Glenn, senior, Georgia.

Guards — Ryan Miller, senior, Colorado; Gabe Ikard, sophomore, Oklahoma.

Center — Grant Garner, senior, Oklahoma State.

Wide receivers — Jordan White, senior, Western Michigan; Patrick Edwards, senior, Houston.

Tight end — Coby Fleener, senior, Stanford.

All-purpose player — Tavon Austin, junior, West Virginia.

Kicker — Quinn Sharp, junior, Oklahoma State.

DEFENSE Ends — Sam Montgomery, sophomore, LSU; Andre Branch, senior, Clemson.

Tackles — John Simon, junior, Ohio State; Fletcher Cox, junior, Mississippi State.

Linebackers — Tank Carder, senior, TCU; Sammy Brown, senior, Houston; Emmanuel Acho, senior, Texas.

Cornerbacks — Nigel Malone, junior, Kansas State; Brodrick Brown, junior, Oklahoma State.

Safeties — Josh Bush, senior, Wake Forest; George Iloka, senior, Boise State.

Punter — Shawn Powell, senior, Florida State.

AP All-America team selection panel: Bob Asmussen, Champaign (Ill.) NewsGazette; Greg Auman, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times; Robert Cessna, Bryan-College Station (Texas) Eagle; Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman; Seth Emerson, The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph and Columbus (Ga.) LedgerEnquirer; Erik Gee, KNML-AM Albuquerque, N.M.; Eric Hansen, South Bend (Ind.) Tribune; Mike Herndon Press-Register.

Mobile, Ala.; Joshua Kendall, The State, Columbia, S.C.; Rob Long, CBS Radio 105.7 Baltimore; Dave Matter, Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune; Sam McKewon, Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald; Dave Reardon, Honolulu Star-Advertiser; Kyle Ringo, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.; Keith Sargeant, Home News Tribune, Somerville, N.J.; John Shinn, The Norman (Okla.) Transcript.

“Sullinger looked like all really good players,” Spartans coach Eddie Payne said.

“He had quiet production. He had 12 and 10 and didn’t seem like he did a whole lot.”

It was Sullinger who suggested to Matta that he not start.

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SC-UPSTATE (6-5) Craig 6-12 4-5 20, Rogers 0-3 0-0 0, Greene 2-5 1-2 6, Glenn 3-4 4-6 10, Blessing 0-0 0-0 0, Porchea 1-2 0-0 2, Miller 0-1 2-2 2, Rodgers 3-4 0-2 6, Maxey 1-4 0-0 2, Elam 0-1 0-0 0, Cook 0-1 2-2 2, Olumuyiwa 4-7 0-1 8. Totals 20-44 13-20 58.

OHIO STATE (9-1) Thomas 10-15 1-1 23, Ravenel 4-6 1-2 9, Craft 1-3 4-5 6, Smith Jr. 1-3 0-0 2, Buford 4-9 4-4 14, Sullinger 3-8 6-7 12, Sibert 1-1 1-1 3, Scott 0-0 0-0 0, Thompson 4-4 0-0 8, Weatherspoon 0-0 3-4 3, Williams 1-2 0-0 2, McDonald 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-51 20-24 82.

Halftime-Ohio St. 37-28. 3-Point Goals-SCUpstate 5-13 (Craig 4-9, Greene 1-3, Miller 0-1), Ohio St. 4-12 (Buford 2-4, Thomas 2-5, Sullinger 0-1, Smith Jr. 0-2). Rebounds-SCUpstate 30 (Glenn 7), Ohio St. 22 (Sullinger 10). Assists-SC-Upstate 7 (Craig 3), Ohio St. 19 (Craft, Scott 4). Total Fouls-SC-Upstate 23, Ohio St. 17. A-13,552.

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

Sunday 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 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.

