Lawrence Journal-World 03-27-11

Southeast Regional

West Regional

Saturday at New Orleans Butler 74, Florida 71, OT

Saturday at Anaheim, Calif.

Connecticut 65, Arizona 63

NCAA SCOREBOARD

Southwest Regional

East Regional

today at San Antonio Kansas (35-2) vs. Virginia Commonwealth (27-11), 1:20 p.m.

today at Newark, N.J. North Carolina (29-7) vs. Kentucky (28-8), 4:05 p.m.

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KANSAS HEAD COACH BILL SELF IS SEEN ON THE VIDEO MONITORS of production equipment during a news conference Saturday in San Antonio. The Jayhawks will face VCU in an Elite Eight game today at the Alamodome.

Jayhawks unapologetic about role as favorites

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

KANSAS’ BRADY MORNINGSTAR, LEFT, kicks back as teammates Tyshawn Taylor and Tyrel Reed, right, ride in carts to media obligations at the Alamodome.

KANSAS VS. VCU Records: Kansas is 35-2; Virginia Commonwealth is 27-11 When: 1:20 p.m. today Where: Alamodome, San Antonio TV: CBS (cable channels 5, 13, 205).

SAN ANTONIO — Media members pursuing the David-andGoliath angle ran into a major roadblock in Kansas University’s Marcus Morris on Saturday afternoon in the Alamodome.

The 6-foot-9, 235-pound junior reminded the masses in a marathon interview session that the top-seeded Jayhawks, who meet No. 11-seed Virginia Commonwealth in an Elite Eight game at 1:20 p.m. today, have been in the position of giant many, many, many times before.

“We’re Kansas. Growing up and watching Kansas, do you

remember them ever being an underdog? Ever?” an animated Morris said.

“We have always been Goliath — all the time. We just have to embrace the role. The David and Goliath stuff is nothing. Teams are being beat,” he added, noting KU (35-2) is the last No. 1 seed still standing in the 2011 NCAAs. “Whatever team is hot that day and whatever team is playing hard that day is going to win the game. It’s not about who is better and who’s bigger. Guys nowadays can play at any school. They have guys that could probably play at Kansas.”

As to Morris’ main point, it’s true KU for, oh, the last 28 years

or so, has been favored in a vast majority of its games.

And today, Vegas oddsmakers list the Jayhawks as a whopping 11-point favorite against a Colonial Athletic Association VCU (27-11) squad that, in this tourney, already has knocked out BCS schools USC, Georgetown, Purdue and Florida State.

“I enjoy being the Goliath,” Morris said. We’ve been a No. 1 seed two years running, and we’ve been Goliath two years running. When have we ever been Cinderella? I don’t think ever in the history of Kansas we’ve been Cinderella. It’s a (favorite’s) role we’ve always embraced.”

Of course, to win as many games as KU has throughout the years, the Jayhawks have ignored the David-Goliath and Cinderella angles many times and merely come out and played ball.

“They are exciting teams,” KU junior center Markieff Morris said, when asked of Cinderellas.

“That’s it. I don’t remember the movie too much.”

Big 12 power KU has never played VCU before. Overall, the Jayhawks are 2-0 versus the CAA, clobbering Hofstra, 101-65, in November of 2009 and Towson, 87-61, in November of 2006, both in Allen Fieldhouse.

Please see KANSAS, page 4A

Kansas reflects coach’s in-your-face personality Late, great Marquette basketball coach Al McGuire was the king of basketball one-liners packed with street-wise wit.

One of Al’s best: “A team should be an extension of a coach’s personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.”

Most of the players on this Kansas University basketball team gunning today for the school’s second Final Four trip in four years didn’t arrive in

Lawrence with the same relentless intensity as their coach, Bill Self.

Now there is no disputing this team has taken on its coach’s in-your-face personality, the one he shows his players during practice with the doors closed.

For athletes participating in the NCAA Tournament, no doors are closed in a world where everybody is a reporter,

even spectators carrying iPhones that shoot videos of pregame scuffles between teams, videos that end up on YouTube.

Self minimized the harmless incident, and part of him had to like that his players were so keyed up, storming through Richmond’s huddle in the hallway leading to the court.

“Coach Self likes tough dudes who like to play hard,” maturing

junior point guard Tyshawn Taylor said. “I don’t think he likes that we’re pushing around in the huddle. I think he’d like us to show it with our play, but I don’t think he frowns upon it or gets mad at us.”

Self fosters a combativeness in his players, who are younger, less mature than he is and make mistakes of youth, but at least Please see KEEGAN, page 5A

Tom Keegan tkeegan@ljworld.com

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Irish smother Sooners The Associated Press

Notre Dame 78, Oklahoma 53 DAYTON, OHIO — Hands with green fingernail polish — Notre Dame’s NCAA Tournament tradition — seemed to swipe at every dribble and reach for every pass.

Brittany Mallory scored season-high 20 points, and Notre Dame’s defensive pressure forced 24 turnovers and quickly took its toll in a win over Oklahoma on Saturday that sent the Fighting Irish to the regional final.

Those green-painted fingers were everywhere.

“Maybe they don’t get enough credit for their defense because their offense is so salty,” Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale said.

Notre Dame (29-7) will play top-seeded Tennessee on Monday.

Nicole Griffin scored 18 points for Oklahoma (23-12), which reached the Final Four each of the last two years. Notre Dame’s gofor-the-ball pressure crumpled the Sooners’ guard-driven offense, which had only eight field goals and 14 turnovers in the decisive first half.

“They were really prepared, really physical,” Oklahoma guard Whitney Hand said.

“I thought we got scatterbrained and tight.”

OKLAHOMA (23-12) Roethlisberger 1-3 0-0 2, Robinson 6-16 4-4 16, Griffin 9-10 0-2 18, Ellenberg 4-13 0-0 9, Hand 2-10 2-2 6, Hook 0-1 0-0 0, Hartman 0-1 0-0 0, McFarland 1-1 0-1 2. Totals 23-55 6-9 53.

NOTRE DAME (29-7) Peters 6-8 5-6 17, Bruszewski 2-3 0-1 4, Diggins 1-7 4-4 6, Novosel 615 0-0 15, Mallory 7-14 0-0 20, Badway 0-0 0-0 0, Achonwa 4-7 2-4 10, Miller 2-3 2-3 6, Turner 0-0 0-0 0, Forr 0-0 0-0 0, Braker 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-59 13-18 78.

Halftime—Notre Dame 34-17. 3-Point Goals—Oklahoma 1-11 (Ellenberg 1-4, Roethlisberger 0-1, Hook 0-1, Hand 0-5), Notre Dame 918 (Mallory 6-10, Novosel 3-5, Diggins 0-3). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Oklahoma 24 (Hand 8), Notre Dame 47 (Peters 13).

Assists—Oklahoma 14 (Hand, Robinson 5), Notre Dame 24 (Diggins 12).

Total Fouls—Oklahoma 17, Notre Dame 13. A—8,867.

Tennessee 85, Ohio St. 75 D A Y T O N , O H I O — Shekinna Stricklen scored 20 points and touched off a critical 11-3 second-half run to power top-seeded Tennessee past Ohio State in a NCAA regional semifinal.

The Lady Vols (34-2) won their 25th consecutive game, but trailed for much of it and only took control with their charge in the final minutes.

Meighan Simmons added 18 points and Kelley Cain had 16 for Tennessee, pursuing a ninth NCAA title. The Lady Vols meet Notre Dame in the regional championship game on Monday night, with a trip to the Final Four in Indianapolis on the line.

Samantha Prahalis had 22 points, Jantel Lavender 19, Brittany Johnson 16 and Tayler Hill 12 for Ohio State (24-10), which had won its last 11.

OHIO ST. (24-10) Lavender 9-17 1-2 19, Adams 2-2 0-0 4, Hill 4-11 3-4 12, Prahalis 9-18 2-2 22, Johnson 6-11 0-0 16, Stokes 1-2 0-0 2, Schulze 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-62 6-8 75.

TENNESSEE (34-2) Johnson 3-10 3-6 9, Stricklen 7-12 5-6 20, Cain 8-10 0-0 16, Bjorklund 0-4 0-0 0, Simmons 7-13 2-4 18, Williams 3-6 0-0 6, Avant 0-1 0-0 0, Spani 3-6 0-0 6, Manning 1-4 0-0 2, Baugh 2-8 0-0 4, Brewer 2-3 0-0 4.

Totals 36-77 10-16 85.

Halftime—Ohio St. 42-40. 3-Point Goals—Ohio St. 7-16 (Johnson 4-8, Prahalis 2-4, Hill 1-3, Stokes 0-1), Tennessee 3-8 (Simmons 2-4, Stricklen 1-1, Bjorklund 0-1, Spani 0-1, Manning 0-1). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—Ohio St. 29 (Lavender 10), Tennessee 46 (Johnson 11). Assists—Ohio St. 20 (Prahalis 7), Tennessee 20 (Bjorklund 7). Total Fouls—Ohio St. 17, Tennessee 12. A—8,813.

Gonzaga 76, Louisville 69 SPOKANE, WASH. — Courtney Vandersloot had 29 points, seven assists and seven steals, Janelle Bekkering scored eight of her 15 points in the final 4:01, and No. 11 seed Gonzaga advanced to the Spokane Regional final.

Playing less than two miles from the school’s campus, the Bulldogs sent the blood pressure rising for the 10,000 or so hometown fans in attendance after nearly squandering all of a 20-point second half lead. But Gonzaga scored 10 of the final 17 points after Louisville had pulled within 65-62.

Gonzaga (31-4) became the lowest seed in NCAA history to reach the Elite Eight.

GONZAGA (31-4) Bekkering 3-11 9-10 15, Vandersloot 8-10 12-14 29, K. Redmon 5-14 0-0 10, Standish 4-10 0-0 8, Bowen 4-9 3-4 12, Lorenzo 0-0 0-0 0, Reader 0-0 0-0 0, J. Redmon 0-0 0-0 0, Raap 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 25-57 24-28 76.

LOUISVILLE (22-13) Schimmel 8-23 0-1 18, Gibbs 7-13 0-0 16, Taylor 3-7 4-6 10, Reid 1-2 0-0 2, Hines 8-14 1-2 17, Harper 0-0 0-0 0, Vails 1-1 0-0 2, Slaughter 01 0-0 0, Tay 2-5 0-0 4, Burke 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-67 5-9 69.

Halftime—Gonzaga 35-24. 3-Point Goals—Gonzaga 2-7 (Vandersloot 1-1, Bowen 1-3, K. Redmon 0-1, Bekkering 0-2), Louisville 4-16 (Gibbs 24, Schimmel 2-10, Slaughter 0-1, Burke 0-1). Fouled Out—Hines.

Rebounds—Gonzaga 33 (Bowen, K. Redmon 7), Louisville 40 (Taylor 12).

Assists—Gonzaga 12 (Vandersloot 7), Louisville 13 (Gibbs 5). Total Fouls—Gonzaga 15, Louisville 19. Technical—Gonzaga Bench. A—NA.

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ROYALS SPRING TRAINING

Hochevar ready for opener SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. (AP) — Ian Kennedy looks ready for his first opening-day start. Luke Hochevar says he is, too.

Kennedy, a 26-year-old righthander, struck out nine of the first 18 Kansas City batters he faced in a strong final outing of the spring.

Hochevar, who will pitch the season opener for the Royals, also got his final spring tuneup, allowing four runs and eight hits in four innings before his teammates rallied.

Kansas City scored six times in the final two innings to beat the Diamondbacks, 9-6, Saturday in front of a sun-drenched sellout crowd of 12,443 at Arizona’s new Salt River Fields home.

Kennedy threw 100 pitches over five innings plus one batter. He allowed three runs and five hits, walking one.

Kila Ka’aihue hit a two-run homer off Kennedy in the first inning.

“I made a mistake to him but overall I felt pretty good,” Kennedy said. “I feel pretty happy about going into the season with those last two starts.

My off-speed pitches have been there. I didn’t throw too many changeups today but I feel like my curveball feels pretty good.”

Kennedy was coming off 51⁄3 scoreless innings in his previous outing after a couple of rough starts.

Russell Branyan had a tworun double in Arizona’s threerun first, and Kelly Johnson hit a solo home run off Hochevar in the fourth.

Hochevar, the No. 1 pick in the 2006 draft, got better as the day went on.

“I felt in the second, third and fourth I really hit a groove,” he said. “That’s the best I felt all spring. I felt like I had good tempo. I felt like my stuff was sharp and that’s a good thing.”

Royals manager Ned Yost was as optimistic as his pitcher was.

“No doubt,” Yost said. “He’s absolutely ready.”

Hochevar thought those early troubles were just a matter of bad luck in some instances.

“I was just going out trying to

execute quality pitches. They had two broke-bat singles in the first I thought were on good executed cutters,” he said.

“Sometimes they just drop.

The fastball to Branyan he inside-outted, he popped up down the line. That’s what I want to do with that pitch, but it fell in.”

Arizona manager Kirk Gibson was upset with his team’s poor finish.

“We missed several signs,” he said. “But we just keep pushing ahead. If you can’t get signs, you can’t pitch in the big leagues.”

The experience, at least, he said would provide a tool in making roster decisions.

Before the game, Gibson said Joe Saunders would be Arizona’s No. 3 starter. The manager had held off announcing a decision on whether Saunders would even be in the rotation.

The left-hander is 0-3 with a 12.58 ERA in five starts this spring.

Gibson has yet to announce whether Armando Galarraga or Aaron Heilman will fill the final rotation spot.

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Anderson enjoys welcome return to Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — Mike Anderson couldn’t contain his emotions as he was introduced as Arkansas’ coach in front of about 5,000 Arkansas fans in Bud Walton Arena on Saturday.

With “Welcome Home” signs all around, a smiling Anderson did what came naturally: He started calling the Hogs, much to the delight of the crowd.

Anderson was appearing in public for the first time since leaving Missouri on Wednesday to become the Razorbacks’ coach. The hiring ended an 11-day search following the firing of former coach John Pelphrey and marked a homecoming for Anderson, who was an assistant coach for 17 seasons at Arkansas under Nolan Richardson.

“I’m happy to be back,” Anderson said. “This is home, this is home for Mike Anderson.”

Anderson’s new contract is for seven years and $2.2 million annually. He turned down a $2 million offer from Missouri, where he coached for five years, as well as overtures from Georgia and Oregon in recent years.

As recently as last week, following the Tigers’ NCAA Tournament exit in the first round, Anderson said he planned “on being at Missouri.”

However, several former Arkansas players contacted Anderson about the Razorbacks’ opening and that led to a meeting with Razorbacks’ athletic director Jeff Long in Tulsa on Wednesday.

“That was a tough, tough, tough decision,” Anderson said. “When I made that statement, that was coming from the heart.

“It was a tough decision. And I chose to come and lead the Razorbacks back to the promised land.”

Anderson declined to speculate on whether any of his Tigers’ players might be considering following him to Arkansas.

“Those guys are at the University of Missouri at this point in time,” he said. “I’m sure right now they’re focused in on trying to get prepared for, and looking forward to seeing, who’s going to be their coach.”

AUTO RACING Gamble pays off for Busch FONTANA, CALIF. — Kyle Busch had resigned himself to finishing behind Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick, figuring his car didn’t have enough to keep up.

Then his crew chief called for gamble on the final pit stop: take two tires, not four.

Busch was all for it and ended up with another win in California.

Heeding crew chief Jason Ratcliff’s advice, Busch came out of the pits in the lead after taking two tires on a late stop, then held off Edwards and Harvick to win his third straight Nationwide race at Auto Club Speedway on Saturday.

“I thought four tires was just going to be a consistent call, just give us a third-place run,” Busch said after his 46th career Nationwide win, two behind Mark Martin’s all-time mark.

“But Jason surprised us all and pulled one out of the hat.”

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Oklahoma tackle has surgery NORMAN, OKLA. — Oklahoma offensive tackle Jarvis Jones has undergone surgery to repair a knee injury he sustained in practice.

Officials said Saturday that Jones had an operation to repair a torn right patella tendon and could be out for six months. The injury occurred during practice on Friday.

GOLF Laird has two-shot lead

TODAY • Men’s basketball in Elite Eight vs. VCU, 1:20 p.m. in San Antonio • Tennis vs. Texas A&M, 11 a.m.

• Softball at Texas, noon • Baseball at Texas A&M, 1:05 p.m.

FREE STATE HIGH

MONDAY • Boys golf at BV West Invite (Lion’s Gate), 3 p.m.

LAWRENCE HIGH

MONDAY • Boys golf at BV West Invite (Lion’s Gate), 3 p.m.

SPORTS ON TV TODAY College Basketball Kansas v. VCU UNC v. Kentucky

Time 1 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

Net CBS CBS

Cable 5, 13, 205 5, 13, 205

Women’s Basketball UConn v. Georgetown DePaul v. Duke Georgia v. Texas A&M Baylor v. Wisc.-G.B.

Time 11 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

6 p.m.

Net ESPN ESPN2 ESPN2 ESPN2

Cable 33, 233 34, 234 34, 234 34, 234

NBA Portland v. Okla. City Dallas v. Phoenix

Time 7 p.m.

9:30 p.m.

Net ESPN ESPN

Cable 33, 233 33, 233

Spring Training Time Chc. Cubs v. Colorado 3 p.m.

Net WGN

Cable 16

College Baseball Time S. Carolina v. Florida Noon Oklahoma v. Missouri 1 p.m.

Net FCSA FSN

Cable 144 36, 236

Golf Open de Andalucia Arnold Palmer Invite Arnold Palmer Invite Kia Classic

Time 8 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

6 p.m.

Net Golf Golf NBC Golf

Cable 156, 289 156, 289 8, 14, 208 156, 289

Tennis Sony Ericsson Open

Time 10 a.m.

Net Tennis

Auto Racing IndyCar Series Sprint Cup

Time 11:30 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

Net ABC FOX

Cable 157 Cable 9, 12, 209 4, 204

International Soccer Time Brazil v. Scotland 7:55 a.m.

Net ESPN2

Cable 34, 234

College Hockey Midwest regional Northeast regional

Net ESPNU ESPNU

Cable 35, 235 35, 235

Time 4:30 p.m.

7 p.m.

MONDAY

ORLANDO, FLA. — Martin Laird’s fortunes rose and fell Saturday at Bay Hill. The only thing that never changed was his name atop the leaderboard in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Laird finally regained control with a two-shot swing on the par-5 16th and finished with a 2under 70 for a two-shot lead over Spencer Levin going into the final round with high stakes.

Six players were separated by five shots, a group that does not include Tiger Woods, who is 10 shots behind.

TENNIS Defending champ Roddick loses KEY BISCAYNE, FLA. — An ailing Andy Roddick has been eliminated in his opening match at the Sony Ericsson Open. Roddick, the defending champion, had trouble breathing because of chest congestion and lost Saturday to Pablo Cuevas, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

SOCCER Chicago tops Sporting KC BRIDGEVIEW, ILL. — Marco Pappa had a goal and an assist to lead Chicago to a 3-2 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday in the Fire’s home opener.

BASEBALL Nova, Garcia in Yankees’ rotation TAMPA, FLA. — The New York Yankees completed their rotation Saturday, tapping Ivan Nova and Freddy Garcia as starters and putting Bartolo Colon in the bullpen.

In other baseball news: ■ Veteran left-hander Mike Hampton retired Saturday, ending a 16-year big-league career after giving up on a bid to earn a roster spot with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

NBA Love’s condition upgraded MINNEAPOLIS — Timberwolves All-Star Kevin Love was upgraded to questionable for Minnesota’s game tonight against Boston after improvement in his strained left groin.

College Basketball Creighton v. Oregon

Time 7 p.m.

Net HDNET

Cable 298

Women’s Basketball Time Tennessee v. N. Dame 6 p.m.

NCAA TBA 8 p.m.

Net ESPN ESPN

Cable 33, 233 33, 233

NHL Chicago v. Detroit

Time 6:30 p.m.

Net VS.

Cable 38, 238

Tennis Sony Ericsson Open

Time 10 a.m.

Net Tennis

Cable 157

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FSHS baseball outslugs Ozark, 13-9 J-W Staff Reports

CLAREMORE, OKLA. — Friday, Free State High’s baseball team won a one-run pitcher’s dual.

Saturday, the Firebirds won a slugfest.

Colin Toalson went 3-for-3 with an RBI and five runs scored, and Cody Kukuk was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs as FSHS outlasted

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Ozark, Mo., 13-9, in the ClareIt was a last-minute more Four-State Festival.

“They were two different decision to play, and the games in a many ways,” Free kids responded well, State coach Mike Hill said of the Firebirds’ two Festival vic- particularly offensively.” tories. “(Saturday) was cold and wet. It was a last-minute — Free State coach Mike Hill decision to play, and the kids responded well, particularly Free State (3-0) banged 17 offensively. We have a lot to hits. work on from a defensive perTim Lewis was 3-for-3 spective.” with a double, three RBIs

and two walks; Montana Samuels was 3-for-5 with two RBIs; Dane McCullough was 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI; Preston Schenck was 2for-5; and Tim Turner went 1for-5 with a three-run home run.

Kukuk (1-0) earned the win.

He struck out 10 over 4 1⁄3 innings. And Lewis struck out three over the final 22⁄3 innings for the save.

Free State will entertain Leavenworth at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday.

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W — Cody Kukuk, 1-0.

Sv — Tim Lewis, 1.

FSHS highlights: Kukuk 4 1/3 IP, 10 strikeouts, 3-for-5 , 2B, 2 RBIs; Colin Toalson 3-for-3, RBI, 5 runs; Preston Schenck 2-for-5; Lewis 3-for-3, 2B, 3 RBIs, 2 walks; Montana Samuels 3-for-5, 2 RBIs; Tim Turner 1-for-5, 3-run HR; Dane McCollough 2-for-5, 2B, RBI.

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Texas A&M shuts down KU ————

Aggies’ Wacha pitches complete game J-W Staff Reports

COLLEGE STATION , T EXAS — Texas A&M sophomore right-handed pitcher Michael Wacha tossed a complete game, allowing one unearned run on seven hits with a walk and nine strikeouts, as the sixth-ranked Aggies routed Kansas University, 11-1, Saturday afternoon at Olsen Field.

The Jayhawks dropped their second straight and moved to 10-12 overall and 2-3 in the Big 12.

Texas A&M improved to 185 overall and 4-1 in conference play.

The Aggies scored two runs in the second, third and fifth innings, which was more than enough support for Wacha, who earned his fourth victory.

He became the first opposing pitcher to record a complete game against Kansas this season.

KU scored its only run in t h e fo u r t h , wh e n Ji m my Waters scored on a throwing error. The Kansas left fielder, who had two hits, singled to open the inning and came around to score when he was stealing third base and the throw got away from Aggies third baseman Adam Smith.

Kansas starting pitcher Tanner Poppe struggled through five innings, allowing six runs on eight hits with a walk and two strikeouts.

A&M center fielder Krey Bratsen led the Aggies’ offensive attack, going 4-for-5 with

BOX SCORE KANSAS Jason Brunansky cf Jordan Brown ph/cf Casey Lytle rf Jimmy Waters lf Kevin Kuntz ph Jake Marasco 3b Tucker Tharp ph Brandon Macias ss Jordan Dreiling ph Alex DeLeon c Zac Elgie 1b Chris Manship dh Kaiana Eldredge 2b Totals

ab 3 1 4 3 1 3 1 3 0 4 4 3 2 32

r 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

h 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7

bi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TEXAS A&M ab r h bi Jace Statum lf 41 1 0 Brandon Woods lf 0 0 0 0 Krey Bratsen cf 5 2 4 2 Tyler Naquin rf 4 3 3 1 Matt Juengel dh 3 2 1 0 Jacob House 1b 4 0 1 3 Kevin Gonzalez c 2 0 0 2 Kenny Jackson ss 3 1 1 0 Adam Smith 3b 3 1 1 2 Charlie Curl 2b 3 1 0 0 Totals 31 11 12 10 Kansas 000 100 000—1 Texas A&M 022 020 14X—11 E—Eldredge; Gonzalez. DP—A&M. LOB—.KU 6; A&M 5 2B—Bratsen. 3B—Naquin. HR—Smith.

SB—Brunansky, Waters, Elgie, Statum, Bratsen.

SH—Eldredge, Gonzalez. SF—Gonzalez. CS— Statum, Bratsen.

IP H R ER BB SO Kansas Tanner Poppe L, 1-3 5 8 6 5 1 2 Nolan Mansfield 11⁄3 1 1 1 2 0 2 Tyler Smith ⁄3 0 1 1 0 1 Conner Murray 1 3 3 3 0 0 TEXAS A&M Michael Wacha W, 4-1 9 7 1 0 1 9 WP—Murray. PB—DeLeon. BK—Mansfield.

HBP—by Poppe (Curl); by Poppe (Juengel); by Poppe (Smith); by Smith (Jackson). T—2:13. A— 4,303.

a two-run double in the eighth.

Jayhawk right fielder Casey Lytle singled to leadoff the sixth inning, which extended his streak to 11 straight games with a base hit. It’s the longest streak by a Kansas player this year.

KU will look to salvage the final game of the series at 12:05 p.m. today.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

Jayhawks shut out

by Longhorns J-W Staff Reports

AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Kansas University softball team could not quiet Texas’ bats as the Jayhawks fell, 12-0 in five innings, to the No. 8/10 Longhorns on Saturday afternoon at McCombs Field.

With the loss in its first Big 12 Conference road game, KU fell to 26-6 overall, including 0-3 in Big 12 play.

Texas extended an 11-game winning streak as it improved to 27-3 in its conference opener.

UT pitchers Blaire Luna (16-2) and Rachel Fox kept the Jayhawks off of the bases for much of the game as KU was unable to collect a hit until the fifth inning, when freshman Kendra Cullum and sophomore Alex Jones hit back-to-back singles.

But Kansas stranded both runners.

Despite no hits through the f irst four frames, Kansas reached base f ive times, including loading the bases in the second.

Sophomore Maggie Hull led off the second inning with a hit by pitch and eventually advanced to third after walks to senior Brittany Hile and sophomore Rosie Hull.

On the next play, though, junior Marissa Ingle grounded into a double play, and Cullum struck out swinging to end the inning.

Texas scattered 11 hits, including two home runs, off

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IP H R ER BB SO KANSAS Kristin Martinez L, 12-2 4 5 5 1 0 7 Alex Jones 1 3 4 4 3 1 Ashley Spencer 2 4 3 3 3 0 TEXAS Luna W, 16-2 3 0 0 0 3 5 Fox 2 2 0 0 0 2 WP—Luna. BK—Jones. HBP—by Luna (M. Hull).

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a trio of KU pitchers. Freshman Kristin Martinez tossed the first inning to suffer just her second loss.

Jones and junior Ashley Spencer also saw time from the circle for the Jayhawks.

KU and Texas will square off again at noon today.

Kevin Anderson/Journal-World Photo

KANSAS’ EKATERINA MOROZOVA FIRES a return shot during a singles match against Texas’ Aerial Ellis on Saturday at the Jawhawk Tennis Facility.

BRIEFLY KU tennis falls, 6-1, to Texas at home Kansas University’s No. 1 doubles team of Ekaterina Morozova and Dylan Windom held off the 23rd-ranked team of Amanda Craddock and Cierra Gayton-Leach from Texas on Saturday afternoon at the Jayhawk Tennis Center, but the Jayhawks got just one point against No. 26 Texas, falling 61.

The Jayhawks fell to 6-7 on the season and 0-3 in Big 12 Conference play. Texas remains perfect in league action, extending its Big 12 mark to 40 and moving to 10-4 overall.

Despite a comeback attempt

by Craddock and Gayton-Leach, Morozova and Windom never trailed. The KU duo went up 4-0 before the Texas team came back to win three games. Morozova and Windom pushed their lead to 7-3, and Craddock and Gayton-Leach immediately cut it to 7-4. But Texas came no closer than that, as the Jayhawks put the match away, earning the first KU win over a ranked doubles opponent since Morozova and Erin Wilbert defeated a No. 72-ranked team from Colorado on April 11, 2010.

Windom earned the only KU singles win when Elizabeth Begley defaulted.

Kansas will be back in action at 11 this morning when No. 25 Texas A&M visits the Jayhawk Tennis Center.

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| Sunday, March 27, 2011

Rams relish underdog role

Kansas vs. VCU Jayhawks (35-2)

Tale of the tape

Rams (27-11)

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

71.9 ✔ 32.3 ✔

✔ 81.7

Points per game

✔ 38.6

Rebounds per game

✔ 17.9

Assists per game

✔ 7.8

Steals per game

✔ 4.0

Blocks per game

✔ 13.3

Turnovers per game

14.5 ✔ 8.4 ✔ ✔ 3.6 ✔ 11.3 ✔

✔ 51.2

Field-goal percentage

43.7

✔ 68.3

Free-throw percentage

71.5 ✔

✔ 39.0

Three-point percentage

36.7

✔ 7.3

Three-pointers per game

✔ +17.2

Scoring margin

8.4 ✔ +3.5

Probable Starters KANSAS (35-2) F — Marcus Morris (6-9) F — Markieff Morris (6-10) G — Brady Morningstar (6-4) G — Tyshawn Taylor (6-3) G — Tyrel Reed (6-3)

VCU (27-11) F — Jamie Skeen (6-9) C — D.J. Haley (7-0) G — Bradford Burgess (6-6) G — Joey Rodriguez (5-10) G — Ed Nixon (6-4)

Tipoff: 1:20 p.m. today, Alamodome.

TV: CBS (cable channels 5, 13, 205).

Individual Statistics Kansas NAME GP-GS Marcus Morris 37-35 Markieff Morris 37-34 Tyrel Reed 37-37 Tyshawn Taylor 35-30 Josh Selby 25-11 Thomas Robinson 32-2 Brady Morningstar 37-24 Mario Little 31-1 Travis Releford 29-4 Elijah Johnson 35-6 Jeff Withey 26-1 Jordan Juenemann 15-0 Royce Woolridge 16-0 Niko Roberts 12-0

PPG 17.1 13.6 9.7 9.1 8.2 7.8 7.3 5.3 3.7 3.5 2.3 0.9 0.6 0.2

RPG 7.4 8.2 3.1 1.9 2.3 6.6 2.2 3.0 1.4 1.3 1.8 0.6 0.5 0.4

APG 1.6 1.4 1.8 4.6 2.2 0.6 3.3 0.8 0.7 1.8 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.1

MPG 28.1 24.2 28.5 27.0 20.6 14.9 27.5 14.0 10.4 13.9 6.2 2.3 2.8 1.8

FG% 57.7 59.6 41.9 47.2 37.8 60.1 50.0 48.5 50.0 50.0 64.7 55.6 25.0 16.7

FT% 69.6 67.8 80.2 73.4 75.7 51.6 74.3 69.4 64.0 69.2 51.5 0.0 50.0 0.0

3PT% 35.6 42.1 38.8 39.6 37.4 0.0 42.2 37.9 37.8 40.0 0.0 80.0 20.0 0.0

APG 1.6 1.6 1.5 5.1 1.9 0.6 0.2 2.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1

MPG 31.8 34.4 25.1 33.4 25.1 14.2 11.4 15.6 9.7 4.8 7.9 3.7

FG% 52.4 48.8 41.2 35.1 42.7 41.6 45.2 34.3 50.0 30.5 53.3 62.5

FT% 71.7 75.7 79.0 81.8 75.0 64.3 65.0 66.1 25.0 33.3 41.7 25.0

3PT% 38.7 42.3 39.8 34.0 34.8 35.2 0.0 14.3 0.0 33.3 0.0 0.0

SAN ANTONIO — Maybe they learned from the way Richmond handled things when the Spiders took their turn at toppling Kansas University on Friday night and failed.

Maybe, because of their label as a mid-major, they’re more comfortable this way.

Maybe it’s just who they are.

Regardless, during Saturday’s media session at the Alamodome, the Virginia Commonwealth Rams were open and accepting about their role as big-time underdogs in today’s 1:20 p.m. matchup with top-seeded Kansas.

“One of my sisters showed me something where it said Kansas now has a 44 percent chance of winning the national championship, and we have a 0.9 percent chance,” VCU coach Shaka Smart said. “So it’s kind of like the movie ‘Dumb and Dumber,’ ‘So you’re saying we’ve got a chance.’”

VCU was a perfect picture of team unity in how it responded to questions about the Rams’ underdog status.

“There might be pressure for Kansas,” VCU point guard Joey Rodriguez said. “They came in thinking they were supposed to win a national championship. We weren’t even supposed to be in the tournament, let alone the Elite Eight. If we lose, we still had a great season. If they lose, it might be disappointing to them.”

Asked what opened his eyes most about the Jayhawks, VCU senior Brandon Rozzell said: “What doesn’t impress you is the question. From the starting five to about six guys on the bench, they’re amazing.

They’re big, they’re physical, they’re strong. They can shoot the three, they can take you off the dribble. Anything you ask for in a great team, they have.

So we’re gonna have to come out and play our best basketball if we want to win.”

That VCU is in this position is rather remarkable. Because the NCAA Tournament expanded from 65 to 68 teams this season, the Rams already have played one more game than the other teams still alive. Tossed into one of four play-in games that kicked off the tournament, 11th-seeded VCU rocked USC by 13, then knocked off No. 6 Georgetown and No. 3 Purdue by 18 before outlasting Florida State, 72-71 in overtime, two nights ago.

With the emotional ups and downs of losing in the conference tournament and wondering if they’d be left out of the Big Dance to preparing to play KU in the Elite Eight, it would be easy to question if this team had anything left in the tank. The answer, from all corners of the VCU locker room, was an emphatic yes.

“Concerns send you home at this point,” Smart said.

“Excuses send you home. The teams advancing in the NCAA Tournament, they don’t look at the glass half empty. They don’t look at the roadblocks on the way. We’ve got a tall task on our hands. But if we sit back and think about being fatigued or having played an KANSAS GUARD ELIJAH JOHNSON LISTENS TO HIS HEADPHONES as he and th extra game or how much time we’ve spent or how much time we’ve slept, that’s the quickest way to go home. And we don’t want to go home. We want to advance.”

Added Rozzell: “We are built for this.”

Said junior Bradford Burgess: “Our strength and conditioning coach, Daniel Roose, he’s just crazy. He just pushes us so hard, even harder than we think we can go.

That’s what makes us go.

When other teams think they can’t go anymore, we’re still foot-on-the-gas, still going.”

The question of fatigue enters the conversation with most teams at this time year.

But Rodriguez insists that it will not be a problem for the Rams tonight. Asked why, Rodriguez said, “Just try to remember when you were 20.”

