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INSIDE LMH welcomes first baby of 2011 Two high school sweethearts who reconnected two years ago had the first baby of 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. George Allen Kodaseet Jr. arrived six days before his scheduled Cesarian section. Page 3A PULSE

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Garden columnist Jennifer Smith separates fact from fiction and debunks some misconceptions about products labeled “organic.” Page 6C USA WEEKEND

‘Dancing’ star faces her fears Most recent “Dancing With the Stars” winner Jennifer Grey talks about overcoming her fears and other obstacles to earn the mirrorball trophy. Inside

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Nobody, Democrat or Republican, is willing to see the full faith and credit of the United States government collapse. ... But once John Boehner is sworn in as speaker, then he’s going to have responsibilities to govern.

You can’t just stand on the sidelines and be a bomb thrower.”

TEEPEE OF CONVERSATION Backyard tent facilitates discussion

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utside it is a pass-theflask type of cold — about 15 degrees, not factoring in the wind that’s howling like a bad garage band.

But inside, there is a fire to warm up to. Its open flame flickers from the floor where a piece of carpet is supposed to be. Smoke drifts up through an uncovered hole in the roof that allows in rays from the bright sun of a snowy day.

An Italian who loves Native American history places white Mexican tortillas on the stones that ring the fire, and he sprinkles the tortillas with butter and cinnamon. He’s talking about some guy — he knows his name — who he swears is the “Bill Gates of hot air balloons.”

There is no flask to pass.

The room is filled with 10 adults and two kids, who desperately want to play with the leather hide drum that was brought in from the elements. A dog — of course there is a dog — FRIENDS OF RON HELMICK, RIGHT OF CENTER, gather inside his teepee roams the room. Eventually, on his property in East Lawrence on Dec. 12, 2010. The group got together for what they call Newspaper Church, where each participant Please see EAST, page 2A brings a story or an article to share and open for conversation.

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ABOVE, CARLA CRAVEN, SHAWNEE, left, and Ron Helmick, Lawrence, head to Helmick’s teepee along a path through native grasses on his property in East Lawrence on Dec. 12, 2010. AT RIGHT, RON HELMICK, left, his dog Cheyenne and Karen Frick gather inside Helmick’s teepee.

In the upcoming year, Kansas University will take on a new strategic plan, leadership searches that will fill key positions and establish a new School of Public Health.

And leaders on Mount Oread will be faced with new challenges on how to generate enough money to keep the university operating smoothly, both from the Kansas Legislature and governor, and from private donors in a capital campaign Part 9 in a series: that’s revving up KANSAS UNIVERSITY even more this year.

It’s all shaping up to be an interesting and formative year, officials say, and one that will shape the university for years to come.

It starts with the strategic planning effort.

“We’re pretty much right in the thick of it right now,” Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said.

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By Andy Hyland

Changes afoot While it typically takes awhile for strategic plans to turn into individual, tangible goals, some clear visions are already forming.

For instance, Provost Jeff Vitter said KU’s general education requirements as they exist now are definitely on their way out.

As KU leaders and other community members discuss exactly what the new requirements will look like, Vitter said it’s pretty clear that there will be fewer of them, and they will free up students to take advantage of a number of other opportunities.

In the next year, KU research will be more entrepreneurial in its focus. Vitter said that on Jan. 17, Julie Goonewardene will begin her new role as associate vice chancellor for innovation and entrepreneurship.

She’s one of the best in the nation at spinning commercializable faculty ideas into the marketplace, Vitter said.

Story by Chad Lawhorn

— President Barack Obama in early December. The 112th Congress convenes Wednesday, and two spending and debt showdowns will signal whether partisan divisions will be able reach any sort of common ground. Page 7A

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Douglas County Red Cross honors volunteers young, old

By Shaun Hittle sdhittle@ljworld.com

Long-time Lawrence resident Margaret Shirk has been volunteering with Douglas County Red Cross since the mid-1960s. She’s pitched in on everything from blood drives to disaster relief.

Her 45 years of service with the agency is the record, but someday Mckenzie Brungardt might break it.

Mckenzie, 12, has a good start so far, as she’s been volunteering with the Red Cross since she was 7.

Is Shirk worried about the upstart unseating her as the longest-tenured volunteer?

“Oh no, I hope she does,” said Shirk, 93. “I’m not trying to break any records.”

Shirk and Mckenzie were recently honored for their service with the agency.

The 80-year age difference

between the two volunteers has advantages, said Jane Blocher, Red Cross executive director.

Mckenzie “helps us gauge what activities young volunteers are interested in,” Blocher said.

Shirk, on the other hand, knows just about everyone in town and gives the Red Cross credibility.

“They know if she puts her stamp on an organization, it’s worthwhile,” Blocher said.

Shirk thinks back to her early years with the Red Cross, and said she started because she had some free time and wanted to pitch in.

“I didn’t just want to sit around and not do anything,” she said.

Mckenzie got her start in public service following Hurricane Katrina.

She had a lemonade stand and donated the profits to help with the relief efforts. One day, she learned her neighbor, Blocher, worked for the Red Cross.

MARGARET SHIRK, 93, left, and Mckenzie Brungardt, 12, both volunteer with Douglas County Red Cross and recently were recognized for their volunteer activities.

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“I begged her to come along,” Mckenzie said.

Blocher let her tag along, and Mckenzie hasn’t stopped yet.

Mckenzie’s a perfect example, said

Shirk, “that no matter what age you are, you can always make a difference.”

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

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J UNE M. BOYAJIAN A memorial gathering for June M. Boyajian, 77, Lawrence, will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.

She died Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011, at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.

She was born Dec. 22, 1933, in St. Johnsbury, Vt., the daughter of Alan and Lea Byrd Woodworth.

She graduat- Boyajian ed from Lyndon Institute in Vermont, and later from the Peter Bent Brigham School of Nursing and Boston University in Massachusetts.

Mrs. Boyajian was as a registered nurse for 25 years at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

She volunteered at LMH, Lawrence Public Library, Meals on Wheels, Lawrence public schools and the American Red Cross. In 2010, she received the Citizen Review Board’s Honorable Jean F. Shepherd

Volunteer of the Year Award.

Mrs. Boyajian was a member of the 20th Century Club in Lawrence.

She married Howard Boyajian on June 27, 1959, in Lyndonville, Vt. They moved from Ohio to Lawrence in 1965. He survives of the home.

Other survivors include daughter Julie Lind and husband Rick, Overland Park; son Mark Boyajian and wife Pamela, Charlotte, N.C.; sister Joy Cummings, Essex Junction, Vt.; and six grandchildren, Laura, Christopher, Patricia, Melissa, Michael and Andrew.

The family suggests memorials to Friends of the Lawrence Public Library, sent in care of the WarrenMcElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th St., Lawrence, KS 66044.

For those unable to meet with the family, the register book will be available from noon Monday to 9 p.m.

Tuesday for signatures.

Online condolences may be sent at warrenmcelwain .com.

R ITA ANNA H EINEN HORTON — Funeral Mass for Rita Anna Heinen, 86, Holton, formerly of Huron, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Horton, with burial in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Heinen, mother of Cynthia Kroge of Lawrence,

died Friday, Dec. 31, 2010, at the Pines in Holton.

A prayer service will be at 7 p.m. Monday at DishonMaple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton, where the family will greet friends following the service.

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money as an investment in the state’s future. Gray-Little pointed out that a new engineering building would generate more engineers for Kansas to address its engineering shortage.

And Vitter said that research, too, is important.

Technology such as the Internet and other information technology innovations are all based on research done at universities 20 and 30 years ago.

“What we do today in our research is going to be the basis for our economy 20 to 30 years from now,” he said.

“We rely heavily on state and federal grants to conduct this research.”

If that funding is limited, the process can continue for a few years but then will cause the research done at the university to backslide, Vitter said.

“We’re encouraging state leaders to take the long view of what is going to take us out of the doldrums economically,” Gray-Little said.

Vitter said that pay increases for faculty members and staff will be necessary in 2011, after KU employees have gone two years without any.

Dale Seuferling, president and CEO of the KU Endowment Association, said that 2011 will see more movement on KU’s ongoing capital campaign, now in what can be called a “loud quiet phase.”

With the campaign’s volunteer leadership in place, decisions will begin to be made on setting a goal, naming the campaign and building toward a public kickoff once enough money has been raised.

Seuferling said the public kickoff may or may not happen in 2011, but, regardless, volunteers will be working to secure funds for a number of priorities.

The campaign will seek to raise money for cancer designation, new KU Medical Center facilities in Wichita and Salina, student scholarships, endowed professorships, an expansion plan for the Spencer Museum of Art and

more priorities to come after KU leaders establish them, Seuferling said.

New leadership While KU seeks to raise money across the board, the school will also be focusing on a number of different searches for top leadership posts. KU leaders said those people will be called upon to help move KU in the right direction.

The new athletic director post should be filled shortly, Gray-Little said. That person will join other new academic leaders that KU hopes to find in the new year, including a dean of its School of Law — a search that reopened in December after one finalist took another job — and a dean of KU’s School of Business.

For that search, Vitter said, KU has tapped the top academic search firm in the country, R. William Funk and Associates, Vitter said. That’s the search firm retained to hire both Gray-Little and Vitter. “(The search) has been unfortunately distracted with a bunch of side issues that we’re now past,” Vitter said, referring to questions raised by a number of MBA students in the business school as to how the school was spending its differential tuition dollars.

Business Dean William Fuerst announced he would resign this June before KU released an audit report that showed nearly all of the funds were spent appropriately.

Gray-Little will be looking for a new vice chancellor of public affairs to oversee media relations, government relations and other marketing efforts.

KU Medical Center will also be looking for the school’s f irst dean of its School of Public Health this year. KUMC officials hope to enroll the school’s first class of students in the fall. That new effort will coincide with KUMC-Wichita’s first class of four-year medical students who will be trained entirely in Wichita.

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

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AT FAR RIGHT, JESSE BRUBACHER READS a story from The New York Times about young entrepreneurs during a gathering of friends at something they call Newspaper Church. The group gathered inside Ron Helmick’s teepee in East Lawrence on Dec. 12, 2010. Participants bring a story or an article to share and open for conversation. From left, are Jeff Morrow, Carla Craven, Helmick, Karen Frick, Kate Frick and Brubacher.

East Lawrence resident invites circle of friends to teepee chats CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A

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For Helmick, a teepee was Today’s sermon from it finds the stick of butter and a natural choice.

Newspaper Church: carries it in its mouth like a First, there’s the beauty of a It begins with natural conbaton. An expletive is yelled. circle. Everybody is facing versation kindling — politics.

The tortilla-maker scrambles each other. With everybody Morrow shares an article and gets a hold of the butter sitting on the floor, everybody about Gov.-elect Sam Brownstick. He looks it over, and also is on the same eye level. back’s leadership style and starts slicing and buttering And a fire in the middle of it what changes may be on the from the unslobbered end. all, Helmick says, “brings out horizon.

Another participant, For our host, Ron Helmick, a different part of people.”

“Really, this is about the Lawrence resident Karen all of this is perfect. genius of simplicity, or the Frick, takes her turn and talks ●●● simplicity of genius,” about Native American medHelmick — a rural Helmick said pointing to the icine wheels and the different Lawrence resident and teepee. “It’s one of those two. “lodges” of life.

Next is a review of a satiriowner of a company that It is all very elemental.” helps businesses recycle — Plus, it’s just cool. The cal piece from The Onion, wooden poles, which stretch which on this day was advohas a simple theory.

29 feet into the cating for Tony’s Law — a law “The conversations we air, are from an requiring marijuana dealers Really, this is about near to register much like sex used to have the genius of simplicity, area Glacier offenders. The intent, of on the front porch have or the simplicity of National Park course, is to make sure neighmoved to the genius. It’s one of those in Montana. bors don’t have to travel too deck that’s in two. It is all very The duck can- far for their pot. vas that forms Before the next participant the backyard, the teepee’s can jump in, Morrow brings and now the elemental.” conversations covering up the medicine wheel article comes from again. He had been looking it on the deck — Ron Helmick West Virginia. over and noticed that the have moved to the Internet,” Helmick said.

Helmick started planning “women’s lodge” was listed He would like them to for the teepee about a year on the chart as a “house of move once more — to a ago, but in terms of con- silence.” teepee. structing it, that took about a “That doesn’t sound right,” On his property just out- day. It has been up since the he says with a laugh. side the city limits where East late summer, and thus far Back to the article rotation.

15th Street turns into North Helmick has used it for every- There’s a piece from The 1500 Road, Helmick has a thing from Newspaper New York Times about young teepee on a patch of pasture Church to a solitary place to people creating their own enjoy a cup of morning cof- jobs. grass.

And then another from Red, white and black flags fee. flutter from atop the teepee’s Teepee kits are not that The Times about an online wooden poles in a way that hard to find online. Prices seller of designer eyeglasses suggests fun, but Helmick is vary considerably depending figuring out that he could insistent that this is not some upon the size. Some one- or boost his Google standing if party place for those who two-person teepees can be he was mean enough that his can’t forget the cowboy and had for a few hundred dollars, customers wrote nasty online Indian stories of their youth. but Helmick said if you want- reviews about him.

That led to a discussion In fact, on this Sunday ed to have one of decent qualmorning, church is taking ity you should expect to about how the word “viral” place inside. Well, Newspa- spend anywhere from $2,000 has become a compliment per Church. Don’t get too to $10,000. If you wanted to and how virtually anything hung up on the church part. splurge, you could get a buf- can be an online business.

That morUnlike most churches, this falo hide one one is an invitation-only for around phed into It is basically a Craven’s affair. Also missing is the rit- $50,000, desire to open ual and sacraments, although Helmick esti- teepee full of people enough Dunkin Donut coffee mated. a food vendor who don’t necessarily Although cart, which of was passed around to cause have any background course caused someone to suggest they the Internet were partaking in “coffee has made the together, which is kind Chris, the torkits easier to of how society is. It is a tilla flipping, communion.” butter inspecInstead, Newspaper find, the idea great social Church involves grabbing a of a teepee in tor, to recall how his son seat on the padded carpet the yard isn’t experiment.” that fills the 20-foot diameter new.

Carla once threw a burrito at a of the teepee, and warming Craven got her — Jeff Morrow man in Albuup by the fire. The fellow who first teepee 15 sits next to the pile of wood years ago. She querque.

That’s it. Really. Church slats is responsible for keep- placed it in her yard in ing the flames fed, or else Shawnee, in the heart of John- dismissed. smoke fills the teepee and son County. When she first So, what has been the point Newspaper Church becomes carried the teepee’s poles — a of this nearly two-hour conprocess that requires finding versation? “brought to you by Visine.”

Eventually, one by one, par- the balance point so the long Well, maybe it is just that ticipants pull out newspaper supports can rest upon your somebody said it all and articles they’ve brought. shoulders — she realized this somebody else listened.

Maybe the point was someThey describe them for five was right for her.

“It was like I was doing the thing else. or 10 minutes, and then the conversation goes where it same thing that people hunBut without question, dreds and hundreds of years there was a point. goes.

All you had to do was look “It is basically,” said Jeff ago were doing,” Craven said.

Morrow, a friend of Helmick Ever since, Craven has had up. After all, that’s the surest and an organizer of the idea, a simple answer to the ques- way to f ind a point in a “a teepee full of people who tion of why she would want a teepee. don’t necessarily have any teepee.

— City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be background together, which “I got mine because I wantreached at 832-6362. Follow him at is kind of how society is. It is ed to uncomplicate things,” Twitter.com/clawhorn_ljw.

Craven said. a great social experiment.”

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1 | WASHINGTON, D.C.

Plane loses contact, evacuating Capitol A passenger plane briefly lost radio contact with air traffic controllers when the pilot turned to the wrong frequency as he approached Washington, leading to the scrambling of fighter jets and the evacuation of the U.S. Capitol, federal officials said Saturday.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters said the agency is reviewing the “pilot readback error.” The loss of radio contact as the plane approached the nation’s capital also led officials to evacuate all House and Senate office buildings.

Piedmont Airlines flight 4352 from Hilton Head, S.C., was on course for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when it lost radio contact with air traffic controllers at a regional radar facility in Virginia for about 15 minutes, FAA officials said. The facility is responsible for handling the plane almost until the landing, when Reagan National takes over.

2 | MISSOURI

7 dead after New Year’s Eve tornadoes Shaken residents spent New Year’s Day sifting through the wreckage wrought by tornadoes that touched down in several states on the last day of 2010, killing seven people and injuring dozens.

Six people — three in Missouri and three in Arkansas — died Friday as tornadoes fueled by unusually warm air pummeled the South and Midwest. A seventh person who was injured Friday near the Missouri town of Rolla died Saturday, said Bruce Southard, the chief of the Rolla Rural Fire Department.

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LMH celebrates first baby born in 2011

By Brenna Hawley bhawley@ljworld.com

George Allen Kodaseet Jr. came into the world six days early, just in time to watch Oklahoma University play Connecticut in the Fiesta Bowl Saturday.

At least, that’s his father’s theory.

George Jr. was born at 8:01 a.m. Saturday, weighing in 7 pounds, 11 ounces with a length of 19 1/2 inches. That early morning arrival earned him the honor of being the first baby born at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in 2011. With a date of Jan. 7 set for a cesarean section, the parents had an early holiday surprise with the New Year’s Day baby.

“It was exciting because he

was born on the first of the year,” said Vera Kodaseet, George Jr.’s mother.

George Jr. was born to Vera and George Kodaseet, both 31year-old Lawrence residents. He has two older brothers, Robert, 10, and Adrien, 8, but both come from previous marriages for the couple.

“We kind of did ‘The Brady Bunch’ thing,” Vera said.

A chance meeting on MySpace brought together the family, but the couple’s history started long before that. Vera and George were high school sweethearts in Anadarko, Okla.

They lost touch in 1997, though Vera kept an old letter and photos from the relationship. Vera moved several times because her father was in the military,

oftentimes close to where George lived.

“We always missed each other,” Vera said.

Two years ago she moved into a house in Lawrence, and the same day George moved out of a house across the street. He later looked her up on MySpace, and they reconnected, marrying in July 2010.

Now they have a combined family, and Vera is outnumbered by males.

“We were kind of rooting for a girl, but a boy is fine as well,” she said.

George Jr. is entering a family Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo where his mother is a teacher and his father is set to start a new THE FIRST BABY OF 2011 was born job at the Kmart distribution to George and Vera Kodaseet, of Lawrence. The couple’s new baby Please see FIRST, page 5A boy is named George Jr.

Keeping the pinball rolling

3 | EGYPT

Church bombing kills at least 21 Christians clashed with Egyptian police in the northern city of Alexandria on Saturday, furious over an apparent suicide bombing against worshippers leaving a New Year’s Mass at a church that killed at least 21 people. It was the worst violence against the country’s Christian minority in a decade.

The Interior Ministry blamed “foreign elements,” and the Alexandria governor accused al-Qaida, pointing to the terror network’s branch in Iraq, which has carried out a string of attacks on Christians there and has threatened Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Christian community as well.

Egypt’s government has long insisted that the terror network does not have a significant presence in the country, and it has never been conclusively linked to any attacks here. If al-Qaida was involved, it raises the prospect of a serious new security threat within Egypt.

4 | LONDON

Inmates riot at low-security prison Rioting inmates caused heavy damage to a lowsecurity prison Saturday, smashing windows and setting fires that engulfed buildings and spewed clouds of black smoke.

Fires burned into the afternoon at Ford open prison following disturbances that broke out at around midnight after inmates rebelled against attempts to force them to take breathalyzer tests on New Year’s Eve. An official of the prison officers union said a large amount of illicit alcohol had been found at the lockup.

Officials said the fires had been contained some 16 hours after the disturbance began.

Prisons Minister Crispin Blunt said 150 prisoners were being confined because they were involved in the disturbances or because their normal accommodation had been damaged.

5 | OHIO

Deputy, suspect dead in standoff A sheriff’s deputy investigating a report of gunfire at a trailer park was shot dead Saturday, and the shooting suspect was killed after a gun battle with police, authorities said. A police officer was wounded.

Deputy Suzanne Hopper, who was married last year and had two children, was shot as she tried to photograph a footprint in the Enon Beach mobilehome park in western Ohio, Clark County Sheriff Gene Kelly said.

Police officers were trying to talk to the shooting suspect when he fired on them from inside a trailer, and a German Township officer was wounded in a large exchange of gunfire, Kelly said. There were “many, many, many” shots fired by the suspect and eight officers, he said.

Businesses team up to sell coffee, cupcakes on the go

By Sara Shepherd sshepherd@theworldco.info

pinball on the Eight Ball Deluxe machine.

“It was in a bar that I wasn’t supposed to be in,” he said.

“We would sneak into it. We weren’t drinking, we were just playing pinball.”

Now, as a 47-year-old IT professional at Lawrence Paper Co., Martin has plans to restore an Eight Ball Deluxe machine he found in Wichita. After

CoffeeCakeKC is the name and, as the owners will tell you, slingin’ beans and buttercream in Kansas City, Mo., is their game.

A shiny, red mobile cupcakery and coffee bar is now roaming the streets We’re trying stocked with bou- to trailblaze our tique cup- way. Mobile is cakes and green cof- the thing.” fee from two John- — Renee Kloeblen, son County co-owner of entrepreCoffeeCakeKC neurs.

Renee Kloeblen of Ms. Nene’s Takes the Cake Bakery and Brian “Stubbie” Jurgens of E.F. Hobbs Specialty Coffee teamed up to create CoffeeCakeKC. The duo used social media to help their startup and continue to ride the Twitter wave as they peddle their oh-so-tasty goods.

Kloeblen, of Shawnee, is a former kindergarten teacher and mother of two. She turned her baking hobby into a business with the creation of Ms. Nene’s.

Kloeblen’s cupcakes bear names such as the “Ruby Slipper” (red velvet cake topped with white chocolate cream cheese frosting and edible red glitter) and “That’s Some Pig” (vanilla pound cake with candied bacon, topped with brown sugar buttercream and maple-syrup drizzle).

“I’m not a very traditional person, so I try to be as creative as possible,” she said. “There’s so many people making cupcakes right now, so you have to stand out.”

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JASON SCHEFFELMAER, OLATHE, LEFT, PLAYS an “Attack From Mars” pinball game as Taylor Brownback, 10, Basehor, watches. The two attended a pinball party Dec. 4, 2010, at the home of Gary Martin, Lawrence, who restores old pinball machines. BOTTOM LEFT, the playing deck of the “Mars” pinball machine after Martin’s restoration project is pictured. BOTTOM CENTER, the fingers of Don Brownback, Basehor, smash the buttons on the “Mars” pinball machine. BOTTOM RIGHT, Martin talks with friends at his pinball party.

Lawrence man makes hobby of restoring games

By Brenna Hawley bhawley@ljworld.com

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Gary Martin sure plays a mean pinball.

You might say he’s a pinball wizard, but not only at the flippers of the game. He’s a wizard of the game’s mechanics, and restores the incredibly intricate arcade games. Six have a home in his basement and

countless others have moved through his basement workroom.

Martin, also known around town as the man on Parkside Drive whose Christmas lights are programmed to music during the holidays, has a background in engineering that lends itself to his intricate hobbies.

But pinball is his first love.

As a high schooler in Atchison, he first started playing

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Have you ever played pinball?

Asked at Borders, 700 N.H.

Todd Walker, financial adviser, Lawrence “Yes, as a kid in the past.”

● PROSOCO, East Hills Business Park, has promoted Angela Hawkins and Chris Moore, and hired Melissa Hopkins, all of Lawrence.

Hawkins was promoted from sample clerk to product support specialist. In her new position, she provides full customer support, from order entry, shipping and tracking to answering technical questions about product use. She joined PROSOCO in March.

Moore, who joined PROSOCO in 2004, is the company’s new research and development chemist. In his new position, Moore oversees product development and improvement.

Hopkins is PROSOCO’s new trade show and event coordinator. She handles arrangements for the many events, exhibitions and trade shows, which the company either

hosts or attends. Hopkins moved to Lawrence from Denver in April. ● Carey J. Bennett earned the distinction of Certified Veterinary Practice Manager by successfully passing the certification exam offered by the Veterinary Hospital Managers Association on Sept. 27 in Savannah, Ga. Carey has been employed at Bradley Animal Hospital, P.A. in Lawrence since 1999. ● Jordan Brunk, audio consultant, will represent Kief’s Audio/Video at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Jan. 6-9 in Las Vegas.

CES, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, is the home electronics industry’s premier, annual showcase event. Brunk will review new product lines from various manufacturers for Kief’s.

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Is it legal to pull a UIt’s punishable by an $80 turn in the middle of fine with an accompanying the block on Massa- $53 in court costs, for a total of chusetts Street to get to an $133 per offense. open parking space?

Lawrence Police Sgt. Matt Sarna said that making a “J-Turn” that crosses a double yellow line on Massachusetts Street into a parking spot on the other side of the street is illegal.

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LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT • New Year’s Eve celebrating kept local law enforcement busy.

Between 5 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Saturday, 18 people were booked into Douglas County Jail.

The various charges included aggravated assault, criminal trespass, drug possession, battery, disorderly conduct, obstructing the legal process, and 10 cases of either driving while intoxicated or operating under the influence.

During the same time period for New Year’s Eve last year, 23 people were booked into the Douglas County Jail, compared with 13 people two years ago.

For a map of the arrest locations, visit LJWorld.com.

• Lawrence police arrested a 27-year-old man on numerous charges — including aggravated battery, criminal threat, domestic battery, criminal property damage, and obstructing the legal process — in the 400 block of Minnesota around 11 a.m.

Saturday morning.

The man was also a Kansas Department of Corrections parole absconder and a warrant had been issued for his arrest

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• Emergency crews responded to a fire at a shop off of Tonganoxie Drive in Stranger Township, north of Tonganoxie, shortly before 3 p.m., according to Leavenworth County emergency dispatchers.

As of 4 p.m. the fire had been put out, but further information about the fire was not available.

Several fire departments worked on the fire, according to a representative from the Tonganoxie Fire Department.

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

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

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

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“It’s been a rough year with cutbacks everywhere,” Vera said. “But that was like a blessing.”

Vera has her undergraduate degree from Haskell Indian Nations University and is working on her master’s in special education at Kansas University now, and hopes her new son goes to school, maybe even KU. “I’ll be happy with whatever he chooses,” she said.

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GARY MARTIN’S PINBALL MACHINES ● Eight Ball Deluxe, released in 1980 ● Twilight Zone, released in 1993 ● Attack from Mars, released in 1995 ● Medieval Madness, released in 1997 ● Monster Bash, released in 1998 ● Lord of the Rings, released in 2003

available games.

“You can play pinball machines for months and months and never see all the features,” Martin said.

Jeff Collins, a collector from Prairie Village who recently visited Martin’s basement collection, sometimes buys machines Martin has restored. Collins, who has 15 games in his basement, admires the simplicity of the games.

“To me, that’s what’s so cool about it. Even if you’ve never seen one, you know how to play it,” he said. “It’s about how long can you keep the ball going.”

— Reporter Brenna Hawley can be reached at 832-6314.

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A delegation of Douglas County legislators has invited area organizations to present their legislative issues before the 2011 session at 5 p.m.

Wednesday in the Curriculum Conference Room, Lawrence Public Schools Building, 110 McDonald Drive.

Nine state senators and representatives are part of the bipartisan delegation. Members are Marci Francisco, Tom Holland, Anthony Hensley, TerriLois Gregory, Anthony Brown, Barbara Ballard, Tom Sloan, Paul Davis and Ann Mah. The 2011 state legislative session begins on Jan. 10.

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more than 100 hours of work and thousands of dollars in new parts, Martin will have done his part to restore history.

“It’s hard to find anybody who doesn’t know what a pinball machine is,” he said.

“They really are an iconic part of our history.”

Pinball machines that people see today have roots back more than 100 years and had a close relationship with cars.

Companies originally built the games with automobile parts. Flashing lights were actually turn signals, and lights in the playfields were made with dashboard lights.

Early versions of the game had players launch the ball and just leave the rest to fate, until flippers were introduced in 1947.

As video games became more popular, some arcade companies started shutting down their pinball operations. About that time, Martin got into restoring machines. For a few years his interest dwindled as prices went up, but two years ago he decided to get back into it.

“It’s a little pricey to restore some of these vintage ones, but well worth it,” he said. “I’ve got a bunch of favorites here. I hang on to those.”

One of those favorites includes his latest restore job, Attack from Mars. The machine he found, originally released in 1995, spent its early life in a bar. The playfield was worn down from hours of play, the art on the outside was singed and an alien in the machine had been replaced with a rubber chicken.

“It was almost ready to go to the landfill,” he said.

Two months, $3,700 and 100 hours later, he had restored the machine.

“Most people don’t go at them as quickly as I do,” he said. “That’s one that we’re going to hang onto.”

Martin surrounds himself with people who love pinball as much as he does. His wife, Mary Ann, is hooked on the game, and she said their 11year-old grandson has been playing since he was tall enough to reach the flipper buttons.

Martin also has collectors over to his house to play the games, hailing from Basehor, Prairie Village and Wellsville.

The collectors are in an online group that talks pinball and keeps an eye out for

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wish for his son: Become a football player at Oklahoma University. The family is split between KU fans, Vera and her son Robert, and Oklahoma University fans, George and his son Adrien.

George is convinced George Jr. will be an Oklahoma fan.

He’s already bought a jersey for the new baby.

Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo “He couldn’t wait till next LMH ALSO CELEBRATED THE weekend,” George said. “He LAST BABY OF 2010, a girl, had to get here today for the was born to Brittany and game.”

Jacob Sacks, of Lawrence. The couple named their daughter — Reporter Brenna Hawley can be reached Stella.

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Groups face public speaking fear

By Shaun Hittle sdhittle@ljworld.com

With 2011 here, the inevitable New Year’s resolutions start flying.