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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)

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 Wednesday’s Game Baylor 69, Bethune-Cookman 42 Today’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)

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Baylor Texas Tech Oklahoma State Kansas Missouri Texas A&M Texas Iowa State Kansas State Oklahoma Wednesday Texas 79, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 40 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.

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

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College Men

EAST Baruch 71, Yeshiva 48 Dowling 56, American International 52 Morgan St. 73, UMBC 60 NY Tech 74, S. New Hampshire 60 Princeton 72, Rider 71, OT Ramapo 68, York (NY) 65 SOUTH Auburn 52, South Florida 40 Augusta St. 92, Flagler 55 Charleston Southern 88, The Citadel 69 Coll. of Charleston 71, Tennessee 65 Coppin St. 71, Towson 57 Iona 88, Richmond 79 Louisiana Tech 60, McNeese St. 58 Maryland 65, FIU 61 Mississippi 66, Louisiana-Lafayette 54 Norfolk St. 73, LIU 62 St. Augustine’s 70, Barber-Scotia 53 MIDWEST Adrian 70, Defiance 64 Cincinnati 78, Wright St. 58 DePaul 75, N. Illinois 52 Ohio 88, Marietta 54 Ohio St. 82, SC-Upstate 58 Viterbo 62, St. Mary’s (Minn.) 58 Wichita St. 94, Chicago St. 44 Wis.-Eau Claire 49, Wis.-Superior 48 Wis.-La Crosse 69, Carleton 50 Wis.-River Falls 72, Wis.-Stout 52 Wis.-Stevens Pt. 79, Wis.-Whitewater 77 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 87, Seattle 74 Baylor 69, Bethune-Cookman 42 Houston Baptist 87, Campbell 76 Lamar 88, Huston-Tillotson 59 Rice 109, Louisiana College 51 FAR WEST Cal Poly 91, Menlo 58 Denver 71, N. Colorado 65 New Mexico St. 92, W. New Mexico 65 UC Riverside 91, UC Santa Cruz 60

College Women

EAST Duquesne 77, Akron 70 Fairleigh Dickinson 51, Stony Brook 48 LIU 69, Cal Poly 61 Winthrop 88, Monmouth (NJ) 54 SOUTH Auburn 62, South Florida 45 Cent. Michigan 78, Mississippi 75, OT Elon 89, Campbell 88 FAU 63, North Florida 52 Georgia St. 65, Kennesaw St. 59 NC Central 65, Coker 64 Savannah St. 41, Louisiana-Lafayette 36 South Carolina 66, SC State 21 MIDWEST Ill.-Chicago 49, N. Illinois 47 Louisville 64, Cincinnati 59 Northwestern 87, Morgan St. 74 SOUTHWEST McNeese St. 70, Texas Southern 37 Texas 79, Ark.-Pine Bluff 40 Texas-Pan American 94, Huston-Tillotson 51 FAR WEST Denver 72, Minnesota 63 Nevada 76, Oregon 74

High School Boys

BV West 59, Blue Valley 47 Ottawa 69, K.C. Schlagle 58, OT Kearney, Neb. 32, SM West 31 Liberty North, Mo. 63, Blue Valley Southwest 48

High School Girls

Lee’s Summit, Mo. 40, BV North 38

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.

High School

Wednesday at Gardner GARDNER-EDGERTON 39, LAWRENCE HIGH 27 106 — Tristan Star, L, pinned Burger.

113 — Derek Girard, L, def. Hills, 13-0. 120 — Ryan Walter, L, lost to Fitzpatrick, 10-2.

126 — Hunter Haralson, L, lost to Stokes, 3-2. 132 — Cy Burghart, L, lost to Ewark, 13-4. 138 — Austin Magaleno, L, lost to Berends, 9-4. 145 — Ryan Bellinger, L, lost to Williams, 21-7. 132 — Andrew Denning, L, lost to Keehn, 7-2. 160 — Macon Ezell, lost by fall to Long. 170 — Ryan Schulteis, L, lost by fall to Pesek. 182 — Nick Pursel, L, won by technical fall over Hollingshead, 16-1. 195 — Reece Wright-Conklin, L, won by forfeit. 220 — Malik Davis, L, lost by fall to Stockton. 285 — Brad Wilson, L, pinned Fritz.