Virginia Commonwealth NAME Jamie Skeen Bradford Burgess Brandon Rozzell Joey Rodriguez Ed Nixon Rob Brandenberg Juvonte Reddic Darius Theus Toby Veal Troy Daniels D.J. Haley David Hinton

GP-GS PPG 37-37 15.1 38-38 14.4 30-4 11.8 38-38 10.6 38-37 7.2 37-0 5.2 34-12 3.5 38-7 3.1 28-7 2.3 26-1 2.1 35-9 1.1 18-0 0.7

RPG 7.3 6.2 2.3 3.2 2.6 1.8 2.0 1.6 2.1 0.8 1.6 0.2

Key: GP-GS — games played-games started; PPG — points per game; RPG — rebounds per game; APG — assists per game; MPG — minutes per game; FG% — field goal percentage; FT% — free throw percentage; 3PT% — three-point field goal percentage

Rosters 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.

VCU 5 — Juvonte Reddie, 6-9, 225, Fr., F, Winston-Salem, N.C. 10 — Darius Theus, 6-3, 190, Soph., G, Portsmouth, Va. 12 — Joey Rodriguez, 5-10, 175, Sr., G, Merritt Island, Fla. 20 — Bradford Burgess, 6-6, 225, Jr., G, Midlothian, Va. 21 — Jamie Skeen, 6-9, 240, Sr., F, Charlotte, N.C. 23 — Rob Brandenberg, 6-2, 170, Fr., G, Gahanna, Ohio 24 — Heath Houston, 6-8, 240, Fr., F, Powder Springs, Ga. 25 — Reco McCarter, 6-7, 180, Fr., G, Goldsboro, N.C. 30 — Troy Daniels, 6-4, 195, Soph., G, Roanoke, Va. 31 — Toby Veal, 6-8, 235, Jr., F, Savannah, Ga. 32 — Brandon Rozzell, 6-2, 185, Sr., G, Richmond, Va. 33 — D.J. Haley, 7-0, 250, Fr., C, Palmdale, Calif.

34 — David Hinton, 6-9, 235, Soph., F, Winston-Salem, N.C. 50 — Ed Nixon, 6-4, 210, Sr., G, St. Petersburg, Fla. Head coach: Shaka Smart.

Assistants: Will Wade, Mike Rhoades, Mike Jones.

VCU COACH SHAKA SMART addresses the media Saturday.

Kansas CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A

“I feel like this season, if they lose tomorrow, they’ll be happy with this. They’ll be happy making it to the Elite Eight. They’ll be good with that, and we won’t,” KU junior Tyshawn Taylor said. “We want to win so bad. It’s like we came this far, we don’t want to stop now. I think that’s what that chip is,” he added of a collective Jayhawk chip on the shoulder no matter the foe.

“It’s not about what people are saying. It’s not about people wanting to cheer against us. It’s not even about the teams we are playing. It’s that we came this far and want to move onto the Final Four.”

To advance to next week’s Final Four in Houston, KU must beat a confident VCU team that has double-digit scorers in senior forward Jamie Skeen (15.1 ppg), junior shooting guard Bradford Burgess (14.4 ppg) and senior point guard Joey Rodriguez (10.6 ppg, 5.1 apg).

Burgess hit six of seven

threes and scored 26 points in Friday’s Sweet 16 victory over Florida State.

“He’s on a roll,” KU coach Bill Self said of the 6-foot-6, 225-pounder from Midlothian, Va. “He’s a hard matchup because they’ll start him on the perimeter, and although he’s going to play on the perimeter, they’ll do things to get the big guys on him, and he can stretch it.”

KU’s Taylor, who stands 63, is wary of jitterbug point guard Rodriguez.

“Coach (Danny) Manning compared him to a smaller version of Clemente,” Taylor said of former Kansas State guard Denis Clemente. “I know how I guarded him, used my length. I can’t get up to him too close. I’ve got to give him some space.”

Overall, VCU, which averages 71.9 ppg, likes to run and sometimes press.

“They are more similar to Missouri than any team that I think we’ve played off the top of my head,” Self said. “I don’t think it’s one of those deals where they do it (press) every possession like Missouri can, but I thought their pressure and the press has been effec-

KANSAS FRESHMAN JOSH SELBY tolerates a question in the Jayhawks’ locker room.

tive so far in the tournament.

They are quick enough in all five spots that they get out and try to cause havoc.”

Like his players, Self was more than willing to discuss the intangibles entering today’s Elite Eight game.

Of being the lone No. 1 seed left, he said: “It’s exciting because we’re the one. The No. 1 seeds that have left the tournament is more a statement to what can happen in college basketball than anything else. We’ve been on that end of it. And those aren’t major upsets in my opinion.

When you have this many good players and teams, things like that do happen.”

He conceded top seeds sometimes feel pressure in the Elite Eight. KU nudged Davidson, 59-57, in the Elite Eight en route to the 2008 national title.

“The whole marketing of the tournament is ‘Road to the Final Four,’’’ Self said. “It’s almost like it is winning a championship to get there, and then you play a separate championship once you get there. It’s a great game. It’s a game with pressure. No reason to run from it. It exists.

The key is playing loose and that kind of stuff. It is a game reality sets in. It’s so close to obtaining it. If you are not successful, which we haven’t been four times (in Elite Eight in his career against one win), it is a devastating thing ... this is one that means a lot to so many.”

Or as KU’s Taylor pointed out: “Being one of the top four teams left in college basketball is big. You get a banner in your gym for that. You get rings for making it to the Final Four. If we lose now, we made it to the Elite Eight, but it’s not really that big. That’s what people talk about when they talk about a team: ‘They’ve had such-and-such Final Four appearances.’ It’s only one game, but it’s huge.”

For the record, Goliath/KU has 13 Final Four appearances; David/ VCU has none.

Not that that matters, Morris said, firing a slingshot at the media between the eyes.

“They are playing as well as anybody,” Morris said of the upstart Rams. “They’re a good team, a great team. They want it like we do. We know it’s right there for us like it is for them. We feel it’s there for us to take.”

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KU forwards haven’t thought about NBA

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

SAN ANTONIO — The Morris twins were asked about their futures Saturday at the Alamodome.

Have the two reached a decision whether to enter the NBA Draft or return to Kansas University for a final season?

“Not at all,” Markieff Morris said. “We are focusing on trying to win a national championship. That’s the main thing. This is the perfect time for us to try to do it. We’ve not thought about that at all.”

Markieff was asked how the twins would handle it if they were to be separated next season.

“I’m not really sure,” Markieff said. “We’ve never been separated too much, for too long. We’re definitely not ready for that day to happen.

That plays a big role in us Nick Krug/Journal-World Photos coming back to school and he team leave the Alamodome following a round of interviews and news conferences Saturday in San Antonio. playing our senior year.”

Marcus, who also said he hasn’t been thinking at all about next year — “We have a the players is anything but big game tomorrow, that’s all intimidating. These JayI’m thinking about right now” hawks, pretty much to a — is not convinced he and man, are friendly, candid, Markieff will be on different CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A smart and blessed with NBA teams. excellent people skills. And “A lot of people don’t know they err on the side of they’re tough, tough comwhat positions we could play aggression now. petitors. on the next level if we make it “I think coach Self, what In many ways, they truly at the next level,” Marcus said. he gets frustrated with us is are an extension of their “We could be on the same when we don’t understand coach’s personality. team. Somebody out there when enough is enough,” “At times, I’d say we are,” might think we play real well Taylor said. “Like, if we’re Markieff Morris said. “Our together and see the success getting technical fouls, we coach doesn’t take nothing we’ve had on teams with each have to understand we can’t from nobody. He tells us that other in high school and coldo that. I don’t think he disall the time. We’re always the lege and might take us both. If likes the trash-talking, but he aggressors. At the end of the they don’t, they don’t. It’ll defwants us to understand if the day, we’re still Kansas. We’re initely be hard. We are defiref pulls you to the side and always the aggressors, and nitely going to make an effort says, ‘All right, don’t talk anywe don’t take nothing from to see each other. We talk to more,’ and we talk right after no one, and I guess that’s each other every day. Even that, then that’s when he gets how coach is.” when I was at camp last sumupset with us.”

The years the coach has mer, I talked to him every day, He likes the mentality, but on his players gives him a Skyped him and things.” wants them to be discibetter feel for where to draw KANSAS GUARD BRADY MORNINGSTAR SMILES during a plined enough to suppress it lines: “If we talk too much, news conference with teammates and coach Bill Self, left.

Marcus on Sullinger on command. Self sets a he tells us that’s not who we Marcus Morris on Ohio good example in that regard are, and he definitely wants State freshman sensation by riding refs hard, but During KU’s impressive response that conflicted with us to respect our opponents.”

Jared Sullinger saying he’ll rarely getting tagged with a postseason, the team’s two Marcus Morris explaining Driving a team to go 68-5 return for his soph season: T. best players have used psyhis remark was aimed at get- in two seasons requires a “He is very young. Maybe he “What he always says is, chology of their own to get ting into the Spiders’ heads. coach to instruct with a wants to learn the game a lit‘hard-rocking cats.’ He loves into the heads of the oppoIt worked, and there was rugged, intense edge that tle more. Maybe he’s not hard-rocking cats,” Taylor nents to get them to play the nothing inappropriate about pulls players out of their ready to get to the real world. said. “I think that’s the perway the twins want them to it, no reason to run from it, comfort zones. Going 68-5 When I was with him (at sumsonality we try to take on.” play. Markieff Morris no reason to pretend it didn’t also means players drive mer camps), he was hilarious.

This is Brady Mornencountered the Texas play- happen. opponents out of their comMaybe he wants to live his life ingstar’s fifth year in the pro- ers before their Big 12 ConSome might grow uncom- fort zones, and playing nice and be a student a little longer gram. ference tournament title fortable with the twins’ all the time doesn’t cut it. A and not force it. It’s not always “I think all the teams since game and told them he want- unconventional methods of fine line distinguishes intimabout getting to the NBA. It’s I’ve been here have taken on ed to play them, not Texas getting up for games, but idating play from foolishabout learning the game. I’m the personality of coach A&M. Marcus Morris told a can’t argue that it seems to ness. These days, Kansas is fortunate to be learning the Self,” Morningstar said. “He’s couple of Richmond players have an intimidating effect staying on the right side of game and being here.” a heck of a coach. I know you passing by in a golf cart the on the opposition. it. don’t get to see us in pracday before Friday night’s Those uncomfortable with In December, Marcus Rumors tice, but the way he teaches Southwest regional semifiit might be comforted in Morris got into the head of NBAdraft.net cited the game and the way he nal, “You boys better be learning this Kansas team, an opponent with an elbow unnamed sources as saying preaches the style he wants ready.” among the six I have covand drew an ejection. In KU sophomore Thomas us to play is huge. He really Tough to say whether Self ered at home and on the March, he used his tongue.

Robinson would enter his gets into his players’ heads loved or hated it. His road, is without question the He doesn’t do it all the time. name in this June’s draft. and gets us to play the right response, implying the local most polite, humble and He picks his spots. He tends NBAdraft.net said to “look for way, regardless of whether media pretty much created it engaging during sessions to hit the right spot now. the announcement after the we like it.” out of thin air, was a nonwith the media. Interviewing That’s progress. team’s season ends. Robinson tragically lost his mother during the season and has siblings to look out for.”

Robinson recently told the Journal-World he’d most definitely be back for his junior season.

Keegan

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH FORWARD BRADFORD BURGESS answers a question during a news conference Saturday.

exactly why I came to Kansas.”

Scout team helps Red-shirt Conner Teahan on the scout team’s role in helping KU’s rotation players prepare for teams such as Richmond and VCU. “We go out there and work as hard as we can every day because we know it is important for us to give the guys as much of a feel as possible to what they are going to see,” Teahan said. “I think it helps the guys out.”

The scout team members this time of year include: Teahan, Jeff Withey, Royce Woolridge, Niko Roberts, Travis Releford, Jordan Juenemann, Justin Wesley and Christian Garrett. Wesley hasn’t practiced with the team on road trips during the NCAAs. It’s against NCAA rules for transfers to travel with the team.

Nearing a record KU senior Tyrel Reed today can tie Duke’s Shane Battier as the NCAA’s all-time winningest player in a four-year span. Reed has won 132 games. Battier won 133 games from 1998-2001.

Reed, who has lost just 16 games in four years, has tied four Kentucky players (Scott Padgett and Wayne Turner, 1995-98; Jeff Sheppard and Allen Edwards, 1996-99) for second on the alltime win list.

Morningstar hungry Brady Morningstar on being so close to the Final Four: “It’s right there in front of you. It’s like putting a piece of steak on a plate in front of a dog who is chained up. He’s right there, but he’s chained up. Hopefully the next day you can let him loose. That’s basically how we look at it.

We’re so excited to be in this position and be able to play tomorrow.”

Morningstar on what it would take to erase memories of last year’s second-round loss to Northern Iowa: “We have to learn to move on because it wasn’t the end of the world. Northern Iowa had a heck of a game in beating us but we have to move on because that’s just how it is. I would love to go out by winning a championship. I feel that is the best thing that could happen for a senior.

That would make me forget about a lot of things.”

Traveling man KU beat Richmond on Friday and will be trying to beat VCU, another team located in Richmond, Va., today. Marcus Morris was asked if he’d be safe ever visiting Richmond if KU won both games.

“I don’t even know where Richmond is,” Morris said with a big smile. “I’ll probably never go there anyways. I guess, in case I do, I’ll have a little entourage with me to make sure everything is cool going there. Those guys are competitors. I don’t think those guys would do anything, but the fans might. I saw a couple Selby on NBA YouTube clips, and their fans KU freshman Josh Selby are a little crazy. We might addressed the NBA question have to watch our backs.”

Saturday: “Right now, I’m just worrying about winning these Talking trash talk Marcus Morris on VCU last three games, getting the ultimate goal, a national players saying they will not let championship,” Selby said. Kansas trash-talk and bully “After the national champi- them: “That’s fine. I don’t onship, if we get there and we trash-talk. I don’t know why celebrate after we win, hope- people say I trash-talk. I just fully we do, then I’ll think say words. You’ve gotta YouTube guys like Kevin Garabout it.”

He was asked if it is an nett. That’s trash-talking. option that he could return to What he does and what Kobe (Bryant) does and what KU. Carmelo (Anthony) and those “Of course,” he said. guys do is trash-talking. We Just Joshin’ just say some things that’s all Selby on a botched, acro- just in the emotion of the batic missed driving layup try game. It’s definitely not trashlate in Friday’s Sweet 16 win talking.” over Richmond: Markieff Morris on the “Coach came in and teased same topic: “For them to say me. The players teased me. It that means they already have was all in fun. The ball got us on their minds about doing stuck behind my back. I was it. That doesn’t mean anytrying to whip it around, but it thing to us. We don’t want to wouldn’t go,” Selby said. bully anybody, but it’s good Selby on KU’s postseason that they think that’s what we run. “It’s so much fun. This is are going to do.”

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VCU NOTES Shaka talka Led by one of the hottest young coaches in the game, VCU’s run to the Elite Eight has allowed the rest of the college basketball world to learn a little more about Shaka Smart.

Raised by his mother and brought up on the belief that good grades were the most important thing a young man could obtain, Smart’s road to VCU has been filled with interesting twists and turns. Accepted into Harvard, Yale and Brown out of high school, Smart chose Div. III Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, because of his relationship with the basketball coach. After his freshman year, the coach left, and Smart was heartbroken.

“My mom didn’t have a lot of rules,” Smart said. “I didn’t have a curfew when I was a kid. I never had to make my bed. But if I came home with a bad grade, then I wasn’t able to do what I wanted to do, which was play basketball and the other sports that I competed in. And sometimes a bad grade was as high as a B, so I had to excel in the classroom. I didn’t really have a choice.”

After starting for four seasons and serving as team captain for three years at Kenyon, Smart graduated magna cum laude in 1999. His first coaching job came at California University (Pa.) as an assistant. From there, he worked under Oliver Purnell at Dayton from 200103, at Akron from 2003-06, at Clemson from 2006-08, and he spent the 2008-09 season under Billy Donovan at Florida.

As for his name: “It’s about the best thing my dad ever did for me,” Smart said. “Because I was raised primarily by my mom. Shaka is an African name, named after a king in southern Africa who united hundreds of thousands of people. He was a warrior, he was a tough dude, and my dad chose to name me after him. You may have seen the movie ‘Shaka Zulu.’ That’s who I’m named after. When I was growing up, and still to this day, I (was) kidded a lot about that, you know, people call me that, or Chaka Khan, different things. Doesn’t bother me, I’ve heard it all before.”

No watch party Unsure of what the outcome would be, Smart chose not to have a watch party at the school’s basketball facility on Selection Sunday, two weeks ago, because he couldn’t stand the thought of bringing his guys together and watching their hearts break.

“I thought we would get in because a guy I trust had us in his projections,” Smart said.

“But I didn't know for sure. And I didn’t want our season to be defined by that night.”

This and that...

Senior forward Jamie Skeen, a transfer from Wake Forest, leads the Rams in scoring at 15.1 points per game. Skeen also leads VCU in rebounding, with 7.3 per game.... The Rams shot 44 percent from the floor this season, 37 percent from three-point range.... They also were outrebounded by an average of four boards per game.

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Taylor tickled by coach’s praise

By Jesse Newell jnewell@ljworld.com

S A N A N T O N I O — Tyshawn Taylor’s smile was as wide as he could make it.

During a 30-minute interview session Saturday, the Kansas University junior guard was told by a reporter that KU coach Bill Self had just complimented him a couple rooms away, saying Taylor had grown up as a person.

“I appreciate that, Coach,” Taylor said softly, as if Self were sitting there next to him.

For Taylor, the praise means a lot.

“I’m one of those guys — I think coach Self kind of knows this — when’s he’s happy with me, I’m a happier person. When he’s not happy with my play or what I’m doing off the court, it kind of gets Taylor me down,” Taylor said. “I’m happy any time he says good things about me, especially something like that, because it’s not just on-the-court stuff he’s probably talking about.”

For three years, more than anything, Taylor has wanted to please his coach.

“Anything I do on the court, I’m thinking about what he’s going to think or what he’s going to say about it,” Taylor said. “When I make a turnover on the court, my first instinct is to look: What’s his reaction right now? What is he thinking? Is he jumping up and down? Is he like, ‘It’s OK’?

What’s his mood?”

Lately, Self hasn’t had too much to get upset about.

In the NCAA Tournament, Taylor has averaged nine points, six rebounds and three turnovers on 10-for-19 shooting from the floor (52.6 percent) and 3-for-7 shooting from three-point range (42.9 percent).

Saturday, Self said Taylor might be playing the best basketball of his career.

“He’s growing up, and he’s doing it right before our eyes,” Self said. “And when he’s good, which I believe he’s been good a lot lately, he can put pressure on both ends like no one else in our program can.”

Taylor said learning from a suspension in late February was part of the reason for his recent surge.

The junior sat out two games after violating unspecified team rules. After the incident, Taylor visited Self’s office.

“I kind of broke down to Coach,” Taylor said, “and I just told him, ‘Coach, there’s a million things going on right now, and it’s hard for me to just focus on basketball. I know that’s supposed to be

my main priority, but it’s hard.

It’s so hard.’ And he understood.”

At the time, Taylor said his family was going through some tough times; his mother has never been married, and Tyshawn’s father and his two sisters’ fathers aren’t a part of their lives.

“I’ve always been the man in my family from a very young age,” Taylor said. “So when things go wrong in my family, my sister, she runs to me. I’m the person she talks to. When my mom is stressing out, I’m the person that she runs to talk to.

“So I just deal with a lot. I deal with a lot.”

Taylor said his family’s issues have been resolved, as his mother and sisters are happy now and also are starting to lean more on others when they need someone to talk to.

During his two-game suspension, Taylor also saw the Jayhawks were playing just as well without him as they did with him.

“I just kind of realized that (Self ) doesn’t owe me anything. I owe it to myself to want to be a part of this team, to want to help us win,” Taylor said. “I just felt like I came out with a different attitude after that.”

After returning, Taylor said he worked harder to be a better teammate and also to lead as much as he could. He wanted to prove to his teammates and coaches that he deserved to be on the floor.

Taylor regained his starting role in the Big 12 tournament championship game against Texas in his fifth game back from suspension.

“Coach Self has been with me the whole time, stuck with me, never gave up on me,” Taylor said. “Got frustrated with me, yelled at me a couple times, called me a bunch of different names a bunch of times.

“Like a parent, kind of, I think coach Self gets mad, and he gets disappointed in me sometimes, but he never gives up on me.”

Taylor says he now treats life a lot like he does basketball.

For a long time, Self preached to him to always think, “Next play,” though it was difficult for Taylor. He was the kind of guy that allowed one turnover to turn into two, and two to turn into three.

When he makes a turnover now, he says he focuses on getting a stop defensively.

And when he makes a mistake in life, he focuses on learning from it and not letting it happen again.

It’s a lesson he’s learned from experience. And from Self.

“When he says I grow up, it means a lot to me. It means a lot to me,” Taylor said. “That’s just what I want to do.”

EAST REGIONAL

UK-UNC battle of bluebloods NEWARK , N.J. (AP) — In an NCAA Tournament f illed with stunning upsets and unlikely party crashers, the East region has provided an oasis of sanity.

Kentucky. North Carolina.

College basketball bluebloods whose gyms are ringed with national championship banners and whose fan bases are disappointed any time a season ends without confetti and celebratory newspaper fronts on the first Monday night in April.

The expectations are as impossible as the numbers are eye-popping.

The sport’s two winningest programs have combined for more than 4,000 victories — including 209 in the NCAA tournament — 31 Final Four appearances and a dozen national titles.

Talk about star power.

“Yes, the names on the front: Kentucky and North Carolina, wow. The history of these programs, wow,” said Kentucky coach John Calipari. “But I don’t think (my players) are worried

about that and I am certainly not.”

The current crop of Tar Heels presents enough worries on its own.

North Carolina (27-9) took off in January after coach Roy Williams put fresh- EAST man point REGIONAL guard Kendall Who: Kentucky Marshall in (28-8) vs. North charge of Carolina (27-9) running its Where: Newark, highN.J. octane When: 3:30 p.m. offense.

The sec- today ond-seeded TV: CBS (cable Tar Heels channels 5, 13, have ripped 205) off 12 victories in their Line: Kentucky by last 13 1 games, the latest an 81-63 mauling of Marquette in the regional semifinals on Friday.

Kentucky (28-8) needed more time to get it together.

A season after super freshmen John Wall and DeMarcus

Cousins helped Calipari revive the program, their replacements — Terrence Jones, Doron Lamb and Brandon Knight — struggled to find an identity.

At one point the Wildcats lost six straight games decided by f ive points or less, including a 75-73 loss in Chapel Hill in December.

Williams and Calipari will take a cursory glance at the game film but acknowledge it might not help.

“Both teams are drastically different,” Williams said. “I think that both teams were very young and still very young, but I think the experiences that we’ve gained have made both of us a much better team.”

Kentucky rolled into the regional final last spring only to brick its way through a 7366 loss to West Virginia.

At least the Wildcats were in the tournament.

North Carolina watched last year’s NCAA Tournament from home a season after rolling to its fifth national title.

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UConn bounces ‘Zona Magic slipper still fits Butler ————

ANAHEIM , C ALIF . (AP) — Jim Calhoun could scarcely watch when the most improbable postseason run of his coaching life at Connecticut came down to an open three-point attempt by Arizona’s Jamelle Horne.

The shot clanged off the back rim. The clock hit zeros.

Nine victories in just 19 days. Calhoun has seen just about everything, but nothing like this — and now his Huskies will keep running all the way to Houston.

Kemba Walker scored 20 points, freshman Jeremy Lamb added 19, and UConn earned its second Final Four berth in three years, beating Arizona, 65-63, Saturday to win the West regional.

After missing the NCAA Tournament entirely last year, Calhoun’s tireless team is headed to the Huskies’ fourth Final Four, punctuated by an ebullient on-court celebration in a building packed with Arizona fans.

UConn simply hasn’t lost since a .500 Big East regular season, winning five games in five days at the conference tournament before this NCAA run. Walker claims he isn’t surprised by this sprint through the postseason, while Lamb has nothing to compare it to, leaving Calhoun alone in his grateful disbelief.

“Never did I imagine a team winning nine games in tournament play in 19 days,” Calhoun said. “These brothers, these young guys, have just given me a thrill beyond compare. Our march in the past nine games, I haven’t experienced anything like this.”

UConn also made the Final Four in 1999, 2004 and 2009 — all three times out of the West.

BOX SCORE ARIZONA (30-8) Williams 5-13 9-12 20, Perry 7-9 0-0 14, Hill 1-6 0-0 2, Jones 4-9 0-0 8, Fogg 4-8 1-2 11, Natyazhko 0-0 0-0 0, Parrom 1-4 0-0 2, Mayes 1-4 0-0 2, Lavender 0-1 0-0 0, Horne 1-7 1-2 4. Totals 24-61 11-16 63.

CONNECTICUT (30-9) Olander 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 1-5 2-2 4, Oriakhi 3-4 1-2 7, Lamb 7-19 3-4 19, Walker 7-17 5-6 20, Beverly 1-1 0-0 2, Coombs-McDaniel 0-1 0-0 0, Giffey 0-0 0-0 0, Napier 3-6 2-2 10, Okwandu 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 23-56 14-18 65.

Halftime—Connecticut 32-25. 3-Point Goals— Arizona 4-21 (Fogg 2-3, Horne 1-4, Williams 1-6, Hill 0-1, Perry 0-1, Parrom 0-1, Lavender 0-1, Jones 0-1, Mayes 0-3), Connecticut 5-17 (Napier 2-3, Lamb 2-4, Walker 1-7, Coombs-McDaniel 01, Smith 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Arizona 42 (Hill 10), Connecticut 31 (Oriakhi 6).

Assists—Arizona 14 (Hill 4), Connecticut 10 (Walker 7). Total Fouls—Arizona 12, Connecticut 15. A—17,856.

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CONNECTICUT’S KEMBA WALKER, CENTER, AND HIS TEAMMATES GO CRAZY after defeating Arizona.

The Huskies held off the Wildcats, 65-63, on Saturday in Anaheim, Calif.

In sweet redemption for a program and a veteran coach tarred by scandals over the past year, the Huskies will face the winner of North Carolina’s East regional final against Kentucky next Saturday.

Derrick Williams and Horne missed go-ahead three-pointers in the final seconds for Arizona, allowing the third-seeded Huskies (30-9) to hang on after Lamb scored six key points down the stretch when Walker encouraged the Huskies to run plays for the fearless frosh.

“This is no time to be tired,” Walker said. “We’re trying to get as far as possible. We want to win this whole thing.”

Williams had 20 points while battling foul trouble for the fifth-seeded Wildcats (30-

8), who led with 6 minutes to play. After Lamb pushed the Huskies ahead and Walker hit a jumper with 1:13 left, Lamont Jones and Horne then hit late three-pointers for Arizona, but the Wildcats couldn’t convert two good looks in the final seconds.

“The second one, I thought it was definitely going in,” Lamb said. “When he missed it, I looked at the clock and saw zero-zero, and I just went, ’Whooooo.’ It’s the best feeling I’ve ever had.”

The Huskies are the last team standing from the Big East’s 11 NCAA entrants. After going 9-9 in regular-season conference play, they’ve done more than even Calhoun might have expected just three weeks ago.

After the Wildcats missed their final two shots, Walker and Calhoun wrapped each other in a bear hug at center court after the buzzer as Emeka Okafor, Jake Voskuhl and other UConn alums celebrated on the court.

Jesse Perry scored 14 points for Arizona, which trailed 3425 early in the second half.

Bulldogs sink Gators in OT, advance to another Final Four

N E W O R L E A N S ( A P ) — Of course Butler erased a late deficit. Of course the Bulldogs hit a clutch three-pointer late in overtime. Of course they’re going back to the Final Four.

This is the Butler Way. Shelvin Mack scored 27 points, including five in overtime, and Butler reached the Final Four for the second year in a row with a 74-71 victory over Florida on Saturday.

“This is a huge deal,” said Zach Hahn, whose two threepointers helped Butler stay close in the first half. “I don’t know that any other midmajor has ever done this. It’s hardly happened once, let alone twice.”

Butler, the Horizon League champ, has vanquished three higher seeds from major conferences — top-seeded Pittsburgh, fourth-seeded Wisconsin and now second-seeded Florida — in succession.

Those big wins came after Howard tipped in a winner in the final seconds against Old Dominion.

This game had another frantic finish.

“We just kind of stayed together, stayed the course, figured it out, and just played resiliently,” Butler coach Brad Stevens said. “I’m incredibly proud of these guys. They carried their coach in a big way. ... Our players did a great job, and (they are) just a special group. We’re really lucky that they’re Butler Bulldogs.”

Matt Howard scored 14, and Khyle Marshall added 10 for the Bulldogs (27-9), who showed again they simply won’t give in, climbing out of an 11-point hole in the last 9:25 of the second half.

BOX SCORE BUTLER (27-9) Howard 5-12 3-6 14, Smith 1-2 1-2 3, Mack 8-20 7-11 27, Vanzant 3-9 0-0 7, Stigall 0-3 0-0 0, Hahn 2-5 0-0 6, Nored 0-2 4-4 4, Hopkins 1-1 0-0 3, Marshall 4-6 2-4 10, Butcher 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 2460 17-27 74.

FLORIDA (29-8) Tyus 6-12 2-2 14, Parsons 2-9 0-0 5, Macklin 1114 3-5 25, Boynton 5-9 6-7 17, Walker 1-10 5-6 8, Young 0-2 2-2 2, Wilbekin 0-1 0-0 0, Murphy 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-57 18-22 71.

Halftime—Florida 33-32. End Of Regulation— Tied 60. 3-Point Goals—Butler 9-33 (Mack 4-13, Hahn 2-5, Hopkins 1-1, Vanzant 1-3, Howard 1-6, Nored 0-2, Stigall 0-3), Florida 3-14 (Parsons 1-3, Boynton 1-3, Walker 1-7, Wilbekin 0-1). Fouled Out—Smith. Rebounds—Butler 41 (Smith 8), Florida 34 (Tyus 10). Assists—Butler 8 (Mack 4), Florida 10 (Walker 4). Total Fouls—Butler 20, Florida 24. A—12,139.

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BUTLER’S MATT HOWARD (54) CELEBRATES with Ronald Nored after their overtime victory over Florida. The Bulldogs advanced to their second straight Final Four by beating the Gators, 74-71 in OT, on Saturday in New Orleans.

Mack was playing through pain after rolling his left ankle in the first half and needed a small bandage on his forehead in the second half. He could not recall what happened to his head, only that it was bleeding when he came to the sideline.

That didn’t stop him from draining a crucial threepointer with 1:21 left in overtime to give Butler the lead for good at 72-70. He also had enough vigor left during the net-cutting ritual to do a mocking Gator chomp with his arms from atop a ladder.

“It’s a physical game. That’s what the NCAA Tournament is

all about,” Mack said. “You wouldn’t want it any other way.”

Kenny Boynton missed a long three that could have given Florida (29-8) the lead with a little under 20 seconds left. Alex Tyus appeared to have the offensive rebound, but Howard tied him up and the possession arrow favored Butler.

Florida had to foul Mack with 10.6 seconds to go, and he hit both shots for the final margin before Erving Walker missed a three to tie in the final seconds.

“Congratulations to Butler,” Florida coach Billy Donovan said. “They had great, great heart tonight. ... I knew they had that, you know, all year long.”

Before reaching the round of eight this year, Florida hadn’t won an NCAA Tournament game since winning its second straight national title in 2007.

The Gators missed the tournament entirely in 2008 and 2009, before returning last year and being knocked out by BYU in the first round.

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SCOREBOARD NCAA Tournament

EAST REGIONAL At The Prudential Center Newark, N.J. Regional Semifinals Friday North Carolina 81, Marquette 63 Kentucky 62, Ohio State 60 Regional Championship Today North Carolina (29-7) vs. Kentucky (28-8), 4:05 p.m. (CBS) SOUTHEAST REGIONAL At New Orleans Arena Regional Semifinals Thursday Florida 83, BYU 74, OT Butler 61, Wisconsin 54 Regional Championship Saturday Butler 74, Florida 71, OT SOUTHWEST REGIONAL At The Alamodome San Antonio Regional Semifinals Friday Kansas 77, Richmond 57 Virginia Commonwealth 72, Florida State 71 Regional Championship Today Kansas (35-2) vs. Virginia Commonwealth (2711), 1:20 p.m. (CBS) WEST REGIONAL At The Honda Center Anaheim, Calif.

Regional Semifinals Thursday Connecticut 74, San Diego State 67 Arizona 93, Duke 77 Regional Championship Saturday Connecticut 65, Arizona 63 FINAL FOUR At Reliant Stadium Houston National Semifinals Saturday, April 2 East champion vs. Connecticut (30-9) Butler (27-9) vs. Southwest champion National Championship Monday, April 4 Semifinal winners

Kansas Men

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 (4-0) 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) Miami (Ohio), W 83-56 (13-0) UMKC, W 99-52 (14-0) at Michigan, W 67-60, OT (15-0) at Iowa State, W 84-79 (16-0, 1-0) Nebraska, W 63-60 (17-0, 2-0) at Baylor, W 85-65 (18-0, 3-0) Texas, L 63-74 (18-1, 3-1) at Colorado, W 82-78 (19-1, 4-1) Kansas State, W 90-66 (20-1, 5-1) at Texas Tech, W 88-66 (21-1, 6-1) at Nebraska, W 86-66 (22-1, 7-1) Missouri, W 103-86 (23-1, 8-1) Iowa State, W 89-66 (24-1, 9-1) at Kansas State, L 68-84 (24-2, 9-2) Colorado, W 89-63 (25-2, 10-2) Oklahoma State, W 92-65 (26-2, 11-2) at Oklahoma, W 82-70 (27-2, 12-2) Texas A&M, W 64-51 (28-2, 13-2) at Missouri, W 70-66 (29-2, 14-2) Big 12 tournament Oklahoma State, W 63-62 (30-2, 14-2) Colorado, W 90-83 (31-2, 14-2) Texas, W 85-73 (32-2, 14-2) NCAA Tournament Boston U. in Tulsa, Okla., W 72-53 (33-2) Illinois in Tulsa, Okla., W 73-59 (34-2) Richmond in San Antonio, W 77-57 (35-2) Today — VCU in San Antonio, 1:20 p.m.

NIT

Semifinals Tuesday, March 29 At Madison Square Garden New York Wichita State (27-8) vs. Washington State (2212), 6 p.m.

Colorado (24-13) vs. Alabama, 8:30 p.m.

Championship Thursday, March 31 Semifinals winners, 6 p.m.

NCAA Women’s Tournament

Regional Semifinals At The Liacouras Center Philadelphia Today Connecticut (34-1) vs. Georgetown (24-10), 11 a.m.

DePaul (29-6) vs. Duke (31-3), 1:30 p.m.

Regional Championship Tuesday Connecticut-Georgetown winner vs. DePaulDuke winner, 6 p.m.