Lose weight. Quit smoking.

Spend more time with family.

A top fear that’s conspicuously absent from many resolutions lists? Public speaking and overcoming the sweaty palms, hyperventilating and dreaded anxiety that come with it. “It’s a natural fear,� said Diana Carlin, a communications professor at Kansas University who teaches public speaking.

As many have it near the top of their fear lists, the fact that people avoid it rather than confront it is no surprise, she said. “I’ve had students who are literally shaking,� Carlin said. “It’s a fear of failure, a very public failure.�

Aside from confronting a fear, Carlin advises her students about the benefits that good public speaking skills can bring in a tight job market. “Communication skills are always on top,� Carlin said.

The biggest advice Carlin gives is taking that first step in a supportive atmosphere,

TOASTMASTERS â—? Toastmasters is a nonprofit, international organization with more than 12,000 groups worldwide dedicated to building leadership and public speaking skills. â—? Lawrence Toastmasters Club meets from noon to 1 p.m. every Thursday at Douglas County Bank, 300 W. Ninth St. Meetings are open to the public and will resume after the holidays, beginning Jan. 6. â—? For more information about the Lawrence club, visit lawrence.freetoasthost.org/index.ht ml, or e-mail club president Peter Steimle at peter.steimle@sbcglobal.net. â—? The KU Engineering Toastmasters Club meets from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays in room 2140 in Learned Hall at KU. The club is open to the public. For more information, email Tom Mulinazzi at tomm@ku.edu. â—? For more information about other groups in Johnson County and Topeka, visit the area district website at toastmasters22.org.

whether in a college classroom or in smaller groups, such as a Toastmasters Club.

Lawrence Toastmasters Club — one of several such groups scattered throughout Topeka, Johnson County and Kansas City — meets weekly

to help members face their public speaking fears.

During a recent weekly meeting, members took turns giving planned and impromptu speeches — in between a lot of clapping, encouragement and joking. Members offered helpful critiques on everything from the speaker’s tone, to how many “ums� the speaker used.

Some of the members clearly fall into the shy category, such as Jeff Platkowski, a local engineer who attends in preparation for group talks he gives at work.

Others — such as Emily Amos, a bubbly, outgoing KU graduate student — simply want to hone their communication skills.

Local member Rob Tabor said he’s thankful he challenged himself to face his public-speaking fear three decades ago. “Nobody is born a perfect public speaker,� Tabor said.

Instead of fearing public speaking, he encourages people to embrace it. “Just getting started is the biggest obstacle,� he said. “Come on in, the water’s fine.� — Reporter Shaun Hittle can be reached at 832-7173.

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Douglas County â—? Douglas County Road 9 is closed between U.S. Highway 24-40 and Interstate 70.

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The section will be closed for about two months.

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Lawrence â—? Kasold Drive has returned to one lane in each direction as work continues on the first phase of the reconstruction of Kasold between Clinton Parkway and 31st Street. â—? Kasold Drive is closed from Grand Vista to West Peterson Road. Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline is performing maintenance on the gas pipeline that runs through the area. Motorists are asked to take Monterey Way to Grand Vista Drive as a detour. The project is expected to take two weeks. â—? Weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Indiana Street will have no parking and is closed to through traffic from Sixth Street to Eighth Street and Third Street to Sixth Street.

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U.S. CONGRESS

Showdowns will be test for incoming leaders

By Charles Babington Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Two early showdowns on spending and debt will signal whether the new Congress can find common ground despite its partisan divisions or whether it’s destined for gridlock and brinkmanship that could threaten the nation’s economic health.

Not all of the bickering in the 112th Congress that convenes Wednesday will be between Republicans and Democrats. House Republicans, back in power after four years in the minority, will include numerous freshmen whose unyielding stands on the def icit, in particular, could severely test soon-tobe Speaker John Boehner’s ability to bridge differences and pass major bills.

His first big challenge will come in February, when Congress must pass a huge spending bill to keep the government running. Many House Republicans — veterans and newcomers alike — have pledged to cut discretionary domestic spending by up to $100 billion.

Even if they agree on a plan, it probably will be changed by the Senate, where

Democrats will hold 53-47 edge. And President Barack Obama can veto almost any bill he opposes during the next two years.

Before Boehner, R-Ohio, deals with Democrats’ objections, he may have trouble getting his own 241-member caucus to agree on what to cut, and how deeply. Republicans have a history of promising far more cuts in spending than they deliver. Some conservative activists and commentators are tired of it.

“They love to cut taxes but cannot bring themselves to cut spending,” Kevin Williamson wrote in National Review Online. “It’s eat dessert first and leave the spinach on the table.”

Several freshman GOP lawmakers are aligned with the tea party movement, which champions spending cuts and balanced budgets. But even tea party activists are unable or unwilling to name sizable government programs they are willing to cut, said Duke University political scientist Mike Munger. He ran for North Carolina governor as a libertarian and has met with many tea partyers.

Passing a major spending bill may look easy when compared with the challenge

HOUSE SPEAKERDESIGNATE JOHN BOEHNER, ROHIO, talks with media in Washington in this Dec. 17, 2010, photo.

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Congress will face in the spring: raising the federal debt ceiling, an exercise that’s anathema to some diehard conservatives. Economists and scores of political leaders say the alternatives are much worse: Let the nation default on its debts, which could trigger a global recession, or drastically cut federal spending to levels neither party has imagined.

The current debt ceiling is $14.3 trillion, enacted last February. The federal debt, nearly $13.9 trillion, grows by $4 billion a day.

“Where the rubber will hit the road will be on the debt limit,” said John Feehery, a Republican adviser and former top House aide. “What kind of budget concessions will Obama agree to in

exchange for keeping the government functioning?”

Lawmakers might buy some time by passing temporary extensions of a budget and a higher debt ceiling.

Eventually they must work out a long-term solution.

Obama has made it clear that Republicans share responsibility for finding one.

“Nobody, Democrat or Republican, is willing to see the full faith and credit of the United States government collapse,” Obama said in early December. No one enjoys voting to raise the debt limit, he said. “But once John Boehner is sworn in as speaker, then he’s going to have responsibilities to govern. You can’t just stand on the sidelines and be a bomb thrower.”

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H O N O L U L U — President Barack Obama says Democrats and Republicans must work together in the new year and share responsibility for moving the country forward.

In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama said Saturday that lawmakers must return to Washington next week prepared to make serious decisions about how to grow the economy in the short run and stay competitive in the future.

“I’m willing to work with anyone of either party who’s got a good idea and the commitment to see it through,” Obama said. “And we should all expect you to hold us accountable for our progress or our failure to deliver.”

Obama said his New Year’s resolution is to do everything he can to grow the economy, create jobs and strengthen the middle class, though he warned that the economic recovery is still fragile as the calendar turns to 2011.

The president taped his weekly address from Hawaii,

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I’m willing to work with anyone of either party who’s got a good idea and the commitment to see it through.”

— President Barack Obama where he is spending the holidays with his family.

Senator-elect Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire delivered the Republican weekly address, and said the next Congress marks a new chapter for the country and the GOP.

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“We’re keenly aware that the American people are relying on us to change business-as-usual in Washington, and we’re well-positioned to do just that,” Ayotte said.

The newly elected senator said Republicans will focus in the new year on reducing the size of government, cutting wasteful spending and creating conditions to allow businesses to grow and hire.

Ayotte also said the U.S. must remain vigilant in the face of continuing threats from terrorists.

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Jurgens, a self-described “corporate refugee,” turned his coffee hobby into a business when he started E.F. Hobbs a couple years ago, after taking a buyout from Sprint.

Jurgens, who lives in Lenexa and roasts his coffee in Shawnee, sells mostly single-origin coffee. He said he rarely blends it because he likes to taste flavor nuances created by different growing regions.

Kloeblen and Jurgens had their first meeting in late July.

“I brought him some cupcakes, and he brought me a latté,” Kloeblen said. They soon decided, “let’s do something together.”

CoffeeCake hit the streets in mid-December.

Between customers during one a recent lunch hour, Kloeblen’s fingers flew across the touchpad of her purpleskinned smartphone telling her followers she was being interviewed for this story.

Over the next few minutes, followers of twitter.com/coffeecakekc reply: Woot!

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Kloeblen has relied on Twitter to steer CoffeeCake from its inception.

She built a network on the social media website, where followers offered business advice, helped her choose her bakery logo and connected her with the man she rents kitchen space from.

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BRIAN JURGENS, OF SHAWNEE-BASED E.F. HOBBS SPECIALTY COFFEE, and Shawnee resident Renee Kloeblen, of Ms. Nene’s Takes the Cake Bakery, teamed up to create CoffeeCakeKC, a mobile truck that sells Kloeblen's boutique cupcakes and Jurgens’ coffee concoctions.

CoffeeCake’s Twitter followers even help decide where the truck parks.

Kloeblen said she sends out “feelers” at night to get tips about where to find cupcake-hungry customers the next day. She also gets requests — like “Some people in my office want cupcakes and coffee at 3 p.m., can you be there?” — and obliges when she can.

For now, CoffeeCake has business and mobile kitchen licenses only in Kansas City, Mo. Kloeblen and Jurgens would like to expand into Johnson County but said mobile kitchen licensing appears to be uncharted terri-

tory for many suburban cities.

Jurgens said some don’t allow the vehicles because they don’t have ordinances governing them.

“I think they probably see it more as a roach-coach, and we’re definitely more highend,” Jurgens said. “We’re hoping they can see us for what we are and maybe make an exception.”

Kloeblen said mobile eateries like CoffeeCake are gaining steam in other cities she’s visited.

“We’re trying to trailblaze our way,” she said. “Mobile is the thing.”

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| Sunday, January 2, 2011 BRAZIL

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Rousseff sworn in as new president

By Bradley Brooks Associated Press Writer

B R A S I L I A , B R A Z I L — From torture in a dictatorship-era jail cell to the helm of Latin America’s largest nation, it’s been an unlikely political rise for President Dilma Rousseff, a former Marxist rebel turned career technocrat who claimed Brazil’s seat of power Saturday.

In becoming the country’s 36th president, Rousseff pulled off a feat nearly unthinkable a year ago when the relative unknown was tapped by thenPresident Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to be the ruling Workers Party candidate.

She swept into office on the back of Silva’s near universal adoration in Brazil.

“I am going to consolidate the transformative work done

by President Lula,” said Rousseff, 63, during a 40minute inaugural address. “He changed the way the government is run and led the people to trust in themselves.”

Silva left off ice as the nation’s most popular president, with an approval rating that hit 87 percent in his last week. Rousseff served during

Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo

BRAZIL’S OUTGOING PRESIDENT LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA, RIGHT, embraces Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff after placing the presidential sash on her at the Planalto palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday. Rousseff, a former rebel who was imprisoned and tortured during the nation’s 21-year military dictatorship, was sworn in as Brazil’s first female president Saturday. both of his four-year terms, first as energy minister and then as chief of staff.

After signing the oath of office in Congress, Rousseff traveled to the presidential palace, where Silva removed his sash and placed it over her head as thousands of onlookers cheered. Silva, always emotional, hugged several

ministers and aides as he left by car to begin the journey to civilian life at his private home near Sao Paulo.

Silva, who broke barriers by becoming Brazil’s first working-class president, could not resist one last dive into the crowds. He was unable to hold back sobs as his wife, Marisa, tried in vain

to comb his hair for photos.

Rousseff, known for her tough demeanor, also teared up as she said goodbye to her political mentor and returned to the palace.

In her inaugural address, Rousseff paid homage to Silva and the advances Brazil made under his watch.

His social programs and wealth redistribution helped pull 20 million people out of poverty. Once on the brink of a sovereign default in 2002, the nation now lends money to the International Monetary Fund. Unemployment is at a record low, and the currency has more than doubled against the U.S. dollar. Brazil will host the 2014 World Cup and is expected to be the world’s fifth-largest economy by the time the 2016 Olympics come to the nation.

While proud of those gains, Rousseff said this is no time to relax.

“There is still poverty shaming our country,” she said. “I will not rest while there are Brazilians without food on their table, homeless in the streets and poor children abandoned to their luck.”

Woman drowns in Australian floodwaters BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA (AP) — A woman drowned after trying to cross a flooded causeway in Australia, becoming the first victim of relentless flooding that one official has described as reaching “biblical proportions,” police said Sunday.

Days of driving rain last week swamped northeastern Australia, with about 200,000 people affected by floodwaters in an area larger than France and Germany combined. While the rain has stopped, rivers are still surging to new heights and overflowing into low-lying towns

as the water makes its way toward the ocean.

On Saturday night, two cars trying to cross a flooded causeway were swept into a river in Burketown, in western Queensland state, police said. A 41-year-old woman traveling in the second car disappeared in the rushing water, and her body was recovered Sunday about 1.2 miles away, Queensland police said.

“We’re just grateful there weren’t more casualties,” Queensland’s Acting Assistant Police Commissioner Alistair

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Dawson said. “We’re focused on preventing any more.”

About 1,000 people were living in evacuation centers across the state, and it may be a month before floodwaters dry up, Dawson said.

“It’s hard to make the call that the worst is behind us,” he said. “It’s a unique event — parts of the state are still in response mode while others are in recovery. I think we’re in the middle of the event.”

Off icials say half of Queensland’s 715,305 square miles has been affected by the flooding. Queensland Pre-

mier Anna Bligh warned that cleanup efforts were expected to cost billions of dollars.

“In many ways, it is a disaster of biblical proportions,” Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser told reporters in the flooded city of Bundaberg on Saturday.

The city of Rockhampton, near the coast, is the next community in the water’s path, and is bracing for flood levels to peak Wednesday.

Officials have been evacuating Rockhampton residents for days, and some were still being moved on Sunday.

CAMPION, COLO. — A rare miniature cow with markings similar to a panda bear was born on a farm in northern Colorado.

The so-called “panda cow” born in Larimer County is thought to be one of only about 24 in the world.

The Loveland Reporter-Herald reports the male calf named Ben was born Friday morning. His mother is a Lowline Angus cow.

Farmer Chris Jessen raises miniature cattle and also owns a miniature kangaroo on his hobby farm.

The miniature panda cow is the result of genetic manipulation. A white belt encircles the animal’s midsection, and the

cow has a white face with black ovals around the eyes, giving it a panda-like appearance.

The mini-cattle are bred solely as pets. Jessen says panda calves can sell for $30,000.

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Informed choice Tying discussions about end-of-life to a plot to form “death panels” is a disservice to both patients and physicians.

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e have no choice in how we come into this world, but many of us will have an opportunity to exercise some control over how we leave it.

We can and should give our families and caregivers some instructions about what kind of life-sustaining medical treatment we find acceptable. That should be our choice — an informed choice based on whatever counseling and input we seek from family, faith advisers and medical professionals.

Somehow, end-of-life care has become a political football in the United States. During contentious discussions about the federal health care overhaul, the mere act of offering people information about end-of-life choices has been demonized into a plot to implement “death panels” that make decisions about how and when people should die. The issue arose again last week when the Obama administration approved a new policy, which went into effect Saturday, allowing Medicare to pay doctors for informing patients about options for end-of-life care.

Again, doctors are offering “information.”

They are not making decisions. Doctors are giving people the information they need to make decisions about their own care rather than having those decisions made by someone else when they are no longer capable of making their wishes known.

This is not a “death panel” or the first step toward legalized euthanasia. It is an opportunity for individuals to guide the care they receive at the end of their lives. It is an opportunity for a patient to tell doctors and family members that he or she doesn’t want to be resuscitated and kept alive on a ventilator after all hope of recovery is past. If they don’t want to leave specific directions about what treatment they do and don’t want to receive, they can simply delegate those decisions to trusted friends or family members, with whom they have shared their wishes. There is no death panel, no doctor or government entity turning thumbs up or thumbs down on a patient.

People facing a terminal illness are allowed to make choices about their care or lack of care. Although it may be hard for family members to accept, patients are allowed to weigh the effects of aggressive medical treatment against the potential benefits of that treatment. Advanced medical directives simply extend a patient’s right to make those decisions to a time when they will be unable physically to express them.

To equate end-of-life counseling with death panels is a huge disservice to patients and their families. Being able to discuss and express end-of-life treatment choices actually puts control for those decisions firmly back with individuals who leave clear instructions for family members and medical professionals. It makes sure people receive the treatment they wanted, not the treatment someone else chooses.

Medicare recipients should be encouraged to talk about end-of-life care decisions with their families and their physicians, and it’s not unreasonable to reimburse doctors for the time they spend providing information to their patients concerning those choices. Discussions about end-of-life care are just as important as discussions about any other care decisions that patients must make. We shouldn’t be afraid to have that conversation.

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Baby boomers redefining retirement BOSTON — When I retired from my tenure as a columnist last year, my daughter relayed the news to my grandson, who promptly picked up the phone and, in his most serious 7-year-old voice, said: “Grandma, I hear you’re tired.”

Well, not exactly.

My daughter and I struggled to hide our amusement from a misunderstanding that was not entirely linguistic. After all, retirement was once a matter of ‘tirement. It was the formerly new idea that we didn’t have to work until we dropped in place.

But writing, after all, is not heavy lifting. I wasn’t leaving one career to swoon into the hammock. I was rather thinking about renewal — tweaking and trying new things with my mind and fingers.

Now my un-tirement seems to be something of a trend. I am part of the first huge generation to pass the demarcation line of senior citizenship with the statistical promise of good time ahead.

As 2011 opens, the first of the baby boomers will join us, turning 65 at the rate of 10,000 a day for the next 19 years. We are the leading edge of what is optimistically called the Longevity Revolution.

In little over a century, Americans have gone from a life expectancy of 47 to one of 78. By 2025 there will be 66 million Americans over 65. The decisions that we make individually and collectively about how to spend this gift of time will reshape the country.

Already there are two diverging narratives about older age that are competing to replace the “golden years” vision of retirement as perpetual R&R. The first appears in upbeat book titles and messages about the “third age,” the “next step” the “age of active wisdom.” It’s encoded as well in messages from retirement planners that

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Already there are two “diverging narratives

about older age that are competing to replace the ‘golden years’ vision of retirement as perpetual R&R.”

are less about financial freedom from work than about financial freedom to work — at something meaningful. As one Wells Fargo ad says, “There’s one thing Dave has always wanted to do after he’s retired: keep working.”

The idea of a post-retirement career — once an oxymoron — is now embodied in the phrase “encore career” that’s been popularized by Marc Freedman of Civic Ventures (whose board I just joined). The word “encore” both applauds and promotes people seeking purposeful work after they bow out of one stage of life.

These have become more common profiles. We can read about a “retired” tool-and-die shop owner leading a fight against coal companies or a corporate lawyer creating a nonprofit to help Afghan farmers plant 8 million trees. And last month, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof — who annually recruits a young companion for a grueling reporting trip to the truly hot spots of the world — consciously added a slot for someone over 60.

This narrative of older age rede-

fines senior citizenship as less a list of entitlements than a worksheet of contributions. And it fits a popular image of our generation.

The ’60s generation — the 1960s now in its 60s — has been the culture’s change agents. We pushed for civil rights, women’s rights, gay rights. We also, for better and for worse, have a long history of leading examined lives.

So, we may be primed to make a difference in our older age.

But there is the second competing narrative to my story of un-tirement. The Longevity Revolution also comes with a warning label. It’s in less upbeat book titles and articles about “The Shock of Gray.” It’s in endless reports about the gray tsunami overwhelming Social Security and Medicare. Elders are the problem not the problem solvers.

They are even, in former Sen. Alan Simpson’s charming phrase, the “greedy geezers.”

In this alternate story, the attitude of baby boomers themselves as they hit 65 is not renewal. It can be summed up by the word used to describe this cohort in a recent Pew study: “glum.” In this economic plot, the Wells Fargo ad about the joy of working after work meets a countermessage from Charles Schwab: “My wild retirement dream? Actually retiring.”

A cautionary tale shows elders hanging on, against the economic wind. After all, the much touted fix for Social Security suggests raising the age of full benefits to 69. But unemployment and age discrimination have already made a tough climate for those who need to work.

Recently, Slate magazine published its catalogue of the nation’s silver lions, “80 Over 80,” from financial wiz Warren Buffett to octo-hottie Clint Eastwood. But the culture is also harboring the image — self-image?

— of elders clogging the pipeline to tenure or the corner office.

These diverging narratives are not the only choices facing individuals as we age. But these two may frame the cultural expectations. In one version, older Americans are a crucial, valued population re-upping to use our experience and wisdom to again change society. In another, we are burdens whose knowledge and usefulness are past the sell-by date.

Which portrait ultimately hangs over us is not just a personal matter. If I may transfer a phrase from one social movement to another, the personal is political.

If our generation were the cultural change agents, we were never as radical as advertised. We were on both sides of the culture wars.

Add to that old divide, the cultural assumption that people grow more conservative as they age. Indeed the one age group that didn’t vote for the “hope and change” message of 2008 was those over 65. The elders who already had universal health care — Medicare — were the least eager to assure it for others. And in the recent election they formed a disproportionate number of tea party voters.

How will we shape the Longevity Revolution? I have the sense that if we don’t use this gift of time to open up new possibilities, we may go into a long anxious crouch. If we are not the change agents of aging, we’ll be the change resisters. Indeed, if we don’t feel needed and engaged as problem solvers, we may well be part of a growing mefirst senior politics.

This is a moment to redefine aging, how we see ourselves and our country. No, it’s not a time to be tired.

— Ellen Goodman, wrote this special column for Washington Post Writers Group.

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Trees speak for themselves “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.”

Why are those mundane words so poignant, so uplifting? It must be their hint of hope. Brooklyn is crowded, teeming with human beings. But as long as a single tree endures in such a place, all is not lost. Paradise can be regained. At any rate, the celebration of an individual tree indicates the general absence of foliage in Brooklyn.

Where I live, homage to a tree would be laughable, provoking a snort of annoyance. Not just one tree grows out here, but many trees, thorny hedge and locust trees without number. They proliferate with malevolent purpose.

Let them go and they take over.

Only bulldozers and poisons can keep them in check. An ornamental tree bought from a nursery, on the other hand, will perish at once unless you water it faithfully and pamper it with chemical potions to ward off diseases and pests.

I was in Brooklyn not long ago and couldn’t help smiling at a neighborhood project that was under way. All along the street, parents and children were on their knees, planting flowers in the small plots of earth surrounding newly planted trees. Working with trowels, they opened spaces for the delicate roots and patted the soil back into place, all with tender earnestness and reverence for

George Gurley Mother Nature. It wasn’t merely an effort at beautification, it was a moral and religious act, and I overheard bits of parental wisdom about the miracles of generation and growth. So precious is a tree or a pansy or anything with green leaves in urbanized Brooklyn.

I was vaguely aware that “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” was the title of a novel, but I had to consult Wikipedia to find out that it’s the story of a young Brooklyn woman coming of age in poverty, circa 1900. The eponymous tree is the hardy Tree of Heaven, native of China and Taiwan, which inspired the girl and her family to overcome adversity and survive.

How things change. Brooklyn has become gentrified, a place of million-dollar condos. And the Tree of Heaven is now considered an invasive pest, thriving on vacant lots in New York City. So, this meditation must be revised.

The same tree that once inspired

a poor, struggling girl has become an emblem for the ecological mischief caused by global trade, the conflict between man and nature and the downside of the miracle of growth. The Tree of Heaven needs to be renamed. Call it the Tree of Satan. It belongs with the Asian carp, the zebra mussel, kudzu, purple loosestrife, sericea lespedeza and other exotic nuisances.

Isn’t that the way it goes? You romanticize some plant or wild creature and nature gives you a nightmare, a Sorcerer’s Apprentice superfluity of them. According to a proverb, “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the second best time is today.” That proverb, the scourge of procrastinators, ought to be accompanied by a corollary: “Think twice before you plant a tree.”

I recently spotted a bumper sticker in Lawrence that said, “Speak for the Trees.” Pronounced like a true Druid. That kind of anthropomorphic vanity is where our problems with nature begin. What right or business do we have to speak for the trees? The Tree of Heaven, the hedge and the locust trees can speak for themselves.

— George Gurley, a resident of rural Baldwin City, writes a regular column for the Journal-World.

To the editor: As much as I believe that Kansas needs a full-time secretary of state, I think that Paul Davis has the wrong approach in proposed legislation to limit outside activity of the state’s constitutional officers.

Regardless of the merits of the legislation, the secretary of state is what is called a constitutional officer, whose qualif ications and tenure are determined by the state constitution. Any legislation could run into the separation of powers doctrine enunciated by Chief Justice John Marshall in Marbury v. Madison back in 1803. A law like this also precludes a campaign slogan such as “Kansas needs a full time (insert office here).”

While a constitutional amendment is a possibility, would it preclude an officer from lecturing at an institution of higher learning, writing books or hitting the lecture circuit in preparation for a national campaign?

Sometimes, what appears to be a crackerjack idea can use some serious reflection before going forward.

Earl L. Haehl, Lawrence

Holiday thanks To the editor: Thanks to all the people who made the Community Christmas Dinner possible and open to anyone. The volunteers who gave of their time were really appreciated.

Lawrence is a great place to live.

Mary Ann Canfield, Lawrence

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Great Bend 34/7 Dodge City 38/9

Garden City 36/6 Liberal 40/10

Chillicothe 34/16 Marshall 36/18

Kansas City 36/20 Lawrence Kansas City 36/17 36/14

Sedalia 37/20

Nevada 40/20

Chanute 38/17

Hutchinson 36/11 Wichita Pratt 36/16 38/15

Centerville 30/12

St. Joseph 36/14

Sabetha 31/11

Concordia 32/10 Hays 33/6

Clarinda 30/10

Lincoln 28/5

Grand Island 26/8

Springfield 40/18

Coffeyville Joplin 38/18 40/22

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Today Mon. Today Mon. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Atchison 37 15 s 38 12 s Independence 39 17 s 45 18 s Belton 36 17 s 39 20 s Fort Riley 36 11 s 37 10 s Burlington 34 15 s 41 15 s Olathe 36 18 s 39 19 s Coffeyville 38 18 s 46 19 s Osage Beach 43 20 s 45 23 s Concordia 32 10 s 28 11 s Osage City 36 14 s 37 14 s Dodge City 38 9 s 36 14 s Ottawa 36 17 s 41 16 s Holton 36 13 s 38 15 s Wichita 36 16 s 39 14 s Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

Seattle 37/21

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7:40 a.m.

5:10 p.m.

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San Francisco 51/42

Denver 38/8

Minneapolis 8/7 Chicago 25/17

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El Paso 46/22

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Temperature bands are highs for today.

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INTERNATIONAL CITIES Today Hi Lo W 84 74 pc 38 32 s 55 51 sh 58 39 s 90 75 s 33 18 pc 31 21 pc 38 22 s 86 72 sh 64 53 pc 26 14 pc 37 30 pc 36 22 sf 58 54 c 61 45 pc 59 24 s 36 23 s 48 36 pc 74 41 pc 36 16 sf 27 17 sn 71 37 s 23 13 s 34 28 pc 87 76 r 52 43 pc 29 15 s 88 76 t 27 16 sf 81 64 t 50 36 pc 30 19 pc 36 26 pc 32 22 sf 26 17 sf 8 -15 s

Hi 88 35 55 61 90 32 27 33 88 65 25 38 35 60 60 54 34 48 74 27 18 73 15 30 86 50 36 90 21 72 45 29 36 30 22 -2

Mon. Lo W 72 s 33 pc 48 c 44 pc 76 pc 22 pc 23 sf 20 pc 74 s 51 s 14 pc 33 s 28 s 55 pc 46 pc 22 s 30 s 34 pc 41 s 19 pc 11 c 38 s 7 pc 25 pc 77 c 39 s 12 pc 77 pc 9 sf 64 pc 38 pc 26 pc 28 pc 22 sf 16 sf -17 pc

Houston 61/38

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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

Atlanta 56/31

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Washington 50/28

Kansas City 36/17

Los Angeles 56/44

New York 47/32

Detroit 30/19

Miami 80/64

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-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s National Summary: A cold front with showers and thunderstorms will sweep away the recent building warmth along the Atlantic Seaboard today. Flurries will fly around the Great Lakes while a weak storm spreads some snow across Montana.

Rain and mountain snow will continue over California.

Today Mon. Today Mon. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Albuquerque 30 14 s 40 20 c Memphis 46 26 s 50 31 s Anchorage 37 29 sn 33 28 sn Miami 80 64 c 79 65 pc Atlanta 56 31 pc 53 32 s Milwaukee 24 16 pc 31 20 c Austin 56 28 s 61 36 pc Minneapolis 8 7 pc 18 -1 sf Baltimore 50 23 c 40 24 s Nashville 42 20 s 45 28 s Birmingham 52 25 pc 53 34 s New Orleans 56 37 pc 56 47 pc Boise 32 13 pc 26 16 s New York 47 32 c 35 28 s Boston 48 27 c 38 24 s Omaha 24 9 s 27 11 pc Buffalo 32 21 sf 32 22 c Orlando 78 58 c 73 54 pc Cheyenne 36 11 pc 31 12 pc Philadelphia 47 27 c 40 26 s Chicago 25 17 s 34 21 pc Phoenix 54 37 pc 59 41 c Cincinnati 34 19 s 39 24 s Pittsburgh 33 19 pc 33 20 s Cleveland 30 21 pc 33 24 pc Portland, ME 44 24 c 37 18 pc Dallas 52 32 s 57 36 s Portland, OR 40 22 pc 39 26 pc Denver 38 8 pc 36 9 pc Reno 36 21 c 34 9 pc Des Moines 28 13 s 30 12 pc Richmond 55 29 c 46 27 s Detroit 30 19 pc 35 23 c Sacramento 49 37 r 49 31 pc El Paso 46 22 s 55 27 pc St. Louis 36 23 s 44 27 s Fairbanks 11 0 pc 16 4 sf Salt Lake City 26 14 pc 31 14 pc Honolulu 81 69 sh 82 70 s San Diego 59 49 c 59 49 sh Houston 61 38 s 60 44 pc San Francisco 51 42 r 50 41 c Indianapolis 32 19 s 38 25 s Seattle 37 21 pc 37 24 pc Kansas City 36 17 s 39 19 s Spokane 16 -1 pc 13 3 s Las Vegas 49 33 c 47 31 sh Tucson 58 31 s 62 33 c Little Rock 45 24 s 50 28 s Tulsa 42 21 s 50 21 s Los Angeles 56 44 r 60 46 sh Wash., DC 50 28 c 42 28 s National extremes yesterday for the 48 contiguous states High: Crystal River, FL 81° Low: Jordan, MT -32°

WEATHER HISTORY The temperature at Haleakala’s summit dropped to a frigid 14 on Jan. 2, 1961.