JUNIOR VARSITY 106 — Mario Godinez, L, lost by fall to Dowell. 106 — Xavier Kenney, L, pinned McDowell. 113 — Jhon Jacobs, L, pinned Morton. 113 — Tim Thontone, L, pinned McDonald. 113 — Jhon Jacobs, L, lost by fall to McKinney. 113 — Tim Thontone, L, pinned Schmidt. 132 — Zech Warren, L, pinned Stolz. 132 —Sean McCoy, def. Maston, 6-0.

138 — Adam Ramos, L, pinned Sharmon.

138 — Jacob VonFeldt, L, pinned Sharmon.

152 — Akram Laytimi, L, dec. Logg, 4-3.

152 — Isaias Rojo, L, dec. Cisneros, 6-4.

152 — Akram Laytmi, L, dec. Lees, 9-1. 160 — Stevin Hayes, L, lost by fall to Mosin.

170 — Stephen Hodges, L, lost by fall to Nowaczyk. 170 — Stephen Hodges, L, lost by fall to Eckelberry.

Next for LHS: Jan. 7 at Maize Tournament.

NHL

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 30 20 9 1 41 102 61 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 32 14 14 4 32 96 112 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 31 19 8 4 42 103 95 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 32 20 8 4 44 83 70 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 30 15 12 3 33 78 80 Los Angeles 30 13 13 4 30 65 70 Anaheim 30 9 16 5 23 71 96 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Wednesday’s Games Chicago 4, Minnesota 3, SO Boston 5, Ottawa 2 Anaheim 4, Phoenix 1 Today’s Games Dallas at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Calgary at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Washington at Winnipeg, 7:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m.

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

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Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

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Studio Apt., 1907 W. 25th, $390/mo. + Tenant only pays elect. 785-841-1155

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1 & 2BRs start at $400/mo. * Near campus, bus stop * Laundries on site * Near stores, restaurants * Water & trash paid 4BR duplex - start at $795 2BR - 2406 Alabama, Bldg. 2, —————————————————— 2 story, 1.5 baths, CA, DW, Get Coupon* for $25 OFF $500. No pets. 785-841-5797 EACH MONTH’S RENT www.rentinlawrence.com *Sign lease by Dec. 30, 2011 AND College Students 2BR — 2412 Alabama in 4-plex. 1 bath, CA, washer GET 25% DISCOUNT —————————————————— & dryer. No pets. $470/mo.

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offer good for limited time

1BR - $450, 2BR- $510/mo.

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Please call 913-422-8108 to schedule and interview. Location is one mile south of the Kansas Speedway.

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Cadillac 2007 DTS very nice, very luxurious!

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General Services

Steve’s Place

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Home Improvements

Lawn, Garden & Nursery

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• Holiday Lighting Installation • Professional and timely • Residential & Commercial Year round storage

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Stacked Deck

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Harris Auto Repair

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“If you want it done right, take it to Hite.”

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FOUNDATION REPAIR

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References! Insured!

785-550-9289

Moving-Hauling

15yr. locally owned and operated company.

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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.

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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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Heating & Cooling

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“Your Comfort Is Our Business.”

Installation & Service Residential & Commercial (785) 841-2665 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/rivercityhvac

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Re-Roofs: All Types Roofing Repairs Siding & Windows FREE Estimates (785) 749-0462 www.meslerroofing.com

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• 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

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Sue Bee’s Cleaning 785-841-2268

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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.

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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

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785-594-3357

Big/Small Jobs

Home Improvements

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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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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

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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.

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for up to 200 people?

Try the TEE PEES in North Lawrence. Call 785-766-3538

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Quality Work Over 20 yrs. exp.