DAYTON REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio Saturday Tennessee 85, Ohio State 75 Notre Dame 78, Oklahoma 53 Regional Championship Monday Tennessee (34-2) vs. Notre Dame (29-7), 6 p.m.

SPOKANE REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, Wash.

Saturday Gonzaga 76, Louisville 69 Stanford (31-2) vs. North Carolina (27-8), (n) Monday Regional Championship Gonzaga (31-4) vs. Stanford-North Carolina winner, 8 p.m DALLAS REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At American Airlines Center Dallas Today Georgia (23-10) vs. Texas A&M (29-5), 3:30 p.m.

Baylor (33-2) vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay (34-1), TBA Regional Championship Tuesday Georgia-Texas A&M winner vs. BaylorWisconsin-Green Bay winner, 8 p.m.

FINAL FOUR At at Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis National Semifinals Sunday, April 3 Philadelphia champion vs. Dayton champion Spokane champion vs. Dallas champion National Championship Tuesday, April 5 Semifinal winners

WNIT

Quarterfinals Saturday Charlotte 79, Virginia 74 Today Syracuse (25-9) at Toledo (26-8), 1 p.m.

Arkansas (22-11) at Illinois State (23-10), 1:05 p.m.

Southern Cal (22-12) at Colorado (18-15), 2 p.m.

Semifinals March 30-31 Southern Cal-Colorado winner vs. Illinois State-Arkansas winner, TBD Toledo-Syracuse winner vs. Charlotte (27-9), TBD Championship At TBD Saturday, April 2 Semifinal winners, 2 p.m.

BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Selected the contract of LHP Dennys Reyes from Pawtucket (IL). Placed RHP Junichi Tazawa on the 60-day DL. DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned INF Danny Worth to Toledo (IL). Reassigned LHP Adam Wilk and OF Andy Dirks to their minor league camp.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Reassigned 1B Casey Kotchman, INF Felipe Lopez, INF Joe Inglett, OF Chris Carter, OF Justin Ruggiano, C Craig Albernaz and INF Ray Olmedo to their minor league camp.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Announced the retirement of LHP Mike Hampton.

CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned HP Casey Coleman and RHP Jeff Stevens to Iowa (PCL).

CINCINNATI REDS — Reassigned C Devin Mesoraco, OF Dave Sappelt and INF Chris Valaika to their minor league camp.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Recalled SS Tommy Manzella from Oklahoma City (PCL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned RHP John Ely to their minor league camp. Reassigned INF/OF Eugenio Velez to their minor league camp. Granted LHP Ron Mahay a release from his minor league contract.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Placed RHP Zack Greinke and LHP Manny Parra on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 22.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Reassigned C Dusty Brown, LHP Brian Burres, INF Andy Marte and OF Corey Wimberly to their minor league camp.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW ORLEANS HORNETS — Signed F Patrick Ewing Jr. to a 10-day contract.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled D Jay Leach from Albany (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS — Reassigned G Mike Brodeur to Binghamton (AHL).

NHL

Saturday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 1, Boston 0 Los Angeles 4, Colorado 1 Buffalo 2, New Jersey 0 Washington 2, Montreal 0 Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 Tampa Bay 4, Carolina 2 Detroit 4, Toronto 2 Nashville 4, Dallas 2 St. Louis 6, Minnesota 3 Anaheim 2, Chicago 1 San Jose 4, Phoenix 1 Calgary 5, Edmonton 4, SO Today’s Games Florida at Pittsburgh, noon Ottawa at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Vancouver at Columbus, 4 p.m.

Boston at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

MLS

Saturday’s Games Toronto FC 2, Portland 0 Chicago 3, Sporting Kansas City 2 Philadelphia 1, Vancouver 0 Columbus 0, New York 0, tie New England 2, D.C. United 1 Real Salt Lake 4, Los Angeles 1 San Jose 2, FC Dallas 0 Colorado 1, Chivas USA 0

MLB Spring Training

Saturday’s Games Florida 6, St. Louis 5 Detroit 3, Philadelphia (ss) 1 Baltimore 7, Tampa Bay 2 Washington 10, Houston 0 N.Y. Yankees 4, Pittsburgh 2 Toronto 7, Philadelphia (ss) 6 N.Y. Mets 8, Atlanta 2 L.A. Angels 6, Chicago White Sox 3 Chicago Cubs 6, Texas 5 L.A. Dodgers 5, San Diego 4 Milwaukee 2, Seattle 1, 10 innings Kansas City 9, Arizona 6 San Francisco (ss) 9, Cincinnati 6 Minnesota 9, Boston 8 San Francisco (ss) 8, Cleveland 5 Colorado 4, Oakland 1 Today’s Games Boston vs. Baltimore (ss) at Sarasota, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Baltimore (ss) vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Philadelphia vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Florida vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Detroit vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Texas vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Colorado (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. Colorado (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Angels, 4:05 p.m.

Nationwide-Royal Purple 300

Saturday At Auto Club Speedway Fontana, Calif.

Lap length: 2 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (7) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 150 laps, 128.5 rating, 0 points, $61,445.

2. (1) Carl Edwards, Ford, 150, 129.8, 0, $57,675.

3. (2) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 150, 139.9, 0, $44,700.

4. (12) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 150, 116.1, 41, $35,793.

5. (34) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 150, 105.9, 39, $26,125.

6. (9) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 150, 109.8, 38, $29,218.

7. (4) Joey Logano, Toyota, 150, 96.7, 0, $20,275.

8. (8) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 150, 104.4, 0, $18,800.

9. (3) Aric Almirola, Chevrolet, 150, 100.5, 36, $25,478.

10. (5) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 150, 97.8, 0, $19,900.

11. (16) Jason Leffler, Chevrolet, 150, 89, 33, $26,893.

12. (10) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 150, 90.1, 32, $24,068.

13. (11) Brian Scott, Toyota, 150, 89.6, 31, $24,268.

14. (14) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 149, 84.1, 30, $26,033.

15. (17) Kenny Wallace, Toyota, 149, 81, 29, $24,823.

16. (6) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 149, 78.9, 28, $23,638.

17. (19) Ryan Truex, Toyota, 149, 75.8, 27, $24,178.

18. (20) Michael Annett, Toyota, 149, 73.1, 26, $23,043.

19. (13) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 149, 77.1, 25, $24,433.

20. (25) J.R. Fitzpatrick, Ford, 147, 62.2, 24, $24,298.

21. (22) Eric McClure, Chevrolet, 146, 55.1, 23, $22,713.

22. (18) Kevin Conway, Toyota, 146, 62.9, 0, $16,085.

23. (35) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, 146, 50.7, 21, $22,468.

24. (23) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 145, 58.3, 20, $22,708.

25. (21) Charles Lewandoski, Ford, 145, 53.6, 20, $22,798.

26. (33) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 144, 41.2, 0, $15,595.

27. (15) Steve Wallace, Toyota, 143, 57.2, 17, $21,928.

28. (26) Kevin Lepage, Ford, 143, 54.9, 17, $21,808.

29. (41) Robert Richardson Jr., Dodge, 143, 39.6, 15, $22,058.

30. (30) Tim Andrews, Ford, engine, 142, 61.4, 14, $15,380.

31. (36) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 140, 35.4, 13, $21,438.

32. (32) Timmy Hill, Toyota, 139, 37.9, 12, $21,328.

33. (29) Blake Koch, Dodge, 128, 42.5, 11, $21,218.

34. (24) Scott Wimmer, Chevrolet, 115, 63, 10, $21,108.

35. (31) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, axle, 91, 62.1, 9, $14,530.

36. (42) Dennis Setzer, Dodge, transmission, 86, 39.4, 0, $20,888.

37. (27) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, vibration, 41, 49.4, 7, $14,300.

38. (40) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Ford, handling, 38, 34.2, 6, $14,190.

39. (43) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, brakes, 31, 31.4, 5, $14,115.

40. (28) Alex Kennedy, Dodge, rear end, 21, 40.5, 4, $14,080.

41. (37) Carl Long, Chevrolet, steering, 12, 32.5, 3, $14,020.

42. (38) Brett Rowe, Chevrolet, handling, 3, 32.4, 2, $13,940.

43. (39) Mike Harmon, Chevrolet, vibration, 3, 30.8, 1, $13,907.

College Women

Saturday at Jayhawk Tennis Center TEXAS 6, KANSAS 1 Singles Aeriel Ellis, UT, def. Ekaterina Morozova, 6-4, 6-3.

Kristan Damico, UT, def. Monica Pezzotti, 6-1, 6-0.

Maggie Mello, UT, def. Sara Lazarevic, 6-1, 6-0.

Amanda Craddock, UT, def. Paulina Los, 6-3, 6-1.

Caroline Larsson, UT, def. Erin Wilbert, 6-2, 6-1.

Dylan Windom, KU, def. Elizabeth Begley 0-1, unfinished.

Doubles Morozova-Windom, KU, def. Craddock-GaytonLeach, 8-4.

Damico-Ellis, UT, def. Wilbert-Lazarevic, 8-3.

Gajic-Mello, UT, def. Pezzotti-Los, 8-6.

Kansas record: 6-7, 0-3 Big 12. Texas record: 10-4, 5-0 Big 12.

Saturday At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park Key Biscayne, Fla. Purse: Men, $4.5 million (Masters 1000); Women, $4.5 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Second Round Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (15), France, def. Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3.

Juan Monaco (32), Argentina, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4.

Mikhail Youzhny (13), Russia, def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-1, 6-0.

Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Juan Ignacio Chela (26), Argentina, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4.

Olivier Rochus, Belgium, def. Marcos Baghdatis (22), Cyprus, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.

Gilles Simon (25), France, def. Rainer Schuettler, Germany, 6-4, 6-3.

Alex Dolgopolov (21), Ukraine, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-1, 5-3, retired.

Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3.

Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, def. Ernests Gulbis (28), Latvia, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.

Florian Mayer, Germany, def. Albert Montanes (20), Spain, 6-4, 3-1, retired.

Philipp Petzschner, Germany, def. Jurgen Melzer (10), Austria, 6-3, 6-4.

Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, def. Andy Roddick (8), United States, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, def. Marin Cilic (18), Croatia, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Nicolas Almagro (11), Spain, def. Frederico Gil, Portugal, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.

Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Spain, 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-0.

Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Kei Nishikori, Japan, 6-4, 6-4.

Women Third Round Peng Shuai, China, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (11), Russia, 6-3, 6-1.

Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 6-3, 6-4.

Alexandra Dulgheru (26), Romania, def.

Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 6-2, 6-1.

Sam Stosur (4), Australia, def. Lucie Safarova (30), Czech Republic, 6-0, 7-6 (1).

Jelena Jankovic (6), Serbia, def. Klara Zakopalova (32), Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-1.

Maria Sharapova (16), Russia, def. Sabine Lisicki, Germany, 6-2, 6-0.

Andrea Petkovic (21), Germany, def. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 6-0, 6-3.

College Men

Border Olympics Saturday in Laredo, Texas Team Results 1. Arkansas 280-273-279—832 2. Oklahoma 271-282-284—837 3. Baylor 287-275-284—846 4. Rice 292-282-274—848 5. Liberty 280-287-286—853 11. Kansas 288-293-285—866 Individual Results 1. Michael Whitehead (Rice) 68-67-62—197 2. Sebastian Cappelen (Arkansas) 69-64-66—199 T3. Timothy Madigan (N.M. State) 70-70-65—205 T3. Joakim Mikkelsen (Baylor) 71-68-66—205 Kansas Individuals T11. Chris Gilbert 68-76-67—211 T38. Doug Quinones 76-69-73—218 T44. Alex Gutesha 72-76-72—220 T55. Nate Barbee 73-72-77—222 T79. Jeff Bell 75-78-73—226

College Women

MountainView Collegiate Saturday in Tucson, Ariz.

Team Results 1. Iowa State 285-284-288—857 2. Oklahoma 294-285-285—863 3. Arkansas 286-292-286—864 4. Colorado 292-292-290—873 5. Minnesota 287-298-298—883 6. Texas Tech 294-297-296—887 7. Texas State 296-297-296—889 8. Missouri 284-307-300—891 9. San Jose State 303-294-296—893 10. Nebraska 308-306-284—898 11. Colorado State 301-307-291—899 12. Gonzaga 299-303-300—902 13. Oregon State 309-297-297—903 14. Kansas State 291-311-302—904 15. Indiana 300-311-296—907 16. Wyoming 295-307-308—910 17. Kansas 307-309-297—913 18. Baylor 313-305-303—921 Individual Results 1. Emily Tubert (Arkansas) 68-72-67—207 2. Prima Thammaraks (Iowa St.) 70-70-72—212 3. Brianna Espinoza (Colo. St.) 71-73-70—214 t4. Emily Telley (Colorado) 73-71-71—215 t4. Gabriella Dominguez (T-Tech) 72-72-71—215 Kansas Individuals t45. Thanuttra Boonraksasat 79-76-70—225 t57. Katy Nugent 76-78-74—228 t64. Meghan Potee 78-77-75—230 t75. Meghna Bal 76-78-80—234 t79. Grace Thiry 77-80-78—235

Arnold Palmer Invitational

Saturday At Bay Hill Club & Lodge Orlando, Fla. Purse: $6 million Yardage: 7,419; Par: 72 Third Round Martin Laird Spencer Levin Bubba Watson Steve Marino David Toms Rickie Fowler Marc Leishman Trevor Immelman John Senden Charles Howell III Brendon de Jonge Ryan Moore Chris Couch K.J. Choi Charlie Wi Kyle Stanley

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Heath Slocum Brian Davis Hunter Mahan Phil Mickelson Justin Rose J.J. Henry Jim Furyk Dicky Pride Brian Gay J.B. Holmes Sergio Garcia Vaughn Taylor Stewart Cink Rod Pampling Troy Matteson Henrik Stenson D.J. Trahan Nick O’Hern Fredrik Jacobson Ian Poulter Tiger Woods Pat Perez Sam Saunders Mark Wilson Zach Johnson D.A. Points Bo Van Pelt Hunter Haas Arjun Atwal Tom Gillis William McGirt Brendan Steele Scott Verplank Aaron Baddeley Daniel Chopra Rocco Mediate Charl Schwartzel Billy Hurley III Robert Damron Lee Janzen Jason Dufner Robert Allenby Edoardo Molinari Kevin Na Chad Campbell Robert Garrigus Johnson Wagner Bill Lunde Colt Knost Kevin Streelman Ernie Els Stephen Ames Erik Compton Skip Kendall Carl Pettersson Paul Goydos Roland Thatcher

75-70-68—213 70-72-71—213 69-69-75—213 70-75-69—214 72-72-70—214 75-70-69—214 74-69-71—214 77-66-71—214 75-68-71—214 73-69-72—214 73-68-73—214 70-68-76—214 76-71-68—215 73-72-70—215 72-73-70—215 73-71-71—215 72-71-72—215 73-70-72—215 71-71-73—215 71-71-73—215 73-68-74—215 74-74-68—216 74-73-69—216 74-72-70—216 76-70-70—216 73-71-72—216 74-70-72—216 70-73-73—216 72-72-72—216 73-70-73—216 73-68-75—216 76-70-71—217 76-69-72—217 76-69-72—217 70-72-75—217 70-72-75—217 76-72-70—218 71-75-72—218 73-72-73—218 70-73-75—218 70-70-78—218 79-69-71—219 72-75-72—219 74-73-72—219 72-75-72—219 71-75-73—219 74-72-73—219 73-70-76—219 75-73-72—220 75-73-72—220 75-72-73—220 75-69-76—220 75-67-80—222 75-73-75—223 75-73-75—223 78-69-76—223 74-74-78—226

LPGA Kia Classic

Sony Ericsson Open

70-65-70—205 66-70-71—207 70-71-68—209 71-67-71—209 74-67-69—210 69-71-70—210 73-72-66—211 72-71-68—211 71-72-68—211 73-65-73—211 71-71-70—212 74-67-71—212 70-71-71—212 72-64-76—212 73-74-66—213 74-73-66—213

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Saturday At Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms Industry, Calif.

Purse: $1.7 million Yardage: 6,714; Par: 73 Third Round a-denotes amateur Jiyai Shin 70-64-70—204 Sandra Gal 67-68-70—205 Na Yeon Choi 73-72-65—210 I.K. Kim 70-69-72—211 Anna Nordqvist 71-70-71—212 Amanda Blumenherst 66-74-73—213 Mindy Kim 74-66-73—213 Juli Inkster 75-70-69—214 Beatriz Recari 72-73-69—214 Michelle Wie 68-75-71—214 Paige Mackenzie 71-71-72—214 Cristie Kerr 74-70-71—215 Chella Choi 72-68-75—215 Katie Futcher 76-70-70—216 Kristy McPherson 72-73-71—216 Suzann Pettersen 72-73-71—216 Pat Hurst 73-71-72—216 Yani Tseng 71-73-72—216 Stephanie Sherlock 77-71-69—217 Meaghan Francella 72-74-71—217 Leta Lindley 74-72-71—217 Inbee Park 71-75-71—217 Sophie Gustafson 72-73-72—217 Mika Miyazato 70-73-74—217 Pernilla Lindberg 72-75-71—218 Reilley Rankin 70-76-72—218 Shanshan Feng 72-73-73—218 Song-Hee Kim 76-69-73—218 Stacy Lewis 72-73-73—218 Moira Dunn 74-70-74—218 Ai Miyazato 72-72-74—218 Sun Young Yoo 71-70-77—218 Danah Bordner 73-74-72—219 Momoko Ueda 74-73-72—219 Christel Boeljon 75-71-73—219 Mina Harigae 73-73-73—219 Marcy Hart 73-73-73—219 Jane Park 71-75-73—219 Morgan Pressel 75-71-73—219 Pornanong Phatlum 73-72-74—219 Brittany Lincicome 73-74-73—220 Becky Morgan 75-72-73—220 Katherine Hull 73-71-76—220 Amy Hung 70-74-76—220 Stacy Prammanasudh 72-72-76—220 Catriona Matthew 70-73-77—220 Paula Creamer 74-74-73—221 Azahara Munoz 75-72-74—221 a-Julie Yang 73-74-74—221 Maria Hjorth 74-72-75—221 Lee-Anne Pace 77-69-75—221 Angela Stanford 74-71-76—221 Amy Yang 73-72-76—221 Kyeong Bae 76-72-74—222 Silvia Cavalleri 75-72-75—222 Kris Tamulis 74-73-75—222 Lorie Kane 73-75-75—223 Jimin Kang 73-75-75—223 Candie Kung 73-75-75—223 Aree Song 78-70-75—223 Hee Young Park 77-70-76—223 Ji Young Oh 76-69-78—223 Sarah Lee 76-72-76—224 Stephanie Louden 73-75-76—224 Allison Fouch 75-72-77—224 Christina Kim 71-76-77—224 Michele Redman 76-71-77—224 Sarah Jane Smith 80-68-77—225 Karrie Webb 72-76-77—225 Heather Bowie Young 75-73-77—225 M.J. Hur 74-73-79—226

Louisiana Open

Saturday At Le Triomphe Country Club Broussard, La. Purse: $500,000 Yardage: 7,006; Par: 71 Third Round Brett Wetterich Bubba Dickerson Rich Barcelo Charles Warren a-Andres Echavarria Martin Flores Luke List Carl Paulson Dodge Kemmer Steve Wheatcroft Jay Williamson Stephen Gangluff Tommy Biershenk Scott Gardiner Julian Etulain Ken Duke James Nitties Doug LaBelle II Nick Flanagan Michael Putnam John Riegger Darron Stiles Aaron Watkins Garth Mulroy

67-65-70—202 69-68-67—204 65-71-68—204 69-66-69—204 69-66-70—205 71-67-68—206 71-69-67—207 66-72-69—207 74-68-66—208 73-68-67—208 70-69-69—208 71-68-69—208 69-70-69—208 66-75-68—209 74-67-68—209 69-71-69—209 72-68-69—209 73-67-69—209 70-70-69—209 71-68-70—209 69-70-70—209 72-66-71—209 66-71-72—209 69-68-72—209

Andalucian Open

Saturday At Parador de Malaga Golf Club Malaga, Spain Purse: $1.42 million Yardage: 6,817; Par: 70 Third Round Paul Lawrie, Scotland Kenneth Ferrie, England Mark Foster, England Johan Edfors, Sweden Raphael Jacquelin, France Jose Manuel Lara, Spain Felipe Aguilar, Chile Hennie Otto, South Africa Marcel Siem, Germany Oscar Floren, Sweden Florian Fritsch, Germany Maarten Lafeber, Netherlands Mathew Nixon, England David Howell, England Jean-Baptiste Gonnet, France George Coetzee, South Africa Christian Nilsson, Sweden Richard Finch, England Peter Hedblom, Sweden Rikard Karlberg, Sweden Tetsuji Hiratsuka, Japan Jeppe Huldalh, Denmark Michael Jonzon, Sweden Paul McGinley, Ireland

66-67-65—198 70-69-60—199 67-67-65—199 65-71-65—201 68-69-65—202 67-70-65—202 67-69-66—202 68-68-67—203 68-67-68—203 65-69-69—203 66-68-69—203 67-65-71—203 72-67-65—204 74-65-65—204 69-69-66—204 69-68-67—204 68-69-67—204 70-66-68—204 67-67-70—204 65-67-72—204 66-67-71—204 66-66-72—204 68-71-66—205 68-71-66—205

Pct .704 .514 .479 .319 .274

GB — 131⁄2 16 271⁄2 31

L10 4-6 5-5 2-8 5-5 3-7

Str L-2 L-1 L-6 L-2 L-4

Home 29-8 23-11 19-17 16-18 14-22

Away 21-13 14-24 16-21 5-31 6-29

Conf 33-10 22-22 21-22 13-31 12-31

L 22 26 32 42 54

Pct .694 .644 .562 .417 .239

GB — 31⁄2 91⁄2 20 321⁄2

L10 7-3 7-3 4-6 3-7 1-9

Str W-4 W-5 W-1 W-2 L-3

Home 27-10 26-11 22-15 18-17 16-20

Away 23-12 21-15 19-17 12-25 1-34

Conf 32-12 31-12 28-17 18-24 11-32

L 19 42 43 47 57

Pct .736 .432 .403 .356 .197

GB — 22 24 271⁄2 381⁄2

L10 9-1 5-5 5-5 4-6 2-8

Str W-4 L-2 L-1 W-1 W-1

Home 32-4 19-16 19-19 19-18 9-27

Away 21-15 13-26 10-24 7-29 5-30

Conf 32-12 23-22 21-22 18-25 10-31

Pct .792 .708 .575 .548 .528

GB — 6 151⁄2 171⁄2 19

L10 6-4 6-4 7-3 6-4 7-3

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Pistons 100, Pacers 88 AUBURN HILLS , M ICH . — Richard Hamilton scored 23 points, and Detroit held off Indiana on Saturday night.

INDIANA (88) Granger 5-14 2-3 14, Hansbrough 7-12 2-4 16, Hibbert 3-10 0-0 6, Collison 2-9 0-0 4, George 2-2 0-0 5, Rush 7-10 1-2 19, Foster 3-3 0-0 6, Price 28 1-6 6, McRoberts 4-5 0-2 8, D.Jones 1-3 1-2 4.

Totals 36-76 7-19 88.

DETROIT (100) Prince 6-11 0-0 13, Wilcox 1-2 0-1 2, Monroe 39 3-3 9, Stuckey 7-14 2-4 16, Hamilton 7-13 7-9 23, Maxiell 3-4 2-4 8, Bynum 3-6 0-0 6, Daye 3-8 0-0 7, Gordon 1-4 0-0 3, Villanueva 5-5 0-0 13.

Totals 39-76 14-21 100.

Indiana 25 22 18 23 — 88 Detroit 26 22 29 23 — 100 3-Point Goals—Indiana 9-18 (Rush 4-6, Granger 2-5, George 1-1, D.Jones 1-2, Price 1-3, Collison 01), Detroit 8-14 (Villanueva 3-3, Hamilton 2-2, Prince 1-1, Daye 1-2, Gordon 1-4, Stuckey 0-2).

Rebounds—Indiana 49 (Hansbrough, McRoberts 8), Detroit 47 (Monroe 13). Assists—Indiana 27 (Collison 6), Detroit 23 (Hamilton, Stuckey 6). Total Fouls—Indiana 14, Detroit 20. A—19,216 (22,076).

Bobcats 114, Knicks 106 C H A R L O T T E , N . C . — Boris Diaw scored 20 points, and Charlotte handed New York its sixth straight loss.

NEW YORK (106) Anthony 13-25 7-8 36, Sha.Williams 2-8 3-3 7, Stoudemire 4-13 6-7 14, Billups 6-16 1-1 14, Douglas 2-8 0-0 5, Carter 1-2 0-0 2, Jeffries 0-1 00 0, Mason 0-1 0-0 0, Fields 3-8 9-12 16, She.Williams 3-3 4-4 10, Walker 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 35-88 30-35 106.

CHARLOTTE (114) Jackson 7-16 1-2 19, Diaw 7-14 5-6 20, K.Brown 5-9 1-3 11, Augustin 4-15 5-5 13, Henderson 4-9 5-5 13, White 0-1 1-2 1, Carroll 4-8 2-2 10, Livingston 6-8 1-1 13, Cunningham 4-7 2-2 10, McGuire 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 43-91 23-28 114.

New York 31 20 28 27 — 106 Charlotte 30 34 28 22 — 114 3-Point Goals—New York 6-28 (Anthony 3-10, Douglas 1-3, Fields 1-3, Billups 1-6, Carter 0-1, Walker 0-2, Sha.Williams 0-3), Charlotte 5-18 (Jackson 4-9, Diaw 1-1, White 0-1, Cunningham 0-1, Carroll 0-1, Augustin 0-5). Rebounds—New York 54 (She.Williams 9), Charlotte 57 (Diaw 8).

Assists—New York 18 (Billups 10), Charlotte 23 (Augustin 9). Total Fouls—New York 24, Charlotte 28. Technicals—New York defensive three second, Jackson. A—19,356 (19,077).

Hawks 98, Nets 87 ATLANTA — Atlanta clinched a playoff spot by beating New Jersey.

NEW JERSEY (87) Morrow 11-21 3-3 25, Humphries 6-8 0-0 12, Lopez 3-9 0-0 6, Farmar 2-7 0-0 5, Vujacic 6-12 00 13, Outlaw 1-5 2-2 5, Uzoh 1-4 3-4 5, Graham 12 0-0 2, Petro 6-9 0-0 12, Wright 1-1 0-0 2, Gadzuric 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-79 8-9 87.

ATLANTA (98) M.Williams 4-9 1-1 9, Smith 8-12 6-8 22, Horford 9-16 5-6 23, Hinrich 5-11 0-0 11, Johnson 5-7 1-3 12, Crawford 7-18 2-2 18, Pachulia 1-1 12 3, Teague 0-3 0-0 0, Wilkins 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 3978 16-22 98.

New Jersey 15 16 30 26 — 87 Atlanta 32 25 25 16 — 98 3-Point Goals—New Jersey 3-13 (Outlaw 1-2, Farmar 1-3, Vujacic 1-4, Morrow 0-4), Atlanta 4-18 (Crawford 2-9, Johnson 1-2, Hinrich 1-4, Teague 01, Smith 0-2). Rebounds—New Jersey 38 (Petro 8), Atlanta 49 (Horford 12). Assists—New Jersey 25 (Farmar 8), Atlanta 23 (Crawford 6). Total Fouls— New Jersey 19, Atlanta 14. A—17,093 (18,729).

Bulls 95, Bucks 87 MILWAUKEE — Derrick Rose hit three straight shots in the final two minutes for Chicago.

CHICAGO (95) Deng 2-8 2-4 6, Boozer 7-12 0-0 14, Noah 4-6 44 12, Rose 9-17 12-12 30, Bogans 3-8 0-0 8, Gibson 1-2 0-0 2, Brewer 5-8 0-3 10, Thomas 1-2 0-0 2, Asik 0-0 2-4 2, Watson 2-3 0-0 5, Korver 26 0-0 4. Totals 36-72 20-27 95.

MILWAUKEE (87) Delfino 7-11 4-4 23, Mbah a Moute 3-10 4-4 10, Bogut 4-10 1-2 9, Jennings 5-15 2-2 13, Salmons 9-21 7-8 25, Sanders 2-6 1-1 5, Dooling 0-5 0-0 0, Brockman 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 31-79 19-21 87.

Chicago 21 23 25 26 — 95 Milwaukee 25 23 26 13 — 87

How former Jayhawks fared Drew Gooden, Milwaukee Did not play (foot injury) Kirk Hinrich, Atlanta Pts: 11. FGs: 5-11. FTs: 0-0.

Brandon Rush, Indiana Pts: 19. FGs: 7-10. FTs: 1-2.

Julian Wright, Toronto Did not play (coach’s decision)

Today’s games Sacramento at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

San Antonio at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Houston at Miami, 5 p.m.

Boston at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Portland at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Washington at Golden State, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Dallas at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.

3-Point Goals—Chicago 3-14 (Bogans 2-6, Watson 1-1, Deng 0-1, Rose 0-3, Korver 0-3), Milwaukee 6-14 (Delfino 5-7, Jennings 1-1, Dooling 0-2, Salmons 0-4). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Chicago 48 (Noah, Boozer 11), Milwaukee 45 (Bogut 9). Assists—Chicago 21 (Rose 17), Milwaukee 17 (Jennings 5). Total Fouls—Chicago 17, Milwaukee 21. Technicals— Chicago defensive three second 2. A—18,717 (18,717).

Mavericks 94, Jazz 77 SALT LAKE CITY — Reserve Jason Terry scored 22 points.

DALLAS (94) Marion 6-9 1-2 13, Nowitzki 5-12 9-9 19, Chandler 4-7 2-3 10, Kidd 3-6 0-0 7, Beaubois 2-5 2-2 7, Barea 2-8 4-6 9, Stojakovic 1-6 2-2 5, Terry 6-7 6-8 22, Haywood 1-2 0-0 2, Stevenson 0-1 0-0 0, Mahinmi 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 30-66 26-32 94.

UTAH (77) Miles 7-14 1-2 16, Millsap 6-12 3-4 15, Jefferson 9-21 3-3 21, Watson 1-4 0-0 2, Bell 2-6 2-2 7, Price 2-9 1-2 6, Hayward 3-3 0-2 6, Favors 2-7 0-2 4.

Totals 32-76 10-17 77.

Dallas 20 23 15 36 — 94 Utah 22 25 13 17 — 77 3-Point Goals—Dallas 8-19 (Terry 4-5, Barea 12, Stojakovic 1-3, Beaubois 1-3, Kidd 1-4, Nowitzki 0-1, Stevenson 0-1), Utah 3-12 (Price 12, Bell 1-3, Miles 1-5, Watson 0-1, Millsap 0-1).

Fouled Out—Price.

Rebounds—Dallas 49 (Marion, Chandler 7), Utah 44 (Jefferson 7).

Assists—Dallas 20 (Kidd, Barea 6), Utah 18 (Price 6). Total Fouls—Dallas 26, Utah 25. Technicals— Jefferson 2, Utah defensive three second 2.

Ejected— Jefferson. A—19,649 (19,911).

Clippers 94, Raptors 90 LOS ANGELES — Blake Griffin had 22 points and 16 boards.

TORONTO (90) J.Johnson 5-13 4-5 14, A.Johnson 4-11 0-1 8, Davis 8-11 5-8 21, Calderon 4-10 7-7 16, DeRozan 3-15 1-2 7, Barbosa 5-13 3-4 14, Ajinca 1-5 0-0 2, Bayless 2-5 0-2 6, Dorsey 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 33-85 20-29 90.

L.A. CLIPPERS (94) Gomes 1-2 0-0 2, Griffin 9-23 4-9 22, Kaman 714 3-3 17, Williams 3-7 3-3 9, Gordon 7-14 2-2 17, Jordan 2-3 1-2 5, Foye 7-12 0-0 14, Aminu 0-3 0-0 0, Bledsoe 1-4 1-2 3, Smith 2-2 1-2 5, Moon 0-0 00 0. Totals 39-84 15-23 94.

Toronto 21 23 29 17 — 90 L.A. Clippers 18 25 23 28 — 94 3-Point Goals—Toronto 4-15 (Bayless 2-4, Calderon 1-3, Barbosa 1-3, Ajinca 0-1, DeRozan 0-2, J.Johnson 0-2), L.A. Clippers 1-9 (Gordon 1-2, Griffin 0-1, Bledsoe 0-1, Williams 0-2, Foye 0-3).

Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Toronto 50 (Davis 11), L.A. Clippers 64 (Griffin 16). Assists—Toronto 19 (Barbosa 6), L.A. Clippers 22 (Williams 6).

Total Fouls—Toronto 22, L.A. Clippers 20.

Technicals—Gordon, L.A. Clippers defensive three second. A—19,060 (19,060).

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If the Jayhawks win today and advance to their second Final Four since 2008’s championship season, law enforcement agencies are prepared to handle downtown celebrations.

Lawrence Police Chief Tarik Khatib said the city has been planning for weeks, especially on how to handle major crowds downtown during Final Four weekend.

“We want KU to win, obviously, but then all the activity takes place in the background as far as making sure we have a very safe environment,” he said.

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LAWRENCE’S NEW POLICE CHIEF TARIK KHATIB TALKS recently about his role and how he works on communicating with the public, with advice from fellow officers and public officials. Khatib is pictured in his office in front of sheets of paper that list good and bad leadership qualities that his staff came up with during recent training. “What we try to stress to them is leadership is not about position,” Khatib says.

“It’s not about what your title is, whether you’re a sergeant, captain or chief. It’s about are you or aren’t you leading in your field. You show up as an officer to a scene, and people are not expecting you to become part of the problem.”

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY BAND MEMBER and former Free State Firebird Shelton Heilman performs with the band during the Jayhawks’ Sweet 16 game against the Richmond Spiders on Friday at the Alamodome in San Antonio. He was last in the Alamodome in 2008, playing during KU’s NCAA National Championship win.

Band members were on road to Final Four with team in 2008

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SAN ANTONIO — Back at the Alamodome for the first time since 2008, it didn’t take long for Kansas University pep band members Sara Minor and Shelton Heilman to relive the moment that gave the Jayhawks their first national title since 1988.

“With two minutes left, we were down by nine, and I remember thinking, ‘Well, it’s been a great ride. Our freshman year we got to the championship game,’” Heilman said. “And then they mounted that comeback and Mario (Chalmers) hit that shot, probably 30 feet in front of us, and we just couldn’t contain ourselves. We were going crazy. It was really, really difficult to play after that.

It was unbelievable.”

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Chief’s style differs from predecessor

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We have to define ourselves. We have to define what we do in the ONLINE: Watch the video at LJWorld.com community because if we don’t, Several large sheets of white paper are somebody else is going to define it, taped to a wall in Tarik Khatib’s office.

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ership qualities that he had Lawrence Police Department employees list as part of a group brainstorming exercise in recent training sessions.