Hawaii is known as a tropical paradise, but the high mountains can be surprisingly cold.

Q:

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February.

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Students booted from nursing school over pics OVERLAND PARK — Four students who posed for photos with a human placenta have been kicked out of a suburban Kansas City nursing program after at least one of the placenta pictures was posted on Facebook.

Now one of the students, Doyle Byrnes, is seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court in Kansas to force Johnson County Community College to reinstate her before classes resume Jan. 19.

The Kansas City Star reported that Byrnes and several other students were attending a lab course off-site at Olathe Medical Center in November when one of them asked a nursing instructor for permission to photograph the placenta so they could share the experience on Facebook.

The lawsuit against the college and several of its employees said that the nursing instructor responded, “Oh, you girls,” and did not tell them not to do it or that it could result in discipline.

Afterward, at least one of the students, Byrnes, posted a photo on the social networking site showing her smiling broadly, wearing a lab coat and surgical gloves and leaning over the placenta in a tray.

Firebird gymnasts Free State High School’s gymnastics team members pose for a photo after placing second in their Sept.

25 home meet.

The team also took second in state Nov. 6.

From left are Aly Frydman, Rosie Schaumburg, Brooke Leslie, Audrey Hughes, Lexi Gonzales, Kelcy Bowers and Abby McClean.

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

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

Video Daze: SK8/BMX videos from the past, 10 p.m., Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass.

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

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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.

Baby Grandmas Present: Sad Bastard Night, 10 p.m., Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass.

4 TUESDAY

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. Auditions for Sarah Ruhl’s dark comedy “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” for adults, 7 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. 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, 746 Mass., 9 p.m.-midnight 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.

5 WEDNESDAY Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Legislative Preview Breakfast, local legislators, including Rep. TerriLois Gregory and a representative of Brownback’s team, have been invited to listen to and respond to the legislative priorities of city, county, school district and KU leadership. 7:30 a.m. at Maceli’s, 1031 N.H. Register at lawrencechamber.com.

Douglas County legislative delegation’s pre-session hearings for the 2011 legislative session, area organizations have been invited by the delegation to present their legislative agenda/issues, 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Curriculum Conference Room of the Lawrence public schools building, 110 McDonald Drive.

Billy Spears and the Beer Bellies, 6 p.m., Johnny’s Tavern, 401 N. Second St. Dinner and a Movie at Pachamama’s, three-course

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.

7 FRIDAY

Smackdown!

Ease into the new year with Smackdown! trivia at the Bottleneck, 737 N.H. Grab some friends or go it alone in a cutthroat trivia contest that scours the deepest regions of pop culture. Host Andy Morton provides the categories, humor and mockery necessary to keep even the most jaded trivia junkie on his or her toes. Trivia starts at 8 p.m. and it’s $5 to register. dinner and “Rushmore,” 6 p.m., 800 N.H. Douglas County Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m., Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Mass.

Auditions for Sarah Ruhl’s dark comedy “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” for adults, 7 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. 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 free 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.

Watching Winter Eagles, a field trip to view bald eagles along the Kansas River and at Clinton Lake and Perry Lake.

Trip begins at the Prairie Park Nature Center, 2730 Harper St., and runs from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Program is open to individuals 18 years and older and costs $15. Registration, on a first-come, first-served basis, may be made online at www.lprd.org or at any Lawrence Parks and Recreation facility.

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.

Crumpletons, 7:30 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.

The Schwag, 10 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.

Spirit of The Stairs, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

The Velcro Lewis Group, Cryin’ Out Loud, matinee show, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

8 SATURDAY

Red Dog’s Dog Days winter workout, 7:30 a.m., meet in the parking lot in front of J&S Coffee on the southeast corner of Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive.

First-Time Homebuyer Workshop offered by Tenants to Homeowners Inc., 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., United Way building, 2518 Ridge Court.

Alice in Wonderland Tea Party, formal tea for children ages 5 to 12, 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Carnegie Building open house, a chance for the public to view the restored building prior to the relocation of the Convention and Visitors Bureau/Destination Management Inc. offices, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 200 W. Ninth St. Youth Ballet Company Auditions for “Alice in Wonderland,” open to ages 8-18, 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. Cooking class: The Fountain of Youth is in the Herbs. We can't live forever, but we can live longer and better with the correct use of certain herbs.

Ocoee Miller will teach you which herbs have the best record of slowing down age related deterioration, $12, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Community Mercantile, 901 Iowa.

Americana Music Academy Saturday Jam, 3 p.m., Americana Music Academy, 1419 Mass.

Gaza, Convert, Mansion, Walking Oceans, 7 p.m., Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass.

Fast Food Junkies, ToKen Grass, Hipbilly, 8 p.m., the Bottleneck, 737 N.H. Stimpac 5, 9:30 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.

Twin Killers, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

The Club with DJ ParLé, 10 p.m., Fatso’s, 1016 Mass.

Tommy Ferrari & the Future Motor Machines, 10 p.m., Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

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Wyatt crucial to KU More than eight months out from the first game of the 2011 college football season, Kansas University coach Turner Gill is staring down the first huge decision of his second season at KU. With rumors of widereceivers coach Darrell Wyatt heading to Texas picking up steam, it’s time for Gill to make sure Wyatt stays in Lawrence.

Whether that means Wyatt gets more money or an increased role within the offense, hand it over. As a coach and recruiter, Wyatt is crucial to what Gill wants to get done.

There are plenty of reasons for Wyatt to stay, and most are the same ones that brought him back to Lawrence a year ago. He and his family appreciate Lawrence’s college-town charm.

Beyond that, Wyatt believes in Gill, and KU’s first-class football facilities have made recruiting to Lawrence a lot easier than it was when he was on Terry Allen’s staff in the late 1990s.

If Wyatt stays, it likely means he’s in for the long haul. You don’t turn down Texas one year to take a lesser job the next.

If he goes, no one can blame him. Leaving Kansas to coach at Texas under Mack Brown is akin to an assistant men’s basketball coach at Nebraska bolting the Cornhusker State for a spot on Bill Self’s staff at KU. When opportunities like that come along, most people don’t think, they just go.

All signs point to Wyatt being the top target for UT’s vacant receivers-coach job, but sources on both sides of the fence have told the Journal-World this is far from a done deal. If Gill acts fast and with a purpose, KU could hang on to one of its top recruiters.

Wyatt having his eyes upon Texas is about more than money. This year, Wyatt, 44, was paid $249,999.96 to help install a new culture at Kansas. The wins were tough to come by, but Wyatt has landed some solid recruits. He talked Mesquite, Texas, receiver JaCorey Shepherd into picking KU over Iowa and enticed cornerback Kenneth Lynn to dump Iowa State. Surely, there’s more where that came from. But, if Wyatt leaves, will those guys go with him?

Wyatt is no different than most assistant coaches in the college game. He wants to be a head coach. He came to Kansas from Southern Miss, where he was the offensive coordinator and second-in-command on a team that set 36 school records.

The reason? It’s easier to get a head-coaching job as an assistant at a BCS school than it is to make the leap from Southern Miss. Doesn’t the same idea ring true with the gap between Kansas and Texas?

Getting Wyatt to stay would go a long way in solidifying this staff and KU football. And it could help tremendously in the near future should Gill find himself in another battle for one of his assistants with a different BCS blueblood.

If things at Michigan go the way it looks like they might, and the Wolverines send Rich Rodriguez packing, the new coach at Michigan, whoever he is, could come after KU assistant Reggie Mitchell, a master recruiter who hails from Flint, Mich. That, too, would be a big blow to Gill’s vision.

Since arriving in Lawrence, Gill has talked a lot about creating a program never before seen at KU. If he’s serious, he has to find a way to keep Wyatt.

He must take the decision out of Wyatt’s hands by increasing his responsibility and pay.

The clock’s ticking.

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ALDINE HIGH (HOUSTON) DEFENSIVE END JULIUS GREEN (90) WALKS off the field during his senior season. Green, a Kansas University commitment, plans to participate in spring practices with the Jayhawks.

Commit Green uses time off as motivation to get ahead

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

For the first time since he was 7 years old, Julius Green spent the fall doing something other than playing defensive end on a football field.

Green, a Kansas University commitment who graduated from Aldine High outside of Houston last May, had to sit out the 2010 season because of a snafu with one of his high school classes that left him ineligible. Instead of joining the Jayhawks, Green enrolled at Houston

Community College, where he took the class he needed and waited.

With just one class on his plate and a world of motivation in his pocket, Green turned into a fulltime workout machine during the past six months. He added nearly 30 pounds to his 6-foot-7 frame and spent every day looking forward to his next tackle.

“It was really hard,” Green said of life away from football. “Working by yourself, you don’t get the full experience like you do when you’re working with a team. It’s easy to lose focus when you’re by

yourself. It’s a lot about mental strength and having the will to keep going.”

Having the game he loves taken away from him gave Green new perspective and inspired him to treat his daily workouts like a job.

Because he was able to stick to them — and improve in the process — Green said he feels he’s ahead of the game. Green plans to arrive at KU as a mid-year transfer this month. He expects to participate in spring practices and will have four years of eligibility remaining.

“I talked to a lot of my friends, and they all said, ‘College is fun, man. Your freshman year’s the best,’” Green said. “But then when I went up there to Kansas on my second visit just a couple of weeks ago, some players who I met on the last visit were no longer with the team or had dropped out of college because they weren’t doing well in their classes. That made me realize that your first year might be your funnest year, but my freshman year in high school was my Please see KU, page 3B

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Marcus Morris learning through ‘bumpy’ time MIAMI (OHIO) AT KANSAS When: 5 p.m., today Where: Allen Fieldhouse TV: ESPNU (cable channels 35, 235) Replay: 10:30 p.m. on Sunflower Ch. 6 Records: KU 12-0; Miami (Ohio) 5-8

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

Kansas University’s leading scorer sat on the bench, waiting patiently for his name to be called in Wednesday’s nonconference basketball game against Texas Arlington.

Finally, with 11:53 left in the first half, Marcus Morris became the 10th KU player to take the court.

“That was a first. Since my

freshman year, I’ve been in before then,” said Morris, who has faced discipline — coach Bill Self-style — since getting kicked out of the Cal game on Dec. 22.

“But I’m happy to even get in that game, because the thing I did (elbowing Cal’s Harper Kamp) was low-class of me and not really showing good sportsmanship in a Kansas uniform. I probably didn’t even deserve to play, but I’m happy I got in.”

Source: K.C. losing Weis to Florida GAINESVILLE, FLA. (AP) — Former Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis is leaving the NFL to become Florida’s offensive coordinator.

According to a person familiar with the decision, a formal announcement will come Monday. The person spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the decision had not been made public.

The Sporting News f irst reported Weis accepted the job Saturday.

Weis, hired at Notre Dame five years ago when Urban Meyer turned the Irish down to come to Gainesville, is currently the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs. Kansas City leads the NFL in rushing and ranks ninth in total offense.

It’s not yet known whether the 6-foot-9, 235-pound junior forward will reclaim his starting spot for today’s 5 p.m. home game against Miami (Ohio) University.

What is known is Morris has accepted the punishment thrown his way.

“Of course. I’m the leader of his team,” Morris said, asked if he’s had one-on-one discussions with Self concerning his ejection. “If one of his guys does

something like that, then that’s just a reflection of him. Of course he was upset. Of course he told me I couldn’t do that. And I respect that. I never said anything back. I took my punishment, and I just went on with it.”

Morris was playful during a New Year’s Eve exchange with a reporter, who first asked if there had been sanctions dished out in practice.

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NEW YEAR’S DAY DRIBBLING

The Chiefs are headed to the playoffs, and Weis will remain with them throughout the postseason. Weis won’t go on the road recruiting at least for a week, but he will be able to call recruits.

Weis won three Super Bowl rings in New England and then spent five years at Notre Dame.

He started fast with the Irish, winning 19 games in his first two seasons, but he was fired after the 2009 season with a a 35-27 record in South Bend, Ind. His strengths have been calling plays and recruiting, two things he’ll be asked to do with Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo the Gators.

He replaces Steve Addazio, KANSAS POINT GUARD ANGEL GOODRICH, CENTER, SHOWS THE ART OF DRIBBLING to who was under fire most of this Maria Matamoros, 8, of Lawrence. About 300 youngsters and parents attended the KU women’s basketball team’s Holiday Hoops Clinic on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse. season.

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Chiefs gunning for No. 3 seed against Raiders

By Doug Tucker Associated Press Sports Writer

KANSAS CITY, MO. — Meaningless games are nothing new to Kansas City. The Chiefs have been playing them for years.

Now comes a meaningless game that just below the surface is actually packed with nuanced significance. Win or lose, it could have a bearing on how long the Chiefs

last in their first foray into the postseason since 2006.

It’s true their regular-season finale against Oakland today has nothing to do with whether they make the playoffs. After clinching their first AFC West title since 2003, the Chiefs are in, guaranteed to host a postseason game for the first time since that season.

But beating the archrivals from Oakland would give KC the No. 3

seed while losing could make it seed No. 4. That would send the Chiefs to No. 1 seed New England for the second round if they’re able to get that far — something they would prefer to put off as long as possible.

Besides, there’s such a thing as momentum, something players and coaches hold precious any time, but particularly when a young and inexperienced team is headed into the postseason. A vic-

tory would give them a three-game winning streak.

“This game is definitely not meaningless to the Chiefs players,” linebacker Derrick Johnson said. “It’s a game that you need to win to have a good taste in your mouth going into the postseason. We’ve accomplished a lot and you don’t want to let yourself down, let the team down, let the fans down by going out there and not doing well. We need to do well.”

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Rodriguez embarrasses Michigan

Pitt fires coach after domestic-violence arrest

By Drew Sharp Detroit Free Press

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — The sentiment grew in resonance from the few remaining Michigan fans seated near the team as the clock mercifully counted down the closing moments of Michigan’s worst beating ever in a bowl.

“Har-baugh! Har-baugh!” they chanted on Saturday afternoon.

It caught the attention of some players on the bench, another demoralizing reminder of the sheer futility of their mission over the last five weeks. They were asked to save something that most already believed was beyond retrievable. They were expected to pretend the turmoil enveloping the man who coached them, recruited them and, in some aspects perhaps, parented them didn’t exist.

Why should anybody be surprised at the 52-14 bruising No. 21 Mississippi State administered on a dispirited Michigan team on Saturday in the Gator Bowl?

They were set up to fail when athletic director Dave Brandon steadfastly delayed rendering a final verdict on Rich Rodriguez’s future, creating an internal lack of stability that couldn’t help but negatively impact 20-year-olds whose degree of concentration gets challenged even within the most secure environment.

Rodriguez will take the hit for this disaster. He should. There’s no way he should keep his job.

Despite the near impossibility of the task, his primary charge as coach remained getting his team as prepared for game day as possible — and Rodriguez failed miserably. An equally physical and athletic Mississippi State defense exposed his grand offensive scheme for the snake oil that it is.

Nobody could use the excuse that Denard Robinson was banged up. He was healthy. Rested. The Bulldogs rendered him mortal.

Is there really any need for further evaluation?

Rodriguez put forth a sturdy, stoic front when assessing his situation afterward. He adamantly insisted that the program gradually had improved, but the words didn’t match the facial expressions. He looked like a condemned man waiting for a reprieve but nobody could find the governor.

“You’re asking the wrong person,” he said when asked about any established timetable for when he would meet with Brandon for that end-of-season review.

Does he think he will be back? “You’re asking the wrong person,” he reiterated.

But he added: “I do.”

The most important person in Michigan football right now was conspicuously distanced from the proceedings. Brandon didn’t watch the game from the athletic director’s suite, instead giving his tickets to Rita Rodriguez, the coach’s wife. He apparently holed himself up in a catered bunker somewhere within EverBank Field, no doubt to insulate himself from probing questions about where the schedule stands for his final verdict now that the season officially is over, which was his long-standing mantra.

U-M officials said before the game that Brandon would say nothing definitive until he was ready and they did not know when that would be.

Rodriguez will take the fall, but he’s not alone. The blood of this program’s worst bowl day is on Brandon’s hands as well.

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh fired football coach Mike Haywood on Saturday, saying he could not continue in the job he held for only 21⁄2 weeks because of his arrest on a domestic-violence charge.

Haywood was released Saturday from St. Joseph County Jail in Indiana on $1,000 cash bond, said an officer at the jail who declined to give her name, after the charge was upgraded from a misdemeanor to felony domestic battery in the presence of a minor.

Within hours of Haywood’s afternoon release, Pittsburgh put out a statement from Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg, saying Haywood had been dismissed, “effective immediately,” and Haywood the school was reopening its search.

“To be clear, the university’s decision is not tied to any expectation with respect to the terms on which the legal proceeding now pending in Indiana might ultimately be concluded,” Nordenberg said in the statement.

“Instead, it reflects a strong belief that moving forward with Mr. Haywood as our head coach is not possible under the existing circumstances.”

Pitt moved swiftly to oust Haywood following an arrest that sullied a university that is proud of its Big Ten-like academics. It also raised questions why Haywood — who had only two seasons as a mid-major head coach, including a one-win season — was chosen Dec. 16 following a brief search.

Haywood’s hiring by athletic director Steve Pederson was greeted unenthusiastically by fans, boosters, alumni and students who questioned why a school with annual Top 25 aspirations hired him away from mid-major Miami (Ohio). Dave Wannstedt, forced to resign last month following a disappointing 7-5 season, had coached two NFL teams before his 2004 hiring.

According to Nordenberg’s statement, Pitt will reopen its search during the same week the Panthers (7-5) — the Big East preseason favorites — are preparing to play Kentucky (66) in the Compass Bowl on Jan. 8.

Haywood was arrested about 3 p.m. Friday after a custody issue developed with a woman with whom Haywood has a child, police said. The unidentified woman told police that Haywood grabbed her by the arm and neck and pushed her as she tried to leave the home that Haywood owns in South Bend, Ind., where he once was a Notre Dame assistant.

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Gary Bedore’s Kansas basketball notebook Miami’s tough schedule Miami University’s basketball team, which has already played the Nos. 1- and 2-ranked teams in the country, today takes on No. 3-rated Kansas University in a 5 p.m. tipoff in Allen Fieldhouse..

Coach Charlie Coles’ RedHawks (5-8) have lost at Duke (79-45, Nov. 16) and at Ohio State (66-45, Nov. 26).

“To me, Duke and Ohio State’s scores and everything ... they have played far superior to this point than anybody else,” KU coach Bill Self said.

Miami also lost to No. 7rated San Diego State, 77-56, on Nov. 22 on Miami’s campus in Oxford, Ohio. Miami has also lost to Wisconsin-Green Bay, Dayton, Wright State, Cincinnati and Belmont and defeated Towson, IUPUI, Xavier, Saginaw Valley State and Troy.

“The one thing about Miami ... they really control the tempo.

They are giving up 68 points a game (while averaging 61),” Self said.

“When we played them a couple years ago, we were the first team to score 70 points on them in 80 games or something,” he added of KU’s 78-54 victory on Dec. 22, 2007, in Lawrence. “Charlie does a great job of controlling tempo, which is good for us to play against. We have to learn to grind it out in some games.”

Mid-American Conference member Miami, which has lost three straight, is led by junior forward Julian Mavunga (13.2 ppg, 7.0 rpg). Senior forward Nick Winbush averages 11.6 points and 5.8 boards, with guard/forward Antonio Ballard right behind at 11.5 ppg and 5.8 rpg.

“Sure, we’d like to be able to try to speed them up and play to our depth,” Self said, “but it’s much easier to slow a team down than speed a team up.

Miami (Ohio) at Kansas Probable Starters

MIAMI (OHIO) UNIV. (5-8) F — Julian Mavunga (6-8) F — Nick Winbush (6-7) G — Quentin Rollins (6-0) G — Orlando Williams (6-4) G —Antonio Ballard (6-4)

KANSAS (12-0) F — Marcus Morris (6-9) F — Markieff Morris (610) G — Josh Selby (6-2) G — Tyshawn Taylor (6-3) G — Tyrel Reed (6-3)

Tipoff: 5 p.m. today, Allen Fieldhouse. TV: ESPNU, channels 35, 235. Replay: 10:30 p.m., cable channel 6.

Rosters MIAMI 1 — Josh Sewell, 6-5, 207, Fr., G/F, Louisville.

2 — Quinten Rollins, 6-0, 176, Fr., G, Wilmington, Ohio.

3 — Allen Roberts, 6-3, 211, Soph., G, Middletown, Ohio.

4 — Julian Mavunga, 6-8, 232, Jr., F, Indianapolis.

11 — Sean Mock, 6-6, 202, Sr., F, Oxford, Ohio.

12 — Bill Edwards, 6-6, 245, Soph., F, Middletown, Ohio.

15 — Orlando Williams, 6-4, 170, Soph., G, Cincinnati.

20 — Nick WInbush, 6-7, 224, Sr., F, Shaker Heights, Ohio.

24 — Chris McHenry, 5-11, 185, Jr., G, Milwaukee.

25 — Jon Harris, 6-8, 186, Fr., F, Twinsburg, Ohio.

35 — Antonio Ballard, 6-4, 208, Sr., G, Jeffersonville, Ind. 40 — Adam Thomas, 6-7, 227, Jr., F, Springboro, Ohio.

50 — Drew McGhee, 6-11, 241, Fr., C, North Ridgeview, Ohio.

55 — Vince Legarza, 6-9, 245, Soph., C, San Francisco.

Head coach: Charlie Coles.

Assistants: Jermaine Henderson, Jason Grunkemeyer, Jimmy Lallathin.

Tyshawn (Taylor) is back now (after getting stranded in New Jersey on holiday break) and with Josh (Selby) ... of course

KANSAS 0 — Thomas Robinson, 6-9, 237, Soph., F, Washington, D.C. 2 — Conner Teahan, 6-5, 212, Sr., G, Leawood.

4 — Justin Wesley, 6-8, 200, Soph., F, Fort Worth, Texas.

5 — Jeff Withey, 7-0, 235, Soph., C, San Diego.

10 — Tyshawn Taylor, 6-3, 185, Jr., G, Hoboken, N.J. 11 — Royce Woolridge, 6-3, 182, Fr., G, Phoenix.

12 — Brady Morningstar, 6-4, 185, Sr., G, Lawrence.

14 — Tyrel Reed, 6-4, 193, Sr., G, Burlington.

15 — Elijah Johnson, 6-4, 195, Soph., G. Las Vegas.

20 — Niko Roberts, 5-11, 175, Fr., G, Huntington, N.Y. 21 — Markieff Morris, 6-10, 245, Jr., C, Philadelphia.

22 — Marcus Morris, 6-9, 235, Jr., F, Philadelphia.

23 — Mario Little, 6-6, 218, Sr., G, Chicago.

24 — Travis Releford, 6-5, 207, Soph., G, Kansas City, Mo. 32 — Josh Selby, 6-2, 183, Fr., G, Baltimore.

40 — Jordan Juenemann, 6-3, 195, Jr., G, Hays.

Head coach: Bill Self.

Assistants: Joe Dooley, Kurtis Townsend, Danny Manning.

we don’t have our full complement of players with ‘Rio Mario Little, suspended), but (M hopefully we can play to our

depth and maybe play guys shorter periods of time as opposed to having one guy play 32 or 34 minutes.”

Miami coach on KU “You know what, since Duke has lost Kyrie Irving, some people are thinking Kansas is the best team in the country right now. I don’t know if they are or not,” Coles told the Dayton Daily News.

“They’re talented and wellcoached, the same as with Duke, playing in a legendary fieldhouse. It never hurts you to go into those places, even though our record isn’t glowing. I think we’re a little bit better than we were at Duke. We know more what to expect.”

The colorful Coles had a funny quote printed in the Dayton Daily News after Thursday’s 83-72 loss to Belmont in Nashville.

“I’m kind of anxious to get there,” Coles said of KU. “They can’t do to us what ain’t been done to us, right? We’re kind of whipping boys across the country. We’ll go high and low to get a spanking.”

The series KU is 1-0 all-time against Miami and 9-1 versus the 12 MAC schools.

Robinson’s role KU forward Thomas Robinson, who started last game, might not start today. Self said his lineup is a game-day decision.

“I think for this team it would be best for me to come off the bench,” Robinson said.

“I am happy with whatever. At the same time, I think my role would play a better part if I am sixth man.”

Why? “Actually coach mentioned it to me and it’s something I agree with. Whatever happens, happens.”

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“No, there was no punishment at practice. None at all,” Morris said, laughing.

“So are your legs OK, then?” he was asked.

“No comment. No comment,” Morris said.

“You and the treadmill got together, didn’t you?”

“No, I got really acquainted with the lines on the court (during sprints up and back).”

“Was that you running by yourself?”

“No, it was everybody.”

“Was it (running) because of you?”

“No, just a team thing,” he responded.

Self has expressed disappointment in the Jayhawks’ defensive play of late in addition to Morris’ ejection from the Cal game.

“The thing about it,” Self said, “is I have a short memory. He (Morris) knows he shouldn’t start (last game). It’s a big deal to him, and so that’s over. Whether or not he starts again — when he starts again — he will if he plays the best.

“I’m fine with all our guys.

I’m not so fine with them (that) they cannot give great effort and be rewarded by

starting. I think we’ve got some guys that can play with a little higher energy.”

Morris — he averages 15.3 points and 6.1 boards a game — scored 13 points and grabbed six boards in 20 minutes versus UT Arlington.

Prior to that, he had eight points in 12 minutes versus Cal, 11 points in 25 minutes versus USC and eight points in 18 minutes against Colorado State, a game in which he sprained his ankle in the first half.

“You have your peaks and valleys in basketball through the course of a season — hopefully not big valleys,” Self said. “Everybody goes through stuff. He is not performing at a level he was the first three or four games (in scoring 18, 22, 20, 12, 26), but I’m not sure anybody could have sustained that over the course of a season.”

Morris — who has been playing both inside and out — hit two of five three-pointers and two of two twos on Wednesday.

“Teams are sagging a whole lot. I expected that,” Morris said. “I really haven’t seen too many double-teams, but I expect teams to sag because

they’d rather other people kill them than their best players.

Because if your best players go, that means everybody else goes.

“I expected things that are happening, but I probably could get a few more touches down there, play inside-out a little bit more. I think we’re going to get back to that anyway. I think that we’re going to be good.”

KU hit eight of 24 threepointers versus UT Arlington after making seven of 19 versus Cal, seven of 18 versus USC and eight of 23 versus Colorado State.

“No, because we have good shooters,” Morris said, asked if the Jayhawks were shooting too many threes. KU has made 84 of 214 treys for 39.3 percent, compared to opponents’ 60 of 227 for 26.4 percent.

“If you hesitate now, you hesitate later. I tell the shooters, Josh (Selby), Tyrel (Reed) and Brady (Morningstar), ‘Keep shooting. If you stop shooting, that’s what’s really going to hurt us more than not shooting.’ If they continue to shoot, one of them is going to go down because Tyrel is a great shooter (20-of-61 from

three, 32.8 percent). Josh (8of-17, 47.1 percent) is going to be a great shooter. And Brady, (7-for-21, 33.3) as we’ve seen in the past, is a great shooter. We need those guys to get on a roll, because if they shoot well, it opens it up for us, too.”

Morris has made 60.2 percent of his shots overall — 13 of 29 threes for 44.8 percent.

“I could be going through a bit of a bumpy road, but every player is never perfect,” Morris said. “You get your little bumpy times, but I’ll tell you this: I’m happy it’s happening now instead of later into the season.

I think I’m learning more and seeing where I can really fit in and get my points and help the team. I’m happy I’m going through that now, so later in the season I don’t have to.”

His recent stay in the coach’s doghouse has given him time to reflect.

“Last year, I was going through a little valley (heading) into the conference (season),” Morris said. “I’m not going to jinx myself or anything like that, but it happens.

Hopefully I’ll break out of it soon.”

— Assistant sports editor Gary Bedore can be reached at 832-7186.

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funnest too, and look where it got me. So I’m gonna make sure I do everything right.”

Green is far from a finished product on the field, but he has the tools to be a beast at the Div. I level. As his high school coach, Lionell Crawford, once said about him: “You can’t teach 6-foot-7.”

Beyond that, Green is a true student of his position. He first started watching college and professional football on television during middle school and estimates that he learned something from every game he watched. His favorite player is Chicago Bears defensive end Julius Peppers, but he also takes pointers from countless others.

“I like DeMarcus Ware. I like Mario Williams. I watch D-ends in every game,” he said. “I might not know all of their names, but they all have something to teach.”

As luck would have it, KU offers Green a link to his favorite player. KU’s strength and conditioning coach, John Williams, and defensive coordinator, Carl Torbush, both coached Peppers at the University of North Carolina.

“Stuff like that really caught me and was one of the main reasons I wanted to go to Kansas,” Green said. “A scholarship is enough of a reason, but that gives me more of a reason, to go play for a coach who has coached people who are doing great right now.”