785-841-3088

Buckingham Palace Commercial & Residential Cleaning Services “The Greener Cleaner”

Insurance

Call Lyndsey 913-422-7002

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Let children initiate contact with dad’s family Annie’s Mailbox

or age related. He’s done this all his life.

How do I deal with the embarrassment of introducing my friends and co-workers to my father — other than warning them to stand back five feet? — Beet-Red Face Dear Beet Red: Have you told Dad that he spits, or do you just focus on how fast he talks? He may be unwilling to change his speech patterns if there is no overwhelmanniesmailbox@comcast.net ing reason to do so, and relatives. Offer phone num- he may be completely unbers, email addresses, Face- aware that he is spraying his book pages, whatever you guests. Suggest he discuss have. In all likelihood, these relatives will treat the children better than they would you, the ex-wife, and they may actually reconsider a relationship. Still, prepare your children for the possibility of rejection. Then allow them to decide whether they wish to initiate any communication.

Dear Annie: My father is a very sweet, elderly man, but he has an embarrassing problem. Whenever he speaks, he talks so quickly that he tends to accidentally spit at the person with whom he’s conversing.

I’ve cringed at this so many times. No matter how nicely we tell him to slow down when he talks, he still does it. Mind you, it’s not a dental or medical problem,

Marcy Sugar and Kathy Mitchell

Nothing exceeds like excess A house built by television goes for sale on television. “Selling Spelling Manor” (8 p.m., HGTV) offers viewers an inside look at the approximately 56,000-squarefoot family home constructed by Candy Spelling for her husband, the late television producer Aaron Spelling, and their two children. For the record, that’s 14,000 square feet per family member!

Candy shows us the house’s many, many rooms, including a bowling alley, a billiard room, a doll museum, a screening room and various chambers dedicated only to china and silver and, of course, gift-wrapping. There are 27 bathrooms.

It’s sad to see that television associated with Aaron Spelling has come to this, a mash-up of “House Hunters” and QVC. The most telling moment arrives when we hear a rather cheesy approximation of the “Dynasty” theme — itself a rather cheesy approximation of a TV fanfare. It’s obvious the makers of this special couldn’t afford or wouldn’t spring for the rights to the real thing.

“Selling” briefly recalls the home’s controversial construction. Neighbors in the affluent Los Angeles neighborhood were shocked at the size and scope of the excavation and building that went on for years.

Even before its completion, the manor became a lightning rod for criticism and ridicule, a glaring example of materialism run amok. It resembles a Hyatt on steroids. Candy Spelling’s daughter, Tori, has launched her own cable series on Oxygen celebrating the normality of her new life in much more modest surroundings.

The search for a buyer for the massive pile — listed for $150 million — demonstrates how far HGTV has strayed from its modest origins. As Spelling’s real estate agent puts it, “We’re looking for a billionaire.”

Year-end retrospectives continue with “The Year With Katie Couric” (8 p.m., ABC). It glances back on the best and worst of 2011 and highlights the year in film and television with interviews with Kristen Wiig and Chelsea Handler.

Another special, “The Year the Earth Went Wild” (8 p.m., Discovery), looks at destructive weather in 2011. Of course, that title could have applied to 2010 as well.

Tonight’s other highlights

A finalist departs on “The X Factor” (7 p.m., Fox).

Viewers get one more chance to watch the 1965 animated special “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (7 p.m., ABC).

This year.

Abed animates the holidays on “Community” (7 p.m., NBC).

The machine spits out four numbers on “Person of Interest” (8 p.m., CBS).

A treasure map leads to murder in the Everglades on “Bones” (8 p.m., Fox).

Michael is put in charge of a crucial assignment on the season finale of “Burn Notice” (8 p.m., USA).

Death in the diamond district on “Prime Suspect” (9 p.m., NBC).

A chance to burnish tarnished reputations on the season finale of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (9 p.m., FX).