Some might think it’s sappy, but the department’s new chief, who has worked as a Lawrence police officer for nearly 19 years, says there’s a purpose to it.

He wanted the officers to detail how they would like their supervisors to treat them. But he wants the officers to think deeper.

“What we try to stress to them is leadership is not about position,” Khatib says.

“It’s not about what your title is, whether you’re a sergeant, captain or chief. It’s about are you or aren’t you leading in your field. You show up as an officer to a scene,

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Since City Manager David Corliss promoted Khatib in February to replace retired longtime Chief Ron Olin, Khatib has stressed community involvement as a major theme for the department.

His longtime supporters say Khatib, who has a sociology degree, has always thought like that.

“Tarik made an impression on me very early in his career as a person who really understands the importance of maintain-

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ing the public trust and engaging the community in a positive way,” said Dan Affalter, a retired longtime Lawrence police captain who supervised Khatib as a detective.

Some department critics are pleased with how Khatib has handled his new responsibility.

“I think a number of things have changed since he became interim chief and, largely, those have been very positive changes,” said Laura Routh, a Lawrence resident who has advocated for more public oversight of the department.

Khatib says he’s trying to put into practice the lessons he’s learned from Olin and from others.

“I’ve been trying to open minds,” Khatib says. “I’ve been exploring concepts and ideas and having interactions and talking about the bigger picture and our role in the community and how we want to transform ourselves into being a more open, trans-

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Topeka native makes film about life near trash TOPEKA (AP) — When Topeka native Brett Durbin visited Honduras on a mission trip in 2008, he did so with the idea of finding a place for college students at the church where he worked “to plug into.”

As it turned out, it was Durbin, 30, and his wife, Jaelle, 31, who ended up getting plugged into a new ministry — perhaps the only one of its kind — that targets people who live in gigantic trash dumps around the world.

The ministry, called Trash Mountain Project, was incorporated in 2009 and has received substantial support from several local churches, including Topeka Bible Church, Fellowship Bible Church and Journey Church.

Already, Trash Mountain Project has made inroads into serving people at dumps in Honduras, Cambodia and the Dominican Republic.

Durbin recently debuted a short documentary titled “DR” at Topeka Bible Church, 1101 S.W. Mulvane. The film, which lasts about 12 minutes, shows the work of Trash Mountain Project in the Dominican Republic and offers a glimpse at the horrid living conditions experienced by thousands of children and adults.

When Durbin made his first trip to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, he was college minister at First Baptist Church at the Mall, a large congregation in Lakeland, Fla. Durbin said he wasn’t prepared for what he saw at the Honduras dump site — or the profound effect it would have on himself and his wife, who also is a Topeka native and Washburn Rural High School graduate. Both are graduates of Washburn University.

“It absolutely stole our hearts,” Durbin said. “After a lot of prayer, Jaelle and I both knew this was the direction we were supposed to go.”

Within six months of the Honduras trip, Durbin left his position as college pastor at the Lakeland church and launched Trash Mountain Project, which has become a stand-alone ministry and of which he is executive director.

Durbin said it is difficult to fathom the extent of the dumps, which contain “60 years of garbage.” Many of the poorest residents of Third World countries live, work, and die in and around the dumps, he said. Small lean-tos and shantytowns spring up around the massive dumps, which can cover an area as large as 50 city blocks.

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Khatib’s office at the Investigations and Training Center in western Lawrence near Bob Billings Parkway and Wakarusa Drive is lined with reminders of the past, including two photos of sites in Beirut, Lebanon, where he was born.

When Khatib, now 43, was 11, his family fled a civil war there in the mid-1970s.

“Growing up there just keeps things in context. It makes me more thankful for the opportunities that we have here,” he said.

His father, Ashraf Khatib, who was a civil engineer, went to Saudi Arabia to escape the unrest in Beirut.

Tarik moved with his mother, Jean Khatib, an American citizen, to suburban Chicago, where her parents lived.

Ashraf Khatib thought the family could return to Beirut within months as it calmed down, but the unrest dragged on. His father would visit Tarik and his two younger brothers, Karim and Ryan, for about a month every year in Lake Forest, Ill., until he died in 1991 at age 50 — still living in the Middle East.

About that time, Tarik graduated from Kansas University and was hired, in the summer of 1992, as a Lawrence police officer.

“At the time I didn’t think it was significant, but looking back at it, it was difficult seeing your father only once a year for many, many years,” he says.

His father missed out on seeing the brothers grow up.

“On a personal note, that is the one thing that sometimes scares me,” he says. “With two boys of my own, having had that experience with my dad, what am I doing to make sure that I’m not setting up the same situation for them?”

He says he does his best to devote time to spend with his wife, Chrisy, and two sons, Colton, 9, and Drake, 6. He typically works later because he helps get the boys ready for school in the morning, but the job is demanding with unpredictable hours. It’s like that for all police officers, he says, and their jobs can put them in dangerous situations.

In the middle of a recent interview, officer Jonathan Evinger brings his latest doctor’s report in to the new chief. Evinger suffered an eye injury and a concussion, prosecutors say, when he tried to arrest a suspect after a Feb. 26 vehicle stop. As Khatib looks the report over, he asks for privacy and leaves the room with Evinger for about 10 minutes — it doesn’t appear to be good news.

“I feel just as responsible for his family — his kid, his wife and the issues that they’re dealing with — as mine,” Khatib says later.

And he relates it back to his officers on the streets.

“They’re just as responsible for the families and the well being of the people they’re dealing with out there,” he says. ●●●

When Corliss chose Khatib over three other finalists from outside the department, he said Khatib stood out as the best overall candidate and someone who could take what he called “a very good department” to help it improve further. Khatib had

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LAWRENCE POLICE CHIEF TARIK KHATIB starts each day with a meeting and has several meetings during the day. He tries to get out of the office, too, in order to mingle with the public. served as interim chief after Olin’s departure for Kansas Athletics Inc. Sgt. Troy Squire, an evening shift supervisor and former detective sergeant who participated on an interview panel, said all of the candidates were extremely impressive, but that Khatib stood out with his internal knowledge of the department and city — and his new ideas.

“He’s ready to try to implement some of the changes he wanted to make, and a lot of that comes through hard work, time, dedication and interactions he now has to have with everybody at City Hall,” Squire said.

The new chief is still very approachable, said Squire, who has worked with Khatib for 15 years, but he’s busier now.

Khatib says he doesn’t take himself too seriously.

“That doesn’t mean we don’t hold ourselves to high standards,” he says. “That means sometimes you have to laugh at yourself. Sometimes you go, OK, it’s not about me. It’s about our mission. What are we doing in the community?”

Matt Sarna, the department’s public affairs sergeant, said Khatib has kept an open-door policy since he took over as interim chief, allowing off icers and employees or the public to come in often to meet with him.

Sarna said a major project for the department since Khatib took over has been to provide more information to the public, including a revamping of the department’s website to include a map of all crimes reported in the city in 2010 and posting to the website a list of police activity in the last 48 hours.

“They have made some significant improvements to their complaint procedures and to their website, the amount of information that is publicly accessible,” said Routh, who has criticized the department in the past. “I think the department’s transparency has really improved.”

Although Routh initially was disappointed the city’s new police chief was not hired from the outside, she said she’s impressed with how Khatib seems to want to engage the community. She’s still committed to the idea the department needs some form of independent oversight.

“It can give the citizens some measure of confidence that they have a voice in the process of community policing,” she said. “I think it would improve the depart-

ment’s standing with the citizenry. I also think it would allow the department to develop a better working relationship in terms of getting information and obtaining cooperation from residents.” ●●●

Affalter, who retired in 2008 as one of Olin’s captains, said Olin’s and Khatib’s styles differ because Olin was often understated and played things closer to the vest.

That’s a move that left him open to criticism from the outside.

“Tarik is more descriptive and chats more, but neither one is good or bad,” Affalter said. “Right now he’s trying to engage people to get folks to believe in the department.”

Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson said Olin was very formal while Khatib seems to take a more “roll-up-the-sleeves approach.”

“They are very different personalities, but both equally cherish the department,” Branson said.

Olin, who is now director of security and internal controls for Kansas Athletics Inc., said department leaders noticed early on that Khatib was very bright and had a vision for what he wanted to accomplish, as an officer as well as a detective and captain.

“I really don’t see too many differences in style other than the fact that I tried very hard to be low-key and behind the scenes,” Olin said. “And I think he’s a little more motivated to be toward the front of the parade, which is very good. It’s his style, and it will work for him.”

Those who have worked with Khatib the longest say he has grown into the leadership role in the only department he’s ever worked.

And he’s worked in virtually every facet of the department, including leading a joint city-county drug investigations task force.

“He’s very well-versed in all areas of the department, which allows him to have a global perspective when he’s making those decisions,” said

Capt. Paul Fellers, who is in charge of the department’s community services division. ●●●

Khatib says the department still has challenges. His office is in west Lawrence while the patrol division is based at the Law Enforcement and Judicial Center downtown.

“It separates people, and so the exchange of information is not as good,” Affalter said.

Sarna said Khatib spends time traveling often to sit in on briefings with officers and doing other things to increase his visibility.

Khatib calls the department’s facility situation a “storm on the horizon.” He said having the department in one building could make things run more efficiently.

Another big issue he’s concerned about is Lawrence’s crime rate, which is higher than other similar Kansas and university cities. In addition, the new chief would prefer that officers could spend more time interacting with residents — in hopes of sharing information with them and preventing crimes — rather than spending most of their time reacting to calls, as currently is the case.

The department also is looking for a more efficient way to deploy patrol officers across the city.

Because of the city’s tight economic situation, Khatib also is working to interact with the public more, talking about his vision for the department.

“We have to define ourselves. We have to define what we do in the community,” he says, “because if we don’t, somebody else is going to define it, and it’s usually to our detriment.”

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2 Americans detained during protests Syrian authorities have detained two Americans amid an unprecedented wave of protests in the repressive Middle East nation, relatives and state media said Saturday.

Syria’s state news agency Sana alleged that a man with dual U.S.-Egyptian citizenship had “confessed” to selling photos and videos of demonstrations to a Colombian woman. He was later identified by relatives as Mohammed Radwan, 32, of Austin Texas.

Syrian government television has been blaming foreigners, among others, for the unrest that began more than a week ago.

The state news agency said Radwan also confessed to visiting Israel. Syria is formally at war with the Jewish state, and visiting Israel is considered taboo. The accusation is sometimes used as a hint that they believe the person is a spy.

Meanwhile, a Vermont man said his 21-year-old son Pathik “Tik” Root — who had been missing since March 18 — has been found to be safe in Syrian custody.

Tom Root said his son, a Middlebury College student who had been studying Arabic in Damascus as part of a program through Damascus University — was detained during a demonstration in the capital.

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ESCAPE ARTIST MATT GURLEY TRIES TO GET OUT OF A STRAIGHT JACKET as he hangs upside down above the front plaza of the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H., on Saturday. The event was the big finish of a magic show that was a benefit for the arts center.

2 | JAPAN

Nuclear plant operator under fire Japan’s government revealed a series of missteps by the operator of a radiation-leaking nuclear plant on Saturday, including sending workers in without protective footwear in its faltering efforts to control a monumental crisis. The U.S. Navy, meanwhile, rushed to deliver fresh water to replace corrosive saltwater now being used in a desperate bid to cool the plant’s overheated reactors.

Government spokesman Yukio Edano urged Tokyo Electric Power Co. to be more transparent, two days after two workers at the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi plant suffered skin burns when they stepped in water that was 10,000 times more radioactive than levels normally found near the reactors.

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, or NISA, said TEPCO was aware there was high radiation in the air at one of the plant’s six units several days before the accident. And the two workers injured were wearing boots that only came up to their ankles — hardly high enough to protect their legs, agency spokesman Hidehiko Nishiyama said.

NISA warned TEPCO to improve and ensure workers’ safety, and TEPCO has taken measures to that effect, Nishiyama said, without elaborating.

TEPCO spokesman Hajime Motojuku declined to comment.

3 | DALLAS

Ford to idle plant in Belgium for 5 days Ford Motor Co. said Saturday it will idle an auto plant in Belgium for five days, trying to conserve supplies of Japanese parts that could run low following an earthquake and tsunami.

Ford spokesman Todd Nissen said the plant in Genk will close beginning April 4. The company had planned to idle the plant in May for another reason.

But it moved up the date after auto parts suppliers in Japan were damaged by the twin disaster on March 11.

Ford makes Mondeo sedans and Galaxy and SMax minivans at the Belgian plant.

Ford has also canceled overtime at three plants in the U.S. and one in Thailand.

4 | LOS ANGELES

Scents to raise funds for Taylor estate Elizabeth Taylor’s last acting job was about a decade ago, but her lucrative line of fragrances will likely keep her estate smelling great long after her passing.

Her perfume brand, White Diamonds, remains a best-seller, and combined with other brands Passion and Passion for Men, Taylor’s scents brought in an estimated $69 million at retail worldwide last year, according to tracking firm Euromonitor International.

While that’s down about a fifth compared to two years earlier, a wave of recollections and renewed interest in her movies could provide a short-term boost to sales. Experts say anywhere from 4 to 15 percent of sales likely flows through to Taylor’s estate in the form of licensing royalties.

5 | NEW YORK

Lottery ticket worth $319M sold in N.Y. Just down the hill from where New York’s leaders are wrestling with a $10 billion deficit, a tiny variety store in downtown Albany was abuzz Saturday with talk of a financial windfall.

The winning ticket for Friday night’s $319 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot was sold at Coulson’s News Center, just blocks from the New York Capitol building, a lottery official announced.

The phone rang nonstop Saturday morning, and a steady stream of customers passed through the newsstand and magazine shop to get coffee, the daily paper and, of course, lottery tickets, as word spread that the store sold the fifth-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history.

Store manager Steve Gallucci said lottery sales were up this week with the skyrocketing jackpot, but he didn’t know yet who won. He expects to find out Monday from gaming officials. ● More Nation & World news. Page 6D

Health care law helps patients afford preventive service costs

By Mark Fagan mfagan@ljworld.com

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GEORGE HENSLER, OF OVERLAND PARK, GETS A CHECKUP Friday from Dr. Daniel Dickerson at Eudora Family Care, 101 W. 10th St. Preventive care not only helps people live longer, healthier lives but also can help cut skyrocketing health care costs in the U.S.

New guidelines All health insurance plans must cover preventive services for plans that began on or after Sept. 23. That means, for a whole list of services, people do not pay deductibles, co-pays or coinsurance. Here are a few from the list: ● Office visit for a wellness visit. ● Breast and colon screenings. ● Screening for vitamin deficiencies during pregnancy. ● Screenings for diabetes,

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high cholesterol and high blood pressure. ● Cervical cancer screenings. ● Routine vaccinations. ● Vision and hearing screenings for children.

The full list can be found at healthcare.gov. The guidelines follow recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices, and Health Resources and Services Administration for Preventive Care and Screenings for Infants, Children and Adolescents.

Starting Jan. 1, Medicare beneficiaries also no longer have to pay a deductible, co-insurance or co-payments for an annual wellness visit and many preventive services, including cancer screenings.

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Because of the Affordable Care Act passed last year, that’s now changed. As of Sept. 23, more people can now get preventive services without having to pay a single dime.

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Voters already are deciding who will serve as the Lawrence school board’s next majority, but incumbent board members will be the ones setting a course for shrinking the number of elementary schools in Lawrence during the next five years.

The discussion promises to reach two crucial points Monday night, as board members meet at 7 p.m. at district headquarters, 110 McDonald Drive, to: ● Conduct a formal public hearing and then determine whether to close Wakarusa ValSCHOOLS ley School at the end of this academic year. ● Discuss how or whether to proceed with plans to consolidate six other elementary schools into either three or four during the next three to five years.

Such major decisions will come during the last meeting the board conducts before voters decide, on April 5, who will occupy four of the board’s seven seats come July 1.

But no matter what happens in the election, current board members and administrators say they’re ready to make rulings on plans that have been in the works for months and only now have reached the board’s decisionmaking agenda.

“It’s important that the present board set the course,” said Rick Doll, district superintendent. “If the new board wants to change that course, they certainly have that option. But we don’t have time to wait.”

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Prevention.

Dr. Daniel Dickerson, of Eudora Family Care, says that’s the motto of primary care.

“Our best treatment of a patient is to prevent anything from happening,” he said.

If people get tests such as mammograms, colonoscopies, cholesterol, high blood pressure and glucose-tolerance (for diabetes), they are likely to have happier, healthier and longer lives. And they will help cut this country’s skyrocketing health care costs.

For example, Dickerson said regular cholesterol and blood pressure tests for one person cost a few hundred dollars a year. But if people opt not to get the tests and wait until they’re very sick, they could end up with a $250,000 bill for coronary artery bypass surgery.

“You can see how the money would add up in huge savings,” he said.

Colonoscopies are another great example, Dickerson said.

The screening costs $3, 500 every 10 years. If colon cancer is caught early, the treatment is less costly. If not, a person has to undergo an operation, chemotherapy and, in many cases, ends up with a miserable, and usually shortened, life.

“By the time somebody has any symptoms of colorectal cancer, they are going to die from it.

There’s no doubt,” he said.

“Once you have symptoms, you’ve waited too long to get a colonoscopy. It’s rare to survive at that point.”

Even though many people have insurance, the expense of many preventive services has discouraged people from using them.

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Kansas National Guard lauded at conference

By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com

Gov. Sam Brownback and an Army lieutenant general both expressed their appreciation for the Kansas National Guard on Saturday.

“You are leading men and women in tough circumstances, and I applaud you for it,” Brownback said.

Brownback and Lt. Gen. Frank Grass, deputy commander, United States Northern Command, and vice commander, U.S. Element, North American Aerospace Defense Command, spoke at the Kansas National Guard’s 57th annual Joint State Conference at Holiday Inn Lawrence,

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Grass told the audience of the vital role that the National Guard plays in the two areas of operation he oversees at NORTHCOM and NORAD. There, Grass said, he helps oversee civil support operations such as border security and emergency management in

addition to air and missile defense, among other missions.

“We’re in support of the National Guard,” Grass said. “They’re the first responders out there.”

The National Guard also plays a big aerospace defense role in what Grass does by providing pilots and fighter jets for air support.

Grass said that his operations deal with about 1,000 air violators each year. Many turn out to be innocuous, like an instance when a pilot forgot to switch radio frequencies and was therefore out of communication.

“We’ll be able to put fighters on the aircraft just in case they do something bad,” Grass said, adding that those fighters most-

ly come from Air National Guard units.

Brownback encouraged the crowd to help meet the challenges facing the state.

“It’s not fun cutting budgets, and it’s not fun rebuilding institutions because you’ve got to work double-time,” Brownback said.

He said that the state and nation would have to address its budgetary situation and other issues head-on.

“If we don’t deal with it and we don’t dig in, we’re not going to have another great American century,” he said.

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

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According to Megan Gilliland, communications manager for the city, sidewalk repair is the responsibility of the adjacent property owner. The city’s street maintenance program addresses a small portion of the city’s curbs each year, as well as other maintenance programs such as crack/sealing, microsurfacing, mill/overlay, and concrete patching. Curbs are fixed as they are scheduled in the street maintenance program on a priority basis and in correlation with the city’s pavement condition index.

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Revolutionary War daughter honored DAR tends to grave of woman whose father served during Revolution

By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com

Members of the Betty Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution braved the cold weather on Saturday afternoon to remember one of their own.

Lucy Pratt Estabrook was a Real Daughter of the American Revolution, a designation meaning her father actually participated in the Revolutionary War. Club members gathered around her grave in Oak Hill Cemetery to replace a plaque that had gone missing designating her as a Real Daughter.

Members of the Sons of the American Revolution donned period attire and marched to the beat of drums to place the colors at Estabrook’s grave during the ceremony.

Shirley Coupal, a past state regent of the Kansas DAR from Roeland Park, was the one who noticed the plaque had been missing and began a process to get a new one installed. That process came to fruition Saturday.

“History is our only guide to the future, and we have a responsibility to preserve it,” Coupal said.

Though Estabrook had no children of her own, two great-great-grandnieces of Estabrook attended the ceremony on Saturday.

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Estabrook, a Massachusetts native born in 1818, moved to Lawrence in 1855 with her husband, who would eventually leave her and the city accompanied by his mother. Estabrook still maintained several friendships in the city and would go on to be one of the founding members of the area’s DAR chapter in 1896.

She died in 1925.

DAR members said Kansas chapters of the organization can boast six Real Daughters, and two women from other states’ groups are buried in Kansas, including Mercy Faxon, who is also buried at Oak Hill Cemetery.

Shari Johnson of Lawrence is the regent of the Betty Washington Chapter of the

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DAR. She said Estabrook was living in Lawrence during the Civil War and during William Quantrill’s famous raid on the city in 1863.

“I am sure that she had a very hard life, but she had a very interesting life as well,” Johnson said. “We’re very proud of our Lucy.”

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

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If school closes, all-day kindergarten could expand

By Mark Fagan mfagan@ljworld.com

The Lawrence school district is making plans to add full-day kindergarten at two schools next year if — and it’s a big if — Lawrence school board members agree to close Wakarusa Valley School.

Both Broken Arrow and Sunflower schools would be added to the list of eight existing schools that offer full-day programming at the kindergarten level. The district would use money that would be freed up by the closure of Wakarusa Valley.

Board members are scheduled to discuss and possibly approve the proposed school closure Monday, following a 7 p.m. public hearing at district headquarters, 110 McDonald Drive.

If approved, board members

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for months that the district likely would face a $3 million cut heading into next year’s budget, one that has yet to be formed. That formed much of the backdrop for work of the Lawrence Elementary School Facility Vision Task Force, which met for eight months before recommending the closure and consolidation options now making their way to the board.

‘A legitimate compromise’ Scott Morgan, a board member who will leave office at the end of June, said he would have preferred to close three elementary schools for the coming year to help the district accommodate ongoing budget cuts from the state.

But the task force — on which Morgan served as cochairman — came to a consensus that calls for closing Wakarusa Valley and consolidating others in connection with an anticipated bond issue that would address renovations, expansions and even new construction for elementary schools.

“For the health of the community and the general sanity of everybody, it probably makes the most sense to move forward with the task force recommendations,” he said. “It’s a legitimate compromise, one made with a lot of labor, and we should respect it.

“If we walk away from it, I don’t know what group of people would ever volunteer for anything ever again.”

Morgan’s vision: Close Wakarusa Valley, then talk next month about how to involve the public in planning for how — not whether — to consolidate schools. He favors making the plans fairly concrete: ● Consolidate Hillcrest and Sunset Hill schools at a new school, which would be built on the site of Sunset Hill. ● Consolidate schools in eastern Lawrence, determining which ones — New York and Kennedy? Cordley and Kennedy? Build a new school at the site of the former East Heights School? — after having discussions with people involved with the schools and

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There will be huge benefits and gains for elementary students if the task force recommendation and long-term vision is carried out.”

— Vanessa Sanburn, school board member then would consider the option of extending all-day kindergarten.

Expanding full-day kindergarten has been considered a priority of board members and district administrators.

In recent months, the idea has picked up support from visiting professionals and the Lawrence Elementary School Facility Vision Task Force, the group that has recom-

PUBLIC HEARING Lawrence school board will conduct a formal public hearing Monday night regarding a proposal to close Wakarusa Valley School, 1104 E. 1000 Road, just southeast of Clinton Lake.

The hearing is set to begin at 7 p.m. at district headquarters, 110 McDonald Drive.

Anyone wishing to speak will be required to sign in. Each speaker will be limited to three minutes.

Once the formal hearing is complete, board members will open their regular business meeting. On the agenda is a discussion about recommendations of the Lawrence Elementary School Facility Vision Task Force, including the prospect of closing Wakarusa Valley.

A vote is expected, although not required.

As proposed, this would be the last school year Wakarusa Valley would be open. their surrounding neighborhoods.

Such a process should work, Morgan said, because there’s really no other option.

“We need to lay out the vision for consolidation, and then set up the community input process to implement that framework,” he said.

“We’re not just saying: ‘You guys figure it out; what do you want to do?’ We say, ‘This is what we want to do, and you figure out the best way to make it work.’

“We’ll set that framework in place, and it would have to be reversed by a future board.

And the reason that won’t happen is the budget situation will remain so odious, they will be as desperate for revenue as we are, and they will come to the same realization that every board — and I mean every board — has reached for the past 25 years: The one thing we have too much of is elementary buildings. That will force their hands.”

Bottom line: “Reality is what will make this thing happen.”

No time to wait All nine candidates for the four seats on the board generally have indicated their appreciation for the task force process, and emphasized the importance of involving the public in any plans to consolidate schools.

mended closing Wakarusa Valley and then consolidating other elementary schools during the next three to five years.

“There will be huge benefits and gains for elementary students if the task force recommendation and long-term vision is carried out,” said Vanessa Sanburn, school board member. “This is part of it.”

The district could use an anticipated $143,322 in savings that would be generated by the closure of Wakarusa Valley — savings that have not been included in earlier estimates — to cover what would be the additional $132,500 in increased costs for teachers at Broken Arrow and Sunflower, the two schools that would be handling Wakarusa Valley’s displaced students next year.

The money would come

But Bob Byers, a board member with two years remaining on his term, said that waiting up to five years for consolidation to become reality would be the wrong way to go.

The district needs to close at least two schools for next year, he said. He sees Cordley as the most logical candidate, given its physical condition and lack of ADA compliance.

“If we’re really going to close a school, let’s not keep a school open that we’re going to have to turn around and spend $3 million to repair,” he said.

The task force essentially determined that the district should have 12 elementary schools instead of the current 15, he said. That’s based on enrollments and best practices and building sizes and all sorts of data and observations and calculations.

The budget situation is the board’s responsibility, Byers said, and after cutting $8 million during the past two years and looking ahead to another $3 million next year and likely facing more in the years ahead — well, he figures, there’s no sense waiting.

“I agree with the task force 100 percent: Our long-term goal should be to consolidate,” Byers said. “The problem is I don’t necessarily see how, in today’s budget climate, that we have time to do that.”

Superintendent Doll has indicated that the district could use contingency funds to help cover budget cuts in the next two to three years but has cautioned that such funds wouldn’t last long without the board making decisions about other cost savings. Closing Wakarusa Valley, for example, would be expected to save the district nearly $500,000 annually.

Vanessa Sanburn, another board member with two years remaining on her term, likes that idea. She favors following the task force plans for closing Wakarusa Valley and consolidating other schools.

“This plan is a consensus, a compromise, that honors our community’s values,” Sanburn said. “I think, going forward, that’s going to be important.”

— Schools reporter Mark Fagan can be reached at 832-7188.

Economist: Jobs rate shows improving trend WICHITA — The falling unemployment rate in Wichita shows an improving jobs trend in this aviation manufacturing hub that was hard hit by the economic downturn, an economist said.

The unemployment rate in Wichita fell in February to 8.4 percent, down from 8.7 percent the month earlier, according to the Kansas Department of Labor. It is also better than the 8.9 percent unemployment rate in February 2010.

“We’re seeing a trend, and that trend is in the right direction,” said Friends University economist Malcolm Harris.

But, he then cautioned, “We’ve got a long way to go.”

Unemployment in the city peaked in July 2009 at 10.3 percent.

For the past 18 months it has hovered in the 8 percent range.

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from state funds designated for “at-risk” students and from savings on transportation through reduced-length bus routes. About 50 students living in the Easy Living Mobile Home Park, behind Target, would be attending Sunflower School next year instead of Wakarusa Valley, cutting $68, 322 in bus expenses.

If enacted as proposed, only Sunset Hill, Deerfield, Quail Run and Langston Hughes schools would be limited to half-day kindergarten.

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and Minor are two of four members of this year’s basketball band who were at the Alamodome that April night in 2008 when Kansas was crowned king.

Brad Gilbert and August Soto also were playing in ’08, and, this week, all four have doubled as tour guides for the rest of their KU bandmates.

“We were even pointing the spot out to people, telling other people in the band where it was and what our view was. It was very surreal,” said Minor, rehashing the details remembering the shot that’s become known as Mario’s Miracle. “Experiencing San Antonio all over again, it’s very weird, seeing the same places we went on the Riverwalk. The same bar that was the KU bar during freshman year is the KU bar this year. It’s crazy how similar it is, yet different, with a different team.”

Thanks to a 20-point dismantling of Richmond on Friday night, this year’s team sits just one win away from a return trip to the Final Four next week in Houston. The Jayhawks will battle VCU at 1:20 today for the right to move on.

Heilman and Minor have been playing in the same band for 10 years. The two former Firebirds started together in seventh grade at West Junior High and have stuck by each other for the last decade. Naturally, Minor, a tuba player, and Heilman, who mans the mellophone, are hoping for their dream ride to continue.

“When we were in seventh grade, KU basketball was like the biggest deal ever,” Heilman said. “I don’t think we ever thought we’d end up playing at a National Championship game or continuing on for all these years through so many KU victories. It’s just

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DURING THE SECOND HALF of the Jayhawks’ Sweet 16 game Friday at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Kansas University band member and former Free State Firebird Sara Minor sits with the band. She was last in the Alamodome in 2008, playing during KU’s NCAA National Championship win. been great.”

So great, in fact, that Heilman made sure to point out one more key fact that relates to his favorite player on this year’s team.

“Tyrel Reed is the all-time winningest player in KU basketball history, which means that our class is the all-time winningest class in KU basketball history,” Heilman said. “With the amount of tradition around KU basketball, that’s really special, and I’ll always remember that. Sara and I left as the winningest band members ever.”

Though they’ve already played their final game in Allen Fieldhouse, Minor, Heilman and the rest of the band have a maximum of

three games remaining before plugging up their instruments for good. Before that moment arrives, they hope to be playing the KU fight song on the first Monday in April in Houston.

“Each game I’m nervous, and it’s definitely nervous watching our team and hoping they keep going,” Minor said. “But at this point, we’ve had so many good experiences that even if it were to end tonight, the experiences I’ve had have been overwhelming, and I’d be fine walking away knowing what I know and seeing what I’ve seen.”

— Sports writer Matt Tait can be reached at 832-7227.

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FANS SWARM MASSACHUSETTS STREET at Ninth Street after the Jayhawks’ 75-68 overtime win over Memphis in the final game of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship on April 7, 2008. Should the Kansas University men’s basketball team have the same success this year, Lawrence police are ready to take on crowd control.

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Street. A large crowd partied in the streets downtown two nights earlier when KU defeated North Carolina to advance to the title game.

No major incidents were reported as part of the 2008 celebrations, and officers were generally friendly with the crowd.

“We don’t want to be so friendly that we’re oblivious to everything that’s going on, but we can be interactive and create a safe environment and try to catch things before they happen,” Khatib said.

Police have been working with downtown bars in recent weeks requesting they serve drinks in plastic cups instead of bottles, which can cause more damage if they’re thrown or if they break.

Mike Milne, general manager of It’s Brothers Bar and Grill, 1105 Mass., said his staff has stocked up on extra plastic cups just in case.

“We’re going to abide by it and try to make their job easier,” he said.

City commissioners at

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their meeting 6:35 p.m. Tuesday will debate a temporary ordinance to prohibit anyone carrying glass bottles or other containers on downtown streets and sidewalks Saturday through Tuesday morning.

Khatib said officers from other area agencies will be available next week to help handle a large Final Four weekend celebration.

“Let’s celebrate safely. You

don’t have to be inebriated to have a good time,” he said.

Khatib said the department is not encouraging people to congregate in the streets downtown today if KU wins, but he said extra officers, including some from Overland Park, will be on duty in case a crowd gathers.

— Reporter George Diepenbrock can be reached at 832-7144. Follow him at Twitter.com/gdiepenbrock.

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TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas teachers and administrators say there is little reason for optimism from the 2011 Legislature where lawmakers are preparing to make deep cuts to public schools.

Their concern is this won’t be the last reduction as demands for educating students and meeting everincreasing achievement mandates increase.

“I think up here in the Capitol what we are expecting to see is the governor get his way,” said Mark Desetti, lobbyist for the Kansas-National Education Association. “The House is willing to give him anything he wants, plus deeper cuts.”

Republican Gov. Sam Brownback proposed cutting school spending by $232 per student in next year’s budget.

The House and Senate budget plans largely follow that recommendation, reflecting tight state revenues and the end of federal dollars sent to states to support education budgets.

Brownback and legislators are making the cuts to close a projected $493 million shortfall in the 2012 fiscal year beginning July 1. The budget calls for spending close to $14 billion from all funding sources, including $6 billion in state revenues.

Desetti said the Senate was “scraping together nickels and dimes” to try to soften the cut.

“I don’t know how we get anything out of this Legislature,” he said.

The House and Senate are to debate their budget bills next week before taking a three-week recess. A final version won’t be decided until late April.

Legislators and Brownback have said that schools must take cuts this session as part of the overall plan to reduce the state budget. The hope, they say, is to shore up state revenues and begin increasing school funds over the next few years.

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There is one big exception to all this, and that is for “grandfathered” insurance plans. These are health plans that have not significantly changed since March 23, 2010. The plans will lose their “grandfather” status if they choose to significantly cut benefits or increase out-ofpocket spending for consumers.

Linda Sheppard, of the Kansas Insurance Department, said these plans are expected to be nonexistent within a few years.

There is no data on how many plans fall under the “grandfathered” status.

Check with your insurance provider or company to find out whether your plan is exempt from the new rules.

A doctor’s call Obviously, not everyone needs all of the preventive services.

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NEW REGULATIONS Under the Affordable Care Act, there are new guidelines regarding cost-sharing for preventive services.

For a complete list of what is covered, visit healthcare.gov and search for preventive services. The site also explains “grandfathered” plans.

If you have questions or concerns about health insurance, contact the Kansas Insurance Department’s Consumer Assistance Division at 1-800-432-2484 or send an email to commissioner@ksinsurance.org. scheduling a wellness visit with your physician, who will recommend the services appropriate for you based on your medical history and other factors, including your family history, age and race. It’s also a good time to discuss exercise, diet and mental health.

Patients should not schedule a doctor’s visit when they’re sick or injured (with a cold or broken arm, for example) and then ask for a wellness checkup at the same time. Here’s why:

● If you are sick, the test results may be skewed. Someone with an infection might have a high blood sugar level, which may look like diabetes. ● The doctor isn’t going to have time to cover everything. ● Insurance companies can bill you for the office visit if it includes more than just preventive services.

“The intent of the law was to do something to encourage people to go out and get these preventive tests so that they can catch the disease early rather than later when they are more costly,” Sheppard said. “Obviously, that’s also good for the patient.”

It seems to be working.

As of Feb. 23, more than 150,000 Medicare beneficiaries had a free annual wellness visit, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. That’s an average of 2,800 people per day since the law took effect Jan. 1.

— Health reporter Karrey Britt can be reached at 832-7190. Read her health blog at WellCommons.com, and follow her at Twitter.com.