In order to emulate his idols, Green knows he has work to do. And it starts with speed.

“The main thing I think I could improve is my acceleration in the open field,” Green said. “I’ve always been able to get off the line pretty quick.

I’ve always been good with my hands and hand placement. I’m good with technique. I’m just trying to get faster.”

In addition to defensive end — a position of great need for the Jayhawks — Green hopes to play tight end, as well.

“That’s why I’m trying to get my speed up,” he said.

“I’ve played quarterback, I’ve played defensive end, and I’ve played tight end. Obviously, they’re not gonna have me play quarterback, but they said they might try me at tight end.”

Green knows he was recruited to be an impact pass rusher, and he’s not going to let his dreams of playing tight end get in the way of his development there. But the Houston native is a football player through and through, and he wants to play every snap he can. He’s even planning to pick his KU number based on keeping the tight-end avenue alive.

“If I go both ways and never come off the f ield, that’s how it’s always been for me,” said Green, who wore No. 90 in high school. “I was

hoping for a number that goes both ways, something I could wear as a defensive end and a tight end. Maybe No. 31 or 32. I like both of those, and I’m hoping one might be open.”

Junior fullback Steven Foster wore 31 during 2010 but has left the team. Red-shirt freshman safety Dexter wore No. 32.

Regardless of how things play out at tight end, Green comes to Kansas with bigtime expectations and a starting spot in mind.

“I’ll be there during spring ball, and I’m going to stay up there during the summer to make sure I’m ready for the season,” he said. “I plan on doing everything I have to do to start.”

Said Crawford of Green’s potential during the recruiting process: “He’s a find for someone. He has the frame and a big motor. He’s so physical, we have to tone him down some at practice.”

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PASADENA , C ALIF . (AP) — When Tank Carder leaped with perfect timing and swatted Wisconsin’s final pass to the turf, the TCU linebacker felt as if he got a boost from every player at every school that never even imagined playing in the Rose Bowl.

Sure, these unbeaten Horned Frogs realized they couldn’t win the national title.

They still celebrated their perfection on the hallowed Pasadena turf in the name of all the little guys outside the monolithic powers of major college football.

Andy Dalton threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score, Carder batted down a twopoint conversion pass attempt with two minutes to play, and third-ranked TCU hung on to beat No. 4 Wisconsin, 21-19, on Saturday.

Bart Johnson caught an early TD pass and recovered a late onside kick for the Mountain West champion Horned Frogs (13-0), who followed up their second straight unbeaten regular season with their first BCS victory.

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SUMMARY

Wisconsin 10 3 0 6 — 19 TCU 14 0 7 0 — 21 First Quarter Wis—FG Welch 30, 10:39.

TCU—B.Johnson 23 pass from Dalton (Evans kick), 6:15.

Wis—Clay 1 run (Welch kick), 3:14.

TCU—Dalton 4 run (Evans kick), :36.

Second Quarter Wis—FG Welch 37, :00.

Third Quarter TCU—Shivers 1 run (Evans kick), 11:56.

Fourth Quarter Wis—Ball 4 run (pass failed), 2:00.

A—94,118.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Wisconsin, Ball 22-132, Clay 11-76, White 8-23, Nortman 1-11, Tolzien 4-(minus 16).

TCU, Dalton 9-28, James 4-24, Tucker 4-15, Wesley 4-13, Kerley 2-5, Shivers 1-1, Team 2(minus 4).

PASSING—Wisconsin, Tolzien 12-21-0-159.

TCU, Dalton 15-23-0-219.

RECEIVING—Wisconsin, Kendricks 4-36, Toon 346, Gilreath 2-23, Ewing 1-28, Abbrederis 1-16, Anderson 1-10. TCU, Kerley 6-58, Young 5-57, Boyce 1-44, Wesley 1-33, B.Johnson 1-23, Hicks 1-4.

a non-automatic qualifying conference to play in the Rose Bowl since the advent of the BCS, and the Frogs were right at home.

“All the critics don’t feel like the non-AQ teams should have a shot,” said Carder, the defensive MVP. “But I feel that TCU has proven that we can play with the best of them.

Definitely taking this win back to Fort Worth ... I feel like

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we came in here and made a statement today.”

Either Auburn or Oregon will win the national title after they meet in the BCS championship game in nine days.

These ferocious Frogs still proved they can play with anybody on college football’s biggest stages.

“The way the system is, it didn’t give us the opportunity to play in the (title) game, but we did everything we were capable of doing,” said Dalton, who passed for 219 yards. “All we could do is control what we could control. I guess it’s just the way the system is, but in my time here at TCU, we never thought we would have a chance to play in the Rose Bowl, and we got that opportunity today, and got a big win.”

TCU lost last year’s Fiesta Bowl to Boise State by a touchdown, but that’s still the only loss of the past two seasons for the improbable power built deep in the heart of football-crazy Texas by Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo coach Gary Patterson.

The non-AQ schools TCU CORNERBACK TRAVARAS BATTLE (18) and wide receiver improved to 5-2 in BCS bowls Antoine Hicks celebrate a play against Wisconsin. TCU won, with the Frogs’ triumph.

21-19, in Saturday’s Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

TICKET CITY BOWL

OUTBACK BOWL

’Bama Red Raiders escape, 45-38 Meyer crushes leaves MSU winner

ORLANDO , F LA . (AP) — The team picked to repeat as national champions gave a glimpse of everything it could’ve been and more.

Too bad for Alabama it came too late.

Mark Ingram ran for two scores to break the school record for career touchdowns, and 15th-ranked Crimson Tide rolled past No. 7 Michigan State, 49-7, on Saturday in the most lopsided Capital One Bowl in the game’s history.

“We just showed what we’re capable of doing when we play our best football,” Ingram said. “It just shows how fragile a season is.”

The 2009 Heisman Trophy winner had 59 yards rushing on 12 carries and a 30-yard reception against the team he rooted for as a kid, Greg McElroy threw for 220 yards and one touchdown and the game got so out of hand that the Crimson Tide (10-3) pulled most of their starters early in the third quarter.

SUMMARY Alabama 7 21 14 7 — 49 Michigan St. 0 0 0 7— 7 First Quarter Ala—Ingram 1 run (Shelley kick), 8:20.

Second Quarter Ala—Richardson 8 run (Shelley kick), 14:33.

Ala—Ingram 6 run (Shelley kick), 6:46.

Ala—J.Jones 35 run (Shelley kick), 3:50.

Third Quarter Ala—Maze 37 pass from McElroy (Shelley kick), 12:00.

Ala—Lacy 12 run (Shelley kick), 1:09.

Fourth Quarter Ala—Lacy 62 run (Shelley kick), 8:58.

MSU—Fowler 49 pass from Ke.Nichol (Conroy kick), 5:45.

A—61,519.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Alabama, Lacy 5-86, Ingram 12-59, Richardson 10-42, J.Jones 2-36, Goode 10-36, Hanks 1-6, McCarron 1-4, McElroy 1-4, Fowler 1-3, Team 1-(minus 1). Michigan St., Baker 12-14, Bell 4-13, Caper 1-1, K.Martin 4-0, Maxwell 1-(minus 8), Team 1-(minus 12), Cousins 5-(minus 56).

PASSING—Alabama, McElroy 13-17-0-220, McCarron 6-6-0-51. Michigan St., Cousins 10-181-120, Maxwell 2-6-0-43, Ke.Nichol 2-5-0-56.

RECEIVING—Alabama, Maze 4-77, Dial 4-55, J.Jones 3-49, Smelley 2-20, Ingram 1-30, Goode 117, Richardson 1-12, Alexander 1-7, M.Williams 13, Underwood 1-1. Michigan St., K.Martin 3-41, Ke.Nichol 3-22, Fowler 2-56, Gantt 2-40, Dell 2-27, Linthicum 1-28, Caper 1-5.

D A L L A S ( A P ) — Tommy Tuberville knew better. The last two onside kicks he called this season were returned for touchdowns. The most recent came in this very stadium.

The thing is, he just couldn’t help himself.

Leading Northwestern by three touchdowns late in the third quarter, the Texas Tech coach tried it again — and it backfired again, setting up an exciting finish in the inaugural TicketCity Bowl.

The Wildcats rallied to get within a touchdown twice in the fourth quarter and were driving for a tie or win when the Red Raiders intercepted a heave on the final play, preserving a 45-38 victory and allowing Tuberville to joke about his risky move.

“We wanted to make our guys work a little harder,” Tuberville said. “I’d blame it on somebody else, but I called it.”

Taylor Potts threw for 369 yards and four touchdowns

and scored another on a trick play, and Eric Stephens ran 86 yards for a TD to help Tech close its first post-Mike Leach season at a solid 8-5.

The Red Raiders got off to a herky-jerky start under Tuberville, going 2-2, 3-3 and 4-4. But they won three of their last four. Tuberville also became just the fourth coach to win a bowl game at three schools, having also done it at Auburn and Ole Miss.

“It goes to the players, especially the seniors,” he said.

“There were times when they’d have liked to do something different, but they bought into it.”

Northwestern (7-6) lost its eighth straight bowl game, extending a drought that dates to 1949. Coming close after being down by 22 points wasn’t much solace because the Wildcats were close the last two postseasons, dropping both in overtime.

Potts was 43-of-56 for 369 yards.

SUMMARY

Northwestern 0 6 18 14 — 38 Texas Tech 10 14 14 7 — 45 First Quarter TT—FG M.Williams 24, 5:18.

TT—Zouzalik 13 pass from Potts (M.Williams kick), :39.

Second Quarter NU—Colter 1 run (run failed), 6:47.

TT—Potts 13 run (M.Williams kick), 4:15.

TT—Leong 6 pass from Potts (M.Williams kick), :11.

Third Quarter NU—FG Demos 18, 11:25.

TT—Stephens 86 run (M.Williams kick), 11:05.

NU—Colter 1 run (Rooks pass from Colter), 6:12.

TT—Swindall 6 pass from Potts (M.Williams kick), 2:29.

NU—Watkins 4 run (Demos kick), 1:52.

Fourth Quarter NU—D.Fields 18 pass from Watkins (Demos kick), 10:33.

TT—Leong 11 pass from Potts (M.Williams kick), 7:13.

NU—Mabin 39 interception return (Demos kick), 5:37.

A—40,121.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Northwestern, Colter 18-105, A.Smith 11-61, Simmons 9-31, Mark 3-22, Watkins 7-13, Team 1-(minus 1), Ebert 1-(minus 2). Texas Tech, Stephens 14-126, Potts 2-19, Jeffers 1-16, Batch 5-11, Lewis 5-7, McRoy 1-5, Crawford 1-(minus 1).

PASSING—Northwestern, Watkins 10-21-1-76, Colter 3-6-0-38, Team 0-2-0-0, Ebert 1-1-0-32.

Texas Tech, Potts 43-56-1-369.

RECEIVING—Northwestern, Ebert 3-34, D.Fields 3-31, Stewart 2-17, Colter 1-32, Mark 111, Simmons 1-8, Schmidt 1-7, Dunsmore 1-3, Rooks 1-3. Texas Tech, Leong 10-118, Lewis 8-49, Zouzalik 5-50, Stephens 5-19, Douglas 4-29, Torres 3-42, Swindall 3-31, D.Moore 2-12, Ward 17, Batch 1-6, McRoy 1-6.

GATOR BOWL

Michigan suffers worst loss JACKSONVILLE, FLA. (AP) — Mississippi State displayed a program and a coach on the rise with an overwhelming performance in the Gator Bowl.

For Michigan, it could have been the final blow for its beleaguered coach.

Chris Relf accounted for four touchdowns, Vick Ballard ran for three scores, and coach Dan Mullen’s 21stranked Bulldogs routed Rich Rodriguez’s Wolverines, 5214, on Saturday.

The 38-point drubbing was the worst bowl loss in Michigan’s storied history and might have sealed Rodriguez’s future.

His three-year tenure has been tainted by consecutive losing seasons, NCAA sanctions and late-season slides.

Rodriguez said all the speculation about his job was “the elephant in the room” during

meetings and practices, but insisted his team never “cheated the University of Michigan a day of work.”

But defensive tackle Mike Martin said the uncertainty clearly affected Rodriguez.

“He’s human, he’s a man, a constant stress is going to wear you down,” Martin said.

Asked whether he thinks he will return next season, Rodriguez replied, “You’re asking the wrong person.” This much is certain: Athletic director Dave Brandon couldn’t have been pleased with Michigan’s performance Saturday.

“After traveling back in the next day or two, I plan to sit down with coach Rodriguez to go through the evaluation I’ve been talking about for months,” Brandon said in a telephone interview with the Associated Press.

SUMMARY Mississippi St. 10 21 14 7 — 52 Michigan 14 0 0 0 — 14 First Quarter Mich—Roundtree 10 pass from D.Robinson (Gibbons kick), 10:56.

MSSt—Clark 4 pass from Relf (DePasquale kick), 5:31.

MSSt—FG DePasquale 42, 2:23.

Mich—Odoms 27 pass from D.Robinson (Gibbons kick), :34.

Second Quarter MSSt—Ballard 2 run (DePasquale kick), 11:38.

MSSt—Relf 1 run (DePasquale kick), 6:35.

MSSt—Sanders 15 pass from Relf (DePasquale kick), :25.

Third Quarter MSSt—Ballard 1 run (DePasquale kick), 6:19.

MSSt—Ballard 7 run (DePasquale kick), :10.

Fourth Quarter MSSt—Carr 31 pass from Relf (DePasquale kick), 10:31.

A—68,325.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Mississippi St., Ballard 20-76, Perkins 9-40, Elliott 6-36, Relf 15-30, Marcus 7-24, Russell 1-(minus 2). Michigan, D.Robinson 11-59, Shaw 4-19, Smith 7-13, Toussaint 2-5, Grady 1(minus 8).

PASSING—Mississippi St., Relf 18-23-1-281.

Michigan, D.Robinson 27-41-1-254.

RECEIVING—Mississippi St., C.Smith 4-46, Carr 3-65, Clark 3-45, Perkins 2-79, Sanders 2-23, Heavens 2-12, Ballard 2-11. Michigan, Roundtree 9-53, Stonum 7-59, Hemingway 4-49, Koger 2-42, Smith 2-17, Odoms 1-27, Toussaint 1-5, Shaw 1-2.

TAMPA, FLA. (AP) — Joe Paterno and Urban Meyer met at midfield for a postgame handshake and hug, the 84-yearold Penn State coach looking forward to next season, the 46-year-old Florida coach heading toward some time away from the game.

Meyer closed out a highly successful six-year run that included a pair of national championships by leading the Gators back from a secondhalf deficit to beat JoePa’s Nittany Lions, 37-24, in the Outback Bowl on Saturday.

“I’m at full peace because I saw a bunch of smiles in that locker room,” said Meyer, who announced his resignation last month.

Omarius Hines and Mike Gillislee ran for touchdowns, Chas Henry kicked three second-half f ield goals, and Ahmad Black sealed the win with an 80-yard interception return TD to help Florida (85) send Meyer out with a smile of his own.

SUMMARY Florida 0 14 6 17 — 37 Penn St. 7 10 7 0 — 24 First Quarter PSU—Moye 5 pass from McGloin (Wagner kick), 9:08.

Second Quarter Fla—Hines 16 run (Henry kick), 12:48.

Fla—McCray 27 blocked punt return (Henry kick), 6:48.

PSU—Zordich 1 run (Wagner kick), 4:09.

PSU—FG Wagner 20, :46.

Third Quarter Fla—FG Henry 30, 9:09.

PSU—McGloin 2 run (Wagner kick), 4:39.

Fla—FG Henry 47, 2:42.

Fourth Quarter Fla—Gillislee 1 run (Henry kick), 13:02.

Fla—FG Henry 20, 7:32.

Fla—Black 80 interception return (Henry kick), :55.

A—60,574.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Florida, Reed 24-68, Rainey 6-66, Hines 2-31, Demps 3-20, Gillislee 4-10, Henry 1-4, Burton 2-2, Brantley 1-(minus 4), Team 2-(minus 19). Penn St., Royster 20-98, Smith 2-18, Redd 813, Zordich 3-5, McGloin 2-3, Suhey 1-2.

PASSING—Florida, Reed 8-13-0-60, Brantley 613-1-41, Burton 0-1-0-0. Penn St., McGloin 17-415-211.

RECEIVING—Florida, Rainey 3-18, Hines 2-27, Burton 2-22, Thompson 2-22, Hammond 2-6, Demps 2-5, R.Clark 1-1. Penn St., Moye 5-79, Royster 4-51, Brackett 2-28, Brown 2-13, Redd 116, Zug 1-15, Zordich 1-7, Suhey 1-2.

to skid, 48-20

GLENDALE, ARIZ. (AP) — The Oklahoma Sooners don’t have to hear about their BCS losing streak anymore. They busted it up in a big way.

Landry Jones threw for a school bowl-record 429 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 9 Oklahoma ended a fivegame BCS bowl losing streak with a 48-20 victory over Connecticut in the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday night.

Oklahoma (12-2) carried plenty of BCS baggage after losing three straight title games and two Fiesta Bowls.

The Sooners avoided the setback six-pack behind Jones and Ryan Broyles, who had team records of 13 catches and 170 yards to go with the sealing touchdown.

“Coming out here and winning a bowl game, especially a BCS bowl with our past and losing so many of them, to win one for the program, for coach (Bob) Stoops and all those guys, it’s just a great feeling right now,” Jones said.

“It motivated us. We came into the same situation a couple of times and came out with some losses, and to win a game after those, it’s just a great feeling.”

Connecticut (8-5) at least kept close for a while in its first BCS bowl.

The hopeful Huskies steadied themselves after an initial barrage from Oklahoma and avoided a complete New Year’s Day desert disaster with hard-nosed running by Jordan Todman and a handful of big plays.

Todman, who declared for the NFL draft after the game, had 121 yards on 32 carries and Robbie Frey returned a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, helping UConn provide at least a glimmer of hope that it’s not just a basketball school anymore.

Oklahoma had been down this road before.

The Sooners played in the 2007 and 2008 Fiesta Bowls, so they know the town, the stadium, the routine.

They also know disappointment.

In both games, Oklahoma came into the desert favorites and left embarrassed; first to trick-playing, BCS-busting Boise State, then in lopsided fashion to West Virginia.

SUMMARY Connecticut 0 10 10 0 — 20 Oklahoma 14 6 14 14 — 48 First Quarter Okl—Hanna 8 pass from L.Jones (Stevens kick), 10:09.

Okl—Murray 3 run (Stevens kick), :24.

Second Quarter Conn—Gratz 46 interception return (Teggart kick), 12:58.

Okl—FG Stevens 41, 9:57.

Okl—FG Stevens 24, 2:05.

Conn—FG Teggart 37, :26.

Third Quarter Okl—Kenney 59 pass from L.Jones (Stevens kick), 10:55.

Okl—Fleming 55 interception return (Stevens kick), 9:44.

Conn—Frey 95 kickoff return (Teggart kick), 9:30.

Conn—FG Teggart 38, 5:04.

Fourth Quarter Okl—Broyles 5 pass from L.Jones (Stevens kick), 7:49.

Okl—Jefferson 22 interception return (Stevens kick), 2:40.

A—67,232.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Connecticut, Todman 32-121, Frey 5-8, Frazer 4-(minus 17). Oklahoma, Murray 2593, Franks 1-4, Madu 1-3, Team 2-(minus 2), L.Jones 1-(minus 3).

PASSING—Connecticut, Frazer 19-39-2-223.

Oklahoma, L.Jones 34-49-1-429, Nimmo 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING—Connecticut, K.Moore 4-62, Griffin 4-48, Smith 4-20, Sherman 3-63, I.Moore 2-27, Todman 1-3, Frey 1-0. Oklahoma, Broyles 13-170, Stills 8-73, Kenney 7-154, Franks 3-25, Murray 2-(minus 1), Hanna 1-8.

TOP 25 MEN’S BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

No. 5 Syracuse upends Irish, 70-58, remains undefeated The Associated Press

No. 5 Syracuse 70, No. 15 Notre Dame 58 S Y R A C U S E , N . Y . — Kris Joseph had 18 points, Scoop Jardine had 15 points and nine assists, and Syracuse beat Notre Dame on Saturday.

The Orange (15-0, 2-0 Big East) broke open a tight game with a 17-3 run that started with a jumper from the top of the key by Joseph. That snapped a 44-44 tie with 13:02 left as the Irish (12-2, 1-1)

began losing the ball too No. 9 Georgetown 86, remaining before a pair of 8-0 often. runs put the game out of reach.

DePaul 75 WASHINGTON — Austin Free- DEPAUL (6-8) NOTRE DAME (12-2) Stovall 1-9 2-2 4, Kelly 1-5 0-0 3, Melvin 13-19 Nash 2-4 1-2 5, Abromaitis 6-15 0-1 15, Scott 4- man and Jason Clark scored 21 5 0-0 9, Martin 3-9 4-4 10, Hansbrough 5-13 0-0 points apiece, and George- 3-7 29, Young 4-10 1-1 9, Faber 1-4 0-1 2, Bizoukas 0-1 0-0 0, Freeland 8-16 8-11 24, Drew 12, Atkins 1-5 0-0 3, Knight 0-0 0-0 0, Brooks 0-0 town survived a second-half 1-3 2-2 4. Totals 29-67 16-24 75.

0-0 0, Cooley 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 23-54 5-7 58.

ORGETOWN (12-2) SYRACUSE (15-0) scare before pulling away for GEThompson 2-5 2-2 7, Wright 5-12 7-10 17, Jackson 4-9 4-8 12, Joseph 8-17 0-0 18, Melo 0a win over DePaul.

Freeman 8-12 2-2 21, Clark 9-15 3-5 21, Vaughn 1 0-0 0, Jardine 5-9 4-6 15, Triche 3-6 0-0 6, 2-5 5-6 9, Starks 0-3 0-0 0, Sanford 1-2 0-0 3, Waiters 2-7 1-1 5, Fair 1-1 0-0 2, Keita 0-0 0-0 0, Chris Wright added 17 Sims 2-3 0-1 4, Benimon 1-1 0-0 2, Ayegba 0-0 0Southerland 5-7 0-0 12. Totals 28-57 9-15 70. points — all in the second half 0 0, Lubick 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 31-59 19-26 86.

Halftime—Syracuse 34-33. 3-Point Goals— Halftime—Georgetown 36-29. 3-Point Goals— Notre Dame 7-21 (Abromaitis 3-6, Hansbrough 2- — as Georgetown (12-2, 1-1 Big DePaul 1-8 (Kelly 1-3, Young 0-1, Stovall 0-2, 8, Scott 1-2, Atkins 1-3, Martin 0-2), Syracuse 5- East) rebounded from a loss to Drew 0-2), Georgetown 5-14 (Freeman 3-5, 17 (Southerland 2-4, Joseph 2-5, Jardine 1-4, Thompson 1-2, Sanford 1-2, Wright 0-2, Clark 0Waiters 0-2, Triche 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Notre Dame in its conference 3). Fouled Out—Sims. Rebounds—DePaul 39 Rebounds—Notre Dame 28 (Abromaitis, Martin opener. The Hoyas never (Freeland 8), Georgetown 36 (Vaughn 10).

7), Syracuse 36 (Joseph 8). Assists—Notre Dame Assists—DePaul 14 (Kelly, Young 4), Georgetown 18 (Martin 6), Syracuse 15 (Jardine 9). Total trailed, but they had an 11-point 17 (Wright 7). Total Fouls—DePaul 21, Fouls—Notre Dame 15, Syracuse 12. A—23,058. led cut to one with 14 minutes Georgetown 20. A—11,718.

No. 16 BYU 93, Fresno Pacific 57 P R O V O , U T A H — Stephen Rogers scored 16 points to lead Brigham Young over Fresno Pacific.

BYU’s reserves came up big as the nonstarters outscored the Sunbirds’ reserves, 46-10.

Jackson Emery added 12 points off the bench and Chris Collinsworth had 11 points. All-American Jimmer Fredette scored 13 for BYU (14-1).

FRESNO PACIFIC (10-3) Kado 3-8 1-1 8, Christman 2-11 0-0 4, Legree 14 0-0 3, Wild 3-9 0-0 7, Morgan 12-18 0-0 25, Rowe 1-6 0-0 2, Vick 1-4 0-0 2, Holmes 1-3 0-0 2, Goslinga 1-2 2-2 4. Totals 25-65 3-3 57.

BYU (14-1) Davies 1-3 2-4 4, Abouo 2-4 2-2 6, K. Collinsworth 4-8 0-0 10, Fredette 4-7 2-2 13, Hartsock 6-8 1-1 14, Emery 4-7 0-0 12, Magnusson 1-4 0-0 2, Zylstra 0-3 0-0 0, Martineau 1-2 0-0 3, Anderson 1-3 0-0 2, Rogers 2-6 11-11 16, C. Collinsworth 4-5 3-4 11. Totals 30-60 21-24 93.

Halftime—BYU 44-24. 3-Point Goals—Fresno Pacific 4-23 (Morgan 1-1, Legree 1-3, Wild 1-4, Kado 1-4, Rowe 0-1, Vick 0-3, Christman 0-7), BYU 12-30 (Emery 4-7, Fredette 3-5, K. Collinsworth 2-5, Hartsock 1-1, Martineau 1-2, Rogers 1-3, Abouo 0-2, Zylstra 0-2, Magnusson 03). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Fresno Pacific 24 (Morgan 6), BYU 48 (C. Collinsworth 8).

Assists—Fresno Pacific 9 (Wild 5), BYU 23 (Fredette 5). Total Fouls—Fresno Pacific 16, BYU 6. A—12,762.

NBA

X Sunday, January 2, 2011

The Associated Press

Hornets 92, Wizards 81 WASHINGTON — Trevor Ariza scored a season-high 22 points, Emeka Okafor had 17 points and 15 rebounds, and Chris Paul added 13 points and 11 assists to help New Orleans beat Washington on Saturday night.

Ariza scored 13 points in the third quarter, and New Orleans outscored Washington 26-15 to take a 68-62 lead.

The Hornets never let the Wizards seriously threaten in the fourth quarter.

Paul also had seven steals and one turnover.

Wizards rookie point guard John Wall had 12 points, 10 assists and committed eight turnovers — four in the third quarter.

NEW ORLEANS (92) Ariza 10-16 0-1 22, West 5-12 0-0 10, Okafor 78 3-5 17, Paul 6-12 1-2 13, Belinelli 3-7 3-4 11, M.Thornton 0-3 2-2 2, Smith 0-2 0-0 0, Jack 3-8 6-7 12, Green 2-8 0-0 5, Gray 0-1 0-0 0, Pondexter 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-78 15-21 92.

WASHINGTON (81) Lewis 6-12 1-1 14, Blatche 4-12 0-0 8, McGee 6-9 0-0 12, Wall 4-10 2-2 12, Young 9-20 5-5 24, Hudson 1-4 0-1 3, Armstrong 0-1 2-2 2, A.Thornton 1-5 0-0 2, Martin 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 3377 10-11 81.

New Orleans 24 18 26 24 — 92 Washington 23 24 15 19 — 81 3-Point Goals—New Orleans 5-16 (Belinelli 23, Ariza 2-6, Green 1-4, M.Thornton 0-1, Paul 02), Washington 5-19 (Wall 2-5, Hudson 1-2, Lewis 1-5, Young 1-5, Martin 0-2). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—New Orleans 51 (Okafor 15), Washington 42 (McGee 13). Assists—New Orleans 22 (Paul 11), Washington 21 (Wall 10).

Total Fouls—New Orleans 14, Washington 20.

Technicals—New Orleans defensive three second. A—16,026 (20,173).

Bulls 100, Cavaliers 91 C H I C A G O — Derrick Rose had 28 points and 11 assists, and Chicago won for the 13th time in 15 games, beating the struggling, short-handed Cavaliers.

Sluggish in a win over New Jersey the previous day, the Bulls trailed by 10 against a team that was missing three of its best players.

But they outscored Cleveland 32-9 in the third quarter and hung on after nearly blowing a 15-point lead in the fourth, sending the Cavaliers to their 16th loss in 17 games.

CLEVELAND (91) Parker 3-14 0-0 7, Jamison 5-16 7-8 19, Powe 6-13 2-4 14, Harris 4-10 2-2 11, Sessions 5-9 3-3 13, Gee 1-4 4-4 6, Hickson 9-16 3-4 21, Moon 00 0-0 0. Totals 33-82 21-25 91.

CHICAGO (100) Deng 9-17 4-5 23, Boozer 6-14 8-10 20, Thomas 2-4 1-2 5, Bogans 0-1 0-0 0, Rose 9-21 8-10 28, T.Gibson 2-6 2-2 6, Brewer 3-4 2-2 8, Asik 2-4 00 4, Watson 1-6 0-0 3, Korver 1-3 0-1 3. Totals 3580 25-32 100.

Cleveland 28 33 9 21 — 91 Chicago 24 29 32 15 — 100 3-Point Goals—Cleveland 4-18 (Jamison 2-8, Harris 1-2, Parker 1-6, Gee 0-1, Sessions 0-1), Chicago 5-17 (Rose 2-6, Korver 1-2, Watson 1-4, Deng 1-4, Bogans 0-1). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Cleveland 50 (Jamison 9), Chicago 55 (Thomas 13). Assists—Cleveland 19 (Parker 8), Chicago 21 (Rose 11). Total Fouls—Cleveland 21, Chicago 20. A—21,416 (20,917).

Heat 114, Warriors 107 MIAMI — LeBron James had 25 points and 10 assists, Dwyane Wade also scored 25 points, and Miami overcame a 20-point deficit to beat Golden State for their 17th victory in 18 games.

Chris Bosh added 20 points and 11 rebounds for Miami, which pulled into a virtual tie with Boston atop the Eastern Conference.

The Celtics lead Miami by .031 percentage points, but the teams are tied in the games-back column.