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ceremony with another person. Jump over a barrier and let it dissolve. Tonight: Happy to get home.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Be aware of your limitations — those that are self-imposed as well.

You might want to see if you can move past a particular boundary. Tonight: Head on out. Meet friends.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Rethink the possibility of making a change.

Say “yes” and head in a new direction. Use the daylight hours to the max.

Tonight: Think “gifts.”

Think “Santa.”

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) Your major focus could be just getting through the day. You have something better waiting around the corner. Tonight: You are top dog.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Zero in on your priorities, knowing full well the choices you need to make. Remain upbeat and direct in your dealings.

Tonight: Vanish while you can.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You know what you want, but do you understand which path is the correct path? Touch

is 62. Actress Melanie Chartoff is 61. Movie director Julie Taymor is 59. Movie director Alex Cox is 57. Actor Justin Ross is 57. Rock musician Paul Simonon (The Clash) is 56. Political strategist Donna Brazile

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base with several different people. Tonight: Tell it like it is.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21) Check out a hunch and brainstorm with those in the know.

Although the solution appears in the haze, it seems appropriate. Tonight: Expect to be burning the midnight oil.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Deal directly with one other person.

You could be unusually persuasive when following through on an idea.

Tonight: Follow the music.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) If you think a key person might have an ulterior motive, you could be misreading the situation. Just accept what is offered, and make less of a judgment. Tonight: Chat over dinner.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Continue the hectic pace. You know what you are doing. Schedule meetings for late in the day. Tonight: Socializing to your heart’s content.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

BIRTHDAYS Actor-comedian Tim Conway is 78. Singer Cindy Birdsong (The Supremes) is 72. Rock musician Dave Clark (The Dave Clark Five) is 69.

Rock musician Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge) is 65. Actor Don Johnson

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it with his dentist and his doctor, because there may be underlying reasons that can be remedied. If nothing changes, there’s not much more you can do. Allow your friends and co-workers to handle it as they choose, and you can apologize to them on Dad’s behalf if you feel it is necessary.

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS For Thursday, Dec. 15: This year you often feel very sure of yourself. Your thinking might be grounded, but for whatever reason, an element of confusion runs through your life.

If you are single, you could date to your heart’s content. Just don’t consider a date a marriage proposal.

If you are attached, take up a new hobby together.

Virgo can push you beyond your limits.

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) While you can, get as much accomplished as possible. You are definitely overworked, but you can effectively get through that extra work. Tonight: Head home, but squeeze in some exercise.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) You come from a solid position and greater depth and understanding.

Your ability to understand the way others work and empathize allows for a strong rapport. Tonight: Start thinking “weekend.”

Make plans.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Don’t stand on

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ACROSS 1 Indian garment 5 “... and make it fast!”

9 Bettor’s bet 14 Queenly role for Liz 15 Old king of rhyme 16 “Come here ___?”

17 Curriculum sessions to overcome?

20 Man from Katmandu 21 It’s held in the hold 22 .com kin 23 Adj. modifier 25 Advanced degree in mathematics?

26 Bit in a feedbag 29 CD track 31 “I saw a mouse!”

33 Seize before it passes 35 Brushes with the law 38 Typewriter type size 39 Traffic jam causes, sometimes 41 Blithering fool 43 “For fun it’s a wonderful toy” item 44 Applesauce topper 46 “Help!” et al.

47 “Graphic” opening 51 Word preceding a woman’s birth name 52 Rugged

concern 40 Touring company 41 Wayfarer’s lodging 42 Deserved recognition 45 Future woman 48 Brought forth 49 Disguised, in a way 50 City in western Texas 53 “Once upon ___ ...”

55 “___ death do us part” 57 Australian ratites 58 ___, tens, hundreds 60 Catch of the day, perhaps 61 Bend under pressure 62 Number for the show?