AROUND & ABOUT IN LOCAL BUSINESS ● The Jayhawk Chapter of SHRM is hosting its annual SHRMinar from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 12 in Pachamama’s Alton Ballroom, 800 N.H. Guest speaker will be Mary B. Lucas, founder and president of MBL Consulting LLC. The event is open to the public.

Registration before Thursday is $59 and is $79 after. ● Stranger Creek Pools Inc. will sponsor a free Community Businesses & Crafters Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 9 at VFW Hall, 910 E. First St., Tonganoxie. Two free seminars will be presented by Will Katz and Devin Walker of the Kansas University Small Business Development Center. The first seminar, “How to Start Your Own Business,” will begin at 11 a.m. The second seminar, “How to Increase Your Business in Tough Economic Times” will be at 2 p.m. ● Each April, Knology, with the assistance of Outdoor Channel, chooses an area in each of its 13 markets as part of

its Clean Our Communities initiative and encourages community members to volunteer in citywide cleanup efforts. The event will be from 10 a.m. to noon April 16 at Prairie Park School. Community members are invited to help clean the school play area, as well as Mary’s Lake and Prairie Park Nature Center. Knology will provide plants for the Prairie Park School front area and install a trash can, also at the front of the school, to help reduce litter. ● The American Pharmacists Association, or APhA, has announced Dr. Valentino J. Stella, professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at Kansas University, is the 2011 recipient of the Takeru Higuchi Research Prize.

The award recognizes the highest accomplishments in pharmaceutical sciences and is international in scope and stature. Stella was officially recognized at the APhA annual meeting and exposition March 25-28 in Seattle. ● JobLink, a division of Cot-

tonwood Inc., announces Pamela Ludwick as its newest employment consultant. Ludwick is transferring from her position as a residential specialist at Cottonwood, which she held since 2008. ● Cami’s Cake Co., 724 Main St., Eudora, will have a bake sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Funds raised through Cami’s Cake Co.’s Great American Bake Sale will be used to support Share Our Strength’s efforts to end childhood hunger in America.

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Road work planned this week Lawrence ● Crews will mill and overlay the 600 block of Arkansas Street Tuesday through Friday. There will be limited access and detours will be provided. ● City maintenance crews are working on a microsurfacing program. Roads throughout the city will be repaved and resurfaced. Lane reductions and possible street closures may occur during the process. To find out what streets the city has targeted, visit the city’s website at www.ci.lawrence.ks.us. ● On Kasold Drive between Clinton Parkway and 31st Street, both directions of traffic have moved to the southbound lanes of Kasold. Each direction is narrowed to one lane as crews work to rebuild the roadway. Access from side streets is right-turn only.

The project is expected to last for the next several months. ● From 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays, Indiana Street will have no parking and is closed to through traffic from Sixth Street to Eighth Street and Third Street to Sixth Street. ● Sixteenth Street from Massachusetts to New Hampshire streets is closed to through traffic as crews work on a sanitary sewer project. Intermittent closures will occur on 15th Street from Massachusetts to New Hampshire streets.

Douglas County ● The city of Eudora has closed N. 1300 Road, also known as White Dog Road, which is just east of Route 1061. The road will be closed for improvements. ● Douglas County Road 9 is closed between U.S. Highway 24-40 and Interstate 70.

The road will be closed so crews can work on bridge construction. It will remain closed until late spring. ● A section of East 1950 Road about one-third of a mile south of Douglas County Road 460 is closed for culvert replacement.

U.S. Highway 59 ● North 200 Road is closed at U.S. Highway 59 for frontage road construction work. The road will be tied to the new frontage road that runs parallel to the new U.S. Highway 59. Work is scheduled to be completed in late 2012.

U.S. Highway 56 ● A bridge replacement project is under way just west of the U.S. Highway 75 junction in Osage County.

About .44 mile west of the junction, both eastbound and westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 56 will be closed to all but local traffic. A marked detour will take drivers through Burlingame to Osage City and then back to U.S. Highway 7. The project is expected to be finished in mid-June.

Interstate 70 ● Kansas Turnpike Authority is reconstructing a three-mile stretch of highway just east of Lawrence. Traffic will be narrowed to one lane in each direction from mile marker 208 to mile marker 211. Access to the Lawrence Service Area will remain open. Delays are expected during rush hour. The project will be f inished by November. ● A bridge replacement project is under way for the 142nd Street bridge spanning the Kansas Turnpike in Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties. The northbound and southbound lanes on 142nd Street will be closed between Kansas Avenue and Riverview Avenue. The stretch of road will remain closed for the duration of the project. As part of the project, daily lane closures could occur on the eastbound and westbound lanes of I-70 and the right shoulder of the road. The project should be complete in late fall.

Interstate 35 ● Between 7:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, the southbound lane will be reduced to just one lane from Seventh Street to Southwest Boulevard so joint repair work can be done overnight. The project should be finished by the end of the week.

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MORTGAGES The Douglas County register of deeds recorded 66 mortgages in the weekly period ended Thursday.

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Perry School offering kindergarten roundup

$50,000 and below.....................19 $50,001-$100,000.......................... 9 $100,001-$150,000 .....................18 $150,001-$200,000 .....................12 $200,001-$300,000....................... 7 $300,001-$400,000....................... 1 $400,001-$500,000....................... 0 More than $500,000 ................... 0

Perry Elementary School’s Kindergarten Roundup is set for April 7 and 8.

During roundup, children will be screened, and their parents will be given information about what to expect in kindergarten.

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Call Jill Spurling, 785-5975156, for an appointment.

Construction skills training center opens KANSAS CITY, KAN — A construction training program that provides GED preparation has a new facility in Kansas City, Kan.

The Chester Owens Jr. Construction Skills Training Center houses a U.S. Department of Labor-run program called YouthBuild. It targets unemployed, undereducated, low-income young people ages 16 to 24.

Participants are guided through 440 hours of construction training and handson experience.

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U.S. Rep. Jenkins visits Wellsville

By Kyle Davis Special to the Journal-World

W E L L S V I L L E — Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins stood in the lobby of Patriot’s Bank in Wellsville at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, listening to questions and concerns from her constituents in Kansas’ 2nd District.

Jenkins acknowledged the members of her district are not afraid to speak their minds, and she is thankful for that.

“Folks are not terribly shy around these parts at letting us know exactly what is on their mind and what their top priorities are,” Jenkins said.

“So I’m thankful for a constituency that isn’t shy.”

Jenkins met with voters for roughly an hour as part of her “Congress to Kansas” listening tour before traveling to the next stop on the tour in Paola. State Rep. TerriLois Gregory, R-Baldwin City, and State Sen. Pat Apple, R-Louisburg, were also in attendance.

Jenkins has been touring cities since visiting Oskaloosa on Jan. 18.

Baldwin City resident John Dunbar was in attendance Saturday and said although he was glad to see the turnout that arrived to speak with

“

Folks are not terribly shy around these parts at letting us know exactly what is on their mind and what their top priorities are. So I’m thankful for a constituency that isn’t shy.”

— Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins Jenkins, he would like to see more people getting involved.

“I think the fact is that the autopilot mentality that we’ve had in our country in a lot of years needs to end,” Dunbar said. “If we’re going to get a handle on this, we’ve got to get our hands on it.”

Jenkins spoke for about 15 minutes, covering topics such as health care, the economy and the nation’s debt and budget, before opening up the floor to questions from the audience.

“We’re not going to see real economic recovery until folks know what kind of business climate they are working in,” Jenkins said, when asked about her view of the economy.

Jenkins said job and economic growth seem to be the two most important issues for the constituents she has spoken to.

“Right now, there’s so

much uncertainty that people are frozen. They’re sitting on cash, they’re not investing, they’re not building, they’re not doing anything,” Jenkins added about the state of the economy. “They’re just crippled because they don’t know. What we have to do is give them some certainty, and I’m concerned that in the short window, in the next two years, we can’t give them enough certainty to get the economy stoked the way that we need to.”

Jenkins believes the message that it takes time to see changes made is one that needs to be expressed.

“We are an instant-gratification society, and that is a part of the communication process that is needing to take place,” Jenkins said.

“Government is messy, it’s ineff icient, it makes no sense, but it’s the best that the world has, but it takes time.”

LIBYA

Obama notes ‘success’ in strikes

By Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — A barrage of U.S.-led airstrikes opened the door for Libyan rebels to retake the eastern city of Ajdabiya Saturday, handing President Barack Obama a tangible example of progress as he defends the military action to war-weary Americans.

The administration has been under pressure to better explain why the U.S. was embroiling itself in another Muslim conflict and to clarify what America’s continuing role will be as it begins to turn control of the week-old operation over to NATO. Obama cited “significant success” in the war Saturday, and he and others defended the U.S. intervention as lawful and critical to save thousands of lives and stabilize a strategically vital region in the Middle East.

“The United States should not and cannot intervene every time there’s a crisis somewhere in the world,” Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday.

But with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi threatening “a bloodbath that could destabilize an entire region ... it’s in our national interest to act.

And it’s our responsibility.

This is one of those times.”

And Massachusetts Democrat Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the events in the Middle East could be “the most important geostrategic shift since the fall of the Berlin Wall.”

Without military intervention by the U.S. and NATO, “the promise that the pro-democracy movement holds for transforming the Arab world could have been crushed,” he said in The Wall Street Journal.

The Pentagon said U.S.-led forces pounded Libyan ground troops and other targets along the Mediterranean coast and in Tripoli, and the contested cities of Misrata and Ajdabiya in strikes overnight, but they provided no details on what was hit. A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Capt. Darryn James, says there were no Tomahawk cruise missile strikes overnight.

All together, the Pentagon said the U.S. military launched nearly 100 strikes overnight, just slightly higher than a day ago.

“Every day, the pressure on Gadhafi and his regime is increasing,” Obama said in the Saturday address, which aired just after Libyan rebels retook Ajdabiya, celebrating in the streets.

Still, even after a week of U.S.-led air strikes, Pentagon officials say that forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi are a potent threat to civilians. And they are looking at plans to expand the firepower and airborne surveillance systems in the military campaign,

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LIBYAN MEN FIGHT A FIRE in the city of Ajdabiya, eastern Libya, on Saturday. Libyan rebels regained control of the eastern gateway city of Ajdabiya on Saturday after international airstrikes crippled Moammar Gadhafi's forces.

Gates: No proof civilians killed in strikes WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says the Libyan government’s claims of civilians killed in airstrikes are unproven.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says “the truth of the matter is we have trouble coming up with proof of any civilian casualties that we have been responsible for.”

Gates said there were numerous intelligence reports suggesting Moamincluding using the Air Force’s AC-130 gunship armed with cannons that shoot from the side doors, as well as helicopters and drones.

Obama, who will speak to the nation Monday evening, has been roundly criticized by lawmakers for not seeking more Congressional input on the war.

Top State Department lawyer Harold Koh said Saturday that U.S. had “ample international legal authority” to intervene in Libya and all Congressional requirements were met.

He said the “nature, duration and scope” of the opera-

mar Gadhafi’s regime was taking bodies of people killed by the pro-government forces and placing them at sites attacked by U.S. planes.

Gates said the American forces and those of other countries enforcing the U.N. resolution to protect Libyan civilians have been “extremely careful.” Gates spoke Saturday in an interview pretaped for CBS News’ “Face The Nation” to be aired today.

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tion do “not rise to the level” of requiring anything more than has already been done in terms of U.S. law, he said.

“I wish I lived in a world in which intervention was unnecessary, I don’t,” he said.

He added that, “sometimes non-intervention is failure” citing the Bosnian city of Srebrenica and Rwanda.

Former Libyan ambassador to the United States Ali Aujali called Libya a unique situation.

“If no action will be taken, we will have another massacre in Africa that will be remembered like Srebrenica and Rwanda,” he said. “It was the right action at the right time.”

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A research star One of Kansas University’s leading researchers has received a well-deserved award.

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ongratulations to Kansas University distinguished professor Val Stella for receiving the Takeru Higuchi Research Prize, the highest international award given in the pharmaceutical sciences.

This is a tremendously prestigious award, and it is being given to a tremendously talented individual. The overly modest native of Australia acknowledged the award was nice, but that “at the end of the day, it’s not the awards that are important in a career.”

Those take a back seat, he said, to moments such as when a Lawrence surgeon recently told him that they had saved a life that day. A patient had gone into seizures on the operating table, the doctor told Stella, but the doctor saved the patient’s live by administering a drug developed in Stella’s laboratory in the late 1970s.

“Getting an award is relatively unimportant,” Stella said. What’s important is that we’re helping people live longer lives.”

Stella completed his doctorate at KU in 1971 in analytical pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmaceutics. His adviser and mentor was Takeru Higuchi, who was recognized worldwide as the “father of physical pharmacy.”

Stella became a full professor at KU in 1981 and was named a distinguished professor in 1990.

He and his KU associates have compiled an exceptional record in research, and their work is one of the true centers of excellence at the university.

In addition to his writing, his research, his work in developing new drugs, his entrepreneurship and many other ventures, he also is involved in non-university activities in the community. He and his wife agreed to chair the United Way of Douglas County’s 2011 campaign, and he is sure to devote his intense attention to making the drive a major success, even in the current challenging economic conditions.

Stella reflects great credit on the university, and this most recent recognition of his excellence is sure to attract the attention of highly talented pharmaceutical chemistry students from around the world who would like to attend KU and study under the supervision of Stella and his world-class associates in the KU School of Pharmacy. He also serves as an inspiration to talented young high school and college students who are quick to say they look to him as a model for what they hope to achieve in using education and research to help others.

Again, congratulations and thanks to Val Stella.

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March spurs college admissions madness Editor’s note: Some of the quotations in this column were compressed for space reasons, with permission of the book author.

WASHINGTON — For many families, this is March madness — the moment of high anxiety concerning higher education as many colleges announce their admittance decisions. It is the culmination of a protracted mating dance between selective institutions and anxious students. Part agony, part situation comedy, it has provoked Andrew Ferguson to write a laugh-until-your-ribs-squeak book — “Crazy U: One Dad’s Crash Course in Getting His Kid into College.”

He begins in Greenwich, Conn.

— a hedge fund habitat — watching Katherine Cohen, an “independent college admissions counselor,” market her $40,000 “platinum package” of strategies for bewitching Ivy League admissions officers. “Everyone in the room,” writes Ferguson, “was on full alert, with that feral look of parental ambition. They swiveled their tail-gunning eyes toward Kat when she was introduced.”

Kat introduced them to terror: “There are 36,000 high schools in this country. That means there are at least 36,000 valedictorians.

They can’t all go to Brown. You could take the ‘deny pile’ of applications and make two more classes that were every bit as solid as the class that gets in.”

Your son’s gazillion extracurricular activities? Kat sniffs: “He’s a serial joiner ... just running up the score.” He was “invited” to participate in a “leadership” program in Washington?

Kat’s lip curls: “The invitation

George Will

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Still, the college “admission process

occasions too much angst. America is thickly planted with 1,400 four-year institutions.

Motivated, selective students can get a fine education at any of them — unmotivated, undiscerning students at none.”

came in the mail, I guess. It said he was ‘selected.’ Do you know why he was selected? Your ZIP code. They knew you could pay.”

Ferguson becomes one of the Kitchen People — parents who at parties cluster in kitchens where “in the reflected shimmer from the brushed-steel doors of the Sub-Zero, the subtle dance would begin.” Squirming against the Viking oven, a mother is bursting — or wanting to burst — with pride over her child’s SAT scores.

“Her eyes plead, Ask me what they were, just please please ask ... “‘Oh?’ I’d say. “‘Her father was like, Oh, My, God.’ And from the eyes, silently: Ask.

“‘Mmm,’ I’d say. “‘Of course, she’s always been a smart kid.’ “‘Mmm.’ “‘Of course, she tests well in general. But scores like these. ...’

Her pride bladder was terribly distended now, swelling in all directions, this painful unsatisfied need driving her nearly to the slate flooring. “‘I mean when the email with the scores arrived, I just had to peek! And then when I did, I’m thinking, My God — this is my kid?’

“At last she’d catch a sympathetic eye, and another parent would say, ‘They must have been really —’ “‘Twenty-four hundred! I’m like, Wow!’ “And then she’d sip the Zin with a humble smile.”

Ferguson goes on campus tours conducted by backward-walking students armed with Harry Potter references — the dining hall looks like Hogwarts, there are Quidditch matches, a sociology seminar explores “Voldemort and Differentiation in Imperialist Identities.” Kat says that in his son’s application essays he must “talk about his innermost thoughts,” Ferguson shudders at this “compulsive self-exposure”: “He’s a seventeen-year-old boy” I wanted to tell her: Seventeenyear-old boys do not have innermost thoughts — and if they did, neither you nor I would want to know what they are.”

This complicates writing the essays, which some people say should be liberally flecked with the word “diversity.” Ferguson’s son worries that his happy life is a handicap: “‘Couldn’t you guys get a

divorce?’ “‘No,’ I said. “‘It would give me something to write about. You can get back together once I’m done with the essays.’ “‘Not going to happen.’ “‘I wish I’d grown up in the inner city.’ “‘No, you don’t.’ “‘I wish I’d become a drug addict.’ “‘There’s still time.’”

Ferguson’s whimsy is, however, finite. He becomes serious — and seriously informative — concerning the spiraling costs of college: It is, he says, nice to know there is $143 billion for student aid — but worrisome that $143 billion is needed. His history of the SAT confirms the assessment that it is “impossible to find a measure of academic achievement that is unrelated to family income.” It has been well-observed that America’s least diverse classes are SAT prep classes.

Still, the college admission process occasions too much angst. America is thickly planted with 1,400 four-year institutions.

Motivated, selective students can get a fine education at any of them — unmotivated, undiscerning students at none. Most students love the schools they attend.

And the admissions quest can have splendid moments.

Last year, Wake Forest, a wonderful university with a stimulating application form, asked applicants what they would title their autobiographies. One, obviously a golfer, answered: “Mulligan.”

Wouldn’t we all?

OLD HOME TOWN

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Lawrence parks were going to get a little Arbor Day love from some local YEARS residents. City AGO workers, with some IN 1986 help from the Cottonwood 4-H Club, were planning to replace trees damaged by vandals in Burcham Park. About 30 "cottonless" cottonwood trees were to be planted to replace the 33 trees that had been broken in half in February. The 4-H club had donated $140 towards the replacements. In other tree news, a "Tree City U.S.A." flag had been raised across from Lawrence City Hall, recognizing that the city had met several conditions, including spending more than $1 per capita on tree care.

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OK, put your books away. We’re having a pop quiz.

Below are four quotes. Each is from one of two sources: the Bible or the Quran, although, just to make things interesting, there’s also a chance all four are from one book. Two were edited for length and one of those was also edited to remove a religion-specific reference. Your job: identify the holy book of origin. Ready? Go: ● “Wherever you encounter (non-believers), kill them, seize them, besiege them, wait for them at every lookout post ...” ● “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth.

I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” ● “If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, ‘Let us go and worship other gods’ ... do not yield to him or listen to him.

Show him no pity. Do not spare him or shield him. You must certainly put him to death.” ● “Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.”

All right, pens down. How did you do?

If you identified the first quote as being from the Quran (9:5) and the other three as originating in the Bible (Matthew 10:34, Deuteronomy 13:6-9, Numbers 31:17-18), I congratulate you on that degree in theology. If I have guessed correctly, most people will not have found it easy to place the quotes in their proper books. If I have guessed correctly, most people will have found a certain thematic similarity in them.

Leonard Pitts Jr. lpitts@miamiherald.com

Christians get the “benefit of the doubt.

Muslims get Glenn Beck asking a Muslim congressman to ‘prove to me that you are not working with our enemies.’”

Yes, there is a point here: I wish people would stop cherry-picking warlike quotes from the Quran to “prove” the evil of Islam. You see this stuff all over the web. Just a few days ago, some anonymous person, angry with me for defending “Fascist/Nazi Islam” the writer says is trying to kill us all, sent me an email quoting Quranic exhortations to violence to prove that Islam is a “religion of hate and murder.”

As rhetorical devices go, it is a cheap parlor trick, a con job to fool the foolish and gull the gullible and for anyone who has spent quality time with the Bible, its shortcomings should be obvious.

If not, see the pop quiz again.

The Quran is hardly unique in its admonitions to take up the sword.

It is not my intention here to parse any of those troubling quotes. Let us leave it to religious

scholars to contextualize them, to explain how they square with the contention that Islam and Christianity are religions of peace. For our purposes, it is sufficient to note that, while both Christian and Muslim scholars will offer that context and explanation, only Christians can be assured of being taken at their word when they do.

Christians get the benefit of the doubt. Muslims get Glenn Beck asking a Muslim congressman to “prove to me that you are not working with our enemies.”

Because Christianity is regarded as a known — and a norm. Muslims, meantime, have been drafted since Sept. 11, 2001, to fulfill the nation’s obsessive, historic, paranoiac and ongoing need to rally against an enemy within. We lost the Commies, but along came the Islamofascists. The names change. The endless capacity for irrational panic remains the same.

As in people who send out emails insisting upon the rightness of holding over a billion people — that bears repeating: “over a billion people” — responsible for the actions of, what ...? A few hundred? A few thousand?

Some of us use lies, exaggerations and rhetorical gobbledygook to instill in the rest of us that irrational panic they breathe like air.

Yes, it is only sensible to fear the threat we face from terrorism. But panicked, irrational people are capable of anything.

Might be wise if we chose to fear that, too.

— Leonard Pitts Jr is a columnist for the Miami Herald. He chats with readers from noon to 1 p.m. CDT each Wednesday on www.MiamiHerald.com.

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Further news was emerging on the possible economic impact of YEARS the closing of the AGO Sunflower Army IN 1971 Ammunition Plant.

The plant was due to complete its scheduled production by the first of July, and about 775 employees were to be laid off between June and next January.

This was in addition to the 749 layoffs already planned before June.

A staff of about 150 was to remain indefinitely to maintain the building in "layaway" status, keeping everything in good condition in case of future mobilization.

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for March 27, 1911: YEARS "'The next time AGO they come dodging IN 1911 'round begging me for whiskey, your honor, I'm going to my old desk and take my forty-four and ask 'em if they want a drink out of that,' said Phil. Rich, an old exslave from Baldwin, who was facing sentence in the district court for selling liquor. 'No, don't do that,' cautioned Judge Smart, smiling, 'take a horse whip.' Rich had pleaded guilty to maintaining a nuisance, and the county attorney has told the court that the prisoner's greatest offense was 'accommodating' his friends.

Being a southerner he always kept liquor about his little home and when the other fellows would get out Phil would accommodate them by selling them a little. Rich told the judge that he was a former slave, that he could not read or write, and that he had raised a law abiding family. They were all dead now, and old Phil worked on the lawns of Baldwin people."

— Compiled by Sarah St. John

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WEATHER

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10B Sunday, March 27, 2011 TODAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

L AWRENCE J OURNAL -WORLD

CALENDAR

THURSDAY

27 TODAY

Snow and rain this afternoon

Cloudy and breezy

Mostly cloudy with rain possible

Some sunshine

Partly sunny

High 38° Low 27° POP: 65%

High 48° Low 36° POP: 25%

High 46° Low 27° POP: 35%

High 50° Low 27° POP: 10%

High 53° Low 37° POP: 10%

Wind E 7-14 mph

Wind ESE 8-16 mph

Wind NNE 12-25 mph

Wind NNE 8-16 mph

Wind WNW 10-20 mph

POP: Probability of Precipitation

Kearney 34/25

McCook 34/25 Oberlin 35/26 Goodland 41/27

Beatrice 38/27

Oakley 42/27

Dodge City 43/30 Garden City 45/29 Liberal 54/31

Kansas City 38/27

Manhattan Russell Salina 38/28 36/30 Topeka 36/28 36/28

Lawrence Kansas City 36/26 38/27

Emporia 38/28

Great Bend 38/30

Chillicothe 40/23 Marshall 40/24 Sedalia 40/25

Nevada 42/27

Chanute 42/29

Hutchinson 38/30 Wichita Pratt 44/31 40/32

Centerville 40/23

St. Joseph 38/26

Sabetha 36/26

Concordia 38/27 Hays 38/28

Clarinda 38/27

Lincoln 38/28

Grand Island 36/26

Coffeyville Joplin 46/32 46/30

Springfield 40/25

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

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

38°/34° 61°/39° 84° in 1956 15° in 1913

Precipitation in inches 24 hours through 7 p.m. yest.

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

trace 1.43 2.24 5.25 4.68

Seattle 50/39

NATIONAL FORECAST

SUN & MOON Today

Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset New

7:14 a.m.

7:39 p.m.

3:26 a.m.

1:26 p.m.

First

Full

Mon.

7:12 a.m.

7:40 p.m.

4:02 a.m.

2:26 p.m.

Minneapolis 35/19

Billings 43/24

New York 42/26 Detroit 33/18

Chicago 36/20

San Francisco 58/48

Denver 55/29

Last

Atlanta 65/46

Los Angeles 62/50

Apr 3

Apr 11

Apr 17

Apr 24

LAKE LEVELS

As of 7 a.m. Saturday Lake

Clinton Perry Pomona

Level (ft)

875.26 889.87 972.87

Discharge (cfs)

52 100 15

El Paso 77/48

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

Temperature bands are highs for today.

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

Today Mon. Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 88 71 s 88 71 s 49 40 s 51 33 s 66 54 pc 69 56 s 78 50 s 80 53 s 85 69 r 83 67 r 66 37 s 60 42 s 47 32 pc 49 32 pc 57 41 pc 51 36 s 71 54 s 73 55 s 73 53 s 75 56 s 36 24 sf 36 23 c 50 37 pc 49 37 s 61 47 r 51 45 r 63 57 pc 73 61 s 61 42 s 57 40 s 63 41 sh 62 38 t 59 42 pc 57 37 s 54 41 sh 55 45 pc 82 50 s 78 50 sh 32 12 s 28 18 c 30 22 sn 35 24 c 99 70 s 101 69 s 40 24 pc 41 31 s 62 48 sh 59 41 s 90 78 s 89 77 pc 61 48 c 59 46 sh 47 30 pc 50 30 sh 87 77 r 85 77 t 42 32 c 37 23 s 74 61 pc 77 61 pc 50 38 sh 53 43 s 32 16 s 38 23 pc 52 42 r 52 41 sh 50 48 r 54 42 r 44 29 pc 49 27 pc 27 9 s 31 14 pc

Houston 76/62

Fronts Cold

Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2011

28 MONDAY

Washington 40/26

Kansas City 36/26

Miami 88/70

Precipitation

Warm Stationary

Showers T-storms

Rain

Flurries

Snow

Ice

-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s National Summary: A quick-moving storm system will bring snow to the midAtlantic this morning with a wintry mix falling farther south today. Thunderstorms, some strong, will rumble across the Southeast. Numerous rain and snow showers will affect the Rockies and the Plains.

Today Mon. Today Mon. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Albuquerque 64 40 s 70 39 s Memphis 51 37 c 61 47 s Anchorage 37 27 c 40 29 sn Miami 88 70 s 90 71 pc Atlanta 65 46 t 58 48 pc Milwaukee 36 22 sf 38 26 s Austin 76 57 c 85 65 pc Minneapolis 35 19 pc 37 26 pc Baltimore 37 25 sn 45 27 pc Nashville 50 35 c 61 40 s Birmingham 66 44 t 70 53 pc New Orleans 79 66 pc 78 65 pc Boise 48 33 c 50 34 pc New York 42 26 pc 44 30 s Boston 41 23 s 41 28 s Omaha 38 27 c 43 29 c Buffalo 30 16 s 31 22 pc Orlando 87 65 pc 84 65 t Cheyenne 50 28 c 47 24 sf Philadelphia 43 24 pc 45 27 s Chicago 36 20 sf 38 26 s Phoenix 80 56 s 82 59 s Cincinnati 42 22 pc 45 26 s Pittsburgh 36 19 pc 39 18 s Cleveland 35 18 pc 34 21 s Portland, ME 37 17 s 38 21 pc Dallas 67 47 c 71 64 pc Portland, OR 51 40 r 53 44 c Denver 55 29 c 52 26 c Reno 52 34 c 50 32 s Des Moines 38 24 pc 44 29 c Richmond 38 26 sn 43 27 c Detroit 33 18 s 37 19 s Sacramento 59 43 r 63 41 s El Paso 77 48 s 80 50 s St. Louis 41 27 pc 50 34 pc Fairbanks 37 13 c 36 16 c Salt Lake City 54 34 c 46 29 sh Honolulu 82 70 pc 84 71 s San Diego 61 54 pc 62 54 pc Houston 76 62 pc 81 65 pc San Francisco 58 48 c 60 46 pc Indianapolis 42 23 pc 46 28 s Seattle 50 39 r 52 41 sh Kansas City 36 26 pc 48 35 c Spokane 46 31 c 44 33 sn Las Vegas 71 52 s 74 52 s Tucson 78 49 s 83 51 s Little Rock 52 37 sh 62 48 pc Tulsa 46 37 c 57 50 pc Los Angeles 62 50 pc 66 50 pc Wash., DC 40 26 sn 48 32 pc National extremes yesterday for the 48 contiguous states High: Laredo, TX 99° Low: Gaylord, MI -8°

WEATHER HISTORY A great storm buried the Dakotas under knee-deep snow on March 27, 1950.

Dumont, S.D., received 38 inches, the greatest 24-hour snowfall in South Dakota history.

Q:

WEATHER TRIVIA™ Bowling and U.S. tornadoes have what in common?

An alley.

Temperature

REGIONAL CITIES

Today Mon. Today Mon. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Atchison 38 26 c 48 34 c Independence 44 31 r 54 42 c Belton 40 26 pc 48 34 c Fort Riley 38 28 sn 48 35 c Burlington 40 28 sn 48 36 c Olathe 38 26 sn 48 35 c Coffeyville 46 32 r 54 43 c Osage Beach 43 25 c 50 36 pc Concordia 38 27 sn 43 29 c Osage City 38 26 sn 47 35 c Dodge City 43 30 sn 51 35 c Ottawa 38 25 sn 48 34 c Holton 38 28 c 48 36 c Wichita 44 31 r 46 41 c Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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LAWRENCE ALMANAC Through 7 p.m. Saturday.

Worker Justice Clinic, 6-8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. Cooking class: Natural Foods Cooking Basics — The Sweeter Side, 7-9 p.m., The Merc, 901 Iowa.

Screening of “King Corn” and related discussions, 7 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Mass.

Super Nerd Night, 7 p.m., Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass.

Lawrence Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m., school district headquarters, 110 McDonald Drive.

Eudora City Council meeting, 7:30 p.m., Eudora City Hall, 4 E. Seventh St. Jayhawk Audubon Society March Program, 7:30 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 1245 N.H., optional dinner at 5:30 p.m., Free State Brewery, 636 Mass.

University Honors Program Lecture Series on the topic “Evolution and Human Affairs,” Debra Hawhee, professor of English, Pennsylvania State University, “Evolution and Human Affairs: Kenneth Burke and Gesture-Speech Therapy,” 8 p.m. at the Commons in Spooner Hall, 1340 Jayhawk Blvd.

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.

The Bears of Blue River, Katlyn Conroy, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

Karaoke Idol! "Sheiks & Belly Dancers" theme, 10 p.m., Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

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Rachel Anderson, The Jenny Muelz, Ghosts, Masses Tonight at the Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass., Lawrence songbird Rachel Anderson plays a low-key set to ease you into the workweek. Anderson's bittersweet songs cover such well-worn subjects as loss and failed relationships with a kind of restraint that makes it difficult not to take notice.

Anderson is joined by The Jenny Muelz, Ghosts and Masses, making tonight's show worth leaving the house to attend. What's more, the show starts at 8 p.m., so you can support local music and still get home for bedtime.

FEMA presents Together Prepared forum on managing volunteers in times of disaster, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Community Health Facility, 200 Maine Dole Institute study group: “Life in Congress,” with former U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, with guest former Congressman Baron Hill, 4 p.m., Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish Drive.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County, 5:15 p.m., 1525 W. Sixth St., Suite A. Information meeting for prospective volunteers. For more information, call 843-7359.

Bilingual yoga class, gentle, 5:45 p.m., Plymouth CongreOpen gational Church, 925 Vt.O jam session, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St. Lawrence City Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m., City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Bilingual yoga class, intermediate, 7 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. English as a Second Language class, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. Spanish class, beginner and intermediate level, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. Cooking class: Real Food for Families, 7-9 p.m., The Merc, 901 Iowa.

Lawrence’s first LGBT Summit, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Maceli’s, 1031 N.H. Byron James, Tuesday Concert Series, 7:30 p.m., Lawrence

Arts Center, 940 N.H. 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, 9 p.m., Bottleneck, 737 N.H. Live jazz at The Casbah, 9 p.m., 803 Mass.

The Plurals, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

It’s Karaoke Time with Sam, 10 p.m., Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass.

30 WEDNESDAY University-Community Forum, “Little Known Religions in Kansas,” Tim Miller, Professor of Religious Studies, noon, ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County, noon, 1525 W. Sixth St., Suite A. Information meeting for prospective volunteers. For more information, call 843-7359.

Dole Institute study group: “Corporate Responsibility,” with Walt Riker, former McDonald’s Vice President of Global Media Relations and former press secretary to Sen. Bob Dole, with guest Christine Dragisic, Conservation International, 4 p.m., Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish Drive.

Hall Center for the Humanities Celebration of Books Published by Humanities, Social Sciences and Art, 4 p.m., Hall Center for the Humanities, 900 Sunnyside Ave. Cooking class: Coastal Cuisine, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Bay Leaf, 717 Mass.

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

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

Cooking class: Lasagne Verdi al Forno — Traditional Bolognese Baked Spinach Lasagna, 7-9 p.m., The Merc, 901 Iowa.

Satsanga, Living Ahimsa with Mother Maya, 7-8:30 p.m., Be Moved Studio, 2 E. Seventh St. Undergraduate Honors Recital, 7:30 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive.

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.

Acoustic Open Mic with Tyler Gregory, 10 p.m., Jazzhaus, 926 112 Mass.

Lonnie Fisher, Devil Television, Ben Myer, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

Casbah Karaoke, 10:30 p.m., The Casbah, 803 Mass.

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29 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.

Kansas doesn’t require evidence retention WICHITA — Legal experts say Kansas has lax laws governing evidence retention.

The Wichita Eagle reported that state law requires a court order to destroy evidence, but there are no consequences for disobeying it.

Washburn Law School adjunct professor Rebecca Woodman says that’s one of the problems with the law.

For the past two years, her students have been studying the case of Ronnie Rhodes. Evidence in his 30-year-old murder case apparently was destroyed without a court order.

The 56-year-old says he didn’t stab Cleother Burrell in Wichita in 1981 and wonders why he can’t seek legal relief.

Destroyed evidence in his cases includes hairs taken from Burrell’s hands and a knife that prosecutors contended was the murder weapon.