Former Heat forward Dorell Wright scored 30 points for Golden State in his first trip back to Miami as an opponent. Monta Ellis added 25, and Stephen Curry had 15 for the Warriors.

GOLDEN STATE (107) D.Wright 12-21 0-0 30, Radmanovic 2-7 1-2 6, Lee 6-14 1-2 13, Curry 7-12 0-0 15, Ellis 7-16 810 25, Law 3-6 0-0 7, Udoh 1-2 2-2 4, Carney 1-4 0-0 3, Amundson 2-4 0-0 4, Williams 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 41-87 12-16 107.

MIAMI (114) James 7-15 11-17 25, Bosh 6-10 8-9 20, Ilgauskas 2-3 0-0 4, Arroyo 4-7 0-0 11, Wade 718 11-16 25, Anthony 0-1 4-4 4, Jones 4-7 1-1 13, Howard 2-3 0-0 4, Chalmers 3-7 0-0 8. Totals 3571 35-47 114.

Golden State 36 36 12 23 — 107 Miami 28 30 25 31 — 114 3-Point Goals—Golden State 13-27 (D.Wright 6-13, Ellis 3-5, Carney 1-1, Law 1-2, Curry 1-2, Radmanovic 1-3, Williams 0-1), Miami 9-21 (Jones 4-7, Arroyo 3-4, Chalmers 2-5, Wade 0-2, James 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Golden State 46 (Lee 12), Miami 52 (Bosh 11).

Assists—Golden State 19 (Ellis 7), Miami 24 (James 10). Total Fouls—Golden State 31, Miami 12. Technicals—Golden State defensive three second, Bosh, Miami defensive three second.

A—20,254 (19,600).

Timberwolves 103, Nets 88 MINNEAPOLIS — Kevin Love had 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead Minnesota to a victory over New Jersey.

Darko Milicic scored 16 points on 8-for-9 shooting and the defensively porous Wolves held the Nets to nine points in the third quarter to win for the third time in four games.

Sasha Vujacic tied a career high with 22 points for the Nets, who have lost five in a row. Former University of

How former Jayhawks fared Cole Aldrich, Oklahoma City Did not play (demoted) Darrell Arthur, Memphis Pts: 0. FGs: 0-1. FTs: 0-0.

Mario Chalmers, Miami Pts: 8. FGs: 3-7. FTs: 0-0.

Nick Collison, Oklahoma City Pts: 0. FGs: 0-2. FTs: 0-0.

Drew Gooden, Milwaukee Did not play (foot injury) Xavier Henry, Memphis Did not play (sore right knee) Kirk Hinrich, Washington Did not play (bruised thigh) Darnell Jackson, Sacramento Pts: 4. FGs: 2-2. FTs: 0-0.

Minnesota star Kris Humphries added 12 points and 14 rebounds, but managed just two points and four rebounds in the second half as the Nets fell apart.

NEW JERSEY (88) Outlaw 6-14 3-4 17, Humphries 5-7 2-4 12, Lopez 3-7 0-2 6, Harris 3-13 10-13 16, Graham 23 0-0 4, Petro 3-8 0-0 6, Vujacic 9-16 1-2 22, Favors 2-2 0-1 4, Uzoh 0-3 1-2 1, Ross 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 33-73 17-28 88.

MINNESOTA (103) Beasley 4-10 2-2 10, Love 7-12 7-8 23, Milicic 8-9 0-0 16, Ridnour 3-8 2-2 9, Johnson 2-8 3-4 7, Pekovic 2-5 4-4 8, Brewer 2-7 2-2 7, Webster 3-5 1-2 10, Telfair 4-7 0-0 8, Koufos 2-2 1-2 5, Ellington 0-0 0-0 0, Gaines 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 37-73 22-28 103.

New Jersey 29 26 9 24 — 88 Minnesota 36 18 23 26 — 103 3-Point Goals—New Jersey 5-15 (Vujacic 3-7, Outlaw 2-6, Harris 0-2), Minnesota 7-16 (Webster 3-4, Love 2-3, Brewer 1-3, Ridnour 1-3, Johnson 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— New Jersey 49 (Humphries 14), Minnesota 44 (Love 10). Assists—New Jersey 22 (Harris 8), Minnesota 19 (Ridnour 6). Total Fouls—New Jersey 22, Minnesota 28. Technicals—Minnesota defensive three second. A—12,665 (19,356).

Spurs 101, Thunder 74 SAN ANTONIO — Tim Duncan scored 21 points, George Hill had 16, and the NBA-best Spurs won their fourth in a row over Kevin Durant and the Thunder.

Coming off wins over the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas, the Spurs again beat one of the West’s top teams to improve to 29-4 — one the 10 best starts in NBA history.

Durant had 16 points for the cold-shooting Thunder, who started the game 4-for24 and shot a season-low 32.9 percent from the field.

Oklahoma City muddled through its most-lopsided loss this season after beating Atlanta on New Year’s Eve. OKLAHOMA CITY (74) Durant 7-15 2-4 16, Green 2-9 3-4 7, Krstic 2-5 2-2 6, Westbrook 3-11 2-2 8, Sefolosha 0-2 0-0 0, Ibaka 5-13 4-6 14, Collison 0-2 0-0 0, Harden 411 3-4 12, Maynor 2-7 0-0 4, White 0-3 0-0 0, Mullens 1-4 1-2 3, Ivey 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 28-85 1724 74.

SAN ANTONIO (101) Jefferson 3-7 1-1 8, Duncan 10-15 1-3 21, Blair 6-13 0-0 12, Parker 7-10 0-0 14, Ginobili 2-11 3-4 9, Hill 6-10 4-4 16, Bonner 2-3 0-0 5, Udoka 0-0 1-2 1, Splitter 2-7 2-2 6, Neal 2-10 0-0 5, Quinn 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 42-90 12-16 101.

Oklahoma City 17 19 17 21 — 74 San Antonio 31 18 28 24 — 101 3-Point Goals—Oklahoma City 1-7 (Harden 11, Durant 0-1, Green 0-2, Maynor 0-3), San Antonio 5-16 (Ginobili 2-7, Jefferson 1-2, Bonner 1-2, Neal 1-3, Quinn 0-1, Hill 0-1). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—Oklahoma City 58 (Ibaka 13), San Antonio 58 (Duncan, Blair 9). Assists— Oklahoma City 10 (Sefolosha 3), San Antonio 23 (Parker 10). Total Fouls—Oklahoma City 17, San Antonio 20. Technicals—San Antonio defensive three second. A—18,581 (18,797).

Nuggets 104, Kings 86 DENVER — Carmelo Anthony was rusty in his return to the Denver lineup after a twoweek absence following the death of his sister, and his teammates picked up the slack in the Nuggets’ victory over Sacramento.

Anthony missed 15 of his first 18 shots and finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds in 31 minutes.

Chauncey Billups led Denver with 22 points, and Nene had 16 points and 14 rebounds.

Jason Thompson led the Kings with 17 points, and DeMarcus Cousins had 16.

SACRAMENTO (86) Garcia 4-10 1-2 10, Thompson 8-9 1-3 17, Cousins 7-13 2-4 16, Udrih 2-10 0-0 5, Evans 6-17 0-2 12, Dalembert 1-3 0-0 2, Landry 6-9 1-2 13, Casspi 1-6 0-0 3, Jeter 0-4 0-0 0, Taylor 1-6 1-2 4, Greene 0-1 0-0 0, Jackson 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 38-90 6-15 86.

DENVER (104) Anthony 6-22 4-4 16, Martin 1-4 0-0 2, Nene 68 4-7 16, Billups 7-11 5-5 22, Afflalo 0-4 0-0 0, Andersen 2-4 3-3 7, Smith 7-12 0-1 17, Lawson 3-7 1-2 7, Williams 3-5 0-0 6, Forbes 4-8 3-4 11.

Totals 39-85 20-26 104.

Sacramento 23 16 21 26 — 86 Denver 23 28 18 35 — 104 3-Point Goals—Sacramento 4-15 (Udrih 1-1, Casspi 1-2, Taylor 1-2, Garcia 1-6, Jeter 0-1, Evans 0-3), Denver 6-14 (Billups 3-4, Smith 3-5, Lawson 0-1, Afflalo 0-2, Anthony 0-2). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Sacramento 45 (Cousins 8), Denver 68 (Nene 14). Assists— Sacramento 23 (Evans 5), Denver 22 (Billups 5).

Total Fouls—Sacramento 22, Denver 18.

Technicals—Cousins. A—17,466 (19,155).

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DALLAS (87) Butler 2-6 0-0 5, Cardinal 1-6 4-4 7, Chandler 4-5 3-3 11, Kidd 5-12 2-2 14, Stevenson 3-9 0-1 8, Barea 11-21 6-6 29, Haywood 0-1 1-4 1, Terry 3-15 0-0 7, Novak 1-3 0-0 3, Ajinca 0-2 0-0 0, Mahinmi 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 30-80 18-22 87.

MILWAUKEE (99) Mbah a Moute 1-4 0-0 2, Ilyasova 5-11 6-6 16, Bogut 4-9 0-0 8, Dooling 3-7 0-1 7, Salmons 9-15 1-2 21, Boykins 9-16 7-8 26, Maggette 2-7 5-6 9, Brockman 2-2 0-0 4, Douglas-Roberts 3-6 0-2 6, Skinner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-77 19-25 99.

Dallas 18 32 21 16 — 87 Milwaukee 25 27 21 26 — 99 3-Point Goals—Dallas 9-32 (Kidd 2-5, Stevenson 2-8, Novak 1-1, Butler 1-2, Barea 1-4, Cardinal 1-5, Terry 1-6, Ajinca 0-1), Milwaukee 4-16 (Salmons 2-4, Dooling 1-3, Boykins 1-5, Douglas-Roberts 0-2, Ilyasova 0-2). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—Dallas 38 (Kidd 7), Milwaukee 61 (Ilyasova 17). Assists—Dallas 16 (Kidd 9), Milwaukee 24 (Boykins 6). Total Fouls—Dallas 23, Milwaukee 18. Technicals—Cardinal, Haywood. A—13,194 (18,717).

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high 26 points, and Milwaukee beat the injury-depleted Mavericks.

Missing Dirk Nowitzki for the third consecutive game because of a sprained right knee and Shawn Marion due to a thigh injury, the Mavericks suffered another blow when Caron Butler injured his right knee with 2:47 left in the first quarter.

The trio averages just over 50 points.

Butler, averaging 15.4 points, stayed on the floor for a couple of minutes before limping off the court to the locker room. The extent of his injury was not immediately known.

With all those injured players, Dallas turned to reserve guard Jose Barea, who scored a career-high 29 points in 35 minutes. It was the third consecutive loss for the Mavericks.

Miami Orlando Atlanta Charlotte Washington Central Division Chicago Indiana Milwaukee Detroit Cleveland WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio Dallas New Orleans Houston Memphis Northwest Division Utah Oklahoma City Denver Portland Minnesota Pacific Division

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MIAMI’S LEBRON JAMES (6) DRIVES TO THE BASKET as Golden State’s Reggie Williams (55) defends. James scored 25 points in the Heat’s 114-107 victory on Saturday in Miami.

Jazz 98, Grizzlies 92 SALT LAKE CITY — Paul Millsap scored 22 points on 8-of11 shooting, and Deron Williams had 10 points in the fourth quarter to help the short-handed Jazz beat Memphis.

It was Utah’s eighth straight home win against the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies, playing without leading scorer Rudy Gay because of illness, fought back from a 13-point deficit to take a 79-78 lead on O.J. Mayo’s three-pointer with eight minutes remaining.

From there, the game went back and forth. It was tied at 81 and 83 before Williams got going. He made two free throws to make it 96-91, then passed to Gordon Hayward for a dunk that sealed it with 18.9 seconds left.

Zach Randolph led Memphis with 27 points and 16 rebounds. Mayo, who was back in the starting lineup, added 18 but was 3-of-9 from three-point range.

MEMPHIS (92) Young 4-11 0-0 8, Randolph 10-18 7-10 27, Gasol 4-8 7-9 16, Conley 6-14 4-4 17, Mayo 6-18 3-4 18, Allen 0-3 0-0 0, Vasquez 2-2 0-0 4, Haddadi 1-1 0-0 2, Arthur 0-1 0-0 0, Thabeet 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-77 21-27 92.

UTAH (98) Kirilenko 2-7 0-0 4, Millsap 8-11 6-6 22, Jefferson 3-12 5-10 11, Williams 5-10 8-11 19, Bell 4-8 0-0 10, Hayward 6-10 1-2 13, Fesenko 25 1-2 5, Watson 0-0 1-4 1, Elson 2-3 0-0 4, Price 3-7 0-0 7, Evans 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 36-74 22-35 98.

Memphis 21 17 31 23 — 92 Utah 21 27 23 27 — 98 3-Point Goals—Memphis 5-18 (Mayo 3-9, Gasol 1-1, Conley 1-7, Allen 0-1), Utah 4-11 (Bell 2-3, Price 1-2, Williams 1-4, Hayward 0-1, Kirilenko 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Memphis 52 (Randolph 16), Utah 49 (Millsap 10). Assists—Memphis 18 (Conley 7), Utah 27 (Watson 6). Total Fouls—Memphis 27, Utah 19.

Technicals—Allen, Memphis Bench, Elson 2.

Ejected— Elson. A—19,732 (19,911).

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General 10 HARD WORKERS NEEDED NOW!

Immediate Full Time Openings! 40 Hours a Week Guaranteed!

Weekly Pay! 785-841-0755

2011 Expansion

$17.25 base-appt, FT/PT schedules, sales/svc, no exp nec, 18+. 785-371-1293

Can You Dig it?

Heavy Equipment School.

3 week Training Program.

Backhoes, Bulldozers, Trackhoes.

Local job placement assistance.

Start digging dirt Now. 866-362-6497

Laundry Services Full time, 8:30-5PM. Monday-Friday.

Apply in person: 1429 Kasold Lawrence, KS 66049 Drug test required

Lawrence Start-up Company

Heart of America E-Commerce

is looking for five amazing individuals to channel their passion to launch a new online venture and bring about positive, real change as we revolutionize online shopping. Internet savvy a must.

2 Gift Researchers 1 Social Media 1 sports enthusiast $7.50/hr + incentives 20 hrs/wk. Start Jan. 11, 2011 For more info on this ground floor opt. send interest & qualifications to: tschmidt@eaglecom.net

RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

is currently accepting applications for dietary aides, 4:00 to 8:30p.m. shift. Must be available at least two evenings a week and every other weekend. Apply online at www.midwest-health.com/ careers. EOE Unix Systems Engineer Stormont-Vail Health care has a position open in our Information Systems Department Full-time.

One year of prior experience in Unix server support role required; Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) from four year college or university.

IBM AIX experience, experience with Storage Area Networks and/or Unix/AIX certifications preferred.

Qualified applicants may apply on-line at www.stormontvail.org

The Supreme Court of the State of Kansas Judicial Administrator Salary: $100,000+ depending upon qualifications Executive-level management position reporting to the Chief Justice and Supreme Court and, under direction, exercising administrative responsibility for the Kansas Judicial Branch. Supervises a professional and upper-level staff of approximately fifty, engaged in systems design, statistical reporting, personnel, training, budgeting, and analysis of administrative methods, procedures and systems.

Minimum qualifications: 10 years progressively responsible administrative, professional, or legal experience, including considerable management responsibility.

Excellent written and oral communications abilities, interpersonal, and analytical skills. Law degree strongly preferred.

Graduate degree in business, public, or judicial administration or related academic discipline combined with substantial management experience may be substituted.

For more information about the position and the application process, see www.kscourts.org/JudicialAdministrator.pdf

THE KANSAS JUDICIAL BRANCH IS AN EEO/AA EMPLOYER

Journalism

Part-Time

Trade Skills

(part-time)

The Lawrence JournalWorld is seeking a parttime general assignment reporter.

The reporter will respond to breaking news and write, take photographs and shoot video, and post the news to our websites. This is your opportunity to be an integral part of the company that’s been featured by the New York Times as “the media company of the future.”

Ideal candidates will have a bachelor’s degree, preferably in journalism; strong and demonstrated writing experience; and the ability to complete online editing and populate online forms for publication on the Web. Must be available to work evenings and weekends.

We offer a competitive salary, employee discounts and more!

To apply submit a cover letter, resume, and links to your work to: hrapplications@ ljworld.com Background check, preemployment drug screen and physical lift assessment required.

EOE

Management

Manager Wanted for small apt. complex.

Free rent and utilities.

Email ronpd@spcglobal.net

Office-Clerical

The World Company Account Executives are responsible for selling and maintaining online advertising for LJWorld.com, KUsports.com, Lawrence.com and other company websites and digital products.

Our online sales team will sell clients a platform of digital products including online advertising, web banners, and event marketing sponsorships.

The Account Executives are accountable for meeting or exceeding sales goals, prospecting new clients and making initial contact by cold-calling either in person or by phone. They are responsible for developing and building relationships with potential clients to build a large advertising client list.

Job description at www.union.ku.edu/hr Applications available Human Resources Kansas Union 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

Lawrence, KS 66045 EOE

Express Lube Technicians needed. This is a full time position with full benefit package.

Contact Carl Windle at 785-843-7700.

2001 W.6th St. 785-841-8468

Chase Court Apts.

19th & Iowa

New Specials:

2BR - $750, Deposit $500

Campus Location W/D, Pool, Gym Small Pet Welcome 785-843-8220 www.chasecourt@sunflower.com

Drug-Free Workplace Equal Opportunity Employer

Eudora Senior Community

Unfurnished

Income guidelines apply 1 & 2 Bedrooms start at low cost of $564.

Move-in in December & Get December FREE PLUS Only $99 deposit

Call Today 785-542-1755 703 W. 8th Street, Eudora, KS www.Hillcrest@cohenesrey.com

Jacksonville

West Side location Newer 1 & 2 BRs Starting at $475 Available January 1st (785) 841-4935 www.midwestpm.com

Move In SPECIAL

1 & 2BRs - walk to KU

785-841-5444

Winter Special, Call for Details! * Luxurious Apt. Villas * 1BR, 1 bath, 870 sq. ft. * Fully Equipped * Granite countertops * 1 car covered parking

430 Eisenhower Drive Showing by Appt.

Call 785-842-1524

Two Immediate Openings: Internet/Sales. Ag- www.mallardproperties gressive Commission lawrence.com Schedule In the Leading retail Used car Operation in Kansas. Must possess Apartments, Houses & dynamic telephone, PeoDuplexes. 785-842-7644 ple and computer skills. www.GageMgmt.com Excellent driving record required.

Background Check. Drug screening.

Contact Larry Best or 1BR — 2622 Ridge Court, basement level. Has AC. Lonnie Blackburn. $385 per month. No pets.

EOE M/F Call 785-841-5797 785-841-0102

National company hiring locally.

Mgmt/Sales. Great pay, stock plan, company vacations, advancement, retirement plan.

No experience required.

We train!

Interviews this week.

Call 402/680-4978

1BR - $545/mo.

2BR - $650/mo.

3BR - $750/mo. www.firstmanagementinc.com

APPLY IN PERSON AT CROWN AUTOMOTIVE 3430 S. IOWA, LAWRENCE, KS.

hrapplications@ljworld.com

Background check, preemployment drug screen and physical lift assessment required.

EOE

Academy Cars

Varied Work Schedule 15 - 30 hrs per week $7.50 - $8.52

Quality Oriented Techs needed for busy Collision Repair Center. I-CAR and ASE Certification Preferred. Great Earning potential with competitive pay and benefits.

Contact John Newman.

To apply submit a cover letter and resume to

Sales-Marketing

KU BOOKSTORE JAYHAWK INK CLERK

Winter Blow-Out Special

Successful candidates will have solid experience in online media sales; minimum two years experience in sales, marketing Apartments and/or advertising; demonstrated success with Furnished prospecting and cold calling; excellent verbal Lawrence Suitel - The Best and written communica- Rate in Town. By month or tion skills; networking, week. All utilities & cable time management and in- paid. No pets. 785-856-4645 terpersonal skills; proficient in Microsoft Office Virginia Inn applications; and a valid driver’s license, reliable Rooms by week. All utils. transportation with cur- & cable paid. 785-843-6611 rent auto insurance, and a clean driving record.

Apartments We offer an excellent benefits package including health, dental, 401k, paid time off and more!

Move In SPECIAL 1 & 2BRs, All Utilities Pd! Oaks Apts. 785-830-0888 Parkway Terrace 1 & 2BR Apts.

Well kept, clean, spacious!

2340 Murphy Drive 1BR: $450, 2BR: $500

785-841-1155

1, 2, 3 & 4BRs - 5 Locations Check us out on marketplace Eddingham Place Apts.

The Oaks, Quail Creek Campus West, College Hill

CALL FOR SPECIALS!!

785-841-5444

Crosswinds Northwinds WindGate www.ApartmentsatLawrence.com

785-312-9945

Bob Billings & Crestline

785-842-4200 2BR Apts. & Townhomes Available for January

Now Leasing for

January Availability!

Marketing/ Development Officer

for arts organization.

Work with marketing, corporate giving, grant writing, and special events.

Bachelor’s degree, fund raising and sales experience, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, self starter. Social media skills a plus. Half- time position.

Send resume and references to: Theatre Lawrence, PO Box 3205, Lawrence, KS 66046 or lctks@aol.com

Part-Time

HOME DELIVERY SPECIALIST Lawrence Journal-World is seeking a part-time Home Delivery Specialist to support our circulation team. Specialist is responsible for delivery of newspaper routes, independent contractor orientation and redelivery of newspapers to subscribers. Candidate must be available to work between the hours of 2:00 8:00 a.m.

Ideal candidate must have strong communication and organizational skills; team player; demonstrate a commitment to the company; reliable transportation, a valid driver’s license and a safe driving record; and ability to lift 50 lbs.

We offer a competitive salary, mileage reimbursement, employee discounts and more! Background check, preemployment drug screen and physical lift assessment required.

To apply submit a cover letter and resume to: hrapplications@ljworld.com EOE

Place your ad

ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT

Studio, 1BR , 2BR, & 3BR Great Locations/Staff, Pet Friendly, Pool, Lg. Closets

785-842-3040

We are hiring: Direct Sales Representatives to join our door-to-door outside sales team.

• Sell video, Internet and phone service to new customers.

• Work promotional events during day, evenings and weekend.

• Complete sales orders.

FREE ADS for merchandise

under $100

KansasBUYandSELL.com

1, 2, or 3BR units

Only 2BRs left

Luxury Living for Less 785-842-3280

Social Services

Full-time position on the Second Shift: 2pm-10pm (32 hours Friday-Monday), & substitute positions for all shifts.

Candidate will be responsible for care and supervision of 14 adolescents. Must have at least a high school diploma or GED, be at least 21 years of age, have a valid driver’s license, and able to pass background checks.

Experience with adolescents preferred.

Benefits available for full-time position.

If interested, apply with resume to: V. Torrez Dawson, Assistant Director P.O. Box 647, Lawrence, KS 66044.

Inquiries to (785) 843-2085.

Position will be open until filled. EOE

Studios — 2400 Alabama, built in bed & desk, LR. All electric. $380. Water/cable pd. No pets. 785-841-5797

Duplexes Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 www.GageMgmt.com

2BR, 1½ bath - Large, has wood floors, W/D, DW. 920 Ohio. $660/mo. Water paid.

Avail. now. 785-393-6443 2BR/4plex, spacious split level. W/D hookups, sm pet? Central location. $565.

Avail. Jan. 785-841-4201

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)

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2BR, 2 bath, 1 car, FP, all appls., spacious newer unit, no pets, $755/mo.

Avail. Feb. 1. 785-766-9823

1136 Louisiana St.

* Near campus, bus stop * Laundries on site * Near stores, restaurants

* Water & trash paid.

CALL TODAY!

Mon. - Fri. 785-843-1116

GREAT Location Close to Campus

1BR Apts. starting at $428.

2BR Apts. starting at $528.

HAMPTON COURT

2350 Ridge Ct., Lawrence CALL TODAY! 785-843-6177

MUST SEE! BRAND NEW! The ONLY Energy Star Rated, All Electric Apts. in Lawrence!

Excellent Location 6th & Frontier Spacious 1 & 2 BRs Featuring: • Private balcony, patio, or sunroom • Walk in closets • All Appls./Washer/Dryer • Ceramic tile floors • Granite countertops • Single car garages • Elevators to all floors • 24 hour emergency maintenance Clubhouse, fitness center, and pool coming soon.

Avail. for Lease Starting Jan. 2011 Contact Tuckaway Mgmt.

785-841-3339

Tuckaway Management

Great Locations! Great Prices!

1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms LEASING FOR DEC. & JAN. 785-838-3377, 785-841-3339 www.tuckawaymgmt.com

New Townhome,

4BR, 3bath, 2500 sq.ft. gated community. www.312 N. Parker Cir.com Call Lisa, 785-691-8288

Houses

3+BR, 1 bath, 1323 E 21st.

W/D hookups, No pets. $750/mo. plus deposit.

Randy 785-766-7575

Spacious 2BR Available 900 sq. ft., $610/month

Look & Lease Today!

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 2BR — 2406 Alabama, in 4plex. 2 story, 1½ bath, CA, DW, W/D hookup. $550 per mo. No pets. 785-841-5797 2BR, 1 bath, all appliances including W/D, & carport. $650/mo. 505 Colorado. If interested please call 785843-8566 or 785-840-8147

2BR, 2 bath, fireplace, CA, W/D hookups, 2 car with opener. Easy access to I-70. Includes paid cable.

Pets under 20 pounds are allowed.

Call 785-842-2575 www.princeton-place.com

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

www.sunriseapartments.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

Rooms for rent - $425/room per mo. including utilities.

For female only, No pets.

No smoking. 785-727-0025

LUXURIOUS TOWNHOMES

lawrence.com Call 785-842-1524

2BR & 3BR, 1310 Kentucky.

CA, DW, laundry. $550-$750. $100/person deposit + ½ Mo. FREE rent 785-842-7644

PARKWAY 4000

2BR, 1 bath. 831 Tennessee.

Newly remodeled. CA, DW, Microwave, W/D, deck. $800/mo. 785-842-7644

• 2 & 3BRs, 2 bath, 2 car • Patio, W/D hookups • Fully applianced kitchen • Maintenance free 785-749-2555, 785-766-2722

3BR, 1½ bath, 2301 Ranch Way. Reduced from $820 to $750/mo. Offer ends Dec. 31st. Call 785-842-7644

Move In SPECIAL 3 Bedroom, 2 bath 785-843-4300 Call for Winter Specials

Apartments 785-843-4040 www.thefoxrun.com Studio, 1319 Tennessee, off st. parking. Pets? $365/mo.

Avail. Now. 785-842-9072

GREAT SPECIALS Cedar Hill Apts.

913-417-7200, 785-841-4935

24,000 sq. ft. $1,300,000.

Winter Boots: Black Totes size 11. New-tags still on.

Too small, $20.

785-542-1147/785-542-3172

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

3BR, 2 bath, major appls., FP, 2 car.

785-865-2505

Seasoned Hedge, Oak, Locust & mixed hardwoods, stacked & delivered, $160. for full cord. Call Landon, 785-766-0863

Office Space

Furniture

1311 Wakarusa - office space available. 200 sq. ft.

- 6,000 sq. ft. For details call 785-842-7644

Chairs: Four matching dining room oak chairs.

Carved on back $ 10 each Call 785-843-9071

Office Space, several sizes avail. 150-1,800 sq. ft., 4,500 total sq. ft. possible. Remodel to suit. 785-842-4650

Retail & Commercial Space 615 Maple, N. Lawrence commercial bldg. - 1,800 sq. ft. of office/retail space and a 40’ x 60’ shop area.

Call 785-843-4370 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

Free to a Good Home. Very Smart Lab/Eskimo mix.

Lots of Energy, 6 month old Female. Good with kids. Please call 550-6966.

Skis: Downhill, Shaped.

Dynastar 62 Speed SX 170cm. Tyrolia SYM PRO bindings. Recently tuned. $95. 785-843-5566

Want To Buy

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

Lawrence

“Advising Investors Since 1985” www.LawrenceKsHomes ForSale.biz 785-865-5000

Manufactured Homes BRAND NEW 3BR, 2 BATH!

Financing available!

Perfect Lawrence location!

Call Erin at 800-943-0442 WAC

Cars-Domestic ACADEMY CARS SERVICE Where You Deserve & Receive a Warranty on your Vehicle Maintenance!!!

1527 W 6th St. 785-841-0102 www.academycars.com www.lawrenceautorepair.com

“2011” A NICER NEWER YEAR How’s your New year’s Resolution working for ya?

I will pay you $4,000 over appraised value for your trade _______________ If you have $500 down and 6 month’s on the job I wanna say You’re Approved! _______________ Leave Last year behind get started in style It’s time to be happy mile after mile _______________ As Always our goal is 100% Approval _______________ Receive the most generous offer we’ve ever made $4,000 over appraised value with approved credit Academy Cars “Dealer for the people” 785-841-0102

Blemished Credit Our “For the People” Credit Approval Program will help folks just like you find, qualify, & own the car of their dreams.

With little or no money down, even with less than perfect credit.

Dealer “For the People”

ACADEMY CARS 785-841-0102

Buick 2006 LaCrosse CXL. FWD, 43K miles, leather heated seats, sunroof, ABS, OnStar, alloy wheels, steering wheel controls, GM certified and only $14,995. STK# 422622.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 Mattress Sets: Factory rewww.dalewilleyauto.com jects, new in plastic. Save up to 70%. All sizes.

785-766-6431 Buick 2006 Lacrosse CXL, Only 32K miles, local trade, GM certified, On Start, PreSEALY POSTUREPEDIC mium wheels, rear parking -New in plastic. Factory aid, heated leather seats, Second sets, Save over 50%. Hurry This one won’t last Payless Furniture, 785-331-2031 long!