63 Venusian vehicle, e.g.

64 Sign along an interstate

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Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

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is 52. Country singer Doug Phelps (Brother Phelps; Kentucky Headhunters) is 51. Movie producer-director Reginald Hudlin is 50.

Actress Helen Slater is 48. Actress Molly Price is 46. Actor Michael Shanks is 41.

12 Poker term 13 Warrant officer’s superior (Abbr.)

18 ___ mode (topped with ice cream) 19 Dinner discards 24 Bridal concealers 26 ___ Day & the Knights (band in “Animal House”) 27 Play a role 28 Title’s first word, often 30 Best man’s best friend, often 32 Mournful bell sound 34 Resin in adhesives and paints 36 Unlike sign language 37 Barbershop sounds 39 Dental

coastline feature 54 “Quiet on the ___!”

56 Third-Sunday-in-June honoree 57 Turn a deaf ___ (ignore) 59 Apply improperly 61 Tripperuppers 65 Bad and then some 66 Cafeteria offering 67 Bottom-ofthe-barrel stuff 68 Christmas dinner bird 69 “To be,” for Caesar 70 Classic Icelandic poetry DOWN 1 Biscuits served with tea 2 Reflective power, as of a planet 3 Took another turn on “Wheel of Fortune” 4 Extremely small amount 5 Insured event 6 “Do re mi fa ___ ...”

7 “30 Rock” co-star Baldwin 8 Nut used for pie 9 Hooligan 10 “Hair” do 11 “___ now or never!”

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Dear Annie: My husband and I separated 10 years ago when our children were preteens. He has shown little interest in them and maintains contact only due to my encouragement. My family always includes him when we have family get-togethers.

His family, however, decided that being nice to us would be taking sides, so they ignore our existence.

Recently, my husband and his family had a big reunion less than a block from us. We have not seen some of these relatives since the separation. They did not let us know they were coming and made no contact, even though my mother-in-law was here for more than a week.

Although my children claim they do not care, I can see how painful it is that their grandparents, aunts and uncles have abandoned them.

Every time I try to communicate with my in-laws, they subject me to horrible accusations. My kids say I can’t fix everything, but giving up doesn’t seem like the answer.

What is? — Feeling Hurt and Helpless Dear Hurt: Your children sound wise beyond their years, and they are old enough now to handle this as they see fit. Ask if they would like to contact their grandparents and other paternal

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birth name 52 Rugged

Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

” (Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: ROBOT CHUNK LOCKED ROTATE Answer: When Amundsen finally reached the South Pole, all he could do was — LOOK NORTH

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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 further advised under the provisions of the Kansas Simplified Estates Act the Court need not supervise administration of the Estate, and no notice of any action of the Executor or other proceedings in the administration will be given, except for notice of final settlement of decedent’s estate.

All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the said estate within four (4) months from the date of the first publication of this notice as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

Marsha F. Marshall, Petitioner Submitted by: Joseph D. Growney, KS Bar No. 22221 LATHROP & GAGE LLP 2345 Grand Boulevard, Suite 2800 Kansas City, MO 64108 816-292-2000 ATTORNEYS FOR PETITIONER ________ (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World December 8, 2011) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS U.S. Bank National Association PLAINTIFF vs.

Myk D. Barta; Ronda R. Barta; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occupant); First Select Inc., DEFENDANTS

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Case No. 11CV697 Div. No. 1 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

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In the Matter of the Estate of SIDNEY ASHTON GARRETT, Deceased Case No. 2011-P2000 NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS The State of Kansas to all persons concerned:

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,

You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, praying to foreclose a real estate mortgage on the following described real estate:

Lawrence You are further notified that Mildred C. Hamilton died November 3, 2010. All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the estate of the decedent within the latter of four months from the first publication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and K.S.A. 58a-818, and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after receipt of actual notice. If a creditor fails to present such demands or claims to the Estate within such prescribed time period, they shall be forever barred.