The Eagle reported that inmates have no one advocating for their evidence to be maintained.

KU professor of voice Joyce Castle to speak on “Zen and the Art of Singing,” 11 a.m. service, Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence, 1263 North 1100 Road.

Cardboard Construction Workshops, 1-5 pm, Lawrence Percolator, in the alley east of 10th and New Hampshire streets Shape Note Sing, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 2211 Inverness Drive.

Opening reception for “Awakenings,” MFA thesis exhibit by Eugenia Ortiz, KU Art & Design Gallery, 1467 Jayhawk Blvd.

English Country Dance, workshop from 1-1:30, dance until 4 p.m., Camelot Ballroom, 1117 Mass.

Cooking class: Learn to Make Cheese, 1-3 p.m., Bay Leaf, 717 Mass.

Travie McCoy, 6:30 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.

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

Smackdown! trivia, 8 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H. Rachael Anderson, The Jenny Muelz, Ghosts, Masses, 8:30 p.m., Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass.

Speakeasy Sunday: A variety show and jam session hosted by Dumptruck Butterlips, 10 p.m., the Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

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

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Really cooking The Baldwin High School Culinary/Management Team placed first in the Kansas Restaurant and Hospitality Association State ProStart Competition March 1-2 in Wichita. The team will compete at nationals, which will be held April 29May 1 in Overland Park. Members, from left, are Abigail Hartzell, Paris Nottingham, Alexis Finucane and Hayley Schwartz. Sandra Lawson submitted the photo.

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CINEMATIC ICON: Eric Melin recounts the late Elizabeth Taylor’s top five performances.

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STYLE SCOUT

by Caitlin Donnelly

Laura Lewis Age: 30

ALL HAIL KING CORN

Sign: Taurus

Occupation: Hairstylist Relationship status: Single Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Topeka Time in Lawrence: Ten years What were you doing when you were scouted? Meeting some friends downtown at the Sandbar.

How would you describe your style? Classically edgy.

What are your current favorite fashion trends?

Unique accessories, feminine clothing pieces and boots.

What are your least favorite fashion trends? Outfits and clothing items that are too expected, like Ugg boots and perfectly correlating colors.

CLOTHING DETAILS: Boots: Dillard’s, February 2011, $30.

Dress: Gift from my friend Danielle, March 2011, free.

Purse: Dillard’s, 2009, $30.

What would you like to see more of in Lawrence?

More women dressing with an old-school/chic mentality but still maintaining some sense of individuality and spice.

What would you like to see less of in Lawrence? Less everyday, commonplace wardrobes — again, I love to see uniqueness.

Do you have any fashion influences? Mostly the clothes I spot in stores like Betsey Johnson, Kate Spade, Ann Taylor and Dillard’s.

Do you have any piercings or tattoos? I have two piercings.

People say I look like… Nothing that still seems legit when they are sober.

Tell us a secret: Never pass up an opportunity to meet someone new.

Know someone stylin’? Send us a tip! style@lawrence.com

Patrick Agada Age: 19

Sign: Pisces

Occupation: Fitness attendant at University of Illinois Rec Center Relationship status: Single Hometown: Matteson, Ill. Time in Lawrence: Visiting my brother over spring break.

What were you doing when you were scouted? Walking downtown on my way to dinner.

How would you describe your style? I would say my style is mostly polished/urban, with an emphasis on my shoes.

What are your current favorite fashion trends? I like wearing simple, slim-fit tees and straight-leg jeans with some raw-looking Jordans! I also just started wearing more flannel.

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"KING CORN" co-producers Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney perform a test taste in their acre of corn in Greene, Iowa. The documentary will be shown at 7 p.m. Monday at Liberty Hall, 644 Mass., with a Skype conversation with Ellis to follow.

KU group bringing food documentary to Liberty Hall

By Eric Melin Special to the Journal-World

In today’s fast-paced society, we don’t often have a lot of time to eat, much less actually stop and think about where the food we eat comes from. Monday night at Liberty Hall, 644 Mass., KU Environs and Chipotle Mexican Grill are partnering to answer that question in the most entertaining way possible — with a movie and free burritos.

The documentary “King Corn” follows two recent college graduates as they leave the East Coast and head to Iowa to grow an acre of the genetically modified corn — the most powerful crop in the U.S. Along the way, they discover some shocking truths about how government subsidies encourage corn crops to feed livestock and help make fast food cheap. Almost everything Americans eat, it turns out, contains corn.

The film had a theatrical run in 2007 and was a part of PBS’ Emmywinning Independent Lens series,

‘KING CORN’ SCREENING What: A documentary about the corn industry in the United States.

When: 7 p.m. Monday with a speech from Kansas University professor Simran Sethi before the screening.

Where: Liberty Hall, 644 Mass.

Cost: Free, but a $3 is suggested.

Proceeds go to Lawrence food bank Just Food and Films for Action.

Stick around: For a Skype chat with co-star/producer Curt Ellis immediately following the screening. and co-star/producer Curt Ellis will be on-hand after Monday night’s screening for a Skype chat.

“Some important things have changed since we finished ‘King Corn,’” says Ellis, whose new project, FoodCorps, is recruiting young leaders to spend a year of paid public service to teach students about growing school gardens and to get healthy food into high-obesity, limited-resource schools.

“Ethanol and speculation have

pushed corn prices higher, so farmers are relying less on subsidy payments to make a living than they were when we were growing corn,” he says. “That seems like a good thing, but ethanol is heavily subsidized, and speculation is a big step removed from reality, so we still don’t have a fair, open market in place for corn.”

That said, there also have been a lot of positive changes since Ellis and his filmmaking team toured the country presenting the movie and participating in live Q&As about the industrialization of the food supply.

“There’s a vegetable garden on the White House lawn now and a growing national consensus that we have to treat the root problems of the obesity epidemic,” Ellis says.

“We have to improve the food we eat, by choosing — and subsidizing — quality over quantity.”

This event has been in the works since last semester, when the KU Environs group was looking for a movie about the nation’s industriPlease see KING CORN, page 2C

Cardboard creations invade Lawrence Percolator

Cardboard isn’t just for boxes.

Anyone wanting proof need look no further than the work of Juniper Tangpuz.

A 2003 Kansas University graduate in sculpture, the Kansas City, Mo., artist crafts the unthinkable from the material, making everything from drums Shoes: Air Jordan 2011, December 2010, to large animals to accordions from cardboard and its cousin What would you like to $200.

Jeans: Unbranded, July 2010, $78. see more of in paper.

Lawrence? I would def- T-Shirt: American Apparel, Acme, March “It played such a huge presinitely love to see more 2011, $18. ence in my childhood, you know, sneaker stores. I rarely Watch: Nixon, 2010, gift. just making things — it’s like just see people wearing sneakers, so I think a shoe shop would do wonders for Lawrence. natural for me to cut,” says Tangpuz, who also works in metal Do you have any piercings or tattoos? Yes, I went against my and stone, makes mechanical parents’ wishes and got my ears pierced. I want a tattoo on my pieces and even dabbles in chest, but I would never know what to get. comic book art. “But now I use it because it’s more practical — it’s cheap, it’s abundant, it can be recycled. And, I can fold it up, which is really nice. So, I can make big things and kind of compress them. I can carry it up Trevan McGee, stairs and through doors and Lawrence.com editor things like that, it’s very easy to 832-7178, transport.” tmcgee@ljworld.com Tangpuz will have some of that unique art on display Friday Christy Little, through April 30 at The Go! editor Lawrence Percolator, which is 832-7254, located in the alley between the clittle@ljworld.com Lawrence Arts Center and Ninth Street. The show is in conWhat are your least favorite fashion trends? Ed Hardy anything is a turn-off! And I hate when people wear things with the wrong fit — for example, a really small guy wearing a huge shirt … weird. I’m also not a fan of sneakers that don’t go with an outfit, and that new trend of rocking different shoes on each foot doesn’t fly with CLOTHING DETAILS: me.

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CARDBOARD ARTS EXHIBIT What: Art by Juniper Tangpuz When: Opening reception 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Friday; exhibit runs through April 30.

Where: The Lawrence Percolator, in the alley between the Lawrence Arts Center and Ninth Street.

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“TIGER LILY,” by JuniperTangpuz, is among carboard art on exhibit starting Friday at the Lawrence Percolator in the alley between the Lawrence Arts Center and Ninth Street. junction with a workshop called “Build this Cardboard Thing” that started Friday and ends today. If you can’t make it to the final day of the workshop, don’t fret. Participants will share their completed work during a parade paired with the exhibit opening reception from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Friday.

“Well, aside from my long, enduring affection for corrugated cardboard, the origins of the

cardboard workshop is a bit of a fluke,” says Lawrence artist Eric Farnsworth, the man behind the workshop with Tangpuz. “I have built a few fairly large cardboard things, so I thought it would be nice to get people together to build an animal-like thing and walk around with it. Somewhere in the planning stages, someone suggested that it would be fitting to do a little parade on April 1st, so that set the date.

“There is a vast quantity of cardboard around town, and it sounded fun to put some of it to use.”

He immediately enlisted Tangpuz, he says, because aside from being one of his favorite artists, Tangpuz has a unique talent with paper products.

“If you are planning to build something silly and large out of cardboard, there is no better person than T.J. to have in the room,” says Farnsworth, calling Tangpuz by his nickname. “So he was a natural to have involved with this project, and we are happy that he had time in his schedule to participate. I’m excited to see what he’ll come up with.”

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King Corn Tabloid fodder couldn’t tarnish COMMENTARY

Elizabeth Taylor’s cinematic legacy

By Eric Melin Special to the Journal-World

One of the last truly glamorous Hollywood legends passed away March 23 at the age of 79. Elizabeth Taylor was an actress whose tumultuous private life — she was married eight times to seven different husbands — ensured her constant coverage in the tabloids even after her theatrical film appearances all but stopped in the mid-1970s. Looking back at the films she made, however, it is clear that her sheer magnetism and charisma made an indelible mark on American movies. Here are Elizabeth Taylor’s top five performances.

5. “National Velvet” (1944) After the success of “Lassie Come Home” in 1943, the young Elizabeth Taylor campaigned hard at MGM to get the role of Velvet Brown, the rural English girl who trains a wild stallion to compete in the world-famous Grand National horse race. This wholesome family film, costarring Mickey Rooney and Angela Lansbury, still holds up as an inspiring, againstall-odds tale (especially considering female jockeys weren’t allowed in the steeple chase). Taylor is plucky and so charming in the lead role — an absolute natural in front of the camera. Audiences agreed, and the Technicolor “National Velvet” was an instant success, making the 12-year old Taylor an instant movie star.

4. “Suddenly, Last Summer” (1959) Taylor earned her third consecutive Best Actress nomination (and third loss) for Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s atmospheric melodrama. The movie poster promised in big capital letters: “THESE ARE POWERS AND PASSIONS WITHOUT PRECEDENT IN MOTION PICTURES.” With Gore Vidal and Tennessee Williams adapting Williams’ lurid, one-act play, who would expect anything else? Themes of sexual repression and forbidden desire run rampant through the film, while a sensual Taylor shines as a girl apparently driven mad by her cousin’s death. As if that’s not enough, her domineering aunt (Katharine Hepburn) wants her lobotomized to cover up a dark family secret!

3. “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” (1958) This Pulitzer Prize-winning play from Tennessee Williams about a wealthy Southern family rotting from the inside out was toned down by writer/director Richard Brooks to remove the suggestion of homosexuality on the part of Paul Newman’s character. Still, it remains a classic, and it gave Taylor a chance to show off her dramatic chops. Cast as Newman’s frustrated wife “Maggie the Cat,” she is sultry and heartbroken as the woman who can’t get her alcoholic ex-football star of a husband to love her. It was her second consecutive Best Actress nomination and with it, she showed film audiences that she was capable of films with more range.

2. “A Place in the Sun: (1951) It was the role of glamorous socialite Angela Vickers in this lusty George Stevens-directed drama that forced audiences to take notice of Taylor as an adult actress. Her magnetic onscreen chemistry with Montgomery Clift — who would become a close personal friend of Taylor — is what sells this sordid love triangle of a movie. Clift is a working-class guy who gets a poor girl (Shelley Winters) pregnant, but soon becomes obsessed with Taylor’s gorgeous society girl and dreams of a life he thought he’d never have. This dark, disturbing tragedy set the

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AMERICAN ACTOR PAUL NEWMAN and British-born actor Elizabeth Taylor have a conversation in a still from the film “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.”

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TAYLOR co-stars in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

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TAYLOR co-stars with Montgomery Clift in “A Place in the Sun.” tone for the kind of ravishing dream-girl roles that Taylor would later inhabit in the 1950s and 1960s.

1. “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (1966) Ironically, Taylor’s best and most fully realized performance may be her least glamorous. She gained 30 pounds and was playing a 50-something woman when she was just 34 herself. Playing opposite her then-husband Richard Burton (whom she divorced and remarried and divorced again in the

mid-’70s), Taylor is riveting as the abusive, alcoholic Martha. Able to go from seductive to horribly cruel in a heartbeat, she deservedly won her second best actress Oscar for this groundbreaking Mike Nichols film, based on the Edward Albee play. Its use of language and adult content pushed the boundaries of good taste and helped create the need in the MPAA’s eyes for a film rating system.

Sadly, Taylor would never work on such a groundbreaking movie again.

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alized food system that would be both informational and fun.

“It was easy to decide on ‘King Corn,’” KU Environs’ local-foods group coordinator Kim Scherman says.

“More than anything, we want to show the film to educate people on how prevalent corn is in the products around us and to stimulate conversations about both the positives and negatives of corn.”

As part of the company’s Food With Integrity mission, Chipotle is partnering with the student group on the screening. Ben Neis, in charge of local store marketing at Chipotle, says the burrito chain was thrilled when KU Environs asked them to take part. Bringing sustainably grown, naturally raised food to the masses is a company goal.

“At Chipotle, we serve more naturally raised meats — from animals raised in a humane way, never given antibiotics or added hormones, and fed a pure vegetarian diet — than any other restaurant company in the country and offer dairy products made with milk from cows not treated with the synthetic hormone rGBH,” Neis says.

The co-sponsors are upping the ante to get people to Liberty Hall Monday night. There will be a raffle at the event of local food and gift certificates from local businesses, and each attendee will get a coupon for a free Chipotle burrito, burrito bowl, salad or order of tacos.

Activism filmmaking has been on the rise for the last

decade, and Ellis is encouraged by the continued interest in his film and other movies of its kind.

“Good storytelling has always been the engine of activism, and film is as powerful a storytelling tool as I know. So I’m glad to see documentaries rallying audiences to get to work on important causes,” Ellis says.

Ellis has since made a short film follow-up to “King Corn” and a feature-length documentary about Boston’s first green building called “The Greening of Southie.”

“Some people criticize documentaries for ‘preaching to the choir,’ but if you inspire that choir to sing loud and sing the truth, they’ll go out and convert the nonbelievers. So I don’t think the choir is a bad audience to focus on,” he says.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Journalist and associate professor at KU Simran Sethi will speak at 7 p.m. just before the movie, and the Skpe chat with Ellis will directly follow “King Corn.”

A $3 donation is suggested, and 70 percent of all proceeds will go to Just Food, a Lawrence food bank that fed 2,000 people last month.

The other 30 percent of proceeds will go to Films For Action, an activist film website that operates out of Lawrence.

BOOKS Subconscious animal LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD

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By Brenna Hawley Read more responses and add your thoughts at www.ljworld.com

Ian O’Connor, delivery driver, Lawrence “‘American Gods’ by Neil Gaiman. It’s hard to describe, but it has a science fictiontype feel.”

Stephen Rhea, creative writing major, Lawrence “‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ by Douglas Adams. It’s about a normal everyman who goes on a space adventure with his alien friend.”

Cassie Brabant, veterinary science major, Lawrence “‘Valiant’ by Holly Black. It’s a modern fairy tale.”

David Brooks’ new work explores the human psyche go by your reaction to the results.

By Mary Ann Gwinn The Seattle Times

David Brooks’ new book is a departure for the widely read New York Times columnist. It’s not a knowing satire like his book “Bobos in Paradise” (though there are funny parts) and it’s not about politics, the usual stuff of his opinion columns and public television commentaries.

Instead, “The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement” (Random House, $27) is about the human unconscious. Brooks concludes that the unconscious has an image problem — rather than a deep dark place where even therapists fear to tread, the unconscious is our ablest ally on the battlefield of life.

“The Social Animal” is constructed around the lives of two fictional characters — Harold, a contemplative young man from a privileged background, and Erica, a half-Chinese, half-Mexican scrapper who raises herself up into society’s most rarefied circles through focus and ambition.

Reviews have been mixed — in the March 13 New York Times Book Review, one critic said (among other things) that Brooks is no fiction writer, calling Harold and Erica “mannequins for the display of psychological and social generalizations.”

Well, I have to demur. I liked “The Social Animal” (I confess that one major character’s eventual demise choked me up). It’s really a work in the tradition of “Emile,” the 18th-century book by the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who hung his theories of education on the frame of the life of one child. Brooks explores the engines of how and why people think, feel and act — especially those early influences so necessary to the creation of a successful human being.

In a phone interview, Brooks fielded answers to several questions:

Q: What’s been the reaction to the book thus far?

A: So far it’s been very different from my normal books and my newspaper articles. When I talk about politics, people either like it or they don’t. When I talk about this subject, people give me a hug.

Dench gets impersonal in nonrevealing memoir Los Angeles Times

Mallory Cox, unemployed, Lawrence “‘Conversations with God’ by Neale Donald Walsch. The author is being spoken to through his words.”

Q: Compare the Freudian version of the unconscious with the version you write about in your book.

A: With Freud, first of all, there’s a lot of sex. Second of all, it’s a dark and tangled place, filled with neuroses. I think the research shows now that the unconscious is helping us figure out the world.

It’s more sophisticated than we thought. If the conscious is logical and linear, the unconscious is associative — it helps us create these maps of the world. The example I sometimes give: If you have trouble making a tough decision between two options, tell yourself you’ll flip a coin, but don’t go by the results of the flip,

Q: You praise the human brain’s ability to synthesize emotion and information over that of a computer. Do you think differently about that topic since the “Jeopardy!” television game show’s humans-vs.-computer matchup in which Watson, an IBM computer, trounced two trivia champions?

A: Not at all. Computers can process a lot of raw information, but one of the examples I used in the book was that of a kid pretending to be a tiger. No computer can do that. It’s just way more complicated. My youngest kid (Brooks has three) is now 12.

(When they were younger) I found them very intellectually challenging to keep up with. I can’t imagine how a nursery schoolteacher does it.

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‘Strange Pale Highway’ The narrow river now frozen appears like a strange pale highway Above on a bare branch a hawk feathers ruffled by a ghost wind watches for traffic — Cynthia Daniels, Eudora

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BEST-SELLERS Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended March 19, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

Fiction 1. “The Tiger’s Wife.” Tea Obreht. Random House, $25.

2. “Room.” Emma Donoghue.

Little, Brown, $24.99.

3. “A Discovery of Witches.”

Deborah Harkness. Viking, $28.95.

4. “When the Killing’s Done.”

T.C. Boyle. Viking, $26.95.

5. “Sing You Home.” Jodi Picoult. Atria, $28.

6. “The Wise Man’s Fear.”

Patrick Rothfuss. DAW, $29.95.

7.””Swamplandia!” Karen Russell. Knopf, $24.95.

8. “When the Thrill is Gone.”

Walter Mosley. Riverhead, $26.95.

9. “Satori.” Don Winslow.

Grand Centra, $25.99.

10. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.” Stieg Larsson. Knopf, $27.95.

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By Jessica Gelt

Becca O’Brien, student, Manhattan “‘Beastly’ by Alex Flinn. It’s a modern, inner-city retelling of ‘Beauty and the Beast.’”

Q: “The Social Animal” is a departure from your usual subjects. What was your original impetus for writing the book?

A: I was doing some research on why so many kids drop out of high school; it’s such an irrational thing to do, and we’ve been so bad at preventing kids from doing it.

When I got into the research, I found that a lot of the influences that lead to that decision start in the first few years of life. From that I was drawn into the field of brain research. Some reporters cover politics; I do that, but I also try to cover ideas.

Q: This book touches on an enormous amount of research into how the brain operates. How did you absorb so much material on such a complex variety of topics?

A: I read as much as I could; I now have many bookshelves filled with the subject. I hired a factchecker, then I separately hired a professor to make sure I got the interpretive parts correct. Then I sent it to a bunch of academics who were willing to read it for free.

I’m not doing any original research, but I’m reasonably good at organizing other people’s research. I do that geographically.

I literally lay things out on the floor. Book writing is traffic management.

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Although Judi Dench is perhaps best known to American film audiences for her Oscar-winning turn in “Shakespeare in Love” and for portraying “M” in the more recent James Bond movies, she is a live theater actress at heart. And it is through this sepia-toned lens that she tells the story of her life onstage in her new memoir, “And Furthermore.”

The book begins with Dench as a little girl in a very theatrical family, before cataloging every role she played on stage, TV and film over her more than 50-year career. It ends with her as a famous Dame of the British Empire, 76 years old and looking forward to many future roles.

Dench writes that “And Furthermore” should not be mistaken for an autobiography since John Miller covered much of her life in his 1998 biography, “Judi Dench: With a Crack in Her Voice.”

Whereas Miller’s book takes a look at acting within the larger context of her life, Dench writes that this new book aims to flesh out the gaps in the earlier biography. Unfortunately those gaps are filled with encyclopedic detail about every production Dench has worked on, accompanied by lists of names of the many actors she has worked with. As a result “And Furthermore” fails to hang its prop hat on anything resembling Dench’s inner life or emotions. For fans of Dench, this is disappointing, especially since the actress is famous for taking her audience on rich emotional journeys with her work.

For example, even though the book is dedicated to Dench’s daughter, Finty,

and her grandson, Sammy, very little about Finty is mentioned aside from the fact that she was born. Sammy is not mentioned once, although he does appear in several of the wonderful photos that pepper the book and are drawn from Dench’s personal files.

Fr o m s o m e o f D e n c h ’s musings it is easy to gather that these blank spots might be purposeful. Toward the end of the book she laments that there is no longer any mys t e r y surrounding f a m o u s a c t o r s . “ W hy should the public know everything?” she writes.

“The joy of the theater is n o t r e a l ly g o i n g a n d knowing that somebody had terrible difficulty playing this part, or why they did it; it is to go and be told a story, the author’s story, through the best means possible.”

Only in this instance is “And Furthermore” Dench’s story, and she the author (through ghost writer Miller). So although it’s nice to know that Dench played opposite such greats as John Gielgud, Ian McKellen, Kenneth Branagh, Anthony Hopkins and Daniel Day-Lewis, we don’t learn anything new about these great actors.

Instead we long for more personal anecdotes from Dench’s life, because when we get them they are really telling, often humorous, and quite lovely.

When Dench was a child, for example, she was sent to bed much earlier than her older brothers and she writes, “I remember so well going to bed and hearing them play cricket in the garden, and hearing all that life going on outside; I simply couldn’t bear it, and it’s still like that. I don’t like missing anything. ...”

Then there was the time when Dench

was in her early 20s and a part of the famed Old Vic Company in London playing the role of Juliet in “Romeo and Juliet.” Her parents attended every show and once when she cried out the line, “Where are my mother and father, Nurse?” her father called out from the stalls, “Here we are, darling, in Row H.” Clearly her family was extremely close and quite unique. But in “And Furthermore” Dench dedicates two milquetoast paragraphs to her father’s death before she is off to Chapter 4, titled, “Exciting Times at Nottingham and Oxford.”

The death of her husband, the actor Michael Williams, from lung cancer is also given very little ink. (Although a good bit of detail is dished out about the pair’s popular television show, “A Fine Romance.”) Still, Dench does not come off as insensitive, you can tell that these sad events affected her deeply. But she doesn’t pause to reflect on paper.

There are glimpses of what the book could have been if Dench had chosen to focus on fewer details and instead looked intently at the really important events and anecdotes.

For example, she is irritated with modern audiences’ TV-induced restlessness; and hates all the “little red lights” that cellphones emit during a show even when “Definitely no photographs,” is printed in a program. The thought that audiences have changed since the late 1950s and grown to expect a completely different kind of entertainment is intriguing in and of itself.

The reader’s frustration of not being let into the great actresses’ life exists only because Dench — even hastily sketched — is such a charming, vivid and compelling person. We want more.

In the end, however, we are given an actor’s mask..

BRIEFLY Publisher announces online tween book club NEW YORK — Simon & Schuster has partnered with a social media network for an

online, interactive book club for tweens.

The publisher announced Wednesday that it had joined with Everloop to launch a club that would connect tweens

with favorite books and authors. The club will be on the Everloop website, www.everloop.com., and will begin with “Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life,”

by Rachel Renee Russell and “SPHDZ Book (hash)1!,” by Jon Scieszka.

Book club members will be able to engage in online discussions with authors.

1. “The Social Animal.” David Brooks. Random House, $27.

2. “Unbroken.” Laura Hillenbrand. Random House, $27.

3. “Moonwalking with Einstein.” Joshua Foer. Penguin Press, $26.95.

4. “Cleopatra.” Stacy Schiff.

Little, Brown, $29.99.

5. “The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.” Amy Chua. Penguin Press, $25.95.

6. “Life.” Keith Richards with James Fox. Little, Brown, $29.99.

7. “Untied.” Meredith Baxter.

Crown, $25.

8. “The George Carlin Letters.” Sally Wade. Gallery, $26.

9. “The Money Class.” Suze Orman. Spiegel & Grau, $26.

10. “Decision Points.” George W. Bush. Crown, $35.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD Chick Lit

By Brendan Emmett Quigley Edited by Will Shortz

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93 Tel Aviv’s ___ Park 94 Refer (to) 95 Chick lit book #7 (1985) 101 Group in “Sex and the City,” e.g.

103 Some washers and dryers 104 Wine container 105 Philadelphia’s ___ Whitman Bridge 106 Environmental pollutant, for short 108 Snarl 109 Chick lit book #8 (1967) 114 Bracelet attachment 115 Christmas or Yom Kippur 116 Spread, as rumors 117 Some church overhead?

118 Bony 119 Game highlights shower

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39 Chick lit book #3 (1965) 44 ___ D. Young (Time’s Man of the Year in 1929) 48 Two-time N.B.A. M.V.P. Steve 49 Kerfuffles 50 Emphatic acceptance 51 Italian city where pizza was invented 53 Mich. neighbor 54 Clumsy handler 56 P.R. locale 58 Brand introduced by Philip Morris in 1975 59 Chick lit book #4 (1974) 64 Iron Man co-creator 67 Where 76-Across may be worn 68 Affixes on 69 Chick lit book #5 (1960) 74 “A Dog of Flanders” writer 75 Pip of “Great

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70 Monsieur’s shout 72 Hong Kong boats 73 Collapsible bed 74 Neck annoyance 75 Anthem part 76 Military units 77 Natty — (Leatherstocking) 78 Hearth tool 79 Corn crib 80 The “f” in f-stop 81 Juicy steaks (hyph.)

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112 Like vampire movies 113 Diva’s melody 114 Coarse file 115 Not barefoot 116 Toga party site 117 Receives visitors (2 wds.)

118 Hindu goddess 119 Just scraped by 122 Oater actor Gulager 124 — — creek

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Take precautions in case your pet goes missing My bad.

It turns out an 8-year-old, 65-pound yellow Labrador isn’t too old or too heavy to scale a cyclone fence and take off down the street on an adventure.

That’s what I learned this week, fortunately with no disastrous results. Additionally, I learned exactly how violently my heart could still pound in fear without sending me into cardiac arrest.

Let’s just say it’s all a lesson I don’t care to repeat (although my dog might have a different opinion), and I’m going to take steps to make sure it doesn’t happen again. But it was also a good reminder to me about how horrible it is to have a lost pet, and how important it is to take precautions to safeguard our furry friends and to know the right steps to take if one of them does get lost.

My first mistake, as I already pointed out, was

“assuming” that something couldn’t happen. Considering how many times in my life I’ve said, “I would never have believed that... ,” I should have been more vigilant about leaving Tiva out in the yard. It was a nice afternoon, and I thought she’d like to be in the sunshine, but the fact is, I have not had her long enough to know what she will or won’t do when left to her own devices outside for an extended period of time — in this case, about a halfhour.

I now know she’s not the staid old gal I took her for, but had she been a real adventurer and taken off running full-tilt, that bit of information would have been of no use to me.

My second mistake was that I’ve been letting her run around “naked,” or collarless, unless we go for a walk together. Until I was more certain of her actions in the

yard, I absolutely should have been keeping her collar and rabies tag on her when she was outside. Ideally, she and every other animal should have an ID tag as well. Although lost dogs can be tracked through rabies tags, it takes a lot more time and effort.

I should also mention here that collars with reflective strips are a good idea. If your pet were to get loose at night, this would at least allow traffic to see and avoid hitting him or her on the road.

Microchipping your pet is an outstanding idea. It’s neither an expensive nor timeconsuming process, and it allows a lost pet to quickly be scanned and checked in an online database. The Lawrence Humane Society provides the microchipping service for $15 per animal if you’ve adopted it from the shelter and $25 for other animals.

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The price seems negligible, considering the statistics tell us that each year, nationwide, 7 million cats and dogs are lost, and only 16 percent of dogs and 2 percent of cats find their way home again.

If your pet should slip your grip — and they are Houdinis, after all — have a plan in mind for recovery.

My first call was to several friends to come help me scour the neighborhood (although my hands were shaking so hard I had to

redo one phone number four times before I could hit the right buttons). My second call was to the humane society, to tell them immediately that I knew my dog had escaped and to give them the headsup that she was mine, in case someone found her and called it in.

Fortunately for me, I found my girl on my second pass down my street. Had she not turned up within an hour or so, I would have made up fliers to distribute to neighbors and post around the neighborhood.

Because losing a pet is a real possibility, it’s always best to keep at least a few good photos on hand. Be sure to note any distinguishing marks. Also advertise your pet’s name; although some loose animals will be timid with strangers, others will in fact respond when called.

Contact local veterinari-

ans with a description of your pet, in case an unidentified injured animal has been brought in. Place an ad in the “Lost and Found” section of the newspaper, and make sure it gets on the paper’s website. Make use of social media: Twitter can get the message out quickly to people in your area, and post it on Facebook as well.

Many animal organizations and pet lovers repost missing pet announcements, and the networking often gets quick results.

Above all, don’t quit checking in with the shelter.

Go often and look through the kennels yourself. Being proactive makes all the difference.

For your pet’s sake, don’t wait until the unthinkable happens. Be ready.

And don’t ever assume that it won’t happen to you.

— Sue Novak volunteers with the Lawrence Humane Society.

ARTS NOTES Joffrey Ballet performing at JCCC

KU Theatre announces ‘Man Equals Man’

OVERLAND PARK — The Joffrey Ballet has been hailed as “America’s Ballet Company of Firsts.” The list of “firsts” includes first dance company to perform at the White House at Jacqueline Kennedy’s invitation, first to appear on television, first American company to visit Russia, first classical dance company to go multimedia, first to commission a rock ‘n roll ballet and first-andonly dance company to appear on the cover of Time Magazine.

And a first for the Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College — The Joffrey Ballet will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday in Yardley Hall, the Carlsen Center. The 90-minute program will feature “Reflections,” choreography by Gerald Arpino, music by Tchaikovsky; “… Smile with my Heart,” choreography by Lar Lubovitch, music, Richard Rodgers; “Sea Shadow,” choreography by Arpino, music, Maurice Ravel; and “Age of Innocence,” choreography by Edwaard Liang, music by Philip Glass and Thomas Newman.

Artistic director Ashley Wheater will give a pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m.

Today, the Joffrey, which has been hugely successful in its former residencies in New York and Los Angeles, lives permanently in a new facility, Joffrey Tower, in Chicago’s theater district.

Tickets are $55 and $65, available by calling the PAS box office, (913) 469-4445, or by visiting online at www.jccc.edu/TheSeries .

The University of Kansas Theatre is presenting Bertolt Brecht’s drama “Man Equals Man,” the first Brecht production it has staged in more than 20 years. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. April 7-9 and 13-16 and at 2:30 p.m. April 10 in the William Inge Memorial Theatre in Murphy Hall.

Mechele Leon, associate professor of theatre and artistic director of the University Theatre, directs the dark comedy. The cast includes Kyle Tichenor, a KU senior in theater and Free State High School graduate.

In the play, a simple man leaves his wife one morning on an errand to buy a fish. Three soldiers, who have lost their fourth squad mate, waylay him and convince him to put on a uniform and impersonate their missing man. When the squad is called up to battle, they must take Galy with them and so engage in deceptions to strip him permanently of his identity, deceptions including implicating him in the sale of a contraband elephant.When Galy becomes a killing machine, he massacres an entire village in murderous zeal.

Public tickets are $15, tickets for all students are $10, and senior citizen and KU faculty and staff tickets are $14.

Call 864-2787.

Energy groups aiding art center programs TradeWind Energy of Lenexa, Enel Green Power North America Inc. and the Lawrence Arts Center announce an innovative partnership that began earlier month that culminates in 10 weeklong arts summer camps at LAC, 940 N.H. Arts center summer arts camps and the newly created Arts Institutes for Middle School and High School students are based on a Renaissance humanities model in which arts and sciences are complementary disciplines. In addition to their work inside the arts center this summer, with TradeWind and EGP-NA’s support, LAC artists will be invited to teach and work with children in rural Kansas areas.

Preschool camps will include “What a “Concoction!,” mixing science activities and art creation, “Doodle Bugs,” exploring nature and creating bugs and their habitats and more.

Older students can take art camps with the theme “Art Around the World,” following art and artists across centuries and galaxies. Curriculum will focus on representative artists and genres as well as the connections between scientific and technological developments and artistic innovation in each place and time.

For more information, visit LAC at LawrenceArtsCenter.org.

Horn workshop recitals open to public Kansas University’s School of Music will host the 2011 Mid South Horn Workshop conference this weekend.

Paul Stevens, associate professor of French horn, will lead this year’s conference. The event welcomes horn students to campus to learn from internationally known guest artists and musicians, including Gail Williams, internationally recognized hornist and brass pedagogue; James Thatcher, studio musician and principal horn of the Pasadena Symphony and the Los Angeles Music Center opera; David Krehbiel, notable orchestral horn player; and members from the Kansas City Symphony Horn Section.

Events open to the public: Wind Ensemble at the Lied Center featuring performers from the Mid South Horn Workshop, 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Tickets are $7 for the public and $5 for students and seniors. Call 864-2787.

Guest artist recital featuring James Thatcher on horn; Michael Thatcher, tenor; KU Symphony Orchestra (David Neely, conductor); and more, 6 p.m. Saturday, Swarthout Recital Hall, free.

Final concert featuring Gail Williams on horn and more, 1 p.m. April 3, Swarthout, free.