Only $14,839.

STK#452701.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 Sports-Fitness www.dalewilleyauto.com Equipment

10,000 sq. ft. warehouse with 1,200 sq. ft. office on Want to Buy broken N. Iowa St., Lawrence. Lg. iPhones, iPod (Touch), storage yard included. iMacs, MacBooks, & Call First Management, PowerMacs.

Please Inc. - 785-841-7333 or email call/text 785-304-0724 w/ bobs@firstmanagementinc.com model no. and problem.

Can pick up in Lawrence.

VILLA 26 APTS.

Move-in Specials Avail.

Red Oak/White Oak Mix, $150 truckload, stacked & delivered. Cured & Seasoned. Adam 816-547-1575

Seasoned Oak Firewood $150/cord, $80 per ½ cord.

Green firewood - $130/cord.

785-331-7435/785-766-4544 & please leave a message.

Call for Specials

3BR Townhome Available Comes with W/D and 1 car garage. No pets.

Bloodhound Pups: AKC Red, First shots, $250.

3 females, 2 males 785-393-3059/913-708-5702

Chevrolet 2007 Monte Carlo LS, 67K, Clean, Silverstone.

Buy a Car to Swear By Not At! ACADEMY CARS 785-841-0102 1527 W 6th St. www.academycars.com www.lawrenceautorepair.com

Chevrolet 2007 Monte Carlo Toy Poodles, Chihuahuas, LS, 67K, Clean, Silverstone.

Maltese, and Yorkies. Call Buy a Car to Swear By 785-883-4883 or check out: Not At! ACADEMY CARS www.cuddlesomefarm.com Income Property 785-841-0102 1527 W 6th St. www.academycars.com 3BR duplex NW Lawrence www.lawrenceautorepair.com make about $700/mo. with Chrysler 2007 Aspen Limno down - extended lease. ited, 4WD, 63K miles, $260,000. Call 785-865-8459 heated leather seats, CD changer, Navigation, 20” Duplexes alloy wheels, 3rd row seat2 in S. Lawrence, 2BR, ing, Lots of Extras! only w/garage, $132,000 each. Horse-Tack $25,995. STK#425541.

Thousands under apDale Willey 785-843-5200 Equipment praised value. Theno R.E. www.dalewilleyauto.com 785-843-1811 TACK & SADDLE Chrysler 2009 300 AWD Touring only 30K miles, AUCTION leather, Pwr equip, Black Wed. Jan. 5th 7pm on Black, ABS, XM CD RaPreview at 6pm dio, Premium alloy wheels, State of the economy This is a lot of car! Only forces liquidation - Mur- $20,845. STK#18863A. phy Auctioneers has Dale Willey 785-843-5200 been asked to sell at www.dalewilleyauto.com public auction a complete inventory of west- Chrysler 2008 300 Touring Appliances ern saddles & horse “Dub” Edition, You gotta 30” Roper Gas Range. Al- equipment from a Giant see this one to believe it, Saddle Dis- very nice! sunroof, leather, mond color. $50.

Call Wholesale tributor. This business is 20” chromed alloy wheels, 785-843-9071 to see. liquidating a very nice premium sound, and 35K collection of top quality miles, WOW! only $17,751.

STK#470462.

Stacking Washer & Dryer. saddles & tack.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 Like new stacking washer Everybody is welcome. www.dalewilleyauto.com and dryer. $350/offer. Call Free Saddle Giveaway!

785-841-8069 Also Chrysler 2006 300 Touring, available, Desk, Chest of Velma K. Paris Satin Jade, 69K. Are you drawers, dresser & floor Community Center Drowning in Choices? lamp ACADEMY CARS 6715 SW Westview Rd. 1527 W 6th St. 785-841-0102 Topeka, KS 66619 Baby & Children's www.academycars.com (541) 592-6660 www.lawrenceautorepair.com Licensed Auctioneer: Items Mike Murphy Dodge 2009 Avenger SE, Crib Set: Noah’s (Ark) Zoo 34K. How about a Lifetime Crib Set. Brand new. InEngine Warranty, Lifetime cludes comforter, bumper Oil Changes, and Lifetime & sheet. Fits standard crib.

Car Washes?

Pictures available upon reACADEMY CARS quest. $50/offer.

785-841-0102 1527 W 6th St. myfootprints8@yahoo.com www.academycars.com www.lawrenceautorepair.com

2 & 3BR Townhomes - with garage on quiet cul-de-sac.

No pets. $700 - $800/month.

785-542-3240, 785-865-8951

Office/Warehouse

* 2 BR, 1,300 sq. ft. * 3 BR, 1,700 sq. ft.

2BR, in quiet neighborhood Kitchen Appls., W/D available now. 1000 sq ft.

2-Car Garage water paid, locked stor* Small Pets Accepted age, & off street pkg. $575/mo.

538 Lawrence Showings By Appointment Ave. Call 785-766-2722 www.mallardproperties 2BR — 934 Illinois, avail. now. In 4-plex, 1 bath, CA, DW. $490/mo. No pets. Call 785-841-5797

Abe & Jakes

8 East 6th St., Lawrence

Fireplace Wood: 2608 Belle Crest Drive Delivery & 5BR, 3 bath, large deck, Immediate fenced backyard, finished Stack. $85 per 1/2 cord.

785-542-2724 basement. $1,200/month.

If interested call Tiffany at 785-843-8566, 785-840-8147 Firewood: Mixed hardwoods, mostly split.

Rooms Stacked/delivered. $75-1/2 cord. James 785-241-1143 Furnished BR in my home, share kitchen, quiet, near KU, bus route. $350/mo., Good Seasoned hand-split hardwood, ½ cord, $85, utils. paid. 785-979-4317 $160 full cord. Delivery & stacked. 913-481-1240 Roommates

W/D hookups, Pets OK

Available Now! Huge 2BRs (785) 841-4935 www.midwestpm.com

Commercial Real Estate

Pets

Chevrolet 2009 Impala LT 30K miles dual zone climate control, flex fuel capable, alloy wheels, GM Certified with rates, available as low as 3.9% for 60 months!

Only $15,658 STK#12740.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Call 785-766-8211

Spacious 1, 2, & 3 BRs

Louisiana Place Apts

2411 Cedarwood Ave.

3BR, 2 bath, all amenities, garage. 2831 Four Wheel Drive. $795/mo. Available Now. Call 785-766-8888

Tonganoxie

DON’T BE LATE TO CLASS!

Cedarwood Apartments

785-842-7644 www.gagemgmt.com

OWNER WILL FINANCE

3BR, 1 bath, 1989, very nice. $12,000. — $300 per month. Call 785-727-9764

3BR — 2109 Mitchell, 1 story, 1 bath, garage, AC, DW, Computer-Camera W/D hookup, no pets.

DSL Router: Linksys by $775/mo. 785-841-5797 cisco wired model 3BR, avail. in Prairie Park. #BEFSR41 cable dsl router 4-port switch new feb 2009 Has 2 bath, 2 car, FP, Laundry rm., fenced. $1,150. 2008 for 55 sell for 30? Contact Ron 913-787-4874 local Goodell Court. 785-691-7115 Lawrence 3BR - Charming! 4 miles just S. of Lawrence/KU. 2 bath, lg. 2 car/storage. No pets. IPAD 16G WiFi for sale.

Apartments, Houses & $425 or Best Never used $1,200 + Refs. 785-842-3476 Duplexes. 785-842-7644 Won in Contest. www.GageMgmt.com 3BR, 1-1/2 bath W. 22nd 785-842-2456.

Terrace, $900. No smoking , no pets, new inside & out, Firewood-Stoves 6th & Eldridge new appliances, + W/D, 2BRs: $650 - $725 per month garage, large deck, fenced 785-832-8728, 785-331-5360 Buy Now to insure quality yard. Avail. 785-423-1565 www.lawrencepm.com seasoned hardwoods, 4BR, new, NW, executive 2 hedge, oak, ash, locust, hackberry & walnut.

Split, Avail. Now. 2BR, 2 bath, story home. 2,400 sq. ft., 4 & delivered. bsmt., lawn care provided. bath, 2 car, finished bsmt. stacked $160/cord.

785-727-8650 Wood floor & brand new $1,900/mo. 785-423-5828 tile. $650/mo. 785-393-9359

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711 Rockledge

OWNER WILL FINANCE 3BR, 2 bath, CH/CA, appls., Move in ready - Lawrence.

Call 816-830-2152

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 loca- Snow Boots: Child’s size 1 tion, walk to downtown! Totes Brand, black with 3BR, 1½ bath, 2 car garage. Washer & dryer included. navy blue top, $8. $795/month. 2528 Crestline No pets, no smoking. 785-842-8776.

Court. If interested call Avail. Jan. 3, 785-423-5367, 785-843-8566, 785-840-8147 or 512-847-5970 ext. 221 Clothing

5245 Overland Dr.785-832-8200 2BR, 3 bath, 2 car garage.

New Rate: $1,175/mo.

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Avail. now. 785-841-1284 1BR, 1 bath, 916 W. 4th St., Lawrence Wood floors, Expert, experienced W/D hookup, AC. $500 per rental management month. Call 785-842-7644 Realtor accepting new homeowners. 23 years 3BR, 2 bath, 624 Missouri. experience, reference list Very nice! CA, DW, W/D. of happy owners New paint/carpet. Reduced available. Charles Gruber. to $750/mo. ½ Month FREE 785-766-3400. rent. Call 785-842-7644 cgruber@cgruber.com.

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Buick 2006 Lucerne CXS. 4.6 V8, leather, heated & cooled seats, remote start, Premium sound, On Start, lots of luxury and beautiful color!

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ACADEMY CARS reliable and stylish, 785-841-0102 1527 W 6th St. $7,700/offer. 785.727.3170 www.academycars.com www.lawrenceautorepair.com Ford 2006 Taurus SE, Tungsten Metallic, 33K. You do have the right to Love your car!

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Cars-Imports

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Mercury 2006 Montego Premier, 65K, Lt. Tundra Metallic. Go with a Winner!

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WE WILL GIVE YOU THE MOST MONEY FOR YOUR LATE MODEL CAR, TRUCK, VAN OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE. IF YOU WANT TO SELL IT, WE WANT TO BUY IT. CONTACT ALLEN OR JEFF AT 785-843-5200

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Automotive Services

C & G Auto Sales

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Cleaning A CLEAN ROUTINE Residential cleaning service customized to your family’s needs. All general housekeeping tasks, laundry & linens included.

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K’s Tire

Computer/Internet

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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.

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Automotive Services Bryant Collision Repair Mon-Fri. 8AM-6PM We specialize in Auto Body Repair, Paintless Dent Repair, Glass Repair, & Auto Accessories.

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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

Bryant Collision Repair Mon-Fri. 8AM-6PM Kansas Carpet Care, Inc. We specialize in Auto Body Your locally owned and Repair, Paintless Dent operated carpet and Repair, Glass Repair, upholstery cleaning & Auto Accessories. company since 1993!

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Honda 2000 Civic EX Black, auto, 107k, moon, pw, pl, cc, cd, Carfax cert., mech inspec., like new, very reliable, $5900/offer. 785.727.3170 Honda 2006 Civic Hybrid.

Local one owner Civic. Up to 45MPG! Great color and condition. Nice price also of $11,450. (KBB value $14,155). MP3, satellite radio, good rubber.

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Serving Lawrence & Surrounding Area Since 1980 Award Winning BBQ! Booking Now For Summer Parties/Events 785-841-7665 www.bumsteercatering.com

Oakley Creek Catering

Family Owned & Operated for 37 Years Domestic & Foreign Expert Service 630 Connecticut St

- Full Service Caterer Specializing in smoked meats & barbeque - Corporate Events, Private Parties, WeddingsOn-Site Cooking Available

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Family Owned & Operated

Mudjacking, waterproofing.

We specialize in Basement Repair & pressure Grouting, Level & Straighten Walls, & Bracing on Walls.

B.B.B. FREE ESTIMATES Since 1962 WAGNER’S 785-749-1696

Temporary or Contract Staffing Evaluation Hire, Direct Hire Professional Search Onsite Services (785) 749-7550 1000 S Iowa, Lawrence KS lawrencemarketplace.com/ express

Events/Entertainment

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Garage Doors

Eagles Lodge

LEGACY

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Banquet Hall available for wedding receptions, birthday parties, corporate meetings & seminars.

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• Garage Doors • Openers • Service • Installation Call 785-842-5203 or visit us at Lawrencemarketplace. com/freestate garagedoors

General Services

Bankruptcy, Tax Negotiation, Foreclosure Defense - Call for Free consultation.

Cloon Legal Services 888-845-3511 “We are a federally designated debt relief agency.”

Decks & Fences Flooring Installation Call Billy Construction Decks, Fences, Etc. Insured. (785) 838-9791

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Christensen Floor Care LLC. Wood, Tile, Carpet, Concrete, 30 yrs. exp.

785-842-8315 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/christensenfloorcare

Electric & Industrial Supply Pump & Well Drilling Service

Motors - Pumps Complete Water Systems 602 E 9th St | 785-843-4522

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Crossovers

Kitchen/Bath Remodel Carpet ,Tile, Wood, Stone Showroom 4910 Wakarusa Ct, Ste B (785) 843-8600 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/wildgreen

Martin Floor Covering

Linoleum, Carpet, Ceramic, Hardwood, Laminate, Porcelain Tile.

Estimates Available 1 mile North of I-70. http://lawrencemarketplace. com/martin_floor_covering

785-841-9222

Lawn, Garden & Nursery

“Your Comfort Is Our Business.”

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

15 yrs exp, Mowing, Yard Clean-up, Tree Trimming, Snow Removal All jobs considered. 15% Sr. Discount.

785-312-0813, 785-893-1509 Love’s Lawncare & Snow Removal Quality Service Free Est. & Senior Discounts 60 & up.

Bonded & Insured Call Danny 785-220-3925

Air Conditioning/ & Heating/Sales & Srvs.

Free Estimates on replacement equipment! Ask us about Energy Star equipment & how to save on your utility bills.

Roger, Kevin or Sarajane

785-843-2244

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WINTER ICE MELT PRODUCTS Residential & Commercial Use Buy In Bulk Or By the Bag Eco-Friendly & Pet Friendly

Residential & Commercial Standard & High Security Keys Full Service Shop 840 Connecticut St. 785-749-3023 lawrencemarketplace.com/ mobilelocksmith

(785) 550-1565

Lawrence’s Newest Sign Shop

Guttering Services

Landscaping Low Maintenance Landscape, Inc.

1210 Lakeview Court, Innovative Planting Design Construction & Installation www.lawrencemarketplace. com/lml

785-550-5610

JAYHAWK GUTTERING

Int/Ext/Specialty Painting Siding, Wood Rot & Decks

Kate, 785-423-4464

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Seamless aluminum gutter- Plan Now For Next Year ing. Many colors to choose • Custom Pools, Spas & from. Install, repair, screen, Water Features clean-out. Locally owned.

• Design & Installation Insured. Free estimates.

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Dodge 2008 Nitro SXT 4x4, Brilliant Black, 72K, off lease, On-line credit 50 E-Z a child could do it!

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Get the Car Covered

from the tires to the roof from bumper to bumper.

0% Financing available on all service contracts No credit checks.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com GMC 2010 Terrain SLT2, AWD, Bought New here, traded here, hard loaded with all of the extras, On Star, GM Certified, Low, Low miles, Only $30,756.

STK#607791.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com Honda 2006 CRV SE auto. sunroof, leather heated seats, 1 owner.

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Roofing

Specializing in: Residential & Commercial Tearoffs Asphalt & Fiberglass Shingling Cedar Shake Shingles

Call 785-841-0809

Lawrencemarketplace.com/ garrison_roofing Supplying all your Painting needs.

Serving Lawrence and surrounding areas for over 25 years.

Pet Services

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

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

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“We Can Train Any Dog!” Call for Free Home Demo!

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K-9 Butler

Pet Waste Removal Service • Reasonable Rates • No Contracts to Sign • References Available 785-331-9316 http://lawrencemarket place.com/K9Butler

Recycling Services

A. B. Painting & Repair Int/ext. Drywall, Tile, Siding, Wood rot, & Decks 30 plus yrs. Refs. Free Est. Al 785-331-6994 albeil@aol.com

Inside - Out Painting Service

Complete interior & exterior painting Siding replacement

785-766-2785

inside-out-paint@yahoo.com Free Estimates Fully Insured Lawrencemarketplace.com/ inside-out-paint

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

ROOF REPAIRS

Leaks, Flashing, Masonry.

Residential, Commercial References, Insured.

KW Service 785-691-5949

Sewing Service & Repair Bob’s BERNINA

Sewing and Vacuum Center

2449 B Iowa St. 12th & Haskell 785-842-1595 Recycle Center, Inc. No Monthly Fee - Always NEW STORE HOURS been FREE! M-F 9-6, Th 9-8, Sat 9-4 Cash for all Metals We take glass!

Servicing Most Model Sewing 1146 Haskell Ave, Lawrence Machines, Sergers & Vacs 785-865-3730 www.lawrencemarketplace. http://lawrencemarketplace. com/bobsbernina com/recyclecenter

Lonnie’s Recycling Inc. Buyers of aluminum cans, all type metals & junk vehicles. Mon.-Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-4, 501 Maple, Lawrence.

785-841-4855 lawrencemarketplace.com/ lonnies

Roofing Allcore Roofing & Restoration

Roofs, Guttering, Windows, Siding, & Interior Restoration

Hail & Wind Storm Specialists

Painting

Free Estimates

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Haul Free: Salvageable items. Charge; other movTaking Care of ing, hauling, landscaping, Lawrence’s Plumbing home repair, clean inside & Needs for over 35 Years out. 785-841-6254.

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Moving-Hauling

Packing & Shipping

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Dodge 2007 Caliber SXT, Bright Silver Metallic 56K, How about lifetime oil changes, Car washes and a lifetime engine warranty!

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Since 1982

Plumbing

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Chrysler 2008 PT Cruiser, 49K, Silver Steel Metallic.

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Unemployed son-in-law needs ultimatum Dear Annie: I had to retire early due to a disability. My daughter moved in with me, along with her husband and their kids. “Sarah” does not work, other than helping me around the house and taking me places. Her husband has a hard time keeping a job and has been out of work for seven months. I pay all the bills, including groceries and their car insurance. It is draining my retirement twice as fast as I had planned.

I would like to kick the husband out, but that would cause problems between Sarah and me, although she, too, is frustrated with his joblessness. I wouldn’t mind so much if he were actively looking for work, but his efforts are half-hearted at best. He gets tips from friends and family, and Sarah and I circle ads in the paper, but he doesn’t bother to follow up. What can we do? — Mad in the Midwest D ea r M a d : You cannot throw out Sarah’s husband without her consent and approval. He may be lazy, but it is equally likely he is discouraged and depressed, and his job history indicates h e m ay a l s o s u ffe r f ro m ad u l t A D D. I f yo u n e e d Sa ra h’s o cc a s i o n a l h e l p around the house, encourage her to get a part-time

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husband handle his sister. If she invited the ex-girlfriend solely to get your goat, you won that battle by behaving graciously. We hope you will continue to do so by putting this behind you.

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Dear Annie: My mother-inlaw recently held a birthday lunch for my husband. I attended, along with our granddaughter. Two of his sisters were also there with their families. One sister invited my husband’s ex-girlfriend, with whom she is still friends.

My husband said hello, but that was it. The ex brought a card and gift for my husband’s birthday. I behaved in a cordial manner, but I was seething inside. I felt that my sister-in-law was disrespectful. My husband was not happy, either, and said he was going to write his sister a letter.

Prime time awash in sudsy themes The second day of 2011 seems to be time for second helpings. To commemorate Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Golden Globe Award nomination, Lifetime Movie Network re-airs ”The Client List“ (6 p.m., Sunday, LMN). Hewitt stars as a former Texas homecoming queen faced with money woes after she and her husband lose their jobs. Little does she know that when she takes a job at a massage parlor that the business is really a front for a prostitution ring. ● On a similar theme, look for original episodes of ABC melodramas with strong soap opera appeal. On ”Desperate Housewives“ (8 p.m., ABC), Susan clings to life after being trampled during the riot on Wisteria Lane.

How many cataclysms must that quiet street endure? Meanwhile, on ”Brothers & Sisters“ (9 p.m., ABC), Kitty’s new romance becomes the subject of Internet scuttlebutt. Perhaps one of the reasons the afternoon soap opera has declined is that most of their viewers have migrated to ABC’s prime-time lineup. ● Meanwhile, back on planet Earth, National Geographic rebroadcasts the powerful documentary ”Restrepo: Afghan Outpost“ (7 p.m., National Geographic). The film follows a 15-man unit in the hostile Korengal Valley of Afghanistan. The outpost Restrepo is named after a platoon medic killed during an ambush (and seen early on in this gritty little film). Hand-held cameras capture combat at its most brutal and tedious.

Moments of quiet give way to sudden firefights. Offered without narration or expert overview, ”Restrepo“ is a short dose of ”reality television“ that is all about the soldiers and what they endure. It may be too much for some viewers to bear.

Today’s other highlights ● Scheduled on ”60 Minutes“ (6 p.m., CBS): a drug industry whistle-blower; on the road with Wynton Marsalis. ● The Seahawks host the Rams on ”Sunday Night Football“ (7:15 p.m., NBC). ● A cruise director is required to get down and boogie on ”Undercover Boss“ (8 p.m., CBS). ● ”My Fair Wedding with David Tutera“ (8 p.m., WE) enters its fourth season, followed by the premier of ”Rich Bride Poor Bride“ (9 p.m., WE).

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ACROSS 1 Geological span 4 Voyaging 9 An octopus’ eight 13 Speaker’s stage 15 Takes the hook BUYandSELL 16 Look before you ___ 17 Inaccurate 19 Robe for Caesar 20 Less lax 21 Sneak into an institution?

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32 White hat withdrawn. It is true you there isn't only one way.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22wearer will tend to keep your own Tonight: Follow another Dec. 21) ★★★★★ You are 33 Joan Osborne hit, counsel and not be quite person's lead. in your element. Still, you “One ___” so verbal. You have a good Cancer (June 21-July 22) have a hurdle or two to 36 Test sense about money and ★★★ You have been jump, especially with a composition which risks to take. If you putting such an enormous friend. Tonight: Whatever 38 Not reach are single, check out a effort into the holidays, knocks your socks off. one’s expectations new suitor, and date for a nurturing those who are Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 41 Smokeless while to make sure that he less fortunate or less con19) ★★★★ Assume you tobacco or she is emotionally avail- tent. Tonight: Escape needs don't have all the answers.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★★ Stay close to home, and honor your feelings. You might want to stop and do something just for you. Tonight: Let spontaneity rule.

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Big 12 Men

Conference All Games W L W L Kansas 0 0 12 0 Missouri 0 0 13 1 Texas A&M 0 0 12 1 Oklahoma State 0 0 11 1 Iowa State 0 0 12 2 Texas 0 0 11 2 Nebraska 0 0 10 2 Kansas State 0 0 11 3 Baylor 0 0 8 3 Colorado 0 0 9 4 Oklahoma 0 0 7 6 Texas Tech 0 0 6 7 Today’s Games North Dakota at Nebraska, ppd.

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 Men

EAST Embry-Riddle 96, Baruch 75 Georgetown 86, DePaul 75 St. John’s 67, Providence 65 Syracuse 70, Notre Dame 58 SOUTH Boston College 85, South Carolina 70 N.C. State 76, San Diego 54 MIDWEST Bowling Green 67, Saint Louis 61 Butler 76, Valparaiso 59 Cleveland St. 83, Ill.-Chicago 59 Creighton 73, Drake 57 Dayton 76, New Mexico 73, 2OT Loyola of Chicago 83, Youngstown St. 53 Marquette 79, West Virginia 74 Missouri St. 82, Illinois St. 71 S. Illinois 57, N. Iowa 55 W. Illinois 59, Purdue-Calumet 56 Waldorf 75, Peru St. 54 Wichita St. 79, Bradley 63 Wis.-Milwaukee 84, Detroit 81, OT Wright St. 67, Wis.-Green Bay 64 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 81, W. Kentucky 73 Mid-Am Christian 71, John Brown 66 North Texas 80, Louisiana-Lafayette 63 Oklahoma Baptist 73, Lubbock Christian 55 SMU 82, Dallas Christian 49 FAR WEST Hampton 77, Colorado St. 75 San Francisco 68, Dominican, Calif. 47

Big 12 Women

Conference All Games W L W L Baylor 0 0 13 1 Kansas 0 0 12 1 Texas Tech 0 0 12 1 Texas A&M 0 0 11 1 Oklahoma State 0 0 10 1 Oklahoma 0 0 10 2 Iowa State 0 0 10 2 Kansas State 0 0 10 3 Texas 0 0 10 3 Nebraska 0 0 9 4 Missouri 0 0 8 4 Colorado 0 0 8 4 Today’s Games 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.

College Women

EAST Cornell 58, Ithaca 55 New Hampshire 88, Rhode Island 74, 3OT Syracuse 91, Ark.-Pine Bluff 56 SOUTH Averett 73, Peace 43 Delaware St. 90, Wesley 58 Miami 91, Lipscomb 52 MIDWEST Illinois St. 69, N. Iowa 60

Crossovers

Indiana St. 84, Bradley 68 Toledo 71, North Dakota 55 SOUTHWEST Cent. Arkansas 87, Oklahoma Wesleyan 40 John Brown 66, Mid-Am Christian 54 Louisiana-Lafayette 65, North Texas 54 Lubbock Christian 95, Oklahoma Baptist 84 S. Nazarene 86, Oklahoma Christian 83, OT FAR WEST Alaska-Anchorage 78, Montana St.Billings 59 Idaho St. 84, Montana Tech 51 Montana St. 79, Utah Valley 70 Nevada 57, BYU 53 Utah 73, Utah St. 61

Area Men’s College

Saturday in Columbia, Mo. Columbia College Classic COLUMBIA COLLEGE 69, BAKER 45 Baker 22 23 — 45 Columbia 38 31 — 69 Baker — Corey Anderson 11, Manuel Medina 8, Jaris Wommack 7, Andre Strozler 6, Ryckey Harper 5, Austin Bond 3, Jack SHortell 2, Samer Jassar 2, Drew Berg 1.

Columbia — Henrique Medeiros 13, Darnell Moore 12, Jaron Strickland 11, Greg Stegemen 11, Wendell Crowder 6, Devin Griffin 5, Taylro Evans 4, Matt Woodcock 3, Keenan Gaskin 2, Jordan Dressler 2.

Baker record: 4-9. Next for Baker: Monday at Bethany.

Kansas Men

Exhibition Washburn, W 92-62 Emporia State, W 90-59 Regular Season Longwood, W 113-75 (1-0) Valparaiso, W 79-44 (2-0) North Texas, W 90-63 (3-0) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, W 82-41 (40) Ohio University in Las Vegas, W, 98-41 (5-0) Arizona in Las Vegas, W 87-79 (6-0) UCLA, W 77-76 (7-0) Memphis, W 81-68 (8-0) Colorado State, Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo., W 76-55 (9-0) USC, W 70-68 (10-0) at California, W 78-63 (11-0) Texas-Arlington, W 82-57 (12-0) Today — Miami (Ohio), 5 p.m., ESPNU. Jan. 5 (Wednesday) — UMKC, 7 p.m., Jayhawk TV. Jan. 9 (Sunday) — at Michigan, 12:30 p.m. or 3:30 p.m., CBS. Jan. 12 (Wednesday) – at Iowa State, 8 p.m., ESPN2.

Jan. 15 (Saturday) — Nebraska, 1 p.m., ESPNU. Jan. 17 (Monday) — at Baylor, 8:30 p.m., ESPN. Jan. 22 (Saturday) — Texas, 3 p.m., CBS. Jan. 25 (Tuesday) — at Colorado, 7 p.m., Boulder, Colo., Big 12 Network.

Jan. 29 (Saturday) — Kansas State, TBD. Feb. 1 (Tuesday) — at Texas Tech, 8 p.m., ESPNU. Feb. 5 (Saturday) — at Nebraska, 3 p.m., Big 12.

Feb. 7 (Monday) — Missouri, 8 p.m., ESPN. Feb. 12 (Saturday) — Iowa State, 3 p.m., Big 12.

Feb. 14 (Monday) — at Kansas State, 8 p.m., ESPN. Feb. 19 (Saturday) — Colorado, 1 p.m., ESPN. Feb. 21 (Monday) — Oklahoma State, 8 p.m., ESPN. Feb. 26 (Saturday) — at Oklahoma, 1 p.m. or 3 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2.

March 2 (Wednesday) — Texas A&M, 8 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2.

March 5 (Saturday) — at Missouri, 11 a.m., CBS. March 9-12 (Wed.-Sat.) — Big 12 Championship, Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.

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Kansas Women

Exhibition Fort Hays State, W 83-62 Washburn, W 80-46 Regular Season South Dakota, W 73-40 (1-0) Texas A&M Corpus Christi, W 85-44 (20) at Wisconsin, W 93-86, OT (3-0) North Dakota State, W 61-53 (4-0) Memphis, W 90-58 (5-0) Fordham, W 81-68 OT (6-0) Maine, W 126-63 (7-0) at SMU, W 73-65 (8-0) at Michigan, L 75-67 (8-1) Alabama, W 79-57 (9-1) SIUE, W 95-52 (10-1) at Creighton, W 64-58 (11-1) UT Arlington, W 80-57 (12-1) Monday — UMKC, 7 p.m.

Jan. 8 — Texas Tech, 7 p.m.

Jan. 12 — at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Jan. 16 — at Nebraska, 2 p.m.

Jan. 19 — Baylor, 7 p.m.