Lot Eighty Six (86), WINCHESTER ESTATES NO. 3, in the City of Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas s, com/s/ARTHUR O. HAMILTON monly known as 1610 SavCounter-Petitioner age Street, Eudora, KS 66025 (the “Property”) RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: and all those defendants /s/ Carolyn R. Simpson, who have not otherwise # 17958 been served are required to Carolyn R. Simpson, plead to the Petition on or Attorney at Law LLC before the 18th day of Janu- 719 Massachusetts Street, ary, 2012, in the District Suite 117 Court of Douglas Lawrence, Kansas 66044 County,Kansas. If you fail Phone: 785-979-4353 to plead, judgment and de- Fax: 888-515-0102 cree will be entered in due E-Mail: csimpson@attorneysimpson.com course upon the Petition. ________ NOTICE Pursuant to the Fair Debt (First published in the LawCollection Practices Act, 15 rence Daily Journal-World U.S.C. §1692c(b), no infor- December 1, 2011) mation concerning the collection of this debt may be IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF given without the prior con- DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS sent of the consumer given directly to the debt collecIn the Matter of the tor or the express permisEstate of sion of a court of compeMARY ELIZABETH tent jurisdiction. The debt STEPHENS, collector is attempting to a/k/a Elizabeth Stephens, collect a debt and any indeceased formation obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case No. 2011 PR 101

Prepared By: Pursuant to K.S.A. South & Associates, P.C. Chapter 59 Brian R. Hazel (KS # 21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Title to Real Estate Involved Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 NOTICE OF HEARING AND (913)663-7899 (Fax) NOTICE TO CREDITORS Attorneys For Plaintiff (137015) THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: ________ You are hereby notified (First published in the Law- that a petition has been rence Daily Journal-World filed in this Court by AMY MONROY, duly appointed, December 8, 2011) qualified and acting AdminIN THE DISTRICT COURT OF istrator With Will Annexed DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS of the Estate of MARY ELIZABETH STEPHENS, deSEVENTH JUDICIAL ceased, praying DISTRICT Petitioner’s acts be approved; account be settled In Re the Estate of and allowed; the heirs be Mildred C. Hamilton, determined; the Will be Deceased construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons Case No. 2011 PR 161 entitled thereto; the Court Div. 1 find the allowances requested for attorneys fees Pursuant to K.S.A. and expenses are reasonaChapter 59 ble and should be allowed; the costs be determined NOTICE OF HEARING and ordered paid; the adAND NOTICE TO ministration of the Estate ESTATE CREDITORS be closed; upon the filing of THE STATE OF KANSAS TO receipts the Petitioner be finally discharged as the ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: Administrator With Will AnYou are notified that on No- nexed of the Estate of ELIZABETH STEvember 8, 2011, a petition MARY was filed in this Court by PHENS, deceased, and the Arthur O. Hamilton, an heir, Petitioner be released from devisee and legatee, and further liability. executor named in the “Last Will and Testament of You are required to file written defenses Mildred C. Hamilton”, de- your ceased, dated February 8, thereto on or before De2008, requesting that the cember 22, 2011, at 10:00 will filed with the petition o’clock a.m. in the District be admitted to probate and Court, in Lawrence, Douglas record; counter-petitioner County, Kansas, at which be appointed as executor, time and place the cause without bond; counter- pe- will be heard. Should you titioner be granted Letters fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in Testamentary. due course upon the petiYou are required to file tion. your written defenses to AMY MONROY, Petitioner the petition on or before January 5, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. in the District Court, Doug- PREPARED AND las County, Kansas, at APPROVED BY: which time and place the STEVENS & BRAND, L.L.P. cause will be heard. Should 900 Massachusetts, Ste. 500 you fail to file your written PO Box 189 defenses, judgment and de- Lawrence KS 66044-0189 cree will be entered in due (785) 843-0811 course upon the Attorneys for Petitioners ________ counter-petition.