Sister city delegates visiting KU Delegates from Eutin, Germany, a sister city to Lawrence with a longstanding summer music festival tradition, will be in residence in Lawrence April 13-20.

The visitors will include Hans Wilhelm Hagen, treasurer of the Eutin Trade Association and president of the Volksbank; Jörg Fallheier, artistic adviser to the Eutin festival; Martin Vollertsen, chair of Friends of Lawrence in Eutin; and others. David Neely, director of orchestral activities at KU, and Dean Robert Walzel will host the visit, which will include a 70guest reception April 17 at Free State Brewing Co. (A special beer will be brewed

by Free State just for this visit — the Eutin St. Michael’s “Tafelbier” — recipe compliments of the Eutin Brauhaus.)

During their visit, the Eutin group will finalize discussions initiated with Neely in December on a joint venture between the 2011 Eutin Summer Festival and the KU School of Music. Plans include the formation of a summer institute that will take KU music students to Eutin in July and August to perform orchestra concerts and performances of “Hänsel und Gretel” and “Don Giovanni” for German audiences.

Ras Mandala performing at Spencer Ras Mandala is a Lawrencebased music group that evokes ancient chants from India, devotional bhajans, children’s songs and passionate gazals, mostly set to raag music that blends with Western harmony.

The group will present its unique compositions set to the vibrant movement and original choreography of KU professor of dance Patrick Suzeau in a performance at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Spencer Museum of Art’s Central Court.

Members are Maria Anthony, sitar, flute and

vocals; Clark Jamison, tabla and vocals; Deborah Pine, guitar and vocals; and Geetanjali Tiwari, taanpura and vocals.

Patrick Suzeau explores a synthesis of South Asian and western dance forms. In addition to ballet and contemporary dance, he is a trained East Indian Bharatnatyam classical dancer, a form that includes dazzling rhythmic patterns with intricate symbolic hand gestures.

Opening reception today for MFA exhibit “Awakenings,” an MFA thesis exhibition by Eugenia Ortiz, will open with a reception from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. today at KU’s Art & Design Gallery on KU’s campus. The exhibit runs until Friday.

This exhibition will be an installation of many works created with mixed media that primarily incorporates fibers. The conceptual idea for the show is about shifting and releasing destructive patterns and beliefs that keeps so many people trapped in negative or harmful situations that do not allow them to reach or express their full potentials.

However, by consciously making a decision to change, they can become awakened to the full beauty of themselves and life.

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BLACK WALNUT TREES STAND TALL around the home of Jackie Kennedy in a 90-acre wooded area off North 640 Road in Baldwin City. Black walnut wood is falling victim to Thousand Cankers disease. The disease can easily be spread by bringing walnut firewood, lumber or young trees into Kansas from out of state.

NEW DISEASE KILLING TREES ————

Walnut wood and its products can transport deadly canker fungus

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he seemingly simple act of bringing walnut firewood, lumber, or young trees into Kansas from out of state could put acres of forests in danger.

Thousand Cankers disease of walnut is affecting black walnut trees in neighboring states and is known to spread via the previously mentioned sources.

Aside from being a steadfast food source for wildlife, black walnut trees provide good shade in urban environments and are prized for their lumber when grown in plantations and forests.

We have already lost nearly every American chestnut and American elm tree thanks to chestnut blight and Dutch elm disease. Pines are steadily dying from Pine wilt, and

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Jennifer Smith smithjen@ksu.edu Emerald ash borers are creeping closer to Kansas’ native ash trees.

To prevent the spread of this disease and potential loss of walnut trees, we must avoid transporting walnut wood. Just one affected log could bring the disease here.

An external quarantine,

enacted by the Kansas Department of Agriculture in July 2010 requires individuals handling walnut wood (and certain regulated items associated with walnut) to register with the department.

If you purchase walnut firewood, lumber or trees for planting, do not assume the vendor is aware of the disease or the quarantine, though.

Check the source to ensure they know the risks and are also working to prevent the spread of the disease.

You can also be on the lookout for Thousand Cankers disease of walnut. If you notice walnut trees that are yellow and thin or die quickly, contact your local Extension office, Master Gardeners, the Kansas Forest Service, or the Kansas

Department of Agriculture.

Trees usually die within two to three years of initial symptom onset.

Besides yellowing, affected trees often have dead leaves hanging on them as branches die suddenly. When bark is peeled back carefully with a knife, black cankers and beetle galleries will be evident.

You might also notice small beetles, gray fungal masses, and beetle entry holes under the bark.

Thousand Cankers disease is caused by a fungus that is transported by the walnut twig beetle. As beetles move under the bark, they transport the fungus, causing repeated infections.

Aside from working with vendors and individuals, the

Kansas Department of Agriculture is conducting surveys and inspections of walnut trees, harvest sites and handling facilities.

Thousand Cankers disease of walnut is known to be in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Tennessee, Oregon, Utah and Washington.

Walnut-related items included in the quarantine include logs, lumber, firewood, bark, mulch, burls, stumps, live plants, packing materials and all other articles of walnut.

Nuts, nut meats, hulls and barkfree processed lumber is exempt from the quarantine.

— Jennifer Smith is the Horticulture Extension Agent for K-State Research and Extension in Douglas County. She can be reached at 843-7058.

Old-time April Fool’s laughs came from puzzle jugs

By Terry Kovel

April Fool’s Day is “celebrated” April 1 in most countries, but historians don’t know where or how it began.

Remember switching sugar and salt to fool your family? Or calling the drugstore to ask if they had “Prince Albert in the can"?

“Yes?” “Well, let him out” was the hilarious answer used by kids on April 1.

(Prince Albert was a popular tobacco brand.) And, of course, you had to be careful what you believed that day — newspapers and radio and TV news shows all liked to plant fake stories.

Our ancestors played jokes all year long. One famous 18th-century joke

was the puzzle jug, usually found in a pub. It was a mug or pitcher with a handle, but the top half of the mug was pierced. If you drank from it, the liquid dribbled out of the holes onto your shirt.

Those “in the know” could empty the mug without spilling a drop. The mug had a rounded rim that was actually a hollow tube that led into the hollow handle and to the inside of the mug.

Just suck on the spout in the rim and you could get a drink.

Some mugs were more complicated and had several spouts in the rim, so you had to know which ones to block with your finger. If the holes were left open, no liquid came through the “straw.”

This type of puzzle mug is

still being made to play a trick on April Fool’s Day or at a drinking party at any time.

Q:

I read somewhere that some phonograph records were made of chocolate candy and could actually be played on a phonograph. Is this true?

A:

Stollwerck, a German chocolate manufacturer, made chocolate disc records and a phonograph that played them. Franz Stollwerck (1815-1876) founded the company in Cologne, Germany, in 1839. Its first products were cough drops. In 1860 the firm’s product line was expanded to include choco-

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The records were 3 inches in diameter.

The phonographs broke easily and their sound quality was not good, but at least the records were edible. The phonographs and records are collectible today, but not many survived. Even advertising material related to them is hard to find.

The company is still in business making chocolate.

A sad note: One of Stollwerck’s sons died when a steamoperated chocolate blending machine he was working on exploded and he drowned in a vat of chocolate.

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LOST CAT - REWARD!! LAST SEEN: Princeton & N. Crestline Dr (NORTH OF 6th & Lawrence Ave) 3yr old, female, grey, tan & white mixed w/white belly & white feet, she is also very fat (17lbs). Was wearing a blue collar w/a bell (no tag). Her name is Bella & she is VERY friendly, does not bite. Will respond to food! If found, please call 913-530-2062, 785-550-9362 LOST Dog: blond & white Border Collie mix, male, Last seen near 175 Road & Hwy. 40, Mar. 21. Answers to Max. Other dog & owner heartbroken - reward. Call if seen/found 785-221-5807

Associate Director

KU Center for Research on Learning Responsible for general and administrative management.

Sign On Bonus

$400-$500/ week Filling Outdoor & Indoor Positions Immediately!

785-783-3152

Required: Bachelors and 5 yrs. in higher ed administration or comparable setting, 5 years managing all aspects of administration, 5 years managing professional staff.

For more information & to apply go to https://jobs.ku.edu Pos #00066270 Deadline April 10, 2011 EO/AA

Director of Purchasing & Strategic Sourcing position #00064742

University of Kansas Lawrence, KS Responsible for leadership and strategic direction of KU Purchasing Services. Required qualifications include: Bachelor’s Degree; five years purchasing and contracting experience; data analysis using spend analytic tools; two years direct staff management/supervisory experience; and experience with electronic procurement/accounting systems and related technologies. Preference for experience with SciQuest full suite and PeopleSoft / OrEO/AA Emacle ERP. ployer For a complete position description and application process go to: https://jobs.ku.edu search for position # 00064742 Preference given to application packet received by April 7, 2011

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System Software Analyst The Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Kansas has an immediate opening for a Systems Software Analyst.

Duties include administering department network and file servers and other computer related activities. Three years advising and assisting computer users in a distributed computing environment required.

Starting salary range is $20.12 - $21.46 an hour plus a benefits package.

For a complete job description and to apply go to https://jobs.ku.edu and search for position 00004036 Application deadline is April 5, 2011 EO/AA Employer

REAL ESTATE AUCTION Sat., Apr. 9, 2011, 10AM 50 N 1150 Rd., Berryton, KS Prudential First Realtors Darrell Simnitt Terry Simnitt Simnitt Bros, Inc. 785-231-0374 www.simnittauction.com AUCTION Thurs., Apr. 7, 2011 - 10AM 6411 Vista Drive Shawnee, KS 66218 Formerly d/b/a Artistic Designs Lawn & Landscape LINDSAY AUCTION & REALTY SERVICE 913-441-1557 www.lindsayauctions.com COIN AUCTION Fri., April 8 - 6PM Dg. Co. Fairgrounds, 2110 Harper, Lawrence, KS Elston Auction Company Mark Elston 785-218-7851 www.KansasAuctions.net

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AUCTION

Sat., Apr. 2nd, 2011 10AM

1829 SW 33RD TOPEKA, KS. 66611

TERMS: CASH OR GOOD CHECK. NOTHING REMOVED UNTIL SETTLED FOR. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS OR THEFT. ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE DAY OF SALE TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER ANYTHING STATED OR PRINTED.

GARY MCCLUNG SELLER For more details see: www.garyhenson.com or Call Auctioneers

Prudential First Realtors® Auction Dept.

Wayne Hunter, CAI, CES, 785-554-3049 Gary Henson 785-845-7855 1-800-765-3148

www.garyhenson.com

************** Real Estate & Personal Property

AUCTION

Sat. Apr. 9, 2011, 10AM

50 N 1150 Road, Berryton, KS

MOVING AUCTION Sat., April 2, 2011 10:00 AM 784 Woodson Road Overbrook, KS 66524 Owners are retired and have sold their property, all items are clean and well cared for.

Plan to attend!!

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Fence; Handy-Man Jack; Air Compressor; Alum.

Ladder; Copper Tubing.

Kenmore Refrigerator and Upright Freezer; Nice Oak 3 Pc. Queen Bedroom Set; Duncan Phyfe Dining Table w/4 Chairs; Oak Desk w/Bookshelf; Bookcases; Sectional Sofa; Coffee and End Tables; Sofa; Antique Floor Lamp; Computer Desk; Wardrobe; Sm. Marble and Brass Table; TV and VCR; Picnic Table; Patio Glider; Canning Jars and Canners; Humidifier; Fans, Many Household Items and More See Complete Sale Bill, Photos, Term & cond. at www.dandlauctions.com

D & L Auctions

Lawrence, KS 785-766-5630 www.dandlauctions.com

Estate Sales Fern Overbaugh

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Sat., Mar. 26th, 8AM - 4PM Sun., Mar. 27th, 8AM - 1PM 1818 Harper, Lawrence Retro style couch; fold-up rocker; drop-leaf table w/ 6 chairs; desk; loveseat/ sleeper; wicker loveseat; general household items; Hotpoint gas stove; portable Singer sewing mach; jewelry; women’s clothing; canning jars; books; luggage; mini swan sad iron w/trivet; retro lamps; Boy Scout silverware belt pack; Coors Mortar-Pestle; pink Depression glass; French, Army Navy binoculars; early 1900’s Wheat pennies; old bottles; albums; hand & yard tools.

Sale Handlers: Ferguson & Ellis

Also offering separately a country style ranch home with 40 acres +/- with outbuildings, old rock fence, and hedge rows that line the country lane which leads to the property. Upright silo, drive thru barn with hay loft, machinery shed, corral, & circle drive.

Located at 73 N 1200 Rd, Berryton Ks.

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Landscaping DOUGLAS COUNTY LAWN AND LANDSCAPE 3 yards of Mulch Delivered and Spread $200.00 785-764-6469 dgcolandscape@gmail.com

KU Center for Research on Learning Responsible for general and administrative management.

Required: Bachelors and 5 yrs. in higher ed administration or comparable setting, 5 years managing all aspects of administration, 5 years managing professional staff.

AccountingFinance ********************

Invoicing/Payroll Entry Clerk Schlumberger, a manufacturer of specialty power cable for the oilfield industry, has an Invoicing/Payroll Entry Clerk opening.

Applicants must have: • High school diploma or equivalent • 3-5 years invoicing/payroll time entry experience • SAP & MFGPro experience a plus • Microsoft Office Suite experience • Excellent interpersonal, customer service, organizational, oral and written communication skills • Attention to detail, ability to prioritize Responsibilities include but not limited to: • Invoicing daily; Payroll entry weekly • Coding freight/crating invoices • Communicate with worldwide GeoMarkets • Set up/complete Excel spreadsheets • Set up/maintain vendor database • Process and verify payroll results • Garnishments

Application and resume must be received no later than Friday, April 1, 2011.

Apply at Schlumberger, 2400 Packer Rd., Lawrence, KS 66049 or complete our application at the link below and fax to (785) 830-3290. http://www.slb.com/resour ces/other_resources/emplo yment_application.aspx An Equal Opportunity Employer ******************** Seeking Part-time BOOKKEEPER for small downtown Lawrence business. Minimum (preferred) 3 yrs. experience with bookkeeping, QuickBooks, and payroll.

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Automotive

Customer Service

Tire/Lube Technicians (2) & Automotive Service Technician (1). Flat rate with a guarantee. pay rate commensurate with experience, training, and ASE certification. 4 day work week, health insurance, paid vacations. Apply in person only at EN-TIRE Car Care Center, 1801 West 31st St. in Lawrence.

ABLE TO TRAVEL National Company Hiring Sharp People. Able to Start Today.

Transportation & Lodging Furnished. NO EXPERIENCE Necessary. Paid Training.

Over 18+ 970-640-7343

Childcare Associate Director

For more information & to apply go to https://jobs.ku.edu Pos #00066270 Deadline April 10, 2011 EO/AA

Excellent benefits beginning on hire date.

Beginning at 10:00 AM we will be selling personal property including trucks, Cleaning trailers, ATVs, cattle working equipment, imple- The Cleaning Lady. Well ments, equipment, tools, established. Great referantiques, & misc. items. ences, insured. Provides own supplies. Nonsmoker.

Then at 1:00 PM we will offer a ranching Call 785-760-5639 opportunity in Douglas Co. 175 Acres M/L overlooking the beauty of the Clinton Lake River Valley. 150’ x 280’ pipe roping / riding arena, extensive pipe working and holding pens & loading area, cross fencing, plus 55’x85’ metal equip. bldg, work shop, tack room & cattle loafing area, ponds with “good fishing”. Wild life habitat & fenced food plots, trophy deer hunting, turkey, and quail are what makes this property special.

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Applications accepted through April 6, 2011 EO/AA Employer

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LIBRARY ASSOCIATE University of Kansas Libraries invites applications for a Library Associate to serve as Operations Manager for the Art & Architecture Library. The incumbent will oversee the daily operation of the library, hire/train/ supervise student staff, provide reference and reserve assistance, participate in departmental planning, and assist with library instruction.

Requirements: High School diploma or completion of G.E.D. equivalency. Three years experience in library work. 1 year experience hiring, training & supervising staff as the primary supervisor. Any coursework in art history or architecture.

Complete information regarding responsibilities, qualifications and application procedures can be found at: https://jobs.ku.edu search for position 00007234

Applications accepted through April 6, 2011

EO/AA Employer

Automotive

41-year dealer is growing and hiring qualified sales people to sell & lease new and pre-owned vehicles.

WE OFFER: - Stable work environment - 43 Hour work week - Full Benefits incl. Health, Life, Dental, Eye, 401K plan - Continuous training for success - $35 to $85,000 income opportunity - Drug Free work place - Opportunity to advance WE REQUIRE: Your Desire For Success Clean Driver’s Record

ASSISTANT TEACHER

Preschool classroom position available beginning April 1st at Community Children’s Center .

Apply in person starting March 28th: 925 Vermont 785-842-2515 EOE Hiring Infant/Toddler and Substitute Teachers. Email resume: info@lawrence montessorischool.com Lead Te eacher - Join Our Great Team!

Stepping Stones is hiring a Full-time lead teacher for our Kindergarten program, starting in May. Hours: 7am 3pm. (summer) & 10am 6pm (fall) Mon.-Fri. Great salary & benefits. ECE or Education degree preferred.

Experience required. Drop off resume & cover letter at 1100 Wakarusa, Lawrence, KS EOE 66049.

Lead eacher.

Te Summer Fun! Stepping Stones is hiring a FT co-lead teacher for our Elem. summer program. Hrs 10am-6pm. M-F. Exp. working with children in a group setting required. Ex. opportunity for Elem. Ed. majors. Apply at 1100 Wakarusa. EOE

Between High School and College? Over 18? Drop that entry level position.

Earn what you’re worth!!!

Travel w/ Young Successful Business Group. Paid Training.

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Travel the US with our young minded enthusiastic business group.

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TO PROVIDE THE BEST BANKING EXPERIENCE FOR EACH CUSTOMER. Douglas County Bank is seeking caring people to provide the Best Banking Experience for each Customer.

Full-Time Teller • Build customer confidence with fast friendly service and efficient transactions, based on established policies and procedures.

• Explain Bank services to offer solutions to customers’ banking needs.

• Help customers with latest online services that provide convenience and instant access.

Hours are: Monday-Friday: 11:00 am to 6:00 pm Saturday: 8:45 am to Noon (3/month) • Do you have cash handling experience, strong computer and detail skills, customer service, and flexibility?

• Are you interested in a competitive wage and benefit package?

To apply for a position, visit your hometown bank online or at one of our convenient locations throughout Douglas County. EOE Douglas County Bank 300 W. 9th Lawrence, KS 66044 HR-Apps@douglascountybank.com Apply online at: www.douglascountybank.com

Apply in person to: Jeff Hornbeck, Gen. Sales Mgr. 2840 Iowa, Lawrence, KS or send resume: jhornbeck @dalewilleyauto.com EOE

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choice

Director of Purchasing & Strategic Sourcing position #00064742

University of Kansas Lawrence, KS Responsible for leadership and strategic direction of KU Purchasing Services. Required qualifications include: Bachelor’s Degree; five years purchasing and contracting experience; data analysis using spend analytic tools; two years direct staff management/supervisory experience; and experience with electronic procurement / accounting systems and related technologies. Preference for experience with SciQuest full suite and PeopleSoft / OrEO/AA Emacle ERP. ployer For a complete position description and application process go to: https://jobs.ku.edu search for position # 00064742 Preference given to application packet received by April 7, 2011

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FHLBank Topeka’s products and services help our member banks provide affordable credit and support housing and community development efforts.

This position is located in Topeka, Kansas. We are accepting resumes for: Records Manager Position responsibilities: • Play a leadership role in the development and management of information classification and retention policies and programs.

• Provide direction and guidance to business units to ensure record retention policies are implemented and followed.

• Develop, implement and manage restricted data policies and procedures.

• Conduct special projects.

• Analyze best practices and implement process improvement in record management.

Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree and professional certification in records management required. If not currently certified, may be obtained within one year of employment.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively under stress and deadlines.

• Thorough understanding of general records management operational procedures.

• Experience with Microsoft Office, SharePoint and process improvement preferred.

• Knowledge or experience with Microsoft SQL and NTFS preferred.

In addition to a rewarding, team-oriented work environment, FHLBank Topeka offers opportunities for growth and development, an attractive benefit package including health and dental insurance, 401(k), short-term incentive plan and much more. A detailed job description is available at www.fhlbtopeka.com.

If interested, please submit resume with salary requirements to: Recruiter | P.O. Box 176 | Topeka, Kansas 66601 FAX: 785.438.6180 | www.fhlbtopeka.com | EOE

2D SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2011 DriversGeneral Transportation Drivers: Dedicated. Great Pay/Benefits.

CDL-A Tanker end.

Clean MVR—good work history 3 yr. OTR exp. preferable tanker. Mechanical aptitude/ good people skills.

Must have passport. Don: 800-878-0662 Need 80 CDL drivers to deliver busses and trucks across the U.S. We are expanding and if you like setting your own schedule this is the job for you.

Ability to gross over $62,000/year.

Must adhere to DOT regulations, have good driving record.

Call 1-866-764-1601 or apply online www.qualitydriveaway.com TRUCK DRIVERS Needed for local hauls. Must have experience and Class A CDL. Apply between 7AM & 3PM at Hamm Companies, 609 Perry Place, Perry, KS. EOE

Education & Training

Assistant Director

University Advising Center University of Kansas Manage and oversee programming and advising activities for deciding students; supervise professional advisors; advise undeclared and pre-pro fessional students; serve on administrative staff and as academic program liaison.

Required: Master’s degree + 3 years related experience (or terminal degree) & other qualifications.

Salary: $40,000/yr.

Initial review deadline: April 6, 2011 To apply go to https://jobs.ku.edu search for position 00066385 For information 785-864-2834 EO/AA Employer

EngineersTechnical Engineering Technician

Riley County, KS - Primary duties include: preliminary design and survey work utilizing AutoCAD to develop plans for public works projects. Two years in civil engineering and three years AutoCAD drafting required. Starting pay range is $19.40 - $21.44.

To apply and for position details visit Riley County, Kansas website: www.rileycountyks.gov

General

15 Assistants Needed Help schedule + set appointments for our Sales Reps $400 to $650/week plus bonuses .

Noon to 9pm. shift.

Interviewing immediately.

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ABLE TO TRAVEL. Hiring 8 people. No Experience Necessary. Transportation & Lodging Furnished.

Paid Training. Work & Travel Entire USA. Start Today! www.protekchemical.com 888-792-3336 Between High School and College? Over 18? Drop that entry level position.

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The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America is seeking a parttime team member to perform building custodial duties.

Light building maintenance, grounds and parking lot upkeep as needed. Applicants must have a high school diploma or GED. Some experience in housekeeping and/or general maintenance preferred. Hours are Mon. - Fri., 6:30 - 10:30pm.

High attention to detail, dependability, good communication skills and ability to work independently is required. Please submit resume, salary requirements or complete online application by April 15th: GCSAA Attn: Human Resources-Facil.

1421 Research Park Drive Lawrence, KS 66049 Fax : 785-832-3657 E-mail: hrmail@gcsaa.org Online Application: www.gcsaa.org/hr

YOUTH CARE WORKERS NEEDED

has the following positions available in Environmental Services

Housekeeper

(Contract Position) Full-time 6:30 am - 3 pm Full-time 3 pm - 11:30 pm Applicants must be able to work every other Saturday and Sunday Apply on-line at www.lmh.org

EOE

Seasonal Apartment Turnover Maintenance

person needed. Duties will include: painting, cleaning, and other maintenance items. Must have reliable transportation.

Apply in Person at: 1501 George Williams Way Lawrence, KS 66047

Part-time positions for both afternoon/evening and night shifts are available in our group homes in Lawrence.

Requirements: 21+ years, high school diploma or GED, valid driver’s license, pass KBI and CANIS checks.

Contact Diane Schulze at 785-267-5900 or check our website: www.thevillagesinc.org

Health Care CHARGE NURSE RN’s / LPN’s • 8 hour shifts • Sign On Bonus • Great Wages & Benefits • KS license req.

• IV cert. preferred • Supervisory Experience Providence Place Fax: 913-596-4901 Email: plux@ppikc.com Housekeeping Tech - FT Medical Facility 2 years Medical Facility Housekeeping Exp. Req. Competitive Salary Excellent Benefits Providence Place 8909 Parallel Parkway Kansas City, KS 66112 Fax: 913-596-4901 Email: plux@ppikc.com MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST /Manager fulltime, Chase County Community Hospital, Imperial, Nebraska.

MT and ASCP certification required. Supervisory experience preferred. www.chasecountyhospital.com

Therapists needed for growing home health agency.

Research Assistant BS degree required, MS preferred or equivalent in the field of genetics and molecular biology or related field.

The appointee is expected to contribute towards the research effort of the Department, and to develop his/ her research expertise through the pursuit of defined projects relevant to the particular field of research.

This position will join Richard Todd’s Laboratory investigating how fungi adapt to changes in nutrient availability – a key factor for disease.

RPT, OTR, SLP - Immediate part to full-time openings for Registered Physical Therapist, Registered Occupational Therapist, Speech-Language Pathologist. Be part of a comprehensive team providing therapy to all ages.

Flexible working hours.

Must have own car. Mileage paid in addition to wage. Qualifications: eligible to practice in Kansas, 1 year experience preferred.

E-mail resume to janicej@kansasvna.org, fax to (785) 843-6439, or mail to Do Co Visiting Nurses, Rehabilitation & Hospice, 200 Maine, 3rd Floor, Lawrence KS 66044. EEOE

FOOD SERVICE • Food Service Worker GSP Dining Mon - Fri 9 AM - 5:30 PM $8.52 - $9.54 • Prep Cook Training Table Mon - Thur Noon to Close Some Weekends $9.14-$10.24 • Custodial Helper Underground Mon - Fri 7 AM - 3:30 PM $8.52-$9.54 Full time employees also receive 1 FREE Meal ($7.50) per day.

Full job descriptions available online at www.union.ku.edu/hr.

Applications available in the Human Resources Office, 3rd Floor, Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS. EOE. MOTEL MANAGER COUPLE WANTED. Immediate Opening.

Salary/Living Quarters. Duties include office, housekeeping, light maintenance. Semi Retired/Disabled couples welcome. No experience needed.

(866) 905-4500 lynda@stroudcorp.com

Mr. Goodcents & Pasta Hiring General Manager fro Lawrence location, monthly cash bonus, pd. vacation. Send resume to dean8993@gmail.com

Maintenance Lawrence Humane Society is hiring for a facilities / maintenance coordinator. Apply in person at 1805 East 19th Street.

Office-Clerical Assistant Manager

Maxus Properties Immediate Hire for Full time Assistant Manager in Lawrence, KS. Fax resumes to 785-865-3501 or E-mail to: pinnaclemanager@maxusprop.com

Part-Time Part-Time Seasonal Leasing Associate

for a busy apartment complex. Must be organized, punctual, energetic, & willing to work evenings and weekends. Reliable transportation is required.

Apply in Person at: 1501 George Williams Way Lawrence, KS 66047

www.ljworld.com

SINGLE COPY DRIVER Lawrence Journal-World is hiring for part-time Single Copy Driver. Responsible for distributing newspapers to machines and stores in Lawrence and surrounding communities. Candidates must be flexible and available to work between the hours of 10:00 p.m. - 6:00 a.m. daily.

Ideal candidate must have a stable work history; able to work with minimal supervision; reliable transportation; a valid driver’s license and 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

For full listing and how to apply go to our website: www.plantpath.ksu.edu

KansasBUYandSELL.com KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS

Private Postsecondary Business Analyst Under supervision of the Director of Private Postsecondary Education, this position is responsible for the management, implementation, administration and maintenance of the Private Postsecondary Data System (PEDS) and related systems software.

A master’s degree is required and experience in private postsecondary education preferred.

Salary $45,000 - $55,000 A complete position description and instructions on how to apply for this position is available on www.kansasregents.org EOE

Sales-Marketing

Account Manager

Housekeeping/ Facilities Coordinator

CDC Sales Representative - Crestwood Design Center, a full service Kitchen & Bath Design Firm is looking for an energetic Kitchen Designer / Sales Representative GCSAA is proud to be an opportunity emwith kitchen and bath equal cabinet and countertop ployer that values the imdesign experience to ex- pact of diversity upon its members, services and pand our Sales Team. workplace.

Additional information and to apply: www.crestwood-inc.com. Servers & Experienced Bar Tenders, part time or full Heavy Equipment Operator time, all shifts. Great perneeded part-time for the sonality a must! Apply in Lecompton Township. person at Slow Ride RoadMust have Class A CDL house, 1350 N. 3rd St. exp. and be able to operate all types of heavy equipment and trucks.

Must have good work ethic. Call 785-887-6836 for Sign On Bonus application and appoint$400-$500/ week ment for interview. BackFilling Outdoor & Indoor ground check and drug Positions Immediately! screening required. Drug 785-783-3152 free work environment.

EOE

Lawrence Memorial Hospital

Hotel-Restaurant

GCSAA is looking for a highly motivated team member in our Corporate Sales & Business Development department to generate revenue through the sale of advertising in association publications, online media vehicles, sponsorships and exhibit space for the Golf Industry Show. Must have a bachelor’s degree in business, communications, related degree or equivalent experience and one year of professional office experience focused in sales; previous media, event space, and sponsorship sales experience is preferred. Candidates must also have excellent communication and customer service skills. Knowledge of golf course management industry is preferred.

Please submit cover letter, resume, and salary requirements by April 15th to: GCSAA Attn: Human Resources Acct. Mgr. 1421 Research Park Drive Lawrence, KS 66049 Fax : 785-832-3657 E-mail: hrmail@gcsaa.org Online Application: www.gcsaa.org/hr GCSAA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that values the impact of diversity upon its members, services and workplace.

ONLINE MEDIA SALES ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE 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. Sales opportunities include Lawrence and Manhattan, KS and surrounding communities.

Successful candidates will have solid experience in online media sales; minimum two years experience in sales, marketing and/or advertising; demonstrated success with prospecting and cold calling; excellent verbal and written communication skills; networking, time management and interpersonal skills; proficient in Microsoft Office applications; and a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation with current auto insurance, and a clean driving record.

Schools-Instruction Apartments ATTEND COLLEGE ONLINE Unfurnished from Home. *Medical *Business *Paralegal, *Accounting, *Criminal Justice. Job Placement assistance. Computer available. Financial Aid if qualified.

Call 888-220-3977 www.CenturaOnline.com

Big 4 bedroom doublewide.

YOUR LAND AND $250 deposit is what you need. Delivered to your land. Trades considered. It’s easy. Call 800-375-3115

Baldwin City USD 348 has an opening for the 2011-2012 school year for a BHS Boys Basketball Head coaching position.

Interested applicants can download a fillable application from www.usd348.com.

Submit application to the District Office, Attn. Laura Morford, no later than March 31, 2011, 3:00 PM. For more information contact Gary Stevanus, Director of Activities at 785-594-2725 ext. 215 or email gstevanus@usd348.com Interviews will be scheduled soon after March 31.

EARN $1000s WEEKLY! Receive $12 for every envelope Stuffed with our sales materials.

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WANENMACHER PRODUCTIONS. Free appraisals. Bring your guns! www.tulsaarmsshow.com

System Software Analyst The Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Kansas has an immediate opening for a Systems Software Analyst.

Duties include administering department network and file servers and other computer related activities.

Three years advising and assisting computer users in a distributed computing environment required.

Starting salary range is $20.12 - $21.46 an hour plus a benefits package.

For a complete job description and to apply go to https://jobs.ku.edu and search for position 00004036 Application deadline is April 5, 2011 EO/AA Employer

Social Services Case Manager

WarehouseProduction

DISTRIBUTION SUPERVISOR

TO APPLY: Submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com. We offer an excellent benefits package including health insurance, 401k, paid time off and more! Background check, preemployment drug screen and physical lift assessment required. EOE

KU BOOKSTORE Shipping/Receiving Clerk Mon - Fri 1 PM - 5 PM $7.50-$8.52 Job description online at www.union.ku.edu/hr Applications available in Human Resources Office 3rd Floor, Kansas Union 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

Lawrence, KS 66045 EOE

Aspen West

Half Month FREE

2BRs - Near KU, on bus route, laundry on-site, water/trash paid. No pets.

AC Management 785-842-4461

Cedarwood Apartments

2411 Cedarwood Ave.

785.843.4040

MARCH MANIA

1BR - $660, 2BR - $725, 3BR $900. Water, Trash, Sewer, and Basic Cable Included.

6 Month leases available. fox_runapartments@ hotmail.com Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 www.GageMgmt.com 1BR for $599 + All utils. pd.& 3BR, $875/mo. Both w/ DW, W/D, parking lot, near KU & downtown. Pet w/pet rent.

9AM-8:30PM: 785-766-0743

Beautiful & Spacious

* Near campus, bus stop * Laundries on site * Near stores, restaurants

* Water & trash paid.

1BRs starting at $400/mo.

2BRs, 1 bath, $495/mo.

CALL TODAY!

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Louisiana Place Apts

Spacious 2BR Available 900 sq. ft., $610/month

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DOWNTOWN LOFT

1, 2, & 3 BR w/ W/D in Apt. Pool & Spa! 2001 W. 6th St. 785-841-8468

785-841-1155

Studio Apartments 600 sq. ft., $660/mo.

No pets allowed Call Today 785-841-6565

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Great Locations! Great Prices!

1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms

1, 2, & 3BR townhomes avail. in Cooperative. Units starting at $375 - $515/mo.

Water, trash, sewer paid.

FIRST MONTH FREE! Back patio, CA, hard wood floors, full bsmt., stove, refrig., W/D hookup, garbage disposal, Reserved parking. On site management & maintenance. 24 hr. emergency maintenance.

Membership & Equity Fee Required. 785-842-2545 (Equal Housing Opportunity) 1, 2, 3BRs NW - SW - SE $375 to $900/mo. No pets.

More info at 785-423-5828 2 & 3BRs for $550 - $1,050.

4BR farmhouse $1,200/mo..

Leasing late spring - Aug. 785-832-8728 / 785-331-5360 www.lawrencepm.com Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 www.GageMgmt.com

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

Four Wheel Drive Townhomes 2859 Four Wheel Drive

FALL Leasing Now & 1 Unit is Avail. Now! 2BR, 2 bath, all elect., W/D, lots of cabinet space, & cathedral ceiling with skylight . Water & trash paid.

Move In Special: $685/mo.

Pets ok.

Leasing for Summer & Fall

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Townhomes

Mon. - Fri. 785-843-1116

1136 Louisiana St.

Jacksonville

785-842-5227

Saddlebrook

625 Folks Rd., 785-832-8200 2BR, 2 bath, 1 car garage.

1, 2, & 3 Bedrooms

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

5245 Overland Dr.785-832-8200 2BR, 2 bath, 2 car garage.

Clubhouse lounge, gym, garages avail., W/D, walk in closets, and 1 pet okay.

