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Plan afoot to block Kobach’s legal work ——

2 KU sports ticket scandal

Save Our Neighborhood Schools

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5 KU Athletics Director Lew Perkins resigns

Republicans sweep state offices

MagnaGro fatalities, violations

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Voters approve $18 million library expansion

Top law enforcement and court officials retire

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9 KU continues to grapple with partying

Lawrence economy shows signs of life

Lawrence sees snow and more snow

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Secretary-elect promises to fight proposal T O P E K A ( AP ) — The Kansas House’s Democratic leader said Wednesday that he’ll push legislation to stop Republican Secretary of State-elect Kris Kobach from continuing outside legal work for city officials and legislators across the country who want to crack down on illegal immigration.

Kobach, a law professor now on leave, is nationally known for helping draft Arizona’s controversial new immigration law. Kobach has repeatedly said Kobach he would work at least 40 hours a week as secretary of state and handle outside legal work in his spare time once he takes office Jan. 10.

House Minor- Davis ity Leader Paul Davis, a Lawrence Democrat, said that he plans to propose a bill that would prevent statewide elected leaders, Cabinet officials and other department heads from having any outside employment “of significance.”

Davis said the measure probably would apply to the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, insurance commissioner, state treasurer and about a dozen officials appointed by the governor. But he specifically cited Kobach as the reason the state needs such a law.

“When you’re hired to do a job by the people of Kansas, they expect you to be doing it on a Please see DAVIS, page 2A

Animal-disease researchers to be recruited as NBAF gets under way

By Christine Metz cmetz@ljworld.com

In preparation for the arrival of a $650 million federal research lab, roads and utilities are being rerouted at a 45-acre site just across the street from Kansas State University’s football stadium.

But as the arrival of the mammoth National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility inches forward, one state organization hopes to begin a different kind of groundwork.

In the coming months, look for the Kansas Bioscience Authority to spend millions of dollars to bring some of the top foreign animal disease researchers to K-State.

It’s a similar concept to what the K-State’s $12 million Center of agency did this year with the Kansas Excellence for Emerging and University Cancer Center.

Zoonotic Diseases, which is funded In all, the KBA commitby the U.S. Department of ted $9 million over five Homeland Security and years to bring in five toplooks at how to protect the tier cancer researchers to country’s food supply from the cancer center. The agroterrorism and animal push is to help KU in its diseases. quest to become a desigThe work at K-State will nated National Cancer ease the transition when Institute facility. the aging Plum Island facilPart 6 in a series: “There is an extraordiity in New York relocates to NBAF nary opportunity to do the Manhattan, Kan. The exact same thing we have 500,000-square-foot NBAF done at KU over at K-State,” KBA will study some of the world’s most president and CEO Tom Thornton dangerous animal diseases. said.

“The key to taking advantage of The new scholars will build upon NBAF is to recruit now and build

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that capacity and ability now at KState to advance the programs to quite literally the best of its kind in the nation, if not the world,” Thornton said.

Also on tap for 2011, the Biosecurity Research Institute at K-State will work toward gaining the proper federal permits and approval to research five of the eight diseases that will be studied at NBAF. “It is vital to us because it allows

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us to get a jump start on these critical pathogens that are the big imminent threat that everyone talks about,” Thornton said. “And, it allows for a smooth transition … so when NBAF is up and open they have the initial project team, initial research done.”

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DEATHS PAUL DARIN DUNAVIN TONGANOXIE — Funeral services for Paul Darin Dunavin, 45, Minneapolis, Minn., formerly of Tonganoxie, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Quisenberry Funeral Home in Tonganoxie.

Mr. Dunavin died Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, in Minneapolis.

The family will receive friends one hour before services at the funeral home.

VFW seeks to diversify, reach out to young vets

By Heather Hollingsworth Associated Press Writer

LEAVENWORTH — The Veterans of Foreign Wars’ post in Leavenworth traditionally was dominated by aged exservicemen.

But in recent years a revolution has occurred in the Kansas Army town, with a new young leadership transforming the post into a center providing support and entertainment for male and female veterans of all ages and conflicts.

It’s a scene that the VFW, considered the nation’s largest and most active organization advocating for military veterans, is burnishing as several hundred thousand of its mainstay members — World War II veterans — die each year.

“We have to battle that perception that we are an old man’s club,” said Lynn W. Rolf III, a 36-year-old Iraq war veteran and the commander of the Leavenworth post. “We have to transform ourselves or we won’t survive.”

Since its peak membership in 1992, the VFW’s ranks have fallen from 2.17 million to 1.49 million nationwide. About 500,000 of its members are above the age of 80 while just about 100,000 are under the age of 39.

VFW membership director Matt Claussen predicts the organization’s membership will bottom out at 1.3 million.

He says diversification is key if the group is to maintain its clout in the fight for veterans’ benefits and entitlements in Congress.

Claussen says the group must strive to repeat its success at Leavenworth, as well as at other progressive posts; the chapter at Fergus Falls, Minn., was last year run by a 28-year-old veteran, and a post near Buffalo, N.Y., has a primarily female membership.

Former servicewomen and younger vets are “going to be the base of the foundation of the organization,” he said.

Younger veterans Younger vets had struggled to be accepted by the old boys’ crowd for decades.

John Barrett said the WWII vets at an Alabama post treated him with such disregard when he returned from Vietnam that he turned his back on the organization back in the 1970s.

“They said it wasn’t a real war, that we just went over there and messed around, that we were nothing but a police action and we didn’t see what they called ‘real combat,’” Barrett said. “They called us ‘baby killers,’ and they didn’t feel like we should even be in their organization.”

When Rolf walked through the door at the Leavenworth post in 2007, he found a bunch of old-timers drinking at the bar.

Sure, they understood combat and all the things that are hard to explain to people who haven’t been there.

But Rolf, who had been drinking too much and had been struggling with bad memories of the war in Iraq, said members seemed more focused on what kind of liquor to stock at the bar than with providing support for returning troops and their families.

“It was a tough atmosphere,” Rolf said. “If it didn’t affect the home itself, the post, they didn’t want to hear it.”

A ‘coup’ So Rolf enlisted his veteran friends, and they led what he describes as a “coup.”

Now the post hosts part i e s fo r t h e c h i l d re n o f d e p l oye d s o l d i e rs , h a s o rga n i ze d a m o to rc yc l e rally to raise money for the fa m i l i e s o f d e p l oy i n g troops, offers resume-writing classes for service members’ spouses and provides ba bys i tte rs d u r i n g p o s t functions.

Members even mucked together to clean up the home of a soldier who was deployed when his house was inundated with floodwater.

Barrett, who rejoined the VFW in November, says there has been a sea change at the Leavenworth post.

“I like this,” he said. “This is good because you come in here and you see younger vets and you see older vets, even some old, old veterans.”

Attracting women As the leader of the post at Leavenworth and district commander of 19 other posts in northeast Kansas, Rolf — whose favored tipple these days is Mountain Dew — has not only fronted efforts to modernize and diversify the organization.

He also badgers local media for coverage, promotes the Leavenworth post through Facebook and, perhaps most revolutionary of all, has actively recruited female members.

Forty-seven-year-old Cathy Fields, one of three women to hold leadership positions at the post, says she feels accepted, although her family had trouble understanding her attraction to the organization at first.

“Our biggest fight, especially bringing in women, is the perception,” Fields said.

“My dad said, ‘Why do you want to go down to the VFW and drink with a bunch of old men?’”

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By Andrew Nash The Pittsburg Morning Sun

PITTSBURG — For the most part, the coal mining has stopped in southeast Kansas.

The land still bears the echoes of strip mining for fossil fuels.

But while the coal mining is largely done, the hunt is still on for fossil fuels in local counties. Where coal was once king, natural gas and oil are now taking up residence.

Crawford and Bourbon counties are now the site of pumps and wells dotting the countryside, and have been for some time.

One company, JayHawk Energy Inc., has made Bourbon and Crawford counties the focus of its fossil fuel hunt.

Natural gas Southeast Kansas sits in an area of natural gas potential called the Cherokee Basin that includes most of the counties in the region. The Department of Energy believes the basin, which stretches into northeast Oklahoma and western Missouri, may hold 2.8 trillion cubic feet of recoverable coal-bed methane.

“Particularly in Bourbon and Crawford counties, there is an estimated 40 billion cubic feet of coal-bed methane,” said Lynn Watney,

senior scientific fellow with the Kansas Geological Survey. “That’s signif icant.

There’s been a decline in natural gas near Hugoton, and that’s been made up for by gas in southeast Kansas.”

It’s not like natural gas production is anything new, either. In fact, natural gas production in Bourbon and Crawford counties has been happening since the 1980s.

“The local bed really got going in the late 1980s. There were tax incentives to look for alternative energy sources, and oil and gas production was looked at in this region,” Watney said. “It just grew from the ’80s. It’s a relatively recent development of that resource.”

According to figures from the Kansas Geological Survey, the first modern natural gas well in the entire Cherokee Basin was put in place in 1984. But for more than 15 years, natural gas production in the Basin was fairly minimal. And then 2002 hit.

Before 2002, there were only 63 registered natural gas wells, producing more than 530,000 million cubic feet of natural gas. In 2002, that number more than tripled to 214 wells producing 1,728,000 million cubic feet of natural gas.

The latest complete data (from 2009) indicate more than 5,200 wells in the entire

Cherokee Basin, with 43,471,000 million cubic feet of gas produced.

JayHawk Energy At least in Crawford and Bourbon counties, the primary natural gas and oil producer is JayHawk Energy Inc., a company headquartered in Post Falls, Idaho.

The “Uniontown Project” of Bourbon and Crawford counties is the first and foremost of the companies holdings. The company also holds a few light oil wells in North Dakota.

Also in play for JayHawk is an 18-mile gas pipeline the company bought from Galaxy Energy, along with 34 wells, seven of which are tied in to the pipeline. The pipeline is directed to a larger pipeline that allows for sales and growth.

Marshall Diamond-Goldberg, JayHawk president and geological expert, said that the company is well positioned in southeast Kansas, a region he believes is perfect for the company.

“The return for us is pretty good,” Diamond-Goldberg.

“The reserves are low enough that we don’t have any significant competition from the larger companies, but they’re large enough to pursue oil and gas opportunities in the state. It’s a tremendous opportunity looking at all the region.”

Rescued pit bulls await new homes

By Mark Fagan mfagan@ljworld.com

Sixteen of 27 dogs rescued in October from a dog-fighting operation in Independence are ready for adoption — including several in Lawrence that are rested, tested and looking for homes for the new year.

The dogs, all of them pit bulls, are available for adoption by licensed rescue operators or regular folks looking for loyal canine companions.

Each animal has been tem-

perament-tested through Game Dog Guardian, a Lawrence organization led by Anthony Barnett, who is a board member at the Lawrence Humane Society.

The organization also plans to provide the dogs with training in general obedience skills.

“As far as physical things, the dogs look good,” said Midge Grinstead, executive director of the Humane Society. “One is very timid and fearful, and the others are coming along very well. …

“These dogs were used and

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full-time basis,” Davis said. “I don’t think there is room for people to have second jobs.”

Kobach promised to fight the proposal.

“It’s a brazen attempt to stop me from making the progress and reforms I’ve made in the illegal immigration area,” he said.

The most controversial parts of Arizona’s law are being challenged in court, including a section that would require police officers who are enforcing other laws to question the immigration status of those they suspect are in the country illegally.

Sherriene Jones-Sontag, a spokeswoman for Kansas Gov.-elect Sam Brownback, also a Republican, declined to comment on Davis’ proposal.

The Legislature convenes its annual session on Jan. 10, with

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Do you believe in ghosts? large GOP majorities in both the House and Senate.

A statement f iled by Kobach in June with the secretary of state’s office, listing his substantial f inancial interests, shows he received at least $2,000 in fees during the previous year from Hazelton, Pa., and Valley Park, Mo. He advised those cities on regulations designed to crack down illegal immigration and has represented both in legal challenges.

Kansas law does not require a state official to list an exact amount of compensation, or to provide details other than the client paying it and its address.

Kobach’s statement also lists compensation from the Immigration Reform Law Institute, a Washingtonbased law firm that promotes federal, state and local legislation cracking down on illegal immigration.

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won’t be fully operational until about 2018. Future funding for NBAF is still wrapped around Congress’ approval of a comprehensive spending bill, an issue that should be settled soon.

If approved, DHS will spend $40 million in fiscal year 2011 for the facility’s central utility plan. From there,

the facility would take four years to build.

“With the $40 million, we will be on track and hold to the schedule,” Thornton said.

Along with DHS, Kansas and local officials will also go about addressing concerns raised in a report released in November by the National Research Council. The report stated that an escape of a dangerous disease and an ensu-

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ing outbreak is “more likely than not” over the 50-year lifetime of NBAF. The council called DHS’s 417-page assessment of NBAF incomplete because it did not account for how the highlevel biosecurity labs would operate, how dangerous pathogens might be released and which animals would be exposed to the disease.

Kansas officials are start-

ing to work on an incident response plan that would address issues raised in the council’s report. The plan could take more than a year to develop.

“Winning the NBAF is a big deal,” Thornton said. “We are not putting that victory on a shelf.”

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U.S. revokes Venezuelan envoy’s visa The Obama administration revoked the visa of the Venezuelan ambassador to the United States on Wednesday in a tit-for-tat diplomatic response to Venezuela’s rejection of the U.S. choice to be the next envoy to the South American country.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday dared the U.S. government to expel his ambassador, saying he will not allow the U.S. diplomat, Larry Palmer, to be ambassador because he made what Chavez described as blatantly disrespectful remarks about Venezuela.

“If the government is going to expel our ambassador there, let them do it!” Chavez said, adding: “If they’re going to cut diplomatic relations, let them do it!”

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Ghost stories from Eldridge sought TV show considering segment about historic Lawrence hotel

The Eldridge Hotel, 701 Mass., is being considered as the subject for a segment during the upcoming season of “My Ghost Story” on A&E’s Biography Channel.

Anyone with a ghost story to tell — and some visual evidence to support the claim — regarding the hotel may contact Patti McCormick at patti@oliviacollection.com.

While she already has located a couple candidates willing to share their tales of the para-

for a group of properties that includes the Eldridge.

“They’re looking for legitimate people — people who may have been actual guests — to report their ghost stories,” said Beth Cooper, who runs Topekabased Paranormal Adventures USA. “They’re not doing paranormal investigations or hearsay, just authentic people

By Mark Fagan mfagan@ljworld.com

If you’ve felt an unexplained chill, sensed an unseen visitor or taken an elevator up to an unexpected floor at the Eldridge Hotel, Patti McCormick wants to hear your story.

You just might get to share it with millions of others on a television network’s most popular show, says McCormick, director

Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation to determine whether failed U.S. Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell broke the law by using campaign money to pay personal expenses, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

O’Donnell, the Delaware Republican and tea party favorite who scored a surprise primary victory this year only to lose badly in the November general election, denied the charges and suggested they were being driven by her political opponents on the right and left, including Vice President Joe Biden.

O’Donnell, who set a state record by raising more than $7.3 million in a tea party-fueled campaign this year, has been dogged by questions about her personal and campaign finances.

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normal, she’s seeking more.

The hotel doesn’t track how many visitors check in at The Eldridge with hopes of encountering a ghost, but McCormick knows the number of spiritseeking tourists is on the rise.

“This is a phenomenon that’s ginormous,” said McCormick, who handles special events for The Olivia Collection, which includes the Eldridge and two other properties. “It’s huge, all over the country.”

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California faces winds, cold blast Cold blasts of wind hit California on Wednesday in the trail of a storm that dumped more rain and snow on the soggy state but failed to trigger significant new mudflows.

One person was killed by a falling tree and a snowboarder was missing, power outages were scattered around the state and some roads and highways were closed, but the region escaped widespread problems in the two-day round of foul weather.

Chilly wind gusts of more than 40 mph hit northern Los Angeles County as the low pressure system that brought the storm moved east, and forecasters warned that the night would allow even colder air and higher winds that could down power lines and topple trees rooted in saturated soil.

An expected drop of snow levels to low elevations also posed a threat to highway travel over mountain passes.

Meanwhile, communities east and south of Los Angeles that were hit hard by runoff in a dayslong series of storms last week were able to focus on cleaning up without additional new damage.

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3 suicide bombers used to kill cop Police commander Lt. Col. Shamil al-Jabouri knew al-Qaida wanted him dead. He was renowned in the tense northern city of Mosul for his relentless pursuit of the terror group, and insurgents had tried at least five times to kill him for it.

On the sixth attempt, al-Qaida left little to chance.

As al-Jabouri slept Wednesday morning on a couch in his office, three men wearing police uniforms over vests laden with explosives slipped through an opening in the blast walls surrounding the compound where his building stood, police said.

Police manning one of at least four observation towers surrounding the compound shot one of the attackers in a yard and his vest exploded. Under the cover of that blast, police said, the other two suicide bombers charged about 100 yards and made it into al-Jabouri’s single-story building.

They detonated their vests simultaneously — one at the door of al-Jabouri’s office — killing the commander instantly and injuring a policeman sleeping in a trailer nearby. The two blasts brought the whole building down, burying the slain commander under the rubble, police said.

5 | DENMARK

Attack over prophet cartoons thwarted Police in Denmark and Sweden said they thwarted a terrorist attack possibly hours before it was to begin Wednesday, arresting five men they say planned to shoot as many people as possible in a Copenhagen building housing the newsroom of a paper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

Four suspects were arrested in the suburbs of Copenhagen, including a Tunisian, a man from Lebanon and an Iraqi asylum-seeker. A fifth suspect, a Swedish citizen of Tunisian origin, was arrested in Sweden. The Danish intelligence service said it seized a submachine gun, a silencer and ammunition.

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Kansas sky is rich with ‘poems of light’

By Cheryl Unruh

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ome of the best sunsets happen in my rearview mirror.

That was the case one October evening. I was eastbound, driving from Garden City to Dodge City, when a gorgeous sunset sneaked up behind me.

The sky struck its best pose

of the day. Golden end-oftime rays streamed from purple and crimson clouds. As I caught the sky-shattering color in my mirror, I noticed a lone elevator in the foreground which would’ve been perfect to help frame a photograph.

Unfortunately, it was not until a mile or so later that I was able to pull off of the

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notice given to them. But in the evening, during that comma of time between daylight and darkness, the sun’s filtered light paints color onto those clouds, turning them into a kaleidoscopic billboard.

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Animal adventures of 2010 ran gamut of species

A TONGANOXIE TORTOISE NAMED ARZULA, shown with owner Emily Stoker, escaped from its backyard this summer.

Arzula eventually turned up safe and sound. His slow gait took him only two blocks during the two weeks he was missing.

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highway and into a rest area.

As I jumped out of my car, another woman leapt from her Maryland-tagged vehicle, camera in hand. Together we snapped photos of the sunset, but the energy of the colors had drained. We were two minutes too late; the magic was gone.

During the day, clouds drift across the sky without much

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Whether it’s a wild deer running loose downtown or a slow and steady turtle on the run, people love animal stories.

Last year brought us Beans the traveling cat, who hitched a ride in a moving truck and made it all the way to San Francisco. Then there was the successful push by Lawrence sixth-grader Judson King to amend the Lawrence city

code allowing him to have a pet hedgehog.

But 2010 had its share of fun and weird animal tales. Here’s a list of some of the interesting and heartwarming adventures reported in our area: ● In August, a frisky deer crashed through a glass window displaying bras and underwear at Weaver’s Department Store, 901 Mass. The deer was spotted Please see ANIMAL, page 4A

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in a resident’s yard a few minYes, art will be exhibitutes later and then escaped ed in the downtown toward the Kansas River. arts district from 5 Mayor Mike Amyx had a p.m. to 8 p.m. on New Year’s front-row seat to the ordeal, Eve. as he was at his barbershop across the street from When should you put Weaver’s when the deer your live Christmas crashed into the store. tree out for recycling? ● An online classified ad offering a pet alligator for According to the city $300 led police to the of Lawrence’s website, doorstep of a Lawrence resiput your live-cut tree at the curb or alley for collection by 6 a.m. on two Mondays, Jan. 3 or Jan. 10. The trees will be used for wildlife habitat. All items including tinsel, lights and the tree stand should be removed.

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dent in September. Animal control officers confiscated the 3-foot caiman, a reptile similar to a crocodile. The creature is illegal to own in Lawrence, a fact the owner said he was unaware of. The caiman, which can grow up to 8 feet long, was taken to Prairie Park Nature Center, 2730 Harper St. It remains at the center, and staff members say he’s been a big hit with visitors. ● Another online adver-

tisement revealed the harrowing journey of a Tonganoxie tortoise named Arzula. The tortoise’s owner posted the ad in August when the 14-inch tortoise escaped from her backyard. Arzula eventually turned up safe and sound after successfully crossing a busy intersection.

Arzula’s slow gait took him only two blocks during the two weeks he was missing. ● Riley the dog suffered third-degree burns and other

injuries when his owner’s home in the 900 block of Mississippi burned down in late May. Riley’s injuries racked up more than $3,000 in veterinary bills. Months later, staff at Gentle Care Animal Hospital, 601 Kasold Drive, where Riley was treated, reported that the dog has made a full recovery. ● The Tonganoxie Mirror recently reported the story of Levi, a 6-year-old mustang.

The once-wild horse was res-

cued by the Bureau of Land Management, and Tonganoxie man Jay Miller volunteered to work with it. Quickly, Miller discovered Levi was nearly blind. Fundraising efforts raised enough money for a surgery by staff at the KState Veterinary Hospital to remove Levi’s cataracts, restoring more of the horse’s vision.

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breath, the colors meld, and the cloudscape falls away as quickly as a dream upon waking.

My brother, Leon, who lives in Alaska, spent two weeks in Kansas this past summer. He photographed the sunset every evening.

On his blog, Leon suggested that perhaps Kansas could focus less on some of the other state promotions and simply market our skies.

“The real money is in sunsets,” Leon wrote. “Build motels and restaurants with big west-facing windows, promote them to people from soggy states, and you’ll have a moneymaker.”

Because we’ve had so many incredible sunsets this autumn, I wondered if any one season produced more sunsets than another. So I asked that question of Mark Bogner, meteorologist at KSN-TV in Wichita.

Apparently, each of our four seasons is an equalopportunity sunset provider.

“We are fortunate,” Bogner said, “to get spectacular sunsets year-round, from the thunderstorm anvil-cloud sunsets of the spring, to the harvest-dust-colored sunsets

While traveling around the state, I’ve watched these peach-tangerinepomegranate sunsets from the Kansas highways. But at home, I tend to miss them.

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THE SUN SETS behind a wall of storm clouds last spring over U.S. Highway 36 near Baileyville. of summer, to the Rocky Mountain cirrus sunsets of fall, to the ice pillar sunsets of the winter.”

While traveling around the state, I’ve watched these peach-tangerine-pomegranate sunsets from the Kansas highways. But at home, I tend to miss them. Our house faces east and the view to the west is blocked by trees, houses, garages, i.e., ground clutter. While I am in a good position to catch sunrises, I don’t always catch the evening event.

My friend, Janet Fish, of

Madison, paid close attention to sunsets when she and her husband, Larry, lived in Emporia on East Second Avenue. She said, “There were late afternoons when Larry would zip in and holler ‘sunset alert’ and we’d stand in the yard and watch with our arms around each other.”

Janet said that from their location the color in the sky would glow behind the steeple of Sacred Heart Church. “Some nights it was so stunning that it would bring tears to our eyes.”

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Janet has suggested a neighborhood notification system, church bells perhaps, something that would get our attention and send us all out into our yards to take in the show.

I asked Mark Bogner if sunsets could be forecast.

He said, “A fairly reliable forecast of a pretty sunset can be made a few hours in advance by looking at a satellite picture, but the atmosphere is still full of surprises and some set-ups

that look great give average sunsets, and occasionally one that looks like it might not bring much will just take your breath away.”

Viewing a fiery Kansas sunset can make us pause, breathe deeply, turn a crazy day into a moment of peace, as that poem of light shifts against the darkening sky.

Our lives would be richer, wouldn’t they, if we each spent one minute a day watching the sky fill with flaming color. I can picture it now in every Kansas town: yards, sidewalks and driveways filling with neighbors, heads raised, eyes to the western sky, absorbing that moment of splendor. Let’s do it. I’ll meet you outside tonight.

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At the end of each year, Journal-World staffers compile what they determine to be the top 10 news stories of the past 12 months. The following is their list for 2010:

1. Kansas University sports ticket scandal An embarrassing ticket scam that cost Kansas Athletics up to $5 million dominated the Lawrence JournalWorld’s headlines for much of 2010.

In all, seven Kansas Athletics officials were charged in federal court for the scandal.

Prosecutors claim that in 2005 former associate athletics director Charlette Blubaugh started taking football and basketball tickets and distributing them to other athletic department officials to sell either individually or to third parties.

Two former employees have pleaded guilty to failing to inform authorities about the illegal ticket operations, and four others pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The four will stand trial on Feb. 15.

Kassie Liebsch, who was promoted to director of ticket operations after KU became aware of the ticket scam, is scheduled to plead guilty on Jan. 21.

2. Save Our Neighborhood Schools Last winter, parents, students and educators rallied to keep the Lawrence school board from closing the district’s smaller elementary schools as a way to help bridge a $5 million budget shortfall.

The grassroots movement, know as Save Our Neighborhood Schools, had more than a thousand people marching through downtown Lawrence to protest the school closings.

In the end, the elementary schools were saved by a compromise to keep schools open but increase the studentteacher ratio by one student across the district, close the East Heights Early Childhood Center and cut one elementary principal position. In February, a community task force is expected to present to the school board a report on elementary facilities.

3. Republicans sweep state offices On Nov. 2, Kansas voters gave a clear directive when they elected a full slate of Republicans to the state’s top offices. Leading the charge was Sen. Sam Brownback, who in the governor’s race handily defeated Tom Holland, a state senator from Baldwin City. Filling Brownback’s senate seat was U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran, and state Rep. Kevin Yoder defeated Democrat Stephene More in the 3rd District.

Lawrence resident Steve Six lost his race for attorney general to state Sen. Derek Schmidt. Law professor Kris Kobach, known for helping draft Arizona’s controversial immigration law, was elected secretary of state.

4. KU’s Lew Perkins resigns In June, KU Athletics Director Lew Perkins announced he would retire, and in September, Perkins resigned a year ahead of schedule.

The past few months have

been rocky ones for Perkins.

In 2009, KU football coach Mark Mangino resigned after the university did a formal investigation regarding the coach’s conduct toward players. Perkins hired Turner Gill to replace him. This season, KU’s football team finished with a dismal 3-9 record.

In the spring, Perkins was asked to explain how employees under his watch and without his knowledge participated in a ticket scam costing the university up to $5 million.

And just before his announced retirement, Perkins fond himself in the middle of a blackmail scandal involving exercise equipment provided to him for personal use.

After Perkins’ resignation, associate athletics director Sean Lester was named interim athletics director and a national search to f ind Perkins’ replacement began.

In December, Tulsa University’s Lawrence “Bubba” Cunningham” squelched rumors that he would be the next KU athletics director when he signed an extension contract to stay a TU.

5. MagnaGro fatalities and violations In April, two workers at MagnaGro International suffocated after inhaling deadly fumes while cleaning out a storage tank containing cane molasses.

Following the deaths of Brandon Price, 25, and Roy Hillebert, 51, government agencies took a closer look at operations at the fertilizer mixing facility.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration found 11 workplace safety violations on the day of the double fatality and fined the company $73,000.

This summer, the city of Lawrence boarded up the building after declaring it unfit for human occupancy because it had not connected to the city’s water and sewer service.

In October, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a civil complaint and compliance order against the agriculture fertilizer company for failing to tell the federal agency what hazardous wastes were on site.

6. Voters approve $18 million library expansion Even in a tight economy, Lawrence voters said they would be willing to raise taxes so the Lawrence Public Library could grow. On Nov. 2, 55 percent of voters said yes to an $18 million expansion project that would allow more space for children and young adult reading sections, parking, meeting rooms and computers.

To cover the cost of expansion, along with operational expenses, the city will have to raise taxes by about 2 mills, which will add $39.10 onto the annual property tax bill for a $170,000 home.

7. Top law enforcement, court officials retire Two long-standing Lawrence officials retired in 2010. Lawrence Police Chief Ron Olin announced his retirement this summer after 23 years in the position. He moved on to become director of security and internal controls at Kansas Athletics.

Also this year, Judge Jean Shepherd announced she would put down the gavel in

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January. Shepherd, who was appointed as a Douglas County judge in 1984, has presided over the county’s family court since it was established in 1994. She also started the Citizen Review Board of Douglas County.

8. KU continues to grapple with partying After a school year in 2009 where two students died in alcohol-related incidents, KU’s party-school reputation took another hit this fall.

In September, Matt Fritzie, a freshman from Stilwell, suffered head injuries while diving into a makeshift pool during a fraternity party at Phi Gamma Delta. Fritzie was later transferred to a Denver area rehabilitation clinic that only treats serious spinal cord injuries or traumatic brain injuries.

A week after the incident, the university placed the fraternity on probation.

Also within the last year, KU has taken steps to address the problem of high-risk drinking by sending students and staff on a whirlwind tour of colleges across the country, requiring students to take an alcohol education class and establishing a marketing campaign to encourage students to look out for each other while drinking.

9. City economy shows signs of life The arrival of some new businesses and the expansion of existing ones offer hope that the Lawrence economy could be on the mend.

This year, the plastic manufacturing company Plastikon announced it would move into the East Hills Business Park, hiring 126 people

over five years.

Another big development was the decision by Berry Plastics to begin construction on a 675,000 square-foot distribution facility just west of the Kansas Turnpike’s Lecompton interchange.

When complete, the building should be the largest in Douglas County.

Another major project that got under way in 2010 was the construction of the $10 million seven-story apartment, retail and office building at the southwest corner of Ninth and New Hampshire streets downtown.

10. Lawrence has snow, snow and more snow Lawrence residents rang in the New Year with a healthy dose of snow on the ground.

Snow kept coming throughout the year with Lawrence seeing 4 to 6 inches on the official first day of spring.

So how bad was it?

In Lawrence, the city spent $700,312 to remove snow in 2010, more than twice that was spent the previous year.

A particularly harsh string of storms between Dec. 22 and Jan. 8 cost Douglas County entities $540,000 in stormrelated expenses. Cities, townships, school districts, hospitals and KU received federal disaster grants to help cover the cost.

And one Sunday in February, a combination of blinding snow and slick roads caused more than 70 accidents along the Kansas Turnpike near Kansas Highway 7. One Kansas Turnpike Authority called it “the (Almost) St. Valentine Day Massacre.”

who’ve had an experience.”

And they’re searching for folks who can back it up.

The show, “My Ghost Story,” is shown on A&E’s Biography Channel and features people recounting tales and providing what is described as “strong visual evidence” of their personal experiences: photos, videos or other materials lending credence to their claims. People tell their own stories in their own words, while viewers catch glimpses of the personal evidence and other footage from locations where the experiences are said to have taken place.

At the Eldridge, 701 Mass. in downtown Lawrence, that most likely would be Room 506. That’s where the hotel’s original cornerstone remains and is known as a place where friendly spirits — perhaps even Col. Shalor Eldridge himself ? — continue to linger, long after Quantrill’s Raid and other noteworthy events have faded away.

Unsuspecting guests report pressing the elevator button for “3” or “4,” only to end up on the fifth floor.

Employees say they’ve been “visited.” Ardent fans of the paranormal request the room, sometimes leaving with their own f irsthand experiences.

It’s enough that McCormick doesn’t blink when she describes the hotel as haunted.

“They hear things. They see things,” she said. “I don’t believe it, but we’ve had so many people give us accounts and stories of their stays — from all kinds of people. You would think that something has to be going on.”

But those tales may as well be ghosts themselves: While the Eldridge maintains a written list of what apparently happened and when, employees never attach names with the stories.

So now it’s a matter of finding former guests or employees who might be willing to share — their stories, their

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Just e-mail McCormick, who is working with a “My Ghost Story” producer on a potential show for this spring.

“They’re calling me to find good people, real people,” said McCormick, who is careful to point out that nobody should be scared away from staying at the Eldridge.

“We’ve always had friendly ghosts. Nobody’s ever had a bad experience. We’ve never had a bad experience with any of the ghosts.”

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Poll: Most baby boomers expect to outlive Medicare

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Jennifer Agiesta Associated Press Writers

W A S H I N G T O N — The first baby boomers will be old enough to qualify for Medicare Jan. 1, and many fear the program’s obituary will be written before their own.

A new Associated PressGfK poll f inds that baby boomers believe by a ratio of 2-to-1 they won’t be able to rely on the giant health insurance plan throughout their retirement.

The boomers took a running dive into adolescence and went on to redefine work and family, but getting old is making them nervous.

Now, 43 percent say they don’t expect to be able to depend on Medicare forever, while only 20 percent think their Medicare is secure. The rest have mixed feelings.

Yet the survey also shows a surprising willingness among adults of all ages to sacrif ice to preserve Medicare benefits that most Americans say they deserve after years of paying taxes into the system at work.

Take the contentious issue of Medicare’s eligibility age, fixed at 65, while the qualifying age for Social Security is rising gradually to 67.

Initially, 63 percent of boomers in the poll dismissed the idea of raising the eligibility age to keep Medicare afloat financially.

But when the survey forced them to choose between raising the age or cutting benefits, 59 percent said raise the age and keep the benefits. “I don’t mind the fact that people may have to work a little longer,� said Lynn Barlow, 60, a real estate agent who

lives outside Atlanta. Especially if there’s time to plan, laboring a few extra years allows people to save more for retirement.

Bring up benefit cuts and Barlow isn’t nearly as accommodating. “I started working when I was 16 and I expect a benefit after putting into it for so many years,� she said.

As Medicare reaches a historic threshold, the poll also found differences by age, gender and income among baby boomers. For example, baby boom women, who can expect to live longer than both their mothers and their husbands, are much more pessimistic than men about the program’s future.

Medicare is a middle-class bulwark against the ravages of illness in old age. It covers 46 million elderly and disabled people at an annual cost of about $500 billion. But the high price of Americanstyle medicine, stressing intensive treatment and the latest innovations, is already straining program finances.

Add the number of baby boomers, more than 70 million born between 1946 and 1964, and Medicare’s fiscal foundation starts to shake.

Here’s the math: when the last of the boomers reaches age 65 in about two decades, Medicare will be covering more than 80 million people.

At the same time, the ratio of workers paying taxes to support the program will have plunged from 3.5 for each person receiving benefits currently, to 2.3. “The 800-pound gorilla is eating like mad and growing to 1,200 pounds,� said economist Eugene Steuerle of the Urban Institute, warning about the imbalance. “The

switch from worker to retiree status has implications for everything.�

The government can’t balance its books without dealing with health care costs, and Medicare is in the middle. Some leading Republicans and a few Democrats have called for phasing out the program and instead giving each retiree a fixed payment — or voucher —to help them buy private medical insurance of their choice.

The poll found doubts about the idea, and a generational debate.

Overall, a narrow majority (51 percent) of Americans opposed the voucher plan.

But those born after 1980 favored it by 47 percent to 41 percent, while seniors opposed it 4-to-1. A majority of boomers were also opposed, with 43 percent strongly objecting.

However, younger boomers like RoxAnne Christley of Roanoke, Va., were more likely to be favorable. “I think that’s a possibility if it brings choices and competition,� said Christley, 47. “We don’t need to stimulate the government; we need to stimulate the economy. A lot of people have different choices when it comes to medical coverage, and I see nothing wrong with that at all.� Christley is selfemployed, counseling new mothers on breast feeding.

The AP-GfK Poll was conducted Nov. 18-22, 2010, by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Corporate Communications.

It involved landline and cell phone interviews with 1,000 adults nationwide, and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.

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American wants travel websites to get flight information directly from the airline instead of through other companies that the airline claims are middlemen driving up costs. â—? Suds will no longer be quite so subsidized by the state in communist Cuba, as soap, toothpaste and detergent join the growing list of products slashed from monthly ration books under government costcutting efforts.

Cuba’s official Gazette reported Wednesday that effective Jan. 1, “personal cleanliness products� are to be cut from the ration books.

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Bad gifts may be history

By Barbara Ortutay Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — For some, it’s the red reindeer Christmas sweater. For others, it’s the diamond-encrusted dreidel. Whatever your worst gift nightmare might be, Amazon may soon give you a reason to cheer.

Amazon.com Inc., the source of many presents good, bad or ugly, has patented a system that would let people exchange unwanted gifts for those they actually want — even before they get them.

For now, though, it’s just an idea, so until Amazon figures out how to implement it, you may be stuck with that itchy sweater from Grandma, even if she bought it online.

Amazon did not return messages to speak about its plans.

Based on Amazon’s patent filing, recipients of unwanted gifts would be able to exchange items that are too big, too colorful or otherwise unwanted for something of

equal value. They could also pay the difference for a more expensive item or get a gift certificate.

They could do this before they actually receive the gift, thus saving themselves the hassle of re-packaging and mailing the unwanted present.

If they wish, recipients could even send a thank younote for the original gift.

They can disclose to the sender that their gift has been converted, or simply keep it from them and just hope they don’t ask about it later.

If there’s a friend or family member with a history of giving unwanted presents — the filing calls her “Aunt Mildred� — users could select to convert all gifts from this person into something else.

Amazon says its idea would benefit gift-givers as well, as they can take a chance on a more interesting gift knowing that it can be returned.

Amazon, which is based in Seattle, had applied for the patent in March 2006. The company received it on Nov. 9.

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By Chris Kahn Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — As the Gulf oil spill gushed out of control, BP’s f inancial liabilities seemed big enough to sink the company. No more.

Cleanup, government fines, lawsuits, legal fees and damage claims will likely exceed the $40 billion that BP has publicly estimated, according to an Associated Press analysis. But they’ll be far below the highest estimates made over the summer by legal experts and prominent Wall Street banks, such as Goldman Sachs, which said costs could near $200 billion.

BP will survive the worst oil spill in U.S. history for several key reasons: it has little debt; its global businesses are forecast to generate $26 billion next year in cash flow from operations; the environmental impact of the spill isn’t as bad as feared; and the government seems unlikely to ban BP from Gulf drilling.

To bolster its finances, BP has cut its dividend, issued debt and sold more than $21 billion in assets. “It could have been a lot worse,� says Tyler Priest, a University of Houston petroleum historian who serves on President Obama’s oil spill investigation committee. “BP is going to come back from this.�

Many influential investors appear to agree. According to Thomson Reuters, 23 firms with $1 billion or more invested in the stock market, including BlackRock Investment Management, Managed Account Advisors and Rydex Security Global Investors, more than doubled their holdings of BP stock from July through September.

At $44.11, BP’s stock price has risen 63 percent from its low of $27.02 on June 25. It’s still down 27 percent from its close of $60.48 on April 20, the day of the spill. The well was capped on July 15.

The AP analysis shows the company is likely to face $38 billion to $60 billion in spillrelated costs. A settlement with the federal government could reduce that amount, while a successful classaction lawsuit could add billions more.

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DEMONSTRATORS FROM THE GROUP ‘VUVUZELAS FOR BP’ blow vuvuzelas during a protest across the street from the BP headquarters in central London in this July 13 file photo. As the Gulf oil spill gushed out of control this summer, BP’s financial liabilities expanded so rapidly that experts wondered if the company had drilled its last well. Only months later, though, the British oil giant has pulled itself back from the brink.

The analysis includes:

â—? The $10.7 billion that BP

already has paid to plug its well, clean up the spilled oil and pay damage claims and other costs. â—? A $20 billion fund that BP set up in August for individuals and private businesses that were affected by the spill.

The fund, known as the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, pays for environmental damage, personal injury, cleanup and lost earnings.

The fund so far has paid $2.7 billion to address nearly 168,000 claims.

Nearly half a million individuals and businesses have filed claims, and those that settle with the fund give up their right to sue the company. If any of the $20 billion is left over, it goes back to BP. � Fines: The Justice Department is suing BP for violating the Clean Water Act. Fines are based on how much oil was spilled. The government’s estimate of 4.9 million barrels means BP faces between $5.4 billion and $21.1 billion in fines. The upper limit applies if investigators conclude BP acted with gross negligence. The

government has a history of settling with companies for as little as 50 cents on the dollar in order to avoid lengthy disputes, says Eric Schaeffer, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s enforcement division. � Legal fees: BP has hired lawyers, engineers and geologists to defend the company.

These experts could cost as much as $2 billion, according to Mitratech Inc., a consulting firm that handles legal and trial logistics for Fortune 500 companies. â—? Lawsuits: The toughest costs to estimate are future settlements and judgments from the hundreds of lawsuits filed against BP, including any class actions.

Shrimpers, oystermen, charter-boat operators, restaurant workers and real-estate developers are suing BP for lost business.

Oil rig workers and cleanup crews are making personal injury claims. And Gulf states and local governments are expected to sue for lost tax revenue and environmental damages.

Alabama is seeking an initial $148 million from BP. Analysts at Citigroup say settlements, judgments and punitive damages from these suits will total as much as $6 billion.

Legal experts caution that the unpredictability of juries makes it difficult to estimate the cost of losing a classaction lawsuit.

A successful class-action could easily double the Citigroup estimate for total legal liabilities, says Alexandra Lahav, a University of Connecticut professor who studies such lawsuits.

BP may be able to spread the spill’s costs around.

Minority partners Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and MOEX 2007 LLC own 35 percent of the operation, and rig owner Transocean Ltd. also may be asked to pay. “Companies have the incentive to settle with BP to put the matter behind them,�

FBR analyst Robert MacKenzie says. He expects BP to get as much as $2 billion from Transocean and as much as $4 billion from Anadarko.

Since the spill, BP has moved aggressively to shore up its finances.

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More turning to technology Eldest daughter of real ‘Sound of Music’ family dies at age 97 for help controlling impulses

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THIS PRODUCT IMAGE courtesy of NOTXT n’ Drive shows the NOTXT n’ Drive app.

George Distler in Orlando, Fla., developed the BlackBerry app NOTXT n’ Drive after a teacher at his daughter’s high school was killed by a texting motorist.

By Leanne Italie Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Dan Nainan can’t trust himself to work at his computer without clicking on distractions, so he uses an Internet-blocking program to shut down his Web access twice a day.

“I’m sorry, but try as I might, I could never, ever do this on my own,” said the New York City comedian who’s struggling to finish a book. “I wish I could, but I just don’t have the discipline.”

Nainan’s system of two, two-hour blocks is one example of how Americans are trying to control their impulses using technology that steps in to enforce good behavior.

With the new year days away, many tools are now available to help people stay in line, including a GPSenabled app that locks down texting once a car gets rolling and a program that cuts off credit-card spending. Another device monitors your workout and offers real-time voice feedback.

Have we entered an era in which electronics serve as mother, cop and coach because we can’t manage our own desires?

Yep, said Ann Mack, a trend-watcher for JWT Intelligence, an arm of the marketing giant. She named “outsourcing self-control” and “de-teching” as two top trends for the new year.

“The thing is we’re becoming more aware of these behaviors, and as a result, we’re trying to seek help to circumvent some of our more base impulses,” Mack said.

“We’re bombarded more and more with temptations on a regular basis, and it’s getting increasingly difficult to deal with that.”

Tools to cope with temptation are everywhere.

Some car owners are voluntarily using a technology developed for convicted drunk drivers — ignition locks attached to in-car breathalyzers.

Shelley Snyder, marketing coordinator for Intoxalock, said about 1.5 percent of the company’s clients are voluntary, which includes parents

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imposing the setup on their young drivers.

“I know that isn’t a lot, but it is growing at a slow, steady pace,” she said.

One of Intoxalock’s competitors, Guardian Interlock Systems, said its figures are slightly higher: 5 to 7 percent of clients are drivers voluntarily installing the equipment, with about 2 percent intended for use by teens.

Also gaining ground are clients using the system permanently after they’ve completed court-ordered monitoring — about 1 percent of Guardian’s clients in 2010, compared with none the year before.

“We hope not to see these people again,” said David Contreras, Guardian’s vice president of operations. “It’s the one product I’ve been associated with where I don’t want to sell it to you twice.”

If your drunken behavior tends to cause more remorse off the road than on, there’s an app for that as well.

A handful — including “Don’t Dial!” and “The Bad Decision Blocker” — will cut off your access to phone numbers for up to 24 hours, the former allowing you to name a friend as gatekeeper.

Another app requires the answers to math questions before allowing you to send an e-mail, the presumption being it’s really hard to do math while somehow impaired.

George Distler in Orlando, Fla., developed the BlackBerry app NOTXT n’ Drive after a teacher at his daughter’s high school was killed when a texting motorist — an older one — crossed a median and struck her car.

“I didn’t even realize texting and driving was such a tremendous issue until I got into investigating it,” he said.

“I was challenged by my teenage daughters.”

Distler, who had previously developed games for the iPhone, based the app on the notion that the safest way to deal with your phone while driving is to remove temptation altogether.

His NOTXT runs in the background and, using GPS, automatically restricts texting via a phone’s airplane mode when a car reaches 10 mph. It deactivates when it detects the car has stopped.

The app, sold in several other counties as well, hit the BlackBerry market Sept. 3 and has been downloaded about 2,000 times.

Among those downloading the app were three companies with a combined fleet of more than 1,200 trucks.

Distler estimates about 48 percent of his sales are parents hoping to curtail the texting habits of young drivers.

“Nobody’s really going to just put the phone down and not use it,” he said. “The issue is we don’t police ourselves.”

Bloomberg, Christie feel the heat for poor response after blizzard

By Sara Kugler Frazier Associated Press Writer

N EW Y O R K — With many streets still unplowed, New Yorkers are griping that their billionaire mayor is out of touch and has failed at the basic task of keeping the city running, while New Jersey’s governor is taking heat for vacationing at Disney World during the crisis.

The fallout against two politicians who style themselves as take-charge guys is building in the aftermath of the Christmas-weekend blizzard that clobbered the Northeast, with at least one New Jersey newspaperman noting Gov. Chris Christie’s absence in a column headlined: “Is Sunday’s storm Christie’s Katrina?”

Across New York, complaints have mounted about unplowed streets, stuck ambulances and outer-borough neighborhoods neglected by the Bloomberg administration.

“When he says New York, he means Manhattan,” said Hayden Hunt of Brooklyn, a borough of 2.6 million people where many streets were not cleared for days. “He’s the man in charge. ... It’s foolishness, come on.”

Bloomberg, a third-term Republican-turned-independent who is occasionally mentioned as a long-shot presidential candidate, spent the first day after the storm on the defensive, testily dismissing complaints and insisting the cleanup of the 2foot snowfall was going fine.

But he later adopted a more conciliatory tone.

On Wednesday, as stories began to surface about people who may have suffered seri-

Travelers: Airlines’ customer service failed

By The Associated Press

Travelers are lashing out at airlines for poor customer service after this week’s storm on the East Coast left thousands stranded and unable to get through to reservation agents.

Travelers are incensed over what they say is the airlines’ effort to blame everything on the weather and take themselves off the hook.

“We don’t blame the airlines or airports for bad weather, but it’s their responsibility to be prepared,” said Brandon Macsata of the Association for Airline Passenger Rights. “The airlines just seem to be saying, ‘Suck it up.’ People are tired of sucking it up.”

Travelers calling to rebook flights earlier this week in huge numbers were put on hold for hours or told to call back later because the major airlines have fewer reserva-

ous medical problems while waiting for ambulances, the mayor was his most apologetic, without actually apologizing.

“We did not do as good a job as we wanted to do or as the city has a right to expect, and there’s no question — we are an administration that has been built on accountability,” he said.

“When it works, it works and we take credit, and when it doesn’t work, we stand up there and say, ‘OK, we did it.

We’ll try to find out what went wrong.’”

tions agents to take their calls.

For example, Continental cut 600 call-center jobs — nearly one-fourth of its 2,600 reservations workers — in February. A few months before that, it closed a center in Florida and cut 500 jobs. American Airlines cut about 500 when it closed a center in Connecticut.

United Airlines has 10,000 customer-service and reservations employees, down from about 15,000 in the early 2000s, according to Rich Delaney, president of the machinists’ union, which represents the workers.

United once had 17 reservations offices; it now has three, he said.

The airlines cut staff because so many people now book tickets online. The airlines themselves encouraged the trend by charging customers a fee to book over the phone.

The city sanitation commissioner promised that every last street would be plowed by this morning.

Christie, meanwhile, has not been heard from publicly since he left New Jersey on vacation with his wife and four children.

His spokesman, Michael Drewniak, said that the governor — who has also been mentioned as a potential Republican presidential candidate — has been briefed while in Florida, and that the emergency services have functioned well across the state.

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HAGERSTOWN, MD. — Agathe von Trapp, a member of the musical family whose escape from Nazi-occupied Austria was the basis for “The Sound of Music,” has died, a longtime friend said Wednesday.

Von Trapp, 97, died Tuesday at a hospice in the Baltimore suburb of Towson after suffering congestive heart failure in November, said Mary Louise Kane. Kane and von Trapp lived together for five decades and ran a kindergarten at the Sacred Heart Catholic parish in nearby Glyndon until 1993.

Von Trapp was the oldest daughter of Austrian naval Capt. Georg Ritter von Trapp.

His seven children by his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von Trapp, were the basis for the singing family in the 1959 play and 1965 film, which won the Oscar for best picture.

The widowed captain had three more children with his second wife, Maria Augusta Kutschera. They performed together as the Trapp Family Singers.

Agathe, a guitarist, was represented in the film by 16going-on-17 Liesl, played by Charmian Carr. But Agathe was far more reserved than the outgoing Liesl, Kane said.

Although Agathe admired the movie, she felt it misrepresented her father as too strict and not as the loving, caring parent he was, Kane said.

“She cried when she first saw it because of the way they portrayed him,” Kane said.

“She said that if it had been about another family she would have loved it.”

Photo courtesy Lindstrom Literary Management

IN A 1946 PHOTO provided by Lindstrom Literary Management, The Trapp Family Singers, whose story inspired “The Sound of Music,” are shown rehearsing. Agathe von Trapp, second from left, died Tuesday in a suburban Baltimore hospice at age 97.

From left to right: Eleonore, Agathe, young Maria, Georg von Trapp, Johanna, Martina, Hedwig, Maria and Johannes (standing). Werner is playing the viola da gamba and Father Franz Wasner is on the spinet (seated).

Von Trapp wrote her memoir, “Memories Before and After The Sound of Music,” published in September by Harper Paperbacks, to set the record straight, Kane said.

Johannes von Trapp, the youngest of the children, said Agathe was a private person

who also was a talented sketch artist.

Agathe’s death leaves four surviving members of the Trapp Family Singers: Maria von Trapp, 96; Rosmarie von Trapp, 81; Eleonore “Lorli” von Trapp Campbell, 79; and Johannes, 71.

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Education value How much could the state actually save by consolidating or eliminating some university degree programs?

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he efforts of the Kansas Board of Regents and other higher education officials to prove the value of higher education to the state’s economic health are a positive trend.

However, it’s important to remember that state universities also play a less tangible, but equally important, role in providing a liberal arts background to people who pursue a variety of careers. Liberal arts, such as philosophy, history and literature, provide context for a whole range of situations university graduates will face in their work and personal lives.

In a recent Journal-World interview, Gov.elect Sam Brownback mentioned that Kansas universities might consider following the lead of universities in other states that are discontinuing degree programs that are graduating small numbers of students. That thought was linked to his desire to reallocate higher education resources to areas directly linked to the economy such as programs in medicine, pharmacy, veterinary medicine and aviation.

Tight funding will drive many difficult decisions in the upcoming legislative session, but how much money can the state actually save by trimming degree programs?

Earlier this week the University of Missouri made what seemed like a major announcement that it would drop 16 degree programs that have a low number of graduates. However, a detailed listing of the plan revealed that almost all of the changes involved degrees being combined or merged, not really eliminated. The changes may have had a small impact on administrative costs, but the savings on faculty salaries and other costs likely would be minimal. A good example is the merging of Spanish and French programs into a single “Romance” languages program. MU students still will be earning degrees in Spanish and/or French. They’ll just be called something else.

The reallocation of funds to areas such as pharmacy, engineering or business implies that money to support humanities faculty and courses would be reduced. Before taking such action, state officials should carefully consider what would be lost. Isn’t it a good idea for pharmacists, engineers and business people to have a background in liberal arts that lends perspective to the ethical and philosophical questions that arise in their professions? Isn’t it beneficial for people in almost any profession to have some knowledge of foreign language or literature? As Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little pointed out in a recent speech, such classes are important to maintaining the humanities “voice” that is “so key to a liberal arts education.”

It’s likely that there are places where university degree programs can be consolidated or combined. In some cases, that might save the state some money. However, before making such cuts, state and higher education officials should be sure to examine not only what the state would save, but what it would lose.

U.S. coal exports feed carbon footprint WASHINGTON — Cowlitz County in Washington state is across the Columbia River from Portland, Ore., which promotes mass transit and urban density and is a green reproach to the rest of us.

Recently, Cowlitz did something that might make Portland wonder whether shrinking its carbon footprint matters. Cowlitz approved construction of a coal export terminal from which millions of tons of U.S. coal could be shipped to Asia annually.

Both Oregon and Washington are curtailing the coal-fired generation of electricity, but the future looks to greens as black as coal. The future looks a lot like the past.

Historian William Rosen (“The Most Powerful Idea in the World,” about the invention of the steam engine) says coal was Europe’s answer to the 12th-century “wood crisis” when Christians leveled much forestation in order to destroy sanctuaries for pagan worship, and to open farmland. Population increase meant more wooden carts, houses and ships, so wood became an expensive way to heat dwellings or cook. By 1230, England had felled so many trees it was importing most of its timber and was turning to coal.

“It was not until the 1600s,” Rosen writes, “that English miners found their way down to the level of the water table and started needing a means to get at the coal below it.” In time, steam engines were invented to pump out water and lift out coal. The engines were fired by coal.

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of the 6 billion “tonsHalfof coal burned

globally each year are burned in China. A spokesman for the Sierra Club, which in recent years has helped to block construction of 139 proposed coal-fired plants in America, says, ‘This is undermining everything we’ve accomplished.’”

Today, about half of America’s and the world’s electricity is generated by coal, the substance which, since it fueled the Industrial Revolution, has been a crucial source of energy. Over the last eight years, it has been the world’s fastest-growing fuel.

The New York Times recently reported (“Booming China Is Buying Up World’s Coal,” Nov. 22) about China’s ravenous appetite for coal, which is one reason coal’s price has doubled in five years.

Half of the 6 billion tons of

coal burned globally each year are burned in China. A spokesman for the Sierra Club, which in recent years has helped to block construction of 139 proposed coal-fired plants in America, says, “This is undermining everything we’ve accomplished.” America, say environmentalists, is exporting global warming.

Can something really be exported if it supposedly affects the entire planet? Never mind.

America has partners in this crime against nature, if such it is.

One Australian company proposes to build the Cowlitz facility; another has signed a $60 billion contract to supply Chinese power plants with Australian coal.

The Times says ships — all burning hydrocarbons — hauled about 690 million tons of thermal coal this year, up from 385 million in 2001. China, which imported about 150 million tons this year, was a net exporter of coal until 2009, sending abroad its low-grade coal and importing higher-grade, low-sulfur coal from, for example, the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana. Because much of China’s enormous coal reserves are inland, far from coastal factories, it is sometimes more economical to import American and Australian coal.

Writing in The Atlantic on China’s appetite for coal and possible aptitude for using the old fuel in new, cleaner ways, James Fallows quotes a Chinese official saying that the country’s trans-

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portation system is the only serious limit on how fast power companies increase their use of coal.

One reason China is building light-rail systems is to get passenger traffic out of the way of coal trains.

Fallows reports that 15 years from now China expects that 350 million people will be living in cities that do not now exist.

This will require adding to China’s electrical system a capacity almost as large as America’s current capacity. The United States, China, Russia and India have 40 percent of the world’s population and 60 percent of its coal.

A climate scientist told Fallows that stabilizing the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere would require the world to reduce its emissions to Kenya’s level — for America, a 96 percent reduction. Nations with hundreds of millions of people in poverty would, Fallows says, have to “forgo the energy-intensive path toward wealth that the United States has traveled for so many years.”

In his new political science treatise (“Don’t Vote — It Just Encourages the Bastards”), P.J. O’Rourke says, “There are 1.3 billion people in China, and they all want a Buick.” So “go tell 1.3 billion Chinese they can never have a Buick.” If the future belongs to electric cars, those in China may run on energy currently stored beneath Wyoming and Montana.

Americans should rethink DREAM Act The DREAM Act, a bill that would have put some undocumented immigrants who arrived in this country before they were 16 on a path to citizenship, failed to pass the Senate in part because Republicans are in full antiimmigrant mode. But it also failed because not one American leader urged us to seriously consider what it means to be American in the 21st century.

I’m not a flaming liberal on immigration issues. I don’t believe, as some activists have insisted, that illegal immigrants should be given the right to vote in municipal elections. I am concerned about the growing number of immigrants — particularly wealthy ones — who choose dual citizenship for themselves and their children, a practice I fear leads to split or weakened loyalties. I understand that we can’t simply open our borders to all.

Still, critics of the DREAM Act are wrong to think the legislation would somehow encourage illegal immigration and diminish the value of U.S. citizenship. That kind of thinking stems from opponents thinking of citizenship in only the most narrow, legal terms. Ultimately, national citizenship and the rules that govern it are meant to limit membership. The assumption, of

The debate over the “Dream Act was

disappointing in part because it was a wasted opportunity to explore the connection between community and patriotism, to examine geographic rootedness and what it means to be American.”

course, is that the people the rules govern are foreigners, who stand on the outside looking in, desperate to qualify for membership in an exclusive club but ignorant about its culture and traditions.

The DREAM Act was meant to benefit a very different group: the already Americanized children of illegal immigrants who, as one undocumented student recently wrote, may have fallen asleep in Michoacan one day and awakened the next in Boyle Heights. It was designed to legalize the status of young people who did not themselves break the law to come here, but were brought unwittingly and often have no memory of any other home. Moreover, the law would

have applied only to those who had shown a commitment to education or joined the military. In other words, the DREAM Act would have legally conferred Americanness on individuals who were already rooted culturally, geographically in the United States, and in the promise of the American dream.

I believe, as the late liberal philosopher Richard Rorty once wrote, that love of nation is a necessary requirement for making a country a better place to live. Today, air travel, international trade and digital technology have blurred all sorts of jurisdictional lines between nation states. But when push comes to shove, I think nations should require their citizens to choose one loyalty over all others. And the DREAM Act was aimed precisely at people who have done that.

Patriotism is rooted in attachment to home and community, and the DREAM Act was written to benefit people who demonstrated their attachment by pursuing an education or through service to the country. In the late 18th century, when the U.S. was new, it was this sort of patriotism and love of country that the founders expected from anyone who wanted to become a citizen.

The debate over the DREAM

Act was disappointing in part because it was a wasted opportunity to explore the connection between community and patriotism, to examine geographic rootedness and what it means to be American. It was our chance to begin understanding Americanness more broadly as encompassing loyalty to and common fate with the people who share our towns and cities.

It’s not that legality does not matter. It does. This country, like any other, has the right — and the need — to police its borders.

But when we deny legal status to young people who have spent most of their lives here, have no other country and are American in everything but legal status, we miss the point and ultimate benefit of patriotism, which is to make our country and its thousands of communities more cohesive and better places to live.

The DREAM Act, which was first introduced a decade ago, is dead for now but almost certainly will be taken up again one day.

Next time, proponents should push a broader, more illuminating discussion of what it means to be American.

— Gregory Rodriguez is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times. His e-mail address is grodriguez@latimescolumnists.com.

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High 58° Low 37° POP: 10%

High 38° Low 8° POP: 65%

High 27° Low 6° POP: 5%

High 35° Low 12° POP: 10%

High 42° Low 19° POP: 10%

Wind S 12-25 mph

Wind SW 15-25 mph

Wind W 10-20 mph

Wind SW 7-14 mph

Wind SSW 8-16 mph

POP: Probability of Precipitation

Kearney 30/2

McCook 30/3 Oberlin 32/2 Goodland 32/0

Beatrice 44/19

Oakley 32/3

Manhattan Russell Salina 58/28 48/11 Topeka 50/27 56/42 Emporia 58/36

Great Bend 55/23 Dodge City 54/13

Garden City 50/11 Liberal 56/15

Kansas City 58/45 Lawrence Kansas City 56/42 58/37

Chillicothe 56/47 Marshall 58/42 Sedalia 64/51

31 FRIDAY

Nevada 62/47

Chanute 63/43

Hutchinson 58/32 Wichita Pratt 58/39 58/30

Centerville 50/36

St. Joseph 54/35

Sabetha 48/26

Concordia 46/21 Hays 44/10

Clarinda 46/25

Lincoln 40/15

Grand Island 33/4

Mostly sunny

Coffeyville Joplin 67/47 66/51

Springfield 64/52

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

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

52°/27° 39°/21° 71° in 2004 -6° in 1990

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

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

0.00 0.07 1.70 33.76 39.68

REGIONAL CITIES

Today Fri. Today Fri. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Atchison 56 36 r 37 7 r Independence 64 41 c 42 14 c Belton 58 41 c 41 10 r Fort Riley 52 30 c 31 3 sn Burlington 58 37 c 37 9 c Olathe 57 45 c 46 10 r Coffeyville 67 47 c 54 15 c Osage Beach 61 43 pc 52 17 r Concordia 46 21 pc 21 -1 sn Osage City 59 37 c 37 6 r Dodge City 54 13 pc 19 4 pc Ottawa 57 39 c 40 7 r Holton 52 34 c 34 9 r Wichita 58 39 pc 40 9 pc Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

SUN & MOON Today

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Fri.

7:39 a.m.

5:07 p.m.

3:00 a.m.

1:13 p.m.

First

7:40 a.m.

5:08 p.m.

4:09 a.m.

1:57 p.m.

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NATIONAL FORECAST

Seattle 36/22

Billings 3/-9

San Francisco 52/42

Minneapolis 36/14

Denver 21/0

Detroit 41/37 New York 38/30

Chicago 42/38

Washington 42/31

Kansas City 56/42

Los Angeles 56/40

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LAKE LEVELS

As of 7 a.m. Wednesday Lake

Clinton Perry Pomona

Level (ft)

874.51 889.53 972.49

Discharge (cfs)

8 100 15

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

Temperature bands are highs for today.

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

Today Hi Lo W 86 70 s 39 33 pc 53 43 s 67 45 c 91 71 pc 28 12 pc 29 25 pc 41 30 c 88 68 s 71 50 s 2 -10 pc 46 37 pc 42 37 pc 63 51 s 62 47 pc 48 19 pc 45 37 pc 48 37 sh 73 41 s 34 24 pc 19 13 c 67 45 sh 25 17 c 43 35 pc 83 73 pc 52 43 pc 23 8 pc 84 77 c 25 19 sf 86 63 s 51 37 pc 38 36 c 34 26 pc 29 26 s 23 16 sf 5 -12 pc

Hi 88 42 53 54 89 37 33 38 90 65 22 45 47 59 57 53 41 50 73 35 13 67 21 40 83 53 24 86 27 89 52 45 34 38 26 -2

Fri. Lo W 72 s 33 sh 46 pc 36 sh 72 pc 16 s 27 sn 29 c 68 s 50 pc 17 pc 36 pc 31 s 50 s 46 r 23 s 35 pc 36 r 39 s 34 sh 5 sn 37 s 21 c 32 pc 72 pc 44 r 16 pc 75 r 23 sn 65 s 39 s 42 r 30 pc 31 c 25 sn -10 c

Houston 75/65

Fronts Cold

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Atlanta 52/39 El Paso 58/30

Warm Stationary

Miami 74/64

Precipitation Showers T-storms

Rain

Flurries

Snow

WEATHER HISTORY A storm that brought snow to the Deep South a few days earlier brought record-breaking cold to the East on Dec. 30, 1880. The low was 7 degrees below zero in Washington, D.C.

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Body found by hunters was a wanted man DODGE CITY — A body found by hunters on Christmas Eve in rural Ford County has been identified as a suspect in a Dodge City stabbing.

The Dodge City Daily Globe reports the body has been identified as that of 24year-old Pedro Morales. An autopsy showed he died of a single gunshot wound, although it’s not known when he was shot.

Hunters discovered the body Friday morning in weeds along an unimproved roadway northwest of Dodge City.

The Daily Globe reported Tuesday that Morales was wanted on a charge of attempted second-degree murder in the stabbing of another man earlier this month during a robbery.

The Ford County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death as a homicide.

Authorities are looking for three people who may have had contact with Morales before he was killed.

Ice

-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s National Summary: As warmer air moves into the East today, rain will soak much of the Midwest following an icy start in some locations. Snow will slow travel in the Dakotas and northwestern Minnesota. Another area of heavy snow with gusty winds will batter the Four Corners and Denver.

Today Fri. Today Fri. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Albuquerque 39 16 sn 28 9 sn Memphis 64 58 r 69 41 t Anchorage 23 23 sn 34 26 sn Miami 74 64 pc 79 67 pc Atlanta 52 39 c 61 51 pc Milwaukee 40 36 r 50 23 r Austin 72 56 pc 69 33 pc Minneapolis 36 14 r 23 2 i Baltimore 46 25 pc 50 32 pc Nashville 52 47 r 63 49 c Birmingham 57 48 r 66 54 c New Orleans 74 61 pc 76 58 t Boise 27 6 c 17 5 pc New York 38 30 pc 46 36 s Boston 40 29 pc 48 36 pc Omaha 44 20 r 21 -4 i Buffalo 38 34 c 47 39 c Orlando 72 54 pc 76 56 s Cheyenne 20 0 sn 10 1 sn Philadelphia 39 27 pc 45 33 pc Chicago 42 38 r 53 24 r Phoenix 52 31 sh 47 33 pc Cincinnati 44 39 r 55 45 c Pittsburgh 41 35 i 50 41 c Cleveland 42 36 i 48 40 c Portland, ME 36 20 pc 43 33 pc Dallas 72 54 pc 62 28 c Portland, OR 38 25 pc 35 27 pc Denver 21 0 sn 15 -4 sn Reno 33 14 pc 35 24 pc Des Moines 48 31 r 35 4 i Richmond 48 29 pc 57 38 pc Detroit 41 37 i 48 38 r Sacramento 48 30 pc 45 39 pc El Paso 58 30 sh 45 17 pc St. Louis 59 52 r 67 23 r Fairbanks -9 -15 sn 4 -6 sn Salt Lake City 22 9 sn 17 2 c Honolulu 81 67 pc 81 67 s San Diego 55 44 pc 57 46 pc Houston 75 65 pc 72 44 r San Francisco 52 42 pc 51 45 c Indianapolis 44 40 r 56 36 r Seattle 36 22 pc 38 25 pc Kansas City 56 42 r 43 7 r Spokane 18 -3 c 12 -3 s Las Vegas 48 30 pc 42 29 pc Tucson 50 25 sh 48 23 pc Little Rock 66 54 r 69 34 t Tulsa 68 44 c 54 17 c Los Angeles 56 40 pc 58 44 pc Wash., DC 42 31 pc 50 37 pc National extremes yesterday for the 48 contiguous states High: Edinburg, TX 85° Low: Berlin, NH -5°

Usually when the temperature is close to the freezing mark

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LAWRENCE ALMANAC Through 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Scary Larry Kansas Bike Polo, 7 p.m., Edgewood Park, Maple Lane and Miller Drive.

Theology on Tap, this week’s session is a social gathering to talk about New Year’s resolutions and just hang out, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Henry’s, 11 E. Eighth St. Junkyard Jazz Band, 7 p.m., American Legion, 3408 W. Sixth St. Midnight Ghost Train, Molly Gene One Whoaman Band, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

Brody Buster Band with Brother Bagman, the Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

New Year’s Eve at The Eldridge, three-course dinner begins at 7 p.m., dancing with the band MultiPhonic begins at 10 p.m., Eldridge Hotel, 701 Mass.

New Year’s Eve at the Cave with DJ Max Fanning, doors open at 8 p.m., The Oread, 1200 Oread Ave. (entrance on Indiana Street).

New Year’s Eve Overnighter for children, 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., must register by 5 p.m. through Lawrence Parks and Recreation, Holcom Park Recreation Center, 2700 W. 27th St. New Year’s Eve dinner at Pachamama’s, served 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., 800 N.H. Kelley Hunt New Year’s Eve show and CD release event, 8 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Mass.

Big Sexy New Year’s Eve with Appleseed Cast, Approach, Minus Story, The Willnots, 8 p.m., Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass.

The Floozies, Beans & Cornbread, Inflect, 8 p.m., the Bottleneck, 737 N.H. New Year’s Eve with Murder

by Death, Black Christmas, BaioWolf, Mansion, appearances by Foxy By Proxy Revue and The Obelisk, 8 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.

Hammerford, Wrath and Ruin, Trogolodyte and DJ Cruz on the Patio, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

New Year’s Eve Reggae Bash, with Ras Neville and the Kingstonians, DJ Stiga, 10 p.m., Fatso’s, 1016 Mass.

New Year’s Eve with Arthur Dodge & the Horsefeathers and Fourth of July, 10 p.m., Louise’s Downtown, 1009 Mass.

New Year’s Eve concert featuring the Sunflower Colonels, 10 p.m., The Casbah, 803 Mass.

New Year’s Eve Party with Checkered Beat, the Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

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5 WEDNESDAY Fuzz Nasty, Right of Way and Yeti Speak The Bottleneck, 737 N.H., is host to three local sets tonight. Fuzz Nasty, Right of Way and Yeti Speak rock the New Year’s Eve Eve show that starts at 8 p.m. Fuzz Nasty proclaims to be designed to bring Lawrence and Kansas City the funk it has been lacking. The seven-piece set can’t be faulted for not having funky song titles — “Viking Girlfriend” and “Robot Picnic” being a small sampling.

Right of Way’s sound has echoes of progressive rock that wouldn’t be out of place in any of the last three decades. Finally, the similarly composed Yeti Speak — six members to Right of Way and Fuzz Nasty’s seven — adds a spaced out tone to the evening’s tunes.

The Dirty 30: Part Deux, 9 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass., Free, 18+ Casbah DJ Night, DJ Cyrus D, 10 p.m., Burger Stand at the Casbah, 803 Mass., Free, 21+

Maple Lane and Miller Drive.

Texas Hold’em Tournament, free entry, weekly prizes, 8 p.m., The Casbah, 803 Mass.

Smackdown! trivia, 8 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H. Karaoke Sunday, 11 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.

3 MONDAY

Open mic night, 9 p.m., the Bottleneck, 737 N.H. Dollar Bowling, Royal Crest Bowling Lanes, 933 Iowa, 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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. Karaoke Idol!, with babies and old folks theme, 10 p.m., the Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

4 TUESDAY

1 SATURDAY Happy New Year!

The Fortress, Daddy & the Scarecrow, The Tards, Terror Tractor, 8 p.m., the Bottleneck, 737 N.H. Video Jerry, DJ John, playing music videos, 9 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St. The Freds, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

Wheatfield Rebellion with Hello Biplane, 10 p.m., the Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

2 SUNDAY

Scary Larry Kansas Bike Polo, 7 p.m., Edgewood Park,

midnight, 746 Mass.

Tuesday Night Karaoke, 9 p.m., Wayne & Larry's Sports Bar & Grill, 933 Iowa.

Tuesday Transmissions with DJ Proof, 9 p.m., Bottleneck, 737 N.H. Live jazz at The Casbah, stop by The Casbah every Tuesday night at 9 p.m. for some live jazz and great drink specials, 803 Mass.

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

Lawrence City Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m., City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Civil Air Patrol informational meeting, 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m., Kansas National Guard Armory, 200 Iowa, 841-0752.

Scary Larry Kansas Bike Polo, 7 p.m., Edgewood Park, Maple Lane and Miller Drive.

It’s Karaoke Time with Sam and Dan featuring The Karaoke Jail!, 7 p.m., Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass.

Teller’s Family Night, 9 p.m.-

Billy Spears and the Beer Bellies, 6 p.m., Johnny’s Tavern, 401 N. Second St. Auditions for “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. Douglas County Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m., Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Mass.

Jazz Wednesdays in The Jayhawker, 7 p.m., Eldridge Hotel, 701 Mass.

Conroy’s Trivia, 7:30 p.m., Conroy’s Pub, 3115 W. Sixth St. Dollar Bowling, Royal Crest Bowling Lanes, 933 Iowa, 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Crime Spree, 9:30 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.

Sour Boy, Bitter Girl; Grizzly J Berry; Elevator Action, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

Fresh Ink Open Mic with Miss Conception, all readers welcome, 10 p.m., Jazzhaus, 926 112 Mass.

Casbah Karaoke, stop by after 10:30 p.m. for a low-profile karaoke held in the upper mezzanine. Singers have the option to partake in a Casbah Karaoke Challenge; winners get prizes. 803 Mass.

6 THURSDAY

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

Scary Larry Kansas Bike Polo, 7 p.m., Edgewood Park, Maple Lane and Miller Drive.

Casbah DJ Night, hear some great tunes by DJ Cyrus D, 10 p.m., The Casbah, 803 Mass.

Theology on Tap, discussion of a selected Scripture passage, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Henry’s, 11 E. Eighth St. Junkyard Jazz Band, 7 p.m., American Legion, 3408 W. Sixth St. Lawrence Board of Zoning Appeals, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.

Josephine Collective, 8 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.

Books of Bokonon, L.A. Fahy, 10 p.m., Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

Vehicles, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

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A good start

Robinson powers Jayhawks past UTA

Tom Keegan tkeegan@ljworld.com

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

Kansas University power forward Thomas Robinson, who had three vicious dunks en route to a career-high 20 points, paid the price for his rim-rattlers Wednesday night in Allen Fieldhouse.

“My wrist hurts,” the bruising 6-foot-9, 237pound sophomore said with a smile after ■ For more hitting eight of on KU’s victo10 shots and ry over Texas four of seven Arlington, free throws including and grabbing video, audio, 10 rebounds, message making his boards, a first start of the photo gallery, season and The Keegan second of his Ratings and career a memmore, go to orable one in KUsports.com KU’s 82-57 victory over Texas Arlington.

“It’s something I learned early.

If you are going to dunk, dunk it hard,” Robinson added. “(Assistant Joe) Dooley tells me to try to bring the rim down.”

Robinson, who KU coach Bill Self said is “without question our best post guy,” wanted to give credit to a fellow dunk artist.

LaMarcus Reed put down two slams, one in Robinson’s face in the first half.

“I’d say he won that battle,” Robinson said of the in-your-face jam. “He had a couple. I take my hat off to him. He’s a good player. They have a good team. But we had a bad game, so I had a bad game.”

Robinson said what one might expect when asked if he was more energized in making his first start of the year.

“I don’t look at it that way,” the Washington, D.C., native said. “I look at bringing the same energy whether starting or coming off the bench.”

Robinson said he tries to bring energy every night.

“It’s something I wanted to work on coming into the season, being consistent,” Robinson said.

“I’ve talked to the coaches about it. It doesn’t matter who we are playing. I need to play hard every game.

“Every team needs a glue guy.

Somebody who can come in and Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo help bring energy. That’s my KANSAS FORWARD THOMAS ROBINSON (0) POWERS HIS WAY through UT Arlington’s Bo Ingram (1) and LaMarcus Reed III for role.” a bucket during the second half. Robinson finished with a career-high 20 points in the Jayhawks’ 82-57 victory Wednesday at Please see KANSAS, page 3B Allen Fieldhouse.

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Henrickson: Jayhawks have work to do

By Ben Ward Journal-World Sports Writer

Nearly all of the numbers have gone the Kansas University women’s basketball team’s way this season.

The Jayhawks (11-1) lead the Big 12 with a 50.2 field-goal percentage — paced by sophomore Carolyn Davis’ conference-best 67.3 shooting — and are fourth with 81.9 points per contest.

KU has outrebounded, outassisted, outblocked and committed fewer turnovers than the opposition through 12 games.

With conference play only two games away, though, there’s always room for improvement,

and at 7 tonight, when KU plays host to UT Arlington, coach Bonnie ARLINGTON Henrickson AT KANSAS has her eye on several areas.

When: 7 tonight Among them: post Where: Allen Fieldhouse defense, TV: Sunflower perimeter defense, deny- Broadband ing penetra- channel 6 tion, boxing out better — and so on.

“Those things, we’ve got to be able to clean up,” Henrickson said.

“For (tonight), for Monday, for next Saturday (January 8, the Big 12 opener against Texas Tech).”

And with Angel Goodrich and Keena Mays, two point guards who excel at pushing the pace and running the fast break, Henrickson eyed further improvement on the defensive end.

“I’d like to see us pick it up with pressure, and deflection numbers, which are clearly tied to our turnovers, (which) have not been good,” Henrickson said. “We’ve haven’t created much offense from our defense, quite honestly.”

The teams have met twice before, with the Mavericks (3-8) taking the last outing, 53-49, in Lawrence in 2004.

Senior guard Tamara Simmons, who averages 16.4 points, is the main scoring threat for the Mav-

ericks, who have connected on 34.1 percent of their field goals.

Davis’ 18.5 points per game paces the Jayhawks on offense, and Monica Engelman (14 points) and Aishah Sutherland (12.2 points) are KU’s other players averaging double figures.

Mays (9.5 points) is just shy of joining that group.

Though there still is room for improvement, Henrickson is content with a few areas.

“What I like is the type of shots that we’re getting,” Henrickson said. “I like that our shot selection has been good, I like that we’re unselfish. Those things, in the big picture, are going to help us.”

Releford carves his niche Quietly, while most of the rest of the players frustrate their coach with uneven performances, particularly at the defensive end, Kansas University red-shirt sophomore Travis Releford continues to get better.

Releford has carved a niche for himself on the nation’s third-ranked basketball team.

He takes pride in playing strong defense and is capable of handling a variety of assignments.

When Releford entered Wednesday night’s 82-57 victory against UT Arlington, KU’s intensity deepened, and the foes went from playing on their toes to retreating onto their heels.

On a night Kansas made playing defense look difficult, particularly late in the shot clock against UTA’s deliberate pace, Releford made it sound so simple.

“It’s all about wanting to be a good defender first, and after that, you’ve got your team to help you,” Releford said. “If you listen to the coaches, you should be fine.”

Mario Little’s indefinite suspension and Jeff Withey’s limited progress have enabled Releford to showcase his versatility, playing minutes at the power forward position.

“I practice guarding the post and the perimeter,” Releford said. “Whenever he needs me to go down low, I try to keep my guy from catching it, and when he needs me on the perimeter, I do my best at keeping my guy in front of me.”

When Kansas went to its fullcourt press to rattle the Mavericks, it worked in part because Releford carried out his assignment. When KU coach Bill Self needed somebody to cool off UTA sharp-shooter Bo Ingram in the second half, he challenged Releford to do so, sent him in the game and watched him carry out that assignment.

Early in the season, Releford drew his coach’s ire by throwing down a reverse slam that came with far too much mustard.

Wednesday, when he stole the ball and went in uncontested, he Please see RELEFORD, page 3B

Juco offensive-line recruit won’t come to KU after all

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

Kansas University recruit Bo Adams, an offensive lineman from Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa, said Wednesday that his efforts to transfer to KU were blocked by the NCAA clearinghouse, making Adams’ move to KU unlikely.

Adams, a 6-foot-3, 280-pound guard, planned to come to KU as a walk-on and was expected to enroll in time to begin taking classes in January. Doing so would have made the Omaha, Neb., native eligible to participate in spring drills. Adams, a sophomore at IWCC, said Wednesday that a couple of classes he took would not transfer to KU and that he Please see KU AIDE WYATT, page 5B

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NFL hits Favre with $50,000 fine EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. (AP) — Down to the last few days of the season and maybe Brett Favre’s career, the NFL ended a slow-paced investigation of tawdry allegations against the quarterback with a $50,000 fine and a rebuke for not being candid.

The league punished one of its marquee players for failing to cooperate with investigators who were trying to determine if the 41-

year-old quarterback sent inappropriate messages and belowthe-belt photos to Jenn Sterger in 2008, when both worked for the New York Jets.

The ruling came days before what could be the final game for the three-time MVP. He’ll start for Minnesota at Detroit on Sunday if he’s recovered from a concussion sustained Dec. 20 against Chicago and has said this will be his final

season, though he has unretired in the past. He made the declaration even before his NFL record for consecutive starts was snapped at 297 in mid-December.

It’s been a tough season on the field for Favre, and by the league’s own admission, the investigation begun in early October has generated plenty of bad publicity for all the parties involved — Favre, Sterger and the NFL itself.

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QB Gabbert’s future at MU uncertain

By Vahe Gregorian St. Louis Post-Dispatch

TEMPE, ARIZ. — In his last remarks at a postgame news conference following Missouri’s 27-24 football loss to Iowa in the Insight Bowl on Tuesday night, junior quarterback Blaine Gabbert glanced ahead at MU’s prospects next season.

“We are going to have one hell of a football team, I can tell you that right now,” he said. “This team is a bunch of competitors.

We will fight our tails off to the very, very end.

“Having this bitter taste in our mouth will make us work that much harder. And people should watch out for us next year, because we got a lot of guys coming back, (and) we’re hungry.”

Indeed, with 18 seniors-to-be in its offensive and defensive depth charts for the Iowa game and only seven current seniors in the depth moving on, 14thranked MU (10-3) could be at the peak of a cycle as it was in 2007.

There is an asterisk, though: It depends on the return of Gabbert, whose words of inclusiveness weren’t, in fact, conclusive.

He is among at least four Mizzou underclassmen being evaluated by the NFL draft advisory board, whose projection will be a major factor in whether he returns.

If the board determines he’s a firstround pick, he almost certainly will leave.

The deadline for declaring for the draft is Jan. 15, but the decision could be made in the next few days.

In the loss to Iowa, Gabbert set Mizzou bowl records with 41 completions in 57 attempts for 434 yards as he propelled the Tigers to a school bowl-record 32 first downs. He also threw two interceptions, the first of which was in the hands of Jerrell Jackson in the end zone before Jackson lost the grip and batted it up in the air for an Iowa pickoff.

The second was his fourth-quarter lob intended for Wes Kemp after a play broke down. Running to his left, Gabbert thought Kemp still was working to get open as Kemp apparently thought Gabbert was going to run.

“When you are out there in space, you know, you are really not sure” what the other is doing, Mizzou coach Gary Pinkel said. The play “is not designed once you are out in space.”

Considering Gabbert and Kemp have worked out together for years, chances were they’d read each other right.

Instead, Iowa’s Micah Hyde plucked the ball and started his marathon at the MU sideline by veering the width of the field before zooming up the Iowa sideline for a 72-yard touchdown that proved to be the difference.

“If he had a chance to throw it over again,” Pinkel said, “he probably wouldn’t.”

The moment blemished Gabbert’s otherwise sparkling night but hardly eclipsed it in the eyes of his teammates.

Defensive end Aldon Smith, also contemplating leaving early, said Gabbert’s game was “awesome” and the best he’d seen him play.

“Everybody has things to work on, but right now he’s an NFL quarterback, and I think he’ll do fine in the NFL,” said Jackson, who, lest he came off as knowing more than he did, added, “I really don’t know nothing. I’m just answering questions.”

As for those who might know something, Gabbert is considered among the top few quarterback prospects for the 2011 draft if he chooses that route. But even being in that select group doesn’t immediately clarify whether he’d be first-round material or not.

If he stays, Mizzou figures to be ranked in the top 10 to start next season and, at least as Jackson put it, “hopefully have that undefeated year we’ve been looking for.”

With or without Gabbert, that may be a reach.

But with him, MU at least has reason to believe instead of just hoping a youngster can grow up instantly.

Yet Commissioner Roger Goodell “could not conclude” that Favre violated the National Football League’s personal conduct policy based on the evidence currently available to him, the league said in a statement announcing the fine.

Forensic analysis failed to establish that Favre sent the objectionable photographs to Sterger, the league said.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Jones not going to Maryland FORT WORTH, TEXAS — SMU coach June Jones has no plans to leave for Maryland.

Jones said Wednesday that he spoke by phone this week with a search firm, but had no discussions with school officials from Maryland. He has removed his name from consideration to replace fired coach Ralph Friedgen.

NW Missouri St. coach retiring MARYVILLE, MO. — Mel Tjeerdsma, who won three NCAA Div. II national championships at Northwest Missouri State, is retiring. The 64year-old Tjeerdsma announced Wednesday that he will retire after 17 years at the school, where he compiled a 183-32 record.

BASEBALL Palmeiro still insists: no steroids Rafael Palmeiro is sticking to his story that a tainted vitamin shot caused his failed drug test five years ago and hopes Hall of Fame voters will overlook the mistake and honor him for his 3,020 hits and 569 homers.

A week before the Baseball Writers Association of America announces its inductees to baseball’s Hall of Fame, Palmeiro told SI.com that he never used performance-enhancing drugs in his 20-year career.

Former Tigers executive dies DETROIT — Longtime baseball executive Bill Lajoie, whose eye for talent helped build the Detroit Tigers team that won the 1984 World Series championship, died Tuesday. He was 76.

Guillen’s son fires back at Jenks CHICAGO — One of Ozzie Guillen’s sons is firing back at former White Sox closer Bobby Jenks for comments made about the Chicago manager. Jenks, who signed a two-year deal with Boston last week, expressed disappointment to MLB.com that the White Sox decided not to re-sign him. He told the website he was “looking forward to playing for a manager who knows how to run a bullpen.”

Oney Guillen called Jenks a “punk” in a series of Twitter posts.

NFL Eagles may hold out Vick PHILADELPHIA — Michael Vick may get a game day off after all — only because of injury instead of earning a bye.

A day after the NFC East champion Philadelphia Eagles squandered their chance at a postseason bye, it became clear that Vick may have taken his last snap until the playoffs. His severe leg bruise might be enough to keep him out of Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Dallas Cowboys.

Jets QB Sanchez may play ‘some’ FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The decision rests on Mark Sanchez’s sore right shoulder.

New York Jets coach Rex Ryan was unsure Wednesday whether his quarterback, dealing with an ailing throwing arm, would play in the team’s regular-season finale against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

“I’m leaning to think that maybe he’ll play some,” Ryan said. “But we’ll see.”

Niners LB Willis out SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — 49ers Pro Bowl inside linebacker Patrick Willis underwent a second surgical procedure this week on his broken right hand. He will miss a start for the first time in his four-year career in Sunday’s season finale against Arizona.

Garrard to miss season finale JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback David Garrard will miss the season finale at Houston because of a finger injury.

Chick-Fil-A Bowl Georgia Dome-Atlanta, GA. South Carolina.............3 (55).......................Florida St Friday, Jan 1st.

Dallas Ticket City Bowl Cotton Bowl-Dallas, TX. Texas Tech ..................91⁄2 (60) .............Northwestern Outback Bowl Raymond James Stadium-Tampa, FL. Florida...........................71⁄2 (48) .........................Penn St Capital One Bowl Citrus Bowl Stadium-Orlando, FL. Alabama ........................10 (52) ..................Michigan St Gator Bowl Municipal Stadium-Jacksonville, FL. Mississippi St ...............5 (60) ........................Michigan Rose Bowl Rose Bowl-Pasadena, CA. Tcu....................................3 (58) ......................Wisconsin Fiesta Bowl University of Phoenix Stadium-Glendale, AZ. Oklahoma ......................17 (55) .................Connecticut Monday, Jan 3rd.

Orange Bowl Sun Life Stadium-Miami, FL. Stanford........................31⁄2 (58)...............Virginia Tech Tuesday, Jan 4th.

Sugar Bowl Louisiana Superdome-New Orleans, LA. 1 Ohio St ..........................3 ⁄2 (57) ......................Arkansas Thursday, Jan 6th.

Go Daddy.com Bowl Ladd-Pebbles Stadium-Mobile, AL. Miami-Ohio ....................1 (48) .............Middle Tenn St Friday, Jan 7th.

Cotton Bowl Cowboys Stadium- Arlington, TX. Lsu 1 ...................................(49).......................Texas A&M Saturday, Jan 8th.

Compass Birmingham Bowl Legion Field-Birmingham, AL. Pittsburgh......................3 (52)........................Kentucky Sunday, Jan 9th.

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl AT&T Park-San Francisco, CA. Nevada..........................71⁄2 (55)...........Boston College

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SPORTS ON TV TODAY College Football Time Army v. SMU 11 a.m.

K-State v. Syracuse 2:20 p.m.

UNC v. Tennessee 5:40 p.m.

Nebraska v. Washington 9 p.m.

Net ESPN ESPN ESPN ESPN

Cable 33, 233 33, 233 33, 233 33, 233

College Basketball Time Temple v. Villanova 6 p.m.

Oakland v. Oral Roberts 7 p.m.

Arizona v. Oregon 9 p.m.

Ariz. St. v. Oregon St. 9:30 p.m.

Net ESPN2 FCSC FCSA FCSP

Cable 34, 234 145 144 146

Women’s Basketball Time UT-Arlington v. Kansas 7 p.m.

UConn v. Stanford 8 p.m.

Net Ch.6 ESPN2

Cable 6 34, 234

NBA New York v. Orlando San Antonio v. Dallas

Time 6 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

Net TNT TNT

Cable 45, 245 45, 245

College Hockey Great Lakes Invite

Time 6:30 p.m.

Net FCSA

Cable 144

FRIDAY College Basketball Time Kentucky v. Louisville 11 a.m.

Northwestern v. Purdue 11 a.m.

C-Charleston v. Tenn. 1 p.m.

N. Florida v. Kansas St. 1 p.m.

Florida v. Xavier 3 p.m.

Washington v. UCLA 3:30 p.m.

Ohio State v. Indiana 5 p.m.

S. Florida v. UConn 5 p.m.

Seton Hall v. Cincinnati 7 p.m.

Hawaii v. Nevada 7 p.m.

Okla. St. v. Gonzaga 9 p.m.

Net CBS ESPN2 ESPN2 FSN ESPN2 FSN ESPN2 ESPNU ESPN2 ESPNU ESPN2

Cable 5, 13, 205 34, 234 34, 234 36, 236 34, 234 36, 236 34, 234 35, 235 34, 234 35, 235 34, 234

College Football Time Clemson v. S. Florida 11 a.m.

Miami v. Notre Dame 1 p.m.

C. Florida v. Georgia 2:30 p.m.

Florida St. v. S. Carolina 6:30 p.m.

Net ESPN CBS ESPN ESPN

Cable 33, 233 5, 13, 205 33, 233 33, 233

NBA Time New Jersey v. Chicago 2 p.m.

Net WGN

Cable 16

NHL Phoenix v. St. Louis

Net VS.

Cable 38, 238

Net FCSP

Cable 146

Time 7:30 p.m.

College Hockey Time N. Michigan v. Denver 7 p.m.

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Week 17 KANSAS CITY ...............31⁄2 (43) ........................Oakland NEW ENGLAND............31⁄2 (43).............................Miami INDIANAPOLIS..............10 (48) ....................Tennessee Jacksonville................21⁄2 (49)......................HOUSTON Pittsburgh....................51⁄2 (37)..................CLEVELAND BALTIMORE...................91⁄2 (43) ....................Cincinnati DETROIT ........................31⁄2 (42)....................Minnesota NY Giants.......................4 (44) ................WASHINGTON GREEN BAY ....................10 (41)..........................Chicago PHILADELPHIA .............12 (48)..............................Dallas NY JETS...........................1 (39).............................Buffalo ATLANTA.......................141⁄2 (41)........................Carolina NEW ORLEANS.............71⁄2 (47)...................Tampa Bay St. Louis..........................3 (42)..........................SEATTLE 1 SAN FRANCISCO .........6 ⁄2 (38) .........................Arizona San Diego.....................31⁄2 (47).........................DENVER COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES Favorite .........................Points ......................Underdog Armed Forces Bowl Gerald J. Ford Stadium-Dallas, TX. SMU..................................7 (52)................................Army Pinstripe Bowl Yankee Stadium-Bronx, NY. Kansas St ................Pick’em (47) .................Syracuse Music City Bowl LP Field-Nashville, TN. North Carolina..............1 (50)......................Tennessee Holiday Bowl Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego, CA. Nebraska .......................14 (53) ..................Washington Friday, Dec 31st.

Meineke Car Care Bowl Bank of America Stadium-Charlotte, NC. Clemson .......................51⁄2 (40) .............South Florida Sun Bowl Sun Bowl Stadium-El Paso, TX. Miami-Florida ...............3 (47) ..................Notre Dame Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl-Memphis, TN. 1 Georgia .........................6 ⁄2 (55)...........Central Florida

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NCAA defends OSU, Auburn rulings The NCAA defended its recent rulings in violations cases involving Ohio State and Auburn, saying it does not play favorites or make decisions based on financial considerations.

The NCAA posted a statement on its website Wednesday responding to critics. It says “the notion that the NCAA is selective with its eligibility decisions and rules enforcement is another myth with no basis in fact.

“Money is not a motivator or factor as to why one school would get a particular decision versus another. Any insinuation that revenue from bowl games in particular would influence NCAA decisions is absurd, because schools and conferences receive that revenue, not the NCAA.” Last week, the NCAA suspended five Ohio State players for five games next season for selling their championship rings, trophies and other memorabilia items, but is allowing them to play in the upcoming Sugar Bowl.

In addition, last month, the NCAA did not punish Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, even though it ruled his father had solicited money from Mississippi State while that school was recruiting his son.

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BCS National Championship Game University of Phoenix Stadium-Glendale, AZ. Auburn............................3 (74)............................Oregon NBA Favorite .........................Points .....................Underdog 1 ORLANDO......................7 ⁄2 (211)......................New York a-DALLAS....................OFF (OFF)..............San Antonio b-PORTLAND..............OFF (OFF) .............................Utah a-Dallas forward D. Nowitzki is doubtful. b-Portland guard B. Roy is questionable.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Favorite .........................Points ......................Underdog MIAMI-FLORIDA ................18 .......................Pepperdine VILLANOVA.........................6.................................Temple DETROIT...............................7 ................Wisc Green Bay WRIGHT ST..........................7................Wisc Milwaukee YOUNGSTOWN ST..............2.................Illinois Chicago CLEVELAND ST .................10................Loyola Chicago NC WILMINGTON.............101⁄2 ...............................Toledo Byu........................................11 .............................BUFFALO TULSA...................................6 ........................................Tcu MISSOURI ..........................71⁄2 ..................Old Dominion VIRGINIA ..............................2 ................................Iowa St 1 ARKANSAS ST..................8 ⁄2...............South Alabama NORTH TEXAS....................9 ......................Arkansas LR DENVER ...............................5......................UL-Lafayette CAL IRVINE .........................3 .........Loyola Marymount Arizona................................9...............................OREGON CS NORTHRIDGE................1..............................UC Davis 1 Long Beach St.................1 ⁄2 ..................CAL POLY SLO Pacific................................51⁄2 ................CS FULLERTON UNLV....................................23............Central Michigan Arizona St ..........................4.........................OREGON ST Hilltop Challenge Memorial Gym-San Francisco, CA. Second Round Colorado St .................No Line............Dominican Cal SAN FRANCISCO .........No Line ......................Hampton Added Game c-Manhattan ...................PPD .......FLORIDA ATLANTIC c-Game has been rescheduled for Jan 11, 2011.

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— Kobe Bryant, attempting to explain the Lakers’ recent struggles to Los Angeles Times columnist T.J. Simers

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2007 — Drew Brees sets an NFL record with 443 completions, passing the mark of 418 Rich Gannon set in 2002.

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KANSAS 82, TEXAS ARLINGTON 57

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Kansas’ Johnson puts in his time

By Jesse Newell jnewell@ljworld.com

Kansas University guard Elijah Johnson is used to being subbed out when he gets tired.

That didn’t happen Wednesday during KU’s 82-57 victory over UT Arlington at Allen Fieldhouse.

“It felt good playing a large amount of minutes tonight, because I wanted to see exactly how far I could go,” Johnson said after a career-high 26minute effort.

The Las Vegas native said he wanted to prove to himself that he could push through fatigue on the court and could be a player that takes on “starter minutes,” coming in the game when KU coach Bill Self felt like the chemistry was off or when the team needed to settle down.

“It just felt good to know that I can do it,” Johnson said.

“I always wanted to know that, and tonight, I got to know that by coach giving me that much time.”

Starting in place of Tyshawn Taylor — who missed four practices this week after getting stuck in New Jersey because of bad weather — Johnson impressed as KU’s main point guard.

The 6-foot-4 guard tied a career-high with 11 points to go with five assists, two steals and one turnover.

He also made three of his four three-point attempts, setting a career-high for three-point makes.

“It felt good, it looked good, and it was good,” Johnson said with a laugh about his longrange shooting. “Just to sum it up for you, it felt good.”

Quietly, Johnson has put together some solid offensive season totals. He has made 10 of his 18 three-point attempts (55.6 percent) and has 26 assists to just eight turnovers.

It was Johnson’s first start since last year’s La Salle game on Dec. 12, 2009.

“I can’t lie and say it doesn’t feel good (to start),” Johnson said. “It feels great to start, but it’s just about what’s most important (for the team) — if he (Self) needs me to be the eighth man or he needs me to start at point guard, whatever it is.”

Self complimented Johnson, saying there was no question he was one of KU’s best five players Wednesday.

Self said it was tough to know how to distribute the team’s minutes at guard.

“You play Ty (Taylor), you play Elijah or you play Josh (Selby) or you play Tyrel (Reed),” Self said. “Tyrel’s been our best perimeter player consistently throughout the preseason.

“It’s kind of a coin flip right now, but it will make for some interesting practices moving forward the rest of this week.”

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Mavericks awed by fieldhouse

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

When UT Arlington junior Bo Ingram first walked into Allen Fieldhouse, he was hit with a small-scale version of the video that Kansas University runs before its games.

The championship banners glowed in Ingram’s eyes, the names of former KU greats danced in his head, and the magnitude of the moment hit him a lot like the physical Jayhawks did during their 82-57 victory against Ingram’s squad.

“This is a legendary building,” Ingram said. “I’m thankful for just being in this type of atmosphere. It was an honor to see, but during the game you gotta tune all that out and just play basketball. A lot of good players came through here, and I just wanted to make a name for myself.”

Though his name won’t stand the test of time, Ingram made a splash while he was here, scoring 20 points on 8of-12 shooting to lead a young UTA team that hung with Kansas for 25 minutes.

Trailing by just eight at the

half, Arlington cut the KU lead to 40-35 with 16:10 remaining in the second half. At that point, the bigger, faster, stronger Jayhawks rattled off an 18-5 run that put the game away.

The outcome came in direct contrast to the Mavericks’ most recent game, a 17point loss at Big 12 foe Texas Tech last Wednesday. In that one, UTA struggled early and trailed by 13 at the break before playing the Red Raiders within four points in the second half.

Against KU, a strong first half was followed by a rough

run during the final 15 minutes.

“No disrespect to Texas Tech,” UTA coach Scott Cross said, “but Kansas is unbelievable. I admire the way they play basketball.”

Outside of a 41-25 margin in rebounding, the Jayhawks did not own any eye-popping advantages Wednesday. KU shot 51 percent, compared with 43 percent for UTA. The Mavs made more three-pointers (eight to five), went to the free-throw line 14 more times (making 12 more) and committed just 16 turnovers.

Nine of the 10 UTA players who entered the game scored; however, only two — Ingram and sophomore guard Cameron Catlett, with 10 — scored more than six points.

Like his leading score, Cross also was a little awestruck Wednesday night.

“This was an unbelievable experience,” he said. “This is definitely the best environment I’ve ever played in. I see why everybody gets so excited about basketball here. Just in the introductions, our players couldn’t even hear me. It’s pretty unbelievable.”

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KANSAS GUARD TYSHAWN TAYLOR (10) FORCES A TURNOVER from UT Arlington’s Darius Richardson. KU beat UTA, 82-57, on Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

Kansas upends Texas Arlington CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1B

KU’s other two newly promoted starters were a mixed bag. Elijah Johnson had a big game with 11 points and five assists, while Josh Selby missed eight of nine shots and finished with two points and two assists.

“I think they were better than the guys who got benched, to be honest,” Self said.

Marcus Morris scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds, while Tyshawn Taylor had eight points and two assists. Brady Morningstar had one point, one rebound and one assist, also in a reserve role.

“The thing that concerns me ... who are our best players?”

Self said. “I don’t know. We talk about it as a staff, who are our best players? Elijah without question tonight was one of our best five players. Thomas is playing better than any big guy. We don’t even know who our best players are.

“That’s frustrating because you need to have some rhythm and have roles to find.

KANSAS GUARD ELIJAH JOHNSON (15) gets a flying, celebratory bump from teammate Tyshawn Taylor during a firsthalf timeout.

It’s great to have different guys every night, but when you don’t make shots, you should still be one of our best players regardless if the shot goes in or not.

“You can put any of nine guys out there right now, and it doesn’t make any differ-

ence,” he added. “We need to have some guys separate themselves because you can’t go into a game not knowing what you want to do as far as who is going to play the most minutes. I started four new guys tonight, but to be honest, some of those guys are better

Releford demonstrates his versatility “Tonight, there was only one guy who stood out on went up, way up, with two that end, and that was hands and dunked the ball.

Travis,” Self said.

The wild colt, who played Eager to please, Releford sparingly as a freshman, has smiled when that statement tamed his game and polished was repeated to him. his jumper.

“That should be the best Releford made two of thing for anyone to hear,” three three-pointers against Releford said, “to hear the UTA to raise his season per- coach say you played a great centage to .455. His overall defensive game.” percentage is .596. He averReleford is quick, but not ages 6.1 points and 15.3 minas quick as Tyshawn Taylor, utes. yet on this night Releford “He’s a good defender and played better perimeter a good energy guy,” Self said. defense than Taylor. Releford “He only played a couple of is long, but not as tall as the minutes in the first half, so I twins and Thomas Robinson, didn’t give him a chance, and yet Releford’s better than he was ready to play when them at keeping his man his number was called, so I from catching it on the block. was real pleased. I thought When KU’s top three big defensively, he definitely men and most talented spurred us tonight.” perimeter defender place the UT Arlington shot 48 per- same importance on those TRAVIS RELEFORD (24) GETS A LEG UP on Texas Arlington cent in the first half, 39 in the areas as Releford, this team forward Brandon Edwards after dunking on a breakaway. second. will explode.

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than our starters who have been starting and were more productive. Practice hasn’t been interesting, but it’s about to get a lot more interesting.”

Self wasn’t pleased, especially defensively, after a game in which KU led by just five, 40-35, with 17:34 left.

Robinson had three points and Travis Releford five in a 15-2 run that finally opened a 55-37 lead.

“The second half, our best team was Travis at the 4 and Thomas the 5. That was our best team,” Self said.

He said it wouldn’t necessarily be best for KU’s team in the long run to have Robinson start.

“We’ve seen how good Marcus and Markieff (Morris, 14 points, five boards) can play,” Self said. “Thomas is a great spell guy off the bench.

“We are so up and down right now. Defensively we are not even close. That’s what is frustrating.”

KU will meet Miami of Ohio at 5 p.m. Sunday in Allen.

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BOX SCORE TEXAS ARLINGTON (57) MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Bo Ingram 30 8-12 0-0 3-5 4 20 Jordan Reves 24 0-1 2-2 0-1 1 2 Darius Richardson 26 3-11 0-0 1-5 0 6 Bradley Gay 12 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 3 S. White-Miller 21 1-2 0-0 0-2 1 2 LaMarcus Reed 29 3-13 0-2 0-4 3 6 Brandon Edwards 22 2-8 0-0 4-5 3 4 Cameron Catlett 19 4-4 2-2 1-2 3 10 Bryant Smith 14 2-3 0-3 0-0 0 4 Stuart Lagerson 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 team 0-1 Totals 24-56 4-9 9-25 16 57 Three-point goals: 5-17 (Ingram 4-7, Gay 1-2, Smith 0-1, Reed 0-2, Richardson 0-5). Assists: 11 (Reves 2, Catlett 2, Ingram, Richardson, Gay, White-Miller, Smith, Reed, Edwards). Turnovers: 16 (Reves 4, team 4, Ingram 3, Reed 2, Richardson, Gay, Edwards). Blocked shots: 3 (Edwards 3).

Steals: 6 (Edwards 3, White-Miller 2, Catlett).

KANSAS (82)

MIN

FG m-a 8-10 5-7 1-7 4-5 1-9 4-7 3-5 3-3 0-3 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0

FT m-a 4-7 4-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-4 0-0 2-2 1-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

REB PF TP o-t Thomas Robinson 24 6-10 1 20 Markieff Morris 19 3-5 3 14 Tyrel Reed 28 1-4 0 3 Elijah Johnson 26 0-3 0 11 Josh Selby 26 0-2 2 2 Marcus Morris 20 1-6 2 13 Travis Releford 16 1-2 1 8 Tyshawn Taylor 15 1-1 1 8 Brady Morningstar15 0-1 1 1 Jeff Withey 6 1-3 1 2 Royce Woolridge 3 0-0 0 0 Niko Roberts 1 0-0 0 0 Jordan Juenemann 1 0-0 0 0 team 1-4 Totals 29-57 16-23 15-41 12 82 Three-point goals: 8-24 (Johnson 3-4, Releford 2-3, Marcus Morris 2-5, Reed 1-6, Morningstar 0-1, Selby 0-5). Assists: 15 (Johnson 5, Markieff Morris 2, Reed 2, Selby 2, Taylor 2, Woolridge, Morningstar). Turnovers: 13 (Markieff Morris 3, Selby 2, Marcus Morris 2, Johnson, Withey, Taylor, Morningstar, Releford, Juenemann). Blocked shots: 4 (Markieff Morris 2, Robinson, Withey). Steals: 9 (Johnson 2, Robinson, Markieff Morris, Selby, Reed, Taylor, Marcus Morris, Releford).

Texas Arlington .........................28 29 — 57 Kansas .......................................36 46 — 82 Officials: Ted Hillary, Rick Crawford, Lee Cassell. Attendance: 16,300.

NOTEBOOK Self miffed Displeased with his team’s play overall, Kansas University coach Bill Self was especially bothered by the last play of Wednesday’s game against Texas Arlington.

The Mavericks’ Bo Ingram knocked in a three with three seconds left in the Jayhawks’ 82-57 victory.

“The last possession summed up our team,” Self said. “We just let them shoot an uncontested basket and score points on us because the game is over in our mind. That’s not the right mindset. We’ve been talking about this, but it’s going to hurt us in a big, big way as soon as competition gets stiffer.

“They think, ‘It’s no big deal.’

It’s a big deal to me.”

As to why KU would let UTA score, Self said it could be a matter of “toughness, pride.”

Michigan time TBA Game time for the KU-Michi-

gan game on Jan. 9 in Ann Arbor, Mich., likely will be announced Monday, KU officials said.

The game is slated to start at 12:30 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. and be televised on CBS. The network won’t set the game time until CBS’ NFL playoff schedule is finalized Sunday.

Big crowd Prior to Wednesday, UT Arlington had played in front of a combined 19,768 fans in 10 games this season. Wednesday’s attendance was listed at capacity: 16,300.

This ’n’ that KU is 12-0 for the secondstraight season and fourth time in the Self era. The Jayhawks are 7-0 this season in Allen Fieldhouse and have won 66 straight home games. ... KU is 1-0 alltime vs. UT Arlington. KU is 4-0 against current membership of the Southland Conference.. ... KU is 120-6 at home in the Self era.

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Cowboys crush ‘Cats, 36-10

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ILLINOIS RUNNING BACK MIKEL LESHOURE (5) SCORES past Baylor’s Antonio Johnson (7). The Illini blasted the Bears, 38-14, on Wednesday in the Texas Bowl in Houston.

TEXAS BOWL

Leshoure, Illinois run all over Bears H O U S T O N ( A P ) — Mikel Leshoure isn’t sure whether he’ll declare for the NFL Draft or return to Illinois for his senior season.

But if Wednesday night’s Texas Bowl ends up being his college send-off, it will certainly be remembered as a good one.

Leshoure ran for 184 yards and a career-high three touchdowns and set five school records as Illinois earned its first bowl victory since 1999, beating Baylor, 38-14.

The Illini spoiled the Bears’ first bowl appearance in 16 seasons. Both teams finished at 7-6.

Leshoure had a five-yard TD run in the second quarter, a 13-yard score in the third quarter and another five-yard TD run in the fourth period.

The performance gave him school records for single-season rushing yards (1,697), single-season scoring (122 points), total touchdowns in a season (20), 100-yard rushing game in a season (9) and consecutive 100-yard rushing games (5).

“I can’t even really put it into words,” he said. “First of all winning and ... now that it’s the end of the season, and I found out I broke those records, it feels good. I’m proud of myself, and I’m proud of my teammates and coaches.”

The Illini built a 24-0 lead, and Leshoure’s last touchdown put the game out of reach.

Illinois coach Ron Zook was informed late in the game that Leshoure needed 23 yards to set the rushing record.

“All we had to do was tell the offensive line and (quarterback) Nathan (Scheelhaase) that ... and they did the rest,” Zook said.

Baylor’s Robert Griffin III threw for 306 yards and a

SUMMARY Illinois 6 10 8 14 — 38 Baylor 0 0 7 7 — 14 First Quarter Ill—FG Dimke 38, 11:03.

Ill—FG Dimke 28, 3:45.

Second Quarter Ill—FG Dimke 43, 13:51.

Ill—LeShoure 5 run (Dimke kick), 9:42.

Third Quarter Ill—LeShoure 13 run (LeShoure run), 11:40.

Bay—Finley 4 run (A.Jones kick), 8:03.

Fourth Quarter Bay—Wright 39 pass from R.Griffin (A.Jones kick), 13:43.

Ill—LeShoure 5 run (Dimke kick), 7:14.

Ill—Scheelhaase 55 run (Dimke kick), :41.

A—68,211.

Ill Bay First downs 25 24 Rushes-yards 50-291 29-124 Passing 242 313 Comp-Att-Int 18-23-0 31-43-0 Return Yards 1 15 Punts-Avg. 5-40.2 6-40.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 4-2 Penalties-Yards 6-51 7-74 Time of Possession 33:15 26:45 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Illinois, LeShoure 29-184, Ford 1254, Scheelhaase 9-53. Baylor, Finley 12-63, R.Griffin 16-44, Reese 1-17.

PASSING—Illinois, Scheelhaase 18-23-0-242.

Baylor, R.Griffin 30-41-0-306, Florence 1-1-0-7, Team 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING—Illinois, Jenkins 6-52, Fayson 4-31, Ford 3-29, LeShoure 2-21, Lankford 1-52, Millines 1-32, E.Wilson 1-25. Baylor, Wright 12-127, Gordon 6-50, B.Taylor 5-81, Reese 3-22, Sampson 2-3, T.Williams 1-12, Monk 1-10, Buerck 1-8.

touchdown, but his two fumbles in the first half put the Bears behind.

Baylor coach Art Briles couldn’t focus on the strides his team made this season in finishing with its first winning record since 1995.

“It’s hard right now. It really is,” he said. “Anytime you don’t get the result that’s desired, it doesn’t feel good.

It’s a bad feeling. It’s a bad feeling to have your face turned red.”

Leshoure was chosen the most valuable player and wore a cowboy hat as he hoisted the trophy above his head after the game while the small but vocal group of Illinois fans cheered. He kept the hat on when he spoke to reporters after the game.

“I like the hat,” he said grinning. “It’s my first cowboy hat.

I’ll use it as a souvenir, and I might wear it out sometime.”

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Justin Blackmon caught two touchdown passes, including a 71yard strike, and No. 16 Oklahoma State finished its first 11win season with a 36-10 victory over Arizona in the Alamo Bowl on Wednesday night.

Blackmon, the Biletnikoff Award winner as the nation’s top receiver, set an NCAA record with his 12th straight game with at least 100 yards receiving and a touchdown.

The sophomore caught nine passes for 117 yards in perhaps his last college game.

Brandon Weeden was 25of-41 for 240 yards for Oklahoma State (11-2). It was the final game plan for Cowboys offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen, who is leaving to become the coach-in-waiting at West Virginia.

Oklahoma State, which led the nation in total offense, never trailed and scored at least 33 points for the 11th time this season.

Arizona (7-6) ended the year with five straight losses.

This last, lopsided defeat made Arizona’s 7-1 record and No. 13 ranking in November seem like that was much longer ago. Nick Foles completed 32 of 50 passes for 280 yards and a touchdown, but he threw three interceptions, including one returned by Markelle Martin for a 62-yard score.

The Wildcats had their

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OKLAHOMA STATE PLAYERS CELEBRATE after a fumble recovery in the first quarter. The Cowboys roughed up Arizona, 36-10, on Wednesday night in the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio. chances early. But six possessions inside Oklahoma State territory in the f irst half resulted in just one touchdown.

Oklahoma State now awaits whether this was a farewell victory lap for its biggest stars.

Weeden and Blackmon are both projected NFL Draft picks if they leave early.

Blackmon seems poised to follow former teammate Dez Bryant as a first-rounder and may have little incentive to return after being chosen as

the Big 12 offensive player of the year. Both players say Hologorsen’s departure won’t influence their decision.

As a parting gift, Hologorsen helped give his duo another big night.

In addition to his NCAArecord streak, Blackmon also surpassed former Pitt star Larry Fitzgerald for the most receiving yards by a sophomore, and he broke the mark on the game’s biggest play.

After Arizona couldn’t convert a fourth down at the Cowboys’ 29-yard line on its

MILITARY BOWL

Maryland cruises in Friedgen’s finale W A S H I N G T O N (AP ) — Ralph Friedgen soaked in the chants and fought back a few more tears. He gave a parting gift to his alma mater — the highest point total Maryland has ever posted in a bowl game — then followed it with a parting shot at the administration that fired him.

Already the Atlantic Coast Conference coach of the year, already the engineer of the second-biggest regular season turnaround in the country, Friedgen ended his 10year run with the Terrapins on Wednesday with a 51-20 victory over East Carolina in the Military Bowl.

“It’s been real surreal,” Friedgen said. “To be honest with you, I’m a little bit overwhelmed by it. I really had no idea that people even thought that much of me.”

Patrolling the Maryland sideline one last time, holding his customary playsheet and wearing a white cap with the word “Terps” in red, Friedgen wound up a 9-4 season and a 75-50 Maryland decade that includes a 5-2 record in bowl games. Fans held up signs and banners proclaiming “Thanks

Ralph” and chanted his name through much of the second half. He got the customary ice-bucket bath from his play1 ers with 2 ⁄2 minutes left in the game.

“If you have to go out,” Friedgen said, “this is the best way to do it.”

New Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson announced last week that Friedgen was being dismissed, effective after the bowl game, with the school buying out the final year of the 63-year-old coach’s contract for $2 million.

Friedgen said preparing for the game was like “a slow death.” He found it hard to hold back his emotions and was concerned that his players wouldn’t be focused.

He needn’t have worried.

Running back Da’Rel Scott (13 carries, 200 yards) spoke for his teammates when he said they were determined to “make sure coach Friedgen went out with a bang.”

Then, his eyes dry for a moment, Friedgen fired a cannon himself near the end of his news conference when asked: “How good is the Maryland coaching job?”

TOP 25/BIG 12 MEN’S BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Coach K moves into second on wins list

SUMMARY Maryland 51, East Carolina 20 East Carolina 0 3 10 7 — 20 Maryland 6 10 21 14 — 51 First Quarter Md—Dorsey 45 pass from O’Brien (kick blocked), 10:35.

Second Quarter Md—FG Baltz 23, 9:46.

ECU—FG Barbour 37, 6:08.

Md—Adams 1 run (Baltz kick), 2:57.

Third Quarter Md—Adams 1 run (Baltz kick), 13:13.

ECU—Lewis 20 pass from D.Davis (Barbour kick), 9:51.

Md—Adams 1 run (Baltz kick), 4:32.

ECU—FG Barbour 31, 1:18.

Md—Scott 61 run (Baltz kick), 1:00.

Fourth Quarter Md—Scott 91 run (Baltz kick), 11:20.

Md—Adams 4 run (Baltz kick), 4:41.

ECU—J.Jones 14 pass from Wornick (Barbour kick), 1:43.

A—38,062.

“I can tell you this — it’s not an easy job,” he answered.

“There’s a lot of things that really have to change to help it reach its potential. And, to be honest with you, I don’t know if the university is willing to do that. You’ve kind of got to know that going in. ...

What happens to a lot of coaches who come to Maryland, they think it’s like every other place, and after their

Sebirumbi 1-4 2-2 4, Saaka 5-16 5-6 17, Co. Reddick 4-9 1-2 9, Evans 1-4 0-2 2, Miller 3-10 13 8, Dehm 1-7 0-0 3, Duval 0-2 0-0 0, Brown 1-2 00 2, Austin 0-0 0-0 0, Barnes 1-1 0-0 2, Toler 3-5 00 6. Totals 20-60 9-15 53.

UCF (12-0) Diakite 0-1 0-0 0, Clanton 8-16 5-7 21, McCombs 1-2 1-1 3, Rompza 1-3 0-0 2, Sosa 0-6 1-2 1, M. Jordan 6-9 0-1 15, Gaynor 0-1 2-2 2, Thompson 0-0 1-2 1, Tyler 2-3 0-0 4, Sykes 3-4 67 12, Herzog 5-8 0-0 10. Totals 26-53 16-22 71.

Halftime—UCF 39-27. 3-Point Goals—Furman 4-13 (Saaka 2-5, Miller 1-3, Dehm 1-4, Evans 01), UCF 3-13 (M. Jordan 3-3, Tyler 0-1, Gaynor 01, Clanton 0-3, Sosa 0-5). Fouled Out—Toler.

Rebounds—Furman 38 (Co. Reddick 13), UCF 36 (Clanton 9). Assists—Furman 7 (Dehm 3), UCF 11 (M. Jordan 4). Total Fouls—Furman 19, UCF 17.

A—7,111.

0-1 12, Johnson-Odom 5-12 2-5 14, Buycks 6-9 00 13, Blue 4-9 2-3 10, Cadougan 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Fulce 1-3 0-0 2, Gardner 1-1 00 2. Totals 32-57 7-13 76.

VANDERBILT (10-2) Taylor 8-12 1-2 19, Walker 3-6 1-1 7, Ezeli 5-7 22 12, Tinsley 6-11 2-4 15, Jenkins 4-21 3-3 13, Fuller 0-2 1-2 1, Tchiengang 4-4 1-2 10. Totals 3063 11-16 77.

Halftime—Marquette 37-34. 3-Point Goals— Marquette 5-14 (Butler 2-3, Johnson-Odom 2-4, Buycks 1-2, Cadougan 0-1, Blue 0-2, Crowder 02), Vanderbilt 6-23 (Taylor 2-4, Jenkins 2-15, Tchiengang 1-1, Tinsley 1-2, Fuller 0-1).

Rebounds—Marquette 29 (Crowder 11), Vanderbilt 36 (Tchiengang 9). Assists— Marquette 17 (Johnson-Odom 5), Vanderbilt 17 (Tinsley 8). Total Fouls—Marquette 16, Vanderbilt 18. A—13,604.

NEW MEXICO (11-2) Hardeman 3-6 1-2 7, Kirk 3-5 4-4 10, Gary 2-5 36 8, Snell 1-3 4-4 7, McDonald 5-8 0-0 12, Williams 2-6 4-6 8, Fenton 1-3 2-2 4, Gordon 2-8 13 5, Bairstow 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-45 19-27 61.

TEXAS TECH (6-7) Roberts 2-5 0-0 4, Singletary 6-12 5-9 18, Cooper 5-5 2-5 12, Reese 5-9 0-0 11, Tairu 5-12 02 13, Dunn 0-1 0-0 0, Outler 0-1 0-0 0, Lewandowski 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 24-47 7-16 60.

Halftime—T. Tech 33-27. 3-Point Goals—N. Mexico 4-8 (McDonald 2-3, Snell 1-1, Gary 1-2, Fenton 0-2), T. Tech 5-13 (Tairu 3-7, Reese 1-2, Singletary 1-3, Dunn 0-1). Fouled Out—Kirk.

Rebounds—N. Mexico 32 (Gordon 11), T. Tech 22 (Roberts 6). Assists—N. Mexico 7 (Williams 3), T. Tech 10 (Singletary 4). Total Fouls—N. Mexico 23, Texas Tech 22. A—9,585.

ECU Md First downs 19 18 Rushes-yards 21-32 38-297 Passing 311 181 Comp-Att-Int 39-62-2 13-22-2 Return Yards 36 31 Punts-Avg. 4-35.3 3-36.7 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0 Penalties-Yards 15-120 11-98 Time of Possession 30:13 29:47 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—East Carolina, Ruffin 11-27, Bowman 1-4, Dobson 1-4, Whitley 1-4, J.Williams 1-1, D.Davis 5-(minus 1), Harris 1-(minus 7).

Maryland, Scott 13-200, Meggett 7-62, Adams 13-35, T.Watson 2-2, Moore 2-1, To.Smith 1(minus 3).

PASSING—East Carolina, D.Davis 35-57-2-268, Wornick 4-5-0-43. Maryland, O’Brien 13-22-2181.

RECEIVING—East Carolina, Lewis 11-137, Harris 8-68, Bodenheimer 5-43, J.Jones 4-60, J.Williams 4-(minus 8), Ruffin 3-4, Bowman 2(minus 1), Arrington 1-8, Je.Davis 1-0. Maryland, Meggett 2-52, Dorsey 2-50, Furstenburg 2-40, Boykins 2-14, To.Smith 2-10, Logan 1-7, T.Watson 1-5, Williams 1-3.

third year they realize it isn’t, and they’re stuck.

“People are concerned about my legacy, and my legacy is what it is — 75-50 ... I gave it the best I had for 10 years, and obviously that’s not good enough right now, and that’s what hurts. ... I leave the job a lot better than when I got it, so if someone else can come in and do better, my hat’s off to them.”

BIG 12 WOMEN

No. 15 Sooners demolish Pine-Bluff

No. 15 Notre Dame 69, No. 23 Illinois 87, Iowa 77 Big 12 IOWA CITY, IOWA — Demetri No. 9 Georgetown 55 Colorado 92, S O U T H B E N D , I N D . — Tim McCamey scored 20 points No. 1 Duke 108, Maryland-Eastern Shore 65 UNC Greensboro 62 Abromaitis scored 20 points. for Illinois.

B O U L D E R , C O L O . — Austin The Associated Press GREENSBORO , N.C. — Duke GEORGETOWN (11-2) ILLINOIS (11-3) Dufault scored 18 points. coach Mike Krzyzewski Thompson 2-4 0-0 4, Wright 1-9 1-3 3, Clark 3Richmond 5-7 2-2 12, Davis 7-12 1-1 15, Tisdale No. 15 Oklahoma 118, 9 0-0 8, Freeman 9-16 2-4 21, Vaughn 2-4 0-0 4, 3-5 0-0 6, Richardson 5-7 2-3 17, McCamey 7-10 moved past Sanford 2-4 2-2 6, Starks 0-0 0-0 0, Sims 2-5 0-0 4, 2-2 20, Paul 1-2 0-0 2, Leonard 0-1 0-0 0, Cole 4- MD.-EASTERN SHORE (3-9) Arkansas Pine-Bluff 52 Hines 3-5 0-2 6, White 5-10 2-2 12, Burns 2-10 longtime Lubick 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 23-54 5-9 55.

4 2-2 14, Griffey 0-0 1-3 1. Totals 32-48 10-13 87.

NORMAN, OKLA. — Oklahoma 2-2 7, Bradshaw 5-10 0-3 11, Haley 7-12 2-2 18, N O T R E D A M E ( 1 2 1 ) I O W A ( 7 6 ) rival Dean Hansbrough 3-11 10-10 17, Nash 5-11 5-6 15, Basabe 2-5 0-0 4, May 3-8 4-8 12, Cole 5-6 0-0 Swift 0-2 3-4 3, Bell 2-6 0-0 5, Bright 0-1 0-0 0, set season-highs in points, Robertson 1-4 0-0 3.

Totals 25-60 9-15 65.

Smith into Martin 5-9 0-4 11, Abromaitis 6-12 3-3 20, Scott 10, Gatens 7-14 2-2 21, Cartwright 6-12 1-2 13, turnovers, steals and assists 0-6 4-4 4, Atkins 0-2 0-0 0, Cooley 1-1 0-0 2. Totals Stoermer 0-0 0-0 0, Marble 4-8 0-2 9, McCabe 2- COLORADO (9-4) second Dufault 7-9 3-3 18, Tomlinson 1-1 0-0 3, and tied a school record with 20-52 22-27 69.

8 1-1 6, Brommer 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 30-64 8-15 77. place on the Halftime—Notre Dame 34-26. 3-Point Goals— Halftime—Illinois 49-37. 3-Point Goals—Illinois Relphorde 7-9 1-4 15, Burks 5-10 5-5 15, Higgins 16 three-pointers on the way men’s allGeorgetown 4-22 (Clark 2-8, Lubick 1-1, Freeman 13-18 (Richardson 5-7, Cole 4-4, McCamey 4-5, 5-8 5-5 15, Sharpe 3-4 3-3 9, Coney 0-1 2-2 2, 1-4, Sims 0-1, Sanford 0-1, Thompson 0-2, Wright Richmond 0-1, Paul 0-1), Iowa 9-24 (Gatens 5-10, Roberson 2-5 0-2 4, Knutson 2-5 0-1 6, Mills 0-2 0- to a convincing victory over time wins 0-5), Notre Dame 7-16 (Abromaitis 5-7, Martin 1- May 2-4, Marble 1-3, McCabe 1-5, Cartwright 0- 0 0, Eckloff 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 34-57 19-25 92.

Halftime—Colorado 46-33. 3-Point Goals—Md.- Arkansas Pine-Bluff (0-10) on list Wednes1, Hansbrough 1-3, Atkins 0-1, Scott 0-4). Fouled 2). Fouled Out—Tisdale. Rebounds—Illinois 28 Eastern Shore 6-21 (Haley 2-5, Robertson 1-2, Wednesday.

Out—None.

Rebounds—Georgetown 33 (Sims 7), (Tisdale 7), Iowa 27 (Cole 9).

Assists—Illinois 20 day night Krzyzewski Notre Dame 35 (Nash 10). Assists—Georgetown (McCamey 10), Iowa 13 (Cartwright 5). Total Burns 1-3, Bell 1-4, Bradshaw 1-6, Bright 0-1), The Sooners (10-2) had 27 Colorado 5-12 (Knutson 2-4, Tomlinson 1-1, when the 16 (Wright 6), Notre Dame 14 (Scott 4). Total Fouls—Illinois 17, Iowa 16. A—15,500.

Dufault 1-1, Eckloff 1-2, Sharpe 0-1, Roberson 0- assists, forced 36 turnovers Fouls—Georgetown 24, Notre Dame 13.

A—9,149.

Blue Devils routed North Car1, Higgins 0-2). Rebounds—Md.-Eastern Shore 25 and grabbed 21 steals. Ten dif(Hines 7), Colorado 39 (Roberson 8). Assists— No. 24 Vanderbilt 77, olina-Greensboro.

Md.-ES 7 (White 3), Colorado 19 (Tomlinson 6). ferent players scored for OU, Marquette 76 Krzyzewski posted his No. 19 Central Florida 71, Total Fouls—Md.-ES 25, Colorado 15. A—3,896. which led by 27 at halftime.

NASHVILLE , T ENN . — Andre 880th career victory. Coach K Furman 53 ORLANDO, FLA. — Keith Clan- Walker scored on a layup with trails only Bob Knight, who N. Mexico 61, Texas Tech 60 ARK.-PINE BLUFF (0-10) ton scored 21 points to lift 4.1 seconds left. has 902 victories.

Abrams 3-11 0-0 6, Gentry 2-9 6-10 10, Lasane L U B B O C K , T E X A S — Texas Central Florida.

0-5 0-0 0, Slaton 4-11 3-6 11, Kilgore 0-1 0-0 0, Tech blew a 15-point lead in M A R Q U E T T E ( 9 4 ) Marsh 2-10 2-2 7, Raynor 0-2 0-0 0, Pena 1-2 0-0 DUKE (12-0) Crowder 3-6 2-2 8, Butler 6-9 1-2 15, Otule 6-7 the first half.

3, Quarles 0-2 0-0 0, Thornton 0-1 0-0 0, Singler 10-13 3-4 27, Mi. Plumlee 5-6 1-2 11, FURMAN (8-3) The Associated Press

Kelly 4-10 2-2 10, Smith 8-12 7-10 26, Curry 5-10 2-2 15, Thornton 0-2 2-2 2, Ma. Plumlee 2-3 0-1 4, Hairston 1-3 0-0 2, Dawkins 4-5 2-2 11. Totals 3964 19-25 108.

UNC-GREENSBORO (0-12) Henry 2-7 3-4 7, Cole 1-5 2-2 4, VanDussen 5-7 2-2 13, Randall 3-11 0-0 6, Simpson 1-4 0-0 2, Williams 0-1 1-2 1, Parker 0-2 0-0 0, Bone 0-1 00 0, Evans 2-4 0-0 5, Henegar 4-8 0-0 10, Brackett 5-8 4-6 14. Totals 23-58 12-16 62.

Halftime—Duke 53-32. 3-Point Goals—Duke 1124 (Singler 4-7, Smith 3-4, Curry 3-7, Dawkins 12, Thornton 0-1, Kelly 0-3), UNC-Greensboro 4-8 (Henegar 2-2, Evans 1-1, VanDussen 1-1, Parker 0-1, Simpson 0-1, Cole 0-2). Rebounds—Duke 29 (Singler 6), UNC-Greensboro 35 (Evans 7).

Assists—Duke 24 (Smith 9), UNC-Greensboro 7 (Randall 5). Total Fouls—Duke 16, UNCGreensboro 21. Technical—Evans. A—22,178.

opening possession, Weeden found Blackmon practically uncovered down the sideline.

So open was Blackmon that he pulled up before reaching the end zone and trotted parallel along the goal line before finally making the touchdown official.

Arizona fans didn’t appreciate the showboating.

But it was Blackmon’s night.

He scored for a second time on a three-yard pass in the third quarter, breaking the game open after Alex Zandejas’ 42-yard field goal put Arizona back within two scores.

Arizona’s only other score came in the first quarter when Juron Criner caught a fiveyard touchdown from Foles, who was playing back in the Alamodome where he was a Texas prep star.

The Cowboys can take comfort even if forced to replace more than Holgorsen: They lost Bryant and switched to a new quarterback this season, only to shatter practically every school passing record. They’re also toasting the most wins in school history after debuting seven new defensive starters.

It’s why the Cowboys began the season picked to finish f ifth in the Big 12 South.

Instead, Oklahoma State came within a wild fourth quarter against Oklahoma of playing for its first Big 12 title.

Okwumabua 3-4 9-10 15. Totals 15-58 20-28 52.

OKLAHOMA (10-2) Roethlisberger 2-4 2-2 6, McFarland 3-6 1-2 7, Robinson 5-13 10-10 21, Hook 8-16 0-0 21, Hartman 1-1 2-2 4, Ellenberg 10-19 3-3 29, Griffin 0-1 0-1 0, Cerina 3-5 4-9 10, Willis 2-3 0-0 6, Morrison 2-4 2-2 7, Jeffcoat 0-3 0-0 0, Cloman 22 2-3 7. Totals 38-77 26-34 118.

Halftime—Oklahoma 53-26. 3-Point Goals— Ark.-Pine Bluff 2-12 (Pena 1-1, Marsh 1-3, Slaton 0-2, Lasane 0-2, Abrams 0-4), Oklahoma 16-33 (Ellenberg 6-9, Hook 5-12, Willis 2-3, Cloman 1-1, Robinson 1-2, Morrison 1-3, Jeffcoat 0-1, Roethlisberger 0-2). Fouled Out—Abrams.

Rebounds—Ark.-Pine Bluff 41 (Okwumabua 8), Oklahoma 50 (Cerina 9). Assists—Ark.-Pine Bluff 3 (Kilgore, Marsh, Raynor 1), Oklahoma 27 (Robinson 9). Total Fouls—Ark.-Pine Bluff 25, Oklahoma 25. Technical—Abrams. A—4,779.

No. 20 Iowa State 85, Florida A&M 60 AMES, IOWA — Kelsey Bolte scored a career-high 28 points, and Iowa State used a big run in each half to roll past Florida A&M in the Cyclone Challenge.

Hallie Christofferson added 10 points, while Lauren Mansfield had 10 assists and seven rebounds for the Cyclones (9-2), now 70-1 in December home games under coach Bill Fennelly.

Tameka McKelton led Florida A&M (4-6) with 22 points, and Antonia Bennett scored 20.

FLORIDA A&M (4-6) M. Simms 1-3 0-0 2, McKelton 8-15 3-4 22, Collins 2-6 0-0 4, Donald 0-3 0-0 0, Bennett 8-20 2-3 20, Grice 2-12 1-2 5, Rateree 1-6 0-0 3, Copeland 2-8 0-0 4, Warner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-73 6-9 60.

IOWA ST. (9-2) Christofferson 3-6 4-4 10, Mansfield 2-8 0-0 5, Bolte 10-16 1-1 28, Schroll 1-1 6-8 8, Poppens 25 4-6 8, Harris 2-5 1-2 7, Cole 0-1 2-2 2, Arganbright 0-0 0-0 0, Zimmerman 2-6 4-6 9, Prins 4-9 0-0 8. Totals 26-57 22-29 85.

Halftime—Iowa St. 47-26. 3-Point Goals— Florida A&M 6-26 (McKelton 3-5, Bennett 2-5, Rateree 1-5, Donald 0-1, Collins 0-3, Grice 0-7), Iowa St. 11-24 (Bolte 7-13, Harris 2-4, Zimmerman 1-3, Mansfield 1-4). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—Florida A&M 39 (Bennett 9), Iowa St. 46 (Poppens 10). Assists—Florida A&M 7 (Bennett, Collins, Rateree 2), Iowa St. 19 (Mansfield 10). Total Fouls—Florida A&M 20, Iowa St. 6. A—7,512.

SPORTS

L AWRENCE J OURNAL -WORLD

SCOREBOARD College Bowls

Wednesday’s Games Military Bowl At Washington Maryland 51, East Carolina 20 Texas Bowl At Houston Illinois 38, Baylor 14 Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Oklahoma State 36, Arizona 10 Today’s Games Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas SMU (7-6) vs. Army (6-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl At Bronx, N.Y. Syracuse (7-5) vs. Kansas State (7-5), 2:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.

North Carolina (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl At San Diego Nebraska (10-3) vs. Washington (6-6), 9 p.m.

(ESPN) Friday, Dec. 31 Meineke Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. Clemson (6-6) vs. South Florida (7-5), 11 a.m.

(ESPN) Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Notre Dame (7-5) vs. Miami (7-5), 1 p.m. (CBS) Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

Georgia (6-6) vs. UCF (10-3), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta South Carolina (9-4) vs. Florida State (9-4), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 1 TicketCity Bowl At Dallas Northwestern (7-5) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPNU) Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Michigan State (11-1) vs. Alabama (9-3), noon (ESPN) Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Florida (7-5) vs. Penn State (7-5), noon (ABC) Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Michigan (7-5) vs. Mississippi State (8-4), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

TCU (12-0) vs. Wisconsin (11-1), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

Connecticut (8-4) vs. Oklahoma (11-2), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 3 Orange Bowl At Miami Stanford (11-1) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 7 p.m.

(ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 4 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Ohio State (11-1) vs. Arkansas (10-2), 7 p.m.

(ESPN) Thursday, Jan. 6 GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Miami (Ohio) (9-4) vs. Middle Tennessee (6-6), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 7 Cotton Bowl At Arlington, Texas Texas A&M (9-3) vs. LSU (10-2), 7 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 8 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Pittsburgh (7-5) vs. Kentucky (6-6), 11 a.m.

(ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 9 Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco Boston College (7-5) vs. Nevada (12-1), 8 p.m.

(ESPN) Monday, Jan. 10 BCS National Championship At Glendale, Ariz.

Auburn (13-0) vs. Oregon (12-0), 7:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 22 At Orlando, Fla. East-West Shrine Classic, 3 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 29 At Mobile, Ala. Senior Bowl, 3 p.m., (NFLN) Saturday, Feb. 5 At San Antonio Texas vs. The Nation All-Star Challenge, 1 p.m.

College Men

EAST Bryant 71, Oberlin 42 Canisius 85, Northwestern St. 52 Cent. Connecticut St. 67, Brown 51 Harvard 74, Monmouth, N.J. 69 Iona 87, Hofstra 62 Lehigh 77, St. Peter’s 64 Marist 66, Penn 57 Princeton 65, Northeastern 63 Quinnipiac 82, Boston U. 81 Rhode Island 67, Boston College 65 St. John’s 81, West Virginia 71 Stony Brook 63, Colgate 54 Towson 93, La Salle 90, OT Vermont 68, Mount St. Mary’s, Md. 61, OT SOUTH Auburn 88, Georgia Southern 84, OT Clemson 71, East Carolina 59 Duke 108, UNC Greensboro 62 Hampton 78, Dominican, Calif. 65 Longwood 83, William & Mary 81 Maryland 85, North Florida 62 Middle Tennessee 65, Tennessee St. 58 N.C. Central 99, Milligan 91 Radford 86, Dickinson 59 Richmond 90, Wake Forest 74 South Carolina 56, Jacksonville St. 49 Tennessee 68, Tenn.-Martin 62 Vanderbilt 77, Marquette 76 MIDWEST Akron 87, Ark.-Pine Bluff 60 Creighton 64, Illinois St. 53 Dayton 73, George Mason 67 Drake 69, S. Illinois 55 Illinois 87, Iowa 77 Indiana St. 80, Bradley 66 Kansas 82, Texas-Arlington 57 Missouri St. 58, N. Iowa 57 Notre Dame 69, Georgetown 55 Wichita St. 91, Evansville 57 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 87, N. Carolina A&T 59 Army 66, Texas-Pan American 58 New Mexico 61, Texas Tech 60 Rice 74, LSU 68 SMU 71, SE Missouri 59 Sam Houston St. 64, W. New Mexico 48 Stephen F.Austin 60, Louisiana-Monroe 36 UTEP 71, Air Force 54 FAR WEST Colorado 92, Md.-Eastern Shore 65 Gonzaga 83, Lafayette 55 Montana 83, N. Arizona 80 Montana St. 75, Weber St. 72 N. Colorado 79, Portland St. 66 Utah St. 74, Hawaii 66 TOURNAMENT Cable Car Classic First Round Delaware 54, Santa Clara 53 Dr Pepper Classic First Round Chattanooga 89, Montreat 51 Georgia St. 72, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 42 Hardwood Club Holiday Tournament First Round Savannah St. 74, SE Louisiana 65 UCF Holiday Classic First Round UCF 71, Furman 53 VCU Christmas Tournament First Round New Hampshire 68, Cornell 66

Big 12 Men Kansas Missouri Oklahoma State Texas A&M Iowa State Kansas State Nebraska Texas Colorado Baylor Texas Tech Oklahoma

Conference W L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All Games W L 12 0 12 1 11 1 10 1 10 2 10 3 9 2 9 2 9 4 8 3 6 7 5 6

Wednesday’s Games New Mexico 61, Texas Tech 60 Colorado 92, Maryland Eastern Shore 65 Kansas 82, UT Arlington 57 Today’s Games Old Dominion at Missouri (MSN), 7 p.m.

Iowa State at Virginia (Comcast), 7 p.m.

Central Arkansas at Oklahoma (SSn), 7 p.m.

Friday’s Games Coppin State at Texas (LSN), 1 p.m.

North Florida at Kansas State (FSKC), 1 p.m.

McNeese State at Texas A&M, 3 p.m.

Oklahoma State at Gonzaga (ESPN2), 9 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 2 North Dakota at Nebraska, 1 p.m.

Texas A&M Corpus Christi at Texas Tech (TTSN), 2 p.m.

Texas Southern at Baylor (FSSW), 2:30 p.m.

Miami, Ohio, at Kansas (ESPNU), 5 p.m.

Colorado at Cal State Bakersfield, 6 p.m.

College Women

EAST Fordham 62, Yale 44 Kansas St. 69, Dartmouth 48 Maine 66, Massachusetts 62 Penn 66, St. Francis, NY 38 Seton Hall 73, Rhode Island 69, 2OT Towson 55, Delaware St. 41 UMBC 60, Loyola, Md. 57 Villanova 57, Siena 50 Wagner 68, Vermont 40 SOUTH Appalachian St. 64, Wake Forest 57 East Carolina 68, Prairie View 55 Gardner-Webb 88, Tenn. Temple 40 George Mason 72, Norfolk St. 45 Georgia Southern 66, High Point 60 Hartford 49, Coppin St. 48 Kentucky 81, Middle Tennessee 72 Longwood 82, William & Mary 77 Louisiana-Monroe 83, Florida Atlantic 63 Memphis 62, McNeese St. 34 Morgan St. 70, George Washington 66, OT Oakland, Mich. 87, Centenary 58 Princeton 67, Davidson 61 Samford 76, Cent. Connecticut St. 57 Texas Tech 70, W. Kentucky 60 UCF 79, Tennessee Tech 69 UNC Asheville 67, N.C. Central 56 UNC Wilmington 62, Ohio 53 MIDWEST Bowling Green 73, Butler 64 Iowa St. 85, Florida A&M 60 Kent St. 66, Robert Morris 60 Missouri 82, UAB 73 N. Dakota St. 71, UMKC 59 Notre Dame 70, Gonzaga 61 SOUTHWEST Oklahoma 118, Ark.-Pine Bluff 52 Oral Roberts 91, IPFW 78 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 63, Utah Valley 48 FAR WEST Denver 70, Louisiana-Lafayette 58 Loyola Marymount 61, Seattle 52 Montana 69, North Dakota 59 S. Utah 73, S. Dakota St. 72 Saint Mary’s, Calif. 71, Boise St. 57 Southern Cal 82, Fresno St. 78 UNLV 93, Columbia 46 TOURNAMENT Christmas City Classic First Round Lehigh 58, Rider 41 Mississippi St. 72, Buffalo 58 GSU Invitational First Round Georgia St. 91, MVSU 65 Hampton 61, Troy 43 Hawk Classic Championship Saint Joseph’s 75, Lafayette 40 Third Place Quinnipiac 62, New Hampshire 61 Hilton Garden Classic First Round Vanderbilt 72, Delaware 51 Virginia Tech 87, Alcorn St. 44 Marriott Cavalier Classic Championship Virginia 83, ETSU 66 Third Place N. Carolina A&T 75, Holy Cross 62 Sun and Fun Classic First Round Louisiana Tech 77, Georgia 62 Marquette 73, Fla. International 67 Terrapin Classic Championship Maryland 66, St. John’s 60 Third Place Liberty 73, La Salle 53 Tulane DoubleTree Classic First Round Old Dominion 81, Charlotte 75 Tulane 84, Nicholls St. 65

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Conference W L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All Games W L 12 1 12 1 11 1 10 1 10 1 10 2 9 2 9 3 9 3 8 4 8 4 7 4

Baylor Texas Tech Kansas Oklahoma State Texas A&M Oklahoma Iowa State Kansas State Texas Missouri Nebraska Colorado Wednesday’s Games Kansas State 69, Dartmouth 48 Oklahoma 118, Ark.-Pine Bluff 52 Texas Tech 70, W. Kentucky 60 Iowa State 85, Florida A&M 60 Missouri 82, UAB 73 Today’s Games Texas vs. San Diego, 10 p.m.

San Diego State vs. Texas A&M, 9 p.m.

Kansas State vs. Vermont, 4 p.m.

USF at Nebraska, 5:05 p.m.

Texas Pan American at Baylor, 7 p.m.

UT Arlington at Kansas (Sunflower), 7 p.m.

Prairie View A&M at Iowa State, 7:30 p.m.

Colgate at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 2 Sam Houston State at Texas, 2 p.m.

Texas Pan American at Oklahoma State, 2 p.m.

Florida State at Missouri, 2 p.m.

Chicago State at Iowa State, 2 p.m.

Oklahoma at TCU (The Mtn.), 5 p.m.

Florida A&M at Nebraska, 6 p.m.

NHL

Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 2, Pittsburgh 1, SO N.Y. Rangers 3, New Jersey 1 Carolina 4, Ottawa 0 Minnesota 5, San Jose 3 Detroit 7, Dallas 3 Phoenix 6, Los Angeles 3 Today’s Games Columbus at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Boston at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

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

San Jose at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL—Fined Minnesota QB Brett Favre $50,000 for hindering a league investigation into his personal conduct.

ATLANTA FALCONS—Signed S Rafael Bush.

Signed WR Brandyn Harvey to the practice squad.

DETROIT LIONS—Fined C Dominic Raiola $15,000 for his actions after the Lions beat Miami on Sunday.

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed LB Cardia Jackson to the practice squad. Released WR Terrance Smith.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed WR Buddy Farnham to the practice squad.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed LB Alex Joseph off Carolina’s practice squad.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Placed WR Arrelious Benn on injured reserve. Signed DT Doug Worthington from the practice squad.

COLLEGE ARKANSAS—Suspended sophomore F Marshawn Powell indefinitely.

IOWA STATE—Announced men’s basketball G DeMarcus Phillips will transfer.

JOHN JAY—Named Chris Weeks men’s tennis coach.

MARYLAND—Junior WR Torrey Smith announced he will enter the NFL draft.

MASSACHUSETTS—Named Warren Blackadar and George Greene assistant strength and conditioning coaches.

MIAMI—Named Tom Anagnost women’s soccer coach.

NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE—Announced the retirement of football coach Mel Tjeerdsma.

WISCONSIN-RIVER FALLS—Named Matt Walker football coach.

KU aide Wyatt linked to Texas football vacancy CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1B

would have to return to junior college for another semester in order to become eligible.

Adams did not indicate what his plans were and did not say if he would continue playing football beyond junior college.

If there’s one position in KU’s 2011 recruiting class where coach Turner Gill can take a hit, it’s offensive line. Even with Adams falling through the cracks, six O-linemen remain committed to join the Jayhawks next season.

Wyatt linked to Texas?

KU wide receivers coach Darrell Wyatt, who also serves as the Jayhawks’ co-offensive coordinator, has been linked to a similar vacancy at the University of Texas on various Internet message boards for the past few weeks.

However, sources close to the Journal-World said Wednesday that Wyatt had not been contacted

by Texas.

A potential Wyatt-toTexas scenario picked up steam Tuesday, when word spread that UT receivers coach Bobby Kennedy was headed to Colorado to coach the Buffs’ receivers under new CU coach Jon Embree. Kennedy coached at Texas for seven years and is a native of Boulder, Colo.

Including the one vacated by defensive coordinator Will Muschamp, UT’s former head-coach-in-waiting who left to take the head coaching job at Florida, Texas coach Mack Brown has five openings to fill on his coaching staff.

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OUR TOWN SPORTS Spin class: A one-hour, thrice-weekly bicycle spin class will be offered Jan. 2-March 10.

The class will meet Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Each one-hour workout is set to music and consists of a series of cycling drills based on personal heart-rate zones or perceived level of exertion. Contact John and Becky McClure at jmcclure@sunflower.com or 766-8235. ●

LPRD soccer signups: Lawrence Parks & Recreation is taking registration through Jan. 4 for indoor soccer for grades K-6. Cost is $40 for K-4 and $50 for fifth and sixth grades.

There is a late fee of $15 after Jan. 4.

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.

ary to March. For information, e-mail Jooser44@gmail.com.

22-23. Registration deadline is Jan. 7. For information, call (316) 284-0354 or visit www.mayb.com. ●

DCABA entries open : Lawrence Parks & Recreation is taking team entries for the upcoming 2011 Douglas County Amateur Baseball Association season. Register at Holcom Park Recreation Center or go online at www.lprd.org to receive a registration form.

Registration deadline is April 1, or the first eight team entries. For information, call 832-7940. ●

New swimmer tryout: Ad Eudora hoops leagues: A Astra Area Aquatics Swim Club Eudora adult men’s basketball will conduct a new swimmer ● league for ages 16 and up will tryout at 6:30 p.m. Jan 6 at at Baseball academies slated: be held Wednesday evenings the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic The Lawrence and Free State at the Eudora Parks and Rec Center. Ages 6 and up are welhigh school coaching staffs are gym. Deadline is today. Play come. Just wear a suit and offering a Sunday night basebeging Jan. 5. Register online at goggles. Call 331-6940 or visit ball academy Jan. 16 through www.eudoraparksandrec.org or www.adastraareaaquatics.org Feb. 27. Each night will be a dif- at the Eudora Community Cen- for information. ferent focus area including ter. ● Softball players sought: base-running, catching/pitch● LPRD junior high hoops: ing and infield/outfield play.

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APPLY IN PERSON AT CROWN AUTOMOTIVE 3430 S. IOWA, LAWRENCE, KS.

Great Locations! Great Prices!

1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms

785-841-3339

Tuckaway Management

LEASING FOR DEC. & JAN. 785-838-3377, 785-841-3339 www.tuckawaymgmt.com

Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 www.GageMgmt.com 1BR duplex near E. K-10 access. Stove, refrig., off-st. parking. 1 yr. lease. $410/ mo. No pets. 785-841-4677 2BR W. Lawrence. Owner occupied complex. garage, 1-1/2 bath, patio, yard work included. $650/mo.

785-979-7474

2133 Quail Creek Drive 3BR, 2½ bath, all appls. included. Balcony and porch area. In 4-plex, W. side of town. Section 8 approved.

If interested call Tiffany at 785-843-8566, 785-840-8147 1BR, 1 bath, 916 W. 4th St., Lawrence Wood floors, W/D hookup, AC. $500 per month. Call 785-842-7644 3BR, 2 bath, 624 Missouri.

Very nice! CA, DW, W/D. New paint/carpet. Reduced to $750/mo. ½ Month FREE rent. Call 785-842-7644 AVAIL. NOW Large 3BR, 2 bath, W/D, fireplace, 2 car garage. $1,050/mo. 785-832-8728 www.lawrencepm.com

Now Leasing for

Only 2BRs left

Duplexes

2BR/4plex, spacious split level. W/D hookups, sm pet? Central location. $565.

Avail. Jan. 785-841-4201

Come & enjoy our

Luxury Living for Less 785-842-3280

Studios — 2400 Alabama, built in bed & desk, LR. All electric. $380. Water/cable pd. No pets. 785-841-5797

785-841-1155

Well kept, clean, spacious!

2340 Murphy Drive 1BR: $450, 2BR: $500

1, 2, or 3BR units

3601 Clinton Parkway

advanco@sunflower.com -

2BR, 1½ bath - Large, has wood floors, W/D, DW. 920 Ohio. $660/mo. Water paid.

Avail. now. 785-393-6443

Call 785-838-9559

w/electric only, no gas some with W/D included CALL ABOUT OUR RENT SPECIALS Income restrictions apply EOH Sm. Dog Welcome

Studio Apartments 600+ sq. ft., $725/mo.

825 sq. ft., $850/mo.

No pets allowed Call Today 785-841-6565

Parkway Terrace 1 & 2BR Apts.

Winter is here LAUREL GLEN APTS

Express Lube Technicians needed. This is a full time position with full benefit package.

Contact Carl Windle at 785-843-7700.

Drug-Free Workplace Equal Opportunity Employer

2BR, small apt. in 4-plex.

713 W. 25th. Avail. now. All kitchen appls. W/D on-site. $475 deposit, $575/mo. with utilities paid. 785-979-7812

DOWNTOWN LOFT

CALL FOR SPECIALS!!

785-841-5444

Massage Envy

Trade Skills

Full-time & Part-time positions available. Full-time employees, enjoy an excellent compensation and benefits package, including medical, dental, life & disability insurance, as well as 3 weeks paid time off within the first year.

Winter Special, Call for Details!

is looking for exp.

Esthetician for PT/FT avail. Email clinic0718@gmail.com

Attend College Online from Home. *Medical, *Business, *Paralegal, *Computers, *Criminal JusRETIREMENT tice. Job placement assisCOMMUNITY tance. Computer available. is currently accepting ap- Financial Aid if qualified.

800-488-0386 plications for dietary Call aides, 4:00 to 8:30p.m. www.CenturaOnline.com shift. Must be available at least two evenings a Little Learners week and every other weekend. Apply online at Now hiring full time lead Must www.midwest-health.com/ca toddler teacher. have min. 6 mo experireers. EOE ence in a licensed center.

Competitive salaries, health insurance, & 401K. 913- 254-1818.

As an industry leader, with over 60 plasma collection centers throughout the United States, CSL Plasma can provide you with an exceptional opportunity.

Chase Court Apts.

January Availability!

is currently accepting applications for part-time dietary cooks (8-30 General hours/week).

Shifts include 5:30a.m. to 2:30 10 HARD WORKERS p.m. and 10:00a.m. to Schools-Instruction NEEDED NOW! 8:30p.m. Apply online at Immediate Full Time www.midwest-health.com/ca Openings! 40 Hours a AIRLINES ARE HIRINGreers. EOE Week Guaranteed!

Train for high paying AviaWeekly Pay! tion Maintenance Career.

785-841-0755 FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualifiedCaretaker for elderly Housing available. CALL woman in exchange for Aviation Institute of MainRoom & Board & small tenance 877-818-0783 wages. 785-922-6715

MULTIPLE PHOTOS, MAPS,

www.firstmanagementinc.com

Apartments Unfurnished

Apartments 785-843-4040 www.thefoxrun.com

Sales-Marketing

Salon & Spa RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

Available Now Couple of Fully equipped 1BRs left!

(785) 841-4935 www.midwestpm.com

We offer a competitive 1BR — 2622 Ridge Court, salary, excellent benefits basement level. Has AC. package including medi- $385 per month. No pets. cal insurance, 401k, paid Call 785-841-5797 time off and more!

Drug-Free Workplace Equal Opportunity Employer

Primary duties include: preliminary design and survey work utilizing autoCAD to develop plans for public works projects.

See Riley Co., KS website: www.rileycountyks.gov for more details

Enhance your listing with

Unfurnished

California Place

Laundry Services

Customer Service Rep. Lawrence, KS

Apartments Unfurnished

Unix Systems Engineer Stormont-Vail Health care has a position open in our Information Systems Department Full-time.

One year of prior experiWinter Blow-Out ence in Unix server sup- Apartments Special port role required; Furnished 1BR - $545/mo.

Bachelor’s degree 2BR - $650/mo.

(BA/BS) from four year Lawrence Suitel - The Best 3BR - $750/mo. college or university.

Rate in Town. By month or IBM AIX experience, exwww.firstmanagementinc.com week. All utilities & cable perience with Storage 2001 W.6th St. 785-841-8468 paid. No pets. 785-856-4645 Area Networks and/or Unix/AIX certifications CA#Y%# C%'R) Virginia Inn preferred.

Rooms by week. All utils.

700 Comet Lane Qualified applicants may & cable paid. 785-843-6611 2BR Luxury Apts. - $695 apply on-line at W/D, DW, fitness center, www.stormontvail.org garage avail. Sm. pets OK. Apartments Call Today 785-832-8805

Journalism

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Hygienitech Mattress Cleaning &Upholstery Cleaning/ Sanitizing Business. New “Green” Dry, Chemical-Free process removes bed bugs, dust mites, and harmful allergens. Big Profits/Small Investment.

1-888-999-9030 www.Hygienitech.com

Avail. for Lease Starting Jan. 2011

Facility Manager

Large, 248-unit apartment community seeking qualified individual for Facility Manager position in Lawrence.

Candidate must possess skills such as sense of urgency, efficiency, excellent diagnostic skills, and impeccable customer service.

Candidate must be HVAC certified and have excellent carpentry, plumbing and electrical skills.

Candidates should send resumes to: aflores@campusapts.com or fax to (816) 817-7954

Health Care

Customer Service

Business Opportunity Advertise your product or service nationwide or by region in up to 12 million households in North America’s best suburbs!

Place your classified ad in over 815 suburban newspapers just like this one. Call Classified Avenue at 888-486-2466 or go to www.classifiedavenue.net

General

Pool - Fitness Center - On-Site Laundry - Water & Trash Pd.

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Also, Check out our Luxury 1-5BR Apts. & Town Homes!

Garages - Pool - Fitness Center Ironwood Court Apts.

Park West Gardens Apts.

Park West Town Homes

785-840-9467

711 Rockledge

Available Now! Huge 2BRs (785) 841-4935 www.midwestpm.com

DON’T BE LATE TO CLASS!

Louisiana Place Apts 1136 Louisiana St.

3BR, 1/75 bath, garage, fenced yard, pets ok, on bus route. Close to hospital, $800/mo. 221 Wisconsin 785-393-3355 3BR, 1½ bath, 2 car garage. $795/month. 2528 Crestline Court. If interested call 785-843-8566, 785-840-8147

Townhomes 1, 2, & 3BR townhomes available in Cooperative.

Units starting at $375-$515.

Water, trash, sewer paid.

FIRST MONTH FREE! Back patio, CA, hard wood floors, full bsmt., stove, refrig., W/D hookup, garbage disposal. Reserved parking. On site management & maintenance. 24 hr. emergency maintenance.

Membership & Equity Fee Required. 785-842-2545 (Equal Housing Opportunity) Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 www.GageMgmt.com

6th & Eldridge

2BRs: $650 - $725 per month 785-832-8728, 785-331-5360 www.lawrencepm.com Avail. Now. 2BR, 2 bath, bsmt., lawn care provided.

Wood floor & brand new tile. $650/mo. 785-393-9359

Saddlebrook

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

New Rate: $895/mo.

Spacious 2BR Available 900 sq. ft., $610/month

www.firstmanagementinc.com

Look & Lease Today!

5245 Overland Dr.785-832-8200 2BR, 3 bath, 2 car garage.

New Rate: $1,175/mo.

785.841.1155

2BR — 2406 Alabama, bldg.

10, avail. now. 2 story, 1½ bath, CA, DW, W/D hookup, $570. No pets. 785-841-5797

Overland Pointe

2BR — 2406 Alabama, in 4plex. 2 story, 1½ bath, CA, DW, W/D hookup. $550 per mo. No pets. 785-841-5797

2BR, 2 bath, fireplace, CA, W/D hookups, 2 car with opener. Easy access to 2BR, 1 bath, all appliances I-70. Includes paid cable. including W/D, & carport.

Pets under 20 pounds $650/mo. 505 Colorado. If are allowed. interested please call 785Call 785-842-2575 843-8566 or 785-840-8147 www.princeton-place.com 2BR, 1.5 bath, CA, DW, washer & dryer, storage.

Pets allowed. $500/mo.

Avail. Jan. 1st. 785-766-7589 2BR, 850 Highland. $500/mo.

Upper in 4-plex, DW, quiet, clean. 1 block east of 9th & Iowa. No pets. 785-218-3616

LUXURIOUS TOWNHOMES * 2 BR, 1,300 sq. ft. * 3 BR, 1,700 sq. ft.

Kitchen Appls., W/D 2-Car Garage * Small Pets Accepted Showings By Appointment

2BR, in quiet neighborhood available now. 1000 sq ft. water paid, locked stor- www.mallardproperties age, & off street pkg. lawrence.com $575/mo.

538 Lawrence Call 785-842-1524 Ave. Call 785-766-2722

Townhomes

Townhomes PARKWAY 6000 CALL FOR SPECIAL

Sunrise Place Sunrise Village Apartments & Townhomes

½ OFF Deposit Call for SPECIAL OFFERS Available Now

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

from $540 - $920/month

OPEN HOUSE 11AM - 5PM Mon.- Fri.

785-841-8400

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PARKWAY 4000

• 2 & 3BRs, 2 bath, 2 car • Patio, W/D hookups • Fully applianced kitchen • Maintenance free 785-749-2555, 785-766-2722

VILLA 26 APTS. 3BR Townhome Available Comes with W/D and 1 car garage. No pets.

Move-in Specials Avail.

785-842-5227, 785-218-7899

2763 Grand Circle - Spacious 3BR, 2½ bath town home near shopping & Holcomb Park. $925/mo. eresrental.com 785-749-6084

AVAILABLE NOW

• 2 & 3BRs, walkout bsmt.

• 2 or 3 Baths • 2 car garage w/opener • W/D hookups • Gas FP, balcony • Maintenance free Call 785-832-0555 or after 3PM 785-766-2722

RANCH WAY TOWNHOMES on Clinton Pkwy.

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

1/2 Off Deposit

Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 www.GageMgmt.com

4BR, new, NW, executive 2 story home. 2,400 sq. ft., 4 bath, 2 car, finished bsmt. $1,900/mo. 785-423-5828

Roommates

Eudora Short Term lease avail. thru June. Discounted 1st month rent: $800, subsequent months: $900/mo.

3BR, 2 bath, 1 car garage, 739 New York. Great location, walk to downtown!

Washer & dryer included.

No pets, no smoking.

Avail. Jan. 3, 785-423-5367, or 512-847-5970 ext. 221

3BR, 2 bath, all amenities, garage. 2831 Four Wheel Drive. $795/mo. Available Now. Call 785-766-8888

3BR, 2 bath, 2 car, FP. 2008 Goodell Court. Prairie Park.

Laundry rm., fenced. $1,150.

Avail. Dec. 785-691-7115

Accounting

Automotive Services

C & G Auto Sales

LAWRENCE AUTOMOTIVE DIAGNOSTICS, INC. Brakes, Exhaust, Starters, Transmissions, Engines, Check Engine Light, Tires Pre-purchase Inspections

See our mechanic’s blog at

NOW Accepting Applications Pinecrest Apartments I &II “62 years of age or older, handicap/disabled, regardless of age”

924 Walnut Eudora, KS 66025

(785) 542-1020 TDD#(800) 766-3777 “This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider & Employer” Commercial Management Company

Air Conditioning Heating/Plumbing

Auctioneers

K’s Tire

Tires for anything Batteries Brakes Oil Changes Fair and Friendly Customer Service is our trademark 2720 Oregon St. 785-843-3222 Find great offers at

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Auto Detailing King’s Auto Polishing 785-393-9878.

313 East 8th Street, Over 36 yrs. exp.

• Full Detail • Buff & Wax • Interior Shampoo • Engine Steam Clean.

Open by appt. lawrencemarketplace.com/ kingsauto

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

785-843-5803 bryantcollisionrepair@msn.com. lawrencemarketplace.com/ bryant-collision-repair Buying Junk & Repairable Vehicles.

Cash Paid. Free Tow. U-Call, We-Haul!

Call 785-633-7556

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

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

Dale and Ron’s Auto Service

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

785-842-2108

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For All Your Battery Needs Across The Bridge In North Lawrence 903 N 2nd St | 785-842-2922 lawrencemarketplace.com/ battery

Tires, Alignment, Brakes, A/C, Suspension Repair Financing Available 785-841-6050 1828 Mass. St lawrencemarketplace.com/ performancetire

Westside 66 & Car Wash

Full Service Gas Station 100% Ethanol-Free Gasoline Auto Repair Shop - Automatic Car Washes Starting At Just $3 2815 W 6th St | 785-843-1878 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/westside66

Carpet Cleaning Kansas Carpet Care, Inc.

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

• 24 Hour Emergency Water Damage Services Available

By Appointment Only

1311 Wakarusa - office space available. 200 sq. ft.

- 6,000 sq. ft. For details call 785-842-7644

CONCRETE INC. Your local concrete repair specialists Sidewalks, Patios, Driveways

Quality work at a fair price!

1-888-326-2799 Toll Free

Decorative & Regular Concrete drives, walks, & patios. 42 yrs. exp.

Jayhawk Concrete 785-842-5205/785-979-5260

Custom Design & Fabrication Mobile, Fast, affordable repairs On-site repairs & installation Hand Railings & Steel Fences http://lawrencemarketplace. com/trironworks Phone 785-843-1877

Decks & Fences Looking for Something Creative?

Call Billy Construction Decks, Fences, Etc. Insured. (785) 838-9791

Stacked Deck

Electrical

Oakley Creek Catering

http://lawrencemarket place.com/patchen

Motors - Pumps Complete Water Systems 602 E 9th St | 785-843-4522

Employment Services

785-887-6936 http://oakleycreek.com

850 E. 13th St., Lawrence

Rent ALL or Will Divide!

Office & Retail For Lease, Properties from $550/mo. up. Iowa St., Kasold, 6th St., Mass St. (14 to choose from) Theno R.E. 785-843-1811

Office/Warehouse

10,000 sq. ft. warehouse with 1,200 sq. ft. office on N. Iowa St., Lawrence. Lg. storage yard included.

Call First Management, Inc. - 785-841-7333 or email bobs@firstmanagementinc.com

Office/Warehouse

for lease: 800 Comet Lane approximately 8,000 sq.ft. building perfect for service or contracting business. Has large overhead doors and plenty of work and storage room.

Bob Sarna 785-841-7333

Abe & Jakes

8 East 6th St., Lawrence 24,000 sq. ft. $1,300,000.

Call 785-766-8211

Income Property 3BR duplex NW Lawrence make about $700/mo. with no down - extended lease. $260,000. Call 785-865-8459

Lawrence

Duplexes 2 in S. Lawrence, 2BR, w/garage, $132,000 each.

Thousands under appraised value. Theno R.E. 785-843-1811

“Advising Investors Since 1985” www.LawrenceKsHomes ForSale.biz 785-865-5000

Manufactured Homes

SELL/RENT YOUR TIMESHARE FOR CASH!!!

Our Guaranteed Services will Sell/ Rent Your Unused Timeshare for CASH! Over $78 Million Dollars offered in 2009! www.sellatimeshare.com (800)640-6886

BRAND NEW 3BR, 2 BATH!

Steve’s Place

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

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

Mobile Homes OWNER WILL FINANCE 3BR, 2 bath, CH/CA, appls., Move in ready - Lawrence.

Call 816-830-2152

Appliances

Garage Doors

Home Improvements Essential Inspections LLC

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

General Services

1388 N 1293 Rd, Lawrence

State Energy Office Rebate Pay Just $100 For a Comprehensive Energy Audit of Your Home!

Call us to find out how!

785-550-8104 essentialinspectionsllc.com Home Inspections • Energy Audits • Weatherization

REMODELING & HANDYMAN SERVICES

• Baths • Kitchens • Rec Rooms • Tile • Windows •Doors •Trim •Wood Rot Since 1974 GARY 785-856-2440 www.winston-brown.com Licensed & Insured

Financial

Bankruptcy, Tax Negotiation, Foreclosure Defense - Call for Free consultation.

Cloon Legal Services 888-845-3511 “We are a federally designated debt relief agency.”

Flooring Installation Christensen Floor Care LLC. Wood, Tile, Carpet, Concrete, 30 yrs. exp.

785-842-8315 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/christensenfloorcare

Martin Floor Covering

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

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

NOT Your ordinary bicycle store!

Graphics

Renovations Kitchen/Bath Remodels House Additions & Decks Siding & Windows Children’s Play Areas Quality Work Affordable Prices

(785) 550-1565

mmdownstic@hotmail.com Lawrencemarketplace.com/tic

Landscaping Lawrence’s Newest Sign Shop

• Full Color Printing • Banners & Decals • Vehicle Graphics • Yard Signs • Magnets • Stationary & Much More!!

785-856-7444 1717 W. 6th

Low Maintenance Landscape, Inc.

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

785-842-0094

jayhawkguttering.com

Foundation Repair Mudjacking, waterproofing.

We specialize in Basement Office* Clerical* Accounting Repair & pressure GroutLight Industrial* Technical ing, Level & Straighten Finance* Legal Walls, & Bracing on Walls.

Apply at eapp.adecco.com B.B.B. Or Call (785) 842-1515 FREE ESTIMATES BETTER WORK Since 1962 BETTER LIFE WAGNER’S 785-749-1696 lawrencemarketplace.com/ www.foundationrepairks.com adecco

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Lawn, Garden & Nursery

Recycle Your Furniture

Buy Now to insure quality seasoned hardwoods, hedge, oak, ash, locust, hackberry & walnut. Split, stacked & delivered. $160/cord. 785-727-8650

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

785-312-0813, 785-893-1509 “Your Comfort Is Our Business.”

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

Love’s Lawncare & Cleaning Service Quality Service Free Est. & Senior Discounts 60 & up.

Bonded & Insured Call Danny 785-220-3925

Seasoned Hedge, Oak, Locust & mixed hardwoods, stacked & delivered, $160. for full cord. Call Landon, 785-766-0863

Roger, Kevin or Sarajane

Chairs: Four matching dining room oak chairs.

Carved on back $ 10 each Call 785-843-9071

WINTER ICE MELT PRODUCTS Residential & Commercial Use Buy In Bulk Or By the Bag Eco-Friendly & Pet Friendly

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Combining 2 Households Wine of the Month Club - Must Sell Send the gift of wine Antique American, cherry all year long! chest, late 1800’s - hand2 Bottles each month made, 2 drawers and 2 from award-winning doors. Pier I metal and wineries around the glass dining set includes world. Call 888-751-6215 4 chairs with cushions. and get FREE SHIPPING!!!!

Waverly print jewell-tone love seat. Two Cranberry wingback chairs. Maple, full-size bed frame and Miscellaneous bookcase headboard, night stand, maple double dresser, & floor lamp. Entertainment Items: New Reasonable cost. printer - $45, new fax maFor more info contact chine, golf clubs, tennis 785-865-0664 or email: rackets, camera supplies, tstringer@sunflower.com luggage, poker chip set, books, exercise machine, Furniture and Appliances: puzzles, games, electronic Refrigerator $95, electric stuff, binoculars, CDs, dryers, dorm sized refrig- speakers. See other sererator, couch, hide-a-bed, vices available and items bedframe, mattress / box for sale: springs, kitchen table & 4 www.a2zenterprises.info/?=flea chairs, futon & futon mat- market.

Call for info: tresses, desks, book 785-841-6254. shelves, entertainment center, antique baby bassinet, hutch, coffee tables, bean bags, wicker baskets, Music-Stereo wicker shelf, sweepers, end tables, rockers, lamps, etc. See other services (2) Spinet Pianos with available & items for sale: bench. Lowery $450, Lester www.a2zenterprises.info/?=flea $625. Price includes delivmarket.

Call for info: ery & tuning. 785-832-9906 785-841-6254.

Place your ad

ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT

Sports-Fitness Equipment Skis: Downhill, Shaped.

Dynastar 62 Speed SX 170cm. Tyrolia SYM PRO bindings. Recently tuned. $95. 785-843-5566

Want To Buy

Seasoned Oak Firewood $150/cord, $80 per ½ cord.

Green firewood - $130/cord.

785-331-7435/785-766-4544 & please leave a message.

KansasBUYandSELL.com

Want to Buy broken iPhones, iPod (Touch), iMacs, MacBooks, & PowerMacs.

Please call/text 785-304-0724 w/ model no. and problem.

Can pick up in Lawrence.

Moving-Hauling

Plumbing

Security

Taking Care of Lawrence’s Plumbing Needs for over 35 Years (785) 841-2112 lawrencemarketplace.com /kastl

Locksmith & Security Systems Secure Your Home, Business or Apartment.

Security Systems Video Surveillance Access Control Residential Commercial (785) 843-2182 lawrencemarketplace.com/ rueschhoff

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

Will spread, Prices Available. Mike. 785-214-0848

STARVING ARTISTS MOVING

15yr. locally owned and operated company.

Professionally trained staff. We move everything from fossils to office and household goods.

Call for a free estimate.

785-749-5073 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/starvingartist

@ kansasbuyandsell.com

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

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

Sewing Service & Repair Bob’s BERNINA

Sewing and Vacuum Center

2449 B Iowa St.

785-842-1595 Lonnie’s Recycling Inc. Buyers of aluminum cans, HOLIDAY FREE NEW STORE HOURS all type metals & junk vehiPiano Lesson.

M-F 9-6, Th 9-8, Sat 9-4 cles. Mon.-Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-4, sjkeus@yahoo.com 501 Maple, Lawrence.

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Packing & Shipping

The Mail Box 3115 W 6th Street, Suite C., Lawrence, KS

785-749-4304

Mon.-Fri. 10:30-6PM. Sat. 10AM-3PM. • UPS • Fed Ex • USPS • DHL • Packing • Notary • Shreddng • Fax • Copies • Home movie transfer-DVD lawrencemarketplace.com/ themailbox

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

Inside - Out Painting Service

Complete interior & exterior painting Siding replacement

785-766-2785

Roofing

Hail & Wind Storm Specialists

We Work With Your Insurance Inspections are FREE

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

Complete Roofing

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

We’re There for You!

785-749-4391

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

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

Kate, 785-423-4464

Since 1982

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

Vacuum Service & Repair DAVE BALES VACUUM CLEANERS & LAMP SALES & REPAIR. Dave repairs & sells all makes & model vacuum cleaners, Rainbow, Panasonic, Kirby, Filter Queen, Electrolux, etc.

FREE PICKUP & DELIVERY to your home or business.

Just call Dave Bales at 785-843-7811 & he’ll be out to help you. Don’t forget Dave Bales does all types of lamp repair too!

SERVING LAWRENCE FOR 37 YEARS

Call 785-841-0809

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Supplying all your Painting needs.

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Lawrence 10

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Marcy Sugar and Kathy Mitchell

TruTV continues its “Top 20 Most Shocking” (9 p.m., TruTV) with “Practical Jokers Gone Wild 3.” This series comes from Nash Entertainment, pioneers and long purveyors of reality and shock-umentary programming. Perhaps most famous for the long-running “Before They were Stars” franchise and “Breaking the Magicians Code” specials, they also brought us such memorable moments as “Who Wants to Marry My Dad?” and the “Glutton Bowl.”

While we’re talking “Glutton Bowl,” perhaps it’s time to look back at the year in television. For the networks, 2010 was notable more for departures than arrivals.

This was the year we saw the f inal episodes of “Law & Order,” “24” and “Lost,” as well as the final “American Idol” featuring Simon Cowell.

The fall season of 2010 will not be remembered for many admirable new series. “Lone Star,” the best of the lot, was canceled f irst and canceled quickly. “$! My Dad Says” and “Mike and Molly,” among the worst, have survived. The success of the remarkably unremarkable “Hawaii Five-O” speaks volumes about CBS’ ability to play it safe for a dependable, if older audience. An honorable mention must go to “Raising Hope,” a new Fox comedy more critically admired than watched. Let’s hope it survives to become a sophomore hit, like ABC’s “Modern Family.”

With network TV in a bit of a ditch, I have to turn to premium cable for the year’s best and worst new shows. This was the year HBO outdid the competition.

With shows like “Mad Men,” Breaking Bad,” “Justified,” “Damages” and “Men of a Certain Age” vying for the attention of its audience, HBO returned to former glory with “Boardwalk Empire,” a lavish, expensive, well-written and rewarding series filled with great performances.

Most notably, “Empire” doesn’t show the 1920s as an excuse for costumes and sets, but depicts a complex period not unlike our own, coming to grips with its own past — from the lingering wounds of the justconcluded World War I to the fading memories of aging Civil War veterans, who were the “Greatest Generation” of their time. Like “Mad Men,” “Empire” stands out as a work of literature might on a bookshelf of genre novels and comic books.

And HBO’s “Temple Grandin” was also the best of the vanishing field of TV movies.

Many candidates vie for worst-of-theyear status. A show like “Bridalplasty” seems to have worked that notion right into its publicity plans. But for sheer pretentiousness, wasted talent and exasperating smarminess, I have to nominate Showtime’s “The Big C.” For squandering a strong cast with smug, unbelievable dialogue and for trivializing a serious subject, “The Big C” wins the dubious achievement hands down.

— Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190 Chicago, IL 60611.

Universal Crossword

Tonight’s other highlights ● The gang rings in a new year on “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown” (7 p.m., ABC). ● Avery becomes jealous of Liz on “30 Rock” (7:30 p.m., NBC). ● A mother falls under suspicion on “CSI” (8 p.m., CBS). ● The 2010 British TV movie “When Harvey Met Bob” (8 p.m., BBC America) offers a dramatic re-creation of the forces behind 1985’s “Live Aid” concert.

Edited by Timothy E. Parker December 30, 2010

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the new year. Tonight: Stay easy. Walk; relax.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ★★★★ Your creativity fills in the blanks. Others understand a lot more than you realize. Creativity and mirth blend together to find solutions. Tonight: Be naughty and maybe nice.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★★ You finally get more clarity on a domestic or personal issue. This knowledge allows you to flow more easily and connect with others. Tonight: Order in ... get ready.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★★ Keep reaching out for others, specifically those you couldn't talk to in the past few weeks.

You'll discover how much easier it is now. Exchange good wishes. Tonight: You don't have to go far.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ★★★★ Last-minute running around and perhaps spending could keep you busy. Reach out for someone at a distance you often don't hear from.

Tonight: Indulge a little.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ★★★★★ Approach a friend and/or close loved one. Even if he or she has been difficult of late, you are more likely to get a positive response now. Communication flourishes. Tonight:

Know that you are top dog.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21) ★★★ Continue to maintain a low-profile. You need extra R and R anyway. You will accomplish much more that way as well.

Tonight: Do listen to your intuition.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ★★★★★ Timing is with you. Go for your key goals and desires. A meeting or group of people could help energize you, pointing to the right direction. Tonight: Where the action is.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ★★★ Follow your sixth sense, and you won't go wrong. You understand a lot more than you are letting on. If you are angry or need to clear your mind of an issue, schedule time before the new year.

Tonight: In the thick of things.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★★★ Reach out for someone at a distance. You might be more content than you realize if you break out of your mold.

Tonight: Use your imagination.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

BIRTHDAYS Baseball Hall-of-Famer Sandy Koufax is 75. Actor Jack Riley is 75. TV director James Burrows is 70. Actor Fred Ward is 68. Singermusician Michael Nesmith is 68. Singer Davy Jones is 65. Singer Patti Smith is 64. TV host Meredith

OFT-MISPLACED ITEM by Alice Walker

Dear Confusion: People can be enormously insensitive when visiting a new mother. Usually, a family member or one of the hospital staff will toss visitors out of the room when there are too many or the chaos is too great.

We are surprised no one did this for Marie and can only assume she was enjoying it more than you thought.

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS For Thursday, Dec. 30: This year, you must eye the big picture more often.

If you do, you'll achieve your goals more easily. In fact, if you are single, a friendship could become a lot more. If you are attached, the two of you as a couple achieve a long-desired goal. Celebrate! Scorpio remains a dedicated friend and is strong enough to be your friend!

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You'll Have: 5Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) ★★★★ Stay direct in your dealings. The unexpected occurs. Your ability to deal with a boss or respected authority figure emerges. Tonight: Best with one other person.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) ★★★★ Pace yourself, knowing you have a lot of ground to cover. Finally, someone is willing to open up. You feel that communication is flourishing.

Tonight: Go with another suggestion.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) ★★★ You feel more energized than you have in a while. Work with a partner to clear out some to-do errands or preparations for

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

— Please End My Confusion

Dear Annie: My son and his beautiful wife, “Marie,” just had their second child. The entire pregnancy was turbulent, and Marie needed a Csection. My granddaughter was born healthy and wonderful, but I have been in complete shock since.

While Marie was being moved into her hospital room, there was already a line of wellwishers forming outside the door, all of them carrying stuffed animals, little outfits, baby blankets and on and on. It was almost like a competition, with everyone trying to out-do

A glance back at 2010

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Vieira is 57. Country singer Suzy Bogguss is 54.

“Today” show co-host Matt Lauer is 53. Actress-comedian Tracey Ullman is 51.

Radio-TV commentator Sean Hannity is 49. Singer Jay Kay (Jamiroquai) is 41. oe Actress Meredith Monro

ACROSS 1 Mail a payment 6 It’s behind the altar 10 Pitiful cry 14 Be penitent 15 It can be spun 16 White-tailed bird 17 It may have locks on it 18 Shiners 20 Benevolent beasts?

21 River beneath the Brooklyn Bridge 22 Not suitable 23 Bond former 25 City where General Motors was founded 26 Nonspecific individual 28 Lawn bowling game 30 Whirlybird, for short 31 Delivery service 32 Pants measure 36 A Gabor sister 37 Like perfume 40 “___-ching!”

41 Memorable sayings 43 Tattoo parlor supply 44 Go completely nuts 46 Rustler’s rope 48 Top dogs 49 Sioux or

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25 26 27 28 29 33 34 35 38 39

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Cabbage Patch Kid, e.g.

42 Dons, as a 53-Across 45 Key plot point giveaway 47 Knowingly shelter a fugitive, e.g.

49 Neither here nor ___ 50 Soft synthetic fabric 51 Type of iron girder 52 Card game for three 53 Licentious man 54 Gumbo veggie 56 Alternative to watercolors 57 Home in the sticks?

59 Hit man’s target 60 Near the back, on a ship

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

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is 41. Actor Daniel Sunjata is 39. Golfer Tiger Woods is 35. TV personality-boxer Laila Ali is 33. Singeractress Tyrese Gibson is 32. Actress Eliza Dushku is 30. Actress Kristin Kreuk is 28. NBA player LeBron James is 26.

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51 Cold-climate housing 52 Ogler’s study 53 Nightgown topper 55 Desktop graphic 58 Typist’s tap 60 Stewbum 61 “Buck” ending 62 Subtle emanation 63 Isn’t insensitive 64 Where Dollywood is (Abbr.)

65 Stagecoachpulling group 66 Chancy get-together DOWN 1 Census form info 2 And the rest (Abbr.)

3 Type of knot 4 With one’s back to the wall 5 Address book abbr.

6 Kept ___ (held off) 7 Best buds 8 It often gets plastered 9 Common Market letters 10 More minuscule 11 IndoEuropean, formerly 12 Bumbling 13 “For fear that” 19 Unreturnable

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Dear Annie: I am a 17-yearold girl, and my parents are in the middle of a divorce. That is not the problem. I am really happy they are divorcing.

The problem is, my mother has been telling everyone that Dad had an affair and that The Other Woman is the cause of the divorce. This makes things really awkward for me, especially around my friends whose parents know my mom.

Annie, I don’t care if my Dad had an affair, and the truth is, I don’t blame him. I have sat on the stairs and listened to my parents fight for years. I have heard my dad beg Mom to love him back, to talk to him, to do things with him and be affectionate. I love my mother, but she is the real reason they are getting divorced.

Dad is now living with his “friend,” and I secretly hope they stay together. I like her.

He is happy and so much more relaxed now. I love being around him and his girlfriend, but of course, I can’t tell anyone this. Mom has poisoned everyone in the family, making them believe Dad is a horrible person who left her for another woman. How do I get her to stop saying things that will make people blame my father and feel sorry for Mom? — Me

48 Top dogs 49 Sioux or

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Boston New York Philadelphia Toronto New Jersey

W 24 18 13 11 9

L 6 13 19 20 23

Pct .800 .581 .406 .355 .281

GB — 61⁄2 12 131⁄2 16

L10 8-2 6-4 6-4 3-7 3-7

Str L-1 L-1 W-1 W-1 L-3

Home 13-1 8-7 8-6 7-9 6-9

Away 11-5 10-6 5-13 4-11 3-14

Conf 20-4 11-8 8-14 8-12 5-15

L 9 12 13 19 22

Pct .735 .625 .618 .367 .267

GB — 4 4 12 15

L10 9-1 5-5 6-4 4-6 2-8

Str W-4 W-4 W-2 W-2 W-1

Home 13-4 11-5 12-5 8-7 8-7

Away 12-5 9-7 9-8 3-12 0-15

Conf 16-4 15-6 16-8 7-13 5-16

L 10 17 18 21 24

Pct .667 .433 .400 .344 .250

GB — 7 8 10 13

L10 8-2 3-7 5-5 4-6 1-9

Str W-2 L-3 L-2 W-1 L-5

Home 12-3 8-8 7-7 8-8 5-10

Away 8-7 5-9 5-11 3-13 3-14

Conf 9-5 8-10 7-7 7-11 7-16

GB — 21⁄2 91⁄2 12 131⁄2

L10 9-1 8-2 4-6 7-3 6-4

Str W-2 L-1 L-2 L-1 L-1

Home 18-2 13-5 13-4 9-5 9-6

Away 9-2 11-1 5-10 6-11 5-12

Conf 18-3 15-3 10-9 10-9 9-11

Southeast Division Miami Orlando Atlanta Charlotte Washington

W 25 20 21 11 8

Central Division Chicago Indiana Milwaukee Detroit Cleveland

W 20 13 12 11 8

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio Dallas New Orleans Houston Memphis

W 27 24 18 15 14

L 4 6 14 16 18

Pct .871 .800 .563 .484 .438

Northwest Division Utah Oklahoma City Denver Portland Minnesota

W 22 22 18 16 8

L 10 11 13 16 25

Pct .688 .667 .581 .500 .242

GB — 1 ⁄2 31⁄2 6 141⁄2

L10 6-4 7-3 5-5 5-5 2-8

Str W-1 W-1 W-2 L-1 L-1

Home 11-6 12-6 13-3 10-3 6-8

Away 11-4 10-5 5-10 6-13 2-17

Conf 11-9 12-7 12-7 10-11 3-18

L 10 17 19 23 23

Pct .688 .433 .387 .303 .207

GB — 8 91⁄2 121⁄2 141⁄2

L10 6-4 2-8 4-6 5-5 2-8

Str W-1 L-4 L-1 L-1 W-1

Home 10-4 7-7 8-6 7-12 4-14

Away 12-6 6-10 4-13 3-11 2-9

Conf 12-6 10-11 8-13 8-17 2-16

Pacific Division L.A. Lakers Phoenix Golden State L.A. Clippers Sacramento

W 22 13 12 10 6

SCOREBOARD TODAY’S GAMES New York at Orlando, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 9 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES New Jersey at Chicago, 2 p.m.

New Orleans at Boston, 2 p.m.

Public Notices lcraft@msfirm.com Kristin Fisk Worster, #21922 kworster@msfirm.com Chad R. Doornink, #23536 cdoornink@msfirm.com Aaron M. Schuckman, #22251 aschuckman@msfirm.com 11460 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 300 Leawood, KS 66211 (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax) ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC AS ATTORNEYS FOR CITIMORTGAGE, INC. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ________ (First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World December 23, 2010) Millsap & Singer, LLC 11460 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 300 Leawood, KS 66211 (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Universal Mortgage Corporation Plaintiff, vs.