Jan. 23 — Oklahoma, noon Jan. 26 — at Missouri, 7 p.m.

Jan. 29 — at Kansas State, 2 p.m.

Feb. 2 — Colorado, 7 p.m.

Feb. 5 — at Texas, 2 p.m.

Feb. 9 — Iowa State, 7 p.m.

Feb. 12 — at Texas A&M, 7 p.m.

Feb. 19 — Missouri, 7 p.m.

Feb. 23 — at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

Feb. 26 — Nebraska, 7 p.m.

March 1 — at Iowa State, 7 p.m.

March 5 — Kansas State, 6:30 p.m.

March 8-12 — Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Mo.

Lawrence High Boys

Washburn Rural, L 68-45 (0-1) at BV Shootout v. Blue Valley, L 62-49 (0-2) at BV Shootout v. Ralston (Neb.), W 5348 (1-2) at BV Shootout v. Lee’s Summit North (Mo.), W 53-51 (2-2) SM Northwest, L 71-60 (2-3) Jan. 7 — Olathe North, 7 p.m.

Jan. 8 — at Rockhurst, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 11 — at SM North, 7 p.m.

Jan. 14 — at Olathe South, 7 p.m.

Jan. 20 — at Topeka Invite Tournament v. TBD Jan. 21 — at Topeka Invite Tournament v. TBD Jan. 22 — at Topeka Invite Tournament v. TBD Jan. 25 — Free State, 7 p.m.

Feb. 4 — SM West, 7 p.m.

Feb. 8 — at SM East, 7 p.m.

Feb. 11 — at Olathe East, 7 p.m.

Feb. 15 — SM South, 7 p.m.

Feb. 18 — Olathe Northwest, 7 p.m.

Feb. 22 — at Leavenworth, 7 p.m.

Feb. 25 — at Free State, 7:30 p.m.

at Seaman, W 68-53 (1-0) Shawnee Heights, W 64-37 (2-0) at Lansing, W 63-54 (3-0) at Blue Valley North, L 55-53 (3-1) Leavenworth, L 73-66 (3-2) Jan. 4 — at Blue Valley West, 7:00 p.m.

Jan. 7 — Olathe East, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 11 — at SM Northwest, 7 p.m.

Jan. 14 — at Olathe North, 7 p.m.

Jan. 20 — at McPherson Invitational, TBA Jan. 21 — at McPherson Invitational, TBA Jan. 22 — at McPherson Invitational, TBA Jan. 25 — at Lawrence High, 7 p.m.

Feb. 4 — SM East, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 8 — at SM South, 7 p.m.

Feb. 11 — at Olathe Northwest, 7 p.m.

Feb. 15 — SM West, 7 p.m.

Feb. 18 — at Olathe South, 7 p.m.

Feb. 22 — at SM North, 7 p.m.

Feb. 25 — Lawrence High, 7:30 p.m.

Seabury Academy Boys

at Olpe, W 59-51 (1-0) at Raymore-Peculiar Tourney v. RayPec, L 53-49 (1-1) at Raymore-Peculiar Tourney v.

Raytown (Mo.), L 49-39 (1-2) at Raymore-Peculiar Tourney v.

Harrisonville (Mo.), W 41-40 (2-2)

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“2011” A NICER NEWER YEAR

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I will pay you $4,000 over appraised value for your trade _______________ If you have $500 down and 6 month’s on the job I wanna say You’re Approved! _______________ Leave Last year behind get started in style It’s time to be happy mile after mile _______________ As Always our goal is 100% Approval _______________

at Shea Invitational vs. Salina HomeSchool, W 68-22 (1-0) at Shea Invitational vs. Flint Hills Christian, W 44-18 (2-0) at Heritage Christian Academy, L 41-49 (2-1) Kansas School for the Deaf, W 58-12 (31) at Cair Paravel, W 65-58 (4-1) at Christ Prep Academy, W 60-24 (5-1) at Wichita Defenders, L 66-39 (5-2) Jan. 4 — at Topeka Cornerstone, 8 p.m.

Jan. 7 — at Heritage Christian, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 8 — St. Mary’s Academy, 4:45 p.m.

Jan. 14 — Manhattan CHIEF, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 18 — at Heritage Christian Academy, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 25 — at Manhattan CHIEF, 7:30 p.m Jan. 28 — a Bishop Seabury, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 29 — Midland Adventist Academy, 8:15 p.m.

Feb. 1 — at Blue Ridge Christian, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 4 — Flint Hills Christian 7:45 p.m.

Feb. 8 — at St. Mary’s Academy, 8 p.m.

Feb. 12 — Cair Paravel, 8 p.m.

Feb. 15 — Marais des Cygnes Valley, 8 p.m.

Feb. 18 — Center Place, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 24 — KCAA State Tournament, TBA Feb. 25 — KCAA State Tournament, TBA Feb. 26 — KCAA State Tournament, TBA

Lawrence High Girls

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Washburn Rural, L 62-29 (0-1) Junction City, L 51-50 (0-2) Mill Valley, L 23-40 (0-3) St. Teresa’s Academy, W 53-50, OT (1SM Northwest, W 44-43 (2-3) Jan. 7 — Olathe North, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 10 — SM North, 7 p.m.

Jan. 13 — at Olathe South, 7 p.m.

Jan. 18 — Free State, 7 p.m.

Jan. 21 — Emporia, 7 p.m.

Jan. 27 — at Capital City Classic, TBD Jan. 28 — at Capital City Classic, TBD Jan. 29 — at Capital City Classic, TBD Feb. 3 — SM West, 7 p.m.

Feb. 7 — at SM East, 7 p.m.

Feb. 11 — at Olathe East, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 15 — SM South, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 18 — Olathe Northwest, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 22 — at Leavenworth, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 25 — at Free State, 6 p.m.

Free State Girls

at Emporia, L 46-35 (0-1) at Seaman, W 48-45 (1-1) Shawnee Heights, L 51-35 (1-2) at Lansing, W 57-33 (2-2) Leavenworth, W 61-38 (3-2) Jan. 4 —Platte County, 7 p.m.

Jan. 7 — Olathe East, 6 p.m.

Jan. 11 — at SM Northwest, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 14 — at Olathe North, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 18 — at Lawence High, 7 p.m.

Jan. 27 — Firebird Winter Classic, TBA Jan. 28 — Firebird Winter Classic, TBA Jan. 29 — Firebird Winter Classic, TBA Feb. 4 — SM East, 6 p.m.

Feb. 7 — at SM South, 7 p.m.

Feb. 11 — at Olathe Northwest, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 15 — SM West, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 17 — at Olathe South, 7 p.m.

Feb. 22 — at SM North, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 25 — Lawrence, 6 p.m.

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Heavy TrucksTrailers

Jan. 4 — at Hyman Brand, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 6 — Midland, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 11 — Overland Park Christ Prep, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 14 — Wichita WOL, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 18 — at McLouth Tourney, TBD Jan. 21 — at McLouth Tourney, TBD Jan. 22 — at McLouth Tourney, TBD Jan. 28 — Veritas Feb. 1 — University Academy of K.C. Feb. 3 — at Kansas School for the Deaf Feb. 8 — at Wetmore Feb. 11 — Elwood Feb. 15 — HCS Feb. 18 — at Cair Paravel

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Seabury Academy Girls

Jan. 4 — at Hyman Brand, 6 p.m.

Jan. 6 — Midland, 6 p.m.

Jan. 28 — Veritas, 6 p.m.

Feb. 3 — at Kansas School for the Deaf, 6 p.m.

Feb. 8 — at Wetmore, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 11 — Elwood, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 15 — Heritage, 6 p.m.

Feb. 18 — at Cair Paravel, 6:30 p.m.

Veritas Girls

at Shea Invitational vs. Smoky Valley Home Educators, W 37-30 (1-0) at Shea Invitational vs. Flint Hills Christian, W 57-22 (2-0) at Shea Invitational vs. Manhattan CHIEF, L 34-16 (2-1) Kansas School for the Deaf, W 51-7 (3-1) at Cair Paravel, L 46-24 (3-2) Wichita Defenders, L 57-35 (3-3) Jan. 4 — at Topeka Cornerstone, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 7 — Heritage Christian, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 14 — Manhattan CHIEF, 6 p.m.

Jan. 18 — at Heritage Christian Academy, 6 p.m.

Jan. 22 — Brand Hebrew Academy, 6 p.m.

Jan. 25 — at Manhattan CHIEF, 6 p.m.

Jan. 28 — at Bishop Seabury, 6 p.m.

Jan. 29 — Midland Adventist Academy, 8:15 p.m.

Feb. 1 — at Blue Ridge Christian, 6 p.m.

Feb. 4 — Flint Hills Christian, 6:15 p.m.

Feb. 7 — at Midland Adventist Academy, 6 p.m.

Feb. 12 — Cair Paravel, 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 15 — Marais des Cygnes Valley, TBA Feb. 18 — Center Place, 6 p.m.

Feb. 22 — at Brand Hebrew Academy, 5 p.m.

Feb. 24 — TBA Feb. 25 — TBA Feb. 26 — TBA

NFL

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct y-New England 13 2 0.867 x-N.Y. Jets 10 5 0.667 Miami 7 8 0.467 Buffalo 4 11 0.267 South W L T Pct Indianapolis 9 6 0.600 Jacksonville 8 7 0.533 Tennessee 6 9 0.400 Houston 5 10 0.333 North W L T Pct x-Pittsburgh 11 4 0.733 x-Baltimore 11 4 0.733 Cleveland 5 10 0.333 Cincinnati 4 11 0.267 West W L T Pct y-Kansas City 10 5 0.667 San Diego 8 7 0.533 Oakland 7 8 0.467 Denver 4 11 0.267 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct y-Philadelphia 10 5 0.667 N.Y. Giants 9 6 0.600 Washington 6 9 0.400 Dallas 5 10 0.333 South W L T Pct x-Atlanta 12 3 0.800 x-New Orleans 11 4 0.733 Tampa Bay 9 6 0.600 Carolina 2 13 0.133 North W L T Pct y-Chicago 11 4 0.733 Green Bay 9 6 0.600 Minnesota 6 9 0.400 Detroit 5 10 0.333 West W L T Pct St. Louis 7 8 0.467 Seattle 6 9 0.400 San Francisco 5 10 0.333 Arizona 5 10 0.333 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

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PF 480 329 266 276

PA 306 297 295 387

PF 412 336 336 356

PA 368 385 316 410

PF 334 344 262 315

PA 223 263 291 382

PF 356 408 379 316

PA 295 294 361 438

PF 426 377 288 380

PA 363 333 360 423

PF 383 371 318 186

PA 278 284 305 377

PF 331 378 268 342

PA 276 237 328 356

PF 283 294 267 282

PA 312 401 339 396

Today’s Games Oakland at Kansas City, noon Tampa Bay at New Orleans, noon Miami at New England, noon Minnesota at Detroit, noon Carolina at Atlanta, noon Pittsburgh at Cleveland, noon Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, noon Cincinnati at Baltimore, noon Arizona at San Francisco, 3:15 p.m.

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

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

Jacksonville at Houston, 3:15 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Washington, 3:15 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 3:15 p.m.

Tennessee at Indianapolis, 3:15 p.m.

St. Louis at Seattle, 7:20 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 18 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque BYU 52, UTEP 24 Humanitarian Bowl At Boise, Idaho Northern Illinois 40, Fresno State 17 New Orleans Bowl Troy 48, Ohio 21 Tuesday, Dec. 21 Beef ’O’ Brady’s Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. Louisville 31, Southern Mississippi 28 Wednesday, Dec. 22 MAACO Bowl At Las Vegas Boise State 26, Utah 3 Thursday, Dec. 23 Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego San Diego State 35, Navy 14 Friday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Tulsa 62, Hawaii 35 Sunday, Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl At Detroit Florida International 34, Toledo 32 Monday, Dec. 27 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. Air Force 14, Georgia Tech 7 Tuesday, Dec. 28 Champs Sports Bowl At Orlando, Fla. North Carolina State 23, West Virginia 7 Insight Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Iowa 27, Missouri 24 Wednesday, Dec. 29 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 Thursday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Army 16, SMU 14 Pinstripe Bowl At Bronx, N.Y. Syracuse 36, Kansas State 34 Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.

North Carolina 30, Tennessee 27, OT Holiday Bowl At San Diego Washington 19, Nebraska 7 Friday, Dec. 31 Meineke Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. South Florida 31, Clemson 26 Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Notre Dame 33, Miami 17 Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

UCF 10, Georgia 6 Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Florida State 26, South Carolina 17 Saturday, Jan. 1 TicketCity Bowl At Dallas Texas Tech 45, Northwestern 38

Vans-Buses

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA—Fined Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy $35,000 for public comments about the officiating following a Dec. 30 game against New York. Fined Boston GF Paul Pierce $15,000 for throwing an object into the stands during a Dec. 28 game at Indiana.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS—Re-signed LB Shawne Merriman.

CAROLINA PANTHERS—Placed FB Tony Fiammetta on injured reserve. Signed LB Tommy Williams from the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Signed D Dylan Olsen to a three-year contract.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Assigned D Brett Festerling to Hamilton (AHL).

ECHL ELMIRA JACKALS—Announced D John de Gray has been assigned to Syracuse (AHL).

COLLEGE PITTSBURGH—Fired football coach Mike Haywood.

NHL

Saturday’s Games Buffalo 7, Boston 6, SO Toronto 5, Ottawa 1 Carolina 6, New Jersey 3 Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, OT Washington 3, Pittsburgh 1 San Jose 1, Los Angeles 0 Calgary 2, Edmonton 1

Public Notices

Public Notices

2451 Crossgate Drive, for a 46 unit Multi Dwelling Residential development on approximately 4.6 acres. Submitted by BG Consultants, Inc for Michael D. Stultz, property owner of record.

(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World January 2, 2011)

CSR-12-26-10: Consider a request for a variance from section 20-806(d)(2)(v) and (vi) of the Subdivision Regulations pertaining to Minimum Frontage and Entrance Spacing Requirements and Minimum Road Right(s)-of-way for 25 acres, 1 parcel, Residential Development Parcel No. 2, Honda 2008 Odyssey EXL, Section 1-Township Navigation, leather, DVD, 12S-Range 18E, of the Cersunroof, heated seats, 22K. tificate of Survey submitted Johnny I’s Cars

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Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Alabama 49, Michigan State 7 Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Florida 37, Penn State 24 Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Mississippi State 52, Michigan 14 Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

TCU 21, Wisconsin 19 Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

Oklahoma 48, Connecticut 20 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.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT

Case No. 09CV757 Court Number: 2 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of 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 Lower Level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center of the Courthouse at Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, on January 27, 2011, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: Lot 24, in Western Hills Suburban Rancheros, a subdivision in the City of Lawrence, as shown by the recorded plat thereof, in Douglas County, Kansas, together with that portion of vacated street accruing thereto, commonly known as 1131 Wagon Wheel Road, Lawrence, KS 66049 (the “Property”) to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com.

Kenneth McGovern, Sheriff Douglas County, Kansas Prepared By: South & Associates, P.C. Kristen G. Stroehmann (KS # 10551) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913)663-7600 (913)663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys For Plaintiff (107608) ________ (Published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World January 2, 2011) The abandoned personal property of the following tenant will be disposed of on or after January 17, 2011, if not claimed beforehand.

Tammy Higgins, 1506 Greenway, Apt C., Eudora KS 66025. Furniture, clothing, personal items, electronics, dishes.

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STYLE SCOUT

DAVE BARRY’S 2010

YEAR IN REVIEW

by Caitlin Donnelly

Hannah Zoe Zingrie Age: 22 Sign: Aries

By Dave Barry

Hometown: Lawrence

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Time in Lawrence: 10 years Occupation: Professional student What were you doing when you were scouted? Drinking coffee at Aimee’s Coffeehouse, 1025 Mass.

How would you describe your style? Thrifty librarian.

What are your current favorite fashion trends?

Sheer apparel and lace — they provide an interesting insertion of texture into any outfit.

What are your least favorite fashion trends?

Anything that resembles banana patterns, aka Prada Spring/Summer 2011.

What would you like to see more of in Lawrence?

Adapted fashions that are not entirely vintage but instead an updated mix of modern clothing and retro attire.

What would you like to see less of in Lawrence? KU T-shirts and replication. I’d rather see one-of-akind jewelry and clothing pieces.

Do you have any piercings or tattoos? Two tattoos and pierced ears.

Do you have any fashion influences? 1920s- 1940s-style fashions and the recent collections of Dolce and Gabbana, Missoni and Vena CLOTHING DETAILS: Cava, especially for Shoes: Nicole, September 2010, $80. their fabulous patLeggings: American Apparel, 2007, $35. terns.

People say I look like…Tom Petty.

Tell us a secret: My 26-pound Maine coon cat, Al Pacino, runs my house.

Dress: Wildman Vintage, 2008, $8.

Sweater: Banana Republic, 2006, $20.

Purse: Coach, July 2010, $2.

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Age: 27 Sign: Gemini Occupation: Media relations specialist at THECOOLTV Hometown: Overland Park Time in Lawrence: Off and on since 2001 What were you doing when you were scouted? Eating breakfast at Global Café How would you describe your style?

Clean lines, always utilitarian — and nothing flashy.

What are your current favorite fashion trends? Men’s buttonup shirts where the buttons are hidden and stockings on ladies in the winter.

What are your least favorite fashion trends? Jasmine/MC Hammer pants and the recent resurgence of old-lady clothing and tap shoes. Basically any time-traveler/backwards fashion — it’s 2010. Come on.

What would you like to see more of in Lawrence? Rooftop patios on restaurants and bars downtown.

What would you like to see less of in Lawrence? Leggings in the springtime — ladies, free the legs!

Do you have any tattoos or piercings? Nope.

Do you have any fashion influences? No, none of which I’m aware.

People say I look like … I’ve gotten Ryan Gosling before, but typically people just say some generic white guy or the door guy at the Taproom.

Shoes: LoTek, October 2010, $80.

Jeans: Ernest Sewn, Hobbs, September 2010, $190.

Sweater: Meltin’ Pot, Hobbs, 2007, $170.

Let’s put things into perspective: 2010 was not the worst year ever. There have been MUCH worse years.

For example, toward the end of the Cretaceous Period, the Earth was struck by an asteroid that wiped out 75 percent of all the species on the planet. Can we honestly say that we had a worse year than those species did? Yes we can, because they were not exposed to “Jersey Shore.”

So on second thought we see that this was, in fact, the worst year ever. The perfect symbol for the awfulness of 2010 was the BP oil spill, which oozed up from the depths and spread, totally out of control, like some kind of hideous uncontrollable metaphor. (Or, “Jersey Shore.") The scariest thing about the spill was, nobody in charge seemed to know what to do about it. Time and again, top political leaders personally flew down to the Gulf of Mexico to look at the situation first-hand and hold press availabilities. And yet somehow, despite these efforts, the oil continued to leak. This forced us to face the disturbing truth that even top policy thinkers with postgraduate degrees from Harvard University — Harvard University! — could not stop it.

The leak was eventually plugged by non-policy people using machinery of some kind. But by then our faith in our leaders had been shaken, especially since they also seemed to have no idea what to do about this pesky recession. Congress tried every remedy it knows, ranging all the way from borrowing money

from China and spending it on government programs, to borrowing MORE money from China and spending it on government programs. But in the end, all of this stimulus created few actual jobs, and most of those were in the field of tar-ball collecting.

Things were even worse abroad. North Korea continued to show why it is known as “the international equivalent of Charlie Sheen.” The entire nation of Greece went into foreclosure and had to move out; it is now living with relatives in Bulgaria. Iran continued to develop nuclear weapons, all the while insisting that they would be used only for peaceful scientific research, such as — to quote President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — “seeing what happens when you drop one on Israel.” Closer to home, the already strained relationship between the U.S. and Mexico reached a new low following the theft, by a Juarez-based drug cartel, of the Grand Canyon.

This is not to say that 2010 was all bad. There were bright spots. Three, to be exact: 1. The Yankees did not even get into the World Series.

2. There were several days during which Lindsay Lohan was neither going into, nor getting out of, rehab.

3. Apple released the hugely anticipated iPad, giving iPhone people, at long last, something to fondle with their other hand.

Other than that, 2010 was a disaster. To make absolutely sure that we do not repeat it, let’s remind ourselves just how bad it was. Let’s put this year into a full-body scanner and check out its junk, starting with ...

JANUARY ... which begins grimly, with the pesky unemployment rate remaining high. Every poll shows that the major concerns of the American people are federal spending, the exploding deficit, and — above all — jobs. Jobs, jobs, jobs: This is what the public is worried about. In a word, the big issue is: jobs. So the Obama administration, displaying the keen awareness that has become its trademark, decides to focus like a laser on: health-care reform. The centerpiece of this effort is a historic bill that will either (a) guarantee everybody excellent free health care, or (b) permit federal bureaucrats to club old people to death. Nobody knows which, because nobody has read the bill, which in printed form has the same mass as a UPS truck.

In other economic news, Toyota announces a huge recall following reports that its popular Camry model is behaving unpredictably — accelerating, decelerating, downloading Internet porn and traveling backward in time to unstable historical periods. This is expected to

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benefit Toyota’s competitors, especially troubled GM, which is hoping to score big with the new “Volt,” a revolutionary vehicle capable of traveling nearly six miles before its 19,500 triple-A batteries must be replaced.

But January’s biggest story, watched with growing alarm by observers around the world and threatening to force the United Nations to intervene, is the tense confrontation between Conan O’Brien and Jay Leno over who gets to be on NBC at 11:35 p.m. and tell jokes until the viewing audience falls asleep at 11:43.

After a brutal struggle, Leno triumphs; O’Brien, vowing revenge, flees into the hills above Los Angeles with a small but loyal band of agents.

In other entertainment news, the runaway movie hit is “Avatar,” a futuristic epic about humans who travel to an alien planet to mine a precious mineral that they believe will give them the power to emit believable dialogue. This being a James Cameron movie, they fail.

Speaking of alien planets, in...

...Iran triumphantly announces (we are not making this item up) that it has launched into sub-orbital space a rocket carrying a rodent, two turtles and several worms.

Iranian state television reports that the nation’s space program is “peaceful,” and that the rodent (we are still not making this up) is named “Helmz 1.”

In U.S. politics, President Obama, responding to the mounting public concern about jobs, invites Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to the White House for a summit on: health-care reform.

Despite their deep philosophical differences, the two sides are able, after hours of sometimes-heated debate, to hammer out an agreement on when to break for lunch.

In business news, Toyota suffers yet another blow when a U.S. Department of Transportation study links the Camry to both diabetes and the JFK assassination. The CEO of Toyota appears before a congressional committee and offers a sincere and heartfelt apology for his company’s problems. At least that’s what his translator claims; it is later

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determined that what the CEO actually told the committee was, quote, “you have an eggplant in your bottom.”

Speaking of apologies: Tiger Woods delivers a nationally televised speech in which he says he is very, very sorry and has sworn off having sex with as many as eight different hot women per day. His golf game immediately goes into the toilet.

In other sports news, the Vancouver Winter Olympics begin on an uncertain note when it is discovered that Vancouver — apparently nobody realized this ahead of time — is a seaside city with a mild climate, so there is no snow. This hampers some of the competition, as for example when the Latvian cross-country ski team is bogged down in mud and eaten by alligators.

In Super Bowl XMLLMMXVIIX, the underdog New Orleans Saints defeat the Indianapolis Colts, setting off a celebration so joyous that people on Bourbon Street are still throwing up. Speaking of celebrations, in...

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This program is presented in part by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

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THE LAST ROLL of Kodak’s Kodachrome film was processed this week at Dwayne’s Photo Service in Parsons, the last lab in the world capable of developing the film. Once considered the premier color film in the world, the evolution of digital photography led to the demise of the classic film.

Kodachrome, favored by photographers, put to rest

By Mike Yoder myoder@ljworld.com

On or shortly after Dec. 30, 2010, the world’s last roll of Kodachrome film was processed. It happened at Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, the last lab in the world to process the film. Manufactured by Eastman Kodak from 1935 to 2009, the film had gone out of fashion, resulting in lower sales and fewer processing labs. For years, Kodachrome was considered the premier color film in the world, favored by photographers for publication in print media. National Geographic photographers built their careers on the film known for its rich saturation and archival durability. Hobbyists loved it, too. If you haven’t photographed with it yourself, maybe you’ve sat through your grandparent’s slideshow featuring you or your parents growing up. I’d wager that many homes still have slidetrays full of Kodachrome memories somewhere in the basement.

When Kodak stopped making the film in 2009 they gave the last roll to photojournalist Steve McCurry.

National Geographic documented McCurry and the roll’s journey including processing by Dwayne’s Photo in 2009. Look for a National Geographic TV special to air in spring 2011.

Our photo staff purchased 10 rolls of expired 2007 Kodachrome off eBay recently. Once we had it in hand, we scratched our heads trying to remember if we had film cameras in working condition and up to the task. But the funny thing was how our whole staff treated the film like it was coated in gold. No subject was deserving of this precious film. I decided it didn’t really matter, and I started directing my camera at common objects around the house, whether they were colorful or not. A drying lotus plant, my gray cat, even a roll of old black-andwhite negatives curled on a red floor became an interesting subject.

If we correctly exposed the film and created anything of interest, we’ll show samples in a future article.

— Chief Photographer Mike Yoder can be reached at 832-7141.

ARTS NOTE Theatre Lawrence announces auditions Theatre Lawrence is planning auditions for “Opus,” a drama by Michael Hollinger to be performed Feb. 24-27 and March 3-6.

Talent and temperament collide in this behind-thescenes look at a world-class string quartet. The famous ensemble threatens to unravel as the rehearsal room becomes a pressure-cooker when passions rise, personalities clash and the players are forced to confront the nature of their life's work.

“Opus” is the recipient of the Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play and a Steinberg New Play Citation from the American Theatre Critics Association.

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Roles are available for one woman (plays age 20-30), and four men (play 30-50).

Those auditioning do not need to be able to play an instrument.

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A look at some literary treasures of the great outdoors

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Blair Gordon, retail manager, Lawrence “‘Water for Elephants’ by Sara Gruen. I really like the circus atmosphere. The writing is really good.”

Kendall Harris, KU student, Lawrence “‘The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest’ by Stieg Larsson. I saw the bright cover, and people said it was a good mystery.”

Cathy Kack, professional nanny, Lafayette, Ind. “‘Crossfire’ by James Patterson. It was a Christmas gift. I like it because the chapters are really short.”

Karen Ruff, account manager, Kansas City “‘The Paleo Diet’ by Loren Cordain. I’m hoping to read it soon. I have friends who are on the diet.”

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Books about the outdoors and our favorite activities can be a great a way to wait out a long winter.

We’re still getting out when we can, but cozying up in a comfortable chair and cracking a book can take us on adventures far away and share the experiences and insight of others.

We can live vicariously through their stories, or use their words and images to motivate us to launch our own outings.

These are books I’ve read through the years that stand as either classics, favorites or unexpected treasures. They cut through a lot of literary territory, but share one thing in common: They are all interesting to read.

Some may be challenging to find, but searching can be a great experience because you never know what other books you will find.

Check them out from a library, comb bookstores or find them on the Internet.

In no particular order: “Never Turn Back: The Life of Whitewater Pioneer Walt Blackadar” by Ron Watters, Great Rift Press.

This ranks among the great adventure books as it captures the larger-than-life Walt Blackadar, a doctor from Salmon who walked point for generations of Idaho kayakers who have challenged the frontiers of whitewater boating.

His irrepressible spirit and bravado shines through in this celebration of Blackadar’s life, but Watters doesn’t grovel in hero worship. He portrays all sides of Blackadar, which ultimately makes you appreciate his accomplishments that much more.

Bonus points: You can run the same rapids where Blackadar learned to paddle, and pay homage to him on your next trip to the South Fork of the Payette.

“The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest” by Timothy Egan, Vintage Books (Random House).

Timothy Egan is a Seattlebased correspondent for The New York Times and author of several books. This one brilliantly describes life in the Northwest, its people and its challenges.

“The regional icons — the salmon and trees and mountain and water — spring from the elements. If people here become too far removed from those basic sources of life then they lose the bond to a better world,” he writes.

Egan leans toward the Pacific side of the Northwest in the book’s 13 chapters, which focus on different regions. You come away with an appreciation for the unique landscapes and people who inhabit them.

Ellen Hernly, KU student, Lawrence “‘The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest’ by Stieg Larsson. I read the first one “Idaho Greatest Mule because my mom had it, and I Deer ” by Ryan Hatf ield, started reading the second Idaho’s Greatest Big Game. and third ones.”

This book speaks to me as a mule deer hunter on several levels. First, there’s over 400 pages of great Idaho mule deer bucks. I like to thumb through it and pick out my favorites (Patrick Sinclair’s on page 276).

Second, there are stories behind the bucks, most of which are told by the people who shot them. It’s like being around the campfire at hunting camp and hearing story after story about the big ones that didn’t get away.

Most of these bucks were taken by average, every day

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‘Bygone Wares’ Stop screaming at me with your gentle whispers and your memory hints: — a Slinky slumping toward the bottom of grandman’s stairs — bubbles as large as pumpkins (blow softly, my dad warned) — marbles like multicolored eyes rolling (let’s play keepsies).

Stop flashing your bygone wares on your counter display.

Leave me alone with my Medicare and my darned knee.

If I give you my wallet, will you transport me back to my childhood? ….or will you take my money and tease the next sucker?

— Tom Mach, Lawrence

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BEST-SELLERS Here are the best-sellers for the week ending Dec. 25, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

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MOUNT RAINIER, WITH A SUMMIT ELEVATION of 14,411 feet, dominates the horizon in the SeattleTacoma area of Washington. Timothy Egan’s book “The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest” explores the natural icons in the region. hunters, not the guys who spend thousands chasing the scarce big mule deer left in the West. Those stories will give any hunter the hope that it could happen to them, too.