MUST SEE! BRAND NEW!

3601 Clinton Pkwy.

785-842-3280

The ONLY Energy Star Rated, All Electric Apts. in Lawrence!

2BR, 2 bath, 1 car, FP, all appls. Spacious newer unit.

No pets. $745/mo. Avail.

Now. Call 785-766-9823

Applecroft Apts.

Mechanic

Responsible for handling the processing and bundling of newsprint products from the press to distributors; troubleshoot machinery; and assist with supervising and providing training to team members.

Successful candidate will have leadership experience and be a team player; experience operating machinery and maintenance skills preferred; strong communication skills; good attention to detail and able to multi-task; able to lift up to 70 lbs.; stand for long periods of time and frequently twist and bend; and proficient with MS Office products.

785-841-5444

DEPOSIT SPECIAL

Construction/Landscaping Co. needs FULL-TIME Mechanic. Diesel Tech or A.S.E. cert. preferred. Salary based on experience & certifications. References Required.Apply in person: 601 N. Iowa, Lawrence

DISTRIBUTION TEAM LEADER

7 locations in Lawrence

Science & Biotech

Elizabeth Layton Center seeks full-time Case Manager to provide services to adults with severe and persistent mental illness To apply submit a cover in Franklin Co. Bachelors letter and resume to degree & experience workhrapplications@ljworld.com ing with adults preferred.

Background check, preemEOE Open until filled. ployment drug screen, and Send resume & letter of physical lift assessment reinterest to: ELC, PO Box EOE quired.

677, Ottawa, KS 66067 or email: kgladman@laytoncenter.org Opportunity in Fashion.

Hrs 10-6pm, Sun 12-5. 3-4 days per week in Sales. Apply in person at Saffees Residential Women’s Fashions & AcChild Care Worker cessories. 911 Mass Street position available at Emergency Shelter/Youth Center II. FullSchools-Instruction Residential time positions on the Second Shift: 2pm-10pm, and AIRLINES ARE HIRING- substitute positions for Train for high paying Avia- all shifts. Candidate will tion Maintenance Career. be responsible for care FAA approved program. Fi- and supervision of 14 adnancial aid if qualified- olescents. Must have at Housing available. CALL least a high school diAviation Institute of Main- ploma or GED, be at least tenance (877) 818-0783 21 years of age, have a valid driver’s license, and AIRLINES ARE HIRING - able to pass background Train for high paying Avia- checks. Experience with preferred. tion Career. FAA approved adolescents program. Financial aid if Benefits available for fullqualified - Job placement time position. assistance. CALL Aviation If interested, Institute of Maintenance. apply with resume to: 888-248-7449 V. Torrez Dawson, Assistant Director, P.O. Box 647, Lawrence, KS Attend College Online 66044 from Home. *Medical, Inquiries to *Business, *Paralegal, (785) 843-2085 *Computers, *Criminal Justice. Job placement Positions will be open unassistance.

Computer til filled.

EOE available.

Financial Aid if qualified.

Call 800-488-0386 Trade Skills www.CenturaOnline.com

Responsible for ensuring the processing and bundling of newsprint products from the press to distributors; oversee mailroom activities, including the labeling, sorting, mailing and preparation of outgoing newspaper products; troubleshoot machinery; and supervise and train team members. Successful candidate will have supervisory experience; experience operating machinery and maintenance skills preferred; strong communication skills; good attention to detail and able to multi-task; able to lift up to 70 lbs., stand for long periods of time and frequently twist and bend; and proficient with MS Office products.

785-749-7744

Boys Basketball Head Coaching Position

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

Lawrence Journal-World is hiring for positions in our Distribution Center.

These are full-time positions and candidates must be available to work between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily.

1, 2 & 3BR Apartments on KU Campus - Avail. August Briarstone Apartments 1008 Emery Rd., Lawrence

Apartments Unfurnished

19th & Iowa Studios, 1 & 2 Bedrooms Gas, Water & Trash Paid

Excellent Location 6th & Frontier

785-843-8220

Spacious 1 & 2 BRs Featuring:

CANYON COURT

• 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.

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1, 2, & 3BR Luxury Apts.

Call for Specials!

Ceramic tile, walk-in closets, W/D, DW, fitness center, pool, hot tub, FREE DVD rental, Small pets OK. 700 Comet Ln. 785-832-8805

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Chase Court Apts.

1 & 2 Bedrooms

Campus Location, W/D, Pool, Gym, Small Pet OK Security Deposit Special!

785-843-8220 chasecourt@sunflower.com

Contact Tuckaway Mgmt.

785-841-3339

GREAT Location!

GREAT Rates for Fall!

785-841-1155

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Remington Square 785-856-7788

1BR/loft style - $495/mo.

Pool - Fitness Center - On-Site Laundry - Water & Trash Pd.

3BR, 2.5 bath, all appls. + W/D, FP, 2 car garage. Pet ok. 1514A Legends Trail Dr. $900/mo. 785-218-1784 Available now - 3 Bedroom town home close to campus. For more info, please call: 785-841-4785 www.garberprop.com Newly decorated 3BR, 2 bath townhome - 1,477 sq. ft., all appls., blinds, 2 car.

2732 Coralberry Ct. Great W. location, Backs to park & lake, bike path, 1/2 mi. to Sunflower grade and SW middle schoos. Lawn care & snow removal provided. $950/mo.

785-842-7073

RANCH WAY TOWNHOMES

2340 Murphy Drive

Large 1 & 2 Bedroom Apts.

2 & 3BR Townhomes, starting at $760/mo. Avail. Aug. Fireplace, Walk in closets, and private patios. 1 Pet OK. Call 785-842-3280

LUXURY LIVING AT AFFORDABLE PRICES

Parkway Terrace

Lease Today!

Overland Pointe

on Clinton Pkwy.

NOW LEASING!

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430 Eisenhower Drive Showing by Appt.

Call 785-842-1524

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3BR, 2 bath, $820-$840 2BR, 1 bath, $750/mo.

$300 Free /Half Off Deposit Gage Management 785-842-7644 www.gagemgmt.com

AVAILABLE NOW

3BR, 2 bath, major appls., FP, 2 car.

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Also, Check out our Luxury 1-5BR Apts. & Town Homes!

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Park West Town Homes

785-840-9467

One Month FREE 2BRs, 2 bath starting at $747.

Limited Time Offer 2BR & 3BR, 1310 Kentucky. Free Carport, full size CA, DW, laundry. $595 - W/D, extra storage, all $800/mo. $100/person de- electric, lg. pets welcome.

Quiet location: 3700 Clinposit. Call 785-842-7644 ton Parkway. 785-749-0431 2BR — 1030 Ohio Street. 1 bath, 1st or 2nd floor, CA. $550/month. No pets. Call 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 — 3423 Harvard, CA, 1.5 bath, garage, W/D hookup, DW, $550. 785-841-5797. No pets. www.rentinlawrence.com

1, 2, or 3BR units

w/electric only, no gas some with W/D included

Call 785-838-9559

VILLA 26 APTS. Fall Leasing for

1 & 2 Bedrooms plus 2 & 3BR townhomes

& 3BR Avail. Now.

Move-in Specials!

2BR — 1016 E. 27th, 1 story, Quiet, great location on KU 1 bath, CA, W/D hookups, bus route, no pets, W/D in garage. $530/mo. No pets. all units.

785-842-5227 Call 785-841-5797 2BR — 1214 Tennessee. In 4plex. 1 bath, DW, CA. $450 / Duplexes mo. No pets. 785-841-5797 1BR duplex near E. K-10 acwww.rentinlawrence.com cess. Stove, refrig., off-st.

2BR — 934 Illinois, avail. parking. 1 yr. lease. $410/ now. In 4-plex, 1 bath, CA, mo. No pets. 785-841-4677 DW. $490/mo. No pets. Call 785-841-5797 Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 2BR, upper in 4-plex, 1745 www.GageMgmt.com Tennessee. $485/mo. Has DW. Quiet & clean. No pets.

2BR duplex, remodeled Avail. now. 785-218-3616 unit. New carpet, 1 car, 3BR - 1000 Alma, 2 Story, 2 W/D hookup, DW. No pets. bath, DW, microwave, W/D Avail. now. $545/mo. 1021 hookup, CA, 2 car, 1 pet ok. W. 29th Terr. 785-841-5454 $815/mo. Call 785-841-5797 2BR - Like new! Luxurious! 1 3BR, 1 bath. 831 Tennessee. bath, vaulted ceilings, nice Newly remodeled. CA, DW, kitchen appls.,laundry rm., Microwave, W/D, & deck. covered patio, lg. 1 car, lawn $1,260/mo. 785-842-7644 care. $725/mo. 785-393-4322 3BR, study, appls. in lovely 2BR - Older means more home. 1028 Ohio, near KU/ space! Split-level means downtown. $1,350/mo. Low more privacy! Central loutils., parking. 785-979-6830 cation, W/D hookups, $565 /mo. Sm. pet? 785-841-4201

Regents Court 19th & Mass

2BR remodeled duplex. 2119 Pikes Peek. 2 Bath AC, DW, W/D hookups. $765/mo. no pets. Call 785-842-7644

785-842-4455

2BR, 1 bath, 1302 Randall Rd. Appls., W/D hookup, garage. $595/mo. + deposit.

No pets. Call 785-218-7551

Furnished 3 & 4BR Apts August 2011 W/D included

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1 & 2 BRs from $390/mo.

Call MPM for more details at 785-841-4935

* 3BR & 4BR, 2 LR * 2-Car Garage * Kitchen Appls., W/D * Daylight/Walkout Bsmt. * Granite Countertops Showing By Appt.

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2BR, nice garden level, 1028 Income restrictions apply Ohio, near downtown/KU. Sm. Dog Welcome EOH Appls., private parking, low utils. 785-979-6830 Large 2BR open now, close to downtown Lawrence. $630/mo. Water & gas pd.

905 Avalon 785-841-1155

BRAND NEW TOWNHOMES AT IRONWOOD

2BR, 2719 Ousdahl, 1 bath, W/D hookup, microwave, garage w/opener, $635/mo. avail. now. 816-721-4083

LUXURIOUS TOWNHOMES * 2 BR, 1,300 sq. ft. * 3 BR, 1,700 sq. ft.

Kitchen Appls., W/D 2-Car Garage * Small Pets Accepted Showings By Appointment

www.mallardproperties lawrence.com Call 785-842-1524

PARKWAY 4000

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• 2 & 3BRs, with 2 baths • 2 car garage w/opener • W/D hookups • New kitchen appliances • New ceramic tile • Maintenance free 785-832-0555/785-766-2722

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• 2BR, 2. bath, Gas FP • Walkout bsmt., Balcony • 2 car garage w/opener • W/D hookups • Maintenance free Call 785-832-0555 or after 3PM 785-766-2722

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.

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Houses

2BR, AC, DW, W/D hookup, sm. yard, 1 car garage w/ 3 & 4BR homes available opener, quiet st. $625/mo. August. Pets ok. Section 8 Avail. now. 785-218-1413 ok. In Lawrence, KS. For details call 816-729-7513.

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No pets. 785-856-4645

Virginia Inn

Rooms by week. All utils. & cable paid. 785-843-6611

Bob Billings & Crestline

785-842-4200 Studio, 1, 2 & 3BRs available for May/June 3BR townhomes available June Leasing for August 2011 See Current Availability, Photos & Floor plans on Our Website www.meadowbrookapartments.net

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3 Bedroom 2 Bath 3 Car with opener fenced yard 2526 Lazy Brook Rent $1,100 per month 785-842-3911 1BR In N. Lawrence. Refrig., stove, carport. New paint & furnace. Energy efficient. $525/mo. Call 785-841-1284 Apartments, Houses & Duplexes. 785-842-7644 www.GageMgmt.com

Houses 1st Class, Pet Friendly Houses & Apts.

www.vintagemgmt.com 785-842-1069 Spacious 2 & 3BR Homes for Aug. Walk-in closets, FP, W/D hookup, 2 car. 1 pet okay. 785-842-3280

Roommates

Office Space

3BR, Right next to KU, 1322 Valley Ln. 2BRs - $400/BR, 1BR - $375. W/D, LR, FP, deck, porch, 913-269-4265

1311 Wakarusa - office space available. 200 sq. ft.

- 6,000 sq. ft. For details call 785-842-7644

Baldwin City

3BR country house SW of Lawrence, attached garage & rural water. No smoking/ 3BR near KU & LHS. 1 bath, 1 indoor pets. $800/mo. + decar, CA, 2121 Mitchell. posit & Refs. 785-594-3533 Available Now. $730/mo. 4BR, 2 bath townhome on No pets. Call 785-832-9906 cul-de-sac, avail. now.

3BR, 1 bath, 1 car garage, W/D hookup, CA, garage & $1000/mo. fenced yard, lots of trees, deck.

3805 Shadybrook, quiet SW 785-214-8854 area. $850/mo. 785-842-8428 3BR, 2 bath, study, extra Eudora rm., CA, DW, W/D, fenced back yard, pets ok. $1,200/ 3BR nice 1997 mobile home, 2 bath, new carpet, CH/CA, mo. Avail. Aug. 785-766-7589 W/D hookup. $645/mo. + 4BR, new, NW, executive 2 Refs., deposit. 913-845-3273 story home. 2,400 sq. ft., 4 bath, 2 car, finished bsmt. Pasture for Rent $1,900/mo. 785-423-5828

Pasture to rent for 10 - 12 head of cattle. Good grass Avail. Now. 2½ Bath, 3 car & fences. Located NE of garage, 2,300 sq. ft. Pets Lawrence. 913-723-3284 ok w/deposit. $1,700.

Call 785-841-4785 Tonganoxie www.garberprop.com

Brand New 4BR Houses

Spacious 1, 2, & 3 BRs

Mobile Homes

W/D hookups, Pets OK

GREAT SPECIALS Cedar Hill Apts.

1 MONTH FREE RENT!

2 - 3 Bedrooms starting at $595/mo!

2 Lawrence Locations 785-749-2200

913-417-7200, 785-841-4935

Acreage

w.a.c.

RENT TO OWN

3BR, 1989, very nice 14 x 80, 1 bath. $225/mo. Gaslight Village. 785-727-9764

Air Conditioning

Air Conditioning Heating/Plumbing

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Auctioneers

AUCTION Fastest Way To Liquidate Your Assets Auto • Farm • Estate Construction • Business Also consider Buyouts Call Dan Hiatt 913-963-1729

Hiaat Auction Full service auctions since 1990 www.hiattauction.com

Acreage for rent 20 - 40 80 New fence ponds not included available water.

Call 913-796-6140 or 913-683-8008.

Automotive Services Buying Junk & Repairable Vehicles.

Cash Paid. Free Tow. U-Call, We-Haul!

Call 785-633-7556

Tires, Alignment, Brakes, A/C, Suspension Repair Financing Available 785-841-6050 1828 Mass. St lawrencemarketplace.com/ performancetire

Westside 66 & Car Wash

Full Service Gas Station 100% Ethanol-Free Gasoline Auto Repair Shop - Automatic Car Washes Starting At Just $3 2815 W 6th St | 785-843-1878 lawrencemarketplace. com/westside66

Carpet Cleaning Homes, Farms, Commercial Real Estate, Fine Furnishings, Business Inventories, Guns

Automotive Services Bryant Collision Repair Mon-Fri. 8AM-6PM We specialize in Auto Body Repair, Paintless Dent Repair, Glass Repair, & Auto Accessories.

785-843-5803 bryantcollisionrepair@msn.com. lawrencemarketplace.com/ bryant-collision-repair

Kansas Carpet Care, Inc.

785-749-1904

Dale and Ron’s Auto Service

Family Owned & Operated for 37 Years Domestic & Foreign Expert Service 630 Connecticut St

785-842-2108

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Carpets & Rugs

Hite Collision Repair

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

Auto Body Repair Windshield & Auto Glass Repair 3401 W 6th St (785) 843-8991 lawrencemarketplace.com /hite

K’s Tire

Sales and Service Tires for anything Batteries Brakes Oil Changes Fair and Friendly Customer Service is our trademark 2720 Oregon St. 785-843-3222 Find great offers at

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Need a battery, tires, brakes, or alignment?

Lawrence Automotive Diagnostics

www.lawrenceautodiag.com

785-842-8665

Open House 2-4PM Sat., Mar. 26 / Sun., Mar. 27

under $100

Concrete CONCRETE INC. Your local concrete repair specialists Sidewalks, Patios, Driveways

Quality work at a fair price!

1-888-326-2799 Toll Free Decorative & Regular concrete drives, walks, & patios. 42 yrs. exp.

Jayhawk Concrete 785-979-5261

Driveways, Parking Lots, Paving Repair, Sidewalks, Garage Floors, Foundation Repair 785-843-2700 Owen 24/7

TOKIC CONSTRUCTION

Events/ Entertainment Banquet Room Available for Corporate Parties, Wedding Receptions, Fundraisers Bingo Every Friday Night 1803 W 6th St. (785) 843-9690 lawrencemarketplace.com /Eagles_Lodge

Steve’s Place

Banquet Hall available for wedding receptions, birthday parties, corporate meetings & seminars.

For more info. visit lawrencemarketplace.com /stevesplace

FREE INSTALLATION

100’s of carpet colors.

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Catering

Call Billy Construction Decks, Fences, Etc. Insured. (785) 838-9791

www.billyconstruction.com

Stacked Deck

• Decks • Gazebos • Framing • Siding • Fences • Additions • Remodel • Weatherproofing & Staining Insured, 20 yrs. experience.

785-550-5592

Electrical

785-843-2174

Bankruptcy, Tax Negotiation, Foreclosure Defense - Call for Free consultation.

Cloon Legal Services 888-845-3511 “We are a federally designated debt relief agency.”

Christensen Floor Care LLC. Wood, Tile, Carpet, Concrete, 30 yrs. exp.

785-842-8315

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Electric & Industrial Supply Pump & Well Drilling Service

Motors - Pumps Complete Water Systems

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Cleaning

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Home Improvements

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Insured 20 yrs. experience

913-488-7320

Signal Ridge Mowing Quality Lawn Mowing $25 per lawn.

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SPRING YARD CLEANUP

mow, mulch, rake, tree/shrub trimming Marty Goodwin 785-979-1379 Summer Mowing or 1 Time 15+ Years Experience & Dependable! Also do yard work & some hauling.

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Building Materials $160/cord. 785-727-8650 Storm windows. Six - 36” x 39”. Bronze, self storing with heavy duty weather stripping. Good condition. $15.00 each. 785-842-8776.

Seasoned Hedge, Oak, Locust & mixed hardwoods, stacked & delivered, $160. for full cord. Call Landon, 785-766-0863

Pet Services

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Painting

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Green Grass Lawn Care

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Plumbing

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ROOF REPAIRS

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Sewing Service & Repair

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Recycling Services

Siding Services

12th & Haskell Recycle Center, Inc. No Monthly Fee - Always been FREE! Cash for all Metals We take glass!

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Repairs and Services

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Roofing Allcore Roofing & Restoration Hail & Wind Storm Specialists

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MB Mowing

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Furniture

Vacation Property

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Jefferson Co. on Hwy 59, Call 913-963-7487 and Office/Warehouse N. of Oskaloosa, an hour leave a message for lease: 800 Comet Lane from MCI. Terraced. Has approximately 8,000 sq.ft. waterways & 2 ravines. 35 building perfect for servacres tillable; 40 acres of ice or contracting busitimber & brush, balance of OWNER WILL FINANCE ness. Has large overhead acreage is grass. doors and plenty of work KansasBUYandSELL.com 3BR, 2 bath, CH/CA, appls., All for only: $385,000. and storage room.

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NO EARLY BIRDS Multi-Family Sale ~ Friday & Saturday ~ 2114 Marvonne ~ North of Buffalo on 23rd Street ~ 8 am till 2 pm ~ Rain or Shine ~ Large Garage!! Toro Walk Behind Bagger, Waterproofing Membrane, Outdoor Plants, Mountain Bike, Kid Bike, Picnic table, Truck Tool Box, Booster Seats, Lots of toys for all ages, Games, Puzzles, Pool Toys, Lots of books for all ages, Clothes (youth boys, youth girls, small adult), shoes, Holiday items (indoor & outdoor), Holiday dishes, Kitchen stuff, Dishes & Glassware, Chrystal, Sony CD Player, Computer Scanner, Netgear Wireless Router, Printer, Various Computer Equipment, Clock Radios, Ozzie & Harriet DVD, Antique Linens, Yard Tools, ~Spring Break Cleaning (house and shed)

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Pets

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Boyfriend’s friend should find a counselor Dear Annie: I am a divorced woman in my 50s and have been dating a man for several months. I feel close to “Darryl,” and he gives many signs that we are headed for a longterm relationship.

Darryl and I have started socializing with another couple (“Diane and George”) who are longtime friends of his. I enjoy our time with them.

Darryl has told me on more than one occasion that he likes Diane more than George, and that Diane calls him practically every day. Darryl also told me that one of their main topics of conversation is George and the sometimes derogatory way he treats Diane. Although I am a little jealous about this, I believe Darryl when he says it’s purely a friendship, and that Diane needs someone she can vent to.

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appreciate it more than she knows.

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Tell Darryl you think he is wonderful to listen to Diane’s kvetching, but you are concerned it will wreck his friendship with George without resolving Diane’s problems. He should suggest to her that she see a counselor who will help her find ways to manage these problems more effectively.

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The Stars Show the Kind of Day You'll Have: 5Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) ★★★★ Being a natural leader has its drawbacks.

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Taurus (April 20-May 20) ★★★★★ Reach out for others. You also might be ready to start planning a trip to meet someone halfway. Tonight: With a friend.

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First female V.P. candidate dies at age 75

By Beth Fouhy and Jay Lindsay Associated Press Writers

BOSTON — Geraldine Ferraro was a relatively obscure congresswoman from the New York City borough of Queens in 1984 when she was tapped by Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale to join his ticket.

Her vice presidential bid, the first for a woman on a major party ticket, emboldened women Ferraro across the country to seek public office and helped lay the groundwork for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential candidacy in 2008 and John McCain’s choice of his running mate, Sarah Palin, that year.

Ferraro died Saturday in Boston, where the 75-yearold was being treated for complications of blood cancer. She died just before 10 a.m., said Amanda Fuchs Miller, a family friend who worked for Ferraro in her 1998 Senate bid and was acting as a spokeswoman for the family.

Vice presidential hopeful Mondale’s campaign had struggled to gain traction and his selection of Ferraro, at least momentarily, revived his momentum and energized millions of women who were thrilled to see one of their own on a national ticket.

The blunt, feisty Ferraro charmed audiences initially, and for a time polls showed the Democratic ticket gaining ground on President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush.

But her candidacy ultimately proved rocky as she fought ethics charges and traded barbs with Bush over accusations of sexism and class warfare.

Ferraro later told an interviewer, “I don’t think I’d run again for vice president,” then added “Next time I’d run for president.”

Reagan won 49 of 50 states in 1984, the largest landslide since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first re-election over Alf Landon in 1936. But Ferraro had forever sealed her place as trailblazer for women in politics.

“At the time it happened it was such a phenomenal breakthrough,” said Ruth Mandel of the Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers University. “She stepped on the path to higher office before anyone else, and her footprint is still on that path.”

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By Meera Selva and Aaron Edwards Associated Press Writers

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DEMOCRATIC VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GERALDINE FERRARO gives the thumbs-up sign to a crowd of supporters in downtown Jackson, Miss., as Walter Mondale and Ferraro kicked off their 1984 campaign in this Wednesday, Aug. 1, 1984, file photo. Behind Ferraro are Mondale, state Rep. Robert Clark and former Gov. William Winter. The first woman to run for U.S. vice president on a major party ticket, Geraldine Ferraro died at age 75. A family friend said Ferraro, who was diagnosed with blood cancer in 1998, died Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital.

‘A pioneer in our country’ Palin, who was Alaska’s governor when she ran for vice president, often spoke of Ferraro on the campaign trail.

“She broke one huge barrier and then went on to break many more,” Palin wrote on her Facebook page Saturday.

“May her example of hard work and dedication to America continue to inspire all women.”

For his part, Mondale remembered his former running mate as “a remarkable woman and a dear human being.”

“She was a pioneer in our country for justice for women and a more open society. She broke a lot of molds, and it’s a better country for what she did,” Mondale told The Associated Press.

Ferraro died at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she had gone Monday for a procedure to relieve back pain caused by a fracture.

Such fractures are common in people with her type of blood cancer, multiple myeloma, because of the thinning of their bones, said Dr. Noopur Raje, the Mass General doctor who treated her.

Ferraro, however, developed pneumonia, which made impossible to perform the procedure, and it soon became clear she didn’t have long to live, Raje said. Since she was too ill to return to New York, her family went to Boston.

Raje said it seemed Ferraro held out until her husband and three children arrived.

They were all at her bedside

when she passed, she said.

“Gerry actually waited for all of them to come, which I think was incredible,” said Raje, director of the myeloma program at the hospital’s cancer center. “They were all able to say their goodbyes to Mom.”

Later in life Ferraro, a supporter of Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid, was back in the news in March 2008 when she stirred up a controversy by appearing to suggest that Sen. Barack Obama achieved his status in the presidential race only because he is black.

She later stepped down from an honorary post in the Clinton campaign, but insisted she meant no slight against Obama.

In a statement, Obama praised Ferraro as a trailblazer who had made the world better for his daughters.

“Sasha and Malia will grow up in a more equal America because of the life Geraldine Ferraro chose to live,” Obama said.

Ferraro received a law degree from Fordham University in 1960, the same year she married and became a full-time homemaker and mother. She said she kept her maiden name to honor her mother, a widow who had worked long hours as a seamstress.

After years in a private law practice, she took a job as an assistant Queens district attorney in 1974. She headed the office’s special victims’ bureau, which prosecuted sex crimes and the abuse of

children and the elderly. In 1978, she won the first of three terms in Congress representing a blue-collar district of Queens.

After losing in 1984, she became a fellow of the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University until an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate nomination in 1992.

She returned to the law after her 1992 Senate run, acting as an advocate for women raped during ethnic conflict in the former Yugoslavia.

Her advocacy work and support of President Bill Clinton won her the position of ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, where she served in 1994 and 1995.

She co-hosted CNN’s “Crossfire,” in 1996 and 1997 but left to take on Chuck Schumer, then a little-known Brooklyn congressman, in the 1998 Democratic Senate primary. She placed a distant second, declaring her political career finished after she took 26 percent of the vote to Schumer’s 51 percent.

In June 1999, she announced that she was joining a Washington, D.C., area public relations firm to head a group advising clients on women’s issues.

Ferraro revealed two years later that she had been diagnosed with blood cancer.

She once discussed blood cancer research before a Senate panel and said she hoped to live long enough “to attend the inauguration of the first woman president of the United States.”

L O N D O N — More than 250,000 people took to London’s streets to protest the toughest spending cuts since World War II — one of the largest demonstrations since the Iraq war — as riot police clashed with a small groups.

More than 200 people were arrested.

Although most of Saturday’s demonstration was peaceful, clashes continued into the night as dozens of protesters pelted officers with bottles and amonia-filled lightbulbs. Groups set several fires and smashed shop windows near tourist landmarks such as Trafalgar Square.

Teachers, nurses, firefighters, public sector workers, students, pensioners and campaign groups all took part in Saturday’s mass demonstration.

“They shouldn’t be taking money from public services.

What have we done to deserve this?” said Alison Foster, a 53-year-old school teacher. “Yes, they are making vicious cuts. That’s why I’m marching, to let them know this is wrong.”

Britain is facing 80 billion pounds, or $130 billion, of public spending cuts from Prime Minister David Cameron’s coalition government as it struggles to slash the country’s deficit. The government has already raised sales tax, but Britons are bracing for big cuts to public spending that are expected next month.

Treasury chief George Osborne has staked the government’s future on tough economic remedies after Britain spent billions bailing out banks. Some half a million public sector jobs will likely be lost, about 18 billion, or 28.5 billion, axed from welfare payments and the pension age raised to 66 by 2020.

Commander Bob Broadhurst of the Metropolitan Police confirmed more than 250,000 people had marched peacefully, but said around 500 caused trouble.

Hundreds were arrested and police expected that number to rise. Dozens were injured, and several were admitted to hospitals for a range of problems, including shortness of breath and broken bones. Five police officers were also injured.

The demonstration began in the afternoon. Police said one small group of protesters broke away from the main march, scuffling with police officers and attempting to

Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photo

BACK-DROPPED BY BIG BEN AND THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, demonstrators against the coalition government's spending cuts march in central London on Saturday. Hundreds of thousands of mostly peaceful demonstrators streamed into central London to march against government budget cuts. smash windows on two of London’s main shopping streets. Others threw objects at the posh Ritz Hotel in nearby Piccadilly.

The protesters, shouting “Welfare not Warfare!” outnumbered the police. Some attacked police officers with large pieces of wood. A handful of bank branches were damaged when groups threw paint and flares at buildings.

Still, the day’s protest otherwise had a carnival feel with music, big screen TVs and performers in Hyde Park, one of London’s biggest public gardens.

The TUC, the main umbrella body for British unions, says it believes the cuts will threaten the country’s economic recovery, and has urged the government to create new taxes for banks and to close loopholes that allow some companies to pay less tax.

TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said he regretted the sporadic violence.

“I don’t think the activities of a few hundred people should take the focus away from the hundreds of thousands of people who have sent a powerful message to the government today,” he said. “Ministers should now seriously reconsider their whole strategy after today’s demonstration. This has been Middle Britain speaking.”

Ed Miliband, leader of the opposition Labour Party, likened the march to the suffragette movement in Britain and the civil rights movement in America. “Our causes may be different but we come together to realize our voice.”

GOP presidential possibilities bash health care Radiation totals in Nevada —————

Republicans tell gathering at rally in Iowa that 2012 election will be about policy

By Mike Glover

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What we are going to determine together, here in Iowa, is quite frankly DES MOINES, IOWA — A hand- whether we will pass the American ful of high-profile Republicans who may be eyeing the Dream on to the next generation.”

Associated Press Writer

White House told hundreds of conservative activists Saturday that most Americans agree with their values and insisted that opposition to the president’s health care overhaul could help the GOP make historic gains in 2012.

Rep. Michele Bachmann, a tea party favorite, got the noisiest reception when she told about 500 people gathered in Des Moines that voters are ready to overturn the federal health care law and oust President Barack Obama during next year’s election.

“The ultimate arrogance, in my opinion, is Obama care,” the Minnesota congresswoman said. “That’s why I am so absolutely confident in 2012. Americans have made the decision that we’re going to take our country back.”

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain also spoke during the event organized by Iowa Rep. Steve King, whose state is home to the nation’s first presidential caucuses.

The congressman said the gathering would help conser-

— Rep. Michele Bachmann, R- Minnesota vatives shape the debate as Republicans begin looking for a candidate to run against Obama.

“We need to take this nation to the next level of its destiny,” King told the crowd.

“You can shape that destiny.”

Iowa’s caucuses traditionally launch the presidential nominating season, and the sharply conservative rhetoric Saturday reflects an Iowa Republican Party that’s drifted to the right. Polling last year showed more than 60 percent of GOP caucus-goers identif ied themselves as evangelicals.

Gingrich and Barbour insisted that most Americans agree with their conservative values. Gingrich said the 2012 election would provide a chance to end the “domination of the left and move this country back to the centerright.”

Barbour dismissed suggestions that Obama has moved to the center in preparation for next year’s election. He said the president’s proposed budget “calls for spending to

go up, it calls for the deficit to go up.”

The governor also said Republicans can win next year if their candidates stay focused on key issues — health care and balancing the federal budget — without getting distracted by arguments about personality.

“What is important to us is to have a new president,” Barbour said. “This election needs to be about policy.”

That theme appeared to be in play Saturday. The speakers focused on criticizing Obama and Democrats, and made little effort to find differences with each other, though Gingrich did note that he “helped balance a budget for four straight years” while House speaker.

Gingrich briefly drifted from the event’s mostly domestic theme to attack Obama’s handling of the air strikes in Libya. He ridiculed Obama for consulting the Arab League and the United Nations, but not Congress, before getting involved. Gingrich said he wouldn’t have

approved the air strikes, but “once you get involved, you put on the pressure and you win quickly.”

Cain, who didn’t speak about the federal health care law, said the conservative movement is gaining strength and will help Republicans take back the government. He said the U.S. has “an entitlement spending crisis” that must be reformed in order to solve the nation’s financial woes.

“We don’t like the radical socialist agenda that is being shoved down our throats,” said Cain, who lives in suburban Atlanta.

Bachmann, meanwhile, said the effort to repeal the health care reform law has created a strong tide of support for Republicans positioning themselves for next year’s election.

“It’s never gone below a majority of Americans who want to see Obama-care repealed,” Bachmann said.

“This is, I believe, the greatest power grab that I have ever seen.”

The stakes in next year’s election are enormous, she added.

“What we are going to determine together, here in Iowa, is quite frankly whether we will pass the American Dream on to the next generation,” Bachmann said.

too small to pose risk

By Martin Griffith Associated Press Writer

R E N O , N EV . — Minuscule amounts of radiation from Japan’s damaged nuclear plant have reached Las Vegas, but scientists say it poses no health risk.

Extremely small amounts of the radioactive isotopes iodine-131 and zenon-133 reached a monitoring station by the city’s Atomic Testing Museum this week, said Ted Hartwell, manager of the Desert Research Institute’s Community Environmental Monitoring Program.

Hartwell said he’s certain the isotopes came from Japan because they’re not usually detected in Nevada. But he said the readings were far below levels that could pose any health risks.

“Unless you have an accident like this (in Japan) you wouldn’t expect to see this.

No doubt it’s from Japan,” Hartwell told The Associated Press.

Minuscule amounts of radiation from Japan have been reported elsewhere in the West, including California, Colorado, Hawaii and Washington. Officials have said those levels also were not harmful.

Nevada health officials have said they do not expect any risk to the state from Japanese radiation releases because of

the distance the materials would have to travel.

“Any material released must travel 10,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean, during which time it will be dispersed and diluted in the atmosphere to levels that might eventually be detectable, but which will not present a health hazard nor require any protective actions,” said Eric Matus, radiation physicist for the Nevada State Health Division.

Scientists say they weren’t surprised that radioactive isotopes from Japan were detected in the Western states.

“They get caught up in the right wind pattern and they’ll move across the ocean,” said Jeff Daniels, an environmental scientist with Reno-based DRI. Tiny amounts of the radioactive isotope cesium137 were detected at a University of Nevada, Las Vegas laboratory between March 17 and 21, but haven’t been reported since then, Hartwell said.

The Desert Research Institute operates 29 stations that monitor the air for radioactivity around the Nevada National Security Site, formerly the Nevada Test Site, about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The institute plans to release the results of testing at the other stations and post them online at cemp.dri.edu by late in the week, Hartwell said.