Robert McLees, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 09CV688 Court No. 4 Title to Real Estate Involved Pursuant to K.S.A. §60 NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the The Jury Assembly Room located in the lower level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center building of the Douglas County, Kansas, on January 13, 2011, at the time of 10:00 AM, the following real estate:

Golden State at Charlotte,2 p.m.

Washington at Indiana, 2 p.m.

Toronto at Houston, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

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

Public Notices

Public Notices

MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC AS ATTORNEYS FOR UNIVERSAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ________

City of Lecompton. A request to claim this deposit needs to be made within 60 days.

Contact Lecompton City Office: call 785-887-6407, mail City of Lecompton, PO Box 100, Lecompton, KS 66050, or come by the office at 327 Elmore. _______

(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World December 30, 2010) Millsap & Singer, LLC 11460 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 300 Leawood, KS 66211 (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT CitiMortgage, Inc. Plaintiff, vs.

Gary Clark, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 2010-CV-000691 Court No. 1 Title to Real Estate Involved Pursuant to K.S.A. §60 NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at The Jury Assembly Room located in the lower level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center building of Douglas County, Kansas, on January 20, 2011, at the time of 10:00 AM, the following real estate: LOTS 185 AND 187, ON NEW HAMPSHIRE STREET, IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS. Tax ID No. U01108A, Commonly known as 1347 New Hampshire, Lawrence, KS 66044 (“the Property”) MS#120540

to satisfy the judgment in the above entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption LOT FIVE (5), IN BLOCK ONE period as provided by law, (1), IN WAKARUSA RIDGE and further subject to the ESTATES NO. 1, IN THE CITY approval of the Court.

OF EUDORA, IN DOUGLAS Douglas County Sheriff COUNTY, KANSAS, AS SHOWN BY THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. TAX ID# MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC 023-093-07-0-10-04-005.00-0, Commonly known as 1118 By: West 13th Terrace, Eudora, Lindsey L. Craft, #23315 KS 66025 (“the Property”) lcraft@msfirm.com Kristin Fisk Worster, #21922 MS#102900 kworster@msfirm.com to satisfy the judgment in Chad R. Doornink, #23536 the above entitled case. cdoornink@msfirm.com The sale is to be made Aaron M. Schuckman, without appraisement and #22251 subject to the redemption aschuckman@msfirm.com period as provided by law, 11460 Tomahawk Creek and further subject to the Parkway, Suite 300 Leawood, KS 66211 approval of the Court.

(913) 339-9132 Douglas County Sheriff (913) 339-9045 (fax) MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

By: Lindsey L. Craft, #23315 lcraft@msfirm.com Kristin Fisk Worster, #21922 kworster@msfirm.com Chad R. Doornink, #23536 cdoornink@msfirm.com Aaron M. Schuckman, #22251 aschuckman@msfirm.com 11460 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 300 Leawood, KS 66211 (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax)

MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC AS ATTORNEYS FOR CITIMORTGAGE, INC. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ________

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World December 30, 2010) Clayton Reasner, living in the City of Lecompton during 2005, has a utility deposit remaining with the

The Associated Press

Nuggets 119, Timberwolves 113 MINNEAPOLIS — Chauncey Billups scored 15 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter, lifting Denver over Minnesota on Wednesday night.

DENVER (119) Smith 4-16 4-6 12, Williams 4-10 0-1 8, Ely 2-3 0-0 4, Billups 9-14 12-13 36, Afflalo 6-12 3-4 17, Forbes 0-4 2-2 2, Andersen 3-6 5-8 11, Balkman 4-5 2-2 10, Lawson 7-15 5-7 19. Totals 39-85 3343 119.

MINNESOTA (113) Beasley 12-20 7-8 33, Love 9-19 8-8 26, Milicic 1-2 0-0 2, Ridnour 8-10 3-3 20, Johnson 4-11 0-0 10, Pekovic 2-5 0-0 4, Brewer 0-2 0-0 0, Flynn 02 0-0 0, Webster 6-11 3-4 17, Koufos 0-3 1-2 1, Ellington 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 42-86 22-25 113.

Denver 23 30 29 37 — 119 Minnesota 30 29 24 30 — 113 3-Point Goals—Denver 8-22 (Billups 6-6, Afflalo 2-6, Forbes 0-2, Lawson 0-3, Smith 0-5), Minnesota 7-17 (Beasley 2-2, Webster 2-5, Johnson 2-6, Ridnour 1-1, Flynn 0-1, Love 0-1, Ellington 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Denver 52 (Andersen 7), Minnesota 51 (Love 14).

Assists—Denver 25 (Lawson, Billups, Smith 5), Minnesota 29 (Ridnour 8). Total Fouls—Denver 21, Minnesota 26. Technicals—Denver Coach Karl. A—17,093 (19,356).

Lakers 103, Hornets 88 N E W O R L E A N S — Lamar Odom responded to his first time out of the starting lineup this season by scoring 24 points.

L.A. LAKERS (103) Artest 2-4 2-2 6, Bynum 8-12 2-2 18, Gasol 3-5 5-6 11, Fisher 4-6 0-0 9, Bryant 8-14 4-7 20, Odom 10-15 3-3 24, Barnes 2-5 0-0 5, Blake 2-4 0-0 4, Brown 2-5 0-0 6, Caracter 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-70 16-20 103.

NEW ORLEANS (88) Ariza 1-2 2-2 4, West 4-9 0-0 8, Okafor 5-8 0-0 10, Paul 8-14 3-3 20, Belinelli 4-16 6-7 15, Thornton 2-11 1-2 5, Ja.Smith 2-6 1-1 5, Pondexter 2-4 2-2 7, Mbenga 1-2 0-0 2, Jack 4-6 3-5 12, Andersen 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-79 18-22 88.

L.A. Lakers 26 33 24 20 — 103 New Orleans 23 18 19 28 — 88 3-Point Goals—L.A. Lakers 5-17 (Brown 2-3, Fisher 1-2, Barnes 1-3, Odom 1-3, Artest 0-1, Blake 0-2, Bryant 0-3), New Orleans 4-16 (Jack 1-1, Paul 1-2, Pondexter 1-2, Belinelli 1-6, Ariza 0-1, Thornton 0-4).

Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—L.A. Lakers 49 (Gasol 12), New Orleans 34 (Okafor 7). Assists—L.A. Lakers 25 (Fisher 8), New Orleans 18 (Paul 7). Total Fouls—L.A. Lakers 23, New Orleans 26.

Technicals—Barnes 2, Pondexter. Ejected— Barnes. A—18,018 (17,188).

Thunder 114, Nets 93 O K L A H O M A C I T Y — Kevin Durant scored 27 points for Oklahoma City.

NEW JERSEY (93) Outlaw 4-9 4-4 12, Humphries 1-3 2-2 4, Lopez 9-16 1-2 19, Harris 7-13 5-5 19, Graham 1-3 2-2 4, Favors 4-6 0-0 8, Vujacic 3-7 3-4 11, Farmar 15 0-0 2, Murphy 2-3 2-4 6, Ross 1-3 0-0 2, Petro 0-0 0-0 0, Uzoh 1-3 4-4 6. Totals 34-71 23-27 93.

Public Notices

How former Jayhawks fared Darrell Arthur, Memphis Pts: 6. FGs: 3-5. FTs: 0-0.

Mario Chalmers, Miami Pts: 8. FGs: 1-2. FTs: 5-5.

Nick Collison, Oklahoma City Pts: 10. FGs: 4-6. FTs: 2-3.

Kirk Hinrich, Washington Pts: 0. FGs: 0-2. FTs: 0-0.

Paul Pierce, Boston Pts: 33. FGs: 11-16. FTs: 8-8.

Brandon Rush, Indiana Pts: 8. FGs: 3-5. FTs: 0-0.

OKLAHOMA CITY (114) Durant 11-19 2-4 27, Green 4-8 0-1 9, Krstic 5-6 0-0 10, Westbrook 6-13 5-5 17, Sefolosha 2-4 0-0 4, Harden 5-11 0-0 11, Ibaka 4-7 1-2 9, Collison 46 2-3 10, Maynor 0-1 6-8 6, Ivey 2-2 0-0 5, White 23 1-2 5, Mullens 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 45-82 18-27 114.

New Jersey 24 22 24 23 — 93 Oklahoma City 24 33 31 26 — 114 3-Point Goals—N.J. 2-7 (Vujacic 2-3, Murphy 01, Farmar 0-1, Outlaw 0-2), OKC 6-18 (Durant 37, Ivey 1-1, Green 1-4, Harden 1-4, Sefolosha 0-2).

Rebounds—N.J. 43 (Humphries 7), OKC 44 (Sefolosha 8). Assists—N.J. 14 (Uzoh 5), OKC 31 (Maynor, Westbrook 7). Total Fouls—N.J. 24, OKC 21. Techs—Vujacic, Harden. A—18,203 (18,203).

CHARLOTTE (101) Wallace 4-11 1-2 9, Diaw 2-7 2-3 7, Mohammed 3-6 2-3 8, Augustin 10-14 3-3 28, Jackson 11-24 13-15 38, Diop 0-2 1-4 1, Livingston 1-4 1-2 3, Henderson 1-2 0-0 2, Carroll 0-3 1-2 1, McGuire 23 0-0 4. Totals 34-76 24-34 101.

Cleveland 20 24 23 25 — 92 Charlotte 33 24 24 20 — 101 3-Point Goals—Cleveland 4-22 (Gee 1-2, Harris 1-3, Gibson 1-4, Parker 1-8, Jamison 0-5), Charlotte 9-19 (Augustin 5-6, Jackson 3-7, Diaw 13, Wallace 0-3). Rebounds—Cleveland 53 (Varejao 10), Charlotte 51 (Wallace 10). Assists—Cleveland 17 (Parker 6), Char. 20 (Augustin 6). Total Fouls— Clev. 23, Charlotte 22. Technicals—Varejao.

Flagrant Fouls—Mohammed. A—15,287 (19,077).

Wizards 104, Pacers 90 WASHINGTON — Nick Young had 25 points for Washington.

INDIANA (90) Granger 7-18 0-3 15, McRoberts 5-9 3-4 13, Hibbert 2-4 1-2 5, Collison 4-12 1-1 9, Dunleavy 6-10 4-4 20, Hansbrough 2-9 3-4 7, Rush 3-5 0-0 8, S.Jones 1-5 0-0 2, Ford 4-8 0-0 8, Posey 0-3 00 0, Price 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 35-85 12-18 90.

WASHINGTON (104) Lewis 4-10 0-0 10, Blatche 9-23 4-6 22, McGee 4-7 8-10 16, Hinrich 0-2 0-0 0, Young 10-26 2-2 25, Armstrong 1-2 2-3 4, Howard 2-9 0-0 4, Wall 4-12 1-1 10, Martin 4-6 0-0 11, Booker 1-1 0-2 2.

Totals 39-98 17-24 104.

Indiana 19 25 23 23 — 90 Washington 19 25 28 32 — 104 3-Point Goals—Ind. 8-21 (Dunleavy 4-7, Rush 22, Price 1-2, Granger 1-4, McRoberts 0-3, Posey 0-3), Wash. 9-21 (Martin 3-3, Young 3-9, Lewis 24, Wall 1-1, Armstrong 0-1, Howard 0-3).

Rebounds—Ind. 57 (Granger 9), Wash. 65 (Blatche 11). Assists—Ind. 17 (Collison 5), Wash.

24 (Wall 12). Total Fouls—Ind. 26, Wash. 14.

Technicals—Howard, Wall. A—16,108 (20,173).

Pistons 104, Celtics 92 AUBURN HILLS , M ICH . — Tayshaun Prince had 18 points.

Hawks 103, Warriors 93 ATLANTA — Josh Smith had 22 points and 10 rebounds, while Al Horford had 21 points and 15 rebounds for Atlanta.

BOSTON (92) Pierce 11-16 8-8 33, Garnett 1-3 0-0 2, S.O’Neal 2-5 1-2 5, Robinson 3-7 0-0 8, Allen 4-8 3-3 12, Davis 6-15 0-0 12, J.O’Neal 2-2 3-3 7, Daniels 3-7 2-2 8, Bradley 0-0 0-0 0, Wafer 1-2 11 3, Harangody 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 34-66 18-19 92.

DETROIT (104) Prince 6-14 5-6 18, Villanueva 5-10 0-0 14, Wallace 1-3 0-0 2, McGrady 7-11 6-6 21, Gordon 5-8 0-0 12, Wilcox 4-4 2-2 10, Hamilton 3-8 3-4 9, Bynum 1-2 0-0 2, Daye 5-7 0-2 12, Monroe 2-3 01 4. Totals 39-70 16-21 104.

Boston 21 16 25 30 — 92 Detroit 27 18 29 30 — 104 3-Point Goals—Bos. 6-15 (Pierce 3-4, Robinson 2-5, Allen 1-3, Davis 0-1, Daniels 0-1, Wafer 0-1), Detroit 10-15 (Villanueva 4-6, Gordon 2-3, Daye 2-3, Prince 1-1, McGrady 1-1, Hamilton 0-1).

Rebounds—Boston 33 (Allen 7), Detroit 36 (Wilcox 8). Assists—Boston 18 (Pierce 8), Detroit 27 (McGrady 8). Total Fouls—Boston 17, Detroit 18. Technicals—Boston Coach Rivers, Boston defensive three second, Wilcox, Detroit defensive three second. A—22,076 (22,076).

GOLDEN STATE (93) D.Wright 13-21 2-2 32, Amundson 5-7 0-3 10, Lee 5-12 4-5 14, Curry 4-13 1-1 9, Ellis 4-13 2-2 12, Radmanovic 1-4 0-0 3, R.Williams 4-10 0-0 9, Udoh 0-2 2-2 2, B.Wright 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 37-83 11-15 93.

ATLANTA (103) M.Williams 3-7 0-0 6, Smith 10-18 1-4 22, Horford 10-14 1-1 21, Bibby 6-12 0-0 15, Johnson 6-14 2-3 16, Ja.Crawford 2-10 0-0 5, Pachulia 46 3-4 11, Evans 3-4 0-0 7, Teague 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 44-86 7-12 103.

Golden State 27 20 22 24 — 93 Atlanta 29 23 26 25 — 103 3-Point Goals—Golden State 8-24 (D.Wright 49, Ellis 2-4, Radmanovic 1-4, R.Williams 1-4, Curry 0-3), Atlanta 8-19 (Bibby 3-8, Johnson 2-5, Evans 1-1, Smith 1-1, Ja.Crawford 1-3, M.Williams 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Golden State 49 (D.Wright 11), Atlanta 48 (Horford 15). Assists—Golden State 22 (Curry 12), Atlanta 31 (Johnson 8). Total Fouls—Golden State 13, Atlanta 14. Technicals—Golden State defensive three second. A—15,925 (18,729).

Bobcats 101, Cavaliers 92 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Stephen Jackson scored 38 points.

76ers 123, Suns 110 P H O E N I X — Jrue Holiday scored 25 points.

CLEVELAND (92) Parker 4-13 0-0 9, Jamison 8-16 2-3 18, Varejao 3-5 3-4 9, Gibson 3-11 4-4 11, Harris 3-9 1-1 8, Sessions 6-13 10-11 22, Gee 1-3 0-0 3, Hickson 4-9 4-6 12. Totals 32-79 24-29 92.

PHILADELPHIA (123) Nocioni 7-10 7-7 22, Brand 5-11 6-6 16, Hawes 4-6 2-2 10, Holiday 12-18 1-2 25, Meeks 0-3 2-2 2, Young 5-14 5-6 15, Turner 9-12 4-4 23, Williams 3-8 3-6 10. Totals 45-82 30-35 123.

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You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in this Court by Joan L. Hughes, duly appointed, qualified and acting Executor of the Estate of Ruth G. Stinson, deceased, praying Petitioner’s acts be approved; account be settled and allowed; the heirs be determined; the Will be construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; the Court find the allowances requested for attorney’s fees and expenses are reasonable and should be allowed; the costs be determined and ordered paid; the administration of the Estate be closed; upon the filing of receipts the Petitioner be finally discharged as the Executor of the Estate of Ruth G. Stinson, deceased, and the Petition be released from further liability.

No. U13931-100, Commonly known as 317 Stetson Cir, Lawrence, KS 66049 (“the Property”) MS#96354

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at The Jury Assembly Room located in the lower level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center building of the Douglas County, Kansas, on January 13, 2011, at the time of 10:00 AM, the following real estate:

to satisfy the judgment in the above entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court.

Douglas County Sheriff

MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC By: Lindsey L. Craft, #23315 lcraft@msfirm.com Kristin Fisk Worster, #21922 kworster@msfirm.com Chad R. Doornink, #23536 cdoornink@msfirm.com Aaron M. Schuckman, #22251 aschuckman@msfirm.com 11460 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 300 Leawood, KS 66211 You are required to file (913) 339-9132 your written defenses (913) 339-9045 (fax) thereto on or before February 8, 2011, at 10:15 o’clock ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF a.m. of such day, in this Court, in the City of Law- MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC AS rence, in Douglas County, ATTORNEYS FOR Kansas, at which time and CITIMORTGAGE, INC. IS ATplace the cause will be TEMPTING TO COLLECT A heard. Should you fail, DEBT AND ANY INFORMAjudgment and decree will TION OBTAINED WILL BE be entered in due course USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. upon the Petition. _______

PHOENIX (110) Hill 7-13 2-2 17, Frye 2-7 0-0 4, Lopez 3-5 2-2 8, Nash 9-17 2-2 23, Carter 8-20 1-1 18, Gortat 5-7 3-4 13, Dudley 3-4 0-0 7, Dragic 0-3 0-0 0, Pietrus 5-8 2-2 15, Warrick 1-3 3-4 5. Totals 43-87 15-17 110.

Philadelphia 33 33 26 31 — 123 Phoenix 35 30 21 24 — 110 3-Point Goals—Philadelphia 3-10 (Turner 1-1, Nocioni 1-2, Williams 1-3, Meeks 0-1, Young 0-1, Holiday 0-2), Phoenix 9-20 (Nash 3-5, Pietrus 35, Dudley 1-1, Hill 1-2, Carter 1-6, Dragic 0-1).

Fouled Out—Pietrus. Rebounds—Philadelphia 55 (Nocioni 12), Phoenix 33 (Gortat 6). Assists— Philadelphia 18 (Holiday 7), Phoenix 31 (Nash 15). Total Fouls—Philadelphia 16, Phoenix 22.

Technicals—Brand, Philadelphia defensive three second, Dragic, Nash. A—18,422 (18,422).

Heat 125, Rockets 119 HOUSTON — Dwyane Wade scored 45 points for Miami.

MIAMI (125) James 8-15 4-4 20, Bosh 8-14 5-6 21, Ilgauskas 3-7 1-1 7, Arroyo 3-5 3-3 11, Wade 17-24 10-10 45, Dampier 1-1 0-0 2, Howard 0-1 2-2 2, Chalmers 1-2 5-5 8, Jones 1-3 0-0 3, Anthony 0-0 4-6 4, M.Miller 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 43-74 34-37 125.

HOUSTON (119) Battier 2-9 0-0 5, Scola 10-20 2-2 22, Hayes 36 7-8 13, Lowry 3-6 2-4 11, Martin 7-16 6-10 21, Brooks 6-13 8-8 20, B.Miller 1-5 5-6 8, Lee 0-3 22 2, Hill 3-7 0-0 6, Budinger 4-8 0-0 11. Totals 3993 32-40 119.

Miami 35 24 29 37 — 125 Houston 28 34 22 35 — 119 3-Point Goals—Miami 5-16 (Arroyo 2-2, Chalmers 1-2, Jones 1-3, Wade 1-3, Bosh 0-1, M.Miller 0-1, James 0-4), Houston 9-27 (Budinger 3-3, Lowry 3-4, B.Miller 1-3, Martin 1-5, Battier 16, Scola 0-1, Lee 0-1, Brooks 0-4). Rebounds— Miami 43 (Wade, Anthony 7), Houston 53 (Hayes 8). Assists—Miami 20 (James 9), Houston 29 (Brooks 9). Total Fouls—Miami 26, Houston 23.

Technicals—Houston defensive three second.

Flagrant Fouls—Brooks. A—18,409 (18,043).

Kings 100, Grizzlies 98 SACRAMENTO , C ALIF . — Tyreke Evans drilled a miraculous three-pointer from midcourt as time expired.

MEMPHIS (98) Gay 6-17 3-4 16, Randolph 15-27 5-6 35, Gasol 4-13 3-6 11, Conley 2-6 1-2 5, Allen 3-6 4-4 10, Mayo 3-10 4-5 10, Arthur 3-5 0-0 6, Vasquez 1-2 1-1 3, Young 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 38-87 21-28 98.

SACRAMENTO (100) Garcia 3-6 0-0 9, Thompson 0-2 1-2 1, Dalembert 1-5 0-0 2, Udrih 7-12 8-8 24, Evans 817 3-5 21, Cousins 8-16 5-8 21, Landry 2-6 3-3 7, Jeter 3-6 0-0 6, Greene 0-1 0-0 0, Casspi 3-5 2-2 9. Totals 35-76 22-28 100.

Memphis 27 24 23 24 — 98 Sacramento 24 26 20 30 — 100 3-Point Goals—Memphis 1-3 (Gay 1-1, Mayo 0-1, Vasquez 0-1), Sacramento 8-17 (Garcia 3-4, Udrih 2-4, Evans 2-4, Casspi 1-3, Jeter 0-2).

Rebounds—Memphis 52 (Randolph 17), Sacramento 51 (Cousins 16). Assists—Memphis 18 (Conley 7), Sacramento 20 (Udrih 6). Total Fouls—Memphis 23, Sacramento 24.

Technicals—Sacramento Bench. A—12,636 (17,317).

Jazz 103, Clippers 95 LOS ANGELES — Al Jefferson had 31 points and 10 rebounds for Utah, which won its fourth straight road game.

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(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World December 28, 2010) In accordance with the statutes governing adverse possession, the West parking lot at 3101 W. 6th, Lawrence, KS, will be closed January 1, 2011. HD Lewis _______

LOT 54[,] IN MEADOWS PLACE, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS. Tax ID No. U16372-54., Commonly known as 2700 Meadow Pl., Lawrence, KS 66047 (“the Property”) MS#117197 to satisfy the judgment in the above entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court.

Douglas County Sheriff MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC

By: /s/Joan L. Hughes, (Published in the Lawrence Lindsey L. Craft, #23315 Joan L. Hughes Daily Journal-World Decem- lcraft@msfirm.com Petitioner ber 30, 2010) Kristin Fisk Worster, #21922 kworster@msfirm.com NOTICE OF Prepared by: Chad R. Doornink, #23536 ANNUAL MEETING cdoornink@msfirm.com Aaron M. Schuckman, /s/ Darryl Graves Darryl Graves #08991 THE STATE OF KANSAS TO: #22251 Darryl Graves, A ALL LANDOWNERS AND aschuckman@msfirm.com Professional Law QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE 11460 Tomahawk Creek Corporation WAKARUSA WATERSHED Parkway, Suite 300 1041 New Hampshire St. JOINT DISTRICT NO. 35 AND Leawood, KS 66211 Lawrence, KS 66044 ALL OTHER PERSONS CON- (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax) (785) 843-8117 CERNED: Fax (785) 843-0492 office@dgraves-law.com You and each of you are ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Attorney for Petitioner hereby notified that the An_______ nual Meeting of the MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC AS FOR Wakarusa Watershed Joint ATTORNEYS District will be held on CITIMORTGAGE, INC. IS AT(First published in the Law- Tuesday, January 11, 2011, TEMPTING TO COLLECT A rence Daily Journal-World at 12:00 p.m. at Conrad’s in DEBT AND ANY INFORMADecember 16, 2010) Overbrook, Kansas, for the TION OBTAINED WILL BE purpose of electing direc- USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Millsap & Singer, LLC _______ tors whose terms expire 11460 Tomahawk Creek and for the purpose of conParkway, Suite 300 ducting any other business (First published in the LawLeawood, KS 66211 that may legally and prop- rence Daily Journal-World (913) 339-9132 erly come before the board. December 23, 2010) (913) 339-9045 (fax) Seven (7) members will be IN THE DISTRICT COURT elected to the Board of DiIN THE DISTRICT COURT OF rectors of said District for a OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS term of three (3) years, and KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT said election will be by In the Matter of the written ballot.

CitiMortgage, Inc. Name Change of: Plaintiff, Austin Bradley Relf This notice is given pursuvs. ant to K.S.A. 24-1211.

Craig V. Campbell, et al.

Case No. 10CV751 Defendants. /s/ Larry Butel NOTICE OF SUIT Larry Butel, President Case No. 10CV467 Wakarusa Watershed Court No. 2 Joint District No. 35 THE STATE OF KANSAS to all persons who are or may _______ Title to Real Estate Involved be concerned: (First published in the LawPursuant to K.S.A. §60 rence Daily Journal-World You are hereby notified that a petition has been December 23, 2010) NOTICE OF SALE filed in the Douglas County District Court by Austin Millsap & Singer, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Bradley Relf, praying for a 11460 Tomahawk Creek that under and by virtue of name change to Austin LeParkway, Suite 300 an Order of Sale issued to Roy Swick, and you are (First published in the LawLeawood, KS 66211 hereby required to plead to rence Daily Journal-World me by the Clerk of the Dis- (913) 339-9132 trict Court of Douglas the petition on or before December 30, 2010) (913) 339-9045 (fax) County, Kansas, the underDecember 17, 2010, in the IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF signed Sheriff of Douglas IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Court at Lawrence, Kansas.

County, Kansas, will offer DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS If you fail to plead, judgfor sale at public auction ment and decree will be enPROBATE DIVISION CIVIL DEPARTMENT and sell to the highest bidtered in due course upon the petition.

In the Matter of the Estate der for cash in hand at The CitiMortgage, Inc. Jury Assembly Room loof RUTH G. STINSON, Plaintiff, cated in the lower level of Austin Bradley Relf, Deceased. vs. the Judicial and Law EnPetitioner Mark D. Reaney, et al. forcement Center building _______ Case No. 10PR67 Defendants. of the Douglas County, KanDiv. No. 1 sas, on January 6, 2011, at Case No. 2010-CV-000562 the time of 10:00 AM, the (Petition Pursuant to Court No. 2 following real estate: K.S.A. Chapter 59) Title to Real Estate Involved LOT 100, IN MONTEREY SUBNOTICE OF HEARING DIVISION NO. 2, AN ADDIPursuant to K.S.A. §60 The State of Kansas To All TION TO THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, IN DOUGLAS Persons Concerned: NOTICE OF SALE COUNTY, KANSAS. Tax ID

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