“Salmon without Rivers”

by Jim Lichatowich, Island Press.

“River of Life, Channel of Death” by Keith Petersen, Oregon State University Press.

These two books provide deeply researched and thorough explanations of what’s happened to salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia and Snake Rivers.

Both look into the geological, biological, social and political history of these rivers and the people and fish that inhabit them.

Both writers have a scientist’s perspective on facts with a novelist’s eye for details that make those facts come alive.

Anyone who wants to go beyond the dogma and rhetoric of the dams-vs-fish debate should read one or both of these.

You might not agree with everything, but you will come away with a much better understanding of how we got where we are today. And it won’t feel like you’re reading a textbook.

“They Lived to Tell the Tale” edited by Jan Jarboe Russell, The Lyons Press.

This book chronicles 41 stories of modern adventures from members of The Explorers Club. They range from space travel to deep sea exploration to recovering Iraqi artifacts during the war to visiting ground zero at the World Trade Center shortly after 9/11.

Like any compilation book, chapters sometimes range from soaring to boring, but overall, this is a fascinating book for an armchair adventurer.

You might never cross Greenland by dog sled, but you can read about the experience by someone who has.

“How I Got This Way” by Patrick McManus, Henry Holt and Company Inc.

Fiction 1. “Dead or Alive.” Tom Clancy with Grant Blackwood.

Putnam, $28.95.

2. “The Confession.” John Grisham. Doubleday, $28.95.

3. “Cross Fire.” James Patterson. Little, Brown, $27.99.

4. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.” Stieg Larsson. Knopf, $27.95.

5. “Full Dark, No Stars.”

Stephen King. Scribner, $27.99.

6. “Freedom.” Jonathan Franzen. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $28.

7. “Port Mortuary.” Patricia Cornwell. Putnam, $27.95.

8. “Fall of Giants.” Ken Follett. Dutton, $36.

9. “The Help.” Kathryn Stockett. Putnam/Amy Einhorn, $24.95.

10. “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk.” David Sedaris. Little, Brown, $21.99.

11. “Hell’s Corner.” David Baldacci. Grand Central, $27.99.

12. “Safe Haven.” Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central, $25.99.

13. “An Object of Beauty.”

Steve Martin. Grand Central, $26.99.

14. “Crescent Dawn.” Clive Cussler & Dirk Cussler. Putnam, $27.95.

15. “Towers of Midnight.”

Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson. Tor, $29.99.

Patrick McManus is the Northwest’s own Mark Twain, and he’s still going strong. He is so rip-snorting funny at describing life outdoors that people often have to stop reading because they’re laughing too hard to continue.

There are at least half a dozen McManus books that could be on this list, but this one gets the nod because it centers around his young life on the family farm north of Sandpoint.

with biology and fly fishing instruction.

Not only will you learn about fly fishing for steelhead, you will take a trip through their world led by Hogan, who guided for steelhead for over 14 years and was among the pioneers of Spey rods and two-hand fly casting.

The book is ambitious, entertaining and informative.

It’s not cheap ($60 cover price) but after you read it, it will seem like an investment as much as a purchase.

“Death in the Long Grass”

by Peter Hathaway Capstick, St. Martin’s Press.

Capstick was born in New Jersey and left a Wall Street job to become a professional hunter in Africa. This is his first of many books and is a modern classic on African hunting that often draws comparisons to Ernest Hemingway.

Capstick writes with gripping detail that puts you in the moment of hairy encounters with dangerous game.

Some have accused him of embellishing his stories, but that doesn’t make them any less engrossing or entertaining.

“Sowbelly: The Obsessive Quest for the World-Record Largemouth Bass” by Monte Burke, Penguin Group.

I never intended to read this book. My interest in the world-record bass was on par with the world record for hot dog eating. But I got a review copy of “Sowbelly” years ago and casually thumbed through it. Before I knew it, Burke had me hooked like a largemouth.

The book is a fascinating Nonfiction look at the modern era of bass 1. “Decision Points.” fishing, starting with George Perry’s 1932 record f ish, George W. Bush. Crown, $35.

2. “Earth (The Book).” Jon through the tournament bass world and into the current Stewart. Grand Central, $27.99.

3. “Unbroken.” Laura Hilquest of a handful of obsessive bass anglers trying to top lenbrand. Random House, $27.

4. “Life.” Keith Richards.

Perry’s long-standing record.

Little, Brown, $29.99.

5. “Autobiography of Mark “Trout and Salmon of North America” by Robert Twain.” Ed. by Harriet Elinor Behnke, Simon and Schuster. Smith. Univ. of Calif. Press, If art and biology had a love $34.95.

6. “Decoded.” Jay-Z. child, it’s this book. Robert Behnke has a Ph.D. in fisheries Spiegel & Grau, $35.

7. “Barefoot Contessa and conservation, and illustrator Joseph Tomelleri has done How Easy Is That?” Ina for trout and salmon what Garten. Clarkson Potter, $35.

8. “Cleopatra.” Stacy James Audubon did for birds.

Chapters are devoted to all Schiff. Little, Brown, $29.99.

9. “**** My Dad Says.” of North America’s trout and salmon with details on biolog- Justin Halpern. It Books, ical history, distribution, life $15.99.

10. “America by Heart.” history, diet and other facts.

It’s informative without Sarah Palin. Harper, $25.99.

11. “Broke.” Glenn Beck. being dry, despite the depth of information. For example, Threshold, $29.99.

12. “The Last Boy.” Jane they devote 14 chapters to subspecies of cutthroat trout. Leavy. Harper, $27.99.

13. “I Remember NothWhat gets it on my list is it pleases both the mind and the ing.” Nora Ephron. Knopf, eye, and provides a wealth of $22.95.

14. “Pinheads and Patridata for any fish geek.

Bonus points: The book’s ots.” Bill O’Reilly. Morrow, forward was written by Mon- $27.99.

15. “The 4-Hour Body.” tana novelist Thomas Timothy Ferriss. Crown, $27.

McGuane.

“Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains”

by Jon Krakauer, The Lyons Press.

Krakauer is a household name thanks to books like “Into the Wild” and “Into Thin Air,” but once he was a young dirtbag climber with a reverence for the adventurous spirit of climbing.

This book features stories about great mountaineers and their feats. But what makes it a standout is Krakauer’s unflinching examination of himself and what drives him to climb mountains. It’s brutally honest, intimate and at times hilarious.

If you’ve read his more famous books, consider this book like an early EP of your favorite band before it hit the big time.

“A Passion for Steelhead”

by Dec Hogan, Wild River Press.

This is a how-to book that looks like a coffee-table book and blends an autobiography

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MARCH ... Democratic congressional leaders, responding to polls showing that the health-care bill is increasingly unpopular with the public, manage, with a frantic, last-minute effort, to pass the health-care bill, or at least a giant mass of paper that is assumed to be the health-care bill. This leads to a triumphant White House signing ceremony, the highlight of which is Vice President Joe “Joe” Biden dropping the f-bomb moments before being hustled off by aides to have an important meeting with somebody important.

But opposition is “brewing” in the form of the Tea Party movement, consisting of regular Americans who are fed up with costly biggovernment programs except for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

They are determined to elect a new breed of representatives who are not career politicians, or even necessarily sane.

In international news: ● Greece asks the International Monetary Fund if it can borrow 17 billion euro for “cigarettes.” ● Somali pirates, becoming increasingly brazen, seize the Staten Island Ferry. ● Iranian hero space rodent Helmz 1 is captured attempting to scurry across the Lebanese border into Israel. Iran claims this is a peaceful mission, but the Israelis note that Helmz 1 is wearing a tiny backpack filled with enough explosives to — in the words of one military analyst — “put somebody’s eye out.”

APRIL The Deepwater Horizon rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico after being struck by a runaway Toyota Camry. BP initially downplays the magnitude of the problem, claiming that the resulting oil leak is smallish and might go away on its own or even prove to be, quote, “nutritious for oysters.”

Soon, however, large patches of crude oil are drifting toward land, and it becomes clear that this is a major disaster — a challenge that we, as a nation, will have to meet, as we have met other challenges, with a combination of photo opportunities, lawsuits and tweeting.

President Obama outlines his bold vision for the U.S. space program, calling for a manned mission to establish comprehensive health-care reform on Mars by 2030.

The president also signs a historic arms-reduction treaty with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev under which both countries will destroy one-third of their older nuclear missiles by upgrading them to Windows Vista. In a related development, Iran purchases $78 million worth of used nuclear-missile parts on Craigslist.

Speaking of growing menaces, in...

MAY ... the pesky Deepwater Horizon oil spill dominates the news as BP tries a series of increasingly desperate measures to plug the leak, including, at one point, a 167,000-pound wad of prechewed Juicy Fruit. President Obama, eager to show that he is on top of the situation, develops severe forehead cramps from standing on the shore and frowning with concern at the water.

On the terror front, New York City police, alerted by Times Square street vendors, discover a smoking SUV packed with explosives — a violation of many city ordinances, including the ban on smoking. Fortunately the car bomb is disarmed, and a suspect is later captured at Kennedy Airport by sharp-eyed TSA officers trained to spot suspicious behavior.

Ha ha! Just kidding, of course. The suspect is captured by U.S. Customs agents at the last minute after boarding a Dubaibound plane filled with passengers who, like the suspect, had all been carefully screened by the TSA to make sure they were not

ately hired by Goldman Sachs.

But the big sports story is the decision by LeBron James, announced in a onehour television special watched by a worldwide audience estimated at 127 billion, to take his talents to South Beach and play for the Miami Heat, where he will join Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Michael Jordan, the late Wilt Chamberlain and Jesus to form a dream basketball team so supremely excellent that it cannot possibly lose, not even one single game, EVER, in theory.

Miami erupts in a joyous weeks-long victory celebration.

The month ends on a troubling note as the United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to send a peacekeeping force to quell Mel Gibson.

Speaking of troubling, in...

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carrying more than 3 ounces of shampoo.

In other air-travel news, the boards of directors of United and Continental approve a merger that will create one of the world’s largest airlines, with a combined total of 700 planes, 88,000 employees and nearly two dozen packets of peanuts.

But the big financial news is the May 6 stock market “Flash Crash.” The Dow at one point is down nearly 1,000 points, including a drop of 600 points in five minutes, resulting in what financial analysts say is the largest mass purchase of emergency replacement underwear in Wall Street history.

Abroad, thousands of people riot in the streets of Athens to protest a report by the International Monetary Fund concluding that Greece should “think about maybe getting a part-time job.”

In sports, yet another major-league pitcher pitches yet another perfect game, and the baseball world wets its collective pants, because there is nothing more exciting to a true baseball fan than a game in which one of the teams can’t even manage to get on base.

The excitement mounts in...

JUNE ... as the Deepwater Horizon oil leak continues to gush, with each day bringing alarming new media reports claiming that it is an even worse environmental disaster than had been reported the previous day. The furor culminates in a New York Times story stating that eventually all the oil in the world will leak out through the hole in Gulf floor and cover the entire planet with a layer of oil 27 feet deep, which according to the Times would be “potentially devastating for polar bears.”

BP attempts to stop the leak using a high-tech robot submarine, only to see the effort fail when the sub is seized

by Somali pirates. In Washington, the CEO of BP appears before an angry House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, which votes unanimously, after seven and a half hours of testimony, to give him a noogie. Still, somehow, the oil keeps leaking.

Abroad, U.S. intelligence intercepts a top-secret cable from Iran to North Korea, apparently written in code, stating: “Thanks for selling us the buclear beapons.” In response, the U.S. threatens to impose harsh new sanctions that, in the words of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, “will make the previous harsh sanctions that we threatened to impose seem like only moderate threatened sanctions, and this time we are not kidding around.”

In consumer news, Apple finally releases the longawaited iPhone 4, which incorporates many subtle improvements, the cumula-

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... the pesky Deepwater Horizon oil spill dominates the news as BP tries a series of increasingly desperate measures to plug the leak, including, at one point, a 167,000-pound wad of pre-chewed Juicy Fruit.” tive result of which is that it can neither make nor receive telephone calls. It is of course a huge hit.

In sports, the World Cup gets under way in South Africa; despite fears of violence, the massive event is totally peaceful, except for the estimated 13,000 people who leap to their deaths from the tops of stadiums to escape the sound of the vuvuzelas. The early tournament highlight (which we are not making up) is provided by the French team, which, after getting off to a bad start, goes on strike.

Speaking of bad, in...

JULY ... the Deepwater Horizon oil spill officially becomes, according to the news media, the worst thing that has ever happened, with environmental experts reporting that tar balls have been sighted on the surface of the moon. Just when all appears to be lost, BP announces that it has stopped the leak, using a 75ton cap and what a company spokesperson describes as “a truly heroic manatee named Wendell.” Although oil is no longer leaking, much damage has been done, so this important story remains the focus of the nation’s attention for nearly 45 minutes, after which the nation’s attention shifts to Lindsay Lohan.

In other national news, Congress passes and President Obama signs into law a financial-reform act designed to curb Wall Street excesses by mandating the death penalty for anybody caught wearing a watch costing more than a house.

Having guaranteed that the financial community will behave in a responsible manner, Washington returns to the important work of running up the deficit.

On the foreign economic front, anger builds over plans by the governments of both Greece and France to raise the retirement age, which means workers would have to continue striking for several years longer before they could start collecting pensions. In protest, everybody in both nations goes on strike.

In the World Cup final, Spain defeats Holland, only to have the trophy snatched away by the North Korean team, which, despite a U.S. threat of “really, really harsh sanctions,” turns it over to the Iranian team, which was not even in the tournament.

Eerily, all of this was predicted by a psychic octopus named Paul, who is immedi-

AUGUST ... concern over the direction of the U.S. economy deepens when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, in what some economists see as a sign of pessimism, applies for Canadian citizenship.

JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater becomes a national sensation when he curses out a passenger, deploys the evacuation chute, grabs two beers and slides out of the plane. He is immediately hired as director of customer relations by the TSA. In the month’s most dramatic story, 33 copper miners in Chile are trapped 2,300 feet underground following a cave-in caused by a runaway Toyota Camry. The good news is that the men are still alive; the bad news is that the only drilling equipment capable of reaching them quickly belongs to BP. Informed of this, the men elect to stay down there for the time being.

In legal news, Elena Kagan is sworn in as the newest Supreme Court justice, having established, in three days of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, that she went to either Harvard or Yale. Elsewhere, a federal jury deadlocks on 22 of 24 charges against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, convicting him only of, quote, “being some kind of enormous rodent.” Outside the courtroom, Blagojevich tearfully thanks his supporters, then robs a convenience store.

In New York City, the big issue is a proposal to build, two blocks from Ground Zero, a Muslim community center, which proponents claim will promote dialogue.

Even in the purely conceptual phase it promotes a huge amount of dialogue, to the point where National Guard troops may need to be called in.

Another heartwarming interfaith story erupts in...

SEPTEMBER ... when Terry Jones, pastor of a tiny church in Florida, declares that he will proceed with plans to burn a Koran on 9/11. The media, recognizing that this is not really news, ignore him, and the matter is quickly forgotten.

But seriously: Jones becomes a major international story, comparable in magnitude to all of the Kardashians combined. President Obama speaks out against Jones’ plan, as do members of Congress, the military and virtually every American religious leader; abroad, there are fatal riots.

Finally, after a great deal of soul-searching TV exposure, Jones decides not to burn the Koran, explaining, “I finally figured out that I’m just an attention-seeking jerkwater idiot.”

Getting back to reality: The 2010 election season enters its final days with polls showing that Congress enjoys the same overall level of voter popularity as hemorrhoids. Incumbents swarm out of Washington and head for their home districts to campaign on the theme of how much they hate Washington, in the desperate hope that the voters will return them to Washington.

Adding zest to the Repub-

lican stew is the presence of many “Tea Party” candidates, including Delaware Senate hopeful Christine O’Donnell, who at one point in her campaign releases a TV commercial that begins with her stating, in a calm and reassuring tone, that she is not a witch.

Meanwhile in Chile, an attempt to deliver food to the 33 trapped copper miners ends in a tragic accident involving what mining officials describe as “an incredibly courageous Domino’s driver.”

Speaking of tragic, in...

OCTOBER ...the U.S. economy suffers another blow as the Federal Bureau of Never Expecting Unemployment To Be As High As It Actually Is reports that, for the 37th consecutive month, unemployment is unexpectedly high. “Darned if we didn’t get fooled again!” exclaims a bureau spokesperson, adding, “We expect it to be lower next month.” Meanwhile Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, speaking from his new office in Toronto, announces a plan to drastically increase the U.S. money supply by “quantitative easing,” a controversial process involving what Bernanke describes as “a major job for Kinko’s.”

The economy remains the big theme as the congressional elections enter the home stretch, with incumbents from both parties declaring their eagerness to go back to Washington and knock some sense into whatever incompetent morons are in charge.

President Obama, continuing his quest to find candidates willing to accept his help, winds up campaigning in what White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs describes as “some very key student-council races.”

Meanwhile Sarah Palin, raising her stature as a potential 2012 GOP presidential contender, weighs in on the issues with a number of important tweets.

On the legal front, the Supreme Court, as it does every October, begins a new term, which is hastily adjourned when the justices discover that their robes have bedbugs.

In the month’s most dramatic story, the 33 trapped Chilean miners are all brought safely to the surface, only to be sent right back down because they failed to bring up any copper — which, as the mining company points out, “was the whole point of sending them down there in the first place.” Meanwhile in France, millions of workers again take to the streets to demonstrate, in no uncertain terms, that they are French.

Elsewhere abroad, terrorists in Yemen attempt to send mail bombs to the U.S., confirming the long-held suspicions of U.S. intelligence that there really is a country named “Yemen.”

The plot, which involves explosives concealed inside printer cartridges, is foiled, but as a precaution the TSA decides to prohibit air travelers in the U.S. from carrying anything capable of printing, including pens, pencils, and children in grades 2 through 5.

In sports, the National Football League, seeking to reduce violence, imposes stiff fines for defensive beheading.

Speaking of gory, ...

NOVEMBER ... elections turn out to be a bloodbath for the Democrats, who lose the House of Representatives, a bunch of Senate seats, some governorships, some state legislatures and all of the key student-council races. Also a number of long-term Democratic incumbents are urinated on by their own dogs.

President Obama immediately departs for a nine-day trip to Asia to see if anybody over there wants to hear about the benefits of healthcare reform.

Speaking of health: Some air travelers express concern about radiation from the TSA’s new high-resolution scanners, especially after screeners at O’Hare are seen

using one to make popcorn.

TSA chief John Pistole insists that the scanners are completely safe “as long as you move through quickly.”

He also assures passengers that their body images “are not saved for any purpose whatsoever, such as entertainment at the TSA Christmas party.”

World tension mounts as North Korea, in what is widely seen as a deliberate act of provocation, fires artillery shells at Denver.

Meanwhile, in another indication of the worsening global debt crisis, the directors of the International Monetary Fund vote to have Ireland’s legs broken.

In sports, President Obama’s upper lip is injured in a basketball game when he is hit in the mouth by an elbow believed to have been thrown by North Korea.

International tension continues to mount in...

DECEMBER ... with the continued release by Wikileaks of classified cables leaked from the State Department, which apparently has the same level of data security as an Etch-a-Sketch. The cables reveal a number of embarrassing diplomatic secrets, such as: ● The last three rounds of Middle East peace talks have consisted entirely of delegates playing Twister. ● The Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan frequently, as a prank, exchange places in the United Nations, and nobody has ever noticed. ● High-ranking officials of Scotland, speaking in private, admit that they don’t understand what the hell they’re saying either. ● In 2007, Hungary paid $170 million to Russia for pictures of Sweden naked.

In domestic politics, a partisan debate rages over what to do about the expiring Bush tax cuts. The Democrats, suddenly alarmed about the deficit, want to raise taxes on people making $250,000 a year — or, as the Democrats routinely refer to them, “billionaires.” The Republicans want to extend tax cuts for everybody, but compensate by cutting federal spending at a later date using an amazing new spending-cutting device they have seen advertised on TV. Finally, President Obama and the Republican leaders reach a compromise under which income-tax rates will stay the same for everybody, but the death tax will be expanded to include people who are merely hung over.

President Obama, trying to sell the compromise, appears ambivalent, saying that “it is less than ideal,” but also pointing out that “it totally sucks,” adding, “I hate it.” Despite this smooth sales pitch, many Democrats are unhappy. There is even talk of a primary challenge to Obama in 2012, a notion dismissed as “nonsense” by Hillary Clinton, who speaks to reporters while traveling on what aides describe as routine State Department business in New Hampshire.

On the environmental front, delegates from 193 countries at the UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, pass a resolution stating that they should not have had those last four rounds of margaritas.

As the year finally draws to a close, all eyes are on Times Square, where MTV plans to ring in the new year by dropping a ball containing Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, one of the leading bimbos of “Jersey Shore.” Millions eagerly tune in, only to find that the ball has been attached to something that makes it drop slowly. A bitterly disappointing end to a bitterly disappointing year.

But at least it’s over, right?

And we can take comfort in the fact that 2011 cannot possibly be worse. Unless, of course, this newly discovered asteroid — maybe you read about it — continues on a trajectory that...

Try not to think about it.

Have another margarita.

Happy New Year.

— Dave Barry is a humor columnist for the Miami Herald.

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AVERY LOMINSKA sorts through some bedding plants at Hoyland Farms north of Lawrence, one of the area farms certified organic.

Understand the nuances of organic labels Do

you really know what the terms organic, local, natural, and sustainable mean when it comes to fruits and vegetables? Some of the definitions (or lack of) might surprise even educated consumers.

Before I get into the nitty-gritty definitions, let’s get rid of a few misconceptions.

First, organic fruits and vegetables are not necessarily local and vice versa. Get to know area farmers and their specific practices and pay attention to where things are grown if these things are important to you.

Second, organic does not mean pesticide-free. Some organic farmers choose not to use any pesticides, but there is a list of products that are approved for use in organic production.

Third, use of the words natural and sustainable are not regulated.

Anyone can call their produce allnatural or sustainably grown.

Organic Now that I think about it, organic is the only term of those I mentioned that is somewhat clearly defined. To be labeled as organic, produce must be grown according to specific practices outlined in the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990. A farm that sells less than $5,000 a year in organic agricultural products does not have to certify. Farms selling more than $5,000 a year must certify to call their produce organic.

To become certified organic, a farmer must provide records for the previous three years of their land. The records must show that synthetic fertilizers and certain pesticides — those disallowed in organic production — have not

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been used on the property during those three years. Farmers must also submit a plan defining their practices and what substances will be used in production.

Government inspectors review applications for organic certification and visit the farm prior to approval. They may also inspect the farm annually or anytime there is a report of a possible violation.

Everything that goes into production on an organic farm must be organic, except for the few exceptions on the list. Think about seeds, plants, compost, manures and mulches. Because each item bears more risk and generally is more labor intensive to produce, the overall cost of production goes up significantly.

Maintaining soil fertility and managing pest problems are two of the biggest challenges organic farmers face. Remember what I said about pesticides? The National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances defines what products organic producers can use. Some of the products, including lime sulfur, copper sulfate and horticultural oils, are also commonly used by conventional fruit

and vegetable producers.

Some farmers follow organic practices but choose not to certify because of the paperwork and certification fees. That means produce labeled as conventional is sometimes grown organically but not labeled as such.

Local Defining local seems to be a million-dollar question right now.

Some define it as in-state, even though in our area Missouri and Nebraska are closer than western Kansas. Some think of local as a radius, generally in terms of miles. If I try to buy local from a hundred-mile radius, what about the farm two miles outside of that?

Some agencies are trying to define local with regional marketing programs. A campaign called Buy Fresh Buy Local has chapters scattered across the nation. An upcoming labeling program in our area, Our Local Food, will highlight producers from counties along the Kansas River Valley.

Natural and sustainable Like I said before, natural and sustainable have no regulatory definition when it comes to fruit and vegetable production. If you see these claims, talk to the grower to find out what it means to them, or research the farm/company name if it is a larger brand.

A few new initiatives, like Certified Naturally Grown, have regulations like the National Organic Program but are regulated by participating farmers.

— Jennifer Smith is the Horticulture Extension Agent for K-State Research and Extension in Douglas County. She can be reached at 843-7058.

Daring designers created a new look for dinnerware, furniture and other household furnishings in the late 19th century. It was part of a new philosophy that promoted the power and importance of art and beauty. Life was to be led for pleasure, not for moral or useful reasons. You were to depend on personal experience and intuition, not science, when making decisions. Furniture was made in the aesthetic style with ebonized (black) finishes and gold trim. Many designs were influenced by traditional Japanese designs and were usually asymmetrical -- perhaps a single offcenter branch, bird or flower.

All types of natural subjects, including realistic insects, butterflies, animals and plants, were included. The ceramics of the period also featured nature: living creatures, plants, mountains and streams. For about 30 years, ending in 1901, aesthetic designs were widely used in France, England and the United States. Today, collectors can find furniture made

by Herter Brothers in the United States or dishes made in France and sold by Shreve, Crump & Low of Boston that exhibit aesthetic ideals.

Q:

I recently bought an old Turkish fainting couch made by Naperville Lounge Co. My husband says it’s the ugliest couch he’s ever seen.

The upholstery is worn. I’m planning on selling it, but I’m wondering if I should have it restored first?

A:

Naperville Lounge Co. was founded in Naperville, Ill., in about 1893. Peter Edward Kroehler, the company’s bookkeeper, bought Naperville Lounge Co. in 1902. The company’s name was changed to Kroehler Manufacturing Co., and by 1915 it was the largest manufacturer of upholstered furniture in the United States.

The factory in Naperville closed in 1978. Your fainting couch probably was made around 1900. Don’t pay to upholster it before you try to sell it. It will cost you more than the couch is worth.

Q: I have an antique print of “Daybreak” by Maxfield Parrish in an original antique frame with leaded glass. The print is 18 inches high and 30 inches wide and was produced and signed by The House of Art

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FISH, BIRDS, a crayfish, moth, dragonfly, kingfisher, duck, water lilies and iris are all part of the foliage and scenery on this aesthetic plate. The 17-1/2-inch charger was made in France by Barluet & Cie and recently sold at a Skinner auction in Boston for $1,007. in New York. I can’t locate a date, but it seems to be quite old and has been in my family for decades. Can you give me an approximate value?

A: Maxfield Parrish (18701966) was an illustrator who designed magazine covers, posters, calendars and advertisements and also painted murals. He often painted from photographs, which he took. The House of Art reproduced several of his paintings in the 1920s.

“Daybreak,” done in 1922, is one of his most popular prints. More than a million copies were sold. By 1925 cheap copies were being made. Original prints sell for about $200.

Q: How can you remove old adhesive tape that has been on a painted metal surface for about 50 years?

It won’t peel off. Scraping would scratch the painted surface. This is a small object, so I could soak it in something.

A: There are several methods you can try. Test each method in a small area before using any kind of solvent or solution to be sure it doesn’t remove the paint.

Start with the safest methods first. Try softening the glue by using a hair dryer set on high. Stop if you see the color coming off when you start to remove the tape. Try soaking the object in a solution of dishwashing liquid and vinegar or ammonia in warm water. If the paint is washable, you can try covering the taped area with a cloth soaked in warm vinegar. To remove the remaining traces of glue, try rubbing them with mayonnaise, lemon juice, peanut butter or WD-40. You also can use a commercial solvent like Goo Gone.

Craft some silvery glass at home for a shiny new year

By Jennifer Forker For the Associated Press

It’s the time of year that begs for more light, so provide it with lustrous vases and candle holders that imitate the mercury glass sold in home-goods catalogs.

That glass is itself imitation, of the 19th century glass created to emulate the look of silver. Mercury glass has that silvery cast and more — its shine often has a mirror-like quality.

In antique mercury glass and costly reproductions, double-walled clear glass is

hand-blown in molds and injected with a silver-looking wash (there is no silver, or mercury, in the making of this glass).

“Mercury glass — it’s really loved for that sparkle that it has,” says Rachael Liska, senior editor of Fresh Home magazine. “But it’s really expensive.”

A small, hand-blown antique vase can fetch $100, according to Liska. Larger, more elaborate or colored pieces can cost 10 times more.

Reproduction mercury glass may cost less — an 8-by14 1/2-inch vase at Pottery

Barn lists for $59.

But you also can try doing it yourself. In a less costly but convincing do-it-yourself version, created by Liska, sheets of silver leaf are attached to the insides of inexpensive clear glass vases and votives, sealed, and embellished with silver paint.

That’s it.

“What’s great about this is you can’t mess it up,” says Liska. “As I found out, it’s also really fun.”

Imitation Mercury Glass Supplies: ● Clear vase or votive with

Happy New Year!

a wide opening ● Silver leaf (sold in sheets) ● Metal leaf spray adhesive ● Metal leaf spray sealer ● Krylon Looking Glass Mirror-Like Paint (available at many ACE Hardware retailers), or metallic silver spray paint ● Newspaper to cover work space Assembly: 1. Wash and thoroughly dry your glass vessel.

2. Working in a well-ventilated space (or outside), lightly spray the inside of the vessel with adhesive. Allow

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IMITATION MERCURY GLASS VESSELS to dry (about 10 minutes). It will be tacky to the touch.

3. Attach torn pieces of silver leaf to the inside of the vessel, smoothing down

edges. You want a patchy look, so imperfection is key.

Cover 90 percent of the vessel, leaving little spaces clear (to simulate the look of oxidized, flaking mercury glass).

4. Lightly spray the inside of the vessel with sealer, and allow to dry (about 15 minutes).

5. For added depth, lightly spray the inside of the vessel with spray paint.

Tip: You can substitute silver Mirrachrome, a reflective automobile spray paint, for the last step, for even more glasslike shine.

Start planning your 2010 landscape projects now